A/N: This is the first chapter of a fanfiction I started a while ago. It's an odd pairing, but I was inspired after coming across a video for this pairing on Youtube, which was brilliant. This will start off like Twilight, but the similarities will grow to be less and less as the story continues. It's Bella's first day at school, and she's sitting with her newfound friends - Jessica, Angela and some other girls - in the cafeteria at lunch. Personally I'm not really happy with it, but that's why I posted it!
"Who are they?" I asked the girl from my Spanish class, whose name I'd forgotten.
As she looked up to see who I meant - though already knowing, probably, from my tone - suddenly he looked at her, the thinner one, the boyish one, the youngest, perhaps. He looked at my neighbor for just a fraction of a second, and then his dark eyes flickered to mine.
He looked away quickly, more quickly than I could, though in a flush of embarrassment I dropped my eyes at once. In that brief flash of a glance, his face held nothing of interest - it was as if she had called his name, and he'd looked up in involuntary response, already having decided not to answer.
My neighbor giggled in embarrassment, looking at the table like I did. "That's Edward and Emmett Cullen, and Rosalie and Jasper Hale. The one who left was Alice Cullen; they all live together with Dr. Cullen and his wife." She said this under her breath.
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Rosalie's P.O.V
As I heard my name mentioned, I smiled. Looked like the Jessica girl was informing the new student about our family. Or what the humans thought they knew about our family, at least. Sometimes I still wonder how humans could be so unaware in their stupidity. Pathetic creatures. The two girls were almost whispering to each other, which I wondered at idly. We were across the room; human ears were far too weak to hear from that distance. The new girl, Bella, has sneaked a peak at Edward a couple of times. I felt a strong twinge of jealousy. Strange – I thought I’d gotten over Edward completely. It irked me that I still, evidently, had some scrap of feeling towards him. Edward looked up for a fraction of a second to glance at me, clearly irritated. I scowled and went back to listening to Bella and Jessica gossip.
“Jasper and Alice are together. Like, together!” She sounded even more gossipy than usual. At least we’re not immature brats like you human children, I thought. The girl looked like she was having trouble catching everything she was being told. I smirked.
“Which ones are the Cullens? They don’t look related.”
“Oh, they’re not. Jasper and Rosalie are the Hales, brother and sister – twins – and they’re foster children.” Bella sneaked a quick glance over here yet again. This time she was staring at me. Should I let her stare at me and pretend I don’t notice, or meet her gaze? Which would make me look better in her eyes? I looked up slowly, so nobody would notice anything strange about the speed and fluidity of our movements, and met her gaze, hoping to portray slight scorn. I had to appear as beautiful and perfect as I could to this girl. “Rosalie, you’re getting vainer by the day,” Edward growled. I pointedly ignored him. It wasn’t a bad thing to want to show off. As Bella realized I was glaring at her, her face turned bright red and she looked down quickly. But I’d definitely seen it – that was a touch of admiration in her eyes. I tossed my hair back, pleased, while Jessica continued chatting to Bella.
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Bella’s POV
It was an awkward walk to biology with Angela. I forgot her name twice and almost tripped over my own feet just on the way from lunch to class. Today in general hadn't been the greatest – but I suppose it was better than I expected at this school. I didn’t have to sit by myself for lunch, and the group seemed nice. My own clumsiness was just to be expected. The only thing was that girl…Rosalie Hale. She very obviously didn’t like me at all. Why, though? I’d never said a word to her. I didn’t know she existed before today. What’s more, I can’t stop thinking about her sudden hatred of me. Okay, so one girl in the school doesn’t like you already. It doesn’t mean you can’t make other friends. But I couldn’t stop feeling hurt – perhaps a little too hurt. It was making me feel miserable. That was the reason I was making this day out to be worse than it was.
Angela’s voice pulled me out of my thoughts. “Umm...this is our class.” I thanked her for showing me the way (in truth, I’d been too wrapped up in my thoughts to register where we were going) and after a slightly awkward silence (or was I just being paranoid today?) she went to sit in her seat. Someone else was already sitting next to her. Actually, the only lab table with a spare seat was one next to the center aisle. With a slight twinge of fear, I saw the unmistakable perfect bronze hair of one of the others Rosalie Hale lived with – Edward Cullen. After collecting the books I’d need from the teacher, I looked back at him. He seemed distracted, like he was trying to figure out a complex maths problem.
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Edward’s POV
I could see that the human was unsure of me as soon as she recognized me. She seemed shy, but apparently she was hot property here in Forks. She’d better get used to the attention. The human boys at this school are all over her. Poor girl. It was amusing and pitiful at the same time. But that wasn’t what was irking me – why, why couldn’t I hear her? What was special about this city girl? Why was her mind blocked to me? I had been completely out of it since I’d noticed it at lunch. It was irritating to say the very least! She was a plain-looking girl and yet here she was, defying me. Was my mind-reading starting to falter? I hoped – prayed – that wasn’t the case. I wonder if Aro could hear her. No doubt he could; he’s exceptionally powerful...not to mention royalty. Imagine, though, a mere human defying Aro…
My chain of thought halted abruptly as I took an innocent breath of air. I froze, clenching my fists, as the girl walked past. Her blood. Her blood! The scent of it… I saw everything clearly, saw the way the world was meant to be, in an instant, because of this human girl. How had I escaped this truth before? We were the predators, the dominant species on this planet. Humans were our prey. Us. Them. Me. Bella. Nothing else mattered, just to feed. I could see it all clearly; the way I would leap over the desk, grab her by the waist and sink my teeth into the ever-prominent jugular vein pumping blood through her body. The other humans wouldn’t see it coming. They were easily dealt with. My mind began calculating the possibilities. Better, I suppose, to take out the others first…in order to properly enjoy my meal. Yes. Take out the others. I had decided all this in less than a second. The girl was still walking towards the teacher. No, the others can wait. I must have her now! I prepared to spring.
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