~ "rainy girl, I can't wait to meet you. and I can't wait to hear your name and sing it to the skies above" ~
- Andrew McMahon and the Wilderness, Rainy Girl
Daisy was a gentle soul, kind and loving. Her exceptional empathy touche...
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The first few days of school in Forks were as anyone would expect. The small town was enamored with my sister and I for the pure fact that we were new. God knows the whole "shiny new toy" thing that happens in places without much excitement or change.
Bella fell in with a crew in her grade and immediately set her eyes on a strange boy named Edward Cullen. I had classes with a few of the Cullens because we had overlap in some elective APs, I had AP Psychology with Rosalie Hale, who I came to find out was part of the Cullen family and AP Philosophy with Alice Cullen, who I immediately loved.
Alice and I seemed to have similar dispositions, both very cheerful and interested in the feelings and wellbeing of others. Rosalie, on the other hand, seemed quite closed off. She was clearly guarded when I met her but I took no offense, Bella puts off a similar vibe without knowing it.
I found myself sitting alone at lunch much of the time but I didn't mind it much since I had so much to catch up on in my courses. Sometimes Alice or Rosalie sit with me to work on homework or projects. It's strange because it's as though Bella and I traded personalities, she immediately found a group and I preferred being on my lonesome.
As the droning voice of Mr. Corli continued to explain trigonometric functions, I hazarded a glance at my phone in my lap.
jake: hey. wanna play soccer on the beach @ 4??
Thank god. I was getting so bored of the monotony of school, home, homework, sleep, repeat.
me: YES PLS. la push right?
jake: what other beach would I be talking about?
me: god even your texts reek of sarcasm
jake: c u then... bring bella if you want
me: oh, bella, sureeeee. gtg in class
I hurried up finishing the text and glanced up just in time for Mr. Corli's dead stare to land on me. I gave him the obligatory 'I'm listening' head nod and silently cheered that I hadn't been caught on the phone. I thought to myself that 'of course Jake wants me to see if Bella wants to come'. He thought his crush on her was a secret, but I'd known from the moment he saw her.
When the bell finally rang out I collected my things briskly and all but sprinted past Mr. Corli through the hall and towards salvation. I serpentined though the crowd towards trusty Gertrude, finding Bella already there waiting for me.
Bella's eyebrows were furrowed and her teeth were gnawing on her bottom lip, "What has you all worked up?" I asked her softly, maneuvering my books to place a hand on her arm.
She glanced over at me as though snapping out of a reverie, "My lab partner, Edward, he seemed to hate me the first day we started and he's been gone the last week. He was back today and considerably less frosty, but I'm so confused." She huffed.
