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BPOV
He's gone… no… He can't be gone. He told me he loved me, but the look on his face, he must have been serious right? Right?
It has been 6 months since Edward left and everything was the same no distinguishing features just breathing in and out the boring hum of my shell of a life. I wasn't truly alive without him nothing was worth trying for anymore they were just there.
Nothing had any meaning without him; I went through the motions for Charlie's peace of mind: I went out shopping or to a movie every now and again but no one was fooled. Today was just another day, but a new student was arriving today. Just like that day a year ago when I first came here and I first saw… Him… No it was just another person passing through my life going through his own story, mine was over, it had ended when he left.
But now it's time to put up another façade if I wasn't involved in most major discussions Charlie would hear about it, after all there were no secrets in Forks… except for one… But now isn't the time. What was the new kid's name? Zach, Zack, Zeke? I forgot dammit! Maybe it won't matter. Maybe he'll sit at one of the empty tables just please not he only table that had only two empty seats (Edward & Alice btw). Then I saw the new kid for the first time, he was the second scariest thing I had ever seen.
An aura of darkness and a muddle of unpleasant emotions was almost a visible haze around him. And just my luck he spots the empty seat next to Mike, directly across from me. Holy crap! He wore a leather riding jacket and black jeans he had a full head of light brown hair that seemed to have its own independent movements. He had about three piercings in his right ear and on his left ear there were three jagged scars as if the three piercings' matches had been torn out by something. As I took the time to take all this in I was only vaguely aware that he was staring back with confusion in his eyes, his cold black eyes. They were two jet black stones set into his features, which I discovered were quite handsome. Except for the eyes…
Then he abruptly turned and directed his cold gaze to Jessica who, like most girls in the cafeteria, was openly gawking at the dark stranger. I took advantage of this moment to pay more attention to my meatloaf. As I was eating I could feel his gaze return to me like icicles on my scalp I chanced a look at him to find him staring back, but it wasn't the same stare as before there was something else. The look in his eyes was tired and maybe a little bit of sadness. I tried to break his gaze and continue eating lunch but I couldn't. Suddenly we were interrupted by Jess who was pressured into talking to the new kid by Angela and Lauren. "Hi! My name is Jessica Stanley and you are?" she said. I could tell she was about to start flirting with him so I began to stand when the new guy spoke, "Zeke, Zeke Dent." His voice was gruff but it had something about it a soft spot in it possibly sadness? Jessica obviously took this as encouragement and began to babble, a slight grimace touched Zeke's face but it quickly turned into a false smile. I slowly began to inch away but then something clicked. Dent? I think- "Bella you aren't going to say anything to our newest student?" Jessica asked. "Um. Yeah, welcome to Forks?" I said. His only response was to stare that cold piercing stare from earlier. I turned and walked out of the cafeteria, perhaps a bit faster than I should have and the whole time I could feel his stare but once again there was something about it. What was it?!
