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Chapter 2
I wasn't paying any attention to my Biology teacher. It seemed that no one was. Or maybe it was just me. But I feel like every ten seconds, someone glances in my direction and then quickly turns their head when I glance back. At first it was just awkward, but now it's annoying.
In the beginning, the period started off good. Not perfect, but ok.
As soon as I walked into the classroom, I immediately decided that I wanted to sit in the back. There was this girl who was sitting in the front row, and she had in a skirt that was so short, it barely covered her…area. She was talking to a guy sitting behind her and even though he was sitting down, I could see that his pants were below his waist and he had blue boxers on. Weird, who does that? Does his pants not fit him? Then, next to those two were these two girls, one had a ring on her nose and the other had like twenty piercings on her ear. They were talking to each other and texting people at the same time, laughing loudly when they read something funny. They all stopped and stared when I walked in.
It seemed like the back was the safest place to go. I quickly scurried back there.
I sat in the seat that was the farthest away from them. A few seconds later, even though the classroom was still half empty, a boy came and sat in the chair next to me.
Now, I know my human social skills are kind of low, but I'm pretty sure that it's not normal to sit next to people you don't know.
"Hi," he said with a smile. He was light-skinned and had dark curly hair. "I'm Joshua. Everyone calls me Josh." He offered his hand out for me to shake.
I took it. "Hey Josh. I'm Renesmee. Call me, Nessie," I told him.
He chuckled a bit. "Nessie. Well it's a good thing you have a nickname because I don't think I would remember a name that long."
I smiled. "Yeah it's pretty weird and kind of a mouthful. But everyone really calls me Nessie so it's fine."
"Ok, good. So you're new here, I guess?"
I grimaced. "That obvious, huh?" I didn't think it was that obvious. But then again, I didn't exactly know the normal teenage behavior. How was I making myself stand out?
"Nah, not really. I just make it my business to know all the girls around here and I would have definitely remembered you." Then he had winked at me.
There seemed to be a double meaning in his words, but I couldn't figure out what it was. I would have to figure it out later because he was looking at me, waiting for an answer.
"Oh… well, I moved here with my family. We all came from Washington."
"Cool… So hey if you need anything, just tell me. I can hook you up with all sorts of stuff."
He raised his eyebrows twice, which made me think that there was another double meaning in his words again. I was tempted to ask him, but I didn't want to look stupid.
"Um, ok. Thanks."
At that point, my teacher, Mr. Smith, had started the class and so I turned away from Josh.
He started giving us a lecture about the curriculum and he passed out some papers to be signed by our parents. It didn't seem important, so maybe that's why everyone was barely listening.
I sighed and started wondering when this period was going to be over. I wanted to go to classes with my family. I knew I would be more comfortable if I was with people that I knew.
"Boring isn't it?" Josh asked me. He must have heard my sigh.
"Yeah. I guess I thought we'd be learning something today." Well, I knew that I wouldn't be learning anything new because my family already taught me this subject, but I at least thought we would be doing something more than just rules and regulations.
"No teachers ever start teaching the first day. The first week, if you're lucky."
"So you're telling me all my classes will be like this?" I asked, glumly.
"Yup. But hey if we have anymore classes together, we-"
"Excuse me Mr. Joshua, do you have something to share with the rest of the class?" Mr. Smith had asked him interrupting whatever Josh was about to say.
I blushed. Even though Mr. Smith wasn't talking to me I still feel a little guilty of getting Joshua into trouble.
But Josh did seem to mind. He smiled Mr. Smith in ease. "Nope. I'm good."
Mr. Smith flashed him a frown. "Then be silent," he commanded.
I thought that that would end our conversation, but two minutes later Joshua started talking to me again.
"So, what's you're next class?" He asked me.
I had to check my schedule. "Um… English."
He sighed heavily. "Dang. I have Algebra. But hopefully I'll have another class with you and your pretty face," he said.
I blushed, heavily. Whoa. I was totally speechless. What do I say to that? Thank you? Aw, that's sweet?
Thankfully the bell rang before I could answer. I quickly got out of my seat and started packing my bag.
"So, I'll see you later, beautiful," he said, walking away.
Again, I couldn't think of anything to say so I just stood there watching him.
Humans are weird.
And then as I was leaving, my whole day fell apart. I looked up and saw Uncle Emmett was standing in the doorway, and he was blocking Josh's path.
Now, I know Emmett and I know he's a major goofball, but right now, he looked serious. Dead serious. And scary. Most people already thought him intimidating because he looked so big and strong, so right now, with the murderous face expression, he looked terrifying.
What did I do wrong?
But wait a minute; he's not looking at me. He's looking at Josh. I suddenly remembered him promising that he would take care of any boys that were giving me trouble.
Uh-oh. I can see where this is going.
Oh no, no Uncle Emmett don't do this, I thought as I walked quickly towards them. When I got to them, they were outside the classroom, but Emmett was standing in front of Josh, his arms crossed, his face grave.
I had to stop this now. I took Emmett's hand and tried to pull him away. "C'mon Emmett. Let's go to class," I said to him in a weak attempt to end the foolishness I knew my uncle was about to start.
"Hold on, Nessie," he said as he pulled me back to him. He didn't look at me; he was staring at Josh. His tone was a bit more pleasant. However, I heard the double meaning in his voice, but unlike the times with Josh, I knew what he was implying. Violence. Trouble. Mischief. "Aren't you going to introduce me to your friend?" He asked me.
I sighed and rolled my eyes. But it was Josh who spoke. "You know this guy Nessie?" he asked me.
I looked at him. I could clearly see that he was intimidated, who wouldn't be? Emmett's a large beast, especially to human eyes. "Yeah, he's my brother," I said to him, readying myself for his reaction.
A flicker of fear shot through him. "Brother?" He asked uncertainly as though he was hoping that he misheard me.
"That's right," Emmett said, his voice was rich with power and dominance. "Older brother. And who are you?" He asked. The way he asked the question, it made Josh seem inferior. Well, of course he was inferior, but Emmett made it seem evident, even to Josh.
"I-I'm Joshua," he stuttered, his cool bravado from earlier long gone.
"Nice to meet you," Emmett said although his tone suggested otherwise. He offered his hand to shake. Josh was plainly scared stiff of Emmett and was debating whether or not to shake his hand. Eventually he built up his courage and took Emmett's hand, cringing at the coolness.
They held on longer than necessary and when Emmett finally let go, Josh had to flex his fingers.
"Well, I'll see you around," Emmett said dismissively to Josh. TO me he said, "C'mon Nessie, let's get to class."
As soon as Josh was out of earshot, and we started walking to my next class, I whispered ferociously to Emmett. "Why did you do that? You scared him."
Contrary to my anger, he just laughed, which made me even more furious.
"I did, didn't I? Man, it looked like he was about to pee in his pants. If I had five more minutes with him, I bet he would have." He laughed again.
"Why, Emmett?"
"Hey, don't look at me. I was just following orders."
"Orders? Who-" But I already knew. "It was my dad, wasn't it?" Of course it was him.
"Yeah. He heard what that brute was thinking, and he got furious. If you thought I was mean, I guarantee that Edward would have been 10 times worse."
I let that sink in. The fact that my dad had heard everything Josh was thinking made me nauseous. And I thought the butterflies in my stomach were bad. This was torture.
"Hey cheer up, Ness," Emmett said to me sensing my mood. "It's not that bad. He's just a little overprotective."
"And I have every right to be," his voice came up behind me.
Oh, great, I thought. "Dad, I-"
But he interrupted me. "I'll walk her to class Emmett, thanks," he said.
When Emmett was gone, he looked at me. I tried to speak again, but he just cut me off.
"Stay away from Josh, Renesmee. He's not safe," he warned me. Whenever he used my full name, I was either in trouble, or something serious was going on. I wonder which one it was right now.
And how could Josh, a human, be dangerous to me, a half vampire? That doesn't make any sense.
"Dad, we have class together. I can't stay away form. You're overreacting," I told him. I was vaguely aware that I was calling him Dad in public, something I tried very hard not to do. Everything had just gone wrong today.
"No. I'm not. Don't speak to him, at all. In fact, don't talk to any of the boys here," he told me in a tone that said that he was dead serious.
"What? Dad, come on, be serious."
"Easily, there's nothing remotely funny about this." I was about to say something else, but he cut me off again. "We'll talk about it later. Let's get you to class."
From that point of, my day seemed to slowly get worse. People kept staring at me in class, my teachers seemed to get meaner, no one wanted to talk to me and what's worse, either my dad, Emmett or Jasper had to walk me to every one of my classes. They were trying to scare off the guys, I guess. But they were also scaring off my potential friends. I looked around at the students that I would be totally cool with and they were too scared to talk to me. I wasn't any braver, I didn't talk to them either. What's the point of going to school, if I don't hang out with anybody? If I'm just going to hide in the back of the classrooms, I should have just stayed home all day. Home. I can't wait until this day was over so that I could just go home.
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