3 Chapter 3

*BANG*

The truck backfires just as Bella and I pull into the parking lot of the school, and all eyes turn to it.

Since Forks is a small town, it makes sense they're curious about two newcomers who are arriving just at the start of second semester.

As we pull into the closest spot to the door that we can find, the brakes squeal, and we come to a stop. I step out onto the asphalt with my bag and take a deep breath.

*SIGH*

Everyone's looking at us. Two attractive people coming to school is bound to get some attention from them.

'Sorry, but my heart is saved for someone special~'

I walk around the front of the truck to Bella, who's looking around with a clear look of anguish.

Isaac: "Come on, we need to go to the office and get our schedules."

We go off towards the front doors as some people return back to their conversations, but some just keep watching us.

As we are walking down the hall, suddenly a guy pops out from behind a corner, and gives us a smile.

Eric: "You must be Isabella Swan, the new girl. I'm Eric. You can think of me as the eyes and ears of this place, so anything you need, you can come to me. Tour guide, lunch date..."

He winks.

Eric: "...shoulder to cry on."

'Is my brotherly protective aura off again? Maybe I should take it to a mechanic and get it checked out?'

*Activates death glare.*

Eric looks over at me and sees the look he's getting from me.

'Yep, you should just keep your flirtations to yourself with me around.'

Bella notices what happened and looks at me gratefully, then back at Eric.

Bella: "Uh... thanks. But I'm more of the suffer in silence types."

She gives an awkward smile.

'So cringe. It hurts my soul to watch... maybe I can make a horcrux with it?'

Eric: "Well that sound like a good headline to me! Front page even!"

*Awkward silence*

Isaac: "Dude... seriously?"

He looks at me confusedly.

Isaac: "No article for us. Especially the front page. Now just walk away before you dig yourself deeper into this Sarlacc pit."

I pull Bella to start back on our way to the office.

Bella: "You don't think that was a bit harsh?"

Isaac: "He obviously wasn't stopping making you uncomfortable, so I made him stop. He probably doesn't like me now, but I don't care."

Bella: "Right... well... thanks I suppose."

Isaac: "No problem Bella."

We spot the office, and walk inside. There, we get our schedules and head off to our classes. The only class we have together is Biology last period. I suppose I'll meet Edward then. I'm gonna try to tease him about how he acts weird. The fan fictions I've read sometimes gave him a nickname of Edweird. It is funny, so maybe I'll use it once or twice?

First I have calculus.

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I push open the door to what I believe is the Calculus class and look over the people inside. Most of them are typical students just chatting amongst themselves, but there is one that stands out. Sitting alone in the corner.

Alice Cullen.

She's short and skinny. Her hair is, as her commonly used nickname suggests, like a pixie's. Short and spiky. Looks cute.

With that, I walk over to the teacher's desk, and he looks up.

Mr. Reynard: "Ah. You must be Isaac Swan, right?"

Isaac: "Yes."

Mr. Reynard: "Right. You can sit wherever you like."

As I walk to the back of the class, I can hear my female classmates whispering about me.

-Wow, he's hot...-

-So muscular too...-

-I wonder if he's single?...-

Etc, etc.

The other guys in class get annoyed with it, but none speak up.

Unfortunately for everyone, I've got someone planned for me already. I hope. In fact, I hope to ROB.

He's gotten the rest of the wishes done, so it should be fine.

Gosh, I'm lonely. And nervous. Oh well. The only thing for me to do is keep going forward.

I arrive at one of the empty seats next to Alice and introduce myself.

Isaac: "Hi! I'm Isaac. Nice to meet you!"

'Wow. What a plain greeting. Couldn't figure anything better out could you, Dumbo?!'

Alice gives a toothy smile and releases her rays of excess positivity to the room.

Alice: "Hi! I'm Alice Cullen! Nice to meet you too!"

'Oh man. I've gotta be friends with her. Not only is she likely to be my future sister in law, but that excitement feels like it's healing my soul!'

I reply with a smile.

Isaac: "Let's be friends."

Her smile gets bigger.

Alice: "Really?! I'd love that!"

'Let the world shake with positive vibes, for here comes Alice!"

I mentally laugh at my own joke and settle into my seat.

The rest of the class period, I just tuned out the math lesson. I've solved a millenium prize problem! There's nothing for me to learn in high school calculus!

That is until, Mr. Reynald caught on to my not paying attention. He decided to break out the big guns.

He wrote out an extremely complex math problem as an example to the class of a high level question.

One glance, and I memorized it. Another few seconds later, and I solved it in my head.

Mr. Reynard: "If anyone can solve this, I'll give them 100% on the final here and now."

'Wait, really? Well, I suppose it would make sense that he'd be willing to try this stunt. I don't think there's many high schoolers that would know what it is, let alone solve it. This is definitely my cup of tea, and I'll also be able to just hang out in class for the rest of the year! Sounds like a great deal to me!'

I raise my hand.

Isaac: "I'd like to take a crack at it."

Mr. Reynard looks at me amused.

Mr. Reynard: "Well. Come on up and try. We'll continue on with the lesson while you work on it."

He cracks a smile, thinking: 'No way he can solve it. If he does, I'll eat a handful of crap!'.

To which Isaac, if he was telepathic, would think: 'Wait a second... we're not it a cultivation novel!'

But of course, Isaac's not a mind reader.

Isaac: "Okay."

I walk up and start writing down the steps I used in my head. It's doesn't take even a minute for the whole class, including Mr. Reynard, to start watching me instead of having a lecture. As I get closer and closer to the end product, Mr. Reynard looks more and more suprised. Once I finish, I look back at the class, smile, and walk over to Mr. Reynard.

Isaac: "Do I pass?"

To which Mr. Reynard looks at me, dumbfounded, while searching for his words.

It takes a good ten seconds for him to finally say:

Mr. Reynard: "Y-Yes."

I walk back to my seat to see a smiling Alice, and I smile back as I approach.

Alice: "Wow! You don't look smart, but obviously, I was wrong!"

I hold my hand over my heart as if I'd been wounded, sprawl across my seat, and gasp.

Isaac: "Ow! My feelings!"

She laughs at this.

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<After class>

Alice and I pack up our things and step out of class one after the other.

She pauses and contemplates for a moment.

Alice: "Do you want to meet my family? I can introduce you to them at lunch!"

Isaac: "I don't see why not. I'll see you later then!"

She giggles.

Alice: "See ya!"

We go our separate ways.

'Welp. Time for more boredom.'

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<Skip to lunch>

I take a breath, and pull open the lunchroom doors to a cacophonous outpouring of noise. It might be a small school, but even then, there are a lot of chatty teens.

I look around and spot Bella, but not any of the Cullens.

Bella is with three others. One I recognize as Eric, from this morning. The others are Mike, Angela, and Jessica. The same entourage as in canon.

The only one I would consider being friends with is Angela. Eric and Mike are likely only trying to flirt with Bella. Jessica is a jealous gossiper, which is not something I consider to be good friendship material.

I grab my lunch from the line and walk over to where Bella is sitting.

I tap Eric's shoulder and ask him to move over so I can sit directly next to Bella.

He acquiesces, and I sit down.

Now it is Bella, me, and Eric on one side of the table, with Jessica, Angela, and Mike on the other.

Mike: "Who's this, Bella?"

He looks at me nervously. As he should.

Bella: "This is my twin brother, Isaac."

I give a menacing smile and raise my hand.

Isaac: "Yo."

Angela: "Nice to meet you, Isaac."

Angela gives a small smile.

Jessica: "Ditto."

Jessica looks at me like a piece of meat.

'What kinds of friends you tryin' to make, Bella?'

The group starts up their conversation again. Just plain friend stuff. Favorite food, color, hobby, etc.

Occasionally Mike or Eric say something to Bella, trying to flirt. The brotherly protective aura is on in full force telling them not to try anything, and it works. It goes on like this until Bella turns around to look at the Cullens that are entering the cafeteria.

Bella: "Who are they?"

Jessica: "Those are the Cullens. Dr. Cullens's adopted kids. They moved here from Alaska a couple years back."

Angela: "They're pretty secretive. They keep to themselves most of the time."

Jessica: "Not just that, but they're together. Like together, together."

Angela: "Well, still, they're not related."

Jessica responds quickly.

Jessica: "Maybe, but they still live together."

Bella: "So... what are their names?"

Jessica: "Well. there's Rosalie, Sarah and Emmett, Alice and Jasper. Jasper always looks like he's in pain."

'Makes sense, he is an empath in a room full of hormonal teenagers. Not only that, but he probably feels the rest of the Cullens' thirst.'

Jessica: "Alice is pretty weird, so most people avoid her."

Alice looks at the ground and her shoulder slump down. I snap at this.

*Brotherly protectiveness activated*

Isaac: "What do you mean she's weird? She's obviously better than you."

Jessica's face turns indignant, and Bella, who was still looking in the direction of the Cullens, sees Edward.

Bella: "Who's he?"

I sigh to try to let go of a little anger. Jessica looks where Bella is looking.

Jessica: "That's Edward. Totally gorgeous, but he thinks he's better than everyone here. Like I care, you know. Don't need to waste your time with him."

'Sounds like you got rejected, huh.'

Bella: "Right, wasn't planning on it."

'You don't sound too convincing there, but whatever.'

Isaac: "Hmm... he seems like the emo, brooding type."

The Cullen table burst out in snickers, with a couple of them, fully laughing at the joke made at Edward's expense.

This causes Edward to glare straight at me, I see it, and turn to Bella.

Isaac: "Maybe add creepy?"

The snickers got louder, and Edward stares daggers to the back of my skull.

Isaac: "Well, whatever the case is, I'm gonna go. See ya later, Bella."

Bella: "Bye Isaac."

I stand, and start to walk over to the Cullen table, which is in a secluded spot at the back of the lunchroom.

My nervousness becomes greater, obviously. These are the Cullens. My, hopefully, future family.

I try to put my thoughts aside, and just keep walking.