Disclaimer: Same as chapter 1.

Notes: I am writing this kind of fast so if you see any inconsistencies or just an error in fact or grammar: feel free to point it out. Plus it's been a long time since i read the books or anything.

Chapter 2: First Day Back

Rian's morning zoomed passed quickly. After she had obtained her schedule, she met up with her best friend; Winter. While Rian had been out of school, Winter didn't have the opportunity to visit her sick friend. The girls practically squealed when they saw each other for the first time in a year, gaining the eyes of most everyone in the hallway.

"So what is your first class?" Winter inquired slightly more chipper than she usually was. That's what happens when you can't see your best friend in such a long time.

Rian laughed at her friend's happiness. "It looks like…History." The school was so small that not only was the entire student body (consisting of kindergarten to 12th grade) house on the same campus, but the entire class all had the same exact schedule; that is unless someone failed something and had to retake the class. Rian's twin had to retake some courses; math and science mostly, so he didn't have the same schedule as she did. Winter was in the grade ahead of her and also did not have the same schedule. The only chance that Winter and Rian had to having the same class with each other was Art or another elective the tiny school offered. "I have Art in 5th period."

"So do I." Winter practically yelled.

The rest of the morning was spent sitting in classes, itching to get to Art, and listening to teachers and classmates tell her they were happy for her recovery or asking her what she was in the hospital for. Some students were whispering about her trip to the hospital, some said cancer or she tried to kill herself or … and this was her favorite … she was sent away to have a baby which she may or may not have sold on the black market. With a small town, it was hard to keep secrets, but she had been able to keep some of her secrets. Though she doubted that having sold a baby on the black market would be one she could have hidden from anyone. She assumed these rumors were flung around for the past year, but probably rekindled when she returned to school that morning. And it didn't help that Winter and the other Johnson children never told a soul the reason to Rian's hospitalization.

So between dodging questions and being anxious about 4th period, Rian's nerves were shot by the time the lunch bell rang (which made her jump) and she quickly gathered her things. Lunch was the same period for everyone in the 7th grade and up; which meant that Winter would be there too. Lunch lasts for about 40 minutes in between 3rd and 4th periods.

But when Rian caught up to Winter in the cafeteria, the usually shy girl was surrounded by classmates. Rian felt uneasy with that many people there, but before Rian to jet out the cafeteria door again in an attempt to run away from the crowd that now claimed their table, Winter waved the red head over.

Sitting beside Winter, was a dark headed girl in the older girls class, Rian thought her name was Amy or Ashley or something common like that. Rian sat on the other side of the table, between two blond girls, she wasn't sure what their names were. There finally on the other side of Winter sat a blond haired boy that Rian knew Winter had had a crush on since they were in the 7th grade when he moved here. His arm was draped across the back of Winter's chair as she talked with one of the blond girl's beside Rian.

A lot has changed since Rian was last in school, she wanted to voice this but couldn't get the words out. She mentally filed that away for discussing with Winter later.

The two girls were currently talking about a recent math test they had taken, which Rian found boring. Winter had mentioned about the test being hard or annoying or something.

"I thought it was okay," the blond girl said in a snobby voice that made Rian instantly hate her. "I bet I'll make an A on it." Rian wanted to just smack the smug ass smile off her face. Belittling her friend to make herself feel better, Rian could see right through that attitude the blond bimbo was throwing at her friend.

"No, it was hard, Winter." The other blond said sweetly, also making Rian cringe.

One of the blond bimbo's was trying to insult Winter to make herself look and feel good while the other seemed to be sucking up to her. Rian couldn't stand it any longer and was about to stand up when her eye caught something intriguing across the cafeteria: new students, they must have arrived sometime while she was out.

They were angelically beautiful to say the least. All three of them had molten golden eyes and beautiful complexions; but that was where the similarities ended. Rian had noticed the girl first, short dark hair and high cheekbones. The boy, or man, beside her caught her eye next.

He had dark hair, although slightly lighter than the girl, and drool worthy muscles. He also had an incredibly sad look in his eyes, though the rest of his face didn't show any sign of his sadness. Rian inhaled sharply when he turned to look directly at her and their eyes met; the golden honey met deep-in-the-forest green.

"Emmett Cullen." Winter said in her 'I see what you're doing' voice.

Rian didn't even look away from him as she answered Winter, she couldn't look away. "What?"

"The 'god' you are gawking at, Rian. His name is Emmett."

"What?" A smile graced his lips as he continued to stare at her as she was him. A true, almost no sadness, smile, which she returned to him.

"I can't believe it. I've been working him for months and you are here 1 day." The obnoxious bimbo to her left squealed in her ear, but Rian was too wrapped up in the golden eyes of Emmett to cringe. Once she got over how insanely perfect this…man was, she started to recognize him. But she couldn't place where she might have seen him before.

The smile got bigger as she joked, "What?"