Previously:
"Good morning Mr. Masen, what did you want to talk to me about?" Bella asked nonchalantly.
"Well I need to know the school's exact rules concerning student teacher relationships" Edward said quietly still not looking up.
"You have my attention..."
"Do you understand now?" Bella asked Edward.
"Yes I understand perfectly." he said grimly "I'll be leaving now." Edward rose from his chair and was halfway out of Bella's office when she called out to him.
"Why did you need to know about those policies? Is there a particular student that you had your eye on?"
Not a student per say. Edward thought. "No, just curious."
With a wary look in Edward's direction Bella let the subject drop, and he left her office quietly letting to door fall shut behind him.
As soon as the door clicked shut, Bella rolled her chair away from her desk and let Alice out.
"Wow. I never know that the school was that strict." she said brushing herself off.
"Yes, well I'm sure that you can understand why."
"Yeah, but seriously? Not even if the student is eighteen?"
Bella sat back down at her desk and poured herself a glass of water from the pitcher sitting there. "No, not even then." she took a large gulp of water.
"Huh." Alice said with a strange look on her face. Bella was about to ask Alice what she found so strange about the school's policies. But Alice's next statement drove the thought from her mind.
"Mr. Masen is cute isn't he?"
"What?" Bella nearly screamed.
"You should go out with him, at the very least kiss him."
"No!"
"Why not? You know you want to. Besides you two would make a cute couple."
"Alice..." Bella growled.
Alice turned towards her principal with a devilish smile upon her lips.
"What?" Bella asked warily.
"You called me Alice."
Bella sighed "Only in this office or outside of school. Okay?"
Alice nodded.
"And I hate being called Isabella. I prefer Bella by far. Now you should probably get to class, second hour should start in about seven minutes."
Alice nodded and walked to the door. "Bye Bella."
Bella smiled. "See ya Alice."
Just outside of Bella's office Edward leaned against the wall waiting and stewing over what he had just been told.
Shit Emmett what were you thinking?
Edward beat the back of his head against the wall.
The lock on Bella's office door clicked open and Edward snapped his head up in time to see Alice slip out the door and start to skip away from him.
"Miss. Brandon!" he called out softly.
Alice froze mid – skip and turned to face him.
"It would be much appreciated if you didn't tell anyone what you heard in there."
"Of course Mr. Masen. Your secret is safe with me."
Ha. My secret.
Oh my God! He knows! Gotta find Rose.
Alice scurried away in the opposite direction trying to find Rose Edward took no notice of her panicked expression and continued on his way to his classroom.
He opened the door to find the girls staring longingly at the new guidance counselor, and the boys glaring. The young blond haired blue eyed teacher at the front of the room seemed not to notice the attention that he was getting and continued to read his book.
"'The Art of War' Mr. Whitlock?" Edward asked amused. "That seems like a strange choice of reading material for a guidance counselor."
Mr. Whitlock laughed, "Yeah. I guess it looks that way doesn't it? But I was a history minor in college, I actually did my final report on this."
The girls, having gleaned this tiny bit of information from the mysterious newcomer, sighed audibly. Mr. Whitlock blushed a deep red. He rose from his seat, and stepped out from behind Edward's desk, reaching out to shake his hand.
"Well Mr. Masen. It was nice to meet you." his voice held a slight southern twang, betraying his background as a Texan "I hope I get to visit this wonderful class again."
Somewhere in the back a girl swooned.
Wow this is just like my and Emmett's first year here. Poor guy. He's really got his work cut out for him.
Yay! I finally got chapter 2 done! I don't suppose that I could trouble you for a review while I'm out writing the next one could I? Anonymous reviews accepted.