Summary: The Cullens are enrolled in an expensive private school. Here they are all required to take a special health class. They learn about preventing unhealthy relationships, being responsible, not taking risks, and the complications of teenage pregnancy.
Healthy Relationships
Chapter 1: Fuzzy
It was the last period of the day in my first time in high school as a vampire. More importantly, Renesmee was finally of an age where she would grow at an only slightly accelerated pace. She looked to be about 14, and she was going to her first day of school, as an eighth grader. In reality, she was just barely the age of a kindergartner, but that didn't matter. She was completely caught up with her classmates physically and mentally.
Being their only granddaughter's first time in school meant everything was going to be done right. Carlisle and Esme were sending Renesmee to one of the top private schools in the world. Which only meant, that her "brothers" and "sisters" were going to have to go there too.
In my stiff blue and white uniform, I walked into eighth period alongside my husband of 4 years, as of a month ago. I perked up a little at seeing Alice and Jasper in this class, and I hurried to steal a seat next to my favorite sister. Jasper looked more than relieved that I had done this, and I later learned it was because it appeared some oily, dirty boy on the other side of the room was about to come over and make a move on his wife. Edward, similarly, hurried to sit in front of me, since the other seat next to me was already occupied.
The board in the front of the room told me this was our tenth grade health class, the last health class required by the school. Rosalie and Emmett, posing as juniors, were going to be required to take this class because the school prided itself on having one of the best health programs. They required at least one year of their health class for all transfers.
The bell was about ten seconds from ringing when Rosalie and Emmett, looking as flushed as possible for vampires, came and took the seats next to Edward and in front of Alice and Jasper.
The bell rung. "Good afternoon class!" cried a small, older woman from the front. I heard Jasper murmuring to Alice who had a frustrated expression across her features.
I tore off a piece of paper from my pretty new notebook.
Alice, did you get a vision?
No, on the contrary. I can't see anything that is going to happen in this class. It's just a big fuzzy mess. Kind of like if all the werewolves we knew were crowded in this little room.
Maybe Edward will know who is causing it.
Our teacher listened as we all muttered softly, "Good afternoon" to her in low, bored voices that were not at all convincing.
"When I say good afternoon I expect a good response. Now, let's try this again, shall we?"
"Good afternoon, class."
And in one, joined and loud shout, "Good afternoon Mrs. Rivers!"
"Much better. Now I'm going to take attendance and then we shall discuss and begin on our first unit."
It was better if the Cullens used different names everywhere we went. Our identities had to remain secrets.
"Firstly, everyone get up. You are sitting in alphabetical order. So, first seat in the first column, James Bright."
We all scattered out of our seats to stand around the room as Mrs. Rivers continued to call out names and direct them to seats. I stood next to Edward, and while Mrs. Rivers had her back turned, whispered, "Alice can't see anything that is happening in this classroom all year, do you see anyone that could be a cause for it?"
I saw Alice, Jasper, Rosalie, and Emmett listening for their little brother's answer: "It's Mrs. Rivers, I think, I can see in her mind, but not without some difficulty. She's quite the unpredictable lady, which means even as a mere human she has the ability to stump you Alice."
Alice looked a little annoyed, and Jasper was trying to convince her to stop worry. Then, our names began to be called.
"Emmett McCarty, Isabella McCarty." She called out. I followed Emmett quietly and took the seat behind him in the middle of the room. Emmett and I were posing as brother and sister because we had a similar hair color, and as Esme said, the same ability to scare Edward. Alice had gone to more extremes this time, and found matching colored contacts for the two of us, who were posing as having blue eyes. These new contacts were stronger, and didn't dissolve in our venom. Surely, they were beyond annoying, but Alice said it would be necessary this year. This private school was not one to shun people, and we were sure to be in the spotlight more than before.
As the seats slowly got students, I prayed that the seat next to me would be filled with Edward, or at the least, one of my family members who made up about a quarter of the class anyway. Mrs. Rivers pointed to the seat next to me and called out, "Edward Platt." Edward and Nessie were going to be Esme's younger half-brother and half-sister that she had taken in.
Edward and I shared a big smile, that didn't go unnoticed by the teacher or many of our classmates. Well, the sooner they knew we were together, the better. Right?
After she called out the rest of the family, who were seated near the back of the room but together, Mrs. Rivers called the class to order.
"This quarter our topic will be healthy relationships. We will go through signs of unhealthy ones, ways to avoid them, and ways to get out of them. Then we will move on to the next unit that is very much related, and that is being responsible with drugs, alcohol, and of course with your relationships. And before this quarter is over all of you will learn the consequences of getting too serious, too fast. Then teenage pregnancy, which I will hope to prevent in all of you, by giving each of you an electronic baby to take care of for a week."
As she paused between this sentence and the next Edward flashed a grin at me, and I couldn't help but chuckle at him. After all, I had been involved in a teenage pregnancy...
"Something funny, Miss McCarty?"
"No. Sorry, Mrs. Rivers."
"Right. I don't want to hear anything from you or any of you, while I am speaking , understood?"
I nodded my head and moved my eyes from hers, to my lap. I stared at the itchy knee-length blue skirt I would be forced to wear every day and the boring white button down shirt that was neatly tucked into it. Rosalie was probably the only one who could actually pull off this look.
"The first thing I have for you, is a quiz I want all of you to take for homework. It's mostly just a survey to learn about any relationships you may, or currently do have. I want you all to take this seriously. The second worksheet that I am handing out to you, I want you to do with a partner, or groups of three, with the people around you. It's just to find out how much you know about this topic. When you finish, bring your papers to the front, and you may begin on your homework."
I heard a boy behind me muttering something about stupid teachers who give stupid homework on the stupid first day of school. The kid needed vocabulary lessons...
Emmett turned around to me and Edward and said, "Hello, group," he laughed.
We pushed our desks together and read the first question.
What are some signs of an unhealthy relationship?
Edward, always the model student, begin to list things aloud and then write them down, "Abuse," he wrote down in his elegant script.
My handwriting wasn't nearly as bad as it used to be, but it was nothing like Edward's early 20th century writing.
Emmett, who always found humor in things, gave Edward a funny look and started making his own list, "Over Protectiveness," Emmett wrote down on his worksheet.
Then, Edward put down his pen and Emmett laughed at Edward's expression as he turned to me, "I'm not over protective, right, honey?"
I smiled and shook my head but Emmett laughed, "Not over protective? Ha. Well, here's another one: controlling," I laughed along with Emmett as we both wrote this down on our papers. Edward did not.
"What else, little sister?" Emmett asked me, this time.
"Hmmm... stalking." I muttered, as we both wrote this down. Edward was already on the next question, but Emmett and I continued our list.
"Well said, well said. Do you think sneaking into a girl's room while she's asleep and watching her and listening to her while she slept qualifies as stalking?"
Edward, at hearing this, snapped his pen in half and splattered ink all over his white button down.
I handed him my spare pen. Emmett and I couldn't help but grin wildly.
"Anything else you can think of?" he asked.
"No, I think that's enough of that." I said, as I watched my husband's anger finally ebb.
The rest of the class went smoothly, as I didn't let Emmett continue annoying Edward.
The bell rung for the end of the day, and on our way out we handed our worksheets in to Mrs. Rivers.
She shook her head as she saw Edward with the ink all over his shirt.
The six of us piled into the minivan that Edward had bought a few years ago. Apparently, it was more safe for Renesmee this way.
The rest of the family mocked him for driving a "dad car". I told him not to worry, because he was a dad. He wasn't convinced.
The middle school let out at the same time as its adjoining high school, so we went to wait for Renesmee to come out. Emmett had to drive the minivan, because he and Rose were the only ones who were actually "sixteen". Edward and I were in the back seat, and we left space between us for our daughter. Emmett pulled up to the pick up lane in the middle school and stuck his head out the window in search of his niece.
Rosalie smacked him and told him to keep his head in the car if he wanted to keep it on his head.
Of course, he listened.
Jasper muttered something to Alice that sounded like: whipped.
Emmett must of heard the same thing because he spun around and glared at Jasper. Before they could pounce on each other, Renesmee was opening the door and she slid in the back between Edward and me.
"Hey, sweetheart, how was your first day?" I questioned.
She leaned her head on my shoulder and looked up at me, "Boring, actually."
Emmett was now zooming out of the school. His driving scared me the most.
"Make any friends?" Rosalie asked, turning around to face us.
"No."
Edward and I shared a concerned look over our daughter's head.
Now, noticing her dad, she said, "But, it looks like you guys had an exciting day. I don't think I've ever seen dad with a stain on his shirt."
I did my best to keep a straight face and act like it was nothing. But, Emmett, of course could not.
"You see guys, I think today in health Bella and I discovered that many of the signs in her relationship point to an unhealthy, abusive one. Since Bella is my little sister and I need to look out for her-"
"Enough, Emmett," Jasper said soothingly. He sent Edward and Emmett a strong wave of calm that even I could feel, "You don't want Edward to explode."
Edward growled despite the calm.
Renesmee and I had to hold Edward back from jumping on his brother. "Oh, and, Nessie, it's not just your Dad, even your Mom got called out in class!" Emmett screeched.
Now, when he parked the car, I was ready with Edward to wrestle Emmett.
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I think I need a little break from my other story, so I think I might try and divide
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