Chapter 1
Disclaimer: I do not own any of Stephanie Meyer's wonderful characters or anything Twilight related.
I stared out the window into the grey haze that was the sky. A few raindrops clung to the cool glass from a previous shower. The teacher's voice was a dull humming noise as he read today's lesson plan.
I felt the gaze of my many male admirers drilling into the back of my head, but I was used to it. The boring lessons, the guys lusting after me, and being the envy of every girl in school, wasn't new to me. I had been experiencing these since that fateful day I was changed, many years ago. I sighed as I thought about my tragic past when the teacher, Mr. Gomez, said my name.
"Rosalie Hale, go up to the front of the room and work problem 7." He demanded.
"Certainly, Mr. Gomez." I responded smoothly and got out of my seat. I glided gracefully to the front of the room, careful not to go too fast and turned to face the class before turning to the chalkboard.
Just as I opened my mouth to speak, the bell rang. Everyone left their seats and crowded around the door. I took the opportunity to apologize to Mr. Gomez.
"I'm incredibly sorry that I couldn't follow your orders. How can I make it up?" I asked innocently. I smiled at him, trying to make it clear that I was sorry, even if I wasn't.
"Umm...There really is no need for that. Go on out to lunch." Mr. Gomez said dizzily. His expression was still dazed as I walked swiftly to the door. Once there I found Emmett waiting for me, arm extended. He grinned widely and asked,
"Shall we go to lunch?" His English accent was horrendous but I smiled in response. I took his arm in mine and together we crossed campus to the cafeteria. We got in line and both Emmett and I piled our trays with food we would not eat. We then sat down at our table.
The rest of family was already there. We sat in silence. Later, Alice danced to the garbage and out the door. She was going slightly faster than usual, but none of these un-observant humans would ever notice.
I looked over at Edward, out of the corner of my eye, and was surprised to see him glancing over at the new girl, Isabella Swan and her friend. They were both looking in our direction intently. Edward dropped his gaze first. For any other boy, looking at the new girl would be normal but for Edward it was completely bizarre. Edward began picking his food apart.
Edward, I thought. His eyes shifted to meet mine although he was still trying to focus on Isabella. I looked away, so to any human, we would look like we weren't conversing. He began whispering quickly, "That's Bella Swan, the new girl."
I asked, once again in thought, what's she thinking? Edward didn't answer me but I questioned him no more. He's probably getting enough questions from the others and is sure to get even more when we get home.
He looked back at Bella, a slightly frustrated look on his face. Then he turned back, his lips twitching as if he wanted to smile. Apparently, what ever this new girl was thinking was amusing to him.
Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to read minds. To have no quiet unless you are extremely far from civilization must be awful. Before I could ponder on that fact any more everyone got up to leave. I joined them and we swiftly left the cafeteria.
After enduring my one class without Emmett I was glad to not have to go to French alone. So I left the table with Emmett at my side.
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