The Foreigners

Chapter One- The Party

"Ooh! Have you seen the new family from Britain yet? Their youngest son Edward is so hot and he's also in our grade!" exclaimed my best friend Jessica. 

"Yes, I know."  I thought in my head. This is about the ten billionth time this past summer you've mentioned that to me and it's getting pretty annoying. I definitely needed a distraction to distract Jessica before she goes way over detailed about Edward and the rest of his family. Even though I've only seen them once, I did have to agree with Jessica that they were kind of hot. Especially Edward. But of course, every good looking guy never paid attention to me probably because I'm just not that pretty, you know. I mean, I'm not that ugly either but I'm ust one of those "plain Janes". I have brown hair, brown eyes and my hair is probably the only thing about me that is worth noticing.

"So, what do you want to do tonight? I heard there's a party at Mike Newton's house." I heard myself telling Jessica, trying to distract her. I usually hated parties but I would rather choose parties over listening to Jessica ramble on and on about the Cullens.

 "Okay, Sure!" she agreed enthusiastically. Everyone but Mike knew that Jessica had a huge crush on him.

Two hours later, I was dressed and ready to go. I was wearing this light blue chiffon spaghetti strap dress that came down to my knees. I chose that dress because the color went well with my skin and it hugged my body quite well. For my shoes, I decided to go with silver strappy flat sandals since I could never walk across bare ground without tripping over at least something.

As I opened the car door of my battered and very old truck, I accidentally tripped over a rock might have fallen flat on my face if it wasn't for my car. I righted myself and got into the truck. I then closed the door and started the car. 

"Bye dad! I'll be home before dinner!" I yelled over the loudness of my truck. 

"Okay! Bye! Remember no drinking!" my dad shouted, but it was barely heard over the rumble of my truck.

When I got to Mike's house, I saw that there were already around 6-8 cars there. Wow I thought. Usually there were only two or three cars. This is definitely a improvement. I saw a silver Volvo and immediately wondered who owned the car. 

After Mike opened the door for me, he greeted me with a kiss to the cheek. Ugh, when I thought he wasn't looking, I wiped it away. It's no big secret that Mike Newton has a crush on me. I guess I should be glad that at least someone likes me, but really? Mike Newton! Ugh... it just gives me shivers thinking about it. Besides, the only reason I come to his parties is because of Jessica. He should know that by now.

The first thing I noticed when I walked through the door was Tyler flirting with Lauren Mallory. Lauren was one of our school's cheerleaders and she always had a new boyfriend. This time, it seemed like Lauren had found a new heart to break. I saw Jessica and Angela standing by the hallway talking about something. I made my way towards them.

While I was doing that, I accidentally bumped into someone. "Oops, sorry. I'm so clumsy sometimes!" I exclaimed with a faint blush blooming on my cheeks. I looked up and saw two emerald green eyes staring back at me. OMG! I thought, his eyes are so beautiful!

"It's fine" He replied in a velvety voice. I was surprised that he didn't have a British accent. I blushed again and and he smiled. 

"Oh! Um... I was just going over to talk to my friend Jessica over there. By the way, I heard that you've just moved here. How do you like it so far? I mean I know that it's different than Great Britain, but do you still like it?" I rambled on. Omg Bella, what a boring topic. Great job...

"Yeah," He answered witha sad smile to his face, " it's quite a change. Sorry, I see my brother Emmert over there. See you around?

 I shyly replied, "Sure."

I'm pretty sure that by the time I reached Jessica and Angela, I was grinning like a fool. "What's up Bella? You look like you won the lottery or something!" They questioned me. 

"Nothing" 

"Are you sure?" Angela asked. 

"Yes"

Just then, Mike came over. He put an arm around my waist, and that immediately wiped my smile off.

 "Uh... guys, I'll be right back." I stood up and started wandering around.

I suddenly noticed a short pixie-like girl standing in front of me. 

"Hi!" She said enthusiastically, "my name's Alice. I just moved here from London with my family which consists of my mom, dad, older brother Emmett, and younger brother Edward. So, what's your name? I'm hoping to learn everyone's name by the time school starts." She explained seeing the bewildered look on my face.

 "Uh...Isabella Swan, but people usually call me Bella." I replied. 

"Oh! I heard that your dad is Chief Swan. Is that correct?"

"Yeah, he's the chief" 

 "That's so cool. Is it weird?"

"A little bit, I guess." Alice seems like a very energetic and happy person, I thought to myself.

"Are you excited for school yet?" I nodded again. "I heard that Lauren Mallory is hosting a pool party this Saturday. Are you going? I am."

"I'm not exactly sure my dad would let me..."

"No problem. I have my ways you know," She said with a wink, "so, are you going?"

"Um... sure and what am I supposed to wear?" I questioned.

Alice suddenly got this blissful look on her face. "Hmm... I imagine you would look good in my blue and white striped bikini. Or you could use my purple ruffled tankini... Here! You can go to my house tomorrow to pick out your outfit for Saturday. Here's my address." She wrote something on a piece of paper and handed it to me.

"Okay."

"Oh! Sorry, I need to talk to my older brother's girlfriend Rosalie for a second." And with that, she left, still wondering about what I should wear to the party. I shook my head at her antics and headed outside. The music was pounding into my eardrums.