A/N quick authors note, just wanted to say that I am going to be calling Marianne AJ from now on! Hope you like the chapter!
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3rd Persons POV*
AJ woke up the following Monday morning to her alarm. She turned it off and sat up on her bed. Rubbing the sleep out of her eyes, a smile appeared on her face. Today was her first day of school.
She climbed down the ladder (because she has a bunk bed otherwise known as a loft bed) and grabbed a towel, a change of clothes, and her toiletries.
She walked into the bathroom in the hallway and locked the door. Turning the shower on, AJ slowly took if her pajamas and walked into the shower.
The hot water released any tension that was in her shoulders and got rid of her tiredness. She scrubbed her hair with a new shampoo her aunt got her. Something about needing a new scent or something like that.
The smell of mint coconut was in the air as she stepped out of the shower. AJ actually liked the smell of her new shampoo more than her old one, which was lemon scented.
She wrapped a towel around her body as she brushed out her hair. She plugged in her hair straightening iron so it could heat up as she put on her clothes.
It was a cool and wet day, due to the previous night of rainfall, so she decided on a red sweater and a red, pink, and white infinity scarf. Under it she had a pink tank top just to be safe that it wasn't see-through. She wore this with pale blue jeans and brown ankle booties.
Once she finished getting dressed, she began to straighten her hair. Her hair has always been on the frizzy side due to her nature ability. You would think it wouldn't be, but that's how it is with her.
She finished straightening her honey brown hair and decided to put a little bit of makeup on. Just some powder and mascara. She looked at her reflection with approval. Today is going to be a good say, she thought to herself. As long as I stay clear from any vampires.
She unplugged her straightening iron and took it with her along with the rest of her stuff and set it in her room.
Walking down the stairs with her backpack in hand, she walked into the kitchen. The smell of waffles hung in the air as she grabbed an apple.
"Good morning, Marianne. Do you want any waffles, sweetie?" Aspen asked, offering her a plate.
"No thanks. Never been a big fan of waffles. Also, it's my first day of school and I'd rather not go smelling like syrup." AJ stated, taking another bite of her apple.
"I'll be sure to remember that. Need any lunch money?" Aspen asked.
"Nah. I'll probably just steal a poor kids lunch money." She said, giving her aunt an innocent smile.
"Yeah right. You couldn't hurt a fly." Aspen smiled, knowing it was true. AJ could never hurt any animal and even if she did, she could just revive it.
"Touché." AJ stated.
"I'm sorry for asking, but I was wondering if you could maybe pick up Will from pre-school after school today. I'm working late at the hospital and Max is on overtime at-"
AJ cut her off, "I'd love to Aunt Aspen. After all, you have taken me in. It's the least I can do."
Aspen smiled. "Thanks Marianne. I'll call the school and tell them that his cousin, AJ, is picking him up. His spare car seat is on the porch."
"Where is the little guy anyways?"
"His father already took him. You just missed them." Aspen answered.
AJ nodded, looking at the time on her phone before almost letting out a small scream.
"It's almost seven! I have to get there early so I don't get stared at like I'm a freak!" She yelled, grabbing her keys and fake license.
"Bye Aunt Aspen!"
"Have a great first day of school!"
AJ grabbed her bag pack and ran out the house. She grabbed the car seat and unlocked her car.
After putting the car seat in the back seat, she put her bag on the passengers side and started her car.
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She walked into the school, ignoring the pairs of eyes that stared at her as she walked to the front desk.
AJ walked up to the front desk. There was a lady there with blonde hair and blue eyes.
AJ got her attention by saying, "Excuse me, but I'm Arianna Ryan, the new girl here."
The lady smiled and AJ saw a name tag on her shirt that said Ms. Vernon.
"Ah, yes. Good morning, Miss Ryan. Here is your schedule. You will need to have it signed by each of you teachers and it would be great if you brought it back to me at the end of the day." Ms. Vernon said.
"Of course, Ms. Vernon. I hope you have a lovely day," AJ smiled at her.
"You too. You locker is number 253, so it should be down the hall and to the left. Right at the end of the hall." Ms. Vernon said.
AJ nodded and bid her another goodbye.
AJ walked down the hallway, getting ready to turn when she bumped into someone.
They both fell to the ground with an Omph! and AJ looked up to see another girl sitting infront of her. She had dark brown hair and do brown eyes. Along with that, she had the palest skin ever. Very close to a vampire, but she didn't have the eyes nor did she smell like one.
"I-I am so sorry!" The girl stuttered.
"Don't worry about it!" AJ waved it off.
"B-but I wasn't looking where I was going and I knocked us both to the ground!" She stammered.
"Hey, like I said, don't worry about it." AJ stood up and helped the girl up. "I'm AJ Ryan, unfortunately the new girl."
She smiled. "I'm Bella Swan. I was the new girl last week. Don't worry, you're first day probably won't be as bad as mine was."
"Really? What happened?" AJ asked.
"I was sitting by one of the Cullens, you've probably already heard of them, and he just flipped out. He kept covering his nose like I stank or something. And right when the bell rang, he ran put of the room. I haven't seen him since. I caught him trying to change classes afterwards. I asked his siblings about it but they just said it was family problems." Bella said, looking embarrassed.
"Oh, wow, that is horrible." AJ said. But she knew what it was. She was his blood singer. Her blood calls out to him. It must of been a test of his mental ability to not drink her blood out right there.
"I know! It was horrible! I was so embarrassed." She slapped her forehead like she was scolding herself.
After that, they looked at her schedule to see they had most classes together. The only classes they didn't have together were first period, gym, and sixth period.
"Well I guess I will see you second hour?" Bella asked, sounding a little hopeful.
"Yeah, I'll see you then. Bye Bella!" She waved as she walked to her first class.
Mr. Tate, her first hour English teacher, fortunately didn't make her introduce herself to the class. He just told them that they better be nice to their new student and to welcome her. As he did this he signed the note she is to give the front office after school.
As he was doing this, AJ could smell a vampire. Her heart rate spiked up as she finally saw the pale skinned and golden eyes of a very buff teenage boy. Her had dark hair and bright red lips. And he was very buff.
He noticed her too, probably smelling her blood, and looked at her. AJ quickly looked away and waited for Mr. Tate to finish talking.
"Take a seat next to Emmett." He told her. The vampire raised his hand, signaling that he was Emmett.
She walked to her seat beside the vampire. She gracefully sat down and took out her English book that Mr. Tate gave her at the start of class.
"To start of the week, we are going to be doing partnered essays. The person you are sharing a table with will be your partner for this assignment. It has to be something informational." Mr. Tate said. "It must be two pages in length and contain at least five hundred words."
AJ nodded slightly to herself, rembering the requirements. She also noticed the jealous glares of the girls around her. They probably hate her because she got partnered with Emmett.
"It is due next week on Monday and we will be working on this during class for the rest of the week. You may begin." Mr. Tate sat down at his desk and began to grade papers.
AJ looked at Emmett who was already staring at her with a blank expression.
Deciding to be brave, AJ held out her hand for him to shake. "I'm AJ Ryan. Nice to meet you Emmett."
He looked at her hand like it just insulted him. Her bright expression faltered and she slowly put down her hand. "Oo-kay."
She got out a paper and a pencil. "Got any ideas?"
When he didn't answer, AJ began to think if some on her own. "Maybe... we could do it on Greek Mythology! Or we could do it on a war. Like the Revolutionary War or the Civil War. We could do it on an animal that is going extinct and how we should fight against the hunting of elephants for their skin and tusks."
She blushed as she realised she was rambling. "Sorry. Let's just say I feel very strongly of animals going extinct. I swear I'm not crazy!"
Finally, she got a reaction out of him. Emmett slowly began to smile.
"Aha! I got you to smile! 1-0, I'm winning so far." She said, grinning.
"Let's do it on that, if you feel so strongly about it." Emmett said.
"Sweet. This is going to be an easy grade."
For the rest of the hour, Emmett and AJ worked on the writing assignment. As they worked, a new found friendship began to blossom between the two.
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The morning went by quickly and soon it was time for lunch.
AJ walked into the cafeteria with Bella and another girl she met. Her name was Angela Weber and she had black hair and glasses that covered her brown eyes.
AJ wasn't that hungry so she just got a yellow pear that looked delicious. She paid for the small pear with some pocket change and followed Angela with Bella to a table with anther girl and two boys.
The girl had brown hair and dark brown eyes. Her nose was slightly pointy and so was her chin, but besides that, she was very pretty. She found out her name was Jessica. One boy had blonde hair and blue eyes whose name was Mike. The other boy's name was Eric and he was Asian. He had black hair and dark eyes.
As soon as she sat down, she was bombarded with question from Jessica.
"So, AJ, I heard from a little birdie that you were talking up a storm with Emmett Cullen. I heard you even made him laugh!" She said, sounding surprised.
"Emmett isn't that bad. He's actually quite funny. I find his presence enjoyable." AJ said as she pulled of the stem on her pair.
"Enjoyable? Am I hearing wedding bells?" Angela asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Gross! No way. We are just friends. And anways, if our friendship continued after our assignment we have together, I would only see him as a brother." AJ said matter-of-factly.
Jessica nodded her head. "Okay. Whatever you say."
Eric, who AJ didn't entirely hate, then said, "The Cullens never talk to anyone outside of their family. They keep to themselves mostly."
Angela nodded. "Yeah. That's because their all dating. Alice Cullen is dating Darren Cullen, who is Emmett's younger brother. Emmett is dating Rosalie Hale whose twin brother is Jasper Hale. The only two people who are single are Edward Cullen and Jasper."
Jessica looked disgusted. "Yeah, but Edward doesn't date or something like that and Jasper looks like he is always in pain."
Jessica sounded as if she got rejected by Edward. AJ felt a bit bad for her but she seemed to have moved on.
Mike spoke up, "Let's not talk about them, please. I'd rather be able to keep my food down for the rest of the day."
Eric rolled his eyes. "You're just jealous, man."
Mike scoffed. "Jealous of them? As if!"
AJ laughed at them but soon stopped when the smell of vampires was in her nose. Six unusually gorgeous people walked in. AJ saw Emmett holding hands with a beautiful girl with blonde hair. That must be Rosalie, AJ thought to herself.
Behind them, we're two others holding hands. A girl with a pixie hair cut was smiling at a boy with similar features to Emmett's. He had the same dark hair but wasn't as muscular.
Behind them, we're two guys, one with spiked up red/gold looking hair, and the other with blonde hair that went down to his ears. They both were very handsome but AJ found herself more drawn to the boy with ear length hair.
Bella elbowed her softly, "The one with the spiky hair is the one that ran out of the class my first day, Edward. Did I mention he tried to change classes?"
AJ shook her head. "That's Edward?"
Bella nodded, keeping her eyes on Edward.
So the other must be Jasper Hale, She thought to herself.
"So AJ," Angela began, "How are you liking Forks so far?"
AJ shrugged her shoulders. "It's cool. But I haven't seen much of it. Just my aunt's and uncle's house and the school."
"Your aunt's and uncle's house? Where are you parents?" Jessica asked, only to be hit in the shoulder by Angela.
"That is a very personal question, Jess! You don't just ask someone you just met that!" Angela scolded.
"It's fine, Angela." AJ said softly, she then looked at Jessica. "They had family business to attend to. They had to leave for a while and didn't want me to go without school so they sent me to my aunt's." She lied swiftly. It wasn't a complete lie, some of it was true.
Jessica nodded her head and began to pick at her food.
AJ took another bite out of her pear when she felt as if someone was staring at her. She looked across the cafeteria to see Jasper staring at her with an unreadable expression. She looked into his golden eyes with her own green ones when she felt a pain in her chest.
She looked away from Jasper and rubbed her chest slightly. Angela noticed her discomfort and asked, "Are you okay, AJ?"
AJ looked at Angela and nodded. "Yeah, I think it's just heart burn."
Angela nodded believing her lie and she went back to talking with Eric.
To bad it wasn't just heart burn. AJ had found her mate. Jasper Hale, a vampire, was her mate.
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Wow! Marianne found her mate though! Aahhhh! I'm just so happy!!! *squeals very loudly*
Xoxo,
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