For those of you who are incredibly perceptive and may be re-reading this, you've probably realized there are some major changes. I did change a bit but everything is the same except for a little bit more detail and Edward's POV.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything Twilight related.

Bella's POV:

"Come on, Bella! Do I have to drag you out of there?" Jasper called, exasperated at my childish behavior.

"You can't make me!" I yelled back, pointing smugly at the pushed down lock at the door.

He sighed and dug his hand in his pocket. The next thing I saw was a silver key in his hand.

"No!" But before I could do anything, Jasper had the door open and he was dragging me out of the car.

To say I was making a scene was an understatement.

I did not want to be here, right now. It was the first day of my junior year in High School and I was not looking forward to it. My high school experience had been nothing like I wanted and I definitely did not want to be back to experience it.

Now don't get me wrong. I loved some parts of it, like my friends and English and History class but I'd rather not deal with some of the things high school had to offer. Such as the sneers I happened to get from several of the girls. Jasper Whitlock and Gabriel Williams happened to be close friends of mine, and also happened to be the best looking guys in school. It's ridiculous how much petty jealousy is directed toward me.

"Jasper, please? Just let me skip!" I whispered desperately, not wanting to go through this again. The sneers and whispers behind my back didn't bother me one bit, but come on! A person gets tired of the same thing, year after year!

"Uhm, let me think about that. No. Your dad happens to be the chief of police and has a gun strapped to his waist and I'd rather not subject myself to that any time soon." He said.

I sighed, I guess I'd just have to endure today.

I could always skip some other day.

"Stairs." He called out. I rolled my eyes and jumped onto his back and he carried me up them.

It was a stupid tradition-like thing that we had been doing since childhood, except back in those days, Rosalie's help was needed. I remember we first started the stair thing when I was about six and over the summer, I managed to trip down the stairs four times, and after two trips to the hospital, Jasper and Rosalie told me I was never allowed on the stairs without assistance.

As deranged as they were, Rosalie and Jasper were my best friends. They were beautiful, blonde-haired, blue-eyed twins, and they have always been there for me, every summer I came to visit Charlie.

When Renee got re-married, I came to live with Charlie, to give the newly-wed couple some space and I didn't mind much, because now I had Rosalie and Jasper all the time.

As Jasper stopped at the top of the stairs, he loosened his grip on my legs and I slid down his body, momentarily forgetting how tall he was.

I ended up flat on my butt.

Jasper, apparently, found it to be incredibly hilarious and started laughing like a hyena.

Man, a whole summer without social interaction has really screwed him up.

I turned on my heel and walked away from his still-laughing form, and walked to the gym to get my schedule.

Suddenly, as I was walking, an impact hit me from the side.

It was a controlled hit so I only managed to stumble a bit and my book bag fell down, spilling it's contents.

I looked up on reflex, to see what hit me. A tall, lean form stood in front of me. At his feet was a skateboard, which by pushing down on it's tail, he caught.

"Watch where you're going," hissed a velvety voice, but I couldn't see who it belonged to because the figure had a cap and hood on.

With that, he began to walk away.

What the hell? Am I going to have to deal with snotty boys this year too?

"Excuse me, but why don't you watch where you're going!" I yelled at his back, pissed off at his rude behavior.

As If I wasn't already having a bad day.

I quickly grabbed my stuff and when I stood back up, the boy was watching me, his head cocked to an angle.

"Why would I want to do that?" The voice taunted.

I was about to open my mouth to answer with some very colorful language when a smooth voice spoke behind me.

"How about you turn and walk away." Jasper said from behind me, all traces of his earlier humor gone and now replaced with the familiar protectiveness.

I noticed that the boy in front of me suddenly went rigid for a second and his large hands clenched into fists.

I heard him scoff before he turned around and entered the gym.

"I can't leave you alone for ten seconds without you getting into trouble, can I, Bella?" Jasper teased.

"Wasn't my fault that guy was a jerk." I mumbled to myself.

"Who was that guy anyway?" He asked as he opened the door to the gym and stepped inside, where people were already flocking to tables to get their schedules.

I thought about it and…I came up blank.

"I don't know. I've never seen him before, and since we're friends with all the people here who can actually handle a skateboard, I think he must be new.." I concluded.

"Oh yeah. Rosalie said something about some new kids transferring in." Jasper finished as we searched for her.

She was easy to spot, we just looked for the crowd of admirers.

"Rose!" I called out. She finally looked up and met our gazes.

"Hey guys! Your schedules are in my English binder!" She called back out, sounding frazzled at the crowd.

We only laughed and went to get our schedules. Jasper had to go to the restroom so I stood waiting for him at the wall.

Suddenly, I felt another impact on my left and I went tumbling down. Along with myself, all of my stuff went spilling out of my bag...again.

For a quick second I was irritated as I pulled myself up and bent to get my stuff but I suddenly heard a male voice quickly speak.

"Oh! Sorry! Let me help you!"

I looked up in surprise and shrank back a little at the huge, muscled guy in front of me. But seeing the slightly clumsy way he moved, and hearing the rushed way he slurred his words made him seem almost childish.

It made this stranger seem so innocent. I banished whatever quick feelings of intimidation I had.

He had already gathered all of my stuff and as he stood up, I could see him better. He had brown curly hair, and bright green eyes. And when his eyes met mine, a blush crept onto his neck and he smiled, showing cute dimples.

I smiled. "Thank you." I said, a little breathless at how good looking he was. And such a gentlemen.

Unlike someone earlier. My mind threw at me.

"Your welcome. I'm Emmett Cullen. I just moved here with my family from Chicago." He said, in his childish voice.

Just moved here…..Why is my mind screaming that there's something important there?

I giggled. "Bella Swan." I placed my hand out for him to shake, but he wasn't having any of that.

He was certainly very enthusiastic because he pulled me in for a hug. Normally, I would have shrunk back from a stranger hugging me, but I was getting the vibe that Emmett was a huge teddy bear and I couldn't help but giggle at his over-excited personality.

"Bella?" I heard Jasper yell out.

I looked around but after, Emmett's and my little spill, we had moved from the wall and into the crowds. I couldn't find Jasper.

"Need a hand?" Emmett asked from behind me. I turned and saw his dimpled smile.

Normally, I wouldn't even dream about carrying a conversation with a complete stranger, but with Emmett, I felt like I had just found my long-lost brother.

"Please."

He placed his large hands on my waist and hoisted me onto his shoulder. I got some weird looks from people around me but I just focused on finding Jazz.

When he finally saw me, he looked really confused.

I would too, if I found one of my best friends suddenly three feet higher than everyone else.

As he began to walk this was, I turned to stare down at Emmett. I decided to have some fun with this.

"Submarine ready to go down, Emmett." I said in a childish voice. He smiled broadly and his eyes lit up, as if my playing along with his childish antics was the most amazing thing in the world.

"Okay. In 3, 2, 1.…Pshhhhhhhhh." He lowered me onto the ground at the same time Jazz reached us.

He cleared his throat and I turned to look at him.

"Hey Jasper. Meet Emmett. Emmett Cullen. Jasper Hale"

I motioned my hands between them to emphasize the introduction. They stared at each other for a few seconds, before Jazz cast me a brief look.

"Nice to meet you, Emmett." He stuck his hand out for him to wave, and as Emmett took it, I noticed him wince slightly.

"Same." Emmett replied, his voice suddenly no longer playful.

I rolled my eyes. Boys and their competitions. So weird.

"Hate to break up this love fest but the bell's going to ring any second guys." And to emphasize my point, the bell suddenly rang.

Emmett turned to me with another broad smile and he stooped me up in another big hug.

"Oh, Bella! I'm going to miss you!" He yelled. I rolled my eyes but cracked a smile. This was definitely a new best-friend in the making.

"Me too, Emmett. How about you sit with us at lunch?" I asked.

He smiled and nodded but not before casting a glare Jasper's way. Yeesh, what's up with them? Boys and their testosterone filled battles are so weird.

We went our separate ways and Jasper looked over my schedule to see if we had any classes together. Of course we didn't. He was a senior and I was a junior. I didn't even have any classes with Rosalie.

"See you, later." He called out. I waved and stepped into my classroom.

Edward's POV:

"Stupid, green, sludgy, wet, tiny Forks." I mumbled to myself as I pulled my clothes on. I did not want to be here. I wanted to be back home, in Chicago, where I could easily wake up in the morning, walk through the halls of school and have people call my name and ask how I was doing.

"Edward Cullen! Get your ass down here!" Alice yelled from the bottom of the stairs.

"Language, Alice!" Mom yelled afterwards. I let a chuckle escape from my lips as I dressed in jeans, t-shirt and hoodie.

I wonder how long I can postpone this….

"Edward, get down here now before I tie you to the top of the car!" That got me moving. Alice, that annoying little pixie, really would tie me to the top of the car. She's done it before except last time, it was the back of Emmett's jeep. Don't even ask me how the hell she did it.

I grabbed my hat, bag, and my skateboard out of habit, even though I doubt there were any places to actually skate, including a sidewalk.

"See you later, mom!" I called as I flew out the door.

Emmett and Alice were already at the car, fighting to see who would get shot-gun. I rolled my eyes.

"It's Alice's turn, Emmett." I said as I slid into the driver's seat.

"Dang it!" He pouted and got into the backseat.

"Why don't you two just go in your cars?" I asked, a little irritated. Since they were riding with me, I couldn't ditch them and skip.

"So you can't skip." They said at the same time.

Talk about creepy.

After easily finding the school, we split up just to look around. I didn't want to do any exploring so I headed where all the other kids were going.

It wasn't raining much so I got onto my skateboard, at the same time, putting my hat on and then pulling my hood over it.

Might as well go back to being invisible.

My heart sank at the thought.

It's fine. I told myself. You don't need the attention. You've had your fill of it.

Giving a steady push, I smoothly moved forward and focused on nothing in particular. That's where my fault came.

I looked up and I noticed three feet in front of me, a girl was walking, looking irritated so she didn't notice me. I managed to push down on the tail so I could stop and not do major damage but I still collided with her.

Her bag fell, and all the contents spilled. For a brief second, I saw an ipod, a copy of Pride and Prejudice, and several other miscellaneous things.

She looked up in reflex, and for one quick second, all coherent thoughts left me.

So beautiful.

Long brown hair framed her heart shaped face. She had wide chocolate eyes, a thin centered nose, and full, pouty lips. It was subtle beauty, the kind where no make-up was needed and she naturally woke up that way.

Hello! What are you thinking? This girl is part of this boring old town, remember? This town is your enemy, that makes her your enemy!

That thought snapped me back. I pushed on the tail of my skateboard and caught it.

"Watch where you walk." I said, harshly and began to walk away.

After about five seconds I heard a voice that sounded like bells ringing, call back.

"Excuse me, but why don't you watch where you're going!" The voice yelled.

I turned back, and watched as she gathered her things then snapped back up.

Her eyes were bright and angry. They made her whole face light up.

Eh, might as well have some fun while I'm here.

"Why would I want to do that?" I asked, hoping for the desired effect of irritating her more.

It worked. Her face flushed red, and her eyes brightened, then she opened her mouth to say something but another voice interrupted her.

"How about you turn and walk away." I looked up from her face to see a tall, good-looking, blonde guy standing behind her protectively.

An emotion suddenly flared through me and my whole body went rigid. I suddenly really wanted to punch this guy.

Jealous?

Maybe, I was. I was a guy, I could let my hormones rule for a second and get worked up over a girl. But I certainly didn't want to be jealous of a couple in a place like Forks, Washington.

I scoffed and walked away, trying to rid myself of any thoughts that might have me sent to the principle's office on my first day here.

As I walked into the gym, I spared one last glance at the brunette and blonde. He was looking at her adoringly while she said something.

Stupid boyfriend of hers.

I quickly found my assigned table and retrieved my schedule.

After finding my locker, I just leaned against it. Emmett walked in front of me with a huge smile.

"What's got you so happy?" I asked.

"One of the hottest girls I've ever seen invited me to sit with her at lunch." He said cheekily. I rolled my eyes and walked to find my first class.

About five minutes after the bell rang, I stumbled into my classroom and I immediately looked around.

My eyes landed on the beautiful brunette from earlier and as the teacher addressed me about my hat and hood, she glared daggers at me, making her eyes shine.

Well this will be an interesting class.