Here's the second chapter, guys! Enjoy!

Chapter 2: Staring Contest!

We could all see the embarrassment rising in Edward's face, which caused Emmett's grin to grow. Edward's heartbeat picked up its pace, once again, Emmett's grin grew even more. Edward's face was slowly turning to a dark red color. Emmett's grin practically took up his whole face. Edward turned his head to me, and I tried to nod my head without laughing. I was going to punch Emmett later for putting poor Edward through this.

"Hello, Emmett."

"How was your day so far, Edward?"

"Yeah, Edward," Alice chirped.

"Uh, it's fine, thanks. Oh! How are your days going?" Edward looked at me once again, like a life preserver. I just waited for them to answer before diving into our story from Biology.

I finished and as I looked around, everyone was successfully holding back laughs and were wearing serious looks. They fooled Edward, but they couldn't fool me, I saw the twinkle in their eyes. They all were holding back laughing!

Alice was the first to crack. She threw her head back and her tinkling laugh echoed through the now silent cafeteria. There was a rustling as people turned around in their chairs to look as Emmett's booming laugh joined Alice. Finally, Rose broke and held onto her stomach as her feminine laugh sounded around, almost creating harmony with Alice's. Everyone turned back to their tables. They were used to the weird Cullens by now.

I just snickered and leaned back in my chair, observing everything playing out in front of me. Emmett was using little Alice to support him while between laughs he tried to catch his breath. Alice was merrily pounding away at the table with her little fists, howling with laughter still. Rose had composed herself and was trying to fix her barely smudged lipstick with her compact mirror. As I caught her eye and jerked my chin toward Emmett and Alice, her mouth popped open and a howl/snort sounded. Emmett and Alice stopped laughing at once, their eyes wide as Rose covered her mouth in horror at the noise that had just come out of her mouth. Then Rose lowered her hand to reveal the smeared lipstick all around her mouth. This set Alice and Emmett off again and as Emmett threw back his head, his chair flipped over backwards and he landed on the ground. That quieted him down pretty quick and he sat back up at the table seriously. Alice was the only one left laughing, harder now because of Emmett, so he scooped up the untouched ice cream sundae I had bought, and settled it right on her little pixie nose.

She screeched in horror and her eyes crossed as she tried to assess the damage to her makeup. This started Edward's snickering, which amused me, as I had never heard him laugh before. It fit him perfectly and… It was just so contagious. I couldn't help the laughter that came bubbling out of my mouth. This made Alice extremely mad; the angry glint in her eye revealed the vampire inside.

Alice jumped to her feet, hands on her hips and glared at me. She snarled in hilariously delicate tones at me, "Isabella Marie Cullen! You stop right this instant or I'll tell Esme you smashed that Italian vase that Carlisle bought her for their anniversary!"

"Then I'll just tell her it was your curveball that sent the baseball flying through the window. Sure, I made you mad, but did I make you throw it through the window? No." I examined my fingernails, uninterestedly. I could practically feel the waves of fury emanating from Alice. I glanced at Edward out of the corner of my eye and saw that he was gazing at me with admiration. My very soul warmed at the thought.

The fury in Alice's eyes eventually faded to mere irritation and she sat down, crossing her legs and wiping the ice cream off her nose with the napkin from her lunch tray. "Fine," she said airily. Evidently her temper tantrum was over.

"Soooo…" Edward pulled on his collar nervously as the silence settled in around the table.

"So what," Jasper said as he walked up to the table. He pulled up a chair next to Alice and tapped her on her nose. I was more than relieved to see that his eyes were a mellow butterscotch color. He turned them toward me and smiled, and sent calming waves toward me as I noticed his hand clenched on his leg. We locked gazes and stared, unblinking, trying to get each other's message across. Mine-lay a hand on him, even hypothetically, and I will have your dead heart on a silver platter and your head on a stake. Him-I am in control… I have the Force. (His eyes were twinkling)

Edward noticed and was looking extremely creeped out and started to say, "Whaaa-?" before Emmett interrupted him, covering up our not blinking by screaming out, "STARING CONTEST! I CHALLENGE YOU TO A DUAL, EDWARD!"

Edward nodded and beckoned with his index finger for Emmett to bring it on. Little did he know that Emmett was a vampire and of course, vampires don't need to blink. I felt bad for Edward and I considered helping him cheat, but Alice shook her head at me. They leaned across the table toward each other and stopped, staring at each other, now only half a foot away.

Edward tried cheating, blowing at Emmett's eyes to dry them out. Of course it had no effect on him. Emmett grinned and said, "You shouldn't have done that." He blew a kiss to Rose out of the side of his mouth and puffed out his cheeks, sucking in as much air as he could. He blew a steady stream of air into one of Edward's eyes. Soon it started to water and got really red. Edward kept shaking his head, trying to convince himself he didn't need to blink. By the time Emmett ran out of air, Edward had blinked.

"Dammit, Emmett! You suck! I was the ultimate starer at my old school."

"Yeah, well, kid, now you're at my school."

As soon as the words left his mouth, the bell rang and everyone surged out of the cafeteria to their classes. Edward grabbed his bag and slung it over his shoulder, and dumped his tray in the nearby trash can. Emmett and Rosalie paired up to go to their next class together, and Alice was going to be escorted to her French class by Jasper. I turned to Edward and asked him what class he had next. I waited as he sifted through his bag to find his class schedule.

"I have…. Mr. Fleetwood in Agricultural Mechanics. I didn't have any classes left to take, and this was the only one that had an opening that would fit into my schedule…"

"That was my same problem too, I have it too. I'll go with you…" I punctuated my statement with a shy smile.

He smiled warmly back. "That would be nice."

What was happening to me?! I felt all warm inside, like my bones were melted or something. Vampires can't get sick, can they? I decided to ask Carlisle later.

He held his arm out for me to loop mine through. I held my breath as I looped it through awkwardly. I almost groaned out loud when his heartbeat sped up. Before he could notice anything was wrong, I took off, steering him through the hallways. I threw a quick, "Sorry, Jasper." over my shoulder at vampire speed before we left the cafeteria. If I was having trouble, think how bad it was for Jasper who had to feel it doubled, his thirst and mine.

We walked in the door of the classroom, and Mr. Fleetwood looked up. His eyes were so funny looking that even Edward had to disguise his snort of amusement into a throat clearing as he dug into his bag for his first day sign-in sheet. Mr. Fleetwood's bifocals magnified his eyes to at least double the size they really were.

After Edward got Mr. Fleetwood's signature, he came and sat down by me. I felt like I had just won a prize, I trumped all the other girls in this school. Edward chose me. My insides got all warm again, and I realized I would be blushing if I were still human.

After Edward neatly stacked his books on the desk, a small bit of folded paper landed directly in front of me. I glanced down and saw that it had Edward's name on it. I disgustedly slid it over to Edward with one finger and I even managed to read it when he opened it.

It read:

Dear Edward,

I feel like I know you so well already, I just know we'll get along so well. I couldn't stop thinking about you since Government ended. Remember when I mentioned the party this weekend? Well, what would you say to us going together? I know we connect on a whole new level. It will only take one date and we'll be inseparable. Please say yes, I might cry if you don't.

3 Jessica

Ugh, vomit. Edward's expression seemed to agree with me. His brow furrowed in the cutest way as he slowly wrote back. I eaves-read again.

Jessica,

I'm flattered that you think so highly of me. I can't make it to the party this weekend, I'm sorry. I have plans. I don't want to lead you on, I only think of you as a friend. I'm sorry.

Edward

He sent the note back, and as she read it her eyes almost popped out of her head. She snatched her pencil up and quickly scribbled something on the paper. Then she sent it back.

Edward,

Please go with me?

I might be able to change your mind about being friends.

3 Jess

The innuendo in her message was disgustingly desperate. I suddenly had a brilliant idea to help Edward out of a tight spot in the same way he had helped me in Biology. I took the paper from his hands and kept ahold of one of his hands. I smiled brilliantly at him before I let it go. I grabbed my own pencil and added to the message.

Darling Jess,

Would you kindly leave Edward alone? We have a special connection and I don't want you to get your feelings hurt. I'm so very glad you understand! Thanks again.

Isabella

P.S. There would be no way in hell.

P.P.S. Tell Mike Newton hi from me..

I knew that last line would really sting, Mike had a huge crush on me and Jessica had a huge crush on him.I passed the note back to her and she unfolded it, her eyes widening in horror. Her face turned back to Edward and I, where I was leaning against his side with his arm draped around my shoulders. Her eyes darted from me to him before turning back to the front and crumpling the paper up.

The classroom door swung wide open and Mr. Fleetwood came back in the room pushing a large TV cart. The entire class groaned as the lights were shut off. The opening credits were soon rolling and I settled comfortably into Edward's arm. I could definitely get used to this!

A/N:

Thanks for reading, guys! Ok, I'm still working on rewriting these chapters, so bear with me. I only have two left! Let me know what you thought of this chapter!