Alex POV:

When we get to the class, Alice lets go of my hand and walks over to the teacher, “Hi, Mr. Smith, this is Alex Swan.”

THe teacher looks up from a stack of papers on his desk, “Ah yes, one of the Swan siblings. Tell me, how’s your mother doing? I haven't seen her in a long time.”

I share a glance with Alice, and awkwardly stutter, “Uh, she, she’s good, I guess? I think I am supposed to give you this.”
He nods and takes the slip from my hand, signing it, and says, “Why don't you sit with Ms. Cullen, since you seem to know her.” 

He motions to a seat next to where Alice is now sitting, and as I place my stuff down I give her a look that says ‘what is up with him?’ and she giggles before turning to where the teacher is now starting the lesson. The rest of Political Science passes quickly, and before I know it, the bell rings and Alice walks into the hallway with me, “What class do you have next?” she questions, her voice ringing like bells in heaven. 

I look down at my now rumpled schedule, “Um, Biology, with my sister.”

Her face lights up, “Oh! My brother Edward is in that class as well, I forgot to mention that earlier.”

I look over at her as she leads me to the classroom, “If you don't mind me asking, how many siblings do you have?”

SHe tilted her head a little bit, looking at the ceiling, “Well, there's Edward, then there's Rosalie, Emmett, Jasper and me. So, four siblings. Oh, look! Thats Edward right there.”

A if hearing his name, a tall boy with dark hair looked up to Alice and smiled as we made our way over to him. Alice skipped her way over to his side and smiled at him, “Hello Edward, this is Alex, he’s one of the new students, along with his sister.” she said.

Edward put his hand out, “Hi, I'm Edward Cullen, its a pleasure to meet you.”

I noticed the way he talked was very formal, but shook it off as I took his hand, which was just as cold as his sisters ‘must be a family trait’ I thought, “Alexander Swan, but I go by Alex.”

Alice then stepped forward, “The bell is going to ring soon, do you mind taking Alex to his next class? Its the same as yours.” Alice had a small smirk on her face, and Edward rolled his eyes at her, “Yeah, of course, come on.”

As Alice walked away, Edward turned and walked down the hall and I hurried to catch up with him, ‘curse people with long legs’ I thought.

A second later, Edward slowed, as if he read my mind and then turned to walk into a classroom, me following.

Edward stepped out of the way and motioned towards the teacher before sitting down.
As I walked up to the teacher, I could hear small footsteps behind me and turned to smile at my sister, whose perfume I could smell.
She smiled back and we both made our way to the teacher, and after getting our slips signed, we were split to two different tables, Bella with Edward, and me with a girl named Angela.

She gave me a small smile as I sat on the stool beside her and I gave one back, “I’m Alex, its nice to meet you.” 

“Angela, you too.” 

After that, we both turned back to the teacher and listened for the rest of the lesson, as soon as the bell rang, I saw Edward shoot out of his chair and practically sprint out of the room. 

I walked over to Bella, “Man, what did you do to get him running like that?” I laughed

She glared and rolled her eyes, “I don't know, he acted like I smelled and wouldn't even sit in his chair the right way.” She then turned around, almost making me bump into her in the middle of the hallway, “do I smell? God, that's so embarrassing, do I?”

I put my hands on her shoulders, “Bell’s, its ok, calm down. And no, you most definitely do not smell, in fact you smell very good, so its his loss.”
We were then interrupted by the boy with black hair I saw in the hall earlier, “Hey, Bella! Do you still need help getting to your next class?” 

SHe looked at me, I nodded, “Uh, yeah, thanks. This is my brother.” She pointed to me, “Alex, this is Eric, Eric, this is Alex.”

He immediately stuck out his hand, “Hey man! Its nice to meet you, would it be ok if I did a feature on you? Bella said no to hers, but would you?”

I looked between them, Bella slightly shaking her head, “Uh, maybe next time? Sorry, I don't really like being the center of attention.” I laughed lightly as I scratched the back of my neck.

Eric looked bummed, but still nodded, “That's fine, I'll see you later, yeah?” I nodded and waved as he and Bella walked to their next class. 

I looked down at my schedule before sighing and making my way to History.

I made it right before the bell rang and quickly made my way over to the teacher who was still at her desk and asked her to sign the slip, “Here you go, Mr. Swan. There's only one open seat left, by Mr. Hale.”
I turned around to where she was pointing and saw a boy with wavy, dark blond hair that went to his shoulders. 

I quickly made my way to my seat, sitting down and getting out a pencil, and looking at the teacher, “Good morning class, I hope you all had a good weekend. Today we will be starting a new unit: the Civil War. So, we are going to be doing a project with our table partners to see how much we already know before we get into it.”

She grabbed a big stack of paper and started walking down the aisle, handing one to each person, “This is the rubric, but remember, this is only an assessment to see what you know before I start teaching you, so I know exactly what you need to learn. Now, get started!”

SHe then walked back to her desk and started filling out some papers while students around the room started talking. 

I turned to look at the blond beside me, to see he was already looking at me, his deep amber eyes burning into mine.
After a moment of intense staring, I cleared my throat, “Um, so, I'm Alex.”

‘Why was I so nervous?’ I could feel my leg starting to bounce under the table, a nervous tic that I’ve had since forever.

He smirked as he looked away, “I'm Jasper.” He stuck out his hand, but for a moment, I was frozen, ‘He has a frickin southern accent?? That is not fair’

After a moment, I quickly shook his hand, which was ice cold, “You don't happen to be Alice and Edwards brother, do you?” I questioned.

He rose an eyebrow, “I am, why?”

I shrugged, “she mentioned you earlier in class.”
He looked surprised, but quickly covered it, “So how much do you know about the civil war?”

I tilted my head and thought, “Well, I know that it was a war over slavery, between the Union and Confederacy. I know about a few wars, and some names of important people. And also that the Union won.”

Jasper nodded his head, his blond hair falling in front of his eyes a bit, “Thats good, so this project shouldnt be too hard then?”

I shook my head, “Guess not, although it depends on how much you know.”

I leaned my head against my hand propped on the desk as he laughed, a deep, beautiful sound that made me smile, “Oh, I think I know plenty.” 

He gave me a smirk that made me think he was hiding something before turning to his paper and going over the rubric. The rest of class was spent that way, us going over the project and designating responsibility over different parts. 

After what felt like not even ten minutes, the bell rang and Jasper stood, tilting his head down at me, “I'll see you tomorrow, Alex.”

I smiled as he walked away, gathering my stuff, when suddenly Angela, my biology partner came up to me,

“Hey, Alex! I was wondering if you would like to sit with my friends and I at lunch? I'm pretty sure your sister will be there.”

I shrugged, “Sure,” she gave me a small smile and walked out of the classroom to the cafeteria, “I couldn't help but notice that you were talking with the Cullens.”

I nodded, “Yeah, they seem pretty nice, Why?”

SHe shrugged, “Its just kinda weird I guess, the Cullen’s usually keep to themselves, never really talking to other people, and are usually alone.”

I was going to ask her a question when she opened the door to the cafeteria and I smiled as I saw Bella sitting at a table full of people and walked over, ‘the Cullen’s can wait’

A/N

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