Ch. 3

Bpov

She had spiky black hair that went in every direction and the palest skin that really brought out the gold in her eyes. She was around 4'11 and I don't know how I knew but the moment I looked into her eyes I knew that she was a vampire that didn't drink human blood and that somehow made her even more beautiful.

The scene before me was of her holding Lauren's hand behind her back in a way that looked very painful while Jessica stood to the side with fear written all over her face. "It would be in your best interests to get out of here and never mess with Bella or anyone else in this school because next time my brothers will be here and you won't get off so easily," she growled and pushed Lauren away from her like she was a piece of trash.

Almost immediately the 2 girls started tripping over each other trying to get out of here as quickly as was humanly possible. After they left I turned back to the beautiful girl in front of me and tried to think of something to say. I couldn't think of anything to say so I just settled with a simple thank you. "You're welcome. By the way my name is Alice Cullen," she said happily and hugged me. I relaxed into her embrace which was weird because I had a huge aversion to people touching me in any way.

Alice pulled me from my thoughts asking if I wanted to meet her siblings. "Sure," I said. We walked over to a camouflage jeep wrangler. Right away I got behind Alice suddenly uncomfortable being around so many people at one time. There were 4 others besides Alice. There was a bronze haired boy that was lanky and somewhat tall, next to him was a blond boy that had a bit more muscle than the bronze haired boy and he was a little taller too. Next to them was a couple, the girl was around 5'4 with pin straight blonde hair and the body of a super model, next to her was a huge man that would have scared me if it wasn't for the huge smile on his face. He was huge, around 6'4 and had huge muscles. When I smiled at him his own smile got even wider.

Then Alice started the introductions and I figured out who everyone was. The bronze one was Edward, the blond guy was Jasper, the bulky one was Emmett, and hid girlfriend was Rosalie. "Guys, this is Bella Swan, my new friend," she said after she introduced me to everyone. Emmett was about to say something when the bell rang signaling the beginning of school.

On my way to class I noticed that Emmett was following me so I turned around and asked, "Is there a reason why you're following me?" He looked a little embarrassed and said, "well I don't know where my first class is and you're the only one that won't run away from me when I try to talk to you so…" he trailed off. "Okay, what do you need help finding?" I asked. He looked at his schedule and said, " Mrs. Johnson for AP Literature." "Well you're in luck, I have that class right now and the only empty seat is next to me," I said with a smile.

It felt so weird to smile a real smile after having so many fake smiles for so long, since my mom died actually. I felt a tear roll down my cheek at the thought of my mom and quickly wiped it away. I looked up to see Emmett looking at me with concern but I just shook my head , " come on or we're gunna be late for class," I said avoiding the question I knew he desperately wanted to ask. When we got to the classroom I went to sit down and remembered that the only empty seat was the one right next to mine.

Emmett went to the teacher so she could sign his slip and he came to sit next to me and I knew by the look on his face that he was going to ask me a question that will make me break and tell him everything. I was both hoping for it and dreading it. When he sat down he pulled out a sheet of paper.(AN: Emmett=bold, Bella= italics) Hey, he wrote.

Hey, I wrote back.

What was that in the hallway?

I cant tell you here, get excused from class, but I will only tell you my secret if you tell me yours.

I both hoped and dreaded that he would accept my offer. He looked shocked that I knew he was hiding something, but he took my offer as he asked if he could go to the bathroom. I waited about 2 minutes before I asked to be excused and found Emmett leaning against the wall outside of the classroom. "Follow me," I said quietly and led him into the woods behind the school. I found an old log sat down looking up at him. "You first," he said.

I hesitated at first then I told him everything about my past and what Charlie has told me and done to me for the last 8 years and how he likes to use me as his own personal punching bag almost every day and what happened yesterday when I got home and I also told him about my mom. "Your turn," I said when I was finished. I'm surprised I didn't cry while I told him my story but I did have tears in my eyes the whole time. Emmett came over and sat down beside me and said, "if I tell you this you can't tell anyone." " It's not like I have anyone to tell, I'm the resident freak of Forks that no one wants to talk to or even be around" I responded.

"Okay then, I'm a vampire," he said cautiously. I decided then to tell him that I already knew. "I know," I said calmly. He looked shocked before saying, "what? How?" " I have no idea, but as soon as I saw your sister somehow I instantly knew what you and your whole family were." After that we sat looking at each other until the bell rang signaling the end of class.

AN: I am soooooo sorry it took me so long to update again. I've been trying to but I've had a busy summer and this is the first chance I've had to actually write. I lost my flash drive and had to start all over again so I hope you like this chapter and I'll try to have another one up by next month or sooner if I can. J please review I will try to answer any questions you have without giving too much away J