"Lucy, are you ready? We need to leave." Edward was standing at my door leaning casually against the frame with a nervous smile on his perfect boyish face.
"Yeah just a sec," I said grabbing my bag off the couch and walking to the door, "are you ready for this? Is it going to be too much?" I added acknowledging his nervous demeanor.
"I'm going to be fine, like I said it's going to take more than some girl to run me out of town." His said replacing his smile with a new more confident, I daresay cocky grin.
"Ok… as long as you're sure."
"I am."
"Good, now let's go, don't want to be late now do we?" I said with a grin of my own, like we could be late with Edward driving the way he does.
He smiled at my thoughts and headed downstairs with me not far behind him. Carlisle and Esme were on the couch watching the news and they came over to us to say bye before we headed to school.
"You be careful Edward ok? Have a good day son." Carlisle said as he patted Edward on the shoulder.
"I will." Edward said skillfully responding to both statements in those two words.
"You too, Lucy, have a wonderful day." Carlisle added as he leaned forward to press a small kiss to my forehead.
"I always do." I said with a slight smirk, even though I didn't over socialize with the masses at Forks High, I was the most outgoing of all the Cullens when it came to interacting with humans so I usually had more fun than them being that I didn't spend all my time brooding in a corner ignoring and alienating everyone there. Though I do have an advantage with my power, I don't feel like such an outcast because I blend in more than the others.
"Yes we know," Esme said with a smile she came and kissed both mine and Edwards's cheeks. "We love you both." She added stressing the both part, they try to emphasize that they love to make me feel more comfortable and I appreciate it but it really is unnecessary, I love my new home and my new family very dearly and I know they love me.
"Love you too." Edward and I both said as we headed to the car.
Alice and Jasper were already waiting in the Volvo when we entered the car. With there being six of us, there isn't room in one car for all of us, at least not legally, so Rosalie and Emmett take Rosalie's car.
The ride to school was short and uneventful. The beginning of the day was boring, mostly going over stuff I already know being as I had already been in this grade once before. Lunch came quickly and as I sat down I looked up and sent a smile and a wave toward Angela and Jessica, which they returned. Both were two of the people I stuck to talking to, mostly just during class, but sometimes I would go to Port Angeles with them, but it was a rare occurrence. They were nice girls maybe Jess was a little talkative but sweet all the same.
I sat down at the table and turned to my family. The boys' hair was all wet from snow that had melted there and Emmett started shaking his head like a dog to dry it a little.
"Come on Em, stop it." I said in protest as Alice Rose and I leaned away from him to remain dry, but despite this all three of us shared in with the laughter. I loved when they were like this, carefree, with mirth sparkling in their beautiful eyes.
Just as we were settling down from our little laugh fest Edward turned his head, I moved my eyes in the direction of his gaze and I started at the sight I was met with. He was staring at the new girl, Bella, but that was not what got my attention, sitting next to Bella, was a boy, about mine and Edward's age, he was the most beautiful boy I had ever seen and I live with a bunch of vampires so that is saying something. He was turned to the side having a conversation with Mike, so I took the opportunity to study his features. He had dark brown hair fashioned in a sort of spiky way. His skin was pale but not as pale as my family's, it was the healthy kind of pale and the skin looked soft and smooth, not a blemish to be seen. He was sitting down but he looked like he would be tall, and he was built quite nicely, nothing like Emmett, but appealing none the less.
I guess Edward had pulled his gaze away from Bella and caught me staring and thinking about this mysterious new boy because he chuckled softly and kicked my leg under the table to get my attention.
"Yes may I help you?" I said not hiding my irritation.
"You were staring, I thought you might want to know." He stated with a smirk.
At this I blushed-(a/n yes blushed I will explain later.) I hated it when he smirked at me, and where does he get off anyway he had just been staring at Bella too, but I guess its different when he can hear my thoughts and I cant hear his, he knew what I was thinking when I was looking at the boy, what he thought when he looked at Bella was a mystery to me.
"Exactly." He said in response to my train of thought.
"You know you're annoying right?" I snapped at him. I mean I love him and all but sometimes I kind of want to strangle him.
"Love you too, and to that last part, consider the feeling mutual." Another smirk adorning that face of his.
"GAH." I said in frustration. "You are insufferable!" After I said this I stomped off, threw away my lunch and walked to my next class, which I unfortunately had with Edward but he sat next to Bella so, I'm guessing he's going to be too busy trying not to kill her to make fun of me.
I walked into Biology and took my seat. My usual lab partner was this girl Chloe but she just moved recently, which I am sort of grateful for because right now I really don't want to associate with people, I am still annoyed with Edward and my mood is a bit foul.
People started coming in from lunch and when Bella walked in I swear that if my heart was still beating it would have stopped. Walking in right after her was that boy, they were having a conversation about something but I didn't really catch it, I wasn't really paying attention to what they were saying. Bella went over to her desk and the boy went over to speak with Mr. Banner who just finished handing out microscopes and slides to each table. I saw Edward enter and as he went over to his table he shared with Bella I sent him a Good Luck in my head, he turned to me and nodded discreetly.
I heard someone mutter a ahem to the left of me so I turned to see what they wanted, and who would be standing there but Mr. New Boy himself.
"Hi, I'm Lee, Lee Swan, I just moved here." He said as he took a seat next to me. I blinked a couple of times to get over my shock because when he had introduced himself I had caught my first glimpse of his eyes and they were the most amazing bluish-green color.
" Well then, welcome to Forks High School, I'm Lucy Cullen." I put on my brightest smile and worked my people skills. "Wait did you say Swan?" Ooh…Lightbulb! He couldn't be related to Bella…could he?
"I did, is that ok?" Goodness I loved his voice, it was relaxed but sophisticated, boyish but manly, he was just too perfect.
" No, no it's just, are you related to Bella?"I asked quickly hoping I hadn't offended him.
"Yeah she's my twin, fraternal twin. Do you know her?" He asked striking up a conversation.
"Not really, but my bother over there is her lab partner." I pointed over to where Bella and Edward looked like they were having an awkward conversation, at least on Bella's part, Lee looked at me and back at Edward with a confused expression but before he could respond, Mr. Banner started class and dictated the directions for the lab.
"So, get started." He finished and Lee looked over at me with a smile.
"Are you ready to be in awe over my intellect?" He said with a smug look on his face. I decided to play along, anything to keep him talking to me.
"Well by all means, amaze me." I said with a shy smile and scooted the microscope over to him, and handed him a slide and a sample, as he was taking the sample our hands brushed and I felt a sudden warmth spread throughout my usually chilly arm from his touch. I think he felt it too because he pulled his hand away with a surprised expression.
"Man, are you ok, you're kind of cold." He said with a bit of concern in his voice but I could tell by his eyes that he felt what I felt.
"I'm fine and aren't I supposed to be in awe by now?" I said changing the subject. If he noticed that I was cold I wonder what would happen if he were to touch my much colder siblings.
"Yeah, you ready?" He said, his playful attitude back. The rest of the class we spent doing the lab and making small talk. He was a here a week later than Bella because he had been helping his mom move into her new house. Lee likes Forks, his dad still lived here after his mom left, and he had always liked coming to visit summer. He says it's the rain, he loves the rain. I just sat there while he talked, he had been right, I was in awe but it had nothing to do with schoolwork, listening to him talk about his family and his interests fascinated me, he was so full of life and happiness radiated from him.
Too early the bell rang and it was over, he turned to me and sent me a huge grin.
"You do know what this means right?" He said. "I just spent the entire class talking about myself and I still don't know anything about you, so…we are going to have to change that. Tomorrow you get to talk, the entire class ok?" He seemed so excited as he said this; I think he was genuinely excited about getting to know me.
"Ok, but I'm going to warn you, I am an extremely boring person and it probably won't even take half the class to give you my entire life story." I said not totally excited about having to lie to another person, especially Lee, there was something about him that made me want to tell him everything about me, even the vampire part, and that was very dangerous.
"Why is it that I don't believe you?"He asked.
"I don't know maybe you're crazy?" I asked trying to change the subject. He put on a look of mock hurt.
"That was just rude; I think you just broke my heart." No, I thought, I would break your heart if I got to know you, because then I would have to leave you. I always end up leaving.
In return I just turned to him while I was leaving the classroom and sent a smile and a wink his way, and maybe I was hallucinating but I could have sworn I heard his heart beat faster and his breathe become uneven. At least I had the same effect on him as he had on me, I thought to myself.
I left then and went to my locker, Jessica came up to me and talking about something to do with clothes and a sale as we started to our last class, but I wasn't listening, no I was thinking about Lee Swan and why when he smiled at me I felt as though a million butterflies had been let loose in my stomach.