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Chapter Two – Bella's Fine

Monday morning went by a little too fast for Bella. She had already tripped twice while walking to her morning classes and was late for her Civics class right before lunch.

Luckily she had met a nice enough guy to help guide her through the school. Eric was the only one who really welcomed the newcomer at the lunch table. "Don't mind Jessica, she's a little rough around the edges." He had told Bella of the small light haired brunette.

Jessica ignored his comment and pulled her lunch tray closer to her while looking over at the newcomer. "So Bella, what brings you to Forks anyway?"

"Oh uh, my dad lives here. I'm staying with him until next year." Bella nodded slowly, dipping her head down towards her cup of pudding.

"We don't normally get new kids here so you're kind of a big deal." Angela, a tall brunette smiled warmly towards Bella.

"I heard there were a few more new ones." Bella shrugged and licked her spoon with a smile.

"Oh yea, I had one in my gym class," Eric stated and gripped his tie, "man that guy was so fast and strong. He climbed that rope in record time and he's huge!"

Bella sat there listening to her new 'friends' tell their stories of the other newcomers. She wouldn't even know if she saw one of them because everyone was new to her.

"The Cullen's. They all have the same last name yet I saw the big guy making out with that gorgeous blonde this morning." Jessica scrunched her face up and shook her head. "Can you say, ew?"

"No, they introduced the blonde one you're talking about as Hale in homeroom." Eric shrugged his shoulders.

Bella sighed and turned her attention to others in the cafeteria. She clumped people in groups as to where they were sitting. Cheerleaders with jocks, nerds with outcasts and so on. Then her eyes fell upon the furthest table in the cafeteria, away from everyone else.

Five gorgeous pale people sitting with trays of untouched food in front of them. The blonde female had the longest hair she had ever seen. Her skin almost glowing and her eyes were bright gold. The male sitting next to her was larger with a sideways baseball cap perched on is head lazily. He had dimples show every time he smiled at the blonde and nuzzled her cheek before his gaze fell upon Bella's.

Quickly dropping her gawking stare, Bella tried to listen to the people at her table and what they were saying but her eyes would wander back over to the table.

The male curly haired blonde was getting up from his seat with his tray and walked away from the table, followed by a short female with short pixie-like black hair. Bella was lost in the way she moved so lightly on her feet, the way she practically danced across the cafeteria floor towards the trash can, where she dumped her untouched food.

"She looks like she could belong in the 'freak' category." Bella heard Jessica mumbled.

Bella watched the pixie-like girl turn her head towards their direction at that exact moment. And in that exact moment, their eyes met across the room and everything seemed to have disappeared for Bella. She swallowed as a playful smile curled up on the other girl's face before she bowed and slipped out of the cafeteria with the blonde male quick behind her.

"Oookay," Jessica snorted and looked at Bella confused, "what was that all about?"

Bella could only shrug. If she only knew.

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Walking into her last class of the day, biology, Bella noticed a vaguely familiar face. The one guy she barely paid attention to at the table of the five newcomers. However, the only seat left in the class was beside him so she took her seat.

Bella could feel eyes burning into the side of her head and when she looked towards the guy, he covered his mouth and looked away quickly. Frowning, Bella leaned more towards him, "are you okay?" she whispered. However to her surprise, he grabbed his books roughly and took off out of the classroom, ignoring the teacher calling after him.

Bella looked around embarrassed and subtly sniffed herself. She couldn't imagine stinking because she made sure she had thorough shower earlier that morning.

"It's not the way you smell," came a soft angelic voice from beside her. There sat the pixie-like girl from the cafeteria in the same spot where the guy just left. "You smell wonderful."

Bella's eyes widened and a blush was evident along her pale skin.

"Sorry," the other girl laughed quietly, "that was a little forward, I didn't mean anything by it."

"Oh, that's okay." Bella nodded before her attention was half focused on the teacher.

"My brother Edward can be an ass sometimes," the pixie continued, completely facing Bella. "He's a little dramatic at the best of times."

Bella smiled a little but didn't know how to respond if she had to be honest.

"I'm Alice Cullen," a full smile graced the girl's face, "you must be Isabella Swan."

"Bella's fine." The other brunette laughed softly before she focused her attention on the unbelievably gorgeous girl beside her.

Alice grinned and nodded. "Bella's fine, I like that name."

"I uh, meant calling me Bella is fine." She blushed again, dipping her head down slightly.

"Oh." Alice teased with a light laughter. "So word is you're new too. Where'd you move from?"

"Phoenix, Arizona." Bella looked back up into golden coloured eyes, her breath catching just slightly at how perfect and flawless the other girl looked. Smooth and soft yet strong all at the same time.

"Quite the weather change then." Alice smiled and took in the brunette sitting beside her. She hadn't seen Bella coming at all in her visions and it wasn't until late the night before, she stumbled upon a vision of them becoming friends.

"Oh yeah," Bella sighed with a grin, "but it's a nice change. I don't mind the weather and it's not like I'm new to it. My dad lives here and I visit him every summer."

"Wait, you're Chief Swan's daughter, right?" Alice asked excitedly and bounced a bit when Bella nodded. "Carlisle, my father, said he goes way back with your dad. I think we're going to become very close." She practically purred quietly and licked her lips.

Before Bella could respond to any of it, the bell rang. She found Alice getting up and going back to her original spot to grab her books.

"I'll see you around, Bella's fine." Alice chirped cheerily and winked at the stunned brunette before practically dancing out of the classroom.

Bella looked around the almost empty classroom and let out the breath she was holding before smiling to herself.

Maybe Forks High wouldn't be that bad.

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