I got up, and started to get ready. I got into my chair, and noticed something was wrong with it. I called my mom and told her.

"Use your sports one, I'll get that one fixed."

I'm sure your confused, by now.

When I say chair, I mean wheelchair. I was born with spina bifida. There's something wrong with my spine, and it means I can't walk that much. Around the house is fine, but not more than that. I got ready, and left, going to school with my brother and sister. We were starting at a new school, and I hoped no one would tease me for being different. Well, my siblings were really protective and I felt sorry for anyone who said anything in front of them. I'm used to being teased, but if people said anything in front of them, they would regret it.

I got out of the car, and my sister walked over to me. Yes, I have a car. Being like this, it doesn't mean I cant drive.

"Come on, Ali'. We need to get our stuff."

I shook my head, looking at her.

"I know, Rose. Just give me a minute, you two go ahead."

I grabbed my stuff and noticed that they had waited for me. Emmett started talking about how I'd broke part of my other chair.

"It was fine last night! Unless you sat in it, I don't know what happened."

He laughed and ruffled my hair. I shoved him away a little, glaring at him. He's 6'6 and I'm 5'1. Being in a chair never stopped me fighting with either of them.

We got our stuff, and checked if we had any classes together. I had English with Rose and history with Emmett. We went to our separate classes, and I ignored the stares of the people around me. Most of the students didn't seem to care, but a few people stared at me and made a few comments about my chair. I took out my stuff, and the girl next to me turned to me, introducing herself.

"Hey, I'm Lucy. You must be Alice?"

I nodded, I wasn't surprised that she knew my name.

"Yeah, I am."

She nodded, and she looked down at my chair. My sports chair was blue with tilted wheels.

"Nice chair."

That made me smile. It was nice to know that not everyone here is going to tease me.

"Thanks, this is my sports chair. Something happened to my other one."

"Sports?"

I looked at her and nodded. I wasn't surprised that she wasn't sure what I was talking about.

"Yeah. I play wheelchair basketball. You need a different chair for that. My other one needs to be fixed."

She nodded, and we had a lot of our classes together. I explained my condition and she seemed interested. I was happy about that. I'd been bullied before, and didn't want to go through that again. I spent lunch with Lucy and Arial, who was in my biology. They seemed nice, and didn't mind my brother and sister sitting with us. After lunch, I had English, history and biology.

English was ... Interesting. Some girl, Lauren, made a comment about my chair and my sister heard it. She ... Well, she got a little annoyed and made sure Lauren knew that she really shouldn't be doing that.

History was quiet enough, the teacher was an idiot and everyone was afraid to cough, never mind speak. Emmett looked at me, as I worked on what the teacher had given us.

Biology was the only class I had without Lucy, Rose or Emmett. I found a desk, and took out my stuff. Apparently Ms. Swan was really nice. She walked in, and started talking about all the stuff we'd have to cover this year. I listened, watching her.

"Any questions?"

No one said anything, and she started teaching. The others were right, she was really nice. I was pretty good at biology, so I had no problem doing the work she gave us. By the end of the class, I was ready to get home. I gabbed my hoodie, and knocked my book off the desk as I put it on. I didn't noticed Ms. Swan pick it up for me. I took it off her and thanked her.

"Thanks."

"No problem. Were you in an accident?"

I shook my head, putting my stuff away. She leaned against the desk, tying up her long brown hair.

"No, I have spina bifida. It's-"

"My cousin has it, I know what it is. Can you walk at all?"

I nodded, turning to look at her.

"I can walk a little, not much."

She nodded, and I couldn't help but notice how pretty she looked when she smiled.

Wait, she's pretty? I'm straight, aren't I?

Sure, she's pretty, but that doesn't mean anything.

I left, and went home. I done my homework and spent a little while on my laptop, thinking about everything. My sister spent a little while with me, talking about school.

"I like Lucy, she's nice. Arial's cute to."

Did I mention Rose is bi?

"Whatever you say, Rose."

Rose shook her head, trying to hide a smile.

"Come on, Ali', she's cute!"

She started laughing, when I didn't say anything.

"Get to know her, Rose. See where it goes, we've been there for a day."

"I never said anything about that, I was just saying she's cute. You know I wouldn't do anything like that."

I knew she wouldn't, she's not like that.

"I know. But, Lucy is nice. She seemed interested when I mentioned sports."

"Yeah, what happened to your chair?"

I thought about what mom had told me when I got home.

"Something's wrong with the seat, I'm going to have to wait for it to be fixed."

Rose left, and I started thinking about biology. Why did I think she was pretty? I'm straight. But, why would I think about my biology teacher like that?

I shook my head, trying to clear it. I'm straight, I don't feel that way about her.

This school had gym twice a week. A bit odd, it was everyday in our old school. I had an exemption, of course, and went to the library to study. I saw Lucy, and went over to her.

"Hey, what are you doing here?"

I took out my stuff, and started on my homework.

"I have a problem with my knee, I had surgery a few years ago. Gym would aggravate it. I guessed you'd have an exemption to."

I nodded, and looked around. I saw Ms. Swan talking to a student. She noticed me and smiled at me. I turned back to Lucy, and started talking to her. I showed her the scar on my back, and she looked a little surprised.

"Does it hurt?"

I shook my head, it never really bothered me that much.

"No, it doesn't. It's OK, Lucy."

She nodded, and asked me about Lauren.

"So, Lauren started bothering you yet?"

"Yeah, and my sister came pretty close to hitting her. You and your cousin are the only ones who haven't stared or made some stupid comment about my chair."

Lucy shrugged and wrote something down.

"You're in a wheelchair, it's not a big deal. Can you walk at all?"

"I can, a little. Not around school, just at home."

Lucy asked me a few more questions, as I got my work done. By the time we were finished, I was starting to really like Lucy.

I met Rose and Emmett as they walked out, and they asked me where I'd gone.

"I was in the library, getting a few things done. How was gym?"

Emmett started to laugh, and I waited for him to tell me.

"Well, Lauren definitely wont be bothering you anymore."

I knew Rose didn't get along with her, but that didn't meant that she had to do anything to Lauren.

"Rose, what did you do?"

She shook her head, and looked at me.

"Why would assume I did something?"

"Because you came pretty close to hitting her in English?"

She knew I was right, and sighed.

"Fine. She called you a cripple and I lost it. I didn't hit her, but I made it very clear that she shouldn't say stuff like that."

I looked at Emmett, who was watching her.

"She's right. I was expected you to hit her. Don't worry about it, Ali'. Come on, lets go."

We got home and my mom told me that the chair was being fixed the next day. I left my chair in my room, and went up to Rosalie's room, when she called me. I walked in, closing the door behind me.

"What's wrong, Rose?"

I sat on her bed, and she sat next to me.

"I just wanted to make sure you were OK, with the whole fight with Lauren."

A fight I hadn't actually been a part of, but I understood why she was concerned.

"It's fine. I'm used to it."

I'd been bullied badly before and it made things a little difficult for me. That's why I was so surprised that Lucy wanted to be friend with me.

"It's not fine, Ali'. Lucy seems to like you though."

She was right, Lucy, Angela and Arial were the only ones who didn't tease me about my wheelchair.

"Yeah, I was explaining my condition to her and she seen my back. I thought she was going to faint."

That made Rose laugh.

"You shouldn't do that, Ali'. She's not used to seeing stuff like that."

"Relax, she was fine. She just asked me if it hurt me."

I lay awake that night, thinking.

I couldn't stop thinking about Ms. Swan. Every time I looked at her, I couldn't help thinking how pretty she is.

But, I'm straight. Aren't I?

"Hey, are you OK? You seem really distracted today."

I looked at Arial, who was tying up her long black hair. I'd been thinking about everything, and didn't hear what she said.

"Sorry, what did you say?"

Arial shook her head, and turned to look at me.

"I was just wondering if you done that biology homework? What's wrong?"

I shook my head, I couldn't tell her what I was really thinking.

"Nothing. Yeah, I did. It was pretty easy Arial."

Arial started complaining about it, and I told her that it wasn't that hard. She shrugged, and I went to English. We were split into groups. I sat next to Lucy and Rose, and we had to work on some assignment the teacher wanted.

We were the first group to finish, and we started talking.

"Hey, wanna come over after school?"

Lucy was happy that Rose invited her, and after school, we went back to my house. My chair had been fixed, so I could use it for school. I left my chair in my room, and we went up to Rose's room. Lucy seemed surprised that I was walking, but I told her that I could walk around the house, I just have a slight limp.

We all sat on Rose's bed. Emmett was out with a guy he'd met, Lucas. They seemed to get along pretty well.

"Where's your other chair?"

"Did you see the yellow one downstairs?"

We'd passed it on the way up, but she was looking at me.

"That? Ali', why did you-"

"I like it, Lucy."

Rose laughed, watching us. Yes, my chair is yellow. I like it, others think it's an unusual colour, but I could get pretty much anything I wanted so I picked that.

"Lucy, it's her chair. She can have it in any colour she wants."

We looked at Rose, and Lucy shrugged.

"I'm saying that, Rosalie. I'm just saying that it's an unusual colour. I like it, though."

First she asks me why I got it, and now she says she likes it.

"I'm glad you think so."

Emmett came back a little while later, and Lucy said she had to leave.

I done my homework and my mom told me to put my normal chair back in my room. I started fighting with Emmett, when he started teasing me over how I broke it and my dad had to tell us twice to stop. I pushed him, and went back to my room.

I decided that I'd think about everything, at the weekend when I wasn't worried about school and anyone asking me questions when I needed to think.

Before anyone starts giving out that I don't know about spina bifida and that I'm getting stuff wrong, I HAVE IT. I know what I'm talking about, I'm changing things and/or leaving things out to make things easier to write.

Thanks to HomeByTwilight for helping me with the title!

I thought this would make an interesting teacher/student plot.

Let me know what you think.