Bella's POV

I was beginning to lose count of the number of times I had gone through high school since becoming a Cullen. It had to be at least seven, and that was just high school. Edward and I had also gone to numerous universities, acquiring various degrees. After about my third go around in high school, the novelty wore off and I realized the true torture Edward and my siblings endured during the long hours at school. It was a truly monotonous experience for people who held multiple degrees at the doctorate level. But we all braved the monotony of high school because we knew this was the best way to live undetected with humans.

On this particular high school go around, the whole family was not in attendance. Emmett and Rosalie opted out of high school this time. They still lived with the family, but held different jobs at the hospital along with Carlisle. Renesmee and Jacob were also taking a break from school. They had decided to move away from the family for a little while, although they still visited frequently. This was Renesmee's first time living apart from the family, but it was bearable for Edward and I because we both knew how truly happy she was with Jacob.

The past few times through high school, we were always missing a few members of the family. We could only handle high school so many times in a row, so we worked out a system of who would go to school and who would get a job whenever we moved to a new town. It made us a lot less conspicuous when there were only a few of us enrolled in one school.

This time, it was just Edward and I along with Alice and Jasper. We pretended to transfer into this particular high school as sophomores; Jasper really couldn't pass for anything younger than that. We stuck to the classic story of transferring from a school in Alaska. Alice and Edward pretended to be brother and sister (the Cullen's) while Jasper and I were twins (the Hale's); we were all of course adopted by Carlisle and Esme. We always used this classic charade, swapping various members of the family in and out for different towns and schools. People always bought our little act, no matter what.

Since we were all sophomores, each of my classes included at least one member of my family. I was amazed at how little the high school curriculum had changed over the last century. I was still taking many of the same classes that I once taken so long ago at Forks High School. Sadly, gym class had never been taken out of the high school program. I didn't dread going to gym class every day for the same reasons I had when I was human, in fact it was for the exact opposite reasons now. I found the everyday participation in various sports in gym class to be incredibly boring. For me, there was no pleasure in the normal human forms of physical activity after experiencing life as a vampire.

I was lucky enough to have Jasper with me in gym class, so we could suffer together. We were due to start a new sport today, which was good news after the disastrous gymnastics unit we had just completed the day before. During the gymnastics unit, Jasper and I had come very close to exposing our secret; I smiled as I remembered what happened…

It was really entirely my fault, and I was lucky Jasper had been there to help cover it up. The gymnastics unit had been especially difficult for me because it was hard for me to fake human clumsiness, even though I had been so incredibly clumsy as a human. On the day of the close call, the class was practicing cartwheels. We were split into partners to critique each other's form. Jasper and I were together, naturally, and after completing about five perfect cartwheels each, I got bored. Without thinking, I channeled my boredom into executing a perfect front flip, landing exactly where I had been standing.

I knew it was a stupid move, but it was also very unlucky that the gym teacher, Mr. Farmer, happened to be looking in my direction when I did it. As Mr. Farmer made his way over to us, with an expression of shock on his face, I looked at Jasper with pleading eyes. Jasper looked back at me with a slight smirk on his face. "Miss Hale, did I just see you do a front flip?" Mr. Farmer asked me incredulously.

"Oh, Mr. Farmer…" I began, but Jasper interrupted.

"I helped her Mr. Farmer, we were just fooling around," he said smoothly.

Mr. Farmer looked from Jasper back to me with an expression of doubt on his face, and then said, "I really could have sworn I saw you do it yourself Miss Hale." I frantically tried to come up with an explanation, but Jasper beat me to it.

"I'll show you, Mr. Farmer. We really do this all the time." I looked at Jasper, confused, but he grabbed me before I could say anything. He suddenly picked me up and quickly guided my body through a flip, setting me back on my feet. Mr. Farmer looked at us curiously for a few seconds, then smiled

"Well that's certainly a funny little trick, you two. You definitely had me fooled," Mr. Farmer said as he walked away, laughing. I sighed in relief, he had totally bought it.

Jasper patted me on the back in a patronizing way, then said, "let's not do that again, Bella." I just nodded in agreement, thanking him with a look of gratitude.

…Back in the present, Mr. Farmer announced the next sport we would be learning: soccer. I really hoped I could control my boredom in this sport; I couldn't handle talking my way through another slip up. As Mr. Farmer droned on about the rules and basic technique of soccer, I looked at Jasper and rolled my eyes. He returned my eye roll, and then smiled. Mr. Farmer finished up his explanation, and we all headed out to the soccer field.

We were split us up into two teams for a scrimmage; Jasper and I were put on separate teams. I jogged at a painfully slow pace to keep up with the game. I occasionally got the ball, but I was careful to lose it quickly to the other team. Jasper, on the other hand, was not so careful. I watched with wide eyes as he gracefully moved the ball all the way up the field, past my team, and then easily kicked it into the goal. I shot him a dirty look as he ran past me, and mouthed, "Show off." Jasper just shrugged and smiled at me.

I decided the next time I got the ball I would score a goal for my team; it was only fair after what Jasper did. Sure enough, a few minutes later one of my teammates scooted the ball over to me. I ran off, weaving in and out of the other team. When I was just past the halfway mark of the field, Jasper ran to my side. He tried to steal the ball from me, but I just ran faster. He easily caught up to me, so I elbowed him, forcing him off balance. As he stumbled a little behind me, I pushed myself to run a little faster. I was probably pushing the limit on running too fast, but I really wanted to show Jasper up. Jasper quickly caught up to me once again, and lifted an arm to push me. I was momentarily distracted as I tried to dodge his arm, and before I knew it, Jasper's leg had twisted with my own, sending us both sprawling into the ground.

The ball skidded to the side, clearly missing the goal as Jasper and I untangled ourselves after the fall. I stood up, brushing the dirt and grass from my clothes. Jasper stood beside me, laughing. I shoved him, using most of my strength, causing him to stagger back a few steps, "Jasper! What was that for? I let you score a goal!" I said.

Jasper smirked at me, then said, "Bella, I only did what was necessary; you were running way too fast for a human. You should be thanking me for saving you from explaining your super-speed to Mr. Farmer. These slip ups are getting all too common, Bella. I mean really, you're lucky I'm here to keep you in check."

I glared at him, "I was not going too fast, Jasper. I was in control." I could tell he was taunting me and my retort seemed lame, so I just walked away.

By the end of our little tussle, the class was over and everyone was rushing back inside to change. I easily caught up to the crowed of girls headed to the locker room. When I reached my locker, I quickly put my regular clothes on, angrily shoving my grass-stained gym uniform into my bag. Thanks to Jasper, I would have to wash the stains out later. I rushed out of the locker room, eager to put the embarrassing gym class behind me. As soon as I stepped out, I saw that Jasper was waiting for me.

I tried to walk past him, but he stayed by my side. He said, "Come on, Bella. You can't stay mad at me about this, I was only trying to help, and you have to admit it was funny." When I didn't respond, he kept talking, "if you really want to, we can have a rematch later tonight. You can run as fast as you want, and I promise I'll play fair."

I stopped, considering his offer. I wasn't sure if I wanted to make this soccer incident a big deal, so I said, "I don't know, Jasper. I guess I'll think about it." Jasper smiled at me, clearly happy that I wasn't ignoring him anymore. We continued walking towards the cafeteria; Edward and Alice would be waiting for us to go to lunch.

As soon as Edward and Alice came into view, I wished I could turn and run the other way. They were both clearly laughing. They obviously saw exactly what just happened between Jasper and I. If I was still human, I definitely would have been blushing in embarrassment. I glared at Jasper, and in that moment I decided there would definitely be a rematch tonight.

End.