Chapter 2

Skyla's point of view

My brothers and I were one of the last cars to pull up. The last one was a loud red Chevy truck. It looked maybe 50 years old. We sat and watched as the girl inside walked to her class. She looked like a zombie in my mind, but she looked happy at the same time. Like she was hurt, but it is getting better at the same time. I watched as she walked hesitantly walked inside building 3. I could tell she is hiding something, and it isn't good. I opened the door as soon as she stepped into the building and walked to the Main Office without even waiting for Jeremiah or Ricky. This year Jeremiah is my twin and Ricky is our older brother. Mom said we would have to have a cover story so people can t recognizes us. I guess it is working.

"Hello, We are the Baria's and we are new." Ricky said sweetly to the women behind the desk. She looked and her face into a smile. She looks about 50. She has glasses slipping down her nose.

"Yes, of course, welcome to Forks high, have a good day." Mrs. Cope said.

"We intend to." I said evilly with a smirk. She shuttered subconsciously and we all laughed. I saw Ricky give me a dirty look. I just shook it off and examined our schedules. Jeremiah and I have the same exact schedule except I have Art and Music and he has Gym and Computer, and Ricky is all alone. He is the same grade as us, but different level classes. He is lower. I checked mine to see where to go.

1) English

2) Calculus

3) French

4) Music

Lunch

5) Biology

6) Art

"We have English, let's go." I muttered to Jeremiah. He nodded as Ricky went the other way. We talked aimlessly as we entered English, and when we did, and all heads snapped up to look at us. We just walked up to the teacher, I smiled and Jeremiah just flinched.

"Hello, I am Skyla and this is Jeremiah. We are new here." I said easily as the teacher finally looked up. His breathing hitched and his heart skipped a beat. I just giggled to myself.

"Yes, of course, Skyla you can sit next to Ms. Swan and Jeremiah you can sit next to Mr. Newton." The teacher muttered as he passed us each a text book and waved us off. I passed on to Jer and walked over to the Ms. Swan. I saw her smile warmly and look back at her notebook. I tripped on the way over and everyone laughed. I just shot them a death glare and they all shut up. As I sat down I saw Jer flinch as all the girls watched with their mouths hanging open. I just giggled. Ms. Swan looked over at me.

"The girls are looking at my brother." I whispered. She just giggled too and watched me.

"I am Skyla, or Sky or Lay for short." I introduced myself and held out my hand. She shook it easily.

"I am Bella." She muttered as she looked back at her book.

"You are in pain." I whispered to myself, but she heard it. Her head snapped up and she gave me a questionable look. "You were hurt, beyond compare."

"How did you know?" She asked quietly.

"I can see it in your eyes." I said with a shrug. She wrapped her arms around herself, almost like she is trying to keep herself together. "A heart break."

"Yes." She almost cried. I felt sympathy for her; I felt like she has a secret that I could help heal, that I want to help heal.

"Would you like to come over after school? You could follow me in your truck." I suggested. She hesitated at first and then nodded with a small smile. I smiled back and listened to the lesson.

After the lesson finally ended, I turned to Bella. Mr. Mason gave us some free time, so I decided maybe I could find out what is wrong with her.

"So, how long have you lived here?" I tried to make small talk.

"About a year." She muttered.

"Do you like it here?" I asked.

"Yeah, I guess." She whispered.

"What happened?" I asked unexpectedly.

"Can we not talk about this now?" She asked as she wound her arms around herself again.

"Of course." I muttered. "But later, I want to know everything. I can tell you are hiding something. So am I." I muttered. She turned to look at me with her head tilted. I know I just made a huge mistake, but I can't help myself. It might be nice to have a human friend that knows everything, or at least as much as I know. I saw her nod. And the say drowned on.

**

The day was uneventful. Jer told Ricky about me telling Bella that I am hiding something. They understood at first, but then they got defensive. They started saying that is why dad died. That is when my anger boiled.

"If you even say another thing about dad, I will slit your throat, and even tough you're my brother, I won't hesitate to kill you," I hissed. They both nodded and said their sorry. As they waited in the car, I waited for Bella. She came about 2 minutes after I got at the car. She walked over hesitantly and gave me a same smile.

"So, where is your house?" She asked, I saw her give a slight smirk.

"Um, just get in your car and you can follow us." She nodded and ran over to her car. I just got in swiftly and turned on the engine. I wait for her to start her car before I drove to the entrance. I saw her nod in my rearview mirror and I nodded back. I slammed on the gas pedal followed the familiar path to the house.

It didn't take long to get to the house, even though we were only going about 50 mph the whole drive. Bella seemed to fidget as we pulled up to the house. She jumped out of her car and walked over to ours before I even shut off our car. She pulled open the door and looked scared.

"That was you? In the woods yesterday?" She asked. I just nodded. She nodded too. I saw her face range from shock to understanding. I jumped out and pulled her to the front door.

"Mom!! We are home, and we brought a guest." I yelled. I saw my mom walk out of the kitchen covered in flower. I just laughed and pulled Bella into the kitchen, sat her in a chair, and looked her in the eyes. "You can tell us everything, and in return we will tell you about us." Bella nodded.

"Well, it started last year, when I came to Forks from Arizona. There was a strange family there, and I developed an interest with them, well more with one of the boys. I noticed how they were beautiful, they were all pale, they all had the same eye color, but yet they were adopted. But, one day I had biology with the youngest boy, he was the single one. The other kids were together. There was Alice, Jasper, Emmett, Rosalie, and Edward. Carlisle and Esme were their adopted 'parents'. Well, one day in biology, I had Edward as my lab partner. He looked like he wanted to kill me. He glared at me. I noticed how he stopped breathing. His eyes were pitch black too. Well, after that he just left. He came back about 4 days later. And we started talking more. Then, one day, Tyler Crowley's van was about to hit me and he saved me. He was on the other side of the lot at his car. He had incredible strength and speed. E pushed the van away with his hands. And I noticed all of it. He passed it off as hitting my head. Then, he avoided me from then on. But, one day I went to Post Angeles with my friends Jessica and Angela. I took off to find a book store, and I was going to meet them for dinner. Well, I didn't make it to dinner because I got lost. These guys were following me and I tried to run but I couldn't, they trapped me. And Edward saved me. We started talking and I found out what he was…vampire. And he saved me again, from a vampire that was hunting me. We fell in love, and before I knew it, it was my 18th birthday. Well, there was an accident. I got a paper cut and his brother attacked me, not on purpose. Then they left, forever." She said quickly. "That is basically the out line of it."

"What was Carlisle's last name?" My mom asked.

"Cullen." I stiffened.

"Is it him?" I asked my mom.

"Yes." She sighed.

"What is going on?" Bella asked.

"We should explain ourselves first. Well, we are immortal. You see how our mother looks about 30?" Bella nodded. "Well she is really over 200 years old. When she was 30, she worked for a chemical plant. The main professor spilled chemicals on her, and it changed her DNA. She started getting blood thirsty, and she stopped aging. Well, she studied medicine about 100 years ago. She met an experienced doctor named Carlisle Cullen. She knew he was different. But he never knew she was different. They became friends, but my mom had to leave after a while, so they wouldn't know she doesn't age. She met my dad about 90 years later. She had us shortly after, we can't age either, and we are thirsty for blood. But we hunt animals. My brothers stopped aging about 2 years ago, I am still aging, but I am aging slower. And I am almost done aging, that is why I hunt more then them." I explained.

"So, where is your dad?" Bella asked. I heard my mom hold back a sob.

"He died a while back. A drunk driver killed him." I explained.

"I am so sorry." Bella said sincerely.

"It's fine." I sighed.

"Well, I think I should go. I have to go to my friend Jake's house." She muttered. "Do you want to come?" She asked with a hopeful smile.

"Sure, I would love to." I said happily. I grabbed my jacket and walked out of the house.

"Lets, take separate cars." I suggested. "In case I need to leave early." She nodded. I jumped in my car and started following her.