My Singer

No one was going to touch MY Bella, no matter who it was. I was furious! I was charging down the hallway almost too fast, when Bella got my attention.

"Edward, stop, please. You need to calm down."

I halted in my tracks, horrified. I must have hurt her. She was after all human. I looked down in shame, angry at myself for being so careless. I felt her hand on my chin.

"Edward, look at me."

"Bella I'm-".

"Shhh. I'm fine Edward. " She placed her hands on my cheeks and rubbed her thumbs across my cheek bones until she saw me visibly relax. She leaned in towards me and placed a chaste kiss on my lips.

"There, better?" I just nodded unwilling to have her stop just yet.

"Walk me to class?" She asked.

"Of course I will, love. What class do you have?" I would have to get her schedule from her and memorize it. Possibly switch into her classes. She reached into her backpack and handed me her schedule with a smirk on her face. When I raised my eyebrow at her in question, she simply said, "You were making plans. I could see the thoughts flashing behind your eyes." We both had biology, but that was our only class together. I would have to change that tomorrow. Without another word we walked hand in hand to the biology class room.

"I wonder who my lab partner will be." She mused out loud. Her face was contemplating, and it was obvious she was hoping it was someone that wasn't going to be uncomfortable for her to sit near all year. As we walked in the classroom, I smiled at her.

"With me love. I have the only open seat in the room."

She was so excited that as we walked into the room, she jumped on me and proceeded to scent me, by rubbing her face all over my chest and neck. I have seen vampires do this many times, but was a bit shocked that Bella was doing it to me, seeing as she was human. I was scenting her all the while, while she was scenting me, and we both started purring. I chuckled a bit, and Bella sighed and asked what was funny.

"You're purring love. I didn't realize humans purred." I teased her. She looked at me with a serious expression on her face. Making sure to keep her voice low, her response shocked me.

"Well you're not human Edward. No human could cause the immediate connection that I felt with you. I might not know what you are exactly, not that I care anyway, but you obviously are something… supernatural. That being said, I would imagine the animal part of your nature brings out mine. We belong to each other. Why wouldn't our reactions to comfort the other be similar?"

I was stunned. "What made you realize I'm not human?"

"You growled Edward, which was so incredibly sexy by the way." she kissed me under my jaw and I wanted nothing more than to take her home and mate with her. She was rubbing herself against me, and I could smell her arousal start to permeate the air around us. I growled at her in arousal, which she could clearly feel and she pulled away from me slightly, and looked into my eyes. Her eyes were black again and I knew as much as we didn't want to, we needed to stop. I reluctantly placed her back on her feet and we walked to our desk and sat. "So, what was Jessica saying while we were…?" she raised an eyebrow at me, looking for a word to describe what she experienced.

"Mating"

She nodded once. "You got so angry."

I growled again, this time in anger, and Bella ran her hands through my hair to calm me. I was amazed she seemed to know the difference, although slight, between my growls. "It wasn't Jessica." I looked away from her anxious about how she would respond to the reason I was so angry.

"Edward, you aren't going to scare me away. Just tell me, please?"

I sighed. "I can read minds, all except for yours, and it was Newton's thoughts that made me angry."

"What was he thinking?" She asked in a neutral tone. She was getting defensive of someone hurting me in any way. I noticed she had no reaction to the fact that I was a mind reader. This connection we share is so much deeper than anything I have witnessed or even heard about in my long life.

"He was thinking about how hot you are and how he's wants to meet up with you after school to ask you out. He thinks he's irresistible." She started laughing outright. Her laugh was contagious and I started laughing too. Just then we heard the lunch bell go off and knew we would have to keep a respectable distance from each other during class.

"Edward?"

"Yes?"

"What are you and family?"

I looked her in the eyes and was scared of telling her. I knew it was irrational considering how strong our connection is, but I was.

"Don't be afraid Edward. You'll always have me." I grabbed her hands and ran my thumbs across her knuckles. I knew I was trying to calm myself as well as put her at ease, even though I don't think she really needed it.

I smiled at her and whispered in her ear, "We are vampires."

I pulled back to look into her eyes, and the disgust I expected to see there, although I knew I probably shouldn't have expected it, was missing. What I did see was love and acceptance. "You'll explain all that that means later, right?"

"Yes, love." When the teacher walked in Bella went over to his desk to have her slip signed. The further away she got from me, the more uncomfortable it was for both of us. I could see her hands shaking slightly, and hear her trying to control her breathing. I growled low in my chest, below hearing range for all the humans entering the class room, and it seemed to calm her slightly. As she was walking back to our table, Mike decided to try and talk to her.

I have to make my interest in her known before Cullen can gain her interest more.

I growled again, and Bella shot me a look telling me she would handle him.

"Hi Bella." Mike called, entirely too loud for the setting and entirely too cheerful.

"Hi Mike." She answered, but kept walking without looking back at him.

"So, how do you know Cullen?" He said my name like it was expletive. I smiled inwardly.

Bella spun around to face him and through his mind I could see that she fixed him with a fierce glare. Her anger at the way he was talking about me stilled her shakiness. Mike actually took a step back. "Edward," Bella emphasized my name, making it known that she wasn't impressed with how he spoke of me, "is my boyfriend. We've been dating for quite some time now."

She didn't seem like she had a boyfriend…trying to play hard to get

"Oh I wasn't aware that Cul-, Edward had a girlfriend."

"And why would you be? You're not friends with him. Unless you are the creepy stalker type, who follows people around, when your presence is clearly unwanted? Are you the creepy stalker type Mike?" His jaw dropped and he had no clue what to say. Even his thoughts were stuttering. I turned my head to avoid laughing in his face. Bella reclaimed her seat beside me and grabbed my hand under the table. She let out a long sigh, half in contentment and half in frustration.

The class was called to order and I watched Bella take notes, pretending to listen to Mr. Banner's lecture. As much as I was paying attention to Bella and trying to drown in her mental silence, Newton's thoughts were still filtering in and pissing me right off.

…Wonder what Bella looks like naked… Love to wrap my hand in her hair…

Bella could feel the tension start to make its way through my body. She followed my gaze and looked back to me frowning. She slid a note to me.

No matter what he wants, he's not going to get it. I BELONG to you as you BELONG to me

When I looked up at her she had her eyebrows raised, asking for my understanding. When I nodded my in acquiescence, she placed her warm tiny hand on the skin on my back and rubbed lightly in comfort. I was the most at peace I have been since before my turning, while being surrounded by others. Bella was my home.