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In answer to Witty-Kate's question, there is a mixture of things that make the Cullens move so much. We know how the kids can be sometimes, Alice can be pushy, Rosalie aggressive and so on and those attitudes can lead to unpleasant situations. But it also has to do with the kids' pasts, Rosalie and Jasper are twins and Esme's niece and nephew (as the cover on the actual book) and Alice, Emmett and Edward have all been adopted but are not related, and they all have their history. I know this doesn't exactly answer much of your question, but as the story moves forward things will come up and you will know exactly what happened, I don't want to give much away now and I'm also still figuring some things out.
Ok, here comes chapter two, I hope you like it! Please review! I really like getting your input!!
Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight.
Finally, the alarm went off. I had been awake for the past 3 hours dreading the day ahead of me. I knew it wouldn't be long before we would have to move yet again and I didn't feel like putting on a good face in a pointless attempt to make things work.
I finally got around to getting up, took a shower and headed downstairs for breakfast. Everyone except for Emmett was there, which was no surprise. We ate silently and then headed outside to our cars once Emmett finally joined in. We had decided it would be better if the five of us rode in my Volvo since it was the least conspicuous of the cars, being that Forks was a small town and we didn't necessarily want even more eyes looking at us from day one.
We said our goodbyes to Carlisle and Esme on the front porch and left for school, it was a short ride (especially since I didn't like to drive slow) and the silence was finally broken by Alice.
"I think here it will be better, it seems so much different." She almost whispered trying to convince herself more than anything.
"I'm sure it will be." Jasper said reassuring her and holding her hands.
I didn't have to look around to know that the looks on Rosalie and Emmett's faces matched mine. Emmett was usually very optimistic each time we arrived at a new place and his excitement could be very contagious, but this time he seemed rather gloomy and Rosalie was forever annoyed to having to start from scratch. You could say I was rather resigned, it meant little difference where we were anymore; I knew I wanted to be anywhere but there. No place ever felt like home.
I parked the car near the administration building to which we headed to get our schedules. There weren't many people at school yet, but the few that were stared at us like they always did. Ms. Cope, the receptionist, was very sweet as she handed out our papers, a map of the school and wished us luck in our first day.
"I'll be here if you need anything, dears." She said in a motherly tone. "First days can be quite a hassle."
I think for the first time in weeks we all smiled in unison and Ms. Cope blushed excitedly as a response. They weren't our best smiles, but that was all we could manage at the moment.
We headed to the main building finally going our separate ways once we walked through the door.
My first class was English, I headed to the room and reached the teacher's desk, he gave me a few papers and sent me off to sit somewhere in the back of the room. The familiar stares of curious teenagers felt all over me, they didn't seem to mind that they had to turn around to do so and I felt angry and annoyed the whole time. I really liked English, but the staring kept my attention from the teacher and made me very uncomfortable. It was something I never got used to. There was only one girl that didn't stare uncontrollably at me, I was thankful to her for that; maybe someone here understood what it felt like.
Finally the bell rang and I rushed out the door, I had History next and luckily so did Alice, so we met at the classroom door.
"Hey, how was your first class?" I tried to sound excited for her, she was the one who hurt the most when we had to leave.
"It was alright, I guess, I don't really like biology and people made it even harder to concentrate."
"I know."
"Shall we?" She said smiling half-heartedly.
I smiled back, grabbed her hand and walked into the room.
The History teacher made us introduce ourselves in front of the class and I swear I heard someone whistle at me while I was speaking. I was glad it wasn't during Alice's introduction though, she would have blushed and felt even more uncomfortable.
After 5 minutes of hell we settled in the only two seats left, luckily one next to the other, and pretty much rambled on all through the class since the teacher was too absorbed in his speech to even notice.
But suddenly the hour was up and we had to go our separate ways once again.
In Trig I noticed the blonde girl who had whistled in History class next to a smugish kind of guy who walked up to me to introduce himself.
"Hi! You must be one of the Cullens. I'm Mike. Nice to meet you." He seemed very excited about being the first person to approach me.
"Hi! I'm Edward." I really didn't feel like being polite, but I would be for Alice and Esme's sakes.
"How has your day been so far?" The blonde girl started to walk toward us as he talked.
"Ok, I guess." I tried to smile, but I doubt I succeeded.
"Hi, I'm Jessica, but everybody calls me Jess!" The blond had settled herself next to Mike ogling me like I'd never seen anyone do before.
"Hi, Jessica." I said with what I'm sure was a shocked expression mixed with a little disgust, but she didn't seem to notice and apparently neither did Mike, because he quickly smiled and suggested me and my siblings to have lunch at his table. I said I would have to talk to them about it and thanked him for his offer.
After that the teacher came in and we all eventually sat down, lucky for me the teacher directed me to a sit at least 15 feet away from Jessica.
Before lunch I had Spanish, which turned uneventful, apart from the teacher being very surprised to how good I was at it and the never-ending stares.
I met my siblings in the cafeteria and passed along Mike's suggestion to which they all agreed – especially Alice – and after getting our food we all turned to look for his table.
It was quite easy to find it, you could see Jessica's ogling from a mile away and Mike was waving frantically at us. I didn't think I would enjoy their company much, but I had to try. I have to say I was a little relieved to see the only person who hadn't stared at me at all sitting at the same table and decided to sit next to her.
We all settled in the empty spaces there were left, Alice and Jasper next to each other as well as Rosalie and Emmett. I introduced myself to the girl next to me, her name was Angela and she was as nice as I expected her to be. Maybe, after all, there would be someone I could get along with. She was the kind of person who knew it was better not to meddle, and as Mike, Jessica and the rest of the people at the table grilled my siblings with meaningless questions, Angela told me a bit about herself and the town of Forks without asking anything in return.
As I was picking at my lunch I noticed a table where there was only one girl, it caught my attention because all the other tables were crowded, but she sat completely by herself in front of a tray full of food.
Angela must have noticed my expression because before I got a change to ask her she said:
"That's Isabella Swan. She always sits alone, she's been here for the last year and a half and has not made a single friend at school."
Unfortunately, Jessica heard her and started babbling. She had been waiting to speak to me since the moment I sat down, but I never gave her a chance to.
"She's a freak. She doesn't speak to anyone or like anyone and is quite the bitch." Angela rolled her eyes at her and I understood Jessica was overreacting. Jessica kept on rambling about the Swan girl as I actually couldn't keep my eyes off her. All I noticed when I first saw her was that she was alone, but now there was something that draw me to her and I'm pretty sure with every trashy word Jessica spoke I could see her wince and fight back the anger. And I was sad for her, I felt an inexplicable need to make her smile, to make her feel better and as those feelings crossed my mind her eyes met mine. She had the most amazing eyes I had ever seen, they were so deep, but also filled with sadness. I couldn't look away and actually didn't want to, but she quickly did and before I knew it the bell ringed and it was time for Biology.
As I stepped into the room I saw her, I couldn't move my eyes off of her, but suddenly I was forced to. The sadness in her deep black eyes had vanished and all that was left was hate. She stared at me in disgust as I made my way to the teacher's desk, and, of course, the only seat available ended up being the one next to her.
I sat as the teacher started telling us what we would be doing today, I didn't pay much attention, the tension in the air was too much to handle, I could sense her anger and knew she didn't like me for some reason. It wasn't an unusual experience for me, but usually it took at least a couple of months for people to start reacting to us that way and even then it wasn't as strong as this.
The hour seemed like years passing, I didn't look at her again, but I could feel her trying to sit as far away from me as the small space allowed her to. As soon as the bell rang she was gone and I angrily grabbed my backpack and headed towards the gym for my last class of the day.
I met Jasper in the locker room and told him what had happened. I was quite upset not really knowing why and needed to talk to someone. Although Alice might have been a more suitable choice, Jasper's calming effect did wonders and as he talked to me he made me realize that maybe I was overreacting and by the end of the class I was myself once again.
The ride home was oddly filled with excitement. Alice had had Spanish class with Angela and they had gotten along really well, while Emmett had made friends with Taylor since they were both very big sport fans. Rosalie hadn't made any friends, but she rarely ever did, and Jasper was happy as long as Alice was.
Esme was really pleased by seeing us in such a good mood and gave us all a big welcome home hug.
After dinner I went to my room and started going through what had happened during the day. I found myself thinking mostly about Isabella and what I had felt during Biology class came back to me as I remembered her glare.
That night I couldn't sleep.
A/N: I really like the way the story is coming along, I know my writing could be better, but I like how the story is going.
I think I will have chapter 3 by the end of the week, but I don't know how it's gonna go yet.
