Bella sat through the entire lunch, and found she was starting to enjoy it, but not because the kids were fascinating, no she enjoyed teasing Jessica, and knowing that she'd been the one to make Emmett laugh so loudly at his table. Angela was quiet and nice enough, Mike was creepy, Jessica was a bitch and Lauren wasn't worth even mentioning. Eric was a little annoying, but overall good hearted. If she could just split the group in half she'd be happy with them, but it looked like you took the good with the bad in this group. Too bad the bad was bad in so many ways.

Bella was surprised that the boys were interested, and she guessed it proved that Twilight Bella was popular with the small town boys simply because she was someone they hadn't grown up with and wasn't a scary vampire. Now Bella had to decide how to deal with Mike and Eric, and then there was Jacob, and had to hope that no more teenage boys would take notice of her.

Biology was in a direction none of the sophomores at her lunch table were going, thankfully, because Eric was easily pulled away by a perceptive Angela.

As Bella considered how to keep some irritating boys away Edward also came to mind, though he was likely to be more dangerous than the others. Edward, now there was a question. It sounded like the 'single Cullen' was missing today, so Bella wasn't so lucky as to have him not living here. The fact that he missed school on her first day couldn't be an accident. Still, Emmett expected her to visit tonight, as far as she could tell, so Edward wasn't just missing school. Bella sighed as she considered that this time perhaps he didn't wait to meet his singer before fleeing town. Of course, Bella had given as much warning as she could, so she should be happy it was working, but she was just leery of the whole thing with him. She'd stopped being able to wait and see if it was safe to be near him, either because of her blood or her mind.

It was a force of will to push those thoughts from her mind as Bella just focused on today. That's how she'd been getting through this entire unbelievable mess her life had become, and it would have to do for today. She couldn't plan anything, do anything, the ball was in his court and she had to wait to see what he served up.

As Bella tried to reroute her thoughts she considered the vampires she'd seen and never met in person at that table. Jasper was glued to Alice's side during lunch, but they weren't being overly demonstrative about it otherwise. It made Bella wonder if Alice was keeping other emotions at bay for him. It wasn't a question she could ask, but it was interesting to speculate.

Rosalie had been a shock to see and Bella still felt like her eyes must have deceived her. She was almost glad she'd never seen a picture of Rosalie before, because she was sure she'd have been more tongue tied when trying to talk to the blonde vampire over the phone. Alice was beautiful, more so than any human here, but Rosalie was so far beyond anyone Bella had seen before it was actually a bit scary.

Now she had to go to class, and perhaps sit near her. Emmett and Rosalie had to be lab partners, so Bella was not sure where she'd be or how unlucky her selection of lab partners would be, but if she wanted to pass this class Bella knew she'd have to make sure to sit in front of Rosalie, so she couldn't possibly get lost in staring at her. It had taken determination to not stare during lunch. Rosalie had to be tired of humans staring at her and Bella was determined to be better than that, but damn, it was going to be a challenge. How old was she when she was turned anyhow? No teenager could ever be such a goddess.

As Bella stepped into the Biology classroom she noticed the fan in the corner and took a moment to glare at it. That fan was what caused Twilight Bella more problems in this class. It made this Bella a little self-conscious about stepping in front of it on her way to the teacher's desk.

Her eyes traveled to a grinning Emmett and the brief soft smile Rosalie gave her, before she focused on the teacher. "I'm in this class." She told him and held out the form she needed signed.

This teacher took the time to read her slip, which had some basic information about her, like grade and name. "This is junior level Biology." He told her and he sounded baffled as to why she'd be there.

"I took it early." She smiled at him and didn't add that it wasn't because she wanted it; she just wanted to get it over with. He smiled back.

"Well, Emmett already talked to me. We have an odd number of students in the class, so he suggested you join Rosalie and him." The teacher pointed out where Emmett and Rosalie were sitting in the back of the room. Emmett pointed to a chair he'd added to the table. "As the only trio, I want you to make sure you do your fair share of the work. I didn't agree to this so one of you could skate by."

He handed her the slip, signed and she nodded as she made her way to the back of the room. "Tell me I won't have to carry your butt. You get good grades, right?" Bella asked Emmett quietly as she slipped into the chair he'd put on one side of him. He was large enough to block the sight of Rosalie if Bella proved to have no discipline.

"Hey," He pretended to pout. "Rosalie's your partner too and you aren't asking her that."

"Because I doubt she'd find it amusing to fail once in a while." Bella leaned forward to smile at Rosalie. The answering smile was enough to make Bella's heart pound a little faster. Bella tried to see if that was controllable, especially when Emmett appeared to smirk for no reason he could say. "Hey Rosalie, it's nice to meet you in person for a change."

"You to Bella. I hope school is better here so far." Rosalie's smile faded a bit, but the way the blonde vampire glanced around the room made it clear it wasn't anything Bella did.

"So far, much better." Bella told her and then tugged her new biology book in front of her. "So, tell me we've already done the frog dissections, because I don't want to redo that."

"Been done." Emmett spoke up, and it made sense to have him talk. Talking around his huge frame wasn't easy with the setup they had. "But I hear we're working up to a pig."

"Oh god." Bella muttered.

"Why did you take Biology if you hate it?" Rosalie asked.

"To get it over with." Bella muttered, but then the teacher was standing up and she had to figure out how much work she needed to put in to catch up to this class. Bella concentrated on notes and flipping through chapters like mad. She didn't want homework tonight, it was her visit to Emmett's house, so she was working at a mad pace.

"You aren't a lot of fun in class." Emmett complained quietly at one point. It was all lecture today so he'd have to talk quietly.

"I'm trying to keep from having homework, so we can hang out." Bella muttered back. "That was Charlie's big demand, I can hang out with you and your family as long as my homework gets done." She wrote down something the teacher was saying. "Besides, did you not catch he's watching us."

"Bella, can you tell the class what the," Bella sighed heavily as she was given a question to answer. She'd tried to warn Emmett about this and she got caught. Unlike with other students, even with her in the back seat, most everyone turned to see her try and answer this question. She was new, that was enough to make even Biology interesting apparently.

Fortunately, like many teachers, he asked a question he'd already answered earlier in the class. Bella didn't understand the answer, but she was able to say it out loud and got nothing more than a stern look for not paying attention.

When she glanced at Emmett he was grinning at her as if that was funny. Bella sighed heavily and did her best to focus on her notes for a bit longer. "Ass." She whispered and he chuckled.

"I brought my jeep today." Emmett spoke up as the class bell was nearly ready to go off. "Rose and I will drive you to my place."

"Sounds good." Bella told him and started to pack up her things, like the others were doing. She had gym last, so she needed to really get moving after the bell rang. She had to get a pe locker, change, and still get to the gym on time. "I'll try and hurry, but I ended up with sixth period PE."

"We'll wait if you need to shower." Rosalie added and Bella just sighed and nodded. Probably would be a good idea to shower before visiting vampires. Her sweat would be much more potent to them. Damn, Bella resigned herself to showers, probably cool showers, before visiting the Cullens. She hated cold showers, but since hot ones made her pale skin flush she was aware it was probably bringing her blood closer to the surface.

"Okay, and I'll hurry as much as I can." Bella told Rosalie, and for the first time failed to not stare. Bella was so relieved that it wasn't PE she shared with Rosalie, because there was no way she'd have the willpower to not peek if Rosalie was changing clothes in front of her. That might mess up her friendship with the whole lot of them, if she did that. The straightest girl in the world would peek at Rosalie, so Bella had no chance in hell of avoiding that temptation if it were there. It was hard to not wonder if that perfection carried all the way down.

When the bell went off, Bella rushed out because she could feel herself starting to blush. She didn't want Emmett asking why.

Twilight Bella was painfully uncoordinated, and Bella could admit that she'd been a bit wobbly in the new body when she first got it, but she was doing okay with it now. What she wasn't doing okay with was Mike's hovering as she attempted to do the make shift circuit training the teacher had set up, with jump ropes, stairs, and other cardio tortures.

"I'm afraid I'm very busy with my move." She told him while cursing the need to use the hula hoop station around any teenage boy. "And I'm not dating this year." She caught him watching her ass and let out a angry huff of air, before controlling herself. "I've just got too much going on."

"Well, what about going out as friends." He pushed and she grabbed her hula hoop before it fell, and turned to him.

"Thanks for the offer, but I'm just too busy." Her voice was flat and cold, and he looked startled.

"Okay, okay, maybe later." He gave her a smile and finally took the hint to leave her alone. Bella glanced at the clock and sighed. Class was almost over by the time he got it. She was starting to wonder if having that group as friends was worth dealing with Mike. Being a loner wasn't really all that bad.

The minute, the second, the teacher released them for the lockers, Bella rushed in there. She didn't have soap, but it looked like some generic type was kept near the showers, so it was something. She did notice only a small percent of the girls bothered with the showers. She didn't do her hair, hoping that wasn't a mistake, because she didn't have a hair dryer.

She did feel a little bad when she slipped out of the school and noticed that there weren't many student cars left. Rosalie and Emmett were standing in front of his Jeep chatting quietly and they seemed to know the minute she was outside, because they both turned to face her. "Hey guys. Sorry I took so long." Bella managed to say loud enough to carry to them, in spite of knowing she could have whispered it. It was a little creepy how they both knew she was there so fast, without even facing her. She moved to take the stairs just a little faster than normal.

Bella took the passenger seat that was offered her, and shifted just a little so she could see both of the other people in the jeep. Rosalie sat behind Emmett, but one of her hands rested comfortably on his shoulder. It was actually kind of cute how they were still in physical contact like that.

"So how was your first day of school?" Rosalie asked, her voice unusually soft again, like the vampire sometimes did over the phone.

"I think I might have picked the wrong kids to have lunch with." Bella muttered and thought about it. "Angela is okay and Eric might be once he calms down, but the others are jerks."

"I know, I wasn't too impressed with them either." Rosalie told her and then spoke more slowly. "Did anyone give you any trouble?"

Bella noticed Emmett was being unusually quiet so that Rosalie could talk with her, he was apparently focusing on listening and driving. Bella didn't like that the driving was getting faster, but she held her tongue about it, because she'd read enough to know it was going to get faster and a vampire would have the reflexes for that. She'd never attempt to go too fast, but then she'd never had a car that could do it either. "Jessica was easy enough to deal with." Bella admitted. "Mike might be harder."

"What did Mike do?" Rosalie's voice got harder, and Bella could see now why a glare from this vampire scared the boys away. Maybe she should try that.

"He spent almost an hour not taking no for an answer when he asked me out." Bella told her and watched the glare get more intense. "I'm going to have to be incredibly rude to him to make him go away, aren't I?"

"Oh, I could take care of that for you Bella Bear." Emmett spoke up finally, and Bella glanced at him to see he had an evil looking grin on his face.

"Let me try first." She told him, but if she couldn't do it she had no problem letting Emmett scare the boy away. "I need the practice."

Rosalie smiled at that and her smile was completely disarming in how sexy it was. It showed she was pleased and held a hint of evil glee in Mike's upcoming shut down, it took a perfect model and turned her into a sexy evil queen for just a moment and it was enough to make Bella heart pound. She quickly turned to stare out the windshield and try and calm her reaction, but her body betrayed her with a blush. "Um, trying to race time Emmett?" She muttered about the speed they were taking the backroads.

She could see his lips were barely moving and he grinned quickly, all without making a sound she could hear. Bella sighed heavily and found herself blushing even more. They were talking about her in front of her, she was sure of it. She didn't dare risk looking back at Rosalie again right now.

Damn, pretty was one thing, but sexy was a whole other level. It was unfair that Rosalie could switch from one to the next so effortlessly.

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