CHAPTER 1: New, Unrecognizable FeelingsI walked up to French class with Bella, and I smelled him. He was near the cafeteria, about 50 kilometers away. I was sidetracked, too busy to notice anything but the smells around me. Even Bella noticed.

"Mai? Mai!!""Huh?" I looked at her, confused.

"Are you on this planet today? Were you even listening to me?"

"Uh yeah you were saying something about...about...uh...sorry, I've really been distracted today.""Yea I can tell. Let's just go to class."

"Huh?""Just come on."Reluctantly I walked up the steps into my French class."Bonjour Mai, Isabelle.""Bonjour Madame."The last person came into the room just as the bell rang. I smelled him...the teacher started talking again."I have assigned each of you new seats, and will put them up on the overhead."Once the sheet was set up, I searched for my name. Mai, Mai, Mai...I was sitting in the very back, left chair of the middle table. I didn't bother to see who was sitting next to me, until I looked up when I got there. Crap. It was him. The teacher had put the two of us together! Ugh! If she only knew. Once Edward and I locked eyes, we both simultaneously walked up to the teacher.
I got there first.

"Um, excuse me Madame. Would it be too much of a problem if I could sit in another seat? I don't think that I will be able to concentrate."At this point, Edward had pulled up beside me. I didn't have to look, his stench was amazingly close. On impulse, I pulled away. We locked eyes again, and I blushed. I thought, "I don't ever blush. What is wrong with me?" I looked back at the teacher. Edward had started speaking to her.

"Madame, I think it would benefit the both of us," his eyes glancing at me as he continued, "that is, Mai and I(I liked the way he said that...what is my problem?!), if we sat in different seats."
"Well Mr. Cullen, Ms. Black, unfortunately for you, you are just going to have to suffer this semester sitting next to each other. If this repulses you so, you are going to have to bring it up with the principal. Now, please take your seats, I must get started." She was done talking to us, announcing it by turning around in her chair.I'm sure my mouth had been open this whole time. Edward's voice had completely allured me. I just stared at him, my heart beating fast. He then turned around and walked to the back of the room. I just stood there. I was probably drooling, watching how gracefully he walked..."Ms. Black, if you are done staring, would you please take your seat!"That's when everyone started laughing, I blushed even harder, smiled, and went to the back of the room.
God the smell! I tried to scoot my chair as far as it would go away from him. He was watching me, and when I looked at his face, he grinned and laughed. I swear, there was not a lovlier laugh in the world. It reminded me of wind chimes, swaying with the wind. I saw that most of the girls in the class looked back at this time. I blushed again and smiled back. "Avez-vous su que vous sentez comme un chien? (Do you know that you smell like a dog?)" he asked.I just blinked at him. He laughed again.
Madame had started her lecture, and so I tried, unsuccessfully, to pay attention. So instead of listening to Madame babble on, I tried to block out all noise. This was one of the things that I can do. I am able to block out noises, loud noises. Like hearing a huge concert, and then seconds later hearing nothing but my heart. And thats just what I did. But blocking out one of my senses meant that another was a kind of super-sense. This time, it was my sense of smell. Bad choice. All I could smell was the scent of his skin. It smelt repulsing, and at the same time like some sort of drug. It made me want more of it. I looked over at him, and he was staring at me again, his mouth turned upwards ever-so slightly. I don't know what possessed me, it was either the sexy smile or the smell, but at that moment all I wanted to do was kiss him, to turn the smell into taste and to breathe him in, and to hold onto him forever. I was out of breath. I scooted my chair back into its regular position so that I was closer to him. I kept moving closer, closer, closer..."MAI!!!!" (Madame had apparently been trying to get my attention for some time)
I fell out of my chair, and trying to keep my balance, grabbed onto Edward's sweater. I let go as soon as I grabbed it. I had managed to feel his skin underneath it, because it was so cold. But I felt as if I everything in my body had heated up, and then I started trembling. I knew that I needed to get out of there. I stood up as fast as I could, and darted out the door without looking back. I heard the teacher calling after me to come back, but I knew my secret would be revealed if I did. Once I was out of sight of the classroom, I broke into a sprint. I was still trembling, and was very surprised I hadn't phased yet. I ran until I got to the back of the school, where there was a small stretch of trees beside the beach. Soon as I got into the cover of the firs, I was trembling so violently that I had to stop running. I lost my concentration and tripped, falling into one of the dead tree trunks that was laying in front of me. I heard a snap, but I was in so much pain I didn't know if it was something of mine that broke or the tree. So much pain! I just want it to all go away..go away..go away...