Chapter 3

Deep breaths, Bella, deep breaths. Even after all this time I was afraid of all the staring I was about to endure. Finally, I mustered up enough courage to open the door and go to the office.

The small office was very warm and inviting and it calmed my nerves slightly. I looked at the women behind the desk. Mrs. Cope the name plate read.

"Hi, I'm Bella Swan, I'm new."

"Oh yes Bella," she smiled up warmly to me while fumbling with some papers on her desk, "here is your schedule and a map of the school with the best routes highlighted." She then handed me a small pink slip of paper, "Get this signed by all of your teachers and return it here at the end of the day. Good luck sweetie," she smiled to me before returning to her work.

"Thank you," I mumbled. I glanced down at my schedule

Isabella Swan

First Period-Government, Jefferson

Second Period-Trigonometry, Varner

Third Period-English, Walter

Fourth Period-Spanish, Tomassi

Fifth Period-Lunch

Sixth Period-Biology, Banner

Seventh Period- Gym, Clapp

I made my way over to Building 3, where Government was held. I opened the door and every single student stopped talking and turned to look at me. I ignored them and went to the teacher.

"Hi, I'm new," I said while handing him the pink slip he had to sign.

"Hello," he paused to squint at the paper.

"Bella," I answered.

"Ah, Bella, here you go. Why don't you go sit next to Alice Cullen," he told me while pointing out a short pixie like girl. She had black hair sticking out in spikes in every direction. I noticed she was dressed very well, all designer clothing.

"Thank you," I said to Mr. Jefferson quietly as I made my way over to Alice. When I sat down I took a big whiff of the air just to find that Alice was a vampire. Slightly alarmed I looked into her eyes to find them topaz, like mine. Good she wasn't a threat- wait topaz she was a vegetarian. Oh my god I found the vegetarian coven. Yes.

While I was having this internal debate Alice decided to talk at vampire speed while the teacher was talking, "Hello, my name is Alice as Mr. Jefferson told you. I can tell we are going to be great friends. Oh I can't wait for you to meet my family."

"Hi Alice, I'm Bella and just two questions ho-"

"Oh there are 6 others in my family Carlisle, Esme, Emmet, Rosalie, Jasper, and Edward but you can meet them at Lunch. Well except for Carlisle and Esme they don't go to school they are like our mother and father. Oh and in case you're wondering how I knew your questions I am a psychic." she explained.

"Well there went all my questions, but maybe now isn't the place to talk, how about at lunch? I mean if that's okay, I wouldn't wasn't to intrude. I mean I just-"

"Of course you can sit with us at lunch silly Bella. And you're right we can talk later come over to our house tonight. Oh by the way the teacher is about to call on you." Alice informed me.

"Bella," Mr. Jefferson called on me.

I learned several things that lesson. One-always pay attention in class and two-never bet against Alice.

For the rest of the day Alice was the only Cullen in my classes before lunch and then she walked me to her lunch table.

"Oh I can already tell everyone will love you. Oh and I can't wait to go shopping with you, you have impeccable taste. Oh look there's everyone," she rambled while leading me to a table with four beautiful strangers.

"Hey everybody," Alice started, "this is Bella. Bella this is Jasper my mate," she said while pointing to a blond who was tall and looked very calm. The opposite of Alice at least he can keep her in check, "this is Rosalie," she said pointing to quite possible the most beautiful vampire I have ever seen. She had blond hair and looked like a super model, "this is her mate Emmett," she pointed to a very burly looking vampire with curly brown hair, "and this is Edward," she finished and sat down next to Jasper. Edward was quite possibly the most beautiful vampire I have ever seen. Whoa déjà-vu much. He was in a tie with Rosalie. He had the most peculiar color of red hair, it was almost copper. I immediately fell in love with him.

"Hello everyone," I said quietly, while taking the only empty seat.

"Hello Bella," they chorused back. I looked up to find Jasper scrutinizing my eyes. Oh shit! They were probably still red. They are going to think I drink human blood.

"Bella," Jasper started cautiously.

"Yes Jasper."

"Why are your eyes red?"

"Oh well you see, one of my powers is that my eyes change color due to my emotions. And I was remembering some of the places I have been that I loved and red is for love so…" I trailed off.

"Wait," Emmett's loud voice boomed, "you have more than one power."

"Yes I think I have about 60 powers." They all sat there with their mouths open and eyes wide gaping at that fact.

"How do you have 60 powers," Rosalie asked curiously.

"Um do you mind if we discuss that later lunch is about to end and it is a very long story. Alice asked me to come over later so I told her I would," I explained politely.

"She is right guys, the bell is going to ring……… now." Right then a loud bell went off. Everyone got up to go their separate ways.

I grabbed my bag and was about to walk away when Edward spoke up, "Bella, what class do you have next?"

"Biology," I answered without hesitation.

"So do I. Could I escort a lovely lady to class?" He asked with the politeness of an earlier century.

"Why of course Sir," I said playing along. He stuck out his arm and I intertwined mine with his as we made our way down to the biology room.

"Mr. Banner, this is Bella," Edward introduced.

"Why hello Bella, um you can take a sit next to Edward seeing as it's the only one available."

"Thank you," I told Mr. Banner. I walked with Edward to our table.

"Alright everyone today we are doing the onion root lab. Separate the slides into the 5 steps of mitosis and answer the questions on the sheet." Mr. Banner explained.

"Ladies first, partner," Edward gestured. I gave a slight nod to my head while looking at the slide.

"So, how old are you, Edward?"

"I am 108, and you?" Edward asked.

"About 1,000," I answered quickly. I heard a quiet bang to find Edward had dropped the slide.

"1,000?" Edward verified.

"Yes 1,000." I said quite rudely because he had offended me.

"I am sorry if I offended you, it just caught me off guard."

"Apology excepted Edward," I mumbled as we finished the lab. "So what is your power, Edward?"

"Oh I can read minds," he said with a hint of frustration in his tone, "except yours." I chuckled

This better? I asked while letting my shield down. He gasped and was about to speak when I interrupted him with my thoughts. Just start talking in your mind.

Bella?

Yes.

This is one of your powers. He said this as a statement.

Yes it is.

Tell me a few more. He pleaded. Please. I looked into his eyes and was dazzled for a second before answering.

Um…oh I have telekinesis, a mental shield, a physical shield, elemental control, and weather control.

He processed this for a moment. Pretty powerful he teased. I stuck my tongue out at him too fast for human eyes to see. He chuckled and then the bell rang.

"Goodbye Bella, see you tonight," Edward said while leaning down to place a gentle kiss on my knuckles.

"Vale," I said to Edward before he walked away.

The Coach in gym allowed me to sit out for the day so I chose that time to think about tonight with the Cullens.

Would they accept me? Would they like me? What would they think of my story?

I pondered on these thoughts until the bell rang. Time to meet the real Cullens.