Chapter Two: Bodyguard
Principal Brett McPherson
Todd Evans sat looking rebelliously at me across my desk. "I should be a senior this year," he said harshly.
"You should be," I agreed, wondering vaguely why his bluster didn't frighten me more; I knew he was willing and able to carry out anything he threatened. "It's not my fault you spent last year terrorizing the school instead of studying." I stood, signaling an end to the discussion. "You go on to class now, and remember, I don't want to hear one hint of trouble."
Todd glared hard at me, but pushed his chair back roughly as he stood up.
I dropped back into my chair as he left the room, burying my face in my hands and kneading my temples. That had gone much better than I expected…but it was only the first fifteen minutes of the first day.
Even now, I could hear Todd's voice outside. "Hey; what'd'ya think you're doing here?"
"Some law that says we can't stand in the hallway?" I knew the deep voice; it was Emmett Cullen.
"There is if I say so," Todd countered. "Move along."
"Why don't you just go on to class now?" That voice, honey-smooth and lighter than Emmett's, was his foster brother Jasper Hale. I groaned softly, knowing I needed to go out and deal with this before I had a fight on my hands. Not that I could prevent a fight in any case; I would only get caught in the middle myself.
But strangely, the next sound wasn't a fist smashing into someone's face.
"Yeah, sure…I'll leave…for now. But you watch it; I'm in charge around here."
I made it to the door in time to see Todd disappearing around the corner. Emmett stood leaning against one side of my door, his arms crossed and a smile of apparent amusement on his face. On the other side of the door, Jasper looked less relaxed, his eyes following Todd Evans as he disappeared.
When the Cullens first came to school this fall, I had been concerned that Emmett and Jasper would be troublemakers. Both of them were tall, Emmett big as well, and there was just something about them that made me…wary. But though they seemed disinclined to form friendships, socializing only with their own family, they hadn't caused any trouble. Yesterday Jasper had even seemed genuinely concerned about what was bothering me.
And I couldn't shake the feeling that that concern was what had them here now. Standing there, one on each side of my door, they looked for all the world like…bodyguards.
Turning, Jasper gave me a slow, slight smile, then nodded once and with a quiet word to his brother disappeared down the hall.
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