The Cullen's

There was always one time of the day that I wanted to sleep.

It was from 8:30 am to 3:15 pm. I always felt this way everyday when the sun didn't shine and it wasn't weekends. This was the 25th high school that I had attended in my 110 years of roaming the earth. Here I was again sitting there staring at the ceiling wishing I was anywhere but here. It hadn't changed a bit exactly the same as it was when I came here 60 years ago all that could be different was the new slick of paint and the furniture. The were many reasons why I would so love to be away from forks high school but manly is the fact I could hear every different thing all seven hundred odd students were thinking right now.

I turned to look at my family trying to distract myself again. On my right there was Alice and Jasper gazing in to each others eyes lovingly I wish I was in love the same way they were, but it is not likely my hopes are going to come true. On my other side were Rosalie and Emmett holding hands talking quietly to them selves. Why did I always feel like I was the only person left out, lonely in some ways, whenever I tried to make my feelings heard they would just laugh and ask how I could get lonely with a head full of voices.

Today every one else's thoughts were spread around the new addition to our student body. Every female's thoughts were full of affection and desire to the new male Edward. All the male's thoughts were centred on something completely different Jealousy, wouldn't they like to have every girl chasing after them like that. I had seen the new guys face so many times today in others minds that I already felt like I knew him. Every one always overreacted when there was a new toy to play with; they acted like it was kindergarten all over again. Humans all ways took to much interest over the smallest things.

So what is everyone thinking about the new guy. Rosalie asking me silently. I gave Rose a disappointing look, she was so vain or I suppose you could call it pigheadedness, all she wanted to know was whether the new boy was thinking about her. What did it matter it was not like she could ever get close to him, even if she wasn't married to Emmett. I had such a twisted family. On the matter I hadn't even heard a thought from the new boy, perhaps when I heard him talk I would be able to hear him

Emmett was fuming over a wrestling match he had lost with Jasper last night and couldn't wait to get his own back with a surprise attack when he went hunting later. I really should tell Jasper what Emmett has got in for him. That was the thing with Emmett any thing he thought he was bound to say it allowed I suppose that is why I never feel guilty about reading his thoughts.

Jasper was the newest to becoming a vegetarian and he found it very hard, I hated prying into jaspers thought as they were always and were now centred on his next well sort of human victim I know he wouldn't go in for the lunge but it didn't help anyway. Like currently he was thinking about the girl that had just walked past are table, he was imagining were how would palace his lips on the arch of her throat. I kicked his chair sorry he thought I could feel the ashamed tone in his thoughts.

Alice's thoughts were always worrying, always in the future never in the present, always thinking about what she would do next not what she was doing. She has been especially worrying about Jasper recently since we had started school after the Christmas holidays. Alice was the smallest and the most annoying she loved getting her way and most of the time she did.

Bella Cullen. I turned to look around and the two boys looked away, I just remembered they were thinking my name not actually saying it. It wasn't unlikely that he wouldn't be fantasizing over her I saw the new boys face he had green cat like eyes and an oval shaped narrow face. Of course I had seen Edward Swan's face in others peoples thoughts but it was weird looking at him from my own eyes, he was the son of town chief police officer, Renée Swan.

I turned back around realising it wasn't the new guy's thoughts just Mike Newton's thoughts. It had been a while since he had bothered me with his internal chatter since he had gotten over his ridicules fantasy's it would have been interesting to tell him what happen if his soft lips touched mine. "He has no chance, he is not even that good looking" he sighed I don't understand why Angela and… Jess are staring at him with gooey eyes he said the last name mentally wincing. He carried on babbling I turned away before He drove me mentally crazy.

"Mike Newton is giving the dirty gossip of the Cullen's to the new guy" I murmured to Emmett speaking to fast for any human to understand.

I hope he is making it good then he chuckled under his breath

"No it is quite disappointing not actually one spot of horror"
how is the new guy taking it upset that there is no juice in it he chuckled again.

I tried to listen again to what the new guy thought. It was my job to protect the family, there really was no better word for it, to make sure no body caught on to what we really were, sometimes some did guess what the chalky skinned freaks at there school were it was not always the right hypothesis, but it wasn't worth the hassle, we simply disappeared, to become no more than a frightened memory.

I still couldn't hear the new guy's thoughts so I turned to look to see if he was still there He was Mike was still going on I couldn't hear a thing that he thought so I used my over sensitive hearing to find what I was missing, this was something I rarely ever did

"Which one is the one with the long dark brown hair?" He asked mike

Like he stands a chance with her Mike thought before answering the question.

"Oh that's Bella she's the only one that's not taken I wouldn't get your hopes up she doesn't date no one, apparently no one is good enough for her, to high standards if you ask me she will never get a guy."

I turned my head to hide my smile Mike and his class mate had no idea how good it was that none of them appealed to me like they would like.

Beneath the humour I felt strange a feeling that I didn't understand. It had something to do with the vicious edge to do with Mike's thoughts that the new boy was unaware of … if felt the strange urge to step between them to shield this Edward swan from the darker workings of Mike's mind. What an odd thing to feel.

There was nothing but silence from the unexceptional human Guy.

I didn't realise I was still staring at him when he looked up at me he went red in the face. It was good thing jasper was staring idly out of the window who knows what that pool of blood would do to him.

He was starring at me with a lot of fascination, it happened a lot to those fragile humans we were beautiful to them, our intended prey. He was still listening to Mike's tale as he carried on starring. He dropped his gaze embarrassment that I had caught him staring at me. Though his thought were clear to read in his odd green eyes – odd because they were cat like shaped – I could hear nothing but silence from the place were she was sitting. Nothing at all.

This was something I had never encountered before I had always been able to read everyone's thoughts. Was there something with me? I felt the same as I have for the past 92 years. Worried I listened harder

All the voices I had been trying to block out came flooding back in.

…. Wonder what music he likes? … I could mention that new CD… Jessica Stanley thought. Her eyes fixated on the new boy

Look at her staring at him. As if she does not have half the boys in school waiting over her … Angela Webb thought revolving around the new guy

… So disgusting… you would think she was famous or something… he has even got Bella Cullen staring at him." Tyler Crowley said jealously. …and look at Mike flaunting his new BFF, what a joke. Vital continued to spew from the boys thoughts.

Maybe she will be in my Spanish. June Richardson hoped

… I bet everyone has asked her that. I should think of something more original. But I sure would like to talk to her … Ashley Dowling mused.

… Tons to do tonight, maths and trig homework, and I got to revise for that English test. Ben always thought nice thoughts, a quiet boy; he must be the only one in this school not obsessed with the new boy.

Time to go? My family all thought at the same time I nodded at all them and we all got up dumped are trays of untouched food and glided through the doors.

"So is the new one afraid of us yet?" Emmett asking again to his unanswered question. I just shrugged, he wasn't interested to pass the information further nor should I be interested.

Emmett, Rosalie and Jasper were pretending to be seniors they left for there lessons I was playing a younger role that I was a junior. I had junior level biology class, preparing my mind for the tedium. It was doubtful that he would say anything intellectual in today's lesson especially something with some one two graduate degrees in medicine.

I went into the classroom and settled into my chair let my "books" more like props spill on to my table. Look I was left out again I am sitting on my own in biology again. Who wants to sit next to a Cullen anyway they are freaks to every human in this class.

The new guy seems just as shy as me; I bet he is finding it hard. I wish I could say something but it would probably just sound stupid. Ben thought.

Yes. Jess thought as the new guy came.

The door opened and in walked the new guy; he would have to sit down next to me as it was the only one free. I did feel sorry for him this was going to be a long semester as I doubt she will feel very comfortable sitting there. At least there might be more of a chance to try to read her thoughts again. Somehow he managed to slip over the side of the desk just catching himself on his soon to be new desk. Just as he landed the door opened in blew a gust of wind blowing the new guys hair.

His scent hit me like a wrecking ball, like a battering ram. There was no image violent enough to encapsulate the force of what happened at that moment.

In that instant I was nothing close to the human I once was, no trace of the shreds of humanity I'd managed to cloak myself in managed to remain

I was the predator. He was the prey. There was nothing else in the world but that truth.