CHAPTER TWO - INTRODUCTIONS
EDWARD POV
"What the fuck" I said with my mouth hanging open.
"I told you" Emmett smirked.
I was sitting outside prison again, well not prison but school. I could only see half the building as the whole perimeter was surrounded by a brick wall with barbed wire attached to the top. From what I sin it was the same building but there wasn't a burn mark, a single window smashed or any graffiti at all, it looked brand new. The DEAD must have had a lot of funds to renovate this place then it got me thinking as to why they did it. Why had they gone to so much length to open it in the first place, was this another way to bring order to the gangs and society, it must be.
I jumped out the jeep and was met in the front of it by both Emmett and Jasper.
"Ready" Emmett asked.
I rolled my eyes and headed towards the steps to the entrance. I waited in line as all the other students walked through the metal detectors. Nearly every student set them off as they walked through. They handed there weapon to the guard who placed it into assigned containers then handed them some sort of ticket. I couldn't help the laugh that came out of me, this place was such a joke which brought me back to my previous thought, why go through this much hassle just for us to have an education?
"Cullen!" Someone shouted.
I spun around and grunted inwards as Tyler walked over to me with a few more black hearts including, Mike and Eric.
"For fuck sake, don't tell me that he..." I asked Emmett.
"Yep" He laughed.
I grunted even louder. I had asked Emmett about school and the teachers but I didn't even think to ask him the most important question.
"I see you survived and got out" Tyler asked.
"Yeah I guess I did and I see you finally got your chance" I smirked at him.
Of all the fucking people to lead the black hearts and it had to be Tyler Crowley. Don't get me wrong I didn't dislike the guy but he was a total fuck up, I'm surprised there's even a gang left after he was put in charge.
"Were having a Rave tomorrow night for your little brother" He told me "Would you like to have the first honours" He smirked.
Fuck would I, I hated the thought of all of them even touching my little brother so why fuck would I even think about giving him the first hit. Jasper has chosen to become a black heart and it didn't matter how many times I tried to talk him out of it he refused and planned to do it anyway with my help or not.
"No thanks" I hissed.
"Jessica, what colour are his eyes?" He asked the girl next to him whom I presumed was his girlfriend.
"Well there defiantly not black heart colours" She scoffed.
I knew I couldn't refuse to go to the rave because a rave as we called it was held once or maybe two days every week and it was mandatory for ever member to go. We had Raves to welcome new members into the group but mainly it was to talk strategies against the Razor Heads and it was a fun way to get drunk, high and completely smashed out of our faces.
If any of these guards or teachers caught me ganging or making trouble in either school or outside of it, then they would turn me into the cops. I knew there was no law but I still had my parole to think about, so until I was on parole I had to keep out of the spotlight, but after my parole I could do what the fuck I liked. So I had two options, either go to the rave and hopefully not get caught ganging and possibly get thrown back in prison or not go the rave and get my head kicked in by my own gang.
"I'm just laying low for a while" I told him.
"But we used to have so much fun together" He sarcastically replied.
"Look, if I get caught for ganging or I violate my parole then I'll be put back inside and I'll be doing real hard time" I told him.
"We will see" He smirked.
I rolled my eyes and turned back around then ascended the steps. I walked through the detector I think Jasper and I were the only ones who didn't set it off. Emmett walked through last and set it off.
"Remove all metallic items" The guard told him.
Emmett was right these guys looked like special forces. They weren't like normal guards they were all dressed in black wearing matching, body armour, helmets and some of them wore masks. Well I guess it was only right for them to take precaution from all the psycho's in here.
Emmett pulled out a metal pole from his jacket that had being filed down into a sharp point. He handed it to the guard and stepped back thought. The detector went off again.
"Fuck this" I muttered.
I couldn't waste time waiting for him so I turned back around and proceeded inside the main building.
"Later bro" Jasper said running off through the hallways and out of sight.
The hallways were the same, but they had been filled with long read and blue lockers with serial numbers on. I reported straight to the main office to collect my schedule. I entered the office through a sliding gate and walked up to the reception.
"Get the fuck off me" Someone shouted.
I spun around to find a student being brought in that was restrained by a guard. He walked him over to another sliding gate and threw him in what I could only guess was a holding room. There were no walls in this section they were all fenced off with chain linked fences, and automatic sliding gates.
"Name" the receptionist said.
"Edward Cullen"
"Ah, we have been expecting you Mr. Cullen" She paused looking at her computer. "You are aware that you are on parole and we will not tolerate any gang associated behaviour" She asked me.
A round of applause to Mrs. fucking obvious. I nodded my head in response.
"Here is your schedule" She said handing it over to me. "You must report to your first period by 9am every morning, you have been assigned a pacific locket and it will be searched without warning. No weapons including guns, knives, pipes, bats including home made weapons are allowed on school premises. If you are caught carrying or using a weapon on school grounds or taking drugs you will be put into the holding cell and be turned over to the proper authorities. Keep your head down and your mouth shut. Listen, learn and obey. Any questions" she finished.
"Yeah, who runs this shithole" I perked up.
"That's unimportant information that you don't need to know, have a good day sir" She said before returning to her business.
I rolled my eyes and retreated back out the office. Once inside the main building again the hallways were full up of students loitering. I quickly glanced at my schedule to see where I had to be. Today was Wednesday so that my first lesson was Chemistry/Biology with Ms. Conners, followed by a History lesson with Mr. Harding. Then I had a free period for an hour, and then third period I had gym with Mr Bryans. Emmett was right we only had three lessons a day but on Tuesday's I had four.
I folded up my schedule and put it in my back pocket. I headed down the hallway then the bell rang. If Emmett was right then I had about thirty seconds to get to class before I was locked out. I picked up the pace and ran up the stairs to the second floor. All the students were running to their classes shoving each other out the way. It surprised me actually how many classrooms there was because there were only three teachers. I guessed that the classrooms changed around as well as the teachers so I didn't bother tiring to work out how the fuck this shit had been pulled off.
I reached the classroom just in time before the door closed. The classroom was big and it had long tables and stools next to each other. There were about five rows and each row of tables and stools got higher at the back of the room, It was like an auditorium or something. The security camera in the centre of the far wall didn't go unnoticed to me either. The teacher wasn't here yet so I sat down next to two civilians on the front row.
There was a mixture of both black hearts, razor heads and civilians, and of course James had to be in my fucking class. I kept my head down and tried not to confront him but even though I wanted to keep out the spotlight if I was confronted or provoked I wouldn't stand there and take it, I had the right to defend myself.
"Jacob, show this guy what happens when we don't get paid" James said to his right hand man.
I turned around on my stood as Jacob pulled a civilian in a head lock and began to torment him. I rolled my eyes and began to turn back around only to be greeted by a big pair of chocolate brown eyes.
She looked straight at me then blushed as she continued to turn around. I hadn't even noticed that I was even sat next to a girl. She looked down at her books and let her long dark brown hair fall down the side of her face, causing a curtain between us. I have never seen her before, I mean even before I went to prison so she must have been new.
Just then the classroom door buzzed and in walks the teacher. I dropped my gaze from the strange girl and let my eyes follow the teacher as she walked to her desk. She had dark skin and black tight ringlets in her hair. She wore a green knee length skirt with a matching blazer there wasn't a single crease in her uniform or a hair out of place on her head.
"Good morning students" She greeted us.
Nobody even paid any attention to her.
"Good morning students!" She said again a bit louder this time.
This time they noticed her but still they continue to talk to each other and go about there business.
"Welcome to my class now if you would all be seated"
"I'm still 50bucks short fuck face!" Jacob spat at the civilian he still had in the headlock
"Gentlemen please be seated" Ms. Conner's told James and Jacob.
"Fuck off" Jacob spat at her.
"Gentlemen if you are going to be in my class then you have to listen and pay attention" She said approaching the steps up to the desk behind us. Jacob let the boy go as she approached him.
"Pay attention to this bitch" Jacob spat while grabbing at his crotch.
"You may not listen to me by you will sit down!" She said emphasising the word will.
"Make me bitc..."
Before he could finish he was hurling across the desk and crashed onto the floor. It happened that quickly I couldn't know for sure but I think that she pushed him.
"Don't you go messing with my boy's Ms Conner's" James spat grabbing her from behind.
She stamped on his foot with her heel making him cry out in pain, she shoved him effortless making him hit the wall behind him. The whole class was silent and gawked at what just happened.
"Anybody else" She smiled a sinister smile.
Everybody adjusted themselves and faced the front of the class without saying a word. Jacob got up off the floor and sat down on his stall without even looking back at her. James picked himself up off the floor and she signalled for him to sit. He limped to his stool and sat down with pure shock on his face.
"Now then, where were we" Ms Conner's continued to the front of the class.
I guess Emmett was right again, these teachers didn't take any shit. As I turned to face the front I was yet again met with the same chocolate brown eyes next to me. Her eyes were filled with shock and wonder and I was pretty sure my eyes were filled with the same. She blushed again and faced the front.
All these question were going through my mind and I couldn't concentrate on just one thought. What the fuck had just happened? How the fuck did she just do what she just did? Where did she even get the strength from to do that? Maybe these teachers were trained in martial arts or some shit. It wouldn't surprise me if they were but I thought that corporal punishment was illegal, but thinking about it now beings as there no law in Forks, maybe the school and these department people have created their own laws during school time. All my thoughts were just assumptions so I couldn't go on any of them, I knew I would probably never find out the truth so I just put it all at the back of my mind and just concentrated on working and keeping my head down.
"We are going to be continuing with where we left off last lesson, so open your books and turn to page 38 and read from chapter 12" Mr Conner's informed us.
Everybody opened there books and quietly started reading to themselves. Well Ms Conner's was very fucking helpful, I didn't know what we were studying and I didn't have a book either. As I was about to speak up the girl next to me slid her book in-between us, she gave me a faint smile before she blushed again and lets her eyes fall back down on the page.
"Thank you" I whispered to low for the teacher to here.
She smiled again but kept her eyes on the page. I didn't notice before but as I looked at her features on her heart shaped face she was actually quiet pretty. I had the urge to talk to her because I was curious to what she sounded like. As I was about to speak I jumped as a book landed on the table in front of me.
"There you go, glad to have you with us Mr.." Ms Conner's paused then I noticed her eyes started to twitch "Cullen" She added before she returned to her desk.
I pushed more thought back as I opened my book and started to read. It was about the differences between compounds and elements.
Elements and compounds are pure substances. An element is a pure substance that cannot be decomposed into simpler substances where a compound can.
My eyes left the page as the girls hand next to me came into view. I had the strange urge to take it into my own. Wait what? What the fuck? I looked away from her hand and continued reading.
Elements are listed in the periodic table of the elements. Each element has 1 or 2 symbol...
My eyes travelled back to her hand but this time they trailed up her arm then to her face. Fuck sake I grunted inwards ripping my stare away from her.
"Alright class take notes and quietly discuss and compare ideas with your partner" Ms. Conner's told us.
I looked back to the strange girl and she smiled and you guessed it blushed. What the fuck was up with that? I've never sin somebody blush so much in my life. The whole class started talking to each and surprisingly they were actually talking about the subject. Maybe I wasn't the only one who was still shocked and also a tiny bit worried about getting on the wrong side of the teacher. The girl next to me was sat at the end of the row so she had to have me as a partner. I felt glad in a way because I wanted to talk to her and find out who she was.
"Edward Cullen" I introduced myself.
"Bella Swan" She greeted me back.
My curiosity was satisfied, her voice was slightly high and a bit angelic at the same time.
"Bella, is that short for something" I asked.
"Isabella, but I prefer Bella" She informed me.
There was a slight awkward silence.
"I guess you're new to the area" I asked tiring to keep her talking.
"Yeah" she said one word answers.
"Did you move on your own?" I pushed.
"My dad moved here, just on the outskirts of town a few months ago" She admitted.
"Must be a bummer" I smiled.
"Yeah" she said back to one word answers.
"Where did you move from?"
"Jacksonville"
What's with all the one word answers? I guess I couldn't blame her being carefully what she said especially speaking to gang members and all.
"My dad took a new job so I had to move with him" She admitted.
"Must have been an important job to move to this shithole" I told her.
She smiled weakly then began to scribble on her notepad. I knew the conversation was over and I wouldn't get anything else out of her. We sat in silence and the time seemed to drag. I was doodling in my book then the bell finally rang. Everybody was out of their seats before I even had a chance to look up. I collected my things and stared to make my way out of the classroom.
"Hey, you forgot your pen"
I turned back around and Bella was holding my pen out for me. I walked back to her and took it off her.
"Thanks"
"I'm sorry if I brushed you off" She apologised.
"Don't worry about it you can't be too careful can you?" I smiled.
"Well if it helps you are the first friendly face I have spoken to today" She admitted.
I wasn't surprised with all the nutters in this school. We walked out in to the hallway together which was crammed with fleeing students.
"What lesson have you got next?" I asked.
"I've got a free period"
"Oh, look its Cullen" Jessica shouted coming through the hallway with her arm around Tyler.
"He doesn't want to hang out with us anymore he just wants to kiss up to her" Mike said.
Bella hunched over and looked at the floor, she made herself look so small.
"You might have well just stick your dick in a meat grinder" Tyler sarcastically said.
"I don't know what you're talking about" I replied as they all disappeared into Chemistry.
"Um, I do, my dad's the new principle" she whispered.
Just then the second bell rang.
"Perfect" I smiled at her before I took off running to second period.