Bella POV

Once Charlie fell asleep I considered his request, and finally decided to go home and rest like he said to. I said goodbye to the nurse at the desk and told her that if there was any change with Charlie that she would to call me as soon as possible. The woman complied, flustered, so I probably didn't look or sound my best, and after a quick smile and wave in her direction I set off out of the building and to my beloved red truck.

Once home I climbed the stairs slowly, feeling my eyes dropping as I got closer and closer to my room. I hadn't realized how tired I was until now, but that's what you get when you spend three nights in a crappy plastic chair with the sound of a hospital constantly in your ear. I moved like a robot, pulling my pajamas on and lying down, relaxing my achy joints and closing my sore eyes. It was no surprise that I fell asleep almost as soon as my head hit the pillow.

I woke up at about five in the morning but couldn't manage to get back to sleep once my eyes had opened. Deciding that it was pointless to spend the next few hours just laying in bed, I went through my normal morning routine, but took my sweet time to do so. Walking down the stairs about 2 and a half hours later, I grabbed my keys, skipped breakfast, and headed out to my car. I decided, once I was in the car, to make a trip to see Charlie before school. The roads were bare as made my way over to the hospital, and when I got there I headed straight up to his room, not faltering with the numerous corridors and stairs that was the endless maze of Forks hospital. I reached his room with ease and just as I was about to place my hand on the door I heard voices inside the room, hesitating for just a moment and deciding it would be rude to just barge in, I lightly knocked before entering. A smiled spread across my face as I saw Jacob sitting by my father's bed.

"Bella," Jacob said as saw me standing at the door. He came up to me with his hands held out, ready to give me one of his big bear hugs. I dodged under him but he grabbed me by the waste and pulled me to him, lifting me off the floor and laughing when I protested he put me down.

"It's good to see you to," I said, barely above whisper as his arms pushed all the air from my lungs. After a moment he put me back on the ground and I walked over to Charlie, taking the seat Jacob had just occupied.

"Hey dad, Billy's not here with you?" I asked him.

"No," Jacob answered the question for me. "He doesn't like the new staff here." He said this to me blankly, his jaw set tightly in aggravation. I nodded once, knowing what he meant. Dr Cullen was a vampire and Billy's tribe was supposed to be 'werewolves' or something, to be honest I hadn't really asked many questions. Werewolves have a big thing against vampires, which is why when ever mom is in Forks Billy won't come near our place, always gives an excuse when Charlie invites him over.

"So, why aren't you at school young lady," Charlie said trying and failing miserably to put on a parental voice.

"Don't worry I'm on my way now. Just came in to see how you were."

"Well you better get off now," Charlie mumbled, blushing from my concern.

"Ok, I'll see you later," I hugged and waved them both, then left them to go to my car.

I got into the school car park just after the bell and so had to sprint to class as fast as I could. I had Art first, my favorite subject. I took my seat near the front and continued painting my self-portrait. I hated drawing myself, as I was just plain and boring with not much going for me, but had to do it, as it was part of my course. I sat next to Ben who was texting every time the teacher's back was turned, and I couldn't help but laugh when his phone was confiscated. He, of course, asked about my dad and I told him that Charlie had pulled through and was now just going through a slow recovery process. He nodded graciously and we changed the subject

Next I had Spanish and headed there at a much slower pace compared to the trip to my last class. I entered the room and went to my place at the back. I was alone at the back and that really didn't bother me, it meant that if I zoned out no one would notice, and it wasn't as if it mattered whether I got a high school diploma or not. I started to work on the picture of Angela I had started last week; I was working on the nose when I heard the chair scrap next to me and someone sit down on it. I turned to see who had taken the vacant seat and was surprised to see a vampire seating there. Shock crossed my face, like when I saw Dr Cullen, but it passed within the same moment. She was short with ink colored hair in a pixie cut; she had strong golden eyes and a Hugh smile on her face.

"Hi, I'm Alice Cullen," she said holding out my hand for me to shake it. I took it, not reacting to the cold as I was so used to it, and smile in return, keeping eye contact.

"Hi, I'm Bella swan," I replied without missing a beat. We let our hands drop and she looked at me with new curiosity because I was reacting indifferently to her presence. Most people, when they see a vampire, would stare at their beauty not give eye contact and stumble on their words. I, on the other hand, didn't do any of that, so she found me incredibly intriguing – that and the fact that I was the only person in school not all hyped about new kids coming to town just made her more curious, and even a little bit suspicious of me.

"Alright class, settle down," I turned to the front and saw the teacher come in, I smiled at Alice once more, then pulled out my note book out and began to take note's.

Later on that day I was in the lunch cue lining up to get some food. I didn't feel particularly hungry so I just grabbed a can of coke and walked to the table where we were sitting. As I walked to the table I caught the eye of one of the new Cullen's. He was gorgeous, of course, with bronze messy hair. He had an open face, and when I looked into his golden eyes I felt a little drop in my stomach and my chest swell up as I got lost in the depth of what I saw. I smiled at him, and then looked down, blushing a small bit. The feeling disappeared as soon as it came and so I turned and drew my attention to my friends. Like I said, new kids weren't my thing, yet there was something about this Cullen that made my hairs stands on end, and it made me want to find out more. But I was happy in my own little world, and so pushed any thoughts of this bronze hair vampire out of my mind.

I sat next to Jess and tried to pick up the conversation. I felt eyes on the back of my head but chose to ignore it, not wanting to turn round and meet those eyes again. The table was taking about the new family in town, the Cullen's. The girls were talking about how hot the boys were and the boys about how hot the girls were. I really didn't care and laughed when I thought of how much you would not want to be a human partner of a vampire. Jess and Angela turned to me at this sudden outburst, their eyebrows raised in question, and then realizing who it was smiled.

"So?" she asked me.

"So What?" I asked in a confused voice, though really knowing what she was talking about.

"What do you-" jess was cut off quickly by Angela.

"How's Charlie?" she asked.

"He pulled through thanks to Dr Cullen. He has to be on crutches until his leg mends but apart from that he'll be ok."

"Oohh, you had the new doctor? How was he?" Jessica popped in before Ang could say what she wanted to say.

"He's a great doctor if that's what you mean, and a nice guy to."

"Oh honestly, I can't get you." Angela and I both laughed at this. "So what do you think of the new kids? I mean hot or what – the boys I mean."

I glanced over at their table and saw the bronze hair one looking at me; I stared at him until he dropped his gaze, and was slightly disappointed when he did so. I hadn't noticed the other people at the table earlier, but now I looked I saw all five of them properly. There was a big guy with brown curly hair with his arm around a blond haired beauty. All vampires are beautiful but she was absolutely stunning and when I saw the way she was looking and leaning into the big guy, I realized that they were mates. Over across the other side of the table was Alice Cullen, the girl I sat next to in Spanish, holding hands with a guy with blond curls. He was less built then the big guy, but more so then the bronze one, and I figured that these two were also mates. As I looked over at the bronze haired one again I met his intense stare which seemed to be… angry? It was my turn to look away this time.

"They're ok," I told her in a casual tone that I knew would annoy her to no end. When I came to boys she never got a straight answer out of me and it drives her crazy. She sighed in frustration and continued her talk with Angela.

I got out my sketchbook and started to absentmindedly draw the bronze haired vampires face. He intrigued me somewhat, especially his eyes. I plugged in my ipod and started to listen to Debussy, 'Clair de lune', one of my favorites.

Edward POV

I watched as Bella Swan come into the canteen and cue up for something to eat. She was just standing their listening to her own thoughts, completely content in her own little bubble and not even getting inpatient in the line.

I think she's nice; Alice's voice came from besides me.

"You met her for 30 seconds, said hi to her and then haven't talked since," I told her matter-of-factly.

"She's weird, Edward. She didn't finch at my touch, didn't stare at me with an open mouth and she looked me straight in the eye. Just like what Carlisle said."

"Don't forget, he also mentioned she smelled like vampires, she could be dangerous." In all honesty when I thought of this Bella girl being dangerous I couldn't see it, she just looked so vulnerable. Her skin was pale, her body delicate and thin, she just looked like a normal plain girl. But we knew that appearances could be deceiving, and it was quite obvious that she wasn't just a normal, plain girl.

"Does this mean I can't make a friend?" Alice said to me, frowning. She had seen a vision of her talking and being really friendly to Bella and now really hopes that she might, finally, get a friend who can to be with her for more than ten minutes before getting incredibly annoyed. I laughed and directed my attention back onto the girl.

She had just grabbed a can of coke for lunch, and for some reason I didn't like her under eating. I tried to find out why she had done this, maybe she was anorexic or very stressed, and so started to listen to the thoughts running through her head. Searching over to where she was standing I listen around to the thought in that area, but struggled to find one with Bella's frequency. I looked at her again, but this time with confusion, and just in that instance she saw me. She looked shocked for a second and a flicker of emotion crossed her face, but as fast as it had appeared it was gone and I had no idea what had gone though her mind. She gave me a small smile before blushing and looking down, and then continued to walk over to her friends without a look back in our direction. I kept searching and searching for her mind but couldn't, frustration was quickly building up as I looked harder and harder.

She sat at a seat with her back toward us and relaxed into listening to the convocations around her. I was still trying to listen to her thoughts but it was just a blank page, nothing there. Why cant I hear what she is thinking, I asked my self. I settled to listening to the minds around her.

They are so lovely…

Fittest girls I have ever…

Yum, yum, I wouldn't mind kissing…

Gorgeous body…

All the usual stuff about us basically. Then Bella laughed to herself randomly, no one had told a joke or was even talking to her, but she just laughed. Two of her friends looked at her in confusion and smiled. Why can't I know what you are thinking. I could very well hear everyone else in the room, just not her.

"So?" the girl named Jessica asked.

"So what?" she asked in a confused voice, but it seemed to me that she did know what the girl was talking about.

"What do you-" Jessica was cut off quickly by a girl named Angela thinking it was insensitive to asked that question before one that really mattered.

"How's Charlie?" she asked. Charlie was Bella's dad who Carlisle was treating. Carlisle had told us this much, and even if I didn't know, I could of picked it out of either one of the girls beside her.

"He pulled through thanks to Dr Cullen. He has to be on crutches until his leg mends but apart from that he'll be ok." So she did appreciate that Carlisle is a good doctor. Pride ran through me and I smiled at this.

"Oohh, you had the new doctor? How was he?" Jessica asked, not really caring about Charlie just gossiping some more. She had a very selfish mind.

"He's a great doctor if that's what you mean, and a nice guy to." Another shot of pride ran into me as she talked about my father like this.

"Oh honestly, I can't get you." She was really annoyed at Bella and shooting a load of frustrated comments at her in her head as the two girls laughed. I fought the sudden erg to step between both of them and shield Bella from the abuse. I was surprised at my irrational instinct to protect this swan girl. "So what do you think of the new kids? I mean hot or what – the boys I mean."

She turned around and looked over to our table and caught my eye straight away. I thought that she would turn around as soon as I locked eyes with her but she held true. She had the most beautiful color eyes; they were a chocolate brown and like an open window. I tried to look into her head but couldn't, like she was brain dead or something. In the end it was me who dropped the gaze. Out stared by a human, it was unnatural. I looked up again to find she was looking at my siblings, and after a few seconds he turned back to me. I was shooting daggers in her direction as I tried to find a way into her mind, and when she looked away this time, which made me feel a bit better about not being able to read her mind.

"There ok," she told them shrugging. Ok? What is this girl? Jessica shouted frustrated comments at her again with her mind but Bella just smiled and did her own thing. Again I fought the erg to protect her from Jessica's hateful words.

Bella pulled a sketchbook, pencil and her ipod out of her bag and started to set thing up. So she was an artist? Hmm…

She plugged her ipod in, got her book in the right place, pressed play on her ipod and got off to working on something unbeknownst to me. In the background of my mind I began to hear 'Clair de lune' playing, my favorite song. I took me a couple of minutes to realize that it wasn't playing in my head but from someone around the room. I followed the sound and realized it came from Bella. This girl was very strange and very intriguing; I would very much like to talk to her.

About 15 minutes later the Bell sounded and I set out for my last lesson of the day. Biology.

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