Crescent Star
Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or any other of the series (All of which are the best!)
Summary (Detailed): Um…well, I love the Bella/Edward romance, but I just HAD to write this. It's an Edward/Oc fic. Essie was the quiet picked on girl. The Cullens help her out a number of times.
POV person's thoughts
'Other people's thoughts'
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"Go away." A girl with shocking jade green eyes and brown hair that just reached her shoulders, glared mentally at the girl that was perched on the edge of her cafeteria table.
"No, actually, I don't think I will." The girl waved a sheet of perfectly silky hair over her shoulder. Lauren. The one thing the other girl, Esmeralda, couldn't stand. And trust me, this girl was very patient. She could wait for a million years for a pig to fly, if she believed it could.
"Go Away."
"Aww, are you getting frustrated?" Lauren cooed, and Essie scooted over to the end of the bench and stood, bringing her armful of books with her, walking off.
"That's right, run away from the big mean Lauren!" Lauren taunted, and Essie stared forward as she passed multiple tables, including the 'Cullen Table'.
Lauren, eager to cause her humiliation within such a close proximity of the Cullens, caught up quickly.
"And where are you going?" She asked, mockingly, before sticking a foot out in front of the other girl's path.
Essie yelped in surprise, and fell hard…hitting her head on the foot of Edward Cullen.
She hissed, and held her head, and with dismay, felt a goose egg forming. Her books had scattered everywhere, but as she made to get up, she had to slap a palm on the cool linoleum to steady herself. The cafeteria had gone completely silent, and Essie figured that all eyes were on them. Of course they were. Essie, the quiet shy one had just fell on a Cullen. It was unheard of. It was scandalous. It was the rest of the week's juicy gossip. It was…heart stopping, fascinatingly scary.
Essie took a couple deep breaths, trying to stop her head from throbbing.
"Take a-" Lauren was cut off. Edward Cullen had stood, and carefully stepped over the crumpled girl at his feet.
"Enough. Leave her alone." Essie heard him say, and she guessed Lauren was gaping.
"Pardon me?" She asked, shocked.
"You heard me." Essie's head was still throbbing, but she managed a silent gasp of surprise. No one had ever bothered to do that, to defend her like that.
It was even more shocking when he bent down and started picking her books up.
"I...uh…that's not…I can do it?" She stuttered out, head bowed, still holding the side of it.
Edward didn't respond. She peered out at him from under her eyelashes. He picked up her Calculus book, and a paper fell out. She recognized it immediately. It was a handwritten copy of her favorite song; she'd memorized the words completely.
She snatched it up, crumpling it in the process. She stood quickly, and immediately regretted the fast movement, her head protesting.
"Um…thanks." She whispered, going to take her books, but he started walking towards the doors, saying just one word.
"Come." She blinked, and kept her head down as she scurried after him.
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