A/N: omg I'm soooo sorry for how long it took to update this! My computer has been broken and just got fixed! I'm really sorry!

Previously: I thought it was a pretty good icebreaker letter. I thought I'd want to act like someone different….but if I do I'm not going to get the full purpose of this project. We are supposed to be ourselves I'm assuming, not try to be someone we aren't.

I printed the letter and put it in an envelope to bring to school tomorrow. I wonder what this Edward guy will write back.

Edward's POV:

"Edward, get up! It's time for school so get your lazy ass off of that bed!" Alice trilled from outside of my door. I groaned and looked at the clock. Just as I suspected, 6:30 AM, the beginning of the school year, the day pretty much everyone dreads.

"I'm coming!" I yelled, my voice sounding a bit raspy.

"You better be, if you're not out of that room in 15 minutes I'm calling enforcement!" I laughed; her enforcement means her boyfriend who lives two doors down from us. I'm so scared, especially since Jasper is one of my best friends.

I quickly grabbed a pair of blue jeans and a black shirt, ran my hands through my hair and was out of my bedroom. Good thing I was out before 15 minutes was up, I wouldn't want to make Alice get her super scary boyfriend.

As soon as I walked down the stairs Alice bombarded me, "Okay, you still haven't told me your classes! We have to see if we are in any together!" Oh god I hope not. "I mean, wouldn't that be awesome? Oh my God, what if we have every class together? That would be amazing!" I laughed under my breath. Yeah, amazing alright.

I handed her my schedule, I have English, Biology, Trig, Lunch, Spanish then History. Alice has the same classes with me for English, Lunch and History.

"Well, at least we have some classes together! Especially English so we can compare our letters we get! Oh my gosh it's going to be so much fun! I wonder who'll your pen-pal will be! And mine too! Ooh, ooh, ooh! I hope Jasper is in our class too, we will have so much--." She rambled on. After a while I just stopped listening…being around Alice makes you really good at that.

Apparently in English class this year we are doing some kind of pen-pal thing. The teacher told us a little bit about it on the last day of 10th grade; she didn't give us enough information to be entirely sure what was going on though.

"Okay, so I guess we better get going then, Rose, Jasper, and Emmett said they'd meet us in the parking lot before classes start. Are we going to take your car or mine?" She asked, smiling. I really don't see how someone could be this excited this early….especially since it's the first day of school.

"Mine. Yours is at the shop remember?" I told her, chuckling a bit under my breathe.

"Oh yeah!" She squeaked, "Alrighty then, let's go, I'm so excited for this English thing!"

* * * *

At School

"Hey dude! How's it going?" Emmett yelled to me when Alice and I stepped out of my car. She danced her way over to Jasper.

"Hey! It's all good…..well, as this early in the morning can be I guess." I said and he smirked, his arms wrapped around his girlfriend Rosalie. I'm pretty much the odd one out. There's Jasper and Alice, Rosalie and Emmett, and then there's me. I mean, I've dated before, but no one here really sparks my interest in that way. I mean, I have tons of girls that are friends that would love to go out with me—don't think I'm being full of myself, they tell me this—but none that I would want to go out with.

Randomly Alice started to pout and whine, "But why! We were supposed to have that class together!" She complained looking at Jasper's schedule. Turns out, he's not in our English class.

He smiled and smoothed her hair, "It's okay, my class will be doing the same thing, and we can still see each others letters." She sniffled but nodded.

When the bell rang signaling everyone to get to first period, we all shuffled through the front doors to begin out school year.

* * * *

After school at the Cullen household.

"God, really, who invented school?" Jasper complained as he threw his backpack on the ground and slumped down on the sofa. Pretty much every day after school since we were in kindergarten we'd come back to my house to hang out.

"Someone that likes to see us suffer," Emmett respond, plopping down next to Jasper. Rosalie and Alice were in the kitchen, probably gossiping about new trends or something we really didn't care about.

"I really didn't think it was that bad." I said making Emmett and Jasper pop their heads up with open mouths.

"What the hell dude?" Emmett said, "What's wrong with you, school's awful!"

I just shrugged my shoulders. The only part about school I don't like is the waking up early…besides that I could care less.

"You obviously aren't human," Jasper mumbled jokingly. I chuckled but didn't say anything. Today wasn't all that bad. Sort of annoying with Jessica and Lauren though, they really need to get it in their minds that they don't have a chance with me. They act as if a year and some sluttier clothes will help them out. The more they act like sluts, the more I get turned off anyway.

"So, when are we finding out our pen-pals?" Emmett said changing the subject, "I wasn't really paying attention, sorta drifted off during that class."

"I think Friday. Mrs. B. said it would only take a couple days." I told him.

"Wonder who we'll get," Emmett said, messing up his hair and turning on the TV to the sports channel. "Better be someone interesting, if it's someone boring I'm going to demand a refund!"

I laughed, "I don't really think you can refund a person."

He raised one eyebrow, "I have my resources."

"Okay then, you do that." I said giving him a strange look and seeing Jasper doing the same. Emmett could be well…..Emmett, there really aren't words to describe him sometimes.

The rest of the night we just hung around, us guys playing video games or hanging in my room while the girls gave each other makeovers and hung upstairs in Alice's room.

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The rest of the week went by really fast. School never has been a big problem with me, obviously it's not my favorite thing in the world but I don't dread it like some people do. So, here I am sitting in first period English class waiting for our letters to be distributed.

"Here you go Ms. Stanley, Ms. Webber, Ms. Cullen, and here you are Mr. Cullen." Mrs. B rambled as she passed out letters to each of us. "Once you read your letter start writing one back, answer any questions and tell the person about yourself. The whole point of this project is to get to know someone that you wouldn't have originally had any contact with. It's an ice breaker for the beginning of the year if you ask me."

I read the letter sent to me: Dear Edward Cullen,

I'd like to introduce myself. My name is Isabella Swan and I am a high school junior at Phoenix High in sunny Arizona! Please don't refer to me as Isabella though, I prefer Bella. So, I find this pen-pal thing pretty cool, I don't know about you but I love to write. I don't know why I'm telling you this, I've never told anyone, but I actually would love to become an author…..I've experimented with writing and I've gotten pretty far in a novel of mine that I'm in the process of writing right now. So, my teacher told us we were just supposed to tell each other about us. There really isn't anything exciting about me. I have dark brown hair and dark brown eyes, not much of a uniqueness there, and I also have really pale skin, probably one of the palest at my school……people like to say I'm part albino since I can't even get a tan in Arizona. Well, I can't wait to hear from you. Talk—or I guess I should say write—to you soon.

~Bella Swan.

I smiled. Bella, what a pretty name…..and she thinks she's pale? Well, maybe she should take a look at me, and then I don't think she'll think she's all that pale. She seems like someone that will be easy to talk to……not boring like Emmett had been talking about. Seems like she as a bit of humor as well with the ending of her letter….I guess only time will tell.

Dear Bella,

It's very nice to hear from you Bella Swan—very pretty name by the way, isn't it Italian for beautiful?--……as you obviously already know I'm Edward Cullen. I am also a high school junior but I attend Forks High. Unlike Arizona, Forks, Washington is one of the rainiest places in the continental US. Well, anyway, I also like to write, I've never thought about writing a book but I don't mind English class or writing creatively. It's very cool that you are writing a novel…..you'll have to tell me how far you get. Should I be looking out for Bella Swan all over local book stores? About your appearance, haven't you ever heard that sometimes less is more? I'm sure you're a beautiful girl.

Now I suppose I should tell you a bit about myself. I am also very pale, so is my sister Alice. Someone in your class should be getting her for a pen-pal; we are both in first period English here. I have bronze hair, sort of coppery like a penny and emerald green eyes. Uhm, in my spare time I like to play the piano and compose my own music.

So, I'll be waiting for your letter.

~Edward Cullen.

As soon as I signed my name the bell rang and I was off to second period. I have a good feeling about this project.