Yes I'm alive! I'm not going to say sorry because this is my story and I'll do what I want, in fact you should all be happy for me: I've FINALLY gotten a social life, unfortunately my school work hasn't lessened so that all means less time for this story but I really do want to keep going with it, just be patient
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Chapter Three: Zombie Jesus?
There is an annoying buzzing sound. That's all my groggy, morning hazed mind could put together. Why isn't it stopping? The irritating noise continued until I rolled over and opened my eyes to find my mobile raging at me to get up. I yawned as I hit the cancel button and dragged my sleepy ass into the bathroom across the hall. It was about five minutes later that my thoughts became coherent and I remembered what I was doing today.
Forks High. Fuck. Enter a sarcastic line about small town schools and that about sums up how I feel about the topic. The whole situation sucks, making new friends is never easy and being the new kid is way to freaking stereotypical for me. But like the old saying goes when life hands you lemons, you say fuck that, and leave a burning bag of dog shit on its porch…
Grumbling to myself, I stumbled down the stairs in search of something edible. I wonder how the gang is going. Grabbing a bottle of water I wandered out into the garage to see the old yet sturdy car Maria had leant me.
"Holly. Fucking. Zombie. Jesus!" I screamed. There sitting in front of me was a '67 Chevy Impala looking drop dead sexy in all of its glory. This is the kind of car that makes panties drop, what the fuck is it doing in the garage? As I reached for my phone it started to ring, it was Maria.
"Hey Maria, I was just about to give you a call about-"
"The Car?" she cut me off, "Yes I forgot to tell you it's a bit old. It will start up, I had it serviced before we arrived"
"Do you know what kind of car this is?"
"Yes I am well aware of what kind of car it is, now sorry but things at the office are a bit chaotic at the moment. I will call you after school to see how it goes, bye." The connection broke off.
That was, odd. Getting in to the car I realise that she really did had it services inside and out, the inside spotless, showing signs of being recently detailed. I hit the garage door button, turned my music right up and backed out. The scenery is all the same here a copious amount of various trees all displaying different shades of green, trunks thick and staking Mother Nature's claim on the scant amount of houses that inhabited the forest closing in on the small town. These small towns are a dime a dozen, I've seen so many of them and even lived in a few thanks to my mother's idiotic nomad period. I guess I will never have to go through that again. I turned the music up a bit to drown out my dark train of thought and pulled into a park.
So this is Forks High, a few blocks painted dull, depressing colours and a football field. Well at least this isn't new to me. I pulled down my aviators and stepped out of the car, to the sight of a bunch of gawking students staring at the car, wait, no that would be me. People mustn't wear flannies, jeans and docs to school or they don't get many new kids. Looking around I think it might be the latter. Heedless of the stares I started off towards the building with a sign indicating that it's an office. My phone went off in my by bag, screaming at me that I have a message. I looked down just as I ran into something hard.
"Fuck, watch where you're going" I said rubbing my sore hip and picking up my phone.
"Yeah, says the girl walking and texting at the same time" A voice laced in sarcasm replies. I look up to see a pale man with golden locks framing his face. My eyes are instantly drawn to his, coal black eyes full of unspoken horrors and deadly threats. I'm instantly curious and fearful both emotions raging a war within my body until fear wins, its icy cold tendrils making its way through my body threatening to freeze me on the spot. Mentally shaking myself I gather up my courage knowing if I don't walk away now I will scream.
"Bite me." I lamely reply, walking away. I look at my phone and see Rose has sent me a message; "School and vodka isn't the same without you, Daniel has lost his shit and got a hold of some weed brace yourself for the meltdown tonight, or turn your phone off, missing u B xx". Great, what I'd give to be back home with them, away from the shitty weather and the death stares from creepy guys. Thinking about it my mind flashes back to his eyes, the look feels so familiar but I just can't remember why. Giving myself a shake I keep walking and ignoring the stares.
The office is just as crappy on the inside as it is on the outside. Cream coloured walls and a large desk separating half of the room with an old lady looking self-important, I've seen so many of these office ladies before they think that they control the whole school and think that the students are just pests. Halfway through my cross examination she looks up at me.
"Can I help you?" She says as if it's a bother.
"Last time I checked that was in your job description. I'm Bella, Maria organised my transfer. I need my timetable and stuff" She looked up at me, her mouth gaping. The door behind me opened and I heard someone chuckle. "Well, can you help me or not?" I shot at her, having no time for people who think they are superior. She got up and shuffled through some papers, trying not to make eye contact with me or the other person in the room.
"Ah here you go; your timetable, a map of the school, your locker number and anything else you might need" she mumbled as she passed me some papers "Jasper, would you mind showing Bella to her locker and first class?"
I turned to see the man I ran into before "Sure Mrs Cope, it would be my pleasure" Jasper replied sarcastically while smirking at me. "Wait for me outside and I'll be right with you, Bella"
"Yeah, sure" I scoffed. What a typical dick, thinking he has the upper hand because he scared me away earlier. Stupid extremely good looking Jasper, what kind of name is Jasper anyway. The argument raged on in my mind as I walked outside in search of my locker, fuck having Jasper has my tour guide. Looking around I realized that I have no idea of where I'm going. I stopped to pull the map out when I was tapped on the shoulder.
"You do know it's rude to walk away from someone when they are trying to help you. It also makes it hard for me to give you a stellar first impression" Irritation instantly flooded through me. I don't know what it is about this guy but I feel annoyed, terrified and intrigued by him all at the same time and I've only known him for ten minutes.
"Sorry, you looked like you really didn't want to show me around so I tried to save you from the inconvenience of it" Excuses, excuses yeah I know lying is bad.
"Oh it's really no trouble at all. We actually have the same first class together. I'm Jasper Hale by the way." Great now I have a subject with him.
"And I'm Bella Swan" I said with fake enthusiasm. As we walked along I noticed people stopping and staring, a hushed silence followed us. "Er, Jasper" I whispered. "Is everyone here mentally retarted or do I have something on my face?"
"You're talking about the stares right? Well soon enough you will learn about the Cullen/Hale legend, my family and I are mysterious loners. We never talk to anyone or socialise in general. There are a few other things but I will leave the rest for you to find out by yourself." Well I can get that, I'd prefer not to deal with all of the idiots or tell randoms my life story.
"Then why are you showing me to my class?" I asked
"Because this place gets very boring and I haven't caused a ruckus in a very long time. This little event will have the school in chaos for a few weeks. Also I like to keep on Mrs Cope's good side." He replied smiling. Huh chaos, that's my kind of thing. "Here we are Mr Mason's English class, if you fall asleep I'll throw something at you" With that he walked inside.
The room was your basic English classroom; crappy old posters, a few shelves with tattered dictionaries on them and a tall, balding man standing next to an overly cluttered desk. I walked up to him and handed my slip.
"Good morning Miss Swan I'm Mr Mason. Would you introduce yourself to the class and have a seat?" I hate teachers who make me do this, I got it all through middle school.
"Hey I'm Bella and I like my privacy." I took my slip from Mr Mason and walked to the back of the room towards the only empty seat, next to Jasper of course.
The class was boring, just like every other English class, it was hard to keep my eyes open but I did from fear of waking up to a chair being thrown at me and a smirking asshole. At the end of the class a typical nerdy guy came and leaned on my desk.
"Hello, I'm Eric" He muttered, obviously shy.
"Hey I'm Bella, but you already know that" I offered, trying to be nice. "I have Government with Jefferson next, do you mid showing me where it is?"
His face lit up. "Yeah sure thing, it's on my way to my class."
The rest of the day continued like that, I'd go to class and by the end of it one brave person had worked up the guts to show me to my next class. When lunch rolled around I decided that I knew the place well enough to get around, I got up ignoring the people around me and headed out the door.
There must be a God, I thought as I entered the cafeteria, the empty tables beckoned to me, drawing me to them like a sirens song. I slipped my earphones in and cranked up the music, looking forward to a few minutes by myself. People at this school are quite taken by new things; it must be a small town sickness, and trying to avoid personal question and remembering names is putting a strain on my already sleep deprived state. Hopefully the hype of new girl will die down soon or my true snarky nature might come out. That would really mess with these small town folk. I sat down and pulled out a bottle of water feeling content to fade into the background for a while.
"Are you lost? Because I could point you in the direction of some people who would wet themselves to sit with you or you could come sit with me?" I pulled my earphones out and looked up to see Jasper looking at me with amusement in his eyes; it's a nice change to the scary horror shit.
"No I'm not lost and I'm quite happy to sit here by myself, thank you."
"Well then I think I might join you." He said taking a seat across from me.
"Haven't you caused enough chaos for one day, your family is staring at me with daggers in their eyes especially the pixy one and we both know how the rest of the school is reacting."
"So you have found out the legend?" He said, completely ignoring my question, with his eyebrows raised. Note to self: don't look at him directly, chances are you will punch him out or swoon.
"No I haven't bothered to ask anyone, personally I think your business is your own and anything I need to know you probably will tell me"
"So how do you know that's my family?"
"You all have something about you that's the same" It was true but they all looked different; the tall blond, who could easily control the whole school with looks alone, was wrapped around a big hulking guy, the kind of guy who you would love to arm wrestle with even though you would always lose, both of them looking over with looks of dislike. Sitting across from them is a young man who looks like he should be in college rather than High School; in fact all of them look like they are too old to be here, his messy copper hair hanging in his eyes, which were looking at me intensely like he was trying to read something tiny on my forehead. And last but not least was the small pixie looking girl with raven black hair sticking up all over the place, her clothes must be designer and I would have commended her on having enough cash to buy them if she wasn't looking at me like I mid screwing her boyfriend. Whoa hostility overload.
"Huh, yeah I guess we do and seeing as you don't really care about my life story I'm not going to offer any information unless you ask for it." He stated stubbornly.
"There is one thing I need to know" He looked at me expectantly "Have you got something going on with the pixie because I think she's about to come over here and rip my throat out, I just want to know if there is a reason when she does."
He laughed. "No there is nothing going on there and I will protect you from the 'pixies' wrath"
"Thanks but I don't think that will be needed." I laughed with him. The bell rang just as Jasper was about to ask me something.
"I guess that's the end of twenty questions for today" He said as we got up. "Do you need me to take me to your next class or have you finally figured out the labyrinth that is this school?"
"I think I can handle getting to Gym but I don't think that the school can take more scandalous behaviour on your behalf. See you around Jasper."
"Yeah, see you around B" He smiled and chuckled to himself.
The rest of the day blurred around me, I just couldn't get Jasper out of my head. That's what I get for coming to school sober. I drove home hardly even appreciating the purr of the engine. As I pulled open the door to the house my phone beeped.
"Hey Bella, I hope you enjoyed your first day. Sorry I can't ring tonight, I'll try for tomorrow morning – Maria"
I quickly typed her a cheery message back and pulled the battery out of my phone, I just don't think I can handle Daniel's antics tonight. I opened the freezer to find some idiot proof food for dinner, quickly finding some type of microwavable food. I put it in the microwave to cook and went upstairs for a quick shower and clean clothes. As I stood there with the steamy water cascaded down my body I reflected how today was so much more different from the rest of my first days.
Something had changed in the little world of Bella and I don't know whether it's a good thing or not but I have a strong suspicion that it's because of the annoying and handsome Jasper.
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