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Bella's POV
I was pleased I guess that the Cullen's were here but I didn't know what to do about it. If they guessed who I was, fair enough but if they didn't should I tell them? Edward didn't love me any more but could we be friends? I didn't have long to decide. I saw him sitting in my English class. At my desk. Next to me. I made a quick decision and tried to look normal as I walked to my seat. It reminded me of my first day at Forks High School but I was still the nervous one.
"Hello" he said the musical voice sent shivers down my spine, I hadn't heard it in so long…
"My name is Edward Cullen and you are?" I felt like saying I know who you are and I love you so much, but I stuck to my decision.
"Izzy" I replied trying not to look into his eyes
"Is that short for…"
"No it's just Izzy" I said a little too quickly.
"I didn't think there would be any vampires in London" he said under his breath so no one but me had a chance of hearing.
"It does rain a lot here, is that why you came?"
"Yeah I guess" he shrugged. The bell rang and I was relieved to get away from his questions, afraid that I couldn't keep up the Izzy thing. Darn, Serena was going to rub this in so much when she heard I'd been using her nickname for me.
"Hi Izzy" six voices said as I rounded the corner, god this was going to be worse than I thought.
"Hey guys" I said grimacing and giving Serena the evils. Everyone laughed. The Cullens were approaching us slowly taking in our faces.
"Hi" said Alice
"Um…hey" said Serena surprisingly unsure.
"We are all… the same in a way" continued Alice
"And we were wondering if we could… you know … hang out".
"I don't have a problem with that" said Rochelle, Ben and Jenna.
"As long as you don't mind being irritated to death by dearest Matty" I teased jabbing the irritation in question in the ribs.
"Ouch" he said clearly outraged, oops I would pay for that.
"so we'll see you at lunch" said Emmett, only now did I realise how much I had missed him.
"Sure" said Chris
"seeya then" chirped Serena.
Edward's POV
My first class was English in room 6. When I arrived the teacher assigned me a seat and introduced himself as Mr. Kaily. The girl walked through the door and stared at me for a while before walking and taking the seat next to me. The expression on her face was unreadable. I told her my name and asked her for her's. Izzy. If I had a beating heart it would have accelerated then was it short for… no. I asked her and got the answer that I was expecting but not the one I wanted. Of course she wasn't Bella. Now that I looked closely I realised that she was beautiful. Even by vampire standards she stood out a mile. I saw more beauty in her than Rosalie or Alice of the other vampire girls put together. I immediately hated myself for thinking that. I loved Bella. She was all that mattered to me in this world, in this existence.
After English we talked to the other vamp family and introduced ourselves and sort of made friends. At lunch we sat with them and talked about our backgrounds and lives.
Serena was a confident, bubbly girl who loved the fashion market and had a particular interest in shoes and make-up. YAY we're going to be awesome friends I know it, squealed Alice in her mind. Serena was partners with Chris who was humorous and best friends with the calm and intelligent Ben who had very sharp senses and a gift for deceiving people. Ben was married to Rochelle who had a great imagination and sometimes appeared asleep in her vivid daydreams. Jenna was gentle, kind but very shy and could ease the physical and emotional pain of others if she wished. Matty was her husband and he was the proud one who always looked for a fight. He'd get along very well with Emmett I thought and smiled. The Izzy girl was very quiet and I reminded myself that I could not read her mind. When I asked her about it she just said it was a kind of shield for her mind and that she was working on projecting it.
Bella's POV
I sat thoughtfully at lunch, not really listening to the Cullens explain themselves and not talking about me much either, unless I was asked a question. I already knew them and they already knew me. Well they didn't know that they knew me even if they know me but just don't know it's me. I was confusing myself. Edward didn't talk much either, he actually looked pretty depressed if left to think alone. What was wrong?
After he had been staring at a spot on the table for approximately ten minutes, he stood up and walked away. I wanted to follow him but waited a little before I did, not wanting to look like I was stalking him or something.
I followed him to the school hall and watched him settle down at one of the shabby grand piano. He picked out a tune that I didn't recognise and I knew this must be a knew song he had thought of. It was beautiful, full of sad pride and half joy, I absolutely adored it. I thought of a harmonising line I could add to it and wanted desperately to try it our. Silently, I slipped into the large room and walked to another piano close to his. I waited for the right moment and began to play a spindly tune to the background Edward had created.
.com/watch?v=6ugO3qKenn8&feature=related This is a song I found that sounds how I imagined Edwards new melody.
He looked up astounded and saw me sitting there playing to his melody. He drew his fingers swiftly from the keys and I copied the movement.
"I didn't hear you come in"
"Did I startle you" I teased giggling. I was amazed at how comfortable I still was around him. He grinned back. "It was a really beautiful piece of music" I said smiling encouragingly.
"Thanks" he said quietly without meeting my gaze. The silence became awkward so I started to play something I'd made a while back. I could feel the sadness wash over me, it was like I was drowning in some river of pain. The reason for this was sitting so close to me and I wanted to scream to him who I was so badly. But I knew he wouldn't care. He seemed to like Izzy and that was better than being completely out of his life whatsoever. This is how I would have to live my life from now on. I would always know. He never would. Because I wouldn't tell him. Ever.
