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Chapter 4

Spotlight

As soon as I entered the classroom it was as if a giant spotlight was pointed at me. I should be used to this by now considering this was my fourth time in high school. Their eyes were big and their mouths gaping. I smiled innocently and walked to the teachers' desk. He was a young man in his twenties. Even he stared. He practically drooled on his papers.

"Hi. I'm Bella Cullen." My voice didn't help anything.

"Oh! I-I-I'm Mr. Benson. Your English teacher" *as if that wasn't obvious* "Please take a seat."

He looked at the front row and saw all the desk were taken. Reluctantly he sent me to the very back. I smiled without showing my teeth like Rosalie taught me. The Cullens' have given me so many lessons on how to act human. Talk this way, smile that way, walk like this, blink this many times. The list goes on. There's only so much that can be done to act human. I took my seat ignoring the stares. I could hear kids whispering to each other about me. I'd only been hear for no more than five minutes and already rumors were starting. Mr. Benson continued with his class although no one listened. I opened my notebook and started to doodle aimlessly. I noticed the teacher's eyes on me. How funny would it be to have a teacher hit on me...eww. Never mind, that would be so gross! Edward would be going crazy if he could read these guys minds. I stopped that line of thinking. Edward wasn't here, so I have nothing to worry about.

After class a tall boy with dark hair and muscles walked up to me.

"Hello, I'm Ben Newton."

Wow! This was Mike's son? He was cute for a human...

"Newton? Is your dad Mike Newton?"

He smiled sheepishly. "You know him?"

Uh-oh made a mistake. "Uh, no. I mean, my mom talked about a Mike Newton." I corrected myself.

"Really? Who's your mom?"

I didn't know if I was making a mistake. "Isabella Swan. I was named after her. She went to school here a long time ago. My da-grandpa was the police chief a while back."

He seemed to recognize the name.

A lop-sided smile played across his lips. "Isabella?"

I nodded. "It's my name, too. I prefer Bella."

He still looked dazed. "Isabella."

Exasperated I replied, "Yes Isabella! What's the big deal?!"

He looked scared at my sudden outburst. I tried smiling kindly again. "I-It's just that my sister's name is Isabella. Now I know where he got the name."

I laughed quietly to myself.

"Can I walk you to your next class?" he asked hopeful. He was just like his father...

"No thanks. I'll find it." I know my way around, I added quietly.

I had U.S. History next. The same thing happened, except no one had the guts to say hello. I finally saw a familiar face in French. Alice was sitting by an empty desk. I went to the teacher's desk to introduce myself. She pointed to the desk without looking up. Alice smiled at me. I sat down and pulled my french book out.

"I met Isabella Newton." Alice whispered too low for human ears to hear.

"Really? Does she look anything like Mike?"

She laughed quietly. "Not really. She looks more like Jessica."

I turned my head to face her. "He married Jessica?!"

She nodded real fast. I should have seen that coming. I mean, who else, right?

"I met Ben. He looks and acts like Mike a lot."

We both laughed at this.

"Okay class, settle down. We have two new students with us. Isabella and Alice Cullen." She announced in french.

I didn't know a lot but I knew she was introducing us. We smiled politely. The kids gawked at us. I figured out that if you look at them they turn away. Just like I did when Edward would look at me. Class went by slowly. I paid attention as much as possible, but it was easy to be distracted. I watched the clock tick down the hour. As soon as it rang I was out of my seat. My next class was algebra. Isabella was in this class. The teacher introduced me as Isabella Cullen. Apparently rumors spread even to teachers. A girl looked up when she heard the name. She seemed real curious. I smiled at her hoping that she would look away, but that only made her look more intently. I found a seat in the middle of the room away from the girl. I didn't bother listening to the teacher. Instead I took the time to practice expanding my shield. I didn't realize the time passed so fast. Just like her brother, Isabella walked up to me.

"Hello." She was quiet and a little shy.

"Hi, I'm Bella." I said politely.

She laughed. "Me too!"

I forced a laugh. I really didn't want to be here. It was finally lunch and she was wasting my time.

"Do you want o eat lunch with my brother and I?" She blurted. She sounded just as hopeful as Ben.

It took me by surprise, but I controlled my facial expression. "No thank you. My family is waiting for me."

I walked out of the room. She wouldn't give up.

"Well, maybe some other time then."

The last time someone said that I got suckered into prom. "I don't know. We'll see." I said quickly.

I walked even faster. I guess she finally got the message because she didn't follow. The lunchroom was full. I grabbed a tray full of food and searched the room for my family. They were sitting at our table. I walked over and sat down.

"Hey, Bells. How goes it?" Jasper asked mindlessly.

"Fine. It's weird seeing different kids and teachers here. They act the same, though." I commented.

Renesmee joined us. "Hey mom!"

"Renesmee remember? I'm Bella. Your sister. Don't forget, okay?"

She gave me a sorry look. "I'm sorry, Bella." She giggled at the name.

"So, have you made any friends?" I asked her.

She looked at me. "Have you made any friends?" She asked sarcastically.

I shrugged. "Good point."

We talked about how our day was going and what we were going to do later.

"Isabella is a nice girl." Rosalie remarked.

Everybody agreed. "That's weird she's in a class with each of us. Even Emmett, Rosalie, and Jasper's classes." Alice thought aloud.

"I have a feeling she'll be as hard to get rid of as Mike! She wouldn't leave me alone." I exclaimed.

They laughed at my misfortune. I noticed Renesmee kept glancing towards a table across the room.

"Who are you looking for?" I asked.

She quickly looked down at her plate. "No one. Just looking at all the people." she mumbled.

"I can't believe that dog let you come without a fight." Rosalie muttered.

Renesmee hated Rosalie's comments about Jacob. "Rose! He's my boyfriend. I would appreciate it if you wouldn't call him names!" Rosalie shrugged it off making Renesmee madder. "I don't go around calling your husband names!"

Emmett looked up. "What names would you call me?"

I stopped Renesmee before she could answer. "Probably names like Teddy Bear, right Renesmee?" I squeezed her arm.

"Yeah, Teddy Bear." Renesmee mumbled.

Emmett laughed. "Ha! Me a teddy bear! You're funny Nessie." Emmett continued to chuckle to himself.

I gave Renesmee my mother look. She shrank back in her chair. We finished our lunch period in silence. It was weird that I had Biology and gym for my last two periods. I was scared to go into Biology. My old butterflies returned as soon as I saw the door. I hated it, but I walked in anyway. I couldn't skip Biology all year. The room looked like it did twenty years ago. I walked over to the teacher.

"Hello. I'm Bella Cullen." I chimed trying to sound happy.

He looked up at me. Man was he old! He seemed to recognize me. Oh my god! It's Mr. Banner!

"May I go sit down?" I asked hesitantly.

"Bella Cullen you say? Is your first name Isabella?" He recognized me. Shoot!

"Yeah. I was named after my mom, Isabella Swan."

He had a look of shock on his face. "You look just like her. It's uncanny!"

Yeah, except for the golden eyes and pale-er skin. I thought.

"Did you teach my mom?" I asked trying to play innocent.

He couldn't regain composure to speak so he just nodded. I smiled and walked to my seat. It was the same table Edward and I use to sit at. This was going to be a long year. Mr. Banner recovered from the shock and started to teach. Just then the door flew open.

"Sorry, Mr. Banner! I got caught in the hallway rush!"

I didn't bother to look up until I heard the voice. It was Ben Newton. He saw me and smiled. I quickly looked around the room and saw that all the tables were filled except for mine. This was going to be a very long year.

He sat down in Edward's seat. "Hey, remember me?" He asked more eager than the situation called for.

"Ben, right?"

His smile got even bigger-I didn't think that was possible! Ben was nice. I liked him. It couldn't hurt to give him the time of day. Besides, I needed some friends to get my mind off of...certain problems. Someone that didn't know me like my family did. There were no rules of vampires that said we had to be antisocial. Ben stayed quiet for the rest of the class. I tried to pay attention, but Mr. Banner was teaching the same stuff he did twenty years ago. I saw Ben look over at me every five minutes. After class, he finally said something.

"Do you need any help finding your next class?"

"I'm headed to gym, actually. I think I can find it."

"That's my next class, too!"

He seemed thrilled...just like his dad. Talk about Deja vu! We walked to class together. He enjoyed that more than he should have. He talked all the way to gym. I smiled and answered any questions he had. I decided not to act all mysterious like Edward did because that just makes them all the more suspicious. When I was changing in the dressing room, I could feel all the envious eyes on my perfect body. Now that I was a vampire I wasn't a danger to the human race...at least not in the form of clumsiness! I was graceful so gym didn't scare me that much anymore.

Ben ran up to me. "Want to be my partner? We're playing tennis!"

I grabbed the racket he held out to me. "Sure, I'd love to!"

I stayed in the back letting Ben show off. I decided that maybe hanging out with him wouldn't be such a bad idea. I wasn't going to be the type of antisocial person that Edward was. I can make friends, no I will make friends! Just because I'm different in the way of my diet, doesn't mean I can't have fun and be a normal teenager.

He caught up to me after gym. "Bella! Wait!" I turned around. Ben looked breathless. "Man, you can walk fast!"

Mental Note: Practice your walk

He caught his breath after a few seconds. "I know we just met today, but I was wondering if you wanted to hang out with me this Saturday. I know the perfect hiking spot."

I was shocked at the suddenness of the question. "I'll have to check the weather."

"Why?"

"When it's sunny, my family and I go camping. If it isn't sunny, I'd love to." I replied happily.

He was overjoyed. "Great! See you tomorrow!" He ran off towards a suburban. It was the same suburban Mike had.

I saw Alice, Jasper, Emmett and Rosalie standing by my car. "Hey guys. Where's Renesmee?" I looked around for her.

"She probably met some people." Rosalie said bored.

We all looked at Alice. She was filing her nails.

"Patience. She's coming. Mr. Banner stopped her in the hall."

I unlocked the car doors and got in. "Hey Alice? Will it be raining this Saturday?" I asked trying to act nonchalantly.

I didn't fool her. She smiled. "No,"

I looked down at my hands disappointed.

"But...it will be cloudy all day." She finished. "Have fun." She added smugly.

Everyone looked from her to me. I sighed. "Mike's son asked me out. I thought I'd give him a chance."

Emmett laughed. "Does this have anything to do with the fact that Edward loathes Mike?"

"Emmett! How could you even suggest such a thing?! That never even crossed my mind!" Although now that he mentioned it, that was a plus to it.

He shut up after that. Renesmee jumped in the car.

"Sorry I'm . Banner stopped me after class. Man is he old!"

I laughed. "He was my teacher when I went to school here. Why did he stop you?"

"He was asking me about my sister, Bella. He was shocked when he saw me. Not the usual wow-she's-pretty shock. It was more like a wow-she-looks-familiar kind." She explained.

We laughed as we pulled out of the parking lot.

Mike's son...wow.
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