Chapter 2

The New Kid… again

Date: Wednesday September 16th 2098

EPOV

I woke up this morning, feeling nothing but pain, as usual. It had been two years since my parents had died, but it was something you never really got over. Today was worse. I would have to tell the story multiple times. Today I was the new kid at Skaneateles high. I had spoken to my grandpa last night, and it made me feel better, but it also made me feel worse. He had Alzheimer's and now believed his name was Danny Zuko. It was actually Robert McCarty. He may have been a bit senile, but he seemed to be the only one who had been able to make me feel any better about today.

I walked out of my room, down the stairs, and into the kitchen. "Hey! How's it cooking shorty?" I said to my little sister Ella, who was seven. I had mastered an act, to hide my pain from people, especially my sisters. It was close enough to who I was before our parents had died, that most people didn't notice the difference. My aunt smiled at me and said "I made a special breakfast for someone's first day as a junior!"

"Oooh what did you make?" I asked excitedly. Hey I liked food. "We made French toast and sausage, your favorite if I remembered correctly?" She asked. "You are correct." "Emmett! I helped make breakfast!" Ella said eagerly. "Ya, that's what the we implied kid." I said laughing. I took a bite and they were better than anything I had ever tasted. "WOW! Ella, you should consider a career as a chef!" I told her. "Really? You like them?" She asked my her voice rising slightly from excitement. "I love them!"

"Makenna! Guess what! Emmett said I should be a chef!" Ella exclaimed, and I turned to see my 13 year old sister walking in the doorway. "That's cool, do I get to try any of this amazing food?" She asked. Ella was bouncing in her seat from excitement by now "OF COURSE! HERE!" she exclaimed putting three pieces of French toast on Makenna's plate. "HERE YOU TAKE SOME MORE TOO!" She yelled putting two more slices on my plate.

After we had eaten it was time to go to school. The elementary, middle and high schools were all one school since the town was so small, so I was driving my sisters to school. When we got to the school and I had parked my Honda Pilot 4wd we all hopped out. I opened Ella's door in, since she was in the backseat, and on my side. She jumped down put her backpack on and grabbed my hand. I closed her door and we walked around to where Makenna was. "So, we'll meet back here at 2:30, ok?" I told Makenna.

"Okay. Good luck. I know you'll do brilliant!" She said hugging me "Thanks. Have fun." I told her hugging her back with one hand since Ella was still tightly clutching the other. Makenna then walked off to join a group of girls who had just gotten off a school bus.

"What about me Emmett? Where should I meet you?" Ella asked me eagerly. "I'll come and pick you up from your class room at the end of the day okay?" I told her and she nodded. "You have to walk me to class also." She told me pulling on my hand so we would start walking. "I know. I was going to." I told her. "Wait." I told her as we passed what looked like the main office. "We have to go grab my schedule in here." I told her gently pulling her over to the office.

When we were almost to the door Ella tripped and hit her knee "OW!" She screamed then started crying. I noticed that everyone around us was now looking at us to see what was happening. Ignoring them I sat down on the ground next to where she was and pulled her onto my lap. "shhhhh… It's okay, El. No need to cry. Look, you're okay, everything's okay, see?" I said pointing at her knee. She stopped crying and looked at her knee. "Oh. But My tights ripped!" She said sniffling. "Don't worry. We can fix that." I told her "come on, let's go get my stuff."

"Carry me. It hurts to walk." She said when we stood up. "Okay, come here." I said as she wrapped her arms around neck and her legs around my torso, and I balanced her in one of my arms. Only then did I remember all the people watching. I looked at all of them uncomfortably, and then a short extremely thin girl with spiky black hair stepped in front of me and said "What? You've never seen a little girl trip before? They obviously don't want you watching!" She said glaring at them all. They immediately scattered.

She turned to face me and said "Are you ok?" She asked Ella who had turned herself around to see what was happening. "Yes." She said. I saw the girls face and was shocked. She was pale and had small delicate features. She was also the most beautiful person I had ever seen. She had shocking Silvery eyes that looked like they had gold sparkles in them. "Thanks for that." I told her. "No problem." She said and then she walked away. Okay…

I walked into the office and up to the desk where a middle aged woman sat. "Hi, my name is Emmett McCarty, I'm new here." I told her confidently. "Oh! Of course! Welcome. Here is your schedule and a map. Your classrooms are highlighted. Please get this slip signed by all your teachers and bring it back at the end of the day. Have a nice day!" She said and smiled warmly.

"Thank you." I said and walked out. "Okay, so, how do we get to your class room?" I asked Ella as we exited the office. "You go down that hallway," she said pointing to a hallway that seemed to come off of the high school wing. "and it's the third classroom on the left. She said. We were walking past what I assumed to be a French classroom when I heard two teenagers yelling "Get a hold off yourself man! You just ate breakfast! You can hold out till lunch!" I heard a girl's voice yell. Her voice was beautiful, even yelling. "I am a growing boy, I need my food!" A boy's voice replied. It was and odd conversation, but I understood. I was always hungry. Everyone who had heard seemed scared.

Ella started giggling. "That boy sounds like you, Emmett!" She said grinning. "I was thinking the same thing kid." I said turning into her classroom. "Here we are!" I boomed setting her down. "Emmett, what about my tights?" "Oh uhh…" I said looking around the room for something to fix them with I could've taped hem, but I know she would've said it was worse so instead, I tokk a pair of scissors and cut a hole in the right leg of my jeans. "There, Now, we're twins. I told her standing up. She laughed hugged me. "Thank you. Em, don't worry about anything. You can come and get me if you need anything." She said seriously. "Thanks, El." She let go and walked away from me to put her backpack in her cubby.

I walked out of the classroom and looked at my scheduale. I had English. I walked to the room that was highlighted on the map and entered. Not many people were there yet but a man I assumed was the English teacher sat at a desk in the back of the classroom. I walked over to him "Hi, I'm Emmett McCarty. I was told you had to sign this." I said handing him the slip. He signed it and handed it back to me, without saying anything or even looking at me. Okay… "OKAY BYE!" I said even louder than normal.

I walked over to the first empty seat I saw and sat down. I was taking out my notebook when a girl with really curly brown hair walked over. "HI! I heard you're name was Emmett McCarty. I'm Jessica Stanley, But you can call me Babe or Hot stuff." She said in a nasally voice. Her friend looked over at me apologetically. "Ya that's me, and I think I will be referring to you as Jessica… or bush head, your choice." She just looked at me confused. "Bush Head? What's Wrong with you?" I asked her. "My name's Jessica…" She said confused. Wow. I could see her friend trying not to laugh at her. I liked her friend.

Class was over and next I had French. This teacher actually introduced herself and talked to me. I noticed the small girl who had yelled at everyone earlier was in the back of the class alone, and staring at me. I stared back at her and she just sat there smiling, and slightly bouncing, not blinking at all. I was kind of creeped out so I instead chose a seat next to a girl who I recognized as Bush Head's friend. "Hey, you're bush head's friend, right?" I walked over to her smiling.

"Ya, I'm Angela. I'm sorry about Jessica, she's a little pig headed." Angela said smiling back. "As you probably know, I'm Emmett McCarty, and no worries, I'm not actually that mean, I'm just down-right Hilarious. If bush head ever starts acting more polite, I may tell her I was joking." "You were joking?" She asked raising and eyebrow. "Oh, no of course not, but she doesn't know that." I said, winking. She laughed "You're right you are funny, do you want to sit at our lunch table?" She asked.

"Will Bush Head be there?" I asked making a face. "Yes, but, there's plenty of other people too, don't worry." She told me. "Well okay. And I'm not funny, I am hilarious." I reminded her. "Oh, I'm sorry, I understated your awesomeness." She told me laughing. "Well I'll forgive you this time, but It is a very serious thing." I told her. I liked Angela, she was extremely nice, I don't think I had met anyone as nice as her, well, ever.

Finally Lunch came and, after I grabbed some food, I went to sit at the table I saw Jessica, and a few kids from my other classes. Angela wasn't there yet, so I was talking to a kid name Ben. He was almost as nice as Angela. We were making joke and making everyone laugh when Angela came and sat on the other side of Ben. "Did I miss something?" She asked smiling. "Oh, no, just more of my awesomeness." I told her grinning. "Dang." She said pretending to be upset. "Angela, This is the funniest kid ever! Emmett, tell her the joke about West Virginia!" "Ok, so why did they decide not to Make a CSI: West Virginia?" I asked her "I don't know, why?" "Because, all the DNA was the same and there were no dental records!" I told her laughing. The whole table started laughing except for Bush Head.

"I don't get it." she whined. Angela sighed and Said "All the DNA is the same because everyone is so closely related and there are no dental records because, people in West Virginia don't have teeth." She said laughing. "EWWW! Why don't they have teeth?" She shrieked. "Because they're Rednecks." Said Ben. "What's a Redneck?" Bush Head asked. We all ignored her.

I was writing down a joke ben had told me earlier so I wouldn't forget what it was, when I heard a scream. Everyone, except for me, looked at the scream. I didn't want to be nosy, I decided. After I had written the joke down I was looking around at all the high school students, when I noticed them. There were six of them, three girls and three boy. All of the girls were extremely good looking, and the boys were, what most girls would most likely consider good looking too.

The first girl was the small black haired girl from earlier. Next to her was a boy how looked to be about my age, except, well I looked old for my age so I guess he probably did too. He had Wavy silvery Blonde hair that hung in his eyes. He looked like he had Purple eyes from here, but I figured it was just the lighting. The girl next to him, was him. Well in girl form. She had the same silvery blonde hair, except hers was longer, down to her hips, and it was straight. Her eyes also looked purple. I had thought that the pixie was pretty, but she had nothing on this girl. This girl was a goddess, completely and utterly beautiful There was something about her that just made her seem perfect. Next to her was a guy who looked to be about 20, but had to be younger. He looked a lot like this guy Taylor Lautner, who Makenna had a HUGE poster of in her room. The only difference was he was a lot paler and he had golden eyes. He was huge, bigger than even I was. The girl next to him, was also extremely beautiful. She had dirty blonde hair that fell to her shoulders in ringlets, and the same eyes as the boy next to her. Lastly, there was a boy who looked like most people my age did. He had messy copper hair and the same eyes as the two before him. All of them were extremely, pale, and they reminded me of how my parents had looked at their funeral. I held back tears.

"Who are they?" I asked anyone. "They're the Cullens and the Whitlocks. They moved down here from Canada last year. They are the foster children of Dr. and Mrs. Cullen." Bush Head answered. "Do they have names?" I asked, directing the conversation away from her. "Yeah, their names are Annabella, but she prefers Bella, Jacob, Rosalie, Edward, Jasper, and Alice." Angela answered. "Yeah and they're all together, like together, together. Rosalie and Edward and Jasper and Alice." Bush head interrupted.

"They're not actually related, Jess." Angela's voice cut in this time. "I know but its still weird." "What about Bella and Jacob?" I asked. "I heard that they aren't dating but they have sex with each other every night." Bush Head said. Whoa. She shouldn't have said that, even if it was true, it was still wrong. Next thing I knew the blonde and the copper haired boy where behind her. The copper head spoke "We heard you make some very inappropriate comments about our sister and we would like to let you new friend know your secret." He smiled with a cruel look of malicious on his face and announced to the whole cafeteria "Jessica Stanley pays Mike Newton to you know what with her!"

With that bush head ran out of the room crying. I couldn't help but laugh. I was laughing so hard I fell out of my chair. I was kind of sad, if that was true about Bella and Jacob, I would ave to work harder to get her to like me. Ya, I liked her, but it wasn't just her looks, it was her. I wanted to get to know her. I was hoping, my amazing personality and great looks would help me but now, I might have to compete with this Jacob guy. Whatever.

When I stood up I noticed Angela walking over to the Cullens table and I quickly followed her. "Stand up." She ordered, who I presumed was Bella. Bella laughed, but stood up nonetheless. Angela threw her arms around Bella. I wondered why all the other people seemed to stay away from them Angela was perfectly confortable with them, so I figured I should be too. I saw nothing wrong with them.

"Oh Bella I am so sorry! I shouldn't have let her open her big mouth if I had known she would say that!" Angela, said hugging Bella tighter. Bella hugged her back but, it didn't seem like Angela had any intentions of letting go, so I decided, If I wanted a chance to meet Bella, I would have to pull her off. So I did. "Are you Bella?" I asked smiling at her. Up close she was even prettier. I also noticed, her eyes realy were purple, and same with guy Bella. "Oh, no. Actually I am Jasper. And that is Bella." She said pointing at the guy Bella. So guy Bella was Jasper. Okay. I thought to myself. Everyone was laughing except for "Bella".

The pixie came up to "Jasper" and grabbed her hand and said "Jazzy you promised to walk me to class." And with that they walked away. I decided to follow them. "Bye Bella!" I said to Jasper and followed Bella and Pixie. "So Bella, I just wanted to apologize for what Jessica said" I told her sneering Bush Head's name. I was looking at her hand interlocked with pixies and she immeadiatly let go. Dang, was I that obvious? I thought to myself. "Yeah." She said smiling, like she had heard what I thought. "What?" I asked her.