A/N: Thanks to everyone who reviewed/favorited/followed! This is my first time on Fanfiction, so I don't really know much about it. This is my first story so please review and tell me what you think! Constructive criticism is welcome. I will probably update every Monday, unless otherwise stated. This chapter is more of a filler chapter. Not much goes on, but it does have info needed for the rest of the story. It is also shorter than normal, so depending on reviews, I might post the next chapter early. Every chapter I'm going to switch POVs between Edward and Bella so you know what is happening with each individual. I will not retell the same chapter just in a different point of view. See you at the bottom!

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"Sometimes, I'm clueless and I'm clumsy, but I've got friends that love me. They know just where I stand. It's all a part of me and that's who I am." – Jessica Andrews

Chapter 2

EPOV

August 2008

The only thing worse than the first day at a new school, is the second day. Everyone still stares at you like you're some shiny new toy they get to play with. At least I'm not the only new student here at Forks High. My two best friends Jacob Black and Seth Clearwater transferred here from La Push High the same time I did. I moved because my parents didn't want me to continue to be the only "pale face" at a school meant for the kids on the reservation. Jacob and Seth moved because they wanted to be a part of the kick – ass football team Forks High was going to have this season.

My first day wasn't bad. I met up with a couple guys from the football team in my classes. I tried to avoid all the stares I got from all the girls who I caught checking me out. I knew I was hot, although the gentleman inside of me, raised by my mother, wouldn't let me take advantage of it.

There was one girl in particular that stood out to me. Bella, the girl I nearly knocked to the ground when we first met and doesn't speak for some reason. Out of all the bimbos and fake girls in this school, she captured my interest.

As I walk into the school building, I see Jake and Seth and head over to them. I hadn't been able to talk to them much after the whole lunch fiasco yesterday.

"Hey dude, what's up?" Seth asked when I got to them.

"Nothing man. What'd you two think of the first day yesterday?" I inquired.

It was Jacob who answered me. "School is school wherever you go, but the chicks here are so much hotter than on the res. If I had known, I would've transferred months ago. Especially that chick Tanya Denali from lunch. She has some of the biggest tits I've ever seen man."

"That girl who was saying all that shit about Bella yesterday?" I asked.

"Bella? Who's Bella?" Seth replied.

"The girl we sat with at lunch yesterday, until you two little shitheads decided to ditch us for Tanya." I was still a little pissed at how Tanya described Bella. She talked like she wasn't even a human being. But what pissed me off more, was the fact that Bella just stood there and took it. She didn't even try to defend herself in any way.

"You mean the Freak? Yeah. Tanya told us all about her. She's the police chief's daughter and she doesn't have any friends. Tanya also said that we shouldn't stay around her unless we wanted to end up without any friends here." Jacob answered.

There was a minute of silence between us.

"Well, I think that bitch, Tanya, doesn't know anything. Bella seems like a cool chick to me." It was Seth who spoke up this time.

"She reminds me of Alice." I said quietly as my shoes all of a sudden become very interesting. Jacob and Seth remained quiet. They know I hardly ever talk about my little sister.

Alice was 14 years old when she died. She, along with her boyfriend, Jasper, died in a car accident coming home from one of my football games last year. I remember how quiet she was. I remember how much she loved Jasper as more than her big brother's best friend. I remember her constant excitement over anything and everything she did. I remember how badass Jasper was at football. I remember our first little league touchdown. I remember throwing the ball to him as hard as I could so he could catch it all the way down the field. I lost my baby sister and one of my best friends that awful night. It's been almost a year since the accident, but I still have trouble talking about them sometimes.

It was Seth that broke me out of my thoughts. "Yeah Tanya doesn't seem that nice… As soon as we followed her to her table, but you didn't, she told us to scram."

Jacob snorted. "You mean she told us to fuck off."

"Well, I didn't want to put it that bluntly, but yeah, she told us to fuck off, right after she practically begged us to go with her." Seth added

"She may be a bitch, but she's still the hottest bitch at this school." Jake replied, looking very smug.

I just grin and shake my head at their comments, completely forgetting any thoughts of Alice and Jasper. The bell rand and the three of us head to our separate classes.

As I get to Biology, I notice Bella isn't in her seat. I glance at the clock and note that it's already after 8:00. I don't get much time to think about where she could be though because Mrs. Wilson jumps right into teaching about chromosomes and a bunch of shit I don't care about.

Before I know it, I'm on my way to my next class. I go in and sit beside Emmett McCarty, our defensive lineman for the football team. He smiles and says, "What's up bro? You ready for the big game next Friday night?"

I grin. All Emmett knows how to talk about is football. He's a giant beast of a man and one kick – ass lineman. Yet, despite his size, Emmett would never hurt a fly, off the field of course. "Hell yes I'm ready!" I said as we fist bumped each other and sat down.

Emmett grinned just as the teacher started class. I never really liked math, so I just pretended to listen as Mr. Molina dragged on and on about logarithms.

**TCWT**

At lunch, Jake, Seth, and I sit at the same table as Bella and I did yesterday. Tanya doesn't come beg for us to sit with her again, of which I'm grateful for.

Jacob and Seth talk about the big game coming up while I'm thinking of Bella. Where is she? It's the second day of school, what could cause her to miss?

Lunch goes by fast and soon we are all headed to the only class we have together: gym. We head to the locker room to change then we go back upstairs to meet our gym teacher Coach Clapp, who also happens to be the football coach at Forks too.

"Alright students, since this semester is the same time as football season, I will be working with all my players during this class." I look around and notice that most of our team is in the gym along with a few other random students in between. "While I work with them, the rest of you are to run laps around the gym, and on the few days we go outside, around the track. Alright, let's get to it." Coach Clapp yelled. And so for the next two hours, we do some drills and conditioning.

**TCWT**

The rest of my classes and practice fly by and I leave school to head home. As I pull into my road, which is enclosed by a forest of trees, I see that my mom, Esme, and dad, Carlisle, cars' are home.

I walk inside and I am immediately assaulted by the smell of freshly baked cookies. I can't help the grin that spreads across my face when I see my mom in the kitchen. I walk all the way to the counter tops before she notices my presence. "Edward! You're home! I made you some cookies. How was your day? Are you making any new friends? How's the team looking? Are the players being nice to you? You didn't get hurt did you? You know how much it scares me when you play football." She let out all in one breath. I guess I know where Alice used to get her excitement and energy from.

"Ma, breathe. You're going to give yourself whiplash. School was fine, boring as hell, but fine. I have plenty of friends Mom." I rolled my eyes. "We look good. Practices are hard as shit, but when we make it to the playoffs, it will all be worth it. Don't worry about me getting hurt, Mom. If it happens, it happens, but I'm not going to quit playing. I love it and Dad loves it too, you know."

"I know, sweetheart. I just don't want my baby boy to leave me." She told me sadly. I knew she was thinking about Alice. She didn't want her only other child to end up dead.

I go in to hug her. "That's not going to happen. Don't worry yourself to death. I love you and thanks for the cookies. I've got a shit - ton of homework I have to do."

"Okay sweetie. I'll call you when dinner is ready. Oh, and watch your language!" Mom yelled as I was headed up the stairs.

"Sorry!" I yelled back as I entered my room. I pulled out my notebooks and started doing my homework. I take one look at it and know immediately that I don't understand any of this shit. I toss my stuff to the side and decide to go take a shower instead.

As soon as I step out of the shower, hear my mom at the door saying that dinner is ready. I go downstairs to the kitchen only to see my parents trying to suck each other's faces off. I clear my throat to alert them to my presence. They pull apart and look up at me unashamed. "Sorry son, we didn't hear you come in." My father says.

I don't say anything back. I just make a gagging noise and head to the table. We're having lasagna tonight. Yum. We eat together and talk about our day. We finish and I tell my parents goodnight and head back upstairs to my bedroom.

I try to take another look at my homework, but I know it's no use. I pull out my iPod nano and decide to just listen to some music and think for the rest of the night.

I think about football. I think about how much I know the team is counting on me for our first game. Especially since Forks High has never had a good football team. Now especially with Jacob, Seth, and I, Forks could possibly win a state championship in football. I think about my friends Jacob and Seth and how happy I was when they told me they wanted to go to Forks High with me for football. I was so relieved that I would have some familiar faces around school. I knew that having my best friends since kindergarten around was going to make everything better. I think about my sister, Alice. I think about how much I miss her and how much I would take the night she died back and put myself in the car instead of her. I think about Emmett and how much he's helped me feel like a part of the team. I think about Bella and wonder why she wasn't at school today. I wonder why she doesn't talk. Can she talk and she just chooses not to? I think about what Tanya said about her yesterday. I think and wonder about why she would say that kind of shit."

I finally fall asleep to the sound of Chopin and images of chestnut brown hair.

**TCWT**

The next day of school goes by and Bella still doesn't show up. I go about my day and try not to wonder where she is. I think about asking Emmett if he knew anything about her, but decided against it when I thought of Jacob and Seth's reaction when we talked about her. I still didn't understand why the whole school called her Freak.

Classes and practice go by and before I know it I find myself trying to figure out my homework again. I look down at the biology worksheet Mrs. Wilson and can't even understand the directions. I put it away and move on to math. Logarithms again. Great. I try to do a few problems, but I end quitting before I get through half of the page. Shit, this crap is hard. I run my hands through my hair and look at the playbook for football. Now, this I know like the back of my hand.

A little after midnight, I hear a soft knock on my door. "Come in" I whisper yell, not wanting to wake my mom up.

"What are you doing up so late, son?" My dad asked.

"I'm just studying our playbook for football. You know getting ready for the big game next week. What are you doing up so late?"

"I just got home for the hospital. There was a big wreck on the interstate today and they needed some extra hands. Don't stay up too late. Don't worry about the game, you'll be fine, you always are. Goodnight Edward."

"Goodnight dad." I sighed. I put the playbook and rubbed my eyes. I yawned. I guess I was more tired than I originally thought. I fell asleep within minutes after putting my head on my pillow.

The rest of the week went by the same as first couple of days. I go to class, go to practice and then go home. The first week of school and I'm almost failing half my classes because I don't understand any of the garbage they teach us. Bella didn't show up for the rest of the week either. I decided that if she didn't show up by Wednesday, then I would ask Emmett if he knew anything.

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