That night, I didn't sleep very much. I got my clothes for school ready and my bag.

I made sure I had my headset and MP3 player, in case of an emergency.

I put on my long sweater and jeans, no high heels, because I really don't know how people walk in those...

After breakfast, Bella drove us to school.

It was the middle of a semester and people were staring at us.

"Nice ride" said a guy.

"Thanks" answered Bella and we just walked inside.

~

"You two must be Isabella Swan and Emma Marshall. The new girls" said an Asian guy. "Hi, I'm Eric, the eyes and ears of this place. Anything you need, tour guide, lunch date, shoulder to cry on?"

"I'm really kind of the more suffer-in-silence type" said Bella.

"Good headline for your feature. I'm on the paper and you two news, babes, front page" he said.

"No, we're not" said Bella.

I was grateful she did the talking, I already felt on edge just walking in a school full of people I didn't know...

"Please, don't have any sort of..." she said.

"Chillax. No feature" said Eric.

"Okay, thanks" said Bella.

"Cool?" he said.

~

After we finally got our locker, Bella and I had gym together.

But I got a note, saying I don't have to participate in activities that require sweating or wearing short sleeves... the doctors said that I had to take it easy, get used to people again before I participate in activities.

So, I watched from the bench. I watched how awful Bella was in volleyball.

I saw her talking to a guy and girl and I saw her pointing at me.

The boy and girl waved to me and I waved back awkwardly.

Apparently, their names were Jessica and Mike. And I could tell Jessica had a huge crush on Mike the moment I saw her...

At lunch, we followed them to the cafeteria. I wasn't a big eater, so I hardly had anything on my plate.

"Hey, Mikey. You met my home girls, Bella and Emma?" said Eric.

"Your home girls?" said Mike.

"My girl" said the guy from this morning, Tyler, and kissed Bella's cheek. And he pulled back Mike's chair, and they began the chasing game.

"Oh, my God" laughed Jessica. "It's like first grade all over again. You two are the shiny new toy"

"Smile" said a new girl and took a picture of us.

"Okay" said Bella awkwardly.

"Sorry, I needed a candid for the feature" said the girl.

"The feature's dead, Angela" said Eric, rudely. "Don't bring it up again"

"It's okay, I just..." began Bella.

"I got your back, baby" said Eric and left to get some more food.

"Guess we'll just run another editorial on teen drinking" said Angela.

"You know, you can always go for eating disorders" I said and they all stared at me.

"You're British!" shouted Jessica.

"No, I'm not. My mom was" I said and looked back down at my plate.

"That or speedo padding on the swim team" said Bella, trying to change the subject.

"Actually, that's a good one" said Angela.

"Kirk. Right? That's exactly what I thought" said Jessica.

I began to feel the cold again... only this time it was getting closer...

The voices of the people began to tune down...

"Who are they?" I heard Bella ask, getting me out of my head. I followed her gaze, there were 5 beautiful people getting inside the cafeteria.

'Wait... the feeling... it's coming from them...' I noticed the feeling got worse, the closer they got...

"The Cullens" said Angela.

"They're Dr. and Mrs. Cullen's foster kids. They moved down here from Alaska, like, a few years ago" said Jessica.

"They kind of keep to themselves" said Angela.

"Yeah, 'cause some of them are together. Like, together, together. The blonde girl, that's Rosalie, and the big dark-haired guy, Emmett, they're, like, a thing. I'm not even sure that's legal" said Jessica.

"Jess, they're not actually related" said Angela.

I noticed that the two of them sat down without taking food.

"Yeah, but they live together. It's weird. And, okay, the little dark-haired girl's Alice. She's really weird, and she's close with Jasper, the blond one who looks like he's in pain. But I don't think they're together, together" said Jessica.

I looked at the two, they looked like nice people.

I also saw Alice looking at me and she smiled kindly at me.

"Dr. Cullen's like this foster dad/matchmaker" said Jessica.

"Maybe he'll adopt me" said Angela.

"Who's he?" asked Bella, and she stared at the last pale guy.

"That's Edward Cullen. He's totally gorgeous, obviously, but apparently nobody here's good enough for him" said Jessica, and I could've sworn I saw Edward laugh.

'She probably got rejected by him or something'

"Like I care, you know? So, yeah. Seriously, like, don't waste your time" said Jessica.

"I wasn't planning on it" said Bella, but she stared back at the Cullens.

"Hey girls" Mike laid his arm around me and I froze. I took a step back and covered my ears.

"Mike don't!" I heard Bella shout before I couldn't hear anything anymore.

-Jasper POV-

I felt fear, overwhelming fear...

"Mike don't!" the new black haired girl shouted.

The other girl, with greyish hair, was covering her ears.

"Mike, don't touch her. Step away from her, now" said the other girl.

The fear was coming from her... she looked like she was in pain, and was about to scream...

"Emma? Emma, can you hear me?" the other girl tried to calm her down.

The girl, Emma, was looking around.

"Edward, what's happening to her?" asked Rosalie.

"I'm not sure, her head's in chaos" said Edward, but he soon froze. "Jasper, calm her down now"

"Emma, please. Wake up. You're safe" tried the other girl.

I focussed on Emma and tried to calm her down.

But it wasn't easy, since she had so much fear...

Her breathing and heartbeat slowly calmed down.

"Emma?" said the other girl.

"Bella?" said Emma, her voice was soft.

"You're okay, you're safe" said Bella.

"I... I'm sorry... I didn't... I didn't mean to..." whispered Emma, she had a British accent.

"I know, it's not your fault" said Bella.

"I... I need to get some fresh air" said Emma and grabbed her bag before she ran outside.

"I'll go check on her" said Alice and we all looked at her. "What? She and I are going to become really good friends" she smiled and went outside.

"Okay, what just happened Edward?" asked Emmett.

"I'm not sure if what I saw in her head was real. But she got hurt by someone with red eyes" said Edward.

"A vampire?" asked Rosalie.

"It's possible. It's also possible that her imagination gave the man red eyes" he said and I looked at the table where Bella talked to her new friends.

"She eh... got mistreated by her father. Before he killed himself in a fire that almost killed her too. As long as you don't suddenly touch her, she's fine. But she has trouble handling people's touches" said Bella.

"It was her father" I said to Rosalie. "He killed himself and her almost too in a fire"

"I'll tell Carlisle to be on the safe side" said Edward and clenched his fists.

I looked outside where I saw Alice sitting next to the greyish haired girl, with the most bluest eyes I had ever seen.

-Emma POV-

'Great, now everybody will think I'm a crazy person...' I sat down by a tree and closed my eyes.

"Just perfect..." I sighed. I took out my sketchbook and began to finish my drawing from this morning.

I felt the cold presence again... I looked up and saw Alice Cullen approaching me.

"Hello, I'm Alice Cullen" she said and sat down next to me.

"Emma Marshall" I said and looked away.

"Are you okay?" she asked.

"Yes, I'm fine. Don't worry about it" I said and smiled.

"Are you sure? You gave me quite a scare back there" she said.

"I don't want to talk about it" I whispered.

"I understand. You don't know me" she said and chuckled. "I really like your hair, do you colour it?"

"Yes" I lied.

"I love it, it suits you. It really makes your eyes come forward" she smiled.

"Thank you?" I said.

"So, how is your first day going?" she asked and I closed my sketchbook.

"Okay, I think. I don't do well, with a lot of new people around me. So I'm a bit jumpy all the time" I admitted and she smiled.

"I get that. I was like that too when we came here a few years ago" she said. "You'll get used to it, I'm sure of it"

"I hope you're right" I said.

"Alice" said a nice voice, but it startled me.

"Bloody hell" I said and looked up to who the voice belonged to. It was Jasper.

He smiled and Alice chuckled.

"I'm sorry" I said. "I didn't mean to curse at you. You startled me, that's all" I said.

"That's okay" he said, he had a nice accent.

"Emma, this is Jasper Hale. Jasper, this is Emma Marshall" said Alice.

"It's nice to meet you" I said.

"Nice to meet you too" he said.

I stood up and got my bag off the ground.

"I should probably go now. I have to find the right classroom first" I said.

"What class do you have?" asked Alice.

"History" I said.

"Oh, Jasper has that too. He can show you the way" smiled Alice. "Won't you, Jasper?"

She was smiling widely.

"Of course" he said and I smiled.

"Thank you, that would be very helpful" I said. I texted Bella that I was okay and would go straight to the classroom.

I followed the blond haired guy with golden eyes to the classroom.

He also felt cold...

'What's wrong with me? Why can't I just feel normal?'