Chapter Two

Edward still had his beanie on as we entered the cafeteria. It was quite ridiculous, in my opinion. He was always so calm, and now he was worked up over some green dye. We took our usual seats next to his family, but Edward didn't say a word to Emmett.

Then a question struck me.

"Emmett, how were you able to pull off this stunt? Couldn't Edward have stopped it?"

Rosalie laughed quietly by Emmett's side, and he grinned at me. "You underestimate my skills, Bella." He winked, and started to explain. "You think Edward's hair is the way it is normally? He uses an expensive French-designed gel every chance he gets. I simply didn't tell anyone and thought of other things while he was around. Then, the perfect moment came to put superglue and green dye in with the gel…he was over at your house. Thanks, then."

Alice giggled. "Nice one, Bella."

Edward snorted something unintelligible and looked away, clearly not liking the fact that I was talking to his now ex-brother.

"Oh c'mon, Edward, it was a joke." I said, trying to coax him out of his bad hair day depression. I looked over at Emmett meaningfully, and after a moment he too glanced wearily over at his green-haired vampire brother.

"Yeah, it's April Fool's Day; can you not take a joke, bro?"

Then, very strangely, Edward laughed and said, "Yeah, guess so," at the same time shaking off his beanie.

I looked over at my bipolar boyfriend with a puzzled expression. "That's it?"

"Its only green hair dye, Bella…" He replied, as if I was being unreasonable.

"What are you talking about?" I demanded, confused with Edward's sudden change of perspective.

He shrugged submissively, but as he turned his head I was sure I noticed a small smile rise from his lips.

Edward was now talking to Emmett again, but I was unsure of his motives. Angela had joined our table looking a little lonely without Ben. She had frowned slightly when we asked and she said that he caught a stomach virus.

"Oh, don't worry, he'll probably be fine in a day or so," Alice smiled, handing her an apple off her untouched tray of food.

"Yeah, I hope so," She replied uncertainly, and after a moment she looked over at Edward and was probably the first person not to laugh at his new "do".

"What happened to your hair?" She asked, not rudely, but curiously.

"I guess it looks a little strange," He smiled, "But I thought I'd try something new."

She nodded, accepting that with a small smile. Turning back to me she said in her quiet voice, "Did you hear about the pranks Mike pulled on Eric and Tyler for April Fool's Day?"

I shook my head, so she continued, "He put a whoopee cushion on Eric's chair in Biology, everyone laughed really hard, but I felt bad for him – well, he said something about revenge so I don't know. And Mike switched Tyler's paper that he was supposed to read to the class for a love poem…is that what happened to Edward? A prank?" She whispered the end to me, but of course Edward could hear, although he pretended not to.

I decided to tell Angela the truth – it wasn't like I was about to tell her about the Cullen's blood sucking pastime. But, naturally, I had to keep what I said inoffensive to both Edward and Emmett. I tried to play it tactfully.

"Um, yeah, sort of, it was Emmett – well it was a joke, and Edward didn't take it too lightly…" I trailed off, not knowing what to say. Angela smiled understandingly and quickly changed the subject to yesterday's pop quiz on our recent novel, The Pearl. Relieved, Alice and I began to chat with her about other things until lunch came to a close.