This had to be some sick joke. Here in front of me stood Alice, Jasper, Rosalie, Emmett and him. Here... In my freshman English class. What are the odds? I managed to break eye contact and walked over to my desk. I stared at my roster focused on their names until the last bell snapped me out of my trance. I stood up and introduced myself.
"Hello class, My name is Mrs. Black. I'm about to take roll so if I mispronounce you name politely correct me and if you go by a different name let me know so I can note it on my roster."
As I went down the roster, my heart started to beat rapidly when I got to the C's. I read of the names of the Cullens and was relieved when it was over. Even more relieved when I was completely done with attendance all together. I walked to the front of my desk and pulled myself to sit on top on the top of it.
"Class since it's the first day I didn't want to plan a difficult assignment. I thought it would be better if we went around the room and told a little story about ourselves." I got a classroom full of grunts and whining. So I spoke again. "Well if you guys prefer, you could write about yourselves for a homework assignment. It would either be a pass or fail assignment. As long as you turn in a paper you pass. It could be about anything you want me to know about you and as long or short as you want it to be. All I ask is that it be at least 4 paragraphs long."
An unfamiliar voice spoke up. I think his name was Henry. "Well do we at least get to know about you?"
"What would you like to know?"
"Anything. Your story ya know!"
I took a deep breath and began my story. "I'm from a small town in Washington. My parents got a divorce when I was a baby and my mom moved me to Phoenix with her. Later in my teen years I moved back to Washington with my dad. When I graduated high school I waited a few years before I decided to attend Wellesley in Massachusetts. An all girl school with my best friend. She's actually the P.E teacher here. Anyway I studied English literature and Spanish and Italian over my 7 years in college. I traveled all over Spain and Italy almost every summer, of course with my best friend. When we graduated we decided that we should move to some random city and start teaching. So here we are." I chuckled
"So where is you husband?" another student asked. I glanced across the classroom and notice that I had everyone's undivided attention. Even the Cullens eyes were locked on me. I took a deep breath and began.
"I got married the summer before my 20th birthday. Jacob Black. That's his name. We were friends at first. He helped my thru a really rough time in my life. We fell in love and decided life was too short not to be happy." I smiled as a single tear rolled down my face. I wiped it away and looked out the window. Then I looked back to my class. They were hanging on my every word. "Victoria..."
"He cheated on you?" A familiar voice said. I looked up and it was Jasper. He wasn't making the connection correctly.
"No. He was killed. That was the name of his killer." Everyone in the class gasped. "He was trying to protect me and she..." I couldn't finish my sentence. "I will never forget her face. Pale, pale skin. With fire-red hair." I shivered.
"That's terrible. Lets talk about something else because this is breaking my heart" I heard Alice speak up. I know that the Cullens finally made the connection.
The rest of the class when on. Some of my brave students decided that they wanted to share their stories with the class. While they were doing so I texted Leah and told her to meet me at my class as soon as the bell rang. It was super important. When class was over everyone stood to leave. I walked over to my desk and called the Cullens over. Low enough that no student heard me but them. Once we were all alone I began to speak.
"Do any of you have P.E?"
"Yes, we all take it but not at the same time. Why?" Rosalie spoke up
"Well because my best friend is the P.E coach. Leah. Leah Clearwater."
"La Push Clearwater?" I nodded my head. "Why are you telling us?"
"Because Jasper... She's a werewolf."
They all looked at me like had two heads. No sooner that I spoke the words Leah walked in herself. She got a whiff of the air and was trembling.
"Leah you have to stay calm. They won't hurt me... Or you. We can find a way to make this work Lee." Leah stopped shaking. Now she was looking at me like I had two heads.
"Are you sure about this BB?"
"Yeah I am. Isn't that right?" I looked at all the Cullens but my eye's looked on him. They all agreed and once again I was alone in my classroom. What a day and it was only 8:45am.