Chapter 2

Meet and greet

The problem with starting school in the middle of the semester at a small town school was that everyone took an interest in who you were, it was annoying and would piss any normal human off. Luckily Bella would have Alice, not that she knew it. Bella woke up feeling down, she didn't like the rain, or the cold, or the evergreen trees or even this house. But she wanted Renee to be happy, so she put hers one side for her mother. Charlie had given her a truck as a homecoming present and she met her childhood friend. Or atleast they told her that she didn't remember the long haired boy too well. He seemed nice. Bella got up and got done, she couldn't put it off any longer and it wouldn't be right being late on the first day of school. She drove to the school she would have gone to if she had stayed in Forks.

She pulled up next to a beautiful white car, Bella didn't speak car but she knew if they were nice or not. The driver got out and she immediately made the car she just got out of look like it wasn't good enough for her.

Alice had seen Bella watching her, her vision had changed as things do, Bella had gotten to Forks earlier than planned, so Alice would meet her today and not months from today. As she got out she saw Bella was impressed with her, she probably thought she was beautiful. She went up to Bella's window and knocked.

"Hi, I'm Alice. Could you help me find my way to the office?"

"I can't sorry. I'm new here too"

She blushed and averted her brown eyes.

"No problem! Let's tackle this together then."

Alice knew that Bella and her would have all the same classes. So when they got to the office it was no problem for them. The lady at the front desk knew she had two new students and had smiled when she saw they were together so she had less work to do. They got their schedules and their school maps.

"You two take care of each other"

"We will." Alice replied for both of them.

They walked to their first class which was home room. Everyone gave them a wide berth keeping to themselves and whispering. Alice could hear them though, some "who are they" and others "wow those two are seriously hot". Alice just smiled and laughed to herself

"Hey no fair. You can laugh all by yourself, share the joke"

"Not a joke really. I'm laughing at the fact that not one of them has introduced themselves to you. Clearly your beauty is scaring them off"

Bella didn't know how to take it, she was definitely not the beauty of this operation. She might be the brains but she definitely was the klutz. Since the car she had almost fallen thrice. She walked arm in arm with Alice who steadied her.

"No, I think you're the beautiful one between the two of us. Maybe its your beauty?"

"That's preposterous, you clearly don't own a mirror at home otherwise you would have known what I meant."

The rest of the way to class they were trying to prove the other was more beautiful. Home room was a waste of time and then they were off to english. They were doing Macbeth, which Bella had read before and Alice had read more than enough to care. They were sitting next to eachother writing notes.

So where do you come from Ms Swan?

Phoenix. How about you?

Alaska. I like the cold.

I hate it. Its so miserable. Why do you like it?

The cold doesn't pretend, it is what it is. You know what to expect, with the sunny days it could rain or be unbearably hot. Why do you live in Forks if you hate the rain then?

My mom is with her new husband

So you hate him more than what you hate the rain?

No its not that, he travels a lot! And my mom staying with me made her sad.

Okay... So now you're sad? Or is it miserable?

I'll go with sad

Anything I can do to brighten your day?

Very funny throwing your pun in there. But no I'll survive.

"Ms Brandon and Ms Swan, do you to have anything to share?"

"No sir" Bella answered

She blushed at the whole class giving the two of them attention.

"Later" she whispered to Alice and the sat in silence for the rest of the class.

20 minutes later class ended and they went to science. Once they arrived in the class they found two open seats. It was right at the back which proved to be nice and quiet. They watched everyone come in and last to enter were three students who walked like they owned the place.

"Ahh the Cullens, nice to see you could be bothered to come to class."

They took their seats next to Alice and Bella. Alice could hear their breaths and their whispers but she decided to focus on Bella. They continued they interrogation of one another via paper. They were vaguely paying attention as Bella had already done this assignment at her old school and Alice, well she said me too. Alice noticed everyone worked in pairs but for the Cullens, they worked in a group of three.

"Ok Cullens, let's see your worksheet."

It was as empty as when it was given to them. The teacher was outraged, he sent them to the principals office. While they were packing up Alice and Bella's worked got checked.

"Impressive. You've done this before"

The look on the Cullens faces were priceless.

"But they weren't working, they were talking to one another" the blonde whined.

"Well their work is done and yours was severely lacking"

They just left while Alice and Bella were laughing at them. The smaller guy looked back with hatred in his eyes. The rest of the day was pretty uneventful. When the last bell rang and they were walking to the parking lot still arm in arm.

"So what are you going to be doing today?"

"I don't know, Charlie will only be home at five so I'll have some free time."

"Mind if I come over?"

"Not at all. You're the best friend I've ever had and I've only known you for a few hours"

"Awww. Ok where do you live?"

Bella gave her the address and they parted ways. Alice had managed her thirst quite well. She wasn't always around humans for lengthened periods of time. But being with Bella made it too easy. She drove home with Bella on her mind. At the wheel of the truck Bella couldn't believe she made a friend so quickly, and a friend so beautiful. With her short pixie like hair and her beautiful lips. She forced herself to think about other things, she had to cook for Charlie and maybe do some cleaning.

When she was driving she saw a white bmw parked in a drive way about one block from her, she checked the number plate and it was the one she had memorised unintentionally. PIXIE. No way, Alice lived so close to her. So close

AN - Thanks for the reviews guys and girls. The follows and the favourites mean a lot. Please do check out my other story if you'd be so kind. The chapters will get longer and I'm not sure how often I'll update, hopefully 2 to 3 times a week. HOPEFULLY. From chapter three I will reply to reviews.