Remember Me: Chapter 1

Chapter 1

BPOV

I have always tried to revoke any childhood memories of mine, but strangely, I cannot. From age 5 on back, I can't really fathom. I'm uncertain of many things, but others I'm not. I do know that my biological parents, two older brothers, along with their friends were killed in a car accident on the way back to our hometown of Chicago, Illinois. I at age 5 was also in the car, but I came out unscathed with only a minor concussion. Strangely enough only my parents bodies were found, but they concluded that my brothers and their friends probably were burned to ashes when the car caught on fire. I tried to recollect anything I could from my past, but I can't. Even our house oddly enough was cleared out. Pictures, clothes, all gone. All I managed to get was a picture of my parents and brothers when they were 5 and 7 years old. Any pictures of me were gone. I couldn't even invest my family trust until I graduated college. Sometimes I would have triggers. Whether it'll be a bird flying or someone walking down the street. My most recent trigger, was when the radio came on playing The Beatles Let it Be, I was on the verge of a full-blown panic attack. Vaguely I could remember a man's voice singing the song to me when I was younger. Whether it was my dad or one of my brothers, I'll never know. That song just got to me. It's as if I have a mind block preventing me from remembering anything of my past. What I do wish is that my mind could block me from now.

"Bella are your ready?" My best friend Jolie Mitchell asked me.

"As ready as I'll ever be." I smiled. We were finally moving away from the Port Angeles branch of our foster care home. After my family's death, I was sent to my Grandma Swan. She lived in Port Angeles, Washington. That lasted about a year and a half until she died from a heart attack. With no other relatives alive, I was sent into foster care. I often hoped for adoption, but I knew it would never come. I was plain. Boring brown hair and eyes, something I knew I inherited from my dad. Therefore, 12 years here I sat, never wanted by anyone. I only had my best friend Jolie to keep me sane. Since I was 17, and she was already 18 they decided to let her go. She agreed to take me with her. Since I was still underage, I had to stay in the state of Washington until I turned 18. We wanted to stay away from big cities so we settled on a small town named Forks. I would actually be able to attend a real school. I was already pretty advanced in schooling anyway, but I wanted have a least one normal experience at being a teenager. Jolie had decided to apply to the community college there while I was in school.

"I'm so glad to get away from this place. I swear the older you get, the less they care about you." Jolie said putting her bags in the trunk of the cab.

"I know, and then you end up taking care of the younger ones." I agreed putting my own bags in the trunk.

"You think Forks will be any better?" Jolie asked.

"I don't know. Any place is better than here. Cramped beds, hot rooms, small rations of food. I just feel bad for the younger ones who are still left here." I said getting into the back of the cab.

"Don't worry Bella. Maybe they would have a better fare than we did." She grinned.

"I hope so." I grinned back.

"Where to?" the cabdriver asked."To Forks." We both said simultaneously, and we were off.

Here's the one thing I can't stand, even though this is, my first time was that I was the new girl. Jolie was nice enough to find us a car. We didn't have much, but just enough to get by. It was a rusty red Chevy truck. It couldn't go over 50, but we loved it.

"You'll be okay?" Jolie asked as she pulled into the parking lot to drop me off.

"Honestly I don't even know." I breathed.

"It'll be okay. Look, I might not be able to pick you up if I'm still in school. You okay to walk?" she asked worried.

"I'll be fine." I said trying to shrug off my nerves.

"Bye Bella." She waved and I stepped out of the car. As I expected all eyes were on me. Great. Just Great. I was the new toy, everyone wanted to play with. Blushing, I looked down and started walking towards the office building. I tried to stare away from everyone's watchful eyes, but I couldn't help but notice five pairs of eyes staring at me in particular. They were all beautiful, so alike yet so different. They were all pale with the same dark shadows under their eyes. They looked so familiar and I just couldn't pinpoint it. Shrugging it off I head towards the office building to start off my year as a new student of Forks High School.

I walked into the office building and headed towards the front desk. There sat a 60 something redheaded woman whose name was Mrs. Cope.

"Excuse me miss?" I asked, but she was too busy filing her long red fingernails.

"Excuse me." I said a little bit louder, and she looked up at me.

"How can I help you?" she said in an uninterested tone.

"Um yes. I'm Isabella Swan. I'm a new student here." I pushed.

"Ah, yes we've been expecting you." She said.

"Really?" I asked curious."Look honey. Forks is a small town, we all know a new face when we see one. You're no exception. Here's your schedule and a map of the school. I've circled your locker and the routes to your classes. You should be all set." she grinned, and I could see the huge wad of gum in her mouth. Gross.

"Thanks." I said before throwing my book bag over my shoulder. I stepped out into the hallway to see it empty. Great. My first class was English AP, and luckily, it was right down in the hall.

I stepped right into the middle of the lesson and everyone turned to glare at me. I handed my note to the teacher and luckily, he assigned me to a seat at the back of the class. Away from questioning eyes. Class was pretty uneventful. Thankfully, no one bothered me with questions. My next three classes were also okay. I met this one girl Angela Webber she was shy just like me, she invited me to sit with her and her group of friends. I was actually thankful that I didn't have to suffer through lunch alone.

As we entered the cafeteria, most eyes laid upon me. I blushed and trailed behind Angela in the lunch line. I was feeling a little queasy so I settled on an apple and bottle of water. I followed behind her where she led me to a small table.

"Bella. This is Lauren, Jessica, Samantha, Mike, Tyler, Eric, Jacob, and my boyfriend Ben." Angela gestured. I waved timidly at them and sat down beside Mike.

"Hi Bella, are you enjoying Forks." Mike asked.

"Yeah. It's very wet." I said.

"You'll get use to it." Jacob smiled at me, which made me feel a little bit comfortable.

"So Bella is it true." Lauren asked in a bored tone."Is what true?" I asked taking a bite of my apple.

"That you've never been to a real school before?" She asked."Lauren!" Angela protested."No it's okay. Yeah, I've been home schooled all of my life." I lied. Well not completely. I had never been to a real school, and was home schooled, just not in an actual home. More like a cramped room with no air conditioning. My answer must haven't been what she wanted because she shook her head.

"So is that why everyone has been staring at me all day?" I asked looking over my shoulder at the students who were secretly glaring at me.

"You don't know?" Jessica said astonished.

"What?" I asked confused.

"The resemblance is astonishing." Eric said in a monotone voice.

"To whom?" I asked still confused.

"Them." Jessica pointed, and I looked over my shoulder to glance at the table in the far left corner. There sat the beautiful family from earlier. They were all looking in opposite directions, and I noticed the food on their trays were untouched. I did a once over them, and I still did not understand what she meant about the unmanning resemblance.

"Okay you've lost me here." I said.

"The Cullens." Jessica said.

"Who?" I asked.

"Them." Lauren said.

"I do not look like them." I said hoping they would move on.

"Well not all of them, but the big burly one and the blonde haired guy." Jessica said. I glanced over my shoulder, and they were glancing in my direction. I quickly turned my head back in embarrassment.

"Who are they anyway?" I asked Angela.

Well the big burly one is Emmett; the blond female next to him is his girlfriend Rosalie. Then the short spiky haired girl is Alice, beside her the blonde boy. His name is Jasper, and beside him the bronze haired one is Edward." She said. Weirdly enough, those names sounded so familiar, I could just picture myself meeting someone with those names,

"Aren't they related?" I asked confused.

"They're all adopted." Samantha added.

"I mean you look so much like the two of them." Jessica pushed."You must be delusional." I said rolling my eyes at the absurdity.

"Come on, the button nose, brown hair, the dimples, you're even pale. I swear if it weren't for the eyes you guys could be brother and sister." Jessica said.

"Hey aren't you adopted?" Lauren asked raising an eyebrow.

"No. I've never been adopted. Besides my parents, brothers were killed in a car accident when I was five. I have no relatives." I said bored."Oh that's too bad. I was hoping you were. Maybe we could throw a little family reunion into the mix. I would be responsible for it and you could repay me by introducing me to Edward." she grinned.

"Why would I do that?" I asked confused.

"Uh hello. Look at me and look at him. We're perfect for each other. Besides, I so know he wants me, he's just scared to ask me out." Lauren grinned flipping her blonde hair behind her neck. I glanced back over my shoulder to see him with an amused grin on his face. Suddenly, his eyes shifted upward and he glanced over at me. I flushed once more, and turned my head, to see whatever pointless conversation they were having.

"Bella." Edward Cullen is staring at you." Jessica said a little too loudly. Lauren glared at me.

"Stop looking!" I screeched, laying my head against my hands. She kept looking and I raised my head in threat. She quickly obliged. I breathed a sigh of relief.

"So Bella?" Mike asked. I turned my head in his direction.

"Yeah Mike?" I answered back."So uh… I was thinking maybe you wanted to go out Saturday night?" Mike asked his baby blue eyes twinkling with anticipation. Jessica glared at me. So she must have a thing for Mike.

"Uh sorry. No can do. I'm going to Seattle that weekend." I answered hoping he would accept my made up excuse.

"Yeah. Maybe some other time." Mike said disappointed. Jessica seemed relieved at this. The rest of lunch was pretty boring. We didn't talk about the Cullens anymore and I was glad. The lunch bell rang, and I quickly gathered my belongings. I had three more classes left, and I was relieved that the day was almost over. My next class was AP Biology with Mr. Banner. His class was a little harder to find so I was a little late. Again, everyone's eyes were on me. I was praying to god that he would just sign my slip and let me take a seat. There was only one seat available. I glanced up to see that the seat was next to Edward Cullen.

Stumbling over to me, I saw that he inched all the way over as if he was repulsed by me. I glanced up at him to see him glaring back, and his eyes were pitch black. Using my hair as a shield, I hid my face away from him. All throughout class, it was hard to focus. I could feel his eyes on me. I knew I didn't smell. I had took a shower this morning, and my skin still smelt of my freesia body wash. Obviously, Edward Cullen had a problem. As soon as the bell rang before I could even blink, he was out of his seat and headed towards the door. How dare him. It was only my first day and he was looking at me as if I were a plague.

My next class was History, and it was next door so I didn't have far to go. The teacher signed my slip, and sat me beside the blonde haired guy who I knew was named Jasper. Jasper, The name sounded so familiar. He was very nice and not offending as his brother. I looked up at his face, and couldn't help but notice that we did resemble each other very closely. He was basically a male version of me with blonde hair. I knew one of my brothers' had blonde hair that resembled my mother's, but just the thought of that was completely obtuse.

Even as the bell rang when my belongings fell out of my bag, he stopped to help me pick them up. There was something about Jasper I just couldn't place. With a grin, he waved to me and walked off to class.

The day was almost over I was relieved. Yet I had the one class I dreaded. Gym Class. I was very uncoordinated. I almost nearly broke my neck trying to put a shoe on. Whatever dangers Gym Class had in store, I was doomed. Lucky for me I had too dress out today, and we were playing dodge ball. Lucky me. I didn't really know anyone in this class, but I did see the big burly guy Emmett, next to the blonde Rosalie, and the pixie looking girl Alice. When it came to choosing teams. Emmett and this other guy were chosen as team captains. To my surprise, he picked me first. I looked at him as if he was crazy astonished that he picked me before his own girlfriend or sister. They just grinned at me. While choosing other people for our team, I chose to study him. He resembled me even more than Jasper did and it scared me. We looked so much a lot right down to the dimples on our right cheek. No wonder everyone was staring at me.

I guess being new, must have made me a target. Nearly all the balls thrown from the opposite team were thrown at me. I dodged many without tripping. The ones I couldn't dodge, Emmett, Rosalie and Alice all blocked me. I was still curious as to why they would want to protect me. I was of no importance to them. In the end our team won, with us only losing five of our people, and their's seven. I hurried to change, thankful that I actually survived P.E. When I was finished dressing I walked over to thank them.

"Thank you so much. If it weren't for you guys. I'll probably be all black and blue by now." I grinned.

"Hey you have a dimple too. See I'm not alone here." Emmett said, and I looked at him confused.

"Don't worry about him. He has the attention span of a 5 year old." the short one said."I'm Alice, this is Rosalie, and he's Emmett." She grinned at me. Her topaz eyes sparkling. I just stare at them momentarily. All their faces, looked so familiar, but I just couldn't place it at all.

"Thanks. I'm Isabella, but please call me Bella." I smiled, they all grinned at me.

"Nice meeting you. I feel we're going to be the best of friends." Alice smiled at me.

"I hope so. With a quick wave of goodbye, I went out into the hallway to retrieve my books for the day.

Before I could even step out the door I heard the rumble of thundering, and soon it started raining. Boy, my luck was just astounding today. I get to walk home in the rain. I mean I lived down the street, but that was a still a pretty long walk. Rain was going to make it even worse. I thought about waiting it out, I looked up to the sky but it looked like the rain wasn't letting up anytime soon. Sighing I pulled my hood over my head and began the long trek home. I made it halfway down the road when a honk stopped me. I looked up to see a large jeep beside me. I was surprised when I saw the window roll down. There they all were sitting there grinning at me.

"Uh hello." I said standing there. I should have kept going; I was already soaked from head to toe.

"Need a lift?" Emmett asked.

"Uh…No thanks. I don't have much to go anyway." I lied. I still had to make it to the end of this road and turn before making it to my house. I started walking again.

"Come on Bells." Emmett said, and I stopped in my tracks. It was one of those triggers again. I do remember my older brother calling me that nickname. No one's said that to me in years. I looked at him in confusion.

"It's okay." I said again walking.

"While we're just going to follow you. There's no way we're going to let you walk alone in the rain." Rosalie called from the opposite side.

"Fine. Your waste of time. "I said as I began walking again. I swear I heard someone mutter "Still stubborn I see", but I let it slide. I made it another 7 feet, before my feet betrayed me, and I fell flat on my back.

"Great." I muttered to myself. I could hear snickering from the jeep and I swore again I heard someone muttered "Clumsy too." I probably looked like the swamp thing. I was soaked completely.

"Now there is absolutely no way, I'm letting you walk home like that." Emmett protested. I just glared at him.

"Come on get in." Rosalie said.

"There's no way. There's no room for me and besides I'm all wet and nasty. I'll just mess up the car." I protested. The rain was still coming full force and it was getting harder for me to see.

"You can just sit on someone's lap." Rosalie said.

"NO! I don't even know you people like that." I screeched. Again, I must have been hallucinating because a voice said "We know you more than you think."

"Look Bella we can do this the hard way or the easy way." Alice said.

"I said no-." Before I could even blink, I was sitting on Alice's lap.

"Wait a minute. I'm all wet. I'm messing up your car. I'm probably hurting you Alice. I'm serious just drop me off I'll-" I started.

"Shut up Bella!" They all said simultaneously. I just closed my mouth in shock. I was a little afraid. I didn't even know these people like that and here I am sitting on Alice's lap. It was an eerie quiet, and I couldn't help but mumble a quick "Awkward." They all must have heard because they all began laughing.

"Hey, don't laugh at me. How do I know that you all are not deranged psychos, who are kidnapping me, so you all can cut me up in pieces and sell me on the black market?" They all gaped at me.

"What?" I asked.

"You have a very vivid imagination." Jasper said astonished.

"I know." I smiled.

"We're here." Emmett said.

"Wait. How do- I never told you where I lived." I said confused."We saw you earlier in the week moving in." Rosalie answered.

"Oh. Well thanks for the ride. I'll pay for your dry-cleaning Alice, and the car. I proably made your car smell like wet dog. Again I'll pay for anything." "Bella shut up." They all said again.

"Fine. Touchy. Thanks again." I said sliding off Alice's lap. Again, I misplaced my trajectory and landed flat on my but.

"Bella can you even walk in a straight line, without causing danger to yourself?" Alice laughed.

"Ha, Ha. I try." I said getting up walking over to my door. Once they saw me safely inside, with a honk they were off. Cold and shivering, all I wanted was a hot bath and a nap as I headed up the steps. I couldn't help but think about the five faces I met, and that in some way I was connected to them…

JPOV

"We scared her." I said as we pulled into the driveway of our home.

"How do you know?" Emmett said, and we all looked at him dumbly.

"Hello Empath over here." I said sarcastically jumping out of the jeep.

"What I mean is why would she be scared of us?" he said as we walked inside. Esme was the closest thing we had to a mother figure. I kissed her on the cheek and sat down beside Alice.

"Well I don't know. Maybe the fact that were 5 strangers who she just met today, and gave her a ride." I said.

"Yeah she even thought we could be psychos." Edward laughed."I don't know why you're laughing. You almost ate her." Emmett growled.

"I know. I'm a monster. She just smells so heavenly, nothing I've ever smelled before." Edward breathed although it was useless."Well you better watch it. If you cause any harm to her. I'll pull you limb from limb myself." I growled, and Emmett nodded in approval.

"Oh you're talking about Bella." Esme cheered sitting on the couch.

"How is she?" she asked interested.

"She was beautiful. She even has my dimples, just like I remembered." Emmett grinned. Esme just smiled. She knew how we felt. Losing our parents was one thing, but knowing that she was out there with nowhere to go was heart- wrenching.

"I hate the fact she had to grow up all alone. She doesn't even remember us." Rosalie pouted.

"She remembers something, but we have to be careful what we say around her. She isn't ready to know yet. I've had multiple visions of us telling her and it doesn't end well. She needs more time." Alice pushed.

"It's hard, knowing she's there just in arm's grasp." Emmett said."I know dear, we lost her once and we won't lose her again." Esme said patting his knee.

"I know that's for sure. She's just the same. Clumsy and as stubborn as ever." Alice grinned.

"Boy I wish mom and dad could see her now Em." I whispered, although I knew he heard me.

"They know Jas, they know." He smiled back at me.