"You sound like you really enjoyed yourself there." The quiet voice of Jasper Cullen said, looking at me with an amber gaze that was filled with confusion... and curiosity? I nodded in agreement to his comment. "Yes, very much." Edward seemed a bit tense as he asked, "Why were you there?"

Keeping my mind rivited on the present had been hard, and" his smooth, almost velvety voice almost dragged my back to where I had been not two weeks . I met his amber gaze, and smiled as I detected a slightly twitch in his brow. "I was an exchange student."

"Isn't that more of a college thing to do?"Alice asked, her light bell-like voice filtered through the air, like a refreshing spring. I looked down at my lunch and began to eat, ignoreing the five pairs of vegetarian eyes that locked on me- I had more eyes, with a more deadly color locked on me in the past year. "I guess, but it was an opportunity I just couldn't pass up."

Two and a half years ago I had written something, a story or and essay, I forget the details, and had sent it in for a scholarship go get into a nice private school, without makeing my foster parents pay too much for the tution. I hadn't known that when the director of the insitutuion saw the essay, that he'd put it into the competitive exchange programe that the school hosted. A year later I and two others had been picked to go to international schools, placed in Italy, New Zeland, and Egpyt. That's how I had ended up packing my bags, and boarding a plan headed for Verona, Italy- leaving behind two very proud, and extraordinary teary eyed, foster parents. All they had had to do, was pay for my plane ticket.

I mentally wandered back to my flight, and then the school that I had gone to for a few months. My class had been taken on a field trip to Voltera- and there I had stayed, after havving transfered from one school to another. Dragging myself away from the past, I looked up in enough time to see the frown that decorated Edward Cullen's face, before he quickly eased back to an easy going, and relaxed persona.

"It must've been fun." I smiled wanely, and nearly breathed an audible sign of reliefe when Bella tripped over to our table. Alice and Edward switched their gazes to Bella, and I forced back my laughter at the mother hen acts. Feeling another, more intent gaze on me, I looked over to see Jasper turning away and whisper something in Alice's ear. She cast him a sharp glance, before easing back into her kind state. I mentally swore, damn, these vamps are good. I have got to be more careful. Then, too late, I had realized my error, just as Edward Cullen tensed. I silently stood up, murmuring a polite 'excuse me' before takeing my tray and dumping it in the trash. Heading out of the cafeteria, I could feel five, suddenly sharp, and deadly gazes pointed at my back, as I feigned complete and absolute ignorance.

As soon as I was into the halls, I began to run, while thinking of the classes I had left and decideing that I would get to physics early. I thought of nothing else other than a need to go to the bathroom, as I headed out of the school and towards Bella's truck. Getting in I urged the car into livving and pulled out of the school. I drove back to Bella's house, forceing myself to be completely relaxed. It wasn't until I was inside the house with the door locked behind me that a began to swear, and pace.

"I can't even last one day, pretending to be normal, can I? Nope, I just had to slip up arund the mind reader- granted it would have hapened eventually but did it have to be today?ARGH! You are so so so so STUPID!" I ranted for awhile longer before, gradually I egan to calm down. "Well at least I can be free with my thoughts now. Not much of a point in hideing most of what I know, now." Once the adrenaline was completely eradicated from my bloodstream, I fell on the couch, exausted. Sleep vanquised anyother thoughts from my mentally deranged mind.

"Edward, she just got back."

"She knows Bella, and I refuse to sacrifice your safety- so that she can sleep."

"So she knows- how can that ever be a problem. Eddward if she knew, and cared, she would have run screaming in the other direction. Just let her sleep of awhile longer."

"I can't do that Bella. She was with the Volturi."

I woke to the arugement and listened as I slowly, and somewhat unwillingly moved back to complete conciousness. Bella's silence charged the, already tense air. Keeping my eyes closed, I heard the sound of clothes moveing, and asumed that Edward was holding Bella. "I could never live with myself if you died while I could protect you." It was all could do to not gag at the total and complete cheesiness of that statement. Seriously, is there any form of man in this guy? I deliberately thought, allowing my distain for my to seep into my thoughts like a slow poison. I knew he would hear me, and the soft, almmost imperceptible growl that reached my ears as I sat up, told me that I had come close to hitting a nerve.

"Hello to you to, Cullen." I said, watchiing as Bella pulled away, her face colored by fire.

Edward chose only to glare at me, while stepping a bit in front of Bella. I rolled my eyes, at the double meaning guester. That he wold proect Bella from me- as if I could/ would ever hurt her. The second was his own, not so subtle way of attempting to loom over me. Seriously Cullen? you dont have half the aura of soem of the Volturi guards, so stop trying.

"How do you know about us?" Even in its rough state I had to admit, he had a pretty nice voice... for a complete cheesy idiot.

You already know how I know, so stop asking pointless questions, and get right down to want you really want to know. I refused to speak to this guy, pretending to be civil was gone, and I was completely ready for him to know how I felt about him.

He ignored me, and continue with his questioning, "Who told you? Why are you here?'

The answer to both of those question have the same answer- non of your damn business, you idiot.

Oh, boy was I tempting fate or what.