Chapter 2

The second day of school was pretty much exactly like the first, the same classes, same faces, all except one, Edward Cullen was missing; the boy who had instantly disliked Harry from the very moment he met him in Biology class.

He didn't know what he did to him, but for some reason, hatred emitted from him when he looked at him, well he wasn't going to worry himself about one person who disliked him, when he had more than enough friends here at the school.

Friends, he had quite a few of them here, more than he did even at Hogwarts, they bickered and joked amongst themselves, the rest of the week went this way.

The weekend arrived, Bella and Harry headed to La Push, Charlie took them in his cruiser, they were going up there to spend some time with Charlie's best friends son, Jacob while the two men watched 'The game'.

They arrived relatively quickly, La Push wasn't far at all from where they lived, a 5 minute drive if that; they bustled out of the car, a tall teenager with mocha coloured skin and long black hair met them outside his home, his hand was leaning on a man in a wheelchair, who must have been Billy Black, his father.

Charlie introduced Harry to Billy and Jacob, they each shook his hand happily, "Nice to meet you sir," Harry said smiling at the older man.

"And nice to meet you too Jacob," a smile still shone from his face.

Bella hugged the tall teenager, "Crikey Jake, has someone stretched you, you've doubled in size since last time I saw you." she said laughing.

Jacob laughed, "Well you haven't seen me for years, what do you expect me to still be a little dot I am nearly 16 you know."

The three of them trudged off, they decided they were going to the beach, it was only a little walk away, Harry found he loved it here in this quaint little town, though people liked to know what was happening in everyone here's lives, they didn't pressure him to give them his secrets.

Before they knew it, they were stepping onto the beach, the waves crashing into the shore spraying salty water at their feet, they trudged across the sandy ground, they found a large washed up tree and settled onto it.

The three of them spent the next few hours sat there talking, discussing school, and the different people they had met on their first day of school at Forks high. Harry mentioned Edward, who had been a complete arse to him.

Jacob looked away, "I'd stay away from the Cullen's if I were you," he said looking Harry in the eyes, "They're bad news."

Harry shrugged, "I don't really care, I've got more than enough friends, who needs them."
Bella agreed, none of the Cullen's had spoken to her, not even spared a glance her way, and that was fine with her.

It started getting dark when Harry, Jacob and Bella returned to Billy and Charlie, they were sat in front of the telly watching the replays of the match they had just watched. Bella yawned, "Charlie, could we get going soon, I'm tired." she said as she leaned against the door jam.

Charlie looked at his tired daughter and stood up from the sofa, "Sure, lets get going then, thanks for the snacks Billy." Billy waved his thanks away and wheeled himself after the three retreating bodies.

Harry said goodbye to both the Blacks and said they'd have to meet up soon, the youngest Black agreed and shook Harry's hand, and gave Bella a quick hug.

The rest of the week went like every other day, there was no trouble, and no Edward, and that was fine with Harry.

It was Monday 24th January when Edward finally returned, they both seated themselves at their desk in biology.

Edward sighed inwardly, "My names Edward Cullen, what's yours?" he gestured his hand to Harry, who shook his hand.

Those hands were freezing, like shoving your hand into a freezer, "Wow, you're cold." Harry exclaimed laughing, "I think you should where gloves, don't want your hands falling off." he said laughing at Edwards embarrassed look.

"Sorry about that, and I'm sorry about the other day, I didn't mean to be such a jackass. I wasn't feeling myself." Edward exclaimed as he looked into the microscope, and wrote down the answers to the list of questions the teacher had provided for them all.

Harry glanced back to Bella, she was engrossed in a conversation with the girls at the back of the classroom, "Its okay I guess. And yeah, you were a jackass. I mean if looks could kill, I'd be 6 feet under right now." he laughed lightly.

Edward apologized again, "Well, I'll introduce myself again, fresh start and all, I'm Harry Potter, nice to meet you Edward." Harry said as he too wrote down the answers on his own sheet of paper.

They spent the lesson asking one another questions, like do you like the weather here, what was your last home like, etc. They finished their work earlier than everyone else in the classroom so they were allowed to sit and chat quietly.

The bell rang and they said their goodbyes, Harry decided Edward wasn't that bad when you got to know him, Bella noticed them speaking civily and looked happy for him.

Bella linked arms with him, they pushed their way through the school and met her dad in the parking lot, he dropped Harry off outside his house and drove the extra bit up the road to his own home.

Harry spent the rest of the afternoon in his library reading, and thinking about the two lads who had came into his life who he found he wanted to spend more time with, and get to know them a lot better.

End of Chapter.
Sorry for it being short about 1000 words. But I want this out the way so I can start the next chapter. Cheers people!