I do not own any of the Twilight characters or any reference to Twilight. The brilliant Stephenie Meyer does :)

On my way home from school, I stopped at the local food store to stock up on supplies for the next two weeks that my dad was going to be away for. Food shopping, cooking and generally looking after the household reminded me of my old home back in Phoenix, before what happened, before I was left on my own. I had loved the city and the heat, the bustling life and Forks seemed to just make me miss the weather and all my friends even more.

After unpacking the shopping, I ventured into the study and turned on the old computer situated on the big pine wood desk. As I waited for the screen to load (which wasn't going to be anytime soon) I wandered back to the kitchen and started on dinner. For one. Deciding on using up last nights left over's was the quickest option so I took the stew out of the fridge and placed it in the microwave, before peeling a potato and shoving it in the oven.

Once I was confident that the machine in the study was gently buzzing in life, I sat at the desk and open my email account. It was as I had expected amongst the junk mail there were three emails from my best friend back in Phoenix, Alice. The first read.

Hey Bella, you only just got on the plane, but I'm missing you so much already. Email me back as soon as you can. Love You Alice xoxo

The second was similar

Hey, why haven't you emailed me back? How was your journey? How is rainy Forks? Any Guys? Hope your ok. Email me back soon. Love you Alice. Xoxo

And the last read...

Ok Bella, You've been gone for over a week, and I haven't heard from you. Why?! Your cell has no reception... you left me no address and no home number. What am I supposed to do? Email me soon!!! Or I'm ringing the missing person line thingy. Love you Alice xoxo.

Smiling to myself I clicked reply and quickly composed an email to calm her down.

Hey Alice!

I miss you soooo much. But please calm down. The journey was fine, long and depressing but fine, and no one's cell has reception here in Forks. And suprise suprise the suns made an appearance and my Dads away for two weeks! So I have the house to myself. I'll give you my number and address attached to the email. Schools fine, boring and no one really interesting. How's everything back home? Love you, Bella x x x x

I sighed and searched the rest of my inbox, just junk-mail; I still had a glimmer of hope that maybe I would one day receive an email from her, my mum. But there hadn't been one yet. And I didn't count of getting one any time in the near future.

Pushing those thoughts from my mind, I ate and then waited until a respectable time to have an 'early' night, and went to bed. However after my reasonable uneventful day, it took me hours to drift into a light dreamless sleep.

It wasn't until around 3am that morning that the loud sound of rain droplets beating against my bedroom window stirred me from my sleep, I groaned and rolled over searching for more blackness to send me back into my much loved and needed sleep.

I knew it wouldn't last I thought to myself darkly. As my eyes fluttered closed once again.

After the third, stutter, splutter and then final crunch of the engine, I reluctantly admitted defeat and climbed unwillingly out of my car.

Why wouldn't it start? I had a paper due, and an anticipated test in first lesson, so today was not a great day to be

a)Running late

b)Have no way, apart from walking, to get to school.

I almost gave up, but decided against skipping and started the 4 mile walk to school. I pulled the hood of my thick black jacket over my wavy hair and adjusted my black pumps, although the air was damp and a constant drizzle the temperature was still warm so I wore a knee length flowing skirt that stirred around in the gentle breeze. My mind started to wonder over Edward Cullen, now he was my lab partner it would mean I had to spend more time with him. Which I was uncertain whether it was a good thing or a bad thing.

Stop it. Bella I thought, of course Edward would already have a girlfriend, probably a very pretty girlfriend... Again, stop it. I told myself

After four songs playing on my IPod I heard the soft purr of an engine pull up next to me and as I turned I saw a shiny Volvo slow to a stop.

"Hey, crazy Bella" I heard the familiar voice of Edward greet me as he the window wound down, "You need a ride to school?"

"Erm sure thanks." I smiled not wanting to turn down an opportunity of escaping the weather and the further 3 miles I had left to walk.

"Get in then" and the back door swung open.

Stepping into the back seat, I noticed that with the addition of me, the car was full. My eyes widened as I took in the three others in the car.

"Bella, this is Emmet" Edward gestured towards the huge boy sat next to me, who looked like a full grown male wrestler I had seen on TV, making me feel like a mouse, "He's captain of the team" Hmm, I thought I recognised him.

"This is my sister Rose, and Emmet's girlfriend", I smiled weakly at the blonde sat across from Emmet, she was Edward's opposite, blonde, tanned, and gorgeous, the type of girl that made me feel positively plain and hit myself esteem back down to a low with a blow to the face.

"And this is Tanya" he added with an annoyed tone as he looked at the girl sat in the passenger seat, her red hair flowing down her back, she turned with a sudden glare across her beautiful face.

"Hi" she shot at me, before turning to scowl out of the window.

As I settled my head against the seat, I seemed to feel oddly like a fifth wheel of some sort, Rose and Emmet had their hands held in a tight grasp and even though they weren't talking, their eyes were boring into each others, almost making me feel rude for looking, like I was looking at something more, so I quickly averted my eyes forwards towards the back of Edwards head rest. He kept his eyes straight ahead on the road and his hold on the steering wheel, looked as if it was about to snap, Tanya continued to scowl out of the window towards the dark green forests. I had a distinct feeling that my getting into the car had disrupted a heated argument of some sort, but I decided not to dwell on it and chose to listen to my IPod instead. It wasn't until Edward turned his green eyes towards the back I realised he was asking a question.

"Sorry I was listening to my music, I couldn't hear" I apologised.

His replying laugh sounded clear and musical as it filled the car, I still couldn't see his face so I wasn't quite distracted yet.

"Bella, you're so honest, it's hilarious, I was just asking how come you aren't driving, I'm sure I saw you pull out of school in a black Merc yesterday" he added.

So he'd noticed me and my car after school. Wait he'd have noticed everyone, the place was tiny, don't think like that Bella. I mentally scorned myself.

"It died this morning, just wouldn't start" I informed him, adding a pout.

"Lucky we saved you; you would have been really late"

"Yeh, thanks, I owe you" as soon as I said the words I regretted them. He turned round facing away from Tanya.

"Ha, you do" and he winked.

Now he just was playing dirty, teasing me like an infatuated teenage girl, right in front of what I assumed to be his girl friend.

I shot him a warning glance, as we pulled up into school.

As we stopped I reached for the door handle, but Edward had already opened the door and was holding his hand out to help, unaware of Tanya's deathly scowl.

I stood up, without his gesture and turned my back towards him and smiled sympathetically at Rose who was following the tail of Tanya who had stalked off with tears in her big blue eyes.

"Thanks a lot, Cullen, what the fuck was that for?" I didn't usually swear but this attractive idiot, who now looked God-Like even in the drizzle, had now given reason for two cheerleaders, probably the most popular in our school, to hate me.

"I was only being polite" He chuckled. And his laugh was intoxicating.

Oh well. Who needs friends anyway?

"I meant, now I have an enemy at school and it's your fault" I playfully punched him in the chest.

"Sorry, I got the impression you wouldn't mind not having them as friends" he continued to laugh.

"And what's that supposed to mean?!" I asked suddenly. Why had I given the impression that I was unsociable?

"Calm down Bella, I just meant you seem smart, their Cheerleaders and Tanya's a typical high school bitch, and it just doesn't seem like you". He assured me.

"You shouldn't make assumptions, just because the girl obviously is crazy about you, and cheers for your team, does not make her less than clever. Edward, it's a very stereo typical thing to assume. And it's hypocritical especially coming from someone like you" I pointed to his name on his tracksuit.

"Woh, calm down Bella, I just meant..."

"No, you shouldn't act like such a jerk to your girlfriend, it's just not fair and makes you a..."

I was forced to stop my mumbling rant as his hand clamped down on my mouth, his eyes smiling as he spoke.

"Ok, I'm sorry, I won't talk about it anymore, promise you won't go off again if I let you go" he chuckled.

I glared at his face and his eyes widened in suprise, but suddenly I was hyper-aware of his smooth pale hands on my mouth, so I nodded with a slight smile and he sighed dropping his arm to his sighed.

"Well, I'll see you in Biology Edward" I sighed and turned towards the building.

"Yeh, see you later" he sounded disappointed at the mention of Biology. Surely it couldn't be that bad; I enjoyed the work, although not as much as English, I was a fan of the classics as my parents had always said.

EPOV

I stood staring for a while as I watched her long, flowing hair sway in the breeze and she glided away from me towards the school building.

Ever since she had stalked away from me yesterday, for some strange reason I had wanted to see her face, her smile, and her big brown eyes again. I had been distracted throughout practice and even when Tanya had showed up at my door last night, I had been disappointed it was not crazy Bella.

I assured myself that it was just because she was new, like a shiny toy and I wasn't sure of her endearing and intriguing character. Throughout my night I had thought about her and her eyes had appeared in my startling dreams.

It was pathetic, not only did I have a girl friend, cheerleader, everyone in the school was jealous of me; everyone wanted to know me, well except one. I decided that was the reason I found Bella so interesting, because she was the one and only person in the school that didn't want to know me. Typical, I wanted to know her. Well even though I knew she was far too good for me, I wasn't going to give up on becoming her friend at least; I would use whatever way to get to know her just a little more.

Grabbing my books I quickly ran over the mornings events through my mind.

It had been a normal morning, I'd set of with Rose already in the car and called at Tanya's on the way to Emmet's.

Tanya had been in strange mood ever since she had opened the door and taken her usual seat, but I just put it down to her usually mood swings, but after a minute of silence in the car, and with Rose and Emmet caught up in their own little bubble, Tanya sighed and turned her body towards me.

"Ok, Edward what's wrong" she huffed.

"Erm nothing with me" I shrugged, surprised as I was in an exceptional mood.

"You're really distant, I'm worried"

"Nothing to be worried about Tan, I'm fine." I turned to smile. But her look stopped me in my tracks.

"I don't think you care anymore do you Ed" she glared.

Either, I'd missed some vital information, or was I as stupid as I came across, because I was totally confused, so I let her continue.

"You don't seem bothered with us anymore, what's your problem, are you bored? I give you everything and you give nothing back" she turned and starred out the window.

Well I was totally confused, so I sat in silence and waited for her mood to swing to pass. It was moments like this boys hated, ones they couldn't explain, it totally confounded them, we weren't sure what to say, what we had done. So the chicken like I was, I stayed silent.

As I was driving, with the acquired atmosphere settling in, through the mist I saw her walking, her shoulders hunched, and her hood up against the rain; before I knew consciously what I was doing I had pulled over next to her. Her startled eyes, looking over the car.

"Ed, what the hell are you doing" Tanya had begun, but my window was already down and Bella shuffled her feet arquardly on the sidewalk. And with a scowl towards the back Tanya had turned and faced the window, without greeting the shy girl sat in the back, looking doll like next to Em. With a low chuckle at Bella's expression I watched as she took in her surroundings before settling in her seat and resting her head as her music blasted out of her earphones. Looking perfectly at ease and peaceful.

The rest of the morning passed in a blur, and before I knew it I was sat in the cafeteria, surrounded by all the team and its supporters as they talked excitedly about the next game.

I searched all the faces in the busy room, looking for her big brown round eyes, but then I felt a pair of arms wind round my waist and a warm breath on my neck.

"Looking for me, sweetie" Tanya's, sickly sweet breath, whistle in my ear.

"Of course" I lied as I turned and kissed her on the cheek.

"Sorry about this morning, I don't what happened, guess I was just in a funny mood, you know how it is" she pulled her hair out of her face and smiled.

"Hmm I'm used to it now" I nodded.

We were silent for a while before Tanya began.

"So who was that Bella this morning, you didn't explain?"

I lump rose in my throat and my heart rate increased, as I felt my face go red, Bella walked into the room, smiling and sitting with Mike Newton.

"Erm she's just my lab partner, didn't want her to have to walk in the rain"

"Aww, that's so sweet Ed," she gushed "after all no one else is going to talk to her" she muttered under her breath.

"Why?" I asked shortly.

"Well, have you seen her, she wears no make-up, and dresses a little strange"

"And that's a problem why?" and to think that Bella had stuck up for Tanya this morning. Typical

"O' come on Ed, you know what I mean"

"I agree with Edward, she's got that natural beauty" Rose chirped in.

"For Christ sake, why does it matter anyway Ed? You aren't going to speak to her again Ed. Your with me remember? .... oh come on I was only joking, sure sure she's cute and all, but she looks a little you know just weird, bit of a geek and probably out of your league Ed... Again only joking" Tanya whined as she rolled her eyes.

"It doesn't matter" I stood up sharply "And stop fucking calling me Ed" I turned and stormed out of the room towards Biology.

I didn't understand why, but the pettiness in Tanya's voice had left me felling infuriated and tense. Having Bella talked about that way had this protective instinct over me.

And as she walked into the room, her eyes and face lit up with a soft smile, I realised why.

I was falling for her. Falling for Crazy Bella.

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