Chapter 4
My alarm clock read 5:45. "Ugh..." It was Monday.
I had to wake up early to meet some new students in the parking lot at school and show them around, I was in a hurry so I shot up out of bed. Bad idea. My whole body was sore..and thats when I remembered last night. Charlie had been really drunk and he decided he wanted me instead of Remee. He hit me a few times and when he was done he fell asleep. At least we were in his bed and I was able to sneak away to my room before Renee came home and found us. I made the mistake of letting him fall asleep in my bed once...never again!
I went to take a shower and survey the damage.
Bruise here, scrape there. My head was throbbing and so were my thighs. I had to be extra gentle when I washed my hair. The usually envigorating scent of strawberries from my shampoo did nothing to make me feel better this morning. When I was using my body wash I noticed it some stinging. I was bleeding a little from a few cuts that opened when I moved this morning. Great! I washed away the fresh and dried blood and carefully dried off and got dressed. By the time I finished cleaning up the kitchen and driving to school it was 7:20a. I was one of the first people there. I noticed a blonde senior...Tanya I think her name was...waiting on a bench by the parking lot and deducted she was the one roped into showing the other three Cullens around. She was in no way a good student, and I think this may have something to do with the fact that she's failing almost every class and desperately needs extra credit. She's pretty and probably volunteered in order to have first pick of the new kids. I'd heard the seniors included 2 guys, who obviously wouldn't know about the orgy she had with three football players last semester. That's not gossip either, I saw it! I shuddered and nearly lost my breakfast thinking about it. I didn't want to get out of my truck. I was afraid I'd still be limping, but I could at least blame it on my fall in Gym. Taking a deep, claansing breath I slowly exited my vehicle and made my way towards Tanya.
I sat on the bench next to her, and took out my battered copy of Wurthering Heights. I didn't get to read much when I heard the soft purr of an engine pull up. This must be them. No one here has a car that nice. It was a shiny silver Volvo. It looked fast. I put away my book and looked up to see the most beautiful people ever exit the car. They stood around talking quietly to one another. The big, kinda scary looking one with dark curly hair had his arm snaked around the waist of a gorgeous blonde girl. She must be a model or something. A guy who looked kinda like her was holding the had of a cute little short girl with short black hair. She looked like a pixie and was bouncing around a bit. Then I saw him. The man of my dreams...literally. I gasped a little when I saw him. The hair was the exact shade of bronze I had seen and his eyes...I only caught a glimpse but I was sure they were the same golden color. I must've been louder than I thought because when I gasped they all turned to look at me. They all had the same impossible pale, flawless, beautiful skin and golden honey/amber eyes. I felt the blush creep into my cheeks, and inwardly cursed at myself for being so easily embarassed.
Since they'd already seen my I felt it would be rude not to acknowledge them so I put a smile on my face and approached the car.
"Hi. I'm Isabella Swan. Are you the Cullens?" I asked meekly.
The short pixie-like one danced over to my side smiling and gave me a quick hug.
"Yep! I'm Alice Cullen and this is Jasper and Rosalie Hale, and Emmet and Edward Cullen!" She pointed them all out for me.