Twilight without the complications

***ALL RECOGNISED CHARACTERS (BELLA, CULLENS, MIKE, JESSICA etc) ARE THE FICTION OF STEPHENIE MEYER, OTHERS WHO ARE NOT IN THE TWILIGHT SERIES ARE A FIGMENT OF MY IMAGINATION, (Feel free to nick them anyway though ;) )***

Chapter one:

*~Edward~*

Alice bounced into my room, as usual she didn't bother knocking. No one bothered knocking when bursting into my room, they knew I knew they were coming.

"Yes Alice?" I asked a little rudely.

Time for school. Alice thought, just as rudely, and danced back down the stairs. I sighed, as we wanted to stay discreet I was forced to drive them to school in our most inconspicuous car. My Volvo.

Getting off my black sofa (Couch, whatever. I'm from England so some stuff might sound a little strange) I sprinted down the stairs and swiftly waved goodbye to Esme. She smiled and thought, Be safe.

I smiled, "You too."

As soon as I was in the car with my siblings, my smile faded. There was a new girl coming to school today, and some were already planning to be her friend. There was a rumor she was living on her own, which of course impressed (and maybe slightly aggravated) almost every child in the school. It never took much to excite these petty humans.

"So who's going to talk to the new girl?" Alice asked.

Rosalie almost growled, "Why would we want to?"

Alice frowned, "I don't know. I just think she looked interesting in the vision, and I could do with a new friend; I'm bored of you lot." Then she laughed to show us she was kdding, and we all laughed with her, except me.

Emmett seemed upset by my lack of enthusiasm, "Come on Edward, what are you in a grump about?"

"I'm in a grump because you don't have to listen to their thoughts all day! I have to listen as girls try to decide whether the new girl will be worthy of their gang or not. I have to listen while boys fight against themselves internally, wondering whether they should ask her out, already fancying themselves in love with her!" I replied in a frustrated tone.

"Fine! Fine!" Emmett put his hands up, stepping out of the car as I parked it.

Jasper laughed and calmed us all down; the last thing we needed was to expose ourselves today. Or any other day for that matter.

We looked around for the new girl's car, and spotted it immediately. A shiny black porsche was swinging into the car park (parking lot) and it was going much faster than the other cars. It was praked into a spot by the front office before the girl got out. She clambered out with her back to us so we couldn't see her face. We saw she had billowing shiny brown hair that almost reached her waist. Alice immediately saw how stylish she was, she was wearing skin-tight black jeans and a fitted red blazer with high healed black shoes. Maybe she wasn't a student at all. A teacher maybe...

Then she came back out of the office, taking one look at the map in her hands, nodded a threw it behind her. The wind caught it immediately, carrying it to the forest. The girl then walked to her first class without consulting her timetable.

For the rest of the day I tried to follow her through people's minds. Some tried to introduce themsleves to her but she just nodded and shurgged in repsonse. That wasn't normal human behaviour, was it?

She never showed her face, keeping it hidden by a curtain of dark gold hair that curled stylishly towards the tips.

Then lunch came. As usual my siblings and I were the first ones there, we bought our prop food. We sat at our usual table and saw the girl enter. We still couldn't see her face. She didn't buy a drink or food, but instead sat alone a few tables down from us. For a short while we stared at her. As if she could feel our gaze, she looked up, and frowned when she saw us.

I felt my siblings tense. The girl had vibrant red eyes and extremely pale skin. Her skin seemed to glow ever so slightly in the faint sunlight. After a minute or two the girl began to drum her fingers on the table top, leaving dents. She didn't smile, she just looked up at us and winked. Still not smiling.

For a moment she stared at me, and thought, I need help.

Jasper gasped, "She's a newborn!"

Rosalie snarled, "What is she doing on our territory?!" Not bothering to keep her voice down.

Help me. The girl thought again. I need help.

Emmett cracked his knuckles, "We should just kill her now."

"No," I said a little too quickly.

Jasper frowned, "Why not Edward? She's on our territory, she's a newborn!"

Alice sighed at her husband, "It depends what she's thinking doesn't it Jazz?"

I stood up and walked over to her, taking cautious steps, not wanting to scare her. "Are you ok?" I asked her quietly as I sat down. She shook her head, and I understood why she wouldn't talk. "You're not breathing are you?" She shook her head again. I frowned at her ruby eyes. "When was the last time you hunted?" The girl just shook her head again. I understood. "You've never hunted?" I asked, astonished. She shook her head.

I don't want to hurt them. She thought.

"You know I'm a mind reader?" I asked, the thought coming to me for the first time. She just shrugged.

"What's your name?" I asked quietly.

Bella.