Hello again.
I forgot the disclaimer last time, so there it is: Disclaimer for this chapter and the rest of the story: I own nothing, the rightful owners do.
I wasn't planning on updating this story any time soon, but it kind of happened. It's not long, but it's interesting for me to write in Edward's POV.
The song in the end is "High School never ends" by Bowling for soup.
One more thing, there will be scarce swearing or mild language starting from this chapter. Only a few words a chapter, but still if you feel strongly against it, I suggest ignoring the words or choosing another story.
Other than that, we are good to go :)
Enjoy!
Last time:
I was sitting with my back to the rest of the student body, picking at my food when an almost familiar scent hit me.
This time:
My head snapped up. The scent was sweet and mouthwatering. But surprisingly it wasn't burning. Maybe the cafeteria's stench diluted it... But it was still the best fragrance I had ever smelt.
I turned around and saw a girl and a boy walking away from us with their trays in hands. It was a usual scene at school. But there was one thing terribly off. I couldn't read their minds. How could that be? The only person I had ever met with a shielded mind was my love. But it was different this time. Instead of getting nothing from them, whenever I concentrated, it seemed like I could hear everybody's thoughts in this room amplified. As for the boy, it truly was as if he didn't exist. Maybe they were also mind readers...? If that even was possible for a human to be.
"Jasper?" I turned to my brother at my side. He looked at me surprised, these years I rarely talked unless I had no other choice. "Can you feel that boy... and girl walking over there?"
His eyebrows shot up. "You mean the ones laughing over there?" I nodded. "Sure I can. They are happy and calm." He shrugged nonchalant. "Why?" His eyes narrowed on me.
I looked back at the girl. Even though she was facing away from me, I could tell that she was medium height, her hair was chocolate brown, she seemed well fit and her clothes were too good-looking to have been bought in a shop.
I tried to reason with myself. It was impossible!
"Bella?" I was standing behind her with my hand on her shoulder stopping her before I could tell my body to move.
"Idiot! What is he doing?" Alice's mental voice reached me.
"What. A jerk." As always Rosalie was short to the point.
"I thought he had gotten over that human." Eve would never understand me.
Jasper and Emmett's thoughts were softer and compassionate, but they were also tired of me holding back on the past and not living the present.
The girl turned to me.
I instantly fell into those deep brown inquisitive eyes. They were so innocent. And her scent made my head spin.
"Excuse me?" Her chiming voice brought me back to reality. She was not my Bella. What was I thinking before? Oh, right. I wasn't thinking at all. And I was the vampire. I was supposed to dazzle her like this. Not the other way around!
She smiled at me and tilted her head curiously. Was there something wrong? Oh, she was waiting for my answer. What was the question?
"I'm sorry. I... I thought... I thought you were someone else." I stammered weakly. Why and what was she doing to me?
"Is she beautiful?" She asked. And surprised me again. What was she talking about? This inability to read her mind was frustrating. I took a quick deep breath in order to clear my head. But all I got was another wave of dizziness. I shook my head slightly. This was more than odd.
"Wha-?" I feebly managed. She chuckled lightly and playfully. Again, her voice was like chiming bells.
"The girl you mistook me for? Is she beautiful?" Her smile was captivating. I slightly shook my head and took a tiny step backwards.
"The most beautiful I have ever seen." I gave her an honest smile. She was just as beautiful. I could feel Rosalie and Eve taking this as a personal insult, but I couldn't care less about them.
"Then I will take this as a compliment." Her lips stretched further apart. I nodded. She definitely should.
"Wow bro. What are you doing?" Emmett's voice boomed at my ear. "Sorry, Edward sometimes wanders off." He turned his apologetic face to someone in front of me, but not the girl. Only now I remembered that she had been walking with a guy before I stopped her. The boy had a smug look on his face. If I wasn't a vampire, I would have been crimson.
"Nice to meet you, Edward." Her voice was so soft and gentle, just as her eyes. "And welcome to Forks."
I don't know what I was about to do, but whatever it was, Emmett's firm hand on my shoulder stopped me. I was grateful to him. I had already embarrassed myself more than enough for one day.
"I'm Emmett by the way." He foolishly stretched out his hand. What happened next, caught my interest even more.
The guy not only took his hand, but also shook it. And in a way that even my huge brother felt his firm grip. This was becoming weird...
Only now I took a better look at the boy. He was slightly taller than the girl. His eyes were emerald, hair was bronze with a few darker brown streaks. He wasn't thin or too muscular for that matter, but it was obvious that he was sinewy.
"I think we should go." My brother smiled baring his teeth, but surprisingly for me and disappointingly for him the kids didn't flinch. On the contrary, they smiled back.
"Good luck, Edward." The girl looked straight into my eyes and I was once again lost in her piercing gaze. That is, until Emmett forcibly turned me around and away from them.
I glanced over my shoulder. The guy nodded to a table far away by the wall where only a few other kids were sitting. They both walked off.
"Nice, man." Emmett disapprovingly murmured when we reached our table.
"What's wrong with you?" Rosalie hissed. I rolled my eyes. They would never understand me anyway...
Eve, however, was hurt. Her and Alice's pained expressions, though the last one was full of compassion, were too much for me.
I took my tray, dumped it in a trash bin and left. I had two more lessons to prepare myself for today's conversation in the evening which was sure to centre around me.
The next on my list was Music. It was pretty much the only reason why I had agreed to go to school again. The other one being to get away from Eve.
I entered the class just before a bell. It was a big room with tables lined against walls in two rows, they made a semicircle leaving the space in the middle for a grand piano and a singer. There were also drums, both acoustic and electrical guitars and a keyboard by the further wall. It was a perfect music classroom.
Too bad almost all seats were taken. I gave my slip to the teacher, a lovely old lady, to sign and she let me sit without any introductions. By the time Eve arrived and got her signature, there was only one empty place left, by my side.
"Thank you for saving me this one." She sweetly whispered. I would have gladly sat somewhere... anywhere else, but there simply were no other empty seats. I was left to sulk till our teacher called the class to attention.
"Afternoon." She smiled and all talks died down. She didn't even have to raise her tone to be heard, a very uncommon thing in schools nowadays. "I'm glad to see you all here. As you have already noticed, we have two new students here. Evelyn Hale and Edward Cullen. Let's welcome them." She paused. Everybody applauded politely. Looks like bad manners was not an option in this class. I wanted to become invisible and Eve was flattered by all this attention. Yeah, we truly made a nice couple...
"As for this lesson, I am glad to see you all sitting in pairs. Remember, you will have to sit like today for the rest of the school year." She looked over every student. "So." She clapped her hands expectantly. "Has anyone prepared a song for today?"
Apparently, we were supposed not only to sit through this class, but actually participate. Compose, write songs and then perform them in front of other students.
"One more thing to remember. For now, I want the girls to show us their voices and the guys show off their instrumental skills." The teacher really knew how to brighten my cloudy day. There was no way, I was singing in front of other students. Playing, on the other hand, I could handle. "We will switch roles later." She winked and glanced around looking for volunteers.
There were a few minutes of silence. Nobody wanted to be the first one.
"Okay. I understand you are all very busy at home. I give you twenty minutes to prepare a song. That's right. Words AND Music." Was she insane?! How did she expect us to prepare a decent song in such a short time?! "Make it about whatever you want." She paused. "Tell us about your day, what you feel... Anything. It doesn't have to be big, long or intelligent."
About my day? From having to go to the school where I had met the love of my life and knowing that she will not be there, having to endure Eve and my siblings' scrutinizing looks, being the centre of attention and all the way to how I made myself look like a complete idiot when I met the gorgeous girl with the best scent I could ever imagine. Yeah, my day had been great.
"Any volunteers now?" The teacher clapped her hands again and glanced around the class. Everybody fell silent. "Come on, people. You will all have to do this sooner or later." Why was she looking at me?! "How about you, Evelyn and Edward? We would like to know you better." Did she honestly expect me to work on my first day in school?
Eve shifted at my side. She wanted to sing, to show off her voice and amaze everybody. She surely knew how to use her vampiric advantages and not only during hunting... I, however, was not going to move an inch. I had had enough embarrassment for a single day. And to start that it was also my first day in this school... No, I was not doing anything during this lesson.
"Maybe another time..." I murmured lamely.
"Alright. Then you will be the first ones next time." She smiled. Just great! Exactly what I needed... "People! Anybody today?"
The guy I had met in the cafeteria playfully nudged the breathtaking girl. She sighed and shyly raised her hand. "We can do this." She didn't have to sing to have my full attention and admiration. "If nobody else wants." She hopefully glanced around the room.
"The floor is yours, darling." The lady smiled again. Darling. She called the girl like this even in her mind. Well, this wasn't helpful. I wanted to know her name. But was too much of a coward to ask her myself. Guess I will have to wait a little more...
She took a deep breath and got up. The boy went to get an electric guitar and she walked in front of the class. She took a deep breath and blushed slightly. A smile stretched across her face.
"This is a song about the way I feel right at this moment. Or before this class actually..." She glanced at the teacher. Lunch was before this lesson. I was paler than usually if that was possible. "Or to say it even more accurately, that's how I felt in the end of the class just before lunch. It's rather short and nothing big, so just let your emotions fly." I relaxed a bit. This meant she was not going to mention me. The guy plugged in his guitar and strummed it. She glanced at him. "I see we are ready. So let's go."
The music started. It was not anywhere close to my favorite.
HEY!
Uh Oh, Uh Oh Uh-Oh, Uh Oh Uh-Oh, Uh Oh Uh-Oh
HEY!
Uh Oh, Uh Oh Uh-Oh, Uh Oh Uh-Oh, Uh Oh Uh-Oh
HEY!
4 Years you think for sure
That's all you've got to endure
All the total jerks
All the stuck-up chicks
So superficial, so IMMATURE.
Then when you graduate,
You take a look around and you say "Hey Wait!"
This is the same as where I just came from,
I thought it was over, Aw that's just great.
Okay, the words were lousy to say the least... But her voice, I couldn't tear my ears off her.
The whole damn world is just as obsessed
With who's the best dressed and who's having sex.
Who's got the money, who gets the honeys.
Who's kinda cute and who's just a mess.
And you still don't have the right look
And you don't have the right friends
Nothing changes but the faces, the names, and the trends...
We were in the ninth grade. What was I expecting from a hormonal teenager? Though she didn't look like one in the cafeteria... Again, even Eve could be nice sometimes...
Check out the popular kids
You'll never guess what Jessica did!
And how did Mary Kate lose all that weight?
And Katie had a baby so I guess Tom's straight!
And the only thing that matters,
Is climbing up that social ladder
Still care about your hair and the car you drive
Doesn't matter if you're 16 or 35.
Reese witherspoon, she's the Prom Queen
Bill gates, Captain of the chess team
Jack black, the clown
Brad pitt, the quarterback
Seen it all before
I want my money back!
The kids laughed and the teacher gave her a scolding look. Apparently Jessica, Mary Kate, Katie and Tom were the real names of students in this school...
After another refrain the music ended.
"Well that was different." The lady could hardly find the right words. "I see you feel slightly cynical today..." Her lips pressed into a thin smiling line.
"Sorry, it's Thursday afternoon." She shrugged. The guy took his seat.
"Then I don't want to hear a word from you tomorrow. I have no wish of knowing your thoughts in the end of Friday." The teacher playfully shuddered. The girl smiled. "And for the next time, change the names." She glanced at the rest of the class. "We come here to learn. You from me about music and how lame you are. I from you about the lives of young people of nowadays." She almost snorted at he end of her sentence. "And every time you come in front of this class, you have to do better than the last time. No sorrys and no excuses." She paused to let her words sink in. "Class dismissed."
Students started speaking at once. The girl returned to her table where the guy was waiting for her with their bags in his hands. I wanted to watch her, maybe even talk to her again, but my line of sight was blocked by an annoying blond.
"So Eddie. We have a song to prepare." She looked ecstatic. "I can't wait for that." Her fantasies about us writing a song on her bed were horrific...
I grabbed my bag and quickly made my way to the doors. I glanced behind to see where the girl was, but I couldn't find her.
When I got to my car, all my sisters were still fuming for today's lunch. I rolled my eyes.
"Talk. Now." Rosalie hissed.
"Baby, let's wait till we get home." Emmett tried calming down his lover and Jasper was smart enough to send little waves of calmness to everybody. "You don't want to make a scene and have to move again." Rosalie glared at all her brothers stopping her gaze on me for a little longer. She got in the car with an angry huff.
Guess, we were skipping P.E.
This was going to be a long conversation...
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