Esme nudged me awake. "Bella, sweety, It's time to get up for school," Monday. I hated Monday. I didn't know why everyone just hated it. It wasn't really it's fault that it was Monday. I guessed because it meant that there were going to be four more days of torturous schooling.
I grumbled and turned onto my side.
She chuckled and rubbed my side with her hand. "Come on I'll make you some pancakes," She walked out of my room. That got me up. I loved her buttermilk pancakes so surpy and delicious and fluffy.
I got out of bed and shuffled through the clean clothes in my door. I picked out a blue top and some light colored blue jeans. I was ready to go to school. I knew it would be dreadful because that meant I was going to be glomped on by Eric and Mike, not physically, but with there flirting and talking and asking me to do this and that with them.
I trudged down the steps to the aroma of cooking pancakes. It made my mouth watered.
"Hey sleepy head. It's good to see that your up. Are you ready to head off to school?" She asked me looking over her shoulder at me with a smile along with it.
I sighed. "Not really, but I'll put up with it. What's on your schedule today?" I asked as she put two pancakes in front of me and placed the syrup beside the plate.
"oh. I don't know. I'm probably just going to stay home and work around the house and that's about it," She said to me sitting down across from me taking a sip of what looked to be tea. Esme wasn't much of a coffee person.
"Is that all your going to do, your not going to go back to the hospital just so you can see the extremely cute doctor," I teased taking a bite of my pancake. I smiled and she blushed.
Esme didn't speak for a while. "Maybe," We both laughed. I thought it was really cute that my mother had a crush on the doctor. I wondered if he was single or not.
"Mom, is he single?" I asked taking a sip of juice. It was bitter on my tongue from the sweet syrup. I lacked a little of that thing we call common sense this morning.
"I think so, I didn't see a wedding wring on his finger, so I think he's free," She giggled like a high school girl.
I
smiled, at least she was happy. That's all that really mattered to me
now.
I glanced up at the clock, I had ten minutes until I had to
be at the school. It was better if I got there early.
"I better get going. I want to get there a little early this morning, and get a good parking space," I said with a smile. I took my empty, but covered in syrup plate over to the sink and ran hot water over it to get the sticky substance off.
"Okay, here's your bag, you have a good day today," She embraced me in a hug. I smiled into her hair that smelled of strawberry kiwi Esme's favorite shampoo.
"I'll try," I said to her. She kissed me on the forehead and let me go. "Good luck with that doctor thing," I said to her waving my hand behind my back.
I heard her chuckle. "I'll try," She said. I kept the same smile on my face as I walked out the door.
I got into my beat up red truck. Even though it was beat up and looked like it was going to break down at any second, I still had strong feelings for it because it fit me, my personality. Nothing special, but it was good enough to keep running. I placed my bag in the passengers seat and started my truck. It didn't really purr like a kitten, it kind of purred like a buffalo more a like, the funny thing was that buffalo didn't purr.
I had been at Forks High School for about three weeks now. I used to be the new student, but people normally treated me like I was just part of the crowd now, and that's how I wanted it to be. People didn't really seem to bother me that much anymore, apart from Eric and Mike. They were sweet, but a little annoying. I got used to them though.
My friends would great me at the parking lot sometimes, but most times they just left me alone. I was thankful for that because I didn't talk all that much in the morning. I wasn't really a morning person.
When I pulled in the high school parking lot there were only a few other cars that were already parked.
I scanned them carefully to see if I knew anyone in any of those cars, but I didn't see anyone. There was one person I did spot. He was handsome, maybe a little older than me, at least that's what he looked like from this distance.
Bronze hair. A very noticeable jaw that kind of stuck out, but it looked really good on him.
Thick eye brows that went well with his eyes and the rest of his face.
He noticed that I was looking at him and he smiled.
My heart beat was erratic in my chest. This gorgeous man had flashed a smile at me, not just in my direction, but directly at me.
I knew I was blushing, but I didn't care. He looked at me and that was the only thing that mattered now. My day would be much better knowing that this boy, not more like man had looked at me and smiled. He looked like one of those guys who was the most popular in school, normally guys like that didn't even bother to glance at me.
He did and that really made my day.
All day, that's all I thought about. This beautiful guy. I didn't even know. I didn't think he even knew me.
Lunch
time.
He was sitting at a lunch table by himself. I noticed when
I sat with my friends. He was looking at me with those dark eyes of
his. They were so beautiful. I couldn't keep from looking into them.
I noticed that there was a crocked grin on his face when my friend
Jessica brought me back to reality. I felt like a fool for staring at
him for such a long time.
"Bella, hello, Earth to Bella. Who are you staring at?" She asked. I quickly turned to her so she wouldn't see who I was staring at.
Apparently I wasn't fast enough. "You were staring at him weren't you?" She asked with a smile spreading across her face. I blushed fiercely. I defensively said. "No," She laughed.
"I can't believe it, you are staring at the cutest guy in school, he's new here. No one really knows his name, he's very mysterious isn't he?" Jessica leaned over to me to speak quietly so no one else at the table would be able to hear our conversation.
I nodded my head looking over at him again.
"Oh my god Bella, he's looking at you," Her eyes sparkled with joy. She was happy for me that he was looking at me. Shouldn't she be jealous or something.
I blushed again. I was doing that a lot today.
"He must like you are something," Jessica thought out loud. I couldn't help but getting another glance at him. When I looked back. He wasn't smiling anymore. There was a worried look on his face like there was something wrong with me.
He quickly got up out of his seat and stormed out of the cafeteria.
What was going on with him. Was it me, did I do something. I thought to myself I was sitting like 10 feet or more away from him. It hadn't been me I didn't think.
"I think he's kind of creepy, with those dark eyes, and did you look under them, he has dark shadows and he's rather pale. Kind of like he's dead or something," Jessica laughed and went back to talking to Mike, she had a short attention span.
I didn't care about the shadow's or the color of his skin. He was gorgeous. I wanted to find out what his name was.
My next class was biology. Great, I hated that class. It was so boring, and the reason for that was because I knew everything and it was so easy, but it was so boring.
I walked into class and where I normally sat, there was an empty seat next to me, but not now. There he was sitting in the seat that was supposed to be empty. This would make things a little more interesting. I thought to myself.
I placed my books softly down on the lab table and took a seat.
He was looking at me again, his chair was leaned away from me, but his body was inclined towards me.
I turned to look at him, but then his eyes quickly went to look at something else in the room, but they didn't stay like that for long, he looked back at me. It was like he couldn't keep his eyes off me or something. That thought sent chills down my spine. My heart sped faster.
His chest rose and fell. His breathing quickened. God, what I wouldn't do to just reach out and touch him.
"Hi," I spoke nervously. My breath drifted through the air.
He quickly covered his nose. That confused me. I turned my body away from him. When I thought he wasn't looking I tried to smell my own breath. It wasn't that bad was it. I was puzzled, what was with him. Earlier this morning when he smiled at me he seemed like he was in such a good mood and he was a really nice person, but now it seemed like I was bothering him by just sitting here.
We went through class not talking to one another. That was fine for me, but I still couldn't get over why he was avoiding me.
Class was over and this new guy stormed out of the room before I got a chance to say one word to him. I sighed. I guess I would have to try tomorrow.
Gym class was next and I was bound to either hurt myself or someone else.
My day was over and I was driving home. I was confused. This new guy was really bothering me. I would find out what his problem tomorrow. I vowed to find out.
I
got home and Esme wasn't home, but she left a note on the counter top
that read.
"Hi Honey,
If you find that I'm not home by the time you get a hold of this note, then I am probably at the hospital. Thanks for the advise and telling me that I should go see him. Come stop by if you would like to get a chance to see him for yourself. Love your mother.
I shook my head. That was my mother. I figured that's where she still was. I would head over there just because I was curious on finding out who this guy was.
I got back into my truck and turned the key and started to back out of the drive way. It didn't take long to get to the Forks Hospital. It seemed like any hospital to me.
I walked in and went to the front desk. "Hi my name is Bella Swan. I'm looking for a," I tried to remember his name, my mom had told me last night. "A doctor Carlisle Cullen," I hoped that I had said his name right.
"Oh,
he should be in his office right now," The lady at the desk said to
me kindly. She pointed straight down the hall. "He's right in
there. I think he's with someone right now, but he might talk to you,
he's a very generous man," The lady said with a smile.
I nodded
to show my thanks and walked down to the end of the hall. I could
here talking in the room.
"So, that' how I got to be where I am today," his voice was very angelic.
I walked in, without really knocking because the door wasn't closed or anything, so I didn't think that I needed to knock.
"Oh hey Bella, I see you got my note," Esme smiled.
She was sitting in a small red chair that was in Carlisle's office. I took one glance at him and realized what my mother was talking about. He was beautiful.
He stood up and came in front of me. He extended his hand. "Hello Bella. I'm doctor Carlisle Cullen. I'm your mothers doctor," I took hold of his hand. It was very cold. It bothered me for a split second, but then I got used to it.
"Hi," I said with a smile of my own. I noticed that there was no wedding ring on his finger, so my mother might be in some good luck. She was very beautiful, so she didn't have any trouble getting any guy she wanted.
"We were just chatting," My mother said. She seemed as happy as a clam. I didn't know what that saying really meant because clams weren't really happy. To me they just seemed like shells that sat at the bottom of the ocean.
"Okay. I was just coming her to check and see how you were doing," I said to her. I didn't really feel like staying long because they seemed to be in real depth with this conversation and I didn't want to interrupt it.
I turned about to leave, when I ran into someone hard and cold. I looked up to see that it was the guy from school. He looked worried and backed away quickly. My heart had sped up.
"I'm sorry," His voice was like music to my ears. It was the most beautiful thing that I have ever heard.
I couldn't speak. I was lost on words.
He moved around me and went over to Carlisle. I just stood in place unable to move. He was so close to me.
"Carlisle may I please speak to you, it's kind of important," He said urgently to Carlisle.
"Yeah sure," Carlisle said in a hushed tone. "Would you two excuse me and my son for a moment," I refroze.
His son. That god like creature was his son. I couldn't believe it. I had been thinking about him all day long. I still didn't know his name.
They walked out of the room. Esme came to my side. "Isn't he just the sweetest thing you have ever seen?" She asked me acting more like a teenage girl than I was. I knew she was talking about Carlisle, but I was thinking about his son "Yes," I said quietly unable to really think straight.
Esme was so happy. I was happy that she was finally getting along with a guy that she really liked.
I was going to head home now. I needed to think a few things over.
"I'm going to go now mother, I kind of have a lot of homework to finish up for today," I said to her lying.
"Okay, well I hope you can fend for yourself on something to eat, because I'm going to stay here for a while," Esme spoke sounding as giddy as ever.
"Alright, that's fine. Take as long as you need," My voice was a little dead at this time. I slowly walked out of the office. I walked past Carlisle and his son and glanced at his son. He met my gaze for the same amount of time and then continued to look back at his father.
"Good bye Bella, it was nice meeting you, hope to see you again really soon," I could here the pleasantness in his voice.
I walked out of the hospital and got into my truck and drove home, still stunned. I couldn't get his face out of my head. It was just so much to take in.
