Chapter 3: New Students
I was still thinking about the gorgeous family when the warning bell rang telling everyone to get to class. Since Aiden and I had gotten to school after James and Dave we hadn't had a chance to get our schedules yet. We said our good byes and headed off in the direction of the office building. The school was insanely small compared to the school we had all attended in New York. It was made up of several small buildings spread across the campus which was odd but I liked it.
"Hopefully we get some classes together." Aiden said as we turned the corner revealing a small building with a tattered sign above the door which read 'office'.
"Hopefully." I said as we entered the small room. It was a typical school office with walls painted an off white color, or maybe that was just because it hadn't been painted in a while. We made our way over to the front desk where the receptionist was sitting. The bronze colored name tag which sat directly in front of her read 'Ms. Cope'.
"Hello, what can I do for you?" Ms. Cope asked while smiling sweetly at us.
"We actually just transferred here and weren't able to come pick up our schedules yet." Aiden responded.
"Oh yes, I believe your friends came in a while ago asking for their schedules as well," she said as she shuffled around the papers on her desk "ah, here we are." she sighed as she handed them over to us.
"Thank you" I replied once the papers were in our hands.
"Oh you're welcome dear, I hope you enjoy your first day at Forks High School!" she said as a small smile appeared on her face.
As soon as we had exited the small building Aiden grabbed my schedule and began checking it over, his eyes darting from one paper to the other. After a few seconds he handed me back my schedule while he sighed.
"What?" I asked glancing down at the paper in my hand.
"We have ONE class together." He said as we entered the main building where the lockers were. "ONE!"
"And which one is that?" I asked while reaching up to unlock my locker.
"Gym" he answered while putting his books away.
"Ugh," I groaned. "Great, now you get to see me make a complete and utter fool of myself." I said while banging my head on the wall.
"Oh come one you can't be THAT bad." He said while chuckling.
"You obviously haven't seen me in gym class. I can't even walk across a flat surface without falling flat on my face and they expect me to run around a field with god knows how many other kids while chasing a ball?! I'm telling you, stepping onto a field with me is pretty much a death wish." I said while throwing my arms up in the air and sighing in frustration.
"I'll make sure you don't hurt yourself," Aiden said "Well at least not as much."
I rolled my eyes and waved goodbye as I began walking towards my first class. I walked out into the cool fresh air and quickly made my way over to room 7. I stopped right outside of the classroom breathing in and out as i tried to calm my nerves. I hated the idea of walking into a room full of strangers and having to introduce myself, but I still had to go in there either way. I turned the knob and silently entered the room.
"So you see -" the teacher stopped mid sentence and turned his gaze over to me. I quickly felt my cheeks redden and walked over to him.
"Hi my names Bella, Bella Swan. I'm, um, new here." I said while trying not to look out into the room full of students.
"Why hello Ms. Swan!" The teacher said while smiling at me. "You can have a seat right at the back, beside Ms. Stanley." my eyes followed the direction at which he had pointed. I thanked him and made my way over to my seat. I plopped myself down in my chair and opened up my notebook, getting ready to write down any useful information. I had been scribbling down some notes on the play we were studying, Hamlet, when I heard someone beside me say 'psst'. I looked up and turned to the girl beside me.
"Hey," she whispered while leaning in closer towards my desk "my names Jessica."
"Hey, I'm Bella, but you already knew that." I said, she smiled in response.
"So you're new here?" she asked while glancing at the front of the room, no doubt making sure the teacher hadn't noticed.
"Ya, I just moved here from New York with some of my friends." I answered.
"Wow, New York. I haven't been anywhere nearly as interesting, just here and Colorado." Jessica replied while shrugging her shoulders.
"Ya, I loved it there but you can sometimes get annoyed of all the noise. Its so quiet and peaceful here, its such a big change for me." I said.
"I can understand that. New York is such a big city, while Forks is well Forks. Everyone here pretty much knows each other." she said. I was about to reply when the teacher called on Jessica for the answer of a question which she had not heard. The rest of the class went by pretty quickly and before I knew it the bell had rung. I got up out of my seat and walked towards the door with Jessica.
"We really should hang out sometime." She asked while smiling.
"Yeah, that would be fun." I answered while waving good bye. I liked Jessica, she was nice and was easy to talk to but I could tell already that she was a gossiper.
I walked into my math class and once again introduced myself to the teacher and the class before I walked over to my seat. I had barely sat down when I felt someone tapping my shoulder. I turned to my left and felt my eyes widened. There sitting right beside me was one of the girls from this morning in the parking lot. Not the ones James and Dave had been hanging out with but one of the girls from the beautiful family. She had pure black hair that was sticking up in different directions, but looked amazing on her. She was obviously petite and couldn't have been any taller then 5 feet. She seemed to be bouncing up and down on her seat a huge grin plastered on her face.
"Hi Bella, I'm Alice Cullen!" she said while shaking my hand. Was it me or did she seem extremely hyper?
"H-hi." I said. If I thought she was pretty from afar it was nothing compared to seeing her up close. Her skin was flawless and even her smile was beautiful. She had the most amazing eyes I had ever seen, they were sort of a topaz color but with a slight amount of gold in them.
"Its great to meet you. I hope you're enjoying Forks High so far." she said while showing off one of those amazing smiles again.
"Yes I'm enjoying it so far. Everyone here has been extremely nice to me ." I replied, and it was true every person I had met so far had said hello or at least smiled in my direction. I wondered how it was going for the guys.
"So you moved here from New York?" she asked. I must have made a face because she quickly added. "I heard some one say it on my way here."
"Oh okay. Yeah we moved here from New York." I answered.
"Who did you move here with?" she asked. The teacher had begun his lesson so we were stuck whispering back and forth.
"Well its just me and three of my closest friends but we're so close that they seem more like my brothers." I said while scribbling something down in my notebook to at least make it seem as if I was working.
"Well at least you've got them. I don't know what I would do without my siblings, you should meet them sometime." Alice said while smiling.
"That'd be great." I answered as I turned my attention to the front of the classroom. I truly was interested in meeting Alice's brothers and sisters but I was also very nervous. They were so different, so perfect and I was just plain jane, why would they ever want to hangout with me?
Math class, just like the class before it had gone by very quickly. The bell had just rung and I was cleaning up my things and getting ready to leave when Alice came up to my desk.
"Hey Bella," Alice asked from behind me.
"Yeah Alice?" I asked while turning towards her.
"I was wondering, would you by any chance like to have lunch with me today?" She asked, bouncing up and down.
"Sure." I said as I smiled. She squealed and grabbed my arm pulling me through the door.
"I can't wait! This is going to be great!" And with that we were headed off to the cafeteria and the insanely gorgeous family waiting inside.
I'm so sorry that I haven't updated lately. I hope you guys liked this chapter. In the next one Bella, and her friends finally meet the Cullens face to face. I wonder what's going to happen. You'll just have to wait and see :) Don't forget to Review!!