Hey people!! Okay, here's chapter 3! Thank you for all the wonderful replies I got!!! You guys rock! Anyways, in this chapter there's more Edward/Claire interaction, and unfortunately more Claire and Liz interaction. Sorry, but it's necessary! Enjoy, and PLEASE review!!!!

Chapter 3: First Day

BPOV

How could I be so stupid! I thought angrily as I plopped down on my bed. We had just gotten back from ditching Alice. You know better then to act like yourself! Oh, what am I going to do? If they find out it's me…

"Argh!" I roared, thrashing on my bed. Ok, calm down. Just act like Claire from now on. Do not act like Bella. "Oh what am I going to do?" I mumbled to myself. Being with Edward felt so…right. I felt happy again, for the first time in 50 years! The only problem was that I acted too much like myself. I couldn't help it. One minute I was terrified, and the next I was laughing like my old self again. Realization suddenly hit me like a tidal wave. I had to stay away from Edward.

EPOV

How could I let this happen?! I thought, sitting exasperated against by bedroom wall. How could I let myself even think about feeling this way again!? I hardly even know this girl! I let out a huge exasperated sigh. It was so easy, being with Claire. I felt like I could be myself again, which is why she scared the hell out of me. I had only had one conversation with her and already I was starting to feel again. I couldn't let that happen. Only Bella was allowed to make me feel this way. I had to stay away from Claire.

BPOV

The sun was long gone when Alice, Rosalie, and Emmett finally came home. Alice, who I thought would be fuming, was actually not mad at all at Edward or myself for ditching. She was actually happy, displaying a knowing smile on her perfect face. Knowing her she probably had seen a vision of Edward and talking and laughing. Oh god…If Alice tries to play matchmaker I'm done for… Luckily she pretended like she had no idea what Edward and I had done while we ditched her. Since Esme, Carlisle, and Liz had gone hunting so we had the house all to ourselves. Alice, while at the mall had gotten me some clothes for school, which started tomorrow. I had to admit I was actually excited about college. I had never gone to one before and was looking forward to it. It would also give me something to think about, along with my mission other than Edward. Oh my god! My mission! I totally forgot! I don't even know what Liz's power is yet! I decided to invite Alice to another 'sleep over' so that we could have more 'girl talk' and I could find out more about Liz. When I got up to my room I found Alice waiting for me, already knowing about our 'sleep over.'

"Oh Claire!" she said jubilantly, jumping off from my bed to embrace me.

"I'm so happy about you and Edward!" she exclaimed.

"What?" I exclaimed, my voice reaching several octaves higher than usual.

"Oh don't play dumb Claire!" Alice exclaimed, pulling me over to the bed and sitting me down. " I had a vision about you two, looks like you guys really hit it off, I haven't seen him so full of life since Bella!"

"Alice, it's not like that, really, and even if…never mind…" I trailed off.

"Even if?" Alice pushed, giving me a mischievous smile. I knew that look. She was planning something.

"Don't even think about it Alice Cullen!" I threatened, trying my best to look threatening.

She laughed at my attempt and soon her mirth spread to me and I started to smile too.

"Your face!" she exclaimed between laughter.

"Oh come on! Like you could do better!" I exclaimed.

After we had finished our laughing fit I got ready for bed, even though I didn't really need to sleep, and rejoined Alice. being very non-Bella like I chatted with her about clothing and designers before finally getting to my main topic.

"Does Liz have any powers?" I asked casually.

"Yes," Alice answered, suddenly becoming dark. "She has the ability to take away your powers, and your vampire abilities. Then she somehow sucks your energy out of you," Alice answered, looking away from me.

"Wow…"I trailed off. This girl could really be dangerous.

"Has she ever, taken away yours?" I asked curious.

"Yes, once, when she joined out family. She claimed it was an accident but…" Alice trailed off.

"But what?" I pressed.

"I knew it wasn't. We were arguing, I wanted Edward to get out of the house, to come hunting with us. Get his mind off of her for a little bit, and she well…" Alice sighed. "She wanted him to stay with her. I told her that he needed to get out of the house and then she used her power on me," Alice said darkly. Her face had lost all of its merriment. "It was terrible Claire, I felt so weak. I couldn't even stand and I crumpled to the ground. Eventually I felt so weak I couldn't even keep my eyes open and I thought I was going to die," Alice said, her face was so, un-Alice like, that if she could cry, she would be.

"Oh Alice…" I said pulling her into a hug. "I'm so sorry, have you ever told anyone about this?"

"No, I knew if I told anyone they would try to confront her and then they'd get hurt so…" she said, her voice cracking. "Claire, you have to promise me that you won't confront her okay? Please, for me?" she asked, her golden eyes pleading.

"Okay, I promise," I said, knowing all to well that it would have to be broken sooner or later.

After Alice had gone to spend the rest of the early morning with Jasper, I decided it was time to write to Aro. I grabbed a piece of paper, a pen, and with my messy handwriting wrote:

Dear Aro,

First off, you are in BIG trouble when I get back! The Cullen's!? I mean what were you thinking!? You are SO dead! ARGH!!! Be VERY afraid when I get back…Anyways, I got some info on the new vampire. Her name's Elizabeth, Liz for short. She looks a lot like the human me, and she's extremely powerful, and annoying. The Cullen's found her in the woods, alone, and took her in. Her power is to take away any of you abilities, your vampire abilities, and drain your energy or something. Aro, I'm afraid this is going to be a lot harder than we thought. This girl seems dangerous, she already attacked Alice Cullen. I don't want to have to take her while she's still considered a Cullen. We don't need them as enemies. I don't think her energy power thing will affect me, so I'll keep a close eye on her, I mean I don't want to kill her. If I can get her to leave the family, than the Cullen's would have no reason to attack. I'll give this girl another chance, if she proves herself to be a threat, then I would be left with no other choice than to take her out. I promise to stay safe so don't worry about me, I can take care of myself now.

Love,

Bella

I deposited the letter in the envelope, and seal it shut with the Volturi seal. I quickly ran out to the mailbox and dropped it in, making sure no one could see me. Then I quickly ran back into the house. The sun was just starting to rise and it was my first day of college! I ran back into the house and jumped in the shower. When I got out I found a pair of very stylish, and very expensive clothes waiting for me. I smiled to myself knowing Alice had probably put them there for me. I quickly got dressed and headed down stairs for breakfast. It had been far too long before I ate or hunted. Esme had gone shopping the day I arrived, and I quickly hunted down a bowl, cereal, milk, and a spoon. Mid-way through my Special K strawberry cereal Liz decided to 'grace' me with her presence. She quietly stepped into the room and sat across from me, scrutinizing me.

"Ew, what are you doing?" she asked appalled.

"I'm eating," I snapped back at her, meeting her golden eyes for the first time.

"Whatever," she said rolling her eyes at me. "So…I hear that you and my Edward had a little conversation yesterday. After I already warned you to stay away from my boyfriend," she said menacingly.

"Your boyfriend?!" I laughed, almost choking on my cereal. "You have got to be kidding me!" I exclaimed. "I mean you and Edward! Maybe in your own little fantasy world but-"

"Shut up you stupid girl! You're just jealous that Edward is mine! Laugh all you want, it's true," she said mockingly towards me. "Besides, you're in no position to be laughing at me, in fact I am the one who should be laughing at you. I mean look at you! Your hair looks like straw, your unnatural skin tone and your eyes make you look human," she explained, saying the word human with disdain. "You disgust me," she spat out. "And if I ever see your ugly little figure next to my Edward again, I might just lose control on my power, and we don't want that to happen now do we?" she said, teasing me before quickly prancing off. If I could I would of puked in my cereal but I couldn't. Who does that witch think she is!? I mean how dare she! I quickly threw out my half eaten cereal, with my appetite long gone.

Still bitter from my experience with Liz, I slammed my car door getting in. Luckily I would be the only one in the car today. I took an extra ten minutes driving at vampire speed. Argh! The nerve of that brat! No way would Edward ever let that evil little witch be his girlfriend!! I was still in the process I refraining from killing Liz. I wanted to kill her so bad right now it took all of my self-control to remain calm. As much as I was angry with her, I was also afraid. My power only blocked mental powers, not physical one's. If she did decide to use her power on me, I would not get weak but I would lose my vampire powers. Meaning I would be Bella Swan again. I shuddered at the thought of having the Cullen's find out who I really was. Especially my angel. If Edward ever found out that I was still alive…I didn't think my heart would be able to handle if he rejected me again. Even if he did take me back, it was only a matter of time before he left me again. After I had calmed down I headed off to campus. As I pulled into the parking lot I saw the University for the first time. It was huge! Almost the size of the Volturi castle back home. There were humans everywhere, some were studying, so lay sprawled out on the snow, and others were talking to each other in small groups. A slight wave of panic washed through me. I was the 'new girl,' basically meaning a golden ticket to the attention of which I loathed. It was like Forks High all over again except this time, I would get even more attention. First for my looks, second for my relationship with the mysterious Cullen's. I looked around and was relieved that none of them had arrived already. I took a deep breath, wishing so badly to become invisible or morph into a small tree, something that no one would want to or couldn't look at. I took a step out of my conspicuous car and realized that people were already staring at me. And so it begins… I thought to myself as I walked to my first class.

Schedule of Miss Clarice Haynes

9:00 am- 10 am- Advanced Biology

10:10am- 11:30am – Advanced Chemistry

12:15 pm-1:00- Biochemistry

1:05 pm- 2:00 pm- Genetics

2:15 pm- 3:15- Advanced Physics

(A/N- Okay, I'm only in seventh grade so I have NO idea how college schedules work, and I'm sure that this is really short and probably missing so stuff. But sorry! Anyway you get the picture that 'Claire' is brilliant and that her major is medical or whatever. Sorry for the interruption!)

I walked with my head down, avoiding eye contact to my first class, Biology. I was majoring in pre-med, although I probably knew more about the human body than most of the humans here. At first I was afraid of the risk of exposure from taking a class that evolved a lot of blood, but since I could eat, I figured I would be okay. However I always brought a snack with me just in case. When I was in Italy, although I had not attended school, I had studied the books in the castle and had become quite knowledge able at a lot of things. I finally made it to my first class after what seemed like endless human minutes of staring, whispering, and gossiping as I walked. I let out a huge sigh of relief when I got to advanced biology. There wouldn't be a lot of kids in this class. Also, no vampires except me of course. After all, they didn't have my human qualities and would not be able to resist the urge as much as I could. Or at least that's what I thought when I walked in to see Edward Cullen, sitting next the only available seat.

EPOV

I thought my dead heart nearly leapt of my chest when she walked in. It wasn't fair that she had this kind of effect on me. I had just one short conversation with her and already I felt like I knew her. It was insane! I wanted to hate this girl so much for making me feel this way again, but I couldn't. No matter how hard I tried, I just couldn't bring myself to hate her. So, I concluded that my strategy was to stay away from her, but as she walked in, her floral scent hitting me hard, I knew that would be impossible as well. I dared to look at her. She seemed…confused. Her little golden brow wrinkled in confusion and I realized how ridiculous I was being, and quickly turned away. To my horror I realized that I was sitting next to the only available seat. With my vampire hearing I was able to hear a moan and then heavy footsteps as she came and sat down next to me. She wielded her perfect head around and looked at me intensely with her piercing blue eyes. Why was I noticing these things! I thought angrily to myself.

"What are you doing here?" she demanded, still holding my gaze.

"Posing as a student, why?" I asked casually.

"Well, I know that! I mean what are you doing in this class. It's advanced biology, you know, dissecting, and let's see…" she said, pausing for a moment and pretending to ponder something hard. "Oh yeah, blood," she said still looking at me.

"You shouldn't be in this class, it's too dangerous."

I laughed at this. Little did she know that had spent the past fifty years in a black hole and something as simple as blood could no longer tempt me.

"Blood is not strong enough to tempt me anymore," I stated.

"Oh, ok," she said, losing her previous anger. "So…" she said, breaking eye contact. "How many times have you been to college," she said, fiddling with her pencil now.

"I think that this is only my 5th," I said, casually. I've never really been interested in college. Too many people, too many questions about my age, and just too much attention.

"Oh, wow, so you're still pretty new at this then?" she asked, looking at me, her beautiful blue eyes shining with curiosity.

"I guess," I replied leaning back in m chair.

"I have to admit, I'm a little nervous. I've never been to college. While in Volterra, I spent most of my time, trying to forget my human life, by keeping myself busy. I guess college was never a possibility for me until now," she explained, her voice turning dark, her eyes displaying the pain of a wound from half a century ago. Suddenly I felt a great urge to hold her, to comfort her. Nothing mattered, except that Claire was in pain.

"Claire, I'm so sorry. Whoever did this to you must be the dumbest creature to ever walk this earth. Do you want to tell me what happened?" I asked, resisting the incredible urge to hold her. What was wrong with me?

"No, it's okay. You probably don't want to hear about my sob story anyway. And as for the guy that did this, he's really not that bad…" she trailed off.

I was about to ask her about how this guy could ever be 'not that bad' after doing this to her when our teacher, Mrs. Belden started class. Claire's perfect head turned away fro me, and I knew I had lost my opportunity.

Okay, there you have it. Poor Eddie's confused and evil Liz is delusional. Review if you have a heart and I promise to post the next chapter soon!