Chapter 4: Mistakes

Alice and I stopped at our lockers to drop off our books before heading to the cafeteria. We started a conversation easily and kept it going, I could already tell she was going to be a good friend. I couldn't help but feel nervous as we approached the double doors of the cafeteria, what if they didn't like me?

"Don't worry Bella, I'm sure they'll love you" Alice said while giving me a reassuring smile. I was about to respond when I felt someones arm wrap around my shoulder.

"Hey Bella, who're your new friend?" I heard Aiden ask from beside me.

"This," I said while motioning to my left "is Alice Cullen."

"Nice to meet you, Alice. I'm Aiden, Aiden Sutter." he replied while holding his hand out. Alice gladly accepted it and gave a huge grin.

"Do you want to sit with us too?" Alice asked with a hopeful look on her face.

"Um," Aiden glanced over at me. Relief washed over me as the thought of having Aiden there popped into my head, at least I wouldn't be alone. I gave him a pleading look secretly begging him to say yes. "sure."

As we walked into the cafeteria all eyes turned to us. It was then that I realized that Aidens arm was still wrapped around me. I'm sure Aiden did too because he gave me a side long glance wondering what my reaction would be, not like he didn't already know. I could feel the blood rushing up into my cheeks as the stares of the all of the students bore into me. Aiden smirked at me before letting his arm drop to his side, placing his hand into the pocket of his jeans.

"Hey! Aiden, Bella!" James' voice cut through the silence and suddenly the conversations continued, surely about the new students. Joy. We turned to our right, from where his voice had come from and noticed Dave and James sitting at a table occupied with many people. I scanned the table and immediately recognized the girl I had met in my math class, Jessica I think it was, chatting happily with the others.

"Hey guys, whats up?" Aiden asked.

"Well it's lunchtime what do you think we're doing?" James said while he rolled his eyes. "We were wondering if you were going to eat with us."

"Actually we're going to eat with Alice and her family today." I asked. "Oh right. James Nelson this is Alice Cullen and that over there is Dave Waller." I said as I pointed over to Dave who was talking to some guy.

"Nice to meet you." James said with a smile. Alice just responded with one of her own, how I envied those perfect smiles.

"Anyways you wanna join?" I asked.

"Awww, James! You can't leave now, you promised!" said a blond girl sitting beside James. Her voice had this annoying nasal sound to it, i couldn't tell which was more fake her nose or her huge ass boobs.

"Sorry guys, I promised Lauren that I would sit with her today." James said with an apologetic look.

"Lauren?" Aiden said while raising an eyebrow.

"Yeah, this is Lauren Mallory. And these are two of my best friends Bella Swan and Aiden Sutter." he said while pointing to us.

"Hey" Aiden said politely but I could tell he felt uncomfortable.

"Hey" Lauren replied with that annoying voice. She quickly checked him out before she turned to me with a smirk on her face. "You're one of his best friends?" she asked.

"Yeah, got a problem with that?" I asked, she just rolled her eyes at me before turning back to James.

"Bitch" both me and Aiden muttered while turning to follow Alice, who was quietly giggling to herself. We ended up following her to the far corner of the cafeteria where her family sat speaking to one another.

"So you met anyone from her family yet?" Aiden whispered to me.

"Nope." I replied just as we stopped in front of their table.

"Hey guys, I want you to meet some people." Alice said as she turned to us. "This is Bella Swan," I gave a small smile as everyones eyes turned to me "and thats Aiden Sutter." Aiden just gave a small wave as everyone greeted us.

"Bella, Aiden these are my brothers and sisters, thats Emmett," she said as she pointed to her brother. He was huge, and by huge I mean all muscle, he could easily have snapped me in half if he wanted. "Rosalie," of course the blond bombshell just had to have a name that was just a beautiful "Jasper," the leaner, blond boy waved, "and thats Edward." I looked over to the last person at the table. His bronze hair was a bit messy but looked good on him. I had to admit, the guy was gorgeous, even more so than the rest of his family. We sat down and Emmett immediately started talking, he definitely wasn't a shy one.

"So you guys moved here from...?" he asked.

"New York." I answered for both of us, Aiden just simply nodded agreeing with me.

"That must be a big change, Forks must seem extremely tiny compared to New York" Jasper said.

"Oh it is, I mean people are awake at all hours and theres never really and peace and quiet but Forks seems to have a lot of that." i answered.

"Yeah, i'm glad you like it here." Jasper replied

"So are you two related or just friends?" Emmett asked.

"No we're not related but we might as well be." I answered looking beside me to Aiden. "We grew up together, we've known each other since the day we were born."

" Oh so did you move here with your families?" Alice asked.

"No, its actually just the four of us." Aiden responded.

"Four?" Jasper asked, a confusion written on his face.

"Yeah, we moved here with two of our other best friends, James Nelson and Dave Waller. We live just outside of the town limits." I answered.

"So your parents didn't come with you?" Jasper asked.

"No, they actually stayed in New York. They thought it would be best if we moved somewhere else where we could uh, concentrate on our studies more." I glanced over at Aiden, it wasn't a complete lie, I mean our parents had wanted us to finish school. And with that teacher so close to figuring out our secret there was no possible way we could have continued school there, our only chance was to get away. "They actually couldn't really leave New York because our company is actually based there, and seeing as each of our parents owns a part of it they couldn't really leave." I finished.

"Your family owns a company? Whats it called?" Jasper asked looking interested, Emmett also sat up a bit.

"Its called Blazing Industries, you might have heard of it." Aiden answered while eating a French fry.

"Wait, your families own Blazing Industries?" Emmett asked, utter disbelief showing on his face.

"Yup. They started about a year before we were born. That's why we're all so close, we grew up together just like our parents did. We're pretty much family, even without the company we would still have been great friends."

"So all four of your families have a part of the company?" Emmett asked.

"Yeah, it's pretty much just cut into two miniature companies. There's one group of people that is in charge of all the computer related things and the other that is in charge of all of the recording studios and things that go with it. All of our families own a quarter of the business but mine and Aidens family mostly work with all of the computer stuff while Dave and James' family focus more on the music stuff." I answered stealing one of Aidens fries, earning me a playful glare from him.

Jasper and Emmett quickly engaged in a deep conversation about our company with Aiden. I zoned out just like I usually did when it came to business conversations. I took the moment to scan across the table, glancing at every Cullen for a second. They were all extremely beautiful, the same pale skin and golden eyes. They all had very old fashioned names too, I mean how many people had I met with the name Emmett in the past 17 years? Hardly anyone. I glanced over to the one Cullen who in my opinion was the most interesting and good looking

He was sitting quietly ripping apart his food with his hands, he hadn't said a word this entire time. His bronze colored hair was an untidy mess, some strands landing in front of his eyes, but it worked for him. The look on his face was a mix of concentration and frustration, what could he be thinking about? I looked away, thankfully I hadn't been caught.

"Bella?" Alices asked from beside me.

"Yeah?" I answered.

"Me and Rosalie were wondering if maybe you wanted to go shopping with us sometime?" Alice looked excited at the thought of having a new shopping buddy, Rosalie on the other hand was giving Alice a glare that did probably would have made anyone else cry. I was in desperate need of some new clothes and I'd been dying to get another book.

"Sure, that'd be fun. When do you want to go?" I asked giving her my best smile.

"How about Saturday?" she asked as her grin broadened.

"That'd be great." I really was excited at the prospect of hanging out with Alice, Rosalie well not so much. The bell rang signaling the end of lunch. Everyone at the table rose and headed over to the exit. Everyone stopped to dump their remaining food in the trash can before leaving. I hadn't really noticed before but only Aiden and I had even come close to finishing our food, all of the Cullens trays seemed to still hold all of their food. I said a quick goodbye to Alice and promised to talk to her later.

Well thats weird they hardly ate anything... I've got to remember to ask Aiden what he thinks thats about. I thought as i walked down the hallway towards my locker. The boys all had Auto class while i had Biology instead, which was why none of them were at the lockers, they didn't particularly need anything for that class.

I made it to class almost five minutes before class was due to start but it seemed like i was one of the last to get there. I quickly made it to the front of the classroom where the teacher was standing. Everyone seemed to have noticed me and quieted down just as i stopped infront of his desk.

"I assume you're Bella Swan?" the teacher, i looked down at my schedule, Mr.Banner said.

"Yes, I'm new here." I said.

"Well, you don't say." Mr. Banner replied in a sarcastic voice, faking surprise. I heard a few snickers from behind me but i ignored them. I was tempted to just punch him, James had taught me how to really hit someone last year but i doubted that would be much good. I could already tell he didn't like me and giving him a black eye wouldn't really give me a high spot on his favorite students list. "You can have a seat right next to Mr.Cullen." he said while pointing to the far back of the room.

I wouldn't really have minded if it was Emmett maybe even Jasper, until i remembered that they were both Seniors. I turned glancing around the classroom, all of the students just stared back. I finally made it to my seat and glanced over at Edward, his posture was stiff and his eyes narrowed to slits and so dark they seemed completely black. I slid into my chair and opened my binder not once looking up, scared that i would come face to face with those eyes, full of hate. I didn't understand it, I hadn't even said one word to him and he already loathed me.

"Bella," Aidens voice drifted through my thoughts. One of the coolest powers that came along with being a witch was the fact that we could communicate using our thoughts. We had stumbled upon it a few years ago while going through one of James' grandfathers old spell books.

"Hey Aiden. Whats up?" I answered back.

"Nothing really, don't forget to hide your eyes. You don't want to freak anyone out."

I heard him chuckle and quickly glanced down at my notebook making sure my pitch black eyes couldn't be seen by anyone.

"Thanks for that, i almost forgot. So hows Auto class?"

"Alright, we get to take apart an engine tommorow but we're stuck doing some random theory shit right now."

"Well that sounds like fun. Not."

"Ya, so hows Biology? Don't you get to like Disect a pig or something?"

"Not yet, we're learning about Mitosis right now."

"Boring, anyways i had fun at lunch today the Cullens seem cool."

"Ya, about that did you notice they didn't eat like anything?"

"Ya but i'm sure its nothing they probably just had like a massive breakfast or something."

"Whatever," I answered, but it still felt a little odd to me "I should go, i don't want to get behind on this stuff"

"Fine, see you next period." Aiden said as his voice gradually faded away. I glanced up at the clock totally forgetting that it was situated behind Edwards head. Our eyes met, i panicked as i realized mine were most likely a deep onyx at the moment. His eyes widened a bit before i was able to avert my gaze looking back down at my notebook.

'Shit, Shit, Shit, Shit. How the hell am i supposed to explain this?'I thought

The rest of class dragged on, i could have sworn that time actually slowed down right before the bell. I was in panic mode, what the hell was i supposed to say to Edward? "Oh yeah my eyes just turn completely black sometimes, its uh genetic." Fat chance he would believe that. But thankfully i didn't have to use any of my lame ass excuses because as soon as the bell rang Edward was out the door, faster then i ever thought possible.

What do i have now? Oh right Gym, as if the most gorgeous, perfect boy ever hating me wasn't bad enough and add to that, that he now thinks I'm some freak girl with creepy color changing eyes. Now i've got to make a complete idiot of myself playing some stupid sport like soccer or even worse badminton.

I hurried to the change room quickly changing into my new gym clothes. I ran out as soon as i was finished, flinging my clothes into my bag and heading out to find Aiden. As soon as i found him i dragged him away from the group of kids huddled around a rack of basketballs.

"Aiden, i have to tell you something but you have to promise not to get mad." I said as he eyed me suspiciously.

"Alright what did you do that has you so worked up?" he asked looking curious.

"Well you know how we were having that conversation last period?" i said fidgeting with the hem of my shirt.

"Yeah..." he answered.

"Well i wanted to know the time and i accidentally looked up."

"But no one saw your eyes right?" when i didn't answer he stiffined. "Who saw?"

The silence between us was nerve racking and i finally answered after a few moments.

"Edward Cullen"

Sorry i haven't updated in a while. It's the end of the year and i have exams, tests and a bunch of projects due. I've been writting this for a while now but i just recently got around to finishing it. I know its not that great but hopefully i can get some more writting time in this summer. Don't forget to review! and I'll update as soon as i can. :)