Chapter 3: Fire

Oh my god he is following me! What do I do now?! I thought as Edward started to head towards me. Maybe I can start a small fire . . . It wouldn't upset Carlisle too much.

So with that thought I made a little fire start in a trashcan near him. To my relief he saw it and tried to put it out. While he did that I snuck out of the room and made my way to my next class: biology.

As soon as I sat down the bell rang signaling that lunch was in fact over. Soon everyone started to pile into the classroom, but it was the final person that came through the door that caught my eye. Edward. And the only empty seat was right next to mine.

He made his way over to his seat with a smirk on his face.

When he got to his seat he pulled my hood (which was still up by the way) down. Once he did that everyone turned to look at my face and gasped.

I heard a vary of whispers then.

"OMG I can't believe that all of the guys are staring at her she is not even as pretty as me!" Lauren whispered to Jessica.

"Oh man she is hot!!" Mike said.

"Wow she is even more beautiful than I though. I am so glad that I broke up Lauren over the summer!" I was very surprised that that statement came from Edward.

I quickly put my hood back up and my head on the desk.

I felt a tap on my shoulder ignored it. A couple minutes later I felt the tap again. Once again I ignored it. Finally the person gave up. Or so I thought, because a few seconds later there was a note on my hand. Curious I looked up and read the note.

You're beautiful you know. You shouldn't hide it behind the hood . . . but you still look good with it on.

Are you trying to hit on me? Cuz it's not working. I wrote back.

No, no, no. I was just saying you shouldn't hide your beauty.

Oh well . . .thanks . . . I guess. . .

After that the ball rang and I went to gym. It went by much faster than all of my other classes because all I had to do was sit on a bench and watch all of the kids try to play basketball.

I got in my car trying to avoid all of the guys that were going to ask me out. I thought I was going to make it when out of nowhere Mike Newton popped up in front of me.

"Hey Bella I was just wondering if you wanted to hang out tonight? You know get to know each other?" He asked nervously.

"Sorry Mike but I already made plans." Trying not to get his hopes up, but at the same time trying not to hurt his feelings.

"Oh well maybe some other time." He said with a glint of hope in his eyes.

"I don't know Mike. I am pretty busy." I said. No matter what I say I would still hurt his feelings.

"Ok" Mike said looking very sad now.

I walked away and got in my car. Hopefully Carlisle didn't find out about the fire. But knowing him he knew. So as I drove home I braced myself for the upcoming argument I was about to have about how I could have exposed us and we would have to move and blah, blah, blah.