A/N: To those of you who are reading this, I love you. Tell your friends please. It would make me happy. :-) Anyway, this chapter was originally going to be the first day at school AND B and E at the library, but the school thing took more words than I'd anticipated. Anyway, onward to the story! Enjoy:

P.S. I don't own Twilight. :-(

I woke up to my alarm and rain pounding on the roof of the house. Of course, I didn't really expect anything but rain for my first day at Forks High, but I was hoping that the rain would hold off. I pulled myself out of bed and went straight into the bathroom for my shower. When I came back to my room, I opened my closet and stared at my clothes. Most of them weren't appropriate for the Washington weather because of living in Phoenix for so long. Finally, I decided on a pair of jeans and a long sleeved t-shirt that fit closely to my body, but wasn't too tight. Then I slid on my favorite shoes, my black converse. I walked down the stairs and went to the pantry to grab some cereal, but I could only take two bites because of how jumpy my stomach was due to my nerves.

I dumped the cereal and milk in the sink and grabbed a granola bar to put in my bag just in case. I grabbed my bag and raincoat and ran to my truck. Once I was in, I started the engine and started my trek to school.

I was purposely early so I could go to the office and get everything in order. I was the first car in the student lot, which was a little comforting because I wouldn't be stared at the whole time walking into the school. Once I reached the office, I opened the door and was greeted by the secretary.

"Oh, you must be Bella Swan. I'm Mrs. Cope. I just have a small form for you to fill out and then I'll give you your schedule, honey."

"Okay. Thank you," I replied, a little weirded out that she already knew my name without ever meeting me before. I figured that was how much of my day was going to go since Forks High only had about 600 students in total. I filled out a form asking about extracurricular activities I'd participated in and would like to find out more about—which consisted of a tutoring program I helped with in Phoenix. Once I handed the small paper into Mrs. Cope, she handed me my schedule. She told me where to find my homeroom and also said someone would be leading me around to all of my classes today to get acquainted. Great, it'll be some horribly socially awkward kid who probably won't leave me alone. I mentally slapped myself after that thought because I am a socially awkward kid.

I walked out of the office and went to find my homeroom. It wasn't difficult to find, but I wandered the halls trying to find my other classes before the bell rang so I wouldn't need a tour guide. As I walked into my homeroom, almost everyone was already seated, and all their eyes were on me. I felt my face get red and I immediately glued my eyes to the floor. I walked to the teacher who then told me where to sit.

Homeroom actually passed quickly because we were going over all the general requirements of our senior year. Pretty soon the bell rang to go to our first period class, and as I stepped out of the door, I was greeted by a tiny, bright pixie of a girl.

"Hi, I'm Alice," the dark-haired girl said as she extended her hand. "I'm in almost all of your classes, so Mrs. Cope thought it'd be a good idea for me to show you around. And, you can sit with me and my boyfriend, and my brother at lunch if you want."

"Oh, uh, ok. I'm Bella, but I guess you know that. I actually have somewhere to sit for lunch…I mean, it's nothing against you, I just already told someone I'd sit with him."

"No, that's cool. I don't mind at all. If you don't mind me asking, who are you planning to sit with," Alice asked while we started to walking to our Calculus class.

"Edward. He works at the library, and I just met him yesterday."

"Oh my god, you're so sitting with me at lunch anyway! Edward Cullen? He's my brother. My twin brother to be exact, but that's so cool."

"Really," I asked, confused. She was so tiny, and Edward was so tall. It just didn't make any sense.

Alice walked with me to my classes, and I really liked her. She was so bright and bubbly that I couldn't help but like her. She balanced out my dull and boring, I guess. The first half of the day passed pretty quickly, even with the stares from everyone. As Alice led me into the cafeteria, my stomach was jumping like it had this morning. Why are you so nervous? You're just eating lunch with some new friends. Why are you being stupid? Because you think he's freaking hott, that's why! Oh, crap. Shut up, stupid brain. Just shut up!

As I pulled myself out of my internal argument, I found myself with a tray of food being led by Alice to a table in the corner of the room. Once I got the courage to look up from my feet, I saw him. The bronze-haired, green-eyed glory. He was just as gorgeous in school as he was in the library yesterday. And now, he locked eyes with me and smiled this most distracting crooked little smile I've ever seen in my life. I lost all of the thoughts I had when I saw his eyes. I've never acted like that with anyone before.

"Hi, Bella. It's nice to see you again," Edward crooned in his velvety soft voice.

"Uh, hi, Edward. Nice to see you, too," I replied as I stared intently at the apple on my tray.

"So, Edward, Bella is in all of my classes except next period. I think she's actually in your class, so would you mind helping her find the class," Alice asked. I could feel my cheeks blush again.

"That won't be a problem at all, Alice."

"Good," Alice chimed as she bit into her apple.

I was once again lost in my thoughts when I heard Alice talking to another smooth voice. I looked up toward the voice and saw a tall, blonde guy with the most relaxed, laid back demeanor. Alice turned to me, and introduced him as Jasper. The lunch hour passed by quickly as we talked about Phoenix and music. Soon, Alice and Jasper were walking away hand in hand. That left me alone at the table with Edward standing up and reaching out his hand to help me up. I put my hand in his and just felt this electricity race through my veins. It felt amazing, more amazing than anything else I'd ever felt. I regretfully dropped his hand so I wouldn't make him uncomfortable by holding it for too long. We walked silently to Biology class, but I couldn't help but glance over at him as we were walking. Every time I looked, he was already glancing at me. That, needless to say, made me blush even more.

In Biology, Edward and I sat together. The teacher got in front of the class and passed around handouts that told us all of the projects we'd be doing throughout the year. He told us we'd have to work with our lab partners closely with most of the projects this year. He then explained the first project that would be due in two weeks: a presentation on DNA and how it affects one's lineage.

Edward turned to me and said, "That's perfect. We'll already be working on genealogy together, so we only have to tie in DNA."

"Yeah, that's awesome. Especially since I have a partner that's perfect. I mean, perfectly acquainted with the subject, ya know?"

Edward laughed, "Yeah, I know what you mean."

Biology ended without anymore ramblings spewing from my mouth, and I then went to my next class, English Lit, with Alice. We got there before everyone else, so we were talking about how the day was going and how we think our classes are going to turn out this year. All of a sudden, Alice turned herself so she was facing me completely and became serious.

"You like my brother don't you?" she said with a smile.

"What are you talking about?"

"I can tell by the way you look at him. That, and the fact that every time he talks to you, you blush like a fool."

"Oh, I don't know. I don't even really know him."

"Well, I do. And believe me, it's reciprocated."

I blushed furiously, and hadn't even noticed that the rest of the class had filed in and taken their seats. Thank God, I thought, Do I like him? I barely know him, so I can't really like him, can I?

Then, like so many times today, the teacher broke me from my internal ramblings. The rest of the day passed without consequence. Before I knew it, I was it my truck on my way to the library…

A/N: I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. It's kind of jumpy I think, but everything will start to flow better once I get the first few chapters done with.

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Heather (onemoretimeplz)