thank you vampire archangel for giving me that idea! i never thought of it before

yea so here is the eighth chapter. tell me if u want me 2 change anything

thnx for reading and enjoy!! i hope u lyk it!!

When I woke up, I could hardly see out of my darkened window. It was so cloudy outside, or something that resembled clouds, at least. I closed my eyes again, feeling weary. i guess I feel asleep, because it was lighter when someone knocked on the door. "Bella? Are you awake, honey?" my mother said, poking her head into my room. I raised my hand from under my warm covers, showing I was awake. "Well, then get up!" she cried, instantly at my side.

I moaned, waving her away. I heard her suck her teeth as she pulled my protective covers away from me. "Hey!" I barked, trying to grab my covers. I sat up, glaring at her for waking me up my slumber. I usually wasn't this grumpy in the morning.

She shook her head playfully. "Typical cranky human teenager," she said, shaking her head continually. I grimaced at her, then collapsed back down on my big pillow.

Come, on, Bella. get up! You don't want to be late on your first day of school," she whined, grabbing my arm and pulling me to the floor. Thud.

"Ow, mother." I hissed, even though it didn't hurt.

She rolled her eyes. "Please, that didn't hurt. I have your outfit ready!" she squealed, dancing to the table. I squinted, to see a pile of cloth. I got up unsteadily, my knees buckling.

"Do I really have to go?" I complained as I gulped down some salt water from my bottle.

My mother looked at me as if this were a dumb question. "Um, yes! I had to go to college when I was human." I rolled my eyes again, twisting my crystal around. She fluffed out a beige shirt with a poor image of a red-headed mermaid with a green tail. Next to the fake mermaid picture, it said, 'The little Mermaid'. next she unfolded a pair of indigo blue jeans. She rolled these up over a white bra and panties, and then tossed the ball to me. I put them on, and we headed downstairs.

"Uh, err, I only have codfish," mom said as she poked her head through the refrigerator.

I groaned. I hated codfish. "what happened to the tuna from yesterday?" I asked impatiently, my stomach growling. She pointed into her mouth blushing. "That's seriously all you have?" I whined.

She nodded resentfully. "Yea. Sorry, Bella. There's always human food," she suggested. I shook my head violently, trying not to remember the disgusting taste. She shrugged her shoulders. I spied a red meat-looking thing. "What's that?" I asked curiously. She grimaced at the package, but pulled it out anyways.

"let me try it," I said desperately, gesturing for her to give I to me.

What? This? It's land animal meat. Eer, ground beef" she said, reading something on it.

"Kay. It tastes way different than fish, just to tell you. I personally don't like it, though." She unpacked the meat, and gave it to me, her face all scrunched up with disgust. I picked up a stand of the stringy meat, watching the sweet-smelling blood drip down. I let it drop in my mouth, savoring the taste. "It is actually not that bad," I said, eating the rest.

My mother looked at me with an odd look. "How is it that I am not even human and I like human food, but you are half human and you don't like human food?" she asked breathlessly. I shrugged my shoulders carelessly, not really paying attention to her question. She pulled out a pink bag, and handed it to me.

"Why are you giving this to me?" I asked, staring dumbly at the bag.

"It's your schoolbag silly!" mother said. I mouthed a dramatic "Ah" as she unzipped it, and took out a couple of skinny books. "These are your notebooks. They're for you to write in. The teachers will probably tell you what to do with them. Maybe, maybe not. I don't know." She flipped through a purple notebook, and I could see that other than the thin blue lines on the pages, they were blank. She pulled out a thin yellow box. "All of your writing utensils are in here. This is your pencil box. Then, this is your cell phone. It's a phone, just you can take it anywhere and it's smaller than a normal phone, obviously." She held a tiny silver piece of metal in her hand. I could feel radio waves coming from this little thing, and I took it from her hand, curious. I after a couple of tries, I opened it, and felt the electricity waves being pumped from it like a pulse. On the top half of the phone it had a colorful screen like a TV, only it was smaller. On the bottom half, it had what I had recently learned what was a keyboard, only it had less keys. I played with it, pressing the keys and watching numbers appear on the screen.

"This is so cool, mother," I squealed, watching the 6s and 7s flashing on the display.

Mother grabbed the phone from me, closing it. "Don't break it, Bells. It's meant for human strength, not our kind of strength," she said, reopening it. I nodded, and she put everything back in my schoolbag. "Now, when you get to school, there are going to be a lot of male humans with a lot of testosterone. Try not to be affected by this, you could hurt a human." She motioned me towards the kitchen door, leading outside.

"What do you mean I could hurt a human?" I started to panic, imagining the things that could happen. She handed me a big bulk of cloth that was supposed to be a coat, and I put it on.

"Oh uh, well, for starters, your uh, trident," she said, not really answering my question.

"What about my trident? It's always in my hair, so how would hurt a human?" I debated.

"If a human, for example, wants to see it, and you take it out of your hair, they could open it not knowing what they're doing, and stab themselves. Remember Aquaria?" mother asked, recalling the bad memory. She was a mermaid who we –well my mother- had stopped to talk to. I was about eleven or twelve. Aquaria wanted to see my trident, and I let her take it out of my hair, forgetting only I knew how to open it. When it did open, it stabbed her in the torso. It healed eventually I guess, but the sight of the purple blood floating around me made me want to faint. I will never forget that day.

"But I wouldn't let a human get near me, let alone my trident," I clutched my trident, now taking it out of my hair and embracing it.

Mother thought for a moment. "That's true. Oh, I didn't tell you how the testosterone affects you, though," she walked towards a small, yellow car. I stopped, remembering the horrible feeling I had the last time I was in a car. She saw my uneasiness, and laughed. "It's not loud or noisy, Bells. It's a Mercedes, so it doesn't make that much sound." Come on. It looks like it's gonna rain!" I ran towards the low car, not wanting to get wet, as good as that sounded.

"So explain this testosterone thing to me, mother," I said as we got into the car. I inhaled the odd, tingling smell inside the car. She started it, and I tensed, preparing myself for the intense energy waves. I opened an eye the trees bye me flashing past. I felt the faint energy waves, but it was more peaceful than horrifying this time. I listened to my mother's lecture. "Anyways, the testosterone makes you in kind of like mating season mode. Like the whales or dolphins, when they are in season? Yea, you are going to feel like you are in season, even though merpeople don't go into season. It feels like a tingling down here," she pointed to in between her legs, not watching the road. "And you are going to want to fulfill this feeling. You are going to try, well not ,try- you are going to flirt with the males and try to get them to mate with you, or as the humans call it, have sex with you." I listened, imagining my behavior in my head. "You can't stop this feeling, and it's very hard to resist it. I wouldn't be mad at you if you slipped up and mated with a male, but try not to, please," she said, her yellow eyes burning into mine.

"But how is that dangerous?" I asked, confused.

"You could kill them. We are way stronger than humans, if you hadn't noticed," she pointed out. "Another thing. Don't put too much pressure on them when you touch them, if that makes sense. It would break their bodies. They don't have half the strength that we do, even though you're 1/3 human." She shook her head as if pitying the humans.

"wait? Aren't we half human?" I asked, confused.

She snorted as if this were funny. "No, we are not. We are half aquadea. I think the humans call them, um, sirens." Now I was officially lost. For 17 years, I had thought that all merpeople were half human. "the aquadea part of you actually causes you to want to mate. See, what they used to do, and still do to this very day, is- oh, look! The school!" she cut herself off in mid sentence. She pointed to a group of small buildings.

"Do I really have to go?" I complained, suddenly feeling nervous.

"Don't be such a guppy," she said, her answer obviously being a no. I felt the car slow down from its fast speed. When it stopped, she practically sprang out of the car, and, I followed her slowly. When I opened the door, the smell of estrogen and testosterone hit me as if I had swam-er-ran into a rock. My mother pointed something at the car, and the car beeped, sending jolts up my spine. I jumped away from the car, knowing I couldn't trust cars anymore. I felt the multiple hearts and breathing of the humans. I felt the delicateness of their bodies, if that is even possible. The testosterone gave me a new, odd energy that I didn't have a couple of seconds ago. I looked up to see about 20 or 30 humans staring at my mother and me. I looked down, feeling awkward. The loud sounds and irritating smells of cars in the school clearing didn't really help, either. I scrunched my forehead in pain, trying to block out the loud sounds and ignoring the gawking humans at the same time. "They're just humans, Bells," she said under her breathe so only I could hear. She's right. They can't do anything to me, I thought, giving myself the confidence that I never had. I rose me head slowly, and met my mother's peppy pace. We walked into a small building with a lot of plants in it. It was cluttered, with magazines and papers all over the place. At the other end of the room was an aged female, with red hair. Her heartbeat was slow and steady. "Hello, miss, Jennings," my mother sang out, startling the human. She jumped, and looked up from her low chair behind a table.

"Um, he-hello. What can I do for you today?" she said, her heart accelerating. I don't know why.

"Yes, please! this is Isabella Swan." She leaned in more towards the human. "she prefers to be called Bella, though!" she whispered. The human nodded, and started to rummage through a large stack of papers on her table.

"Oh, yes. I've heard about Is- uh Bella. You're uh, Charlie swan's wi-wife, right?" she asked, seeming unsteady about something.

"Yes, I am. He's a great man, isn't he?" mother swooned, getting lost in her own world. I nudged her, bringing her back to earth.

"Um, ye-yes he is. Now, Bella, um, here is your schedule, map and your slips for the teachers. Whe-when you uh, go into each class, you have to uh, give one slip to them.

They will sign it and give it back to you. The number next to the classes on your map and schedule is where the class is. At the end of day, you have to return the slips. " She handed the small group of papers to me.

"Thank you," I said smiling at her.

"Well, Miss, Jennings, we'll be seeing you later!" mother sang as she danced towards the door.

"Ho-how did you-oh," I heard the human say under her breathe, looking at a tag on her purple shirt and remembering something. I gave herr a small wave, and hurried after my overly-hyper mother. When the door opened, I felt and smelt hormones in the air. The noises coming from the cars gave me an instant headache. I'm not sure if my body can take anymore of this torture, I thought helplessly.

"see that wasn't so bad!" my mother said right in my ear, not helping. She grabbed my shoulders, and looked into my eyes. Her eyes were their natural color today, but I didn't really pay attention to it. She seemed to be oblivious to the racket all around us. Then I smelt something sweet and odd.

"do you smell that?" I asked, pulling away from her grasp. she smelt the air for a second, then shook her head, curious.

"No… what are you talking about?" she questioned as she took my map and schedule from me. I ignored the humans around us.

"that sweet smell. It looks like it's coming from over here…." I trailed off, walking towards the source. My mother steered me back to where she was walking to.

"Bella, you have to get to your very first class of your life! You can explore later." She insisted. I decided to listen to her and let her drag me to my first class. "Now, when humans talk to you, answer them. Politely, though. And when a human is sitting next to you or something, say hello, and make friends. Don't say anything that will reveal what you are, though. Okay?" my mother said as we stopped in front of a red building. It had the number 4 painted on the side. Humans who were entering the building stared at my mother and me as they passed.

"I'll be back to pick you up at 3pm

"I don't want to leave you," I said in a low, pleading voice.

"Aaw sweety, I'll be back soon. At 2:45 I'm going to pick you up. Watch, school will be fun!" My mother jumped up and down, drawing more attention to us. I smiled faintly at the passing humans, then turned my gaze back towards my mother. "Remember, handle everything here gently. Don't want to break a tale or anything."

"Goodbye, mother. I will miss you," I whispered. I felt my eyes get wet. We hugged, and then my mother started to walk back to her car.

"good luck!" my mother shouted over her shoulder. I gave her a smile, then followed the line of humans into the building. Something's different about mother today. I can't figure it out, though, I thought as I walked.

I kept my head down as I listened to their whispers that the humans thought I couldn't hear.

" She is pale! But she's beautiful though…"

"Isn't she from France? Does she know any english?"

"Finally, a pretty girl around here. Maybe I have a shot."

"Woa! Jessica, look at her skin. She looks like a piece of paper!"

I tried to ignore the bickering humans as I made my way to the front of the room to an aged male human.

"Hello. My name is Bella swan. I am the new student here," I told the balding human as he looked up at me. I wasn't sure if that was exactly what I was supposed to say, so I waited for his reaction. I saw his eyes widen a little, then looked down at the piece of paper I held in front of him. he took it and stuffed it in his shirt pocket. My head started to spin, and I realized that I hadn't had any saltwater.

"Uh, hi. You can sit back there, in that desk." He gestured to a table at the back of the room. I started to walk to my small table-er- desk, taking in the room. it had a lot of desks set up in the middle, taking up most of the room. the chairs behind the individual desks were blue, and suddenly everything started to look fragile. I blinked a couple of times, and tried to make this feeling go away. Everything in my eyesight looked the same, but it looked as if it was as breakable as a piece of kelp. I took in the rest of my classroom. On three of the walls was a pair of large windows, letting in a lot of light from the outside. At the very back of the room were coats that seemed to be hanging up by themselves on the dirty white walls. I decided to follow the other humans' examples, and took my coat off. I then

"Go say something to her," I heard a female whisper. I felt the heartbeat and pulse of someone getting stronger and louder, and the air around me shifting. I knew someone was approaching.

"Hi, um you're the new girl, right?" I heard a female say. I turned a round and looked down to see a short human with impossible large curl hair.

"Hello. Yes I am," I answered smiling to seem friendlier. I felt her heartbeat accelerate as she opened her mouth to speak again.

"Well, I'm Jessica!" she outstretched her hand to me, as if she wanted me to do something to it. I just stared at it, confused. She slowly withdrew it, her eyebrow scrunching up in what I guess was confusion. "You're Chief swan's daughter, right? And you're from France, too?" she said as we walked over the desks.

"Yes and yes," I nodded my head, trying to concentrate. I need water, I thought as I reached inside my backpack for my bottle.

"How do you like Forks so far?" she asked. It's a little more simple and plain than Paris, right?"

"Yes I guess it is. I like forks very much," I responded truthfully.

"Your name is Isabella, right?" How in the name os starfish did she know my name?

"Yes. I prefer Bella, though." I found my bottle and opened it frantically. I felt the sweet taste of salt on my tongue, and I smiled internally at the flavor. I felt the bottle get a little slimmer, and I looked at the pink bottle to see what happened. umm…. what just happened? I asked myself as I stared at the imprint of my hand in the bottle. Suddenly a loud bell rang and the vibrations sent a painful shock down my spine.

"Are you ok, Bella?" Jessica asked me anxiously.

"yes. The bell just shocked me, that's all."

"Oh, okay." We both sat down, and she didn't say anything further. Jessica turned to a taller brunette girl in front of her, and they started whispering to each other. I was too absorbed in my thoughts to listen to them. That was so cool, but freaky. That's probably what mom meant by stronger. Huh. What else can I do? I pinched a piece of the desk with my point finger and thumb. I added more pressure, and the small piece of wood crumbled in-between my fingers. Woa.

"Ms. Swan. Here is the reading list and curriculum for the remainder of the year," the teacher said. He stood in front of me, and held a paper in my face.

"thank you, Mr. uh," I hadn't learned his name.

"Mason. Mr. mason," he said flatly. I nodded in appreciation, then looked back down at my hand. I listened to the teacher as he spoke about humans and stories I had never heard about. The class seemed to end as soon as it started. When the bell rang again, it sent another painful shock up my spine. As a result I stood up too fast, making the desk fall. I grabbed the chair so it wouldn't fall either, but I gripped it too tight. Dang, I thought as a male came my way. I heard a couple of the humans snicker at my clumsiness, and I blushed.

"Do you need help?" he asked, his eyes wandering over the mess that I had made.

"No, thank you. I am fine." I responded as I tried to hide the broken chair. I turned my back on him to pick up my stuff from the floor.

"I'm Eric! You're Isabella, right?" he asked. I turned back to him, zipping my backpack up before responding.

"Yes I am. I prefer Bella, though. It is nice to meet you, Eric." I studied his appearance a little closer now that we were face to face. He had what I had recently learned was acne on his face, and his black hair was brushed back. He was light-skinned for a human, but compared to me he looked pretty dark.

"You're from France, right?" Eric asked as I picked up the desk, keeping my grip as light as possible.

"Yes I am."

"I know a couple of French words. Bonjour, mademoiselle."

"You have a good French accent," I said not knowing what I was talking about.

"Can you say something in French for me?" Eric's eyes shined as he asked me.

"Um, sure. What do you want me to say for you?"

"Um, I don't know. Whatever you want to say."

I'll say random things. He won't know what I'm saying anyway. "pâture pêcher jeune fille garçon sirène lit oreiller arbre terre!" (a/n: it means: food fish girl boy mermaid bed pillow tree earth. I just chose random words since Bella doesn't really know French)

"What does that mean?" Eric asked, intrigued. We made our way to the coats and put our coats on. Oh, there are hooks for the coats! I thought as Eric waited for an answer.

"It, er, means you are a very nice person and I would like to be your friend," I said before I could think about it. Eric's face lit up and his heartbeat accelerated. He started talking, but I blanked out. I felt a warm tingling in-between my legs. For some odd reason, I wanted to grab Eric and- well- do things I never wanted to do or ever thought of doing before. O god what is wrong with me? I screamed at myself as Eric

and remembered what my mother said earlier.

Flashback:

"You can't stop this feeling, and it's very hard to resist it. I wouldn't be mad at you if you slipped up and mated with a male, but try not to, please," she said, her yellow eyes burning into mine.

"But how is that dangerous?" I asked, confused.

"You could kill them. We are way stronger than humans, if you hadn't noticed,"

End of flashback

"Bella? Bella? what class do you have next?" Eric asked as he stared at my face.

"Um, uh, hold on." I had to get my crumpled up schedule and map out of my jeans pocket.

"Um, uh, I believe I have, uh Government next. The teacher is Mr. Jefferson." I tried to contain my sudden feelings. I felt the testosterone pumping through Eric's body, and the tingling in between my legs got stronger.

"it's over there. I'll walk you if you want me to," He offered.

"Sure. Thank you." We walked through the small identical buildings, and I listened to Eric talk about what he knows about France and how he would rather live there than in Forks.

"Well, we're here. I'll see you at lunch, right?" Eric had a desperate look in his eyes as he spoke.

"Yes. I believe so," I answered, and his face lit up. I smiled at him, and then walked into the building full of humans. The room inside this building looked exactly like the previous building, only the students and teacher was different. First I took off my coat, then

I walked up the male blonde teacher, and gave him my slip. He signed it and gave it back to me

"My name is Bella Swan. I am the new student," I said.

"Hi Bella. my name is Mr. Jefferson. You can sit in that seat in the second row." He pointed to a empty desk, and I made my way to it. Ouch! I thought as I stepped on my own toe and tripped. A couple of the humans giggled at my clumsiness, and I blushed. When I got to my seat, I gently took out my deformed bottle and drank from it until it was empty. I need to get some salt soon, I thought as I took out a notebook like the other students.

This class flew by just as fast as the other class, if not, faster. It was really confusing, and I tired to keep up with what the teacher was talking about, but I couldn't. The testosterone in the room didn't help my concentration either. When the deafening bell rang, I stumbled to the door for some fresh air. Next class I had trigonometry, which I couldn't even pronounce. I found the building my next class was, and I basically did the same thing I did last class.

I felt my stomach growl when the bell rang. I sprang up, my mouth watering for fish. When I walked out, I smelled the wonderful smell of water. Oh no, I thought as realization hit me. It was raining. I tried to think of ways to get from one building to the other. If it wasn't for thee humans surrounding me, I would have just sit in the rain and change back, but I couldn't do that. What the starfish. I'll just run, even though I'll get even wetter that way tripping and all. Oh well. I started to walk, then picked up my pace, not really knowing what to do. I had never ran before, considering the fact that I had only spent a week on land. I gripped my bag slightly to my chest as I followed the other humans running to a building. I wanted so bad so just soak myself in the warm, glorious water, but I pushed myself forward until I got to the opening of the building. This building was larger than the other buildings, and older. The smell of human food hit me like a wave and I almost threw up. I compelled myself to walk into the source of the smell, and walked down the hallway. When I entered what I guessed was the Cafeteria, I saw Jessica sitting at one table with a group of females waving me over. I made my to them when I saw Eric on line waiting for his food.

"Bella!" Eric called out. I waved and shifted my direction towards him.

"Are you still gonna sit with me?" He asked, as if he were desperate.

"Actually, is it ok if we sit with that girl over there?" I asked, pointing to Jessica and the other girls.

"That's who I'm sitting with. You can skip me if you want." I stared at him blankly, not knowing what he was talking about. He Gestured in front of him, and I was still clueless. "In the line? You can get in front of me so that you don't have to go to the back of the line."

"Oh, ok! Thanks!" I said, memorizing that word in my internal English word key.

"I guess they don't say that in France, do they?" He asked.

"No they do not," I guessed. We got our food, and sat down. I tried to keep my touch as light as possible so that I wouldn't squish anything. As I picked at my odd chicken and cheese sandwich thing, Jessica introduced me to the other people sitting at the table. I greeted them, and then concentrated on forcing the disgusting food down my throat. What caught my attention was an odd, much sweet smelling smell. It was the same smell as earlier, when I was with my mother. My head shot up, and my eyes and nose searched for the source of the smell. I felt my jaw open and my eyes pop open. Five impossibly beautiful humans were walking to the lunch line. There were three males and two females. One female was tall, and had wavy hair that went down to her mid-back. When she turned around, I saw her face. She was the most beautiful human that I had ever seen in my life. Her skin was about two shades darker than mine, but she had deep bags under her eyes, like all of the others. The blonde had her arms linked with an unnaturally large male. He had dark, curly but short hair that gave him a sort of childish look, but not really. The other female standing behind the blonde was extremely short. She looked like she was the size of a child, yet she had the body of a woman. She had short black hair that was spiked. she was clinging onto a taller male, who was also blonde like the other female. He wasn't as large as the other male, but he was still muscular. He was gorgeous just like the other male. Standing next to him was another male. I wouldn't have seen him if he hadn't walked a little in front of he blonde male. I dropped my sandwich, which fell on a plastic fork and causing it to launch towards my forehead. Oh. My. Starfish. It's the human from my dream. I am going to die, I thought flatly in my head. The male was the exact boy in my dream, only he was better because he was real. I almost fainted at the sight of him and my heart accelerated.

"Are you Okay Bella?" Eric asked frantically, as if this was supposed to hurt me.

"Yes I am fine. Thank you for asking." His copper hair. His skin color. His face. Something's different. His eyes are different. I thought as I tried to tear my eyes away from him. His eyes, like the rest of them, were literally black. I had never seen anything like it before, but I let it go. He also had dark purple bags under his eyes like the rest of his group. He's still handsome, I thought to myself. I decided.

"Excuse me, Jessica. Who are those people?" I asked, trying to sound casual.

She turned to see who I was talking about. "Them?" As she said this, the dream boy turned his gaze in her direction. His eyes quickly focused on my face, and my heart literally stopped. I looked away, quicker than any human could move their head.

Jessica continued. "That's Edward Cullen, Emmet Cullen, and Alice Cullen. The blondes are Rosalie and Jasper Hale. They are all adopted by Dr. Cullen and Mrs. Cullen," she giggled, leaning in more towards me. I gasped at her proximity. I had never been that close to a human before. "It's too bad, though. They're all together though. Alice is with Jasper, and Emmet is with Rosalie."

"Oh," I said, leaning away from her.

"The weird part is, they all live together!"

"Is that a bad thing?" I inquired, confused.

Jessica looked taken aback by my question for a moment. "Well, no. it's just weird for people who live together to be dating. Do you do that in France?" Her voice had an odd tone to it, but I let it go.

"No." I stole another glance at the bream boy. "Who is the male- er- boy with brown hair? I mean, what is his name? " I asked casually. He kept on glancing at me with a confused look on his face.

"That's Edward Cullen. He's sexy, isn't he?"

"Yes he is sexy," I responded, using the word that she had just said. Jessica giggled at my response, or the way I said it. I looked back at him, and saw him grinning slightly. I sighed at the thought of his name. Edward. Humans have awkward names, but his name fits him, for some reason. The tingling I had in my stomach made me forget about the tingling between my legs completely. I looked back at him, and now saw the whole table stealing glances at me. I looked down, and sighed, feeling tired.

"He's not available, if that's what you're sighing about," Jessica said, grinning at my expression. "He doesn't have a girlfriend. But he doesn't date either. No one here is -sigh- good enough for him. Even I tried. Sigh." I bit back a laugh from her last comment. She seemed so offended and hurt when she had said this. Humans throw around love like it's nothing. It's so sad, I thought critically. Suddenly the bell rang and it sent the most painful shock through my spine. I clutched my dimmed crystal, surprised at the sudden shock.

"Are you okay?" Jessica asked.

"Yes. The bell always scared me, that is all."

"Oh, uh, ok. I like your shirt, by the way," she said as she walked towards the trash. It smelled even worse than the food.

"Thank you."

"You hardly touched your food. Are you going to be ok for the rest of the day?" I heard Eric ask, and I turned to him.

"Yes I will. Thank you for asking," I replied as I put my coat on. I looked back once more at the Cullens' table. They were walking towards the back door near their table. I couldn't help but be jealous of how gracefully they moved. It was more graceful than I could ever walk, and certainly more graceful than any other human I had seen. Maybe they're not human, I joked to myself. I stumbled to the door, after Eric, Jessica and the rest of the humans I sat with. I have Biology 2 next, I thought asI said goodbye to the humans and parted from the group. I started for the direction of the building that my next class was in. The feeling I my private part came back as I inhaled the testosterone of passing males in the air.

I'm never going to get rid of that feeling, am I? I thought as I spotted a girl who sat at my table.

"Hello. You are Angela, correct?" I asked. She nodded her head. She seemed to be a shy human.

"What class do you have next, Bella?" she asked.

"Biology 2. What about you?"

"I have the same class as you." She gave me a small but genuine smile. I could tell because of the way her muscles in her face moved.

"So, how do you like Forks?" Angela asked.

"It is a good town. I like it." I said as we entered the building. A familiar smell filled my nose, and I froze in my place. Dream boy- er- Edward was in this class. The tingling came back in my stomach.

"Bella? Are you alright?" Angela asked anxiously, worry in her voice.

"Yes I am fine, thank you for asking," I walked to the coat rack and hung up my coat. I felt a strong radio waves coming from my backpack, then it vibrated. I dropped it, surprised at the strong and annoying vibrations.

"Your phone's ringing," said Angela. I zipped my bag carefully, and grabbed the quivering piece of metal. I flipped it open, and stared at it. "Aren't you going to answer it?" she inquired curiously.

"What is it supposed to do?" I asked.

She took it from my hand, and pressed a button. Then I felt sound waves coming from it.

"Bella? Bella? are you there?" I heard a familiar voice scream from the phone.

"Amazing. Humans are really smart," I whispered too low for Angela to hear. I stared at the phone dumbfounded.

"You have to put it to your ear," Angela said, holding the phone out to me.

"Oh, ok. Thanks." I took the phone from her hand gently and put it near my ear, as uncomfortable as it was.

"The other way,"

"Like this?" I asked, turning it so it was in the middle of my face.

"Like you had is before, just flip it around,"

"This way?" I turned it so that the keyboard covered my ear.

"No, this way. There you go." She corrected me.

"Um, excuse me. No phones during school hours. I will have to confiscate it if this happens again," I heard a male voice say from the front room. I shut the phone and blushed, realizing the eyes that were staring at Angela and me. Angela's heartbeat accelerated, and she grabbed her bag and headed towards a table.

I started to follow her, but remembered that I had to give the teacher a slip. I gave it to him, introduced myself and apologized for the phone incident. He explained the rules of his classroom, and gave me a pile of think books. He directed me to a seat; the seat next to him. My heartbeat sped up as I got closer to him. Oops, I thought as I tripped over my feet. I grabbed the metal top of the table, only to dent it with my hand. Oh no! oh no! Humans can't do that to tables! The whole class is watching me! I hope the humans didn't see that! I heard Edward gasp sharply, and I knew that he had seen what I did to the table. I scrambled up to my feet, and put my books and backpack on top of the dent I had made. I smiled at no one, embarrassed at the scene I had just made. I heard giggles and chuckles behind me as I sat down, and for the first time in school I fully blushed. I'm sure my face turned a dark crimson. The teacher then started class. I inhaled, letting Edward's sweet smell linger inside my lungs. Um, there is something wrong with this picture. Where is his heartbeat? His pulse? His testosterone? What in the name of starfish? I thought as I concentrated on feeling something from him. Nothing. He should be the strongest heartbeat in here. He's the closest human to me in here. I need saltwater. That's what I need. The deprivation is starving my senses, I reassured myself as I stole a glance at him. His eyebrows were scrunched together, as if he were trying to figure something out. I sunk down lower in my chair, wanting water. I stared at the human, trying to sense something from him. I didn't feel a wave of heat from him. I didn't know I would become like numb without water, I thought. Wait a minute, I could feel every other human in here. What is going on here? He looked at me with his black eyes. I looked into his eyes, and could not see his pupils. I awkwardly turned my head, careful not to turn it too fast. His eyes held a little bit of fear in them, for some reason. Oh starfish. He knows what I am. He sees right through my act. I have to tell mommy. I sunk down in my chair even lower, using my hair to cover my worried expression. I grasped my crystal, not knowing what to do with this situation. How much trouble would we be in if humans found out what my mother and I was? It can't be that bad, I guess. I tried to comfort myself. I peeked at Edward through my dark hair. He was watching me at the corner of his eye, fear painted all over his face. I looked forward, my breathing accelerating. So he knows, I thought shakily. My eyes widened at this realization. Then I heard him speak.

"Hello, Bella." When he spoke, I almost fainted. His voice was so beautiful.

I forgot how to speak. When I remembered how to speak, I spoke the wrong language. "Hi." I mentally kicked myself in the head. The teacher stopped talked, and all of the humans turned to me.

"Bella? Are you ok?" the teacher asked, coming over to my table.

Edward's gaze was still on me, confusion now on his face. As long as his eyes were on me, I forgot all of my English, so I just nodded and sat up straighter.

"Ok. If you don't feel good, just go to the nurse." The teacher then walked back to the front of the class, and continued his lesson. Edward didn't say anything else for the remainder of the class. This was the longest class I had all day. I was becoming really thirsty, I had a strong tingling in my stomach, and I had to figure out what to do if Edward found out that I was a mermaid. The image on my shirt isn't helping either, I thought as I looked down at the redheaded mermaid on my shirt. I looked back at Edward, and he was still watching my every move. When the irritating bell finally rang, I quickly grabbed my things and my coat, and walked out of the classroom almost too fast. I knew I shouldn't have done this, because I had a feeling I was going to fall. This is what happened. My knees buckled, and I tripped over my right foot. What I didn't expect was falling onto Edward. He was a great deal taller than I had expected him to be. He was walking swiftly in front of me, and in my desperation I reached out to him for support. No Bella! Stupid! You'll hurt him! By the time I mentally yelled at myself, it was too late. I grabbed his arms, but it didn't help, I just dragged him down with me. I fell into his back, causing him to fall down. I saw him turn his head slightly before I closed my eyes, praying that I didn't hurt him. I kept on waiting to hear and feel something break, but I never did. His skin was cold, like a rock. I had never grabbed a human with a strong grip before; much I was certain that humans were supposed to be softer. I was still holding onto his arm when I opened my eyes.

"Oh my god! Are you two okay?"

"What happened?"

"Are you okay?"

I got off of Edward, even though I didn't really want to, and tried to say that I was sorry. When he got up, he just walked out of the room. I blushed, and nearly ran out of the building, dropping all my stuff in the process. I stopped, and bent down to pick my books up from the wet floor, trying not to get my fingers wet. I kept on playing the scene with Edward in my head. It didn't make sense to me. Humans are supposed to be breakable, but he didn't even get a scratch. Maybe mother just exaggerated when she said they were very breakable.

"Do you need any help?" I heard a male ask. I looked up to see a blonde male looking down at me.

"No, thank you," I replied quietly.

"Are you Isabella Swan?" he continued.

"Yes." I finished picking everything up, and stood up. I felt the male's heartbeat get faster.

"Yes. I prefer Bella, though," I said, smiling at him.

"Oh ok Bella then. Well, I'm Mike!" I smiled at him, and his heartbeat accelerated even more. "Do you need help getting to your next class?" he asked as I looked at my schedule and map.

"Yes please. I have gym." I said, trying to find the building on the map.

"Me too!" he said and we started. He was talking the whole time to gym class, and I pretended to listen, nodding whenever he asked me asked me a question. I kept on thinking about whether Edward knew what I was or not. It didn't really make sense, because I never did anything in front of him to make him come to that conclusion. But he looked at me like was afraid of me. Why? Did I not look enough like a human?

"Well, we're here," I heard Mike say. He instructed me where to go, and then went into a room where the rest of the males were going. I did as he said, and went to the teacher. Si gave him my slip, and he gave me a uniform that I would wear for gym, but not today. The teacher told me to watch class today, and get the feel of what they were doing in P.E. I watched the humans play a game called Volleyball, and I wondered how I was going to hit the ball without deflating it. When class was over, I remembered I had to go back to the office that I had went to in the morning to return my slips that the teachers had signed. I put my coat on, and walked towards the office. As I walked into the building, I smelled a familiar, cool scent. I looked up, and recognized the head of hair that stood across the room. The male from my Biology class, Edward was arguing with the female behind the desk about changing classes. It took all of my will power not to walk right out of that building. Look at yourself, Bella. You are stronger than him. He's just a human for crying out loud. He can't do anything to you, I told myself as I walked towards the lady behind the desk. Suddenly Edward turned around, and looked at me. I couldn't read his blank expression.

He turned back, and said something to the female. "Ok, it's not that serious. Thank you for trying anyway." I walked to the desk, and he rushed out the door. I felt the heartbeat of the female slow down as he walked- or ran out the door. I shook my head, and gave the slips to the woman.

She smiled up at me. "Thank you. How was your first day?"

"It was interesting," I smiled back at her, replaying my day in my head. She smiled, and thanked me again. I said goodbye, and walked out of the building. I stood outside of office building and waited for my mother to arrive. I watched the humans as they poured out of the buildings, and made their way to the parking lot where their cars were. Finally, I saw a yellow car come into view. It stopped, and my mother hopped out of the quiet car. I smiled at her presence, feeling relieved that I finally got to see her.

"Bella! My baby, I missed you! How was your first day of school?" my mother ran towards me and we embraced in a hug. I inhaled the fresh, salty scent that I was used to.

"It was interesting," I said, repeating my words from a couple of minutes ago.

"Well, come! Tell me about everything!" e walked to the car, and I felt the heat rolling off of it. I looked over the car, only to see want I didn't really want to see. I stopped in my tracks to see five pairs of black eyes staring at my mother and me.

"Bella? Sweetie what's wrong?" my mother came to my side. She looked in the direction that I was looking in, and then looked back at me as the wind blew my hair in my face.

"What's wrong? Why are you looking at those humans like that? You look scared to death. Baby, what's wrong?"

"N-nothing's wrong mom. I'll tell you later." I watched the humans carefully as they piled into their silver car.

"Ok! I went hunting today. I got your favorite! Tiger Shark! I had to go pretty far, but it was worth it," my mother babbled. I kept my eyes glued on the odd humans. The last two who hadn't gotten into the car was the short one, and Edward. Terror painted their faces as they stared at my mother. I broke my gaze and got into our on car. My mother, oblivious to this whole scene happily drove off.

"So are you going to tell me why you were staring at those humans like that?" Mother said, her voice now serious. "did something happen? Did one of them get hurt or something?" she asked frantically.

I shook my head blankly, scared of what I might have done. "I think they know what we are."

"What do you mean?" My mother asked, as if she forgot we were mermaids.

"I think they know we're not human."

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