Chapter Four

Here's another one. I think I'm going to update every two days. I just started writing chapter nineteen and I estimate about twenty five chapters overall.

Disclaimer – I don't own Twilight, I am not Stephanie Meyer. I do own Sandy and this plotline though.

Sandy POV

I didn't meet any other Cullens until the next day as PE was the last lesson I'd had on Monday. It was Tuesday and, merciful Heaven, I only had three lessons. I drove to school in the dark blue Renault Megane I'd inherited from my parents, dressed warmly as it had chosen to shower with rain rather heavily. I was wearing light grey skinny jeans, knee high black suede boot with a small heel, a bright red tank top and fitted black leather jacket. My purple hair was straightened to perfection and I had soft grey eye shadow on with black eyeliner and mascara, foundation to cover some redness and fading spots and clear lip gloss. Once I parked the car, I grabbed my silver bag and black umbrella and got out, putting the umbrella up so as to save my hair. I saw the Cullens and the Hales across the parking lot between two shiny parked cars that I knew were theirs. One was a shiny silver Land Rover, the latest model no less and the other was a sleek pale blue Mercedes CLK 320. They must be absolutely loaded. I noticed Jasper looking at me. Blushing, I looked away and searched for my phone which was buzzing. Finally tracking down the battered LG cookie, I saw it was an unknown number.

"Hello?" I said cautiously.

"Hey Al," said a recognisable voice. I scowled.

"How did you get this number Steven?" I almost growled. He had a way of testing my temper with few words and often just a simply gesture. And I HATED being called Al. My mother called me Al and she was the only person in the world allowed to do it.

"Oh don't be like that. I just wanted to check on you. And I have my ways," he said in way he probably thought was mysterious but was actually really creepy. I began walking in the direction of the school, holding my phone in one hand, umbrella in the other and my bag over my shoulder.

"You sound like a stalker," I said grumpily. He laughed and my scowl deepened.

"Al, don't be silly."

"Don't call me that! And how did you get this number?" I demanded again.

"Darling relax. I'll see you soon. Bye Al." He hung up. I screeched and threw my phone onto the ground violently. It smashed into tiny pieces but I didn't care. I was absolutely fuming.

"Sandy?" someone asked and I turned to see I'd freaked out in front of Rose. And her entire family.

"I think it would be best to wait and talk to her. Trust me, you don't want your head bitten off," Lance said as he appeared at my side and pulled me away. I was thankful as I didn't want to take my anger out on my new friend as I so often (and accidentally) did with my older friends. Thankfully, Rose didn't say anything and Lance carefully navigated us through to the school. He let me go once inside. "Oh honey, what happened this time?" he asked softly as I practically broke the lock off my locker by shoving the key into it too hard. I snarled. I genuinely snarled.

"Steven. Matthews," I spat venomously as I slammed the locker shut and I almost tore the door off when I pulled the key out. Lance placed a comforting arm around my shoulders.

"What did he do?" he asked as he led me to class. Lance was such a good friend. He wasn't even in my first class – English Language.

"He got a hold of my number and wouldn't tell me how!" I cried loudly and Lance rubbed my arm soothingly.

"Well, I'll find out I promise," he said consolingly. I nodded stiffly, still furious.

"I smashed my phone so he won't be calling back anytime soon," I admitted and Lance laughed.

"At least it wasn't the table this time." I had gotten really, really made once and hit the table. Being the crappy wood of the school tables, it had splintered dramatically. The head teacher had not been best pleased.

"Yeah whatever." We reached my English class and I thanked him.

"Anytime, Sandy. I'll see you at break," he said and walked away. I tried to breathe deeply and walked into the classroom, sitting in my usual seat. Two minutes later, Edward Cullen walked in. His bronze hair was tousled like Lance's after a heavy snogging session with his boyfriend and I rolled my eyes as I realised Edward's goodbye with Bella had probably gotten out of hand. As English was another class without my friends, I sat by myself. I quickly realised I was the only one alone as Edward sat next to me – bad for him. Hm.

"I'm Edward Cullen," he said and stuck his hand out.

"I'm Alessandria Mitchell but please call me Sandy," I replied in what I hoped was a calm voice. As fast as gossip travelled around Archenwood, I highly doubted that he'd heard of my notorious temper just yet. I gripped his hand and only then did I realise that his skin, along with Rose's yesterday, was ice cold. Quickly withdrawing my hand, I resisted shuddering. The cold reminded me of my parents and how pale and cold they were at the funeral, despite the Rocky Horror Picture Show style make-up, as I liked to call it.

"What are we learning in this class?" he asked and I shrugged.

"We've just been revising exam techniques. Have you written this year's coursework?" I asked curiously. It was so late in the year after all.

"Yes, it was transferred over from my last school," he told me and I nodded, not saying anything else. I didn't want to lash out.

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I met Alice and Bella in my third class: Biology. They sat in front of me. Normally, Selena (another close friend) would sit by me in this lesson but, like yesterday, she was ill. Her immune system was dreadful. As soon as she got over one illness, another would sneak in before her body could defend itself. When we'd been set some note taking as a 'revision exercise' and were granted the luxury to talk amongst ourselves quietly, Alice and Bella turned around to talk to me.

"Hey Sandy, Rose has told us a lot about you. I'm Alice and this is Bella," Alice said cheerfully. She was just a bundle of energy, I could see it. Her dark hair was in a unique spiky style around her bright face and she was tiny in every way. Bella was taller, with deep brown locks that reached her waist and she was a lot quieter than Alice.

"It's nice to meet you," I said in a genuinely kind tone. I'd calmed down since first lesson. Second lesson (PE) had helped a lot as I got to hit the ball hard. I'd almost brained Rose a few times with my stick but, thankfully, she had astonishingly good reflexes. Alice beamed at me widely.

"What options do you take?" Bella asked curiously. Like I'd suspected, she was a lot quieter than Alice.

"I take Biology, PE, History and AS level English Language," I answered instantly. I had my timetable memorised within five minutes of receiving it because I had a talent for losing things.

"So you're with Edward for English?" Bella asked and I heard the way she said his name – they were completely in love. It was really cute. I nodded but grimaced to accompany it.

"I may have made a bad impression on him this morning. My temper, as you'll probably hear at some point, is notoriously awful. It takes a while for me to calm down and I was extremely mad this morning. Unfortunately, Edward had to meet me when I was still fuming. Would you apologise for me? I'd hate for him to think of me badly. I just have a really short fuse," I asked quickly and Alice nodded eagerly.

"Of course we will." And then it hit me rather randomly.

"Um, if you don't mind me asking, why do I have classes with you guys? I thought, due to my friend who can't help but gossip, that you guys were year 12 with Edward and Jacob and Emmett, Rosalie and Jasper were in year 13 and Nessie was in year 11?" I asked nosily. Alice giggled.

"We got into advanced classes with a little effort. But we'll still have to continue next year," she explained with a grimace and I gaped. Remembering their cars, I pulled myself together. Money could go a long way but it seemed well placed in this case as, judging by their already detailed notes, they weren't lacking the intelligence. We spoke quietly for the rest of the lesson, comparing notes and I got into a conversation with Alice about shoes that Bella insisted on staying out of. I was beginning to like the Cullen family but I was yet to meet the one member who really intrigued me. I wondered if I shared any classes with Jasper.

She'll meet Jasper in the next chapter! YAY! Love Bianca :) x