E.P.O.V: 'Unbelievably tedious.' I thought to myself while gazing, with absolutely no interest, at the chalk board at the rooms front.
I must've made a face because Bella, the eternal love of my eternal life, giggled next to me.
I switched my gaze to her beautiful angelic face and saw her staring at me from the corner of her eye. I raised an eyebrow at her.
I saw a picture if myself, with a very comical pout on my face, through her mind, followed by her thoughts.
'Again with the tedious rant Edward?'
I smiled at her and shrugged fractionally so that the other students of the class wouldn't notice our private talk.
I was very proud of Bella. Not long after she was changed into a vampire, she had learned to use her gift quite skillfully.
As a shield she could protect other peoples minds from mental intrusions or attacks by expanding her gift. She could also lift it from herself, giving me access to her mind if though only for short periods of time.
Bella giggled again.
' Well don't worry sweetie, trig is almost over.'
I grinned and felt a floor of love rush over me when she called me sweetie. I glanced at the clock on the opposite side of the room. She was right. In another seventy eight seconds we would be free.
I returned my attention to Bella to find her looking around the room with an almost sad expression on her face. I tried to hear what was upsetting her through her thoughts, but her shield was back in place.
i opened my mouth to ask what she was thinking right as the last bell rang out shrilly though out the school, dismissing us. We gathered our things and started toward the parking lot.
"Bella? Whats the matter love?" I asked taking her hand.
She looked up at the clouds, into the light drizzle of rain.
"Its so weird being back after all this time. So much has changed, but everything is the same." she frowned a little and looked into my eyes. " I'm not making sense am I?"
I captured a stray lock of hair and removed it from her face and tucked it behind here ear. "I understand Bella. There are a lot of memories in Forks."
She nodded her heard. " Yes. Good and bad ones.."
I winced slightly. Many of those bad memories were my doing. Like when I left her while she was human thinking, foolishly, that she would be safer without me in her life. Needless to sat that hadn't worked out.
Guessing my train of thought, Bella smack my arm.
" Not that Edward! You know i don't hold that against you. I was talking about... I meant Charlie.." She turned her gaze toward the ground.
Ah, now i understood. Charlie was killed in the line of duty shortly after we left Forks.
He died saving a woman and her child from an enraged father with whiskey on his breath and a loaded gun to their heads. He was shot through the chest and died later that day at the hospital.
Once we had heard of Charlie's loss, we arranged for a private funeral and burial so that our lack of ageing wouldn't be noticed.
The day we laid Charlie to rest was the day Bella tracked and killed her first human. She avenged Charlie's murder but she had also taken a life, she was depressed for months afterwards. Even now she is still haunted by what she had done, though none of us blamed her. It was a sad day for us all.
All of that happened about one hundred and twenty five years ago, In her eyes the only saving grace was that she had merely killed the man, she did not drink his blood. Her eyes have always remained a flawless gold. since then she had never hunted or killed a human.
I rubbed her arm sympatheticly. Bella pull herself together, never one to show weakness, and smiled sheepishly at me. I smiled back and pulled her to my chest, embracing her, before taking her hand and continueing toward the car. Alice was waiting for us with her arms open, an invitation to bella. Chuckling abit bella allowed herself to be needlessly soothed.
"I'm fine, really. I appreciate the hug though." Bella said ending the embrace
Alice shrugged " I know how hard sometimes for you to be back after everything that happened." She shook her head. " I never thought Mike Newton would be an abusive drunk."
Bella winced and i opened my mouth to yell at Alice, but Bella stopped me.
" I was just glad that Jessica and her daughter were o.k." I started to rubbing her arm again. I walked Bella to the passenger side door while Alice climbed in the backseat.
"So, Rose take the others home?" Bella asked conversationally
"yup. All but Renesme and Jacob, they wanted to catch a movie."
I gripped the steering wheel tightly and frowned.
" She could have done so much better than that mongrel." I mumbled to myself. Again Bella Smacked my arm.
"Still Edward? After all this time you're still mopey?" She asked grinning at me.
Alice laughed from the backseat " He's an eternal father, this is his job. Besides depp down he kinda thought Jacob would be dead by now." She giggled
I kept my eyes on the road, feeling that Bella was not giving A look but THE look.
" Anyway how did Bryan do today?" She asked changing the subject.
" He didn't kill anybody. But Jaspers taking him hunting as soon as they get home." I answered her.
Bella nodded her head in understanding.
" Its so strange. It seems as though it were yesterday that it was Jasper who was having control issues. Now he is helping Bryan learn to control his thirst," Alice mused aloud. I nodded in agreement.
"Thats why Japser Was so willing to help. Bryan is so much like what Jasper used to be. Jasper understands him, causing him and Bryan to have a bond." I informed them while taking the turn onto the drive way that lead to house.
"That seems about Bryan needs some-" Alice broke off suddenly and just as quickly my vision was replaced by a flashing show of pictures, Alice's vision.
I growled as I regained my sight and threw the car into park as we came up to the house, where the rest of our family stood waiting for us.
I turned my attention straight to Carlise. " How did we NOT see this coming?" I growled.
