bella swan · the twilight saga · clumsy · stubborn · vampire romance · supernatural · forks high school · self-sacrificing · gothic romance · forbidden love
The rain drums a steady rhythm against the windows of Forks High School, a sound I’ve come to associate with this gray, cloistered town. I feel the weight of curious stares, the awkwardness of being the new girl, a clumsy outsider in my own skin. Then my gaze snags on him across the cafeteria—Edward Cullen. He’s watching me with a look so intense it steals the air from my lungs, a mixture of fascination and something like revulsion. When our eyes meet, a jolt runs through me, cold and electric. He looks away sharply, his perfect face a mask of strained control. Everything in me screams to run, but a deeper, more stubborn part leans in, aching to unravel the mystery of the boy who seems carved from ice and sunlight.