'Well then, here I come… Forks High School.' Alex thought as he opened the car door, grabbed his backpack at his feet, and got out before slinging the backpack over his left shoulder and slamming the door closed.
"So this is where we will be studying for the next year," Alex mumbled as he looked around, seeing the hundreds or so students staring at him.
"Why are they looking at us as if we are a different species?" Bella mumbled awkwardly as she walked next to Alex.
"Small towns, they most likely never get transfer students, not to mention transfers in the middle of the year," Alex replied softly as he started walking towards the front entrance of the High school.
Looking around him, he saw the different cars parked around them.
'It really is 2005, certainly a different mood altogether, most of them are actually talking with each other and not holed up in their phones, and not to mention the cars, they're all… quite old.' Alex thought to himself as he walked, Bella strutting close to him looking like she wanted to hide in a hole and never be seen again.
'Now she's acting similarly to how she did in the books, so the changes aren't that large. It's just how she acts towards me, I didn't have a point of reference since Bella didn't have a brother before.' Alex thinks to himself as he swings the front doors open and heads inside the school.
In Front of them is a small booth of sorts with a secretary inside.
"That should be where we're headed, to get our schedules," Alex mumbled to Bella who was practically glued to his side.
"Yeah, alright let's just get going, Alex. I just want to get this over with and hope they stop staring once they realize I'm just a regular girl." Bella replies as she walks ahead finally.
'Yeah sorry, that's not really happening, you're going to be the talk of the town for quite a long while.' Alex thought inwardly as he released a soft sigh, barely audible from the clamor of students around them as he walked towards the booth, following behind Bella.
"Hello, ma'am. We're Bella and Alex Swan, the new transfer students." Bella spoke first as she stood in front of the booth, behind which sat a small middle-aged woman.
"Ah, the new transfers Isabella and Alexander Swan. Children of Police Chief Charlie right?" The woman said with a smile as she grabbed a bunch of documents that had been put to the side on the desk in front of her.
"Yes, a pleasure," Alex replied as he gave a soft nod to the woman.
"Well then, without making you two wait, here's the schedule as well as a map to find your way." The woman said as she placed four paper sheets in front of them. Two were schedules, one for each, and two maps of the school as well.
Alex quickly grabbed one of each for himself, looking at the schedule, he turned towards Bella only to see the schedule on her hand was the exact same as his.
'Did they choose the same classes? The old Alex and Bella that is. Or is this just a coincidence? It's still weird in a way, getting the exact same schedule.' Alex thought to himself as he folded the schedule and slipped it into his jeans pockets before looking at the map of the school he had been given.
"Do you know how to read a map, Bell?" Alex asks as he lifts his gaze from the map to Bella who is looking at him with an awkward expression of her own.
"Totally," Bella replied however her tone of voice didn't give much confidence to her words.
"Right… let's just hope that we don't miss the entire class," Alex replied with a soft sigh as he prepared himself.
It was at this moment as they were walking away from the booth towards one of the hallways that they got interrupted by someone.
It was a short Asian boy with black greasy hair and olive skin tone, he had a smile on his face as he looked at Alex and Bella.
"Hey there, Name's Eric Yorkie, You're Isabella and Alexander Swan right?" The boy, Eric introduced himself as he extended his hand towards Bella.
"We prefer Bella and Alex. But yes nice to meet you, Eric." Bella replied as she shook his hand.
"Do you two mind if I did a feature on you two for the school newspaper? Bella and Alex Swan: The New Thing." Eric said in an overly excited voice though it was clearly slightly forced.
'He's slightly awkward, pushing himself to appear more extroverted than he is. This guy clearly is the book version of Eric instead of his movie version.' Alex thought to himself with a soft hum before focusing on the matter at hand.
"No, We would prefer if you didn't, Eric, we aren't really the type that enjoys the attention. You can make a paper about how two new students transferred, however, keep our names or pictures out of it." Alex replied as he shook his head at the boy's question.
"Ah I see, that's alright, thanks for letting me at least mention you. Where are you guys headed?" Eric asks curiously.
"Trigonometry is our first class, but we're totally lost," Alex replies with a shrug and a slightly awkward smile of his own.
"I could totally show you guys the way, I have trig for first class as well," Eric replies with a quick nod of his head, his energy seemed contagious for a moment as Alex chuckled and gave a nod.
"Sure, that would help a lot, Eric," Alex replied as he shook Eric's hand.
Bella who was next to him similarly gave a nod.
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Chapter 3, the Schedules and Eric Yorkie, I always thought this guy was pretty funny in the movies, however, I've decided to go with the book version of Eric who is much more of an introvert. Bella in the books categorizes him as one of the chess club kids. So kind of a nerd of sorts.
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