Time Brings Roses (old)

Chapter 2

My first two classes were boring and went by fast, but not fast enough. I had to Cullens and my English, and I sat in front of one and History. They stared at me the majority of the hour. It was starting to bug me.
I wanted to bring it up to Alice, but the next time I saw her she quickly invited me to sit with her at lunch, then ran off.
I was currently sitting on the bleachers during gym. I couldn't participate since I didn't have the PE uniform. Add that to the list of things that I need.
Sitting off to the side had it perks, no one paid attention to me, and I didn't have to play volleyball. I reached into my bag to grab my book. Watching people play sports isn't that entertaining. The girl next to me cleared her throat. I turn to look at her and she smiled meekly. She had long brown hair and matching brown eyes. She looked scared and slightly confused.
“So, um, you’re new?”
I nodded.
“I know how that feels, last year was my first year here.”
I fumbled with the hem of my skirt as she talked, I didn’t know what to say.
“I’m Bella.” she held out her hand to me, and I cautiously took it.
“Autumn.”
She smiled and nodded. We went back to our own thing. I got lost in my book for a while before Bella started talking again.
“So, would you like to sit with me at lunch? I know how weird lunch can be on your first day.”
I frowned looking over at the clock. The bell for lunch was going to ring soon.
“Um, thanks for the offer, I’ll think about it.”
The bell rang and I got up and left before anyone could stop me. The way to the cafeteria was easy to find, since many people were heading there.
Most of the tables were filling up, I didn’t really want to sit with people I didn’t know. The girl I sit next to in English, Angelia I think, smiled and waved me to her table from across the room. I smiled and shook my head, hopefully that came across as, ‘thanks but no thanks.’
There was one empty table by the back. I gave a sigh of relief and sat down, pulling out my lunch. I had leftovers from dinner last night, ravioli and garlic bread. I was slowly munching on some bread when I looked up. I choked slightly.
Walking towards the table were the Cullens, and Bella.
‘Great, just great.’
“Wow Autumn, you actually beat us to the table! You must have been super excited to sit with us.” Alice said rushing forward and sitting next to me.
“Um. actually, I just remembered, I need to go do a thing.” I grabbed my food and stood up as fast as I could manage. I felt someone grab my arm, and I turned to see the other Cullen girl.
She had long blonde hair and looked at me with pleading gold eyes. She was beautiful.
“Please stay, we didn’t mean to interrupt your lunch.”
‘Oh god even her voice is beautiful. Okay, wow, that sounded a little gay Autumn.’
I shook my arm from her grasp and walked away, I couldn’t deal with this right now. I could feel people looking at me, I felt my face flush.
I rushed out of the cafeteria as fast as I could, my appetite was long gone. I hurried to my locker and tossed my lunch inside. Hopefully I’d be able to sit in my next classroom for a while, or even the library.
The rest of the day was a blur. People would stare at me and I couldn’t tell if it was because I was new, or because of the lunch fiasco. The look on the Cullen girls face when I left wouldn’t leave my mind. She looked so surprised and hurt, almost if she expected me to stay with them.
Clarke picked me up from school, the twins had track so it was just the two of us. As I got into the car, I spotted the Cullens. None of them were paying attention to me, except for the girl. As soon as Clarke drove away I let out a breath I didn’t know I was holding.
“How was your first day?” Clarke asked, turning down the volume of the radio so we could talk.
“It was okay.”
“You sure?” he asked giving me a worried glance. I tried to ignore it and I fiddled with my skirt hem.
“Yeah it was just long.”
He nodded knowingly.
“Hey, um, who are the Cullens?”
Clarke let out a laugh, “I’m assuming you me the kids?”
I nodded.
“The Cullens are a family who like to keep to themselves, so I’ve heard.” he paused, motioning for another car to go ahead of us.
“Dr. Cullen works at the hospital, he’s one of the best doctors we have. He’s a good man, kind easy to talk too, if I remember correctly his name is Carlisle. It’s been awhile since I’ve seen him. I work with his wife Esme, she’s an architect too. She’s very sweet and tells me about their kids all the time.”
He chuckled shaking his head.
“All of their kids are adopted, but the way she talks about them? God, you’d think their her own flesh and blood.”
I nodded, “Well that’s nice.”
Clarke smiled, “They have five kids in total. There’s Emmett and Alice, the twins Jasper and Rosalie, and then Edward. Chief Swan’s daughter, Bella, is dating Edward. I’m pretty sure Esme mentioned them being engaged. That’ll add another member to their clan.” He laughed, pulling into the driveway.
I chuckled slightly, but it sounded forced. Clarke shook his head and gave me a soft smile.
“How about you chill in your room until dinner? I’ll tell Cynthia not to bother you.”
“Thank you Clarke.” He nodded and we exited the car.
Clarke lead the way into the house and I stayed silent, lost in my thoughts. It was currently three, Cynthia wouldn’t be home until six with the twins. Dinner probably wouldn’t be done until closer to seven. That gave me about four hours to myself.
I shut my door and dropped my bag. I pulled off my sweater and plopped on my bed.
The Cullens.
God I wish I could forget about them.
Alice was okay and I guess Edward was too. At least he minded his own business.
Emmett was probably the buff one in my English and Jasper the one I sat in front of in History. I’m pretty sure that’s right. Clarke did say Jasper and Rosalie were twins, and they were the only two with blonde hair.
Rosalie.
God, Rosalie, why did she seem so interested in me?
Hopefully I’d be able to ignore them tomorrow.
Hopefully Rosalie wouldn’t say anything to me in English.
Hopefully I could just curl up in a ball and die.