Disclaimer: Stephenie Meyer owns Twlight.

I was in the garden when I heard the phone ring. Who could that be? Of course it could be someone who wanted to talk to Carlisle, but he was already at the hospital. Thinking about it, the hospital and the children's school are the only ones that have our phone number. Nobody else have use for it, since the kids usually keeps to themselves and doesn't make friends. Which is quite sad actually, but I guess we have to be careful. Suddenly I remembered the phone and walked inside the house to answer.

"Hello?

"Hello. I am Harold Greene, the principal of Forks High School. Could I please talk to Mrs Cullen?"

"This is her. What can I do for you Mr Greene?"

"Oh...I'm sorry. I was wondering if you could come down to the school? I have something to tell you. It's about your children."

"Of course Mr Greene. I'll be there as soon as I can."

"Thank you Mrs Cullen. Well, I'll see you soon. Goodbye."

"Goodbye."

What could the kids possibly have now? Knowing Emmett, I hoped it wasn't something like showing off your strength in the cafeteria. That was something he could do, and had done before.

I took my car keys and raced to the car. I wondered if I should hunt before I got to the school but decided against it. Sure, I hadn't hunted for a couple of days, but I figured that as long as no one started bleeding everything would be fine.

Ten minutes later I parked my car in the almost empty parking lot and started walking, at human speed, towards the principals office. It was easy to find, because there was a sign on the door spelling "Principal". I took a deep, unnecessary breath, and knocked on the door. It opened almost right away, as if someone had stood right by it, waiting for me to knock. The woman who opened the door was Mrs Cope. Carlisle and I had met her when we enrolled our kids at the school a few weeks ago.

"Hello Mrs Cope. It's a pleasure to meet you again."

"Hello Mrs Cullen. I can say the same. Please come inside."

I could tell she was surprised by the fact that I remembered her name.

"Thank you, Mrs Cope." I smiled and entered the office. I was slightly surprised by seeing not only the principal but also two other men. What had the kids done?

"Hello Mrs Cullen. Please have a seat."

"Thank you, and please call me Esme." I sat down in the chair he had pointed at.

"Esme it is then. I know you're probably wondering why I called you."

I nodded, and looked at the other men, wondering who they were. Mr Greene noticed.

"Oh.. I'm sorry, I forgot to introduce you. Esme, this is Mr Banner, the biology teacher and this is Coach Clapp, the gym teacher.

I nodded and smiled a them.

"It's a pleasure to meet you."

"The same, Mrs Cullen."

Mr Greene coughed and I turned my attention back to him.

"The reason why I called you is because the teachers and Mrs Cope has noticed some things."

I felt panic washing over me. Noticed what? That my family are vampires? I looked at Mr Greene, who looked concerned, while I tried to keep myself calm. I saw Mr Banner standing up out of the corner of my eye.

"I need to talk to you for a moment, Mrs Cope." He whispered, but I heard it perfectly well. The two of them left the room and closed the door behind them.

"What have you noticed Mr Greene?" I tried to keep the worry out of my voice.

I heard Mr Banner's whispering voice outside the door. What he said worried me even more.

"She has bruises too."

Bruises? What did he mean? Oh right...we get bruises under our eyes when we haven't hunted for a while. Then I remembered that all the kids had gone hunting the day before, except for Alice. Had they noticed her bruises?

Mr Greene coughed again, so I turned my attention back to him.

"Mr Banner and Coach Clapp noticed some disturbing things today. They think that two of your kids, Alice and Jasper are having a relationship. A romantic relationship that is."

He looked at me like he excepted me to hit the roof or something.

"Yes, I'm aware of that, and so is my husband. Before you interrupt me I want to explain some things. Alice and Jasper are in no way related, since all of my children are adopted. They didn't grow up together. They talked to me and their father about their relationship and we trust them enough to believe they will not get pregnant. And if we forbid them to be in a relationship, they would most likely go behind our backs. And who would want that?"

I looked at him, and he seemed taken back by my speech. Coach Clapp just sat there staring at me.

I shifted uncomfortably and he averted his eyes.

"Then there's another thing that Mrs Cope noticed. She told me that Alice has bruises under her eyes."

So they noticed. I had to talk to the kids about being even more careful.

"Oh...I haven't noticed..Were they bad? I have to talk to her about it. See why she has them." I mumbled, not knowing what I should say.

"Mrs Cope have a theory about that..." He seemed hesitant, like he was wondering if he really should say something.

"What theory?"

"Well, like I said, it's just a theory...She suspects that Jasper may be the one who hit Alice..."

I gasped. How could they think that? Jasper would rather die than hurt Alice.

"Why would you think that?"

"Mrs Cope told me that Alice came to her office to ask if she could get the rest of the day of, since she wasn't feeling well. When she left, Mrs Cope noticed, that Jaspers arm was wrapped around Alice waist."

"So? There's nothing wrong with that."

"Mrs Cope said that his grip looked to tight to be comfortable, like he was forcing her to go with him."

No doubt trying to get her out of the school, before she got to hungry to control herself.

"Thank you for informing me about this. I should go home and talk them. If something really is going on I don't want to leave them by themselves." Satisfied with my quick and somewhat believable answer I stood up.

"Okay...Well then, Esme, it was nice to meet you. And thank you for listening to us. Take care."

"The pleasure is all mine. Thank you so much for informing me about this."

I shook hands with both Mr Greene and the Coach. When I walked through the door I almost walked into Mr Banner. I apologised and shook hands with him too. I was about to say goodbye with Mrs Cope when she asked if she could walk with me since she was going the front office, which was on the way to my car.

"Back in the office, I couldn't help but notice that you have bruises too."

How was I going to answer that one? I couldn't say that I had walked into a door, because then they really would suspect that something was wrong. I said the first thing that crossed my mind.

"I haven't slept well these last days. I don't know why, I just couldn't sleep. That's all."

Not really something she will fully believe but that'll do for now.

"Oh...Okay. But if you need any help, at all, please know that I'm here for you."

"Thank you. I will remember that."

We said our goodbyes and I climbed into my car, racing home as fast as I could.

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