Chapter three is here. Okay, to those of you who like this thank you. To those giving it a chance thank you also. Any Fave's and Follows i get i will also thank for and \o/ bless you all. Anyway...
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I was starting a day ahead of Bella as my enrolment went through early, I didn't mind though.
Waking up I went to my wardrobe and picked out my outfit. I pulled out flared dark jeans a pair of brown heeled boots a white long sleeved top and a white patterned over top, pulling those on I grab a pair of gold studs and a wooden necklace before grabbing my brown bag and Guitar case. walking down my stairs I peek in on a still sleeping Bella and head down to the kitchen grabbing a red apple and heading for the door,
"Bye Dad!" I call closing the door behind me. Heading to my car I open the boot and place my guitar in the before getting in the drivers side and starting the engine, he ran smooth and barely made a sound. I drove to school and parked in a free space, getting out I lock it and head in to reception whilst pulling my headphones from my bag and plugging them into my Ipod and pressing play. I looked at the woman at the desk she was middle aged and had red hair,
"Can I help you dear?" she asked, I smile and nod,
"Yeah I'm Arcadia Swan I was just here to pick up my schedule." her eyes brighten.
"My word you've grown in to such a pretty young woman." I smile with a light blush taking my schedule,
"Thank you ma'am." now she blushes, at my manners I believe, she hands me a slip.
"You'll need the teachers to sign this at each class and hand it in to me at the end of the day before you go home." I nod taking the slip thanking her again and heading back out to the parking lot. I walked over to my car leaning on the bonnet and looked over my schedule,
AP Calc - Ms Pots,
AP English - Mr Larkner
AP Biology - Mr Morgan
Lunch
AP Music - Mrs Nickleson
AP Spanish - Mr Marks
P.E - Ms Beckett
Sighing I put the schedule in my bag and place my headphones over my ears before looking at what playlist to put on. Instrumental... Yeah I could do with some thinking right now. I went through my apps when I felt the sensation of being watched, not just by a few people in school but a stare that I felt to my very core, looking around I don't see anyone immediately and then I look to my right, and see a Jeep with six people standing in front of it all of them looking at me. I smile and look back at my phone, what should I play? Temple Run? Nah to boring... Ah Unblock me. Yeah that'll be good, after a few minutes I see a pair of shoes in my peripheral vision and pause my game looking up, I come face to chest with some guy, craning my neck I come face to face with a grinning Emmett, I smile and look back down at my game.
A minute later my phone isn't in my hands anymore. I look around and see Emmett still in front of me holding my phone, pulling my headphones off I look at him with a raised eyebrow and crossed arms.
"Can I help you?" I didn't feel intimidated,
"My names Emmett Cullen." I nod,
"That's great, can I have my phone back now. I'm trying to beat a time limit." his mouth drops open.
"No that's not how it works, you're supposed to tell me your name." sighing I reach for my phone and he held it over my head, I glowered at him,
"Arcadia." I scowl,
"Arcadia...?" groaning I glare at him,
"Arcadia Obsidian Swan. Now give me my phone." he shakes his head.
"Cool name." I look at my phone over my head, I could always jump... But I'd embarrass myself, I glance at Emmett, he doesn't look like he's going to give it back to me any time soon. Sighing I reach again, he doesn't give and I jump.
"Em!" I whine as he moves it away.
"Cadi!" he mocks and I stop dead,
"Don't call me that." my voice was cold, no one could call me Cadi, then suddenly he yelped. I look behind him to see a tall blonde, Rosalie Hale behind him hand raised and my phone in the other hand.
"Stop bothering her." She snaps, I smile at her as she takes my phone and hands it back to me. "Sorry about him, he doesn't know when to quit." she apologises, I nod, "I'm Rosalie Hale." she introduces, I felt a little shocked that she was being so warm to me shrug it off.
"Arcadia Swan, or Cada." I introduce, I look over at the Jeep to see four pairs of gold eyes looking still and smile at them again,
"Nice car." Rosalie compliments, I nod,
"Late birthday present." I shrug,
"I've never seen this type of Toyota before." I could see longing in her eyes,
"It's not meant to be out for a few years yet." I inform,
"Years?" she asks, I nod.
"My friend has connections." I explain, "It's a Toyota FT1, should be out by 2014." I could feel the shock from her at this bit of news, "You seem like a car lover."
"I am." She responds,
"How would you like to take a peek into the future?" she looked confused,
"Meaning?" I sigh,
"Under the hood." Suddenly she's nodding like a bobble head and Emmett is forgotten. I walk to the drives side and pull the hidden lever by the door and hear the hiss as it opens, Rosalie wastes no time and sets about getting it set up and admiring the engine. I walk back to her side.
"He's beautiful ain't he?" I ask,
"Stunning." A thought popped into my head and I hide a grin,
"I just wish I could find someone who'd do maintenance for him, I haven't gotten it sorted yet, I was thinking-" I was cut off,
"I'm good at mechanics, I wouldn't mind doing maintenance, as long as you're okay with it." I look at her with a shocked expression,
"You wouldn't mind?" she shakes her head, "How much do you charge?" she smiles.
"I don't, it's what I enjoy, it gives me something to do in my spare time." I nod,
"If you're sure?" she smiles, "Thank you Rosalie."
"Call me Rose."
"Hey have you forgotten me." I turn back to the voice of Emmett,
"I'm sorry, who are you?" I grin at his shocked face as Rose closes the hood laughing, she came back and took my phone from me, putting her number in,
"Who's your new friend?" Someone asks from the right, looking over I see four people again, it confused me slightly, Alice, Edward, Jasper and then there was a boy I didn't know with curly dirty blonde hair golden eyes and a boyish smile on his face. (Jeremy Sumpter.)
"Arcadia Obsidian Swan." Emmett introduced, I smile and wave, "Cad-a, this is my brother Edward and my sister Alice, Jasper, Rose's twin, and their little brother Jack." I tilt my head.
"You, Edward and Alice don't look alike though." he laughs,
"We're adopted, and the others are fostered." He explains, I nod my head, I was hugged by a brown haired pixie suddenly,
"We're going to be best friends." I gulp,
'She's the tiny terror.' I bite my lip, they were all extremely beautiful, more so than the book described, it took my breath away. The Bell rang and I closed the door to my car pushing it down and locking him before walking back,
"What class do you have?" I jumped at the slightly accented voice, southern but very subtle at the moment,
"Uh... AP Calc with Ms pots." I answer after a moment, he looked slightly disappointed but brushed it off.
"I think Emmett has that class." I groan,
"I'll never get any work done." He chuckles and I nearly melt at the sound. It's not like I need to go through school again anyway, I'd graduated once... That was why all my classes were Advanced Placement, but even then it was only like I was in a different year. Sighing I glance over at the human bear... well sortta, I hung my head and walked to him in defeat hearing more laughs.
"What's up?" Em asked,
"I'm in your Calculus class." I then have my arm linked through his and am being dragged, literally, towards the school building. This was going to be a difficult lesson. I look back at Rose and reach out my hand, "Save me!" I was met with more laughter. Damn.
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It was true, I hadn't gotten much work done, and what made it worse was I was sat next to him. Well it wasn't bad it was just that we couldn't stop snickering towards the end as we talked to each other and tried to make the other laugh fully to get them into trouble. I pulled out my time table,
AP English - Mr Larkner.
"You have that with me and Alice." I jump slightly and see him looking over my shoulder,
"Another lesson with you?" I ask, "Is someone punishing me for something I didn't do?" his laughter boomed as he led me to English and again I was sat with him, only this time I was in the middle of him and Alice. She had asked to see my timetable, and when I had showed her she'd looked at it before attacking it with a sparkly gel pen, it now looked like this...
AP Calc - Ms Pots - Emmett
AP English - Mr Larkner - Alice/Emmett
AP Biology - Mr Morgan - Jasper/Rosalie
Lunch
AP Music - Mrs Nickleson - Jasper
AP Spanish - Mr Marks - Jack/Edward
P.E - Ms Beckett - Alice.
Looking at my time table I was considering asking for a change in lesson, I had at least one Cullen in each class and I had a class alone with Jasper Hale.
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Biology wasn't to hard to find and I was sat with Rosalie and Jasper was next to her I was a little thankful for that as I would have been incredibly uncomfortable, I'd liked the character Jasper Hale in my old world, and had been hung up on him when I realized where I was, well to say that the seventeen years of my life, were enough for me to deepen those feelings would be the biggest understatement of the year. It was a calmer class than my previous two but there was still talking, Jasper seemed really relaxed which had me slightly confused but I said nothing knowing it could mess everything up if they knew I knew. Edward wouldn't meet Bella, Bella would want to go home, she would get killed by James, there was just so much depending on their meeting, and one wrong sentence from me could mess all of that up.
When the bell rang for lunch I packed everything away and grabbed my stuff, I'd tried to ditch the Hale's as I was feeling slightly overwhelmed but it proved useless as they stood behind me in line and after grabbing food the tray disappeared from my hand and Rose linked hers with mine leading me to her table. I looked back to see Jasper carrying my tray, I tried to protest but he brushed it off saying,
"It's fine." I pouted and felt slightly guilty that he had to carry my tray but Rose pulled a chair out for me and I took the hint taking a seat. Jasper set our trays down before turning his chair and straddling it, I could die happy from seeing an image that drool worthy. I could feel the stares of everyone in the canteen but ignored it picking up the piece of pizza bringing it to my lips and biting, I cringe swallow and drop the pizza back to the tray pushing it away,
"Is the food always this disgusting?" I ask, they laugh,
"We don't like to eat the stuff because it tastes bad." Jack I think answered.
"I don't blame you honestly." I shrug, I look at Edward, he had the mind reading gift maybe I could copy that... Slowly I reach out to him in my mind and I felt the gift it was a strange shape that I couldn't identify but it tasted like rasberries, sighing I lock my mind onto it and then I heard voices, bringing my hand up to my temple I rub it,
'Someone's sitting with the Cullen's.'
'No way, she's not pretty enough for them.'
'Damn they moved in on her first, now I'll never have a chance.'
I picked one person, Edward... I looked over at him,
'Edward?' his head snapped over to me, 'Don't talk just think.'
'What is she on about?' I smirk,
'I'm telling you to think instead of speak, or is your mind always this empty?' I watch, smirk still in place as his mouth dropped open... I tilt my head, 'What's the matter?'
'How- I- you can read minds?' he asked,
'I can now, I've sort of copied your gift, I can copy any gift I want and I can erase the gift when I want.' I explain,
'Erase?' he asked raising his eyebrow, I shrug,
'If I don't want the gift I have copied then I can simply get rid of it, like throwing out old clothes.' he snorts at the description.
'Have you copied anyone else's?' he looked slightly panicked then.
'Relax, No I haven't copied Jasper's empathy, that much emotion would send me crazy around this many hormonal teenagers, but I have copied Alice's it will be extremely useful. Did you know she tastes like blueberries? You taste like Rasberries.' this information seems to ease the unsure look on his face making it clash with slight amusement, suddenly a hand appears in my face and they snap their fingers, I look over at Emmett who was attached to the hand.
"Yes Emmett?" I ask,
"What were you and Edward doing?" They were looking between Edward and I, I shrug,
"Having a conversation." they looked confused.
"But you weren't speakin'" a southern accent pointed out, I tap my temple,
"Who said anything about speaking, we were thinking." they gape like fish,
'You'd think they would have a more, oh I don't know, original reaction... Though plotting against Em will be great.' I muse and Edward grins,
"Anyway never mind that the bells about to go and I need to get to my car." I smiled, got up and dumped my tray before walking out to said car and opening the boot, pulling my guitar case out before closing the boot again. I leant on the car eyes closed with a sigh, god I wish she was here... I felt the weight of my guitar disappear and turn around coming face to chest with Jasper.
"I thought you would like some help." I sigh,
"Honestly Jasper you don't need to carry-" I was cut off,
"I said it's fine."
"But still..." He just shook his head and I slump my shoulders of course he'd be stubborn. I heard the bell ring "Shit." Jasper and I took off running, well I ran Jasper jogged at human speed...
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I'd had Mrs Nickleson sign my slip and took my seat on a sofa, Music wasn't your typical classroom, it was a room you'd expect to find in a collage common room or something, sofa's chairs beanbags and the like with a desk at the front of the classroom for the teacher, I knew instantly that I would love it here. Jasper sat next to me and that garnered a lot of glares, it was easy to ignore. He however wasn't, I would catch him staring at me often and I would smile and go back to the cords, I was the first to complete the cords, as I had learnt all of this already, eventually I got bored and started plucking other strings, thinking of a song I had heard on the film Treasure Planet.
Closing my eyes I let my fingers take control as I hummed the words quietly thinking of them,
I am a question to the world,
Not an answer to be heard,
Or a moment that's held in your arms,
And what do you think you'd ever say,
I won't listen any way,
You don't know me,
And I'll never be what you want me to be...
And what do you think you'd understand,
I'm a boy, No I'm a man,
You can't take me,
And throw me away...
I started to slow the tempo before coming to a stop all together, 'The Goo Goo Dolls' was the name of the band but that was the only song I ever liked from them, then I noticed the silence and looked around everyone was staring at me. I felt heat crawl across my cheeks and looked down.
"Miss Swan?" I look over at my teacher,
"Yes?" I asked,
"Have you been playing the guitar long?" I nod.
"Just over ten years." I admit, it was true in this world but in truth it was twenty nine given mentally I was thirty six.
"So you're experienced then?" I nod again, "Any other instruments?" I smile,
"I've been playing the piano for three years." Suddenly the bell went off and I began to pack up placing my baby in his case before going to grab my bag, only to find it not there, looking over at Jasper he raises his brow, and I shake my head, "I've got Spanish, which you are not in." he shrugged.
"I'll walk you to class." I wanted to slam my head against the wall. Because that's basically what arguing with him would be like.
"Alrighty then." I walk out of class refusing to give him my guitar and glowering at him slightly, he's over a hundred years old, it's not like I'd ever win.
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I walked into Spanish bag in hand after being given it by the southern gentleman, a small smile on my face, getting Mr Marks to sign my slip I took a seat next to Jack and behind Edward, it was almost strange that I was in class with at least one of the Cullen's and not once had I seen them tense around me. Was it like with Elijah and Amy? I shake my head and look at the teacher, he was a fat balding middle aged man with grey hair and thick rimmed glasses, he didn't look like he possessed any Spanish blood but he talked fluently with a few mispronunciations that I was tempted to correct him on.
I answered any question thrown my way in perfect Spanish and talked to Edward and Jack getting to know the second as I never read anything about him. Needless to say our teacher hated me. Walking out of class laughing at his thoughts,
'Impertinent, know it all brat.' Apparently I had become Hermione Granger.
"I'm impressed, where did you learn Spanish?" Jack asked, I grin,
"I spent two months in Spain." I waved goodbye to them and headed to P.E meeting with Alice and being hugged by the pixie. We got to class I had Ms. Beckett sign the slip and we got on with the lesson, today was volleyball, one of my least favorite sports but I wasn't as clumsy as Bella, not by a long shot. Alice and I made an unbeatable team and pretty soon no one would take us on so we sat out for a while. We discussed clothes and the like before my vision faded out.
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The Cullen's house,
Kitchen,
Eight people,
Rosalie, Emmett, Alice, Jack, Edward, Jasper... and the other two I suppose to be Carlisle and Esme.
And then I walk through the kitchen door.
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I gasp as I'm thrown back into the noisy present of people shouting orders at each other, Alice looked at me with a grin I gave back a hesitant smile.
Everyone seemed happy, they didn't care that I was in their house, that I was human. About ten minutes passed and neither of us mentioned what we saw, the bell rang and Alice and I went and got changed, I gave her a hug and walked out, guitar case and bag in hand before walking over to my car... Opening the boot I placed my things in and closed it.
'I'll scare her...'Ii roll my eyes,
"Can I help you Emmett?" I ask turning to look at the human bear trying to sneak up on me with Rose just behind him, he gaped like a fish before glaring at me as I tapped my temple, "Don't try the impossible." I sang, Rose hugged me goodbye as did Alice, Emmett crushed me in a death grip, I waved goodbye to Edward, Jack and Jasper before getting into my car and getting the hell out of school heading home.
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There wasn't much to do as I got home. I didn't feel like playing my baby and dad was on duty so that took a Joy Ride out of the game, I couldn't visit the pack until I had gotten to know the Cullen's, cooking was out of the question as we had no ingredients. Bell's had just been putting the finishing touches on her room.
"Hey." I greet taking a seat on her bed,
"Hey, how was school?" I shrug,
"It was fine, I made a group of friends, though everyone does like to stare at the new girl." At this she let out a groan.
"Oh no." I smirk, my sister, never liking the spot light, and had a seriously low self esteem, I mean seriously, she was gorgeous and she never thought she was even remotely pretty...
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Okay that's this one done and now I'm heading to bed. 00:20 AM. And I got college tomorrow. (Or today depending on how you look at it.) So, Review. Follow and Favorite if you like this as it will mean a lot to me.
Shadow OUT!
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