Here's the second chapter of this story. I decided that I don't care what people think of this, I feel like writing this. So, =P. Sorry if any of the characters are OOC... I'm just not that great of a writer than. x| Anyway... POV's will change several times. Enjoy.

Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight, it belongs to Stephenie Meyer. But, Koru and his race, the Harglf, belong to me. ^^

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Chapter 2: New Kid & Meeting the Gang

I glanced at my watch. Three minutes left. I put my father's journal away. I don't want it to be taken away. It contains all my families secrets in it. (My father didn't believe in hiding anything in his journal. It even had a few pictures of the three of us; my father, mother, and me. The problem with the pictures was that we showed our true selves in them.) He mentioned others of our kind too. If anyone found out about us, well me, I would be killed instantly for being 'different'. That's what happened to a lot of my kind. We were doing great until the humans found out about us, and killed all but me. I've stayed hidden for nearly two hundred years now.

My eyes snapped to the doorway. The smell of another vampire caught my attention and pulled me from my thoughts. I watched as a male walked into the room. His hair was a golden honey brown, his eyes golden, he looked to be about 6'3". His skin was pale. He looked human enough, but I knew differently. This boy was the vampire that caught my attention. His eyes met mine. I do believe he realized I wasn't quite human either.

I turned away. Great...this town has at least one vampire residing in it. I would have to change into a full human than, to avoid alerting myself to any others. I would right now, but I know it would catch the vampire's attention if my smell changed all of a sudden. But, if he saw me later, he may just think he was smelling something else in this room. I hope this works.

I glanced over at the boy again. He was still watching me. I turned again, looking to the teacher who had just walked into the classroom. She walked in front of her desk before addressing the class. "Class, we have a new student attending this year. If you would please introduce yourself." She nodded to me.

I sighed under my breath before standing up. What is it with teachers and introducing new students? "My name is Koru Baird." Crap! I forgot to come up with a background story about why I live alone and have no parents or anything! I hate coming up with things on the spot.

Jasper's POV

"My name is Koru Baird." He paused. I looked over at the new boy. What could he be? He wasn't human, but he smelled like a human and a vampire, among other things. He felt aggravated and frustrated at the moment. What for I wonder..

"I come from San Diego, California. I lived there for a little over seventeen years before moving here. My parents died in a car accident a little over a year ago. I was living with my aunt, but I couldn't stand being near my parents old house so I moved here to get away from everything." He cleared his throat. "Sorry, remembering my parents is still hard for me." His eyes were slightly watery now. But I could tell he was lying. He was confident now, but not sad like he should have been if he really was remembering hard times in his life. He sat down again.

"It's okay, Koru. I'm sorry for making you do that, I didn't realize..." Mrs. Shell said. Everyone was falling for his lies. Hah! He was happy now. Probably because he knew his lies worked on everyone. He probably thought they worked on me too. But they didn't, I knew better.

I know you're there, Edward. I thought. I knew Edward could hear me, he was just across the hall. There's something weird about this 'Koru' kid. If you can, listen to his thoughts. He smells odd, too. He smells human, yet at the same time he smells like a vampire. There are several smells I don't recognize, also.

Sometimes I wish I could hear thoughts, then I would know what Edward was thinking. I could also know what Koru was thinking, and figure out what was up with him.

Koru's POV

I glanced at the vampire again. His eyes had only left me for a moment or two since class started. Mrs. Shell was now handing out worksheets. I groaned, quietly. Back to school work...

For the rest of class, all I really thought about was the work I was doing and how easy and stupid it was. It was true though, I barely had to think about what I was doing. The rest of my classes until lunch went like this. Thankfully, only one other teacher asked me to introduce myself.

Finally, lunch! I walked into the cafeteria. Could this line be any slower? I looked around for a spot to sit while I waited to get my tray. Hey, there was that boy from my first hour class! The vampire...he was seated with five other students. I took a breathe in through my nose. Four were vampires. Two girls and two boys. The last person was a human girl. I watched the vampires. They all had the same golden eyes and pale skin...they seemed to be together. No doubt the golden haired boy told them about me. But, by now I had become a full human.

I turned my attention back to the lunch line. Ah. It was my turn to grab a tray and some food. I chose a slice of pizza, a brownie, and a soda. I sat down a table away from the vampires. Dang it! I forgot, I have human hearing now. I can't eavesdrop on them. This stinks. I can't hear them, but I can't change so I can hear them. They would realize something was different about me then, just like the one did this morning.

I looked over at the human girl with them. She had brown hair, brown eyes. Slightly pale skin. Hmm...she seemed at ease with them. Most humans avoid vampires, I should know. I've never had many friends since the rest of my kind was hunted two hundred years ago. Humans have avoided me. I don't know what it is, but they seem to know something is wrong with me. Even when I change into a full human.

I took a bite of my pizza, my attention now turned to my food. I closed my eyes. Pizza had to be my favorite human food. I took a sip of my soda before turning to look at the group of vampires again. The bronze haired male caught my eye. He waved his hand, gesturing for me to come sit with them. That's weird. I stood up, grabbing my tray. Might as well see what they wanted.

I sat down beside the human girl. The blond from this morning was across from me, the bronze haired male was on the other side of the human. A short, dark haired girl sat to the right of the blond male. A dark haired male and blond female sat beside the blond guy. I really needed to learn their names...

"Koru, right?" The blond male asked. I just nodded. "I'm Jasper Hale. This is my girlfriend, Alice Cullen." He pointed to the short, black haired girl. "My sister and twin, Rosalie." The blond girl. She nodded. "Her boyfriend, Emmett Cullen." The dark haired boy. "Emmett's brother, Edward." The bronze haired boy. "And Edward's girlfriend, Bella Swan." The brunette girl. "Alice is also Emmett and Edward's younger sister."

I nodded again. "Nice to meet all of you. I'm Koru Baird." I forced a smile to my face. After shaking hands with everyone, I went back to eating, but not before noticing no one but me and the human girl had touched their food. As if one of them had read my mind and told the others, they all started eating. That's odd...vampire's don't have to eat human food. I know that for a fact, and they didn't start eating until I got here. That means that Bella either knows what they are, or is very unobservant.

Edward's POV

Vampire's don't need to eat... Why are they eating all of a sudden, is it because I'm here? Koru knew we were vampires? How?! I looked around at my adopted siblings. Did they know he knew? I took a breath through my nose. He smelled human.. But Jasper said he had an odd smell earlier; human, vampire, and several other things he didn't recognize.

Edward, there is something odd about this boy. I don't know what yet, but I promise you he smelled odd before. Now he smells like any other human..it's odd. Jasper thought, his eyes darted to look at me. I nodded slightly, letting him know I believed him.

"So, Koru.. Where do you come from?" I asked.

He looked at me, before looking down at his tray. "I come from California...but I don't really like thinking about it. My parents w--died there a year ago. In a car accident." A human might not have noticed him slip up, but I did. And I know my family did, he was about to say something else. But what?

Get your story together already! He was now shouting at himself in his mind. They already suspect you. Why else would they have invited you to their table? Everything started going wrong this morning when I forgot one of my most important rules. Important rule? What could he be talking about.

I think we should invite him over to our house after school, and interrogate him there. That was none other than Emmett. But I had to agree with him for once. We couldn't just forgot about this kid. He knew what we were. We had to know how he knew. I nodded to Emmett, encouraging him to invited Koru over.

"Hey, Koru?" Emmett started.

"Hmm?" Koru looked up.

"How would you like to come over to our house after school? We could get to know each other better there, since the bells about to ring, and all."

Koru looked hesitant, but he nodded. "Sounds great. Meet you in the parking lot?"

"Great. See you after school." Emmett smiled before standing up to dump his tray. The rest of us joined him as the bell rang. Only a few more hours left before we figure this kid out.

Koru's POV

Great...just wonderful. I had agreed to go to the vampires house after school. Am I crazy or what? I sighed. At least I had a few hours left to think about what they wanted and what I would say.

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The last bell rang. I got up and slowly walked outside to the parking lot. There they were, waiting around their cars which were conviently parked close to mine. I walked up to them. "Hey, what's up?" I smiled. "Do you want me to follow you guys home, or what?"

"Yeah, that's fine." Edward agreed. He, Bella, and Emmett climbed into a silver Volvo. The rest hopped into a yellow Porshe. I climbed into the drivers seat of my Mustang. They pulled out and left the parking lot. I soon followed them out the parking lot and to their house, thinking some more all the while.

We pulled up to a beautiful white house. I parked my car beside theirs and climbed out. Edward and the others walked up the porch steps. I followed behind them quietly. The door opened to show a young women with caramel colored hair and golden eyes just like the rest of them. She was a vampire as well. She smiled. "Welcome home." The women hugged all everyone, then turned and noticed me. "Well, who do we have here?" she asked.

"Mom," Edward smiled. "This is a new student at our school, Koru Baird." I smiled at their 'mother'. I faintly recalled someone saying that all of the vampires are the adopted kids of Dr. and Mrs. Cullen. "Koru, this is my mother, Esme."

I extended my hand. "Nice to meet you, Ma'am." I smiled. She took my hand and shook it before quickly pulling it away. I'm sure she was trying not to startle me with her cold skin, as she was a vampire. It was obvious she didn't know about this morning at school and what Jasper had smelled.

A man stepped into the doorway. I figured that must be Dr. Cullen. "Are you guys just going to stand out here all day?" He asked, a smile playing at his lips. He noticed me. "Hello, I'm Carlisle." He reached a hand out.

"Koru Baird." I shook his hand, returned his smile. "I'm a new student at Forks High School. Your kids were nice enough to invite me to sit with them at lunch." I said.

"That sounds like them. They are always trying to make friends with the new students." He chuckled. I didn't really believe they were like that, though because I saw the questioning look Carlisle gave everyone. "Come on in now." I followed them into the house. Carlisle shut the door behind us. Everyone started to find seats around the living room. Edward and Bella sat together on the couch. Alice and Jasper sat next to them. Rosalie sat in Emmett's lap in a recliner. While Esme and Carlisle took a seat opposite them. I sat down on the couch, next to Edward.

"I'm not going to bother being nice." Edward said after a moments silence. "How do you know about us?" Everyone gasped quietly, none of them seemed to realize that I knew about them. I acted confused though.

"What are you talking about? I barely know anyone here, I just moved here." I said. "What do you mean 'how do I know about you'? What is it that I know about you? I know you live together and are all, expect Bella, adopted by Carlisle and Esme because Esme can't have children. I know you and Bella are dating, as well as Alice and Jasper and Rosalie and Emmett. I don't under----" Edward cut me off.

"I heard your thoughts at lunch today. You know what I'm talking about."

"Crap!" I muttered under my breath. A moment later I realized they would have all heard me and my cover was blown, slightly. I doubt I'm going to get away from here any time soon.

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Woot! Longest chapter I've ever written (Including songfics)! 2,668 words including author's notes! What did you think? I actually like what I write for once. I'm having fun writing this too. =D I may post another chapter later today. Review please.