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"If you want to look over them, I won't be offended." Shai smiled brightly, sitting down next to Emmett on Wednesday. He didn't know whether to trust her, or actually look over her work. Usually when humans said they wouldn't get offended, it wasn't far from the truth.

"I trust you. Here, I'll copy it down to my sheet to turn it in." Emmett grabbed her paper. She had written her part of the assignment in glittery purple ink. He sighed, taking a quick glance at her. He noticed her purple quartz earring and ring. Even if it was her favorite color, she didn't have to do everything with it.

"Nah, don't worry about it. Just staple them together." She pulled out a notebook, flipping through the pages. Emmett caught glimpses of a couple words, but couldn't make sense of it. Poetry, perhaps, or scattered noted.

"Assignments up front please, please. Let's go." Mr. Tyson ushered us to send out work forward. A strange scent hit Emmett. He looked beside him, Shai putting her hair up. Why did she smell so different? It wasn't like Bella. He had experiences humans who smelled so sweet to him he couldn't help himself. She didn't smell bad, but just different.

Really though, what did it matter?

The next assignment Mr. Tyson assigned required partners to work together, and apparently it would be like that until the end of the semester. More groaning ensued. They would have to get together, and research a period of time outside of the scope of the class. Which would be easy for him, but probably difficult for Shai. It wasn't her fault, she hadn't gone through high school and college several times over.

They walked side by side to their next class, much to Emmett's despair. He hated group projects, and as time went on more teachers relied on them. "So, any ideas? You don't have to have any right now, we have until Monday to decide and do some research." He asked. His mind worked, trying to figure out her scent. Why was she so different than any other regular human?

"I'd like to do something different. I'm sick of always hearing the same shit, it was the same at my old highschool..." She said bluntly. Emmett couldn't help but laugh at the fact they were on the same page.

"Fair enough, I agree. Maybe someone will finally learn something new. What high school did you come from?" He asked, not particularly intrigued.

"Somewhere in California. So do you want to meet up at the library?" She ignored his question tastefully, but Emmett couldn't help but keep on pressing. Now he wanted to know why she was avoiding it.

"Where in California?"

"Los Angeles. I don't think the school library is open on the weekend, so we either have to do it after school or meet up on the weekend and go somewhere else." She stopped at her locker, dropping off her books to pick up her Calculus book. They had approximately 3 minutes and 12 seconds until they had to go to their next class.

"We can find somewhere to work this weekend, if you'd like. Why did you leave L.A.?"

"It would have to be night time, I work until 6 both Saturday and Sunday. Here's my cellphone, just text me." She smiled at him, patting his arm goodbye before making her way to her class. Yet another question avoided. Interesting.

"You seem to be making new friends." Alice squeaked behind him.

"You seem to be getting much more irritating by the day." He half joked. Alice laughed, but he suddenly felt bad. He hated that Rosalie leaving had caused so much bitterness inside him. It wasn't fair to his family. But, then again, it wasn't fair that Rosalie left him.

"So, are you bringing her over or going out?" She kept asking.

"You make it seem like we're going on a date, Alice. We have a project together, that's all." Alice shrugged. It was a particular shrug, the one she did when she knew things that others didn't.

"Okay, well let me know."

"Why, so you can perfect your vision?" He chuckled at her blatantly trying to figure out the future.

"Actually, I don't see her future. It's weird, it's almost like if there was a wolf present. There just isn't anything there." She said, a hint of frustration at her voice. "I've got to class, and I'm genuinely interested in what you're gonna do. It's nice to see you making new friends." She emphasized to not make Emmett angry.

He sat down in class, his mind on other things. Was that the great mystery? She was some type of wolf, and that's why she smelled so differently? He had smelled Jacob and his pack of dogs, it was different. Their stench was nearly unbearable, like sticking your dog into a dirty toilet.

Perhaps she was something similar. Once he figured it out, he knew he would lose interest. He wanted to figure it out quick, know what made her smell so different. Why couldn't Alice see her?

He had to tell Carlisle, he realized quickly. What if there was another creature in the area, one they weren't aware of? They had to at least know, in case any danger came their way.