Chapter One: The Girl With Scarlet Cheeks

I sit there looking at the new girl, who everyone is calling Bella. With her ivory coloured skin that goes well with her chestnut hair, which drapes over her shoulders like walls that are protecting her face.
I couldn't help myself but stare, it is unusual for me to stare at someone, I usually just pretend to do my work but no, I had to stare. Yes that's right me, Edward Cullen I had to stare at this girl, because if I didn't it felt like she was going to disappear.

Next thing I knew she looked up right at me, with those beautiful eyes, she must have felt my eyes pouring into her back. At that moment she blushed, the most beautiful scarlet red colour I've ever seen. I couldn't help but grin, my crooked smile that Esme always loved.

But then I looked around everyone was staring at me, what did I miss?

So I searched though a couple of heads.
OMG! Did Edward Cullen just get stumped by the easier question I ever heard?, Thought a girl in the front row.

Haha about time Edward got something wrong, now Bella will be all mine, and think that Edward is just another random guy!
I guessed who that person was, Mike Newton….

And then finally someone thought of they question. So swiftly I answered the question while glaring a Mike, which I must add was not in high spirits that I new the answer.

At last everyone stops looking at me, and I took back to my obsession of staring at Bella, but kept a better ear out about what the teacher was saying, just in case. At this point her head was back looking at her text book in front of her, and her hair was back in place, hiding her face, but I still thought I could feel that beautiful scarlet red colour in her cheeks. I smiled.

Now half way into my English lesson the teacher Mr. Blah Blah, as he talks a lot, also known as Mr. Balding tells us that it is now time to tell each other about ourselves, as our unit is called "Meeting People around the World", which in the end of the term we have to hand in our "journals" that we have wrote in, basically saying we know how to write a journal about something we haven't done before. But then I heard something I wasn't anticipating.

"Now class this year there is a new part to the assignment" said Mr. Balding

Then I heard his thoughts.

I cringed

"This year the assignment has been changed, you have to work in pairs". Mr. Balding said while smirking at the end of his sentence, as he heard the groans of the whole class.

Slowly the class stopped groaning and gave their attention back to Mr. Balding, who was still smirking.

At this point all I could hear was their thoughts.

Oh I so what to work with Bella she looks so afraid, and I can so change that!

I hope I get Bella as my partner then she will have to like me and talk to me… Mike Newton again.

"Ok hold your horses, I not what your thinking" said Mr. Balding

Oh do you now? Knowing that in fact, I was the only mind reader in the class room.
But the then again he surprised me, he new what most of the class was thinking. Lucky guess I suppose, teenagers faces are easy to read these days.

"I'll be picking the pairs out of a hat, so that you don't get your friends. After all this unit is all about getting to know each other better" He said with a smile.

So for the rest of the lesson which was exactly ten minutes Mr. Balding pick our names out of a hat and told us to go and discuss what we were going to write about.

"Angela and Ben" Mr. Balding announced first

Yes, great I really wanted to find out more about Ben. Angela thought with enthusiasm
Oh crap, this is going to be weird, and I really like this girl, what am I going to do? Ben Thought

Mike and Drew were the next ones to be announced, and at that time Bella and I seemed to relax. I don't why she did, but I was just happy that Mike Newton kid wasn't with her.

It started to get down to a couple of people left, and Bella and I were still one of the couple left. Then I started to feel really odd, like I don't know, hope or something, but I was certain Bella was going to be my partner, which was absurd, because Alice was the only that could be certain about, that due to her "visions".

Then out of no where, Mr. Balding said;

"That looks like it leaves you Mr. Cullen and Miss Swan together, good luck".

Right now if I had a beating heart still it would have just stopped. Wait, what am I thinking, since when was I excited who my partner was?

Then my savour came…
The lunch bell. Time to face the other Cullen's.
Oh no the other Cullen's that means Alice and knowing her she would have seen me in class…

One more thought crossed my mind before entering the cafeteria.
This is not going to be pleasant.