Hello readers. I have recently gotten a couple of questions concerning Bella's heightened senses. Well, to answer the question, why has she got heightened senses, she was born with senses better than average and they developed and enhanced over her childhood. It will all be explained in the storey, in chapter 5 I have already said she was born with them. Just read and you will see

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I am merely playing with SM's creations. I only own the plot…nothing else.

-Bella-

I sat up in my bed, swung my legs over the side and stood. Pain shot up my leg the moment I put weight on it, though I held myself up. Great, feels like a sprained ankle. Damn, I have to be at school too. I decided to keep the cleaning routine to just picking up the empty cans of beer. I hobbled to the bathroom and looked in the mirror.

Purple and black blotches were scattered over my body. I hated that I bruised easily. I even had a bruise on my hands. Great, I need to wear gloves. I grabbed cover up from my room and covered a bruise on my neck and on my cheek well. Not even my eye sight could tell the difference, and that was saying something. I put on a turtle neck, purple top, long sleeved of course, and black track pants,. I pulled on flip-flops, hoping no one would notice the small amount of swelling on my ankle.

For once I cooked myself a good meal. Eggs and toast. Once I was ready and fed I drove to school. I was still early, I still needed to think. I climbed from my truck, looking in the rear view mirror beforehand to check my cover. It saw the other cars pull into the lot soon after. I was about to walk into the school and would have if I didn't hear my name called.

"Isabella!" I turned around to face the man who had called to me. I forced a smile as Edward came jogging up to me. I wrinkled my nose as I smelt the faint traces of blood and his almost sickeningly sweet scent. Had he cut himself?. I found myself scanning his body for the cut, but I couldn't find it. It must be hidden under his clothes.

"Yes?" I asked. His eyes where a honey coloured gold again.
"I was wondering if you would like to sit with me and my family today?" What a strange request.
"Alice wants to meet you" He said again. Ah, the pixie girl.
"Maybe" I said, not meaning it. He smiled, and I turned and walked away.

I had no intention of sitting with them, no matter how curious I was about their family. I wouldn't risk them finding out. I wasn't paying attention to where I was walking, and with my gift or clumsiness I found a person to walk into. Unfortunately, it was a hard, cold body. From my position on the floor I looked up.

I started shaking, uttering 'sorry' a few times as I stared up at Emmitt and Jasper. Jasper leant down and offered me his hand. I bit my lip and hauled myself up, refusing help. I had a hand on the wall beside me, making it look like I was casually leaning on it, though I was holding weight off my abused ankle.

"Sorry" I said again.
"That's ok. Sorry we weren't looking where we were going, either" Emmitt said. I nodded, and pushed myself off the wall. I tried to hide my limp and thought I did pretty well. I walked to my next class.

-Edward-

I was lost in my own thoughts yesterday. Isabella Swan. She smelt divine. I couldn't hear her, it troubled, amused and frustrated me, I couldn't read her mind. I had to pull in all my control to let her walk away at lunch. I had followed her yesterday; she seemed to have a nice home, an average life. I left thirty minutes after I started watching her, moving away from her tantalizing scent and running back to my coven. Alice was bouncing by the time I arrived.

"I get to meet her, I get to meet her!" She had chanted. I walked over to Esme, and she had known exactly what I needed.
"Alice told me she was your singer." She stated matter-of-factly. "You need to befriend her, it may lessen the urge to drink from her" She continued. "I believe in you Edward."

"So when do we meet her Alice?" I asked, knowing she would hear me from her room.
"Tomorrow lunch! You're going to ask her to sit at our table. I'm going to watch her for you! I'll see her decision, she has to say yes" Alice said flitting down the stairs.

"After you ask her, Emmitt and Jasper are going to bump into her! Try show her they are nice" She smiled as she had said it.
"Jasper, you're not allowed to control her emotions" I yelled out. I heard him chuckle and promise he won't.

Now I'm sitting at the lunch table. School was a blur; I knew everything that was being taught. I noticed nothing out of place with Isabella today, besides the fact she had a slight limp, but remembering her clumsiness I found it no concern.

I looked over at Alice….her eyes suddenly glazed over. I listened into her vision.

Bella stood from Spanish, walking out the door quickly. She went into the ladies toilets and was staring in the mirror. Everything seemed in place and she nodded at herself, then she walked out, though she walked straight into Jessica, literally.

Her small pale body crashed into Jessica, then the floor. I saw her jaw clench, from what…I don't know. Maybe she hurt her ankle again. She accepted Jessica's thanks and moved on, her limp more noticeable. She walked out to her car, and drove off. The vision ended.

"Where is she going?" I asked, too low for human to hear.
"I don't know, she's….difficult to get a good hold on. It like last night, I couldn't 'see' her properly, only glimpses that she was asleep, head under the covers, and a man came in and left her a note, presuming her father." Alice replied in the same tone.

Curious. I got up. Alice's eyes glazed over again and she smiled.
"Go feed before you do."
"I fed this morning"
"You need to again, or you will attack" She said. "I saw it" She grinning knowing I can't argue.

I left, intending to feed before I arrived at her house.

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