Bella POV

When I woke up the next morning to the shrill sound of my alarm clock I at first was confused about my surroundings. Only after a few minutes of frantically looking around the unfamiliar room I remembered that I moved to Charlie's and was momentarily in my old childhood room.

Another look at the clock told me that I had to hurry if I didn't want to be late for my first day of school here. I was sure it would be awkward enough as it was being the new kid and all. I attended enough different schools already to know that the new kid always was the shiny new toy everybody wanted a piece of.

I could only hope that I would be able to find Alice and Rosalie as soon as possible. The thought of Alice made me smile and leap out of my bed with new found energy to start the day.

Downstairs in the kitchen a small bright yellow sticky note told me that there was some form of transportation in the driveway for me and that Charlie wished me a good day. Next to the note a set of keys lay. With a burst of excitement I grabbed an apple and rushed outside. There in the driveway stood a rusty pick-up truck that clearly had seen better days but I knew that Charlie wasn't exactly rich and the fact that he even thought about the humiliation it would have been for me to walk to school when everyone else would be driving there was kind of nice.

I walked around my new car twice just to make sure not to miss a thing. There was a slight bump above the left rear tire but I was fairly sure that I would be able to fix that with the help of a hammer and a few videos on YouTube.

The old red paint was peeling off at some places but a new paintjob would be way more than I had on my bank account, so I'd have to bear with that and just would fight off the teasing I was sure going to get about that shitty looking car.

I literally had to climb inside the truck and once inside I got a lung full of tobacco and peppermint. The car seemed to have belonged to an old man judging by the smell alone. I would have to get rid of that first before I even considered doing something about the bump and the paint.

At first when I turned the key in the ignition nothing happened and I panicked a little but then I took a deep breath, remembered our old neighbors in Phoenix and how old Gregory always ranted about clutching the brake or some other trick to get their old car going.

I tried again, this time turning the key while holding the brake. It stuttered one time and then died again. Sighing I tried again, only this time turning the key not once but twice in quick succession and to my own utter astonishment the car roared to life and kept on purring like a really big and scary cat.

Knowing there was nothing in my power to do anything about the sound of the truck and the looks I would be getting for that alone I backed out of the driveway and was on my way of the first day at Forks High.

When I finally pulled up into the parking lot in front of the school all eyes were on me and my obnoxious loud truck. It seemed like every single student that attended the school was outside waiting for something.

I wasn't really keen on exiting my truck and walking across the lot to the main building. With my coordination and ability to humiliate myself in front of others it could only get worse and that was not how I wanted to start my first day here.

Before I got the chance to overcome my nerves another two cars pulled up into the parking lot. They were so obviously different from everyone else's that they seemed even more out of place then my own. One was a silver Volvo and the other the red BMW that I automatically associated with Rosalie.

Suddenly all attention switched from me and my truck to the shiny and expensive cars at the other end of the lot. Sensing my probably only chance at not being seen while making my way to the office I hastily jumped out of my truck, grabbed my bag and was halfway to the building before Alice, Rosalie and their other siblings even exited their cars.

Even with having met the two very beautiful sisters I couldn't help but gape for a moment at all the five of them together, for they truly were a sight for sore eyes.

Emmett and Jasper were very easy to make out, not only because they were holding hands but also because Emmett looked like a professional football player and had that mischievous smile on his face that Alice told me about. Jasper looked a little bit uncomfortable and if I wouldn't know better I would have sworn that I saw him clutching Emmett's hand so tight that little cracks began forming on his skin. But I knew that my eyesight was not that good and although I knew they all were vampires I wasn't sure if they too had the marble like skin like their red eyed brothers.

Before I could shake myself from my temporary frozen state Alice looked right at me and smiled so brightly, that I was nearly blinded by it. Then she winked and made a small motion with her hand as if to shoo me away.

Finally adapting to the situation in the parking lot I still found myself in I walked the last steps to the building and entered it at the same moment the rest of the students seemed to snap out of their daze and went on with whatever they had been doing.

Inside the school I took a deep breath and looked around, trying to find where the secretary was so that I wouldn't still be standing here when the first students decided to enter. Luckily for me there were little signs on the wall pointing out the directions to the most important areas of the school. With that it didn't take me long to find the small office that reminded me more of an indoor garden than anything else. There was also a counter behind which an elderly woman with red hairs sat. She only noticed me when I stepped right in front of her and lightly coughed to get her attention. To me she looked a little bit creepy and I would be more than glad to be out of this office as fast as possible.

Her nametag read Mrs. Cope and I remembered Charlie telling me about how she was always lost in her own world and therefore constantly got herself into trouble.

„I'm the new student. I'm here to get my schedule?"

„Oh right dear. You're the sheriff's daughter. I'm sure I have your schedule here somewhere. Just a moment, dear."

Her voice was high and airy and sounded like she wasn't mentally here at all. I silently thanked all the heavens, that it didn't took her long to find my schedule and the other form I had to have all of my teachers sign, as to make sure I actually attended my lessons.

With a big sigh leaving my lips I stepped out of the office and ran straight into someone who was just passing by. The boy caught me before I could hit the floor and apologized so profusely that I began wondering if he was the kid that got bullied by everybody. Just as I had been at my old school. Somehow that thought was calming even if it was a bit mean and so I told him not to worry and that it was as much my fault as it was his.

The boy whose name was Eric showed me the way to my first lesson, Math and told me a bit about the students at the school. He apparently was working at the schools newspaper and knew quite a lot about everything and anything.

Math was just as boring and confusing as it had always been and the constant nagging of a girl named Jessica wasn't helping my mood all that much so when I stepped out of the room and saw Rosalie walking by I did something I normally never would have done. I latched onto her arm and brought my mouth next to her ear, so that only she would be able to hear me.

„Please get me away from that girl Rose. She is so stupidly annoying and frustrating that I think my head might explode if I have to listen to her for a second longer."

„Oh don't worry, Jessica had that effect on everyone who isn't as brainless as she is. What is your next class? I'll take you there."

I was happy that Rosalie reacted in that way because at first I felt her tense up and had the foreboding I would end up slammed against a locker or something like that. I was more than glad to have been wrong in thinking that.

With Rosalie's help who always seemed to have her classes next to mine I somehow managed to survive the day till lunch. I was just a little disappointed that I hadn't seen Alice again apart from our first shared look in the parking lot.

When Rosalie walked me to lunch and told me that I would be sitting with her and her family I was nearly bouncing on the spot. I was just so happy to finally see Alice again and learn about Emmett and Jasper. I knew there was another brother but neither Alice nor Rosalie had told me anything about him other than that his name was Edward and that he was the oldest. Something about him made me feel restless and queasy.

Rosalie pushed open the doors to the cafeteria and more like strode in than actually walked. Everyone was staring at her and then at me when we waited in line to get our food. I nervously shifted from one leg to the other and let my eyes wander until I finally found the beautiful pixie that I had been looking for all day.