Eleven Years Later…
It's been eleven years since I've met the Volturi and ten years since my mother if you can call her that abandoned me. In those years I have excelled in my studies, learning everything possible. I can now stretch my shield out for ten miles. Aro was impressed when he found out I could stretch it to protect others. He also said that he couldn't read my mind because I had a mental shield also. I learned how to shield others and even cast it away from myself.
Also over the years I decided to go to mathematics competitions and debates, only to win ten trophies, two certificates and three plaques in a row before I retired. I'm now considered the smartest person in Italy and am famous around the world.
Today was going to be a bad day considering I was going to leave Europe to go to Forks, Washington. I wanted to go and live with my dad, Charlie, for the rest of the year until graduation; because I thought he should get to know me before I am changed.
Aro had agreed to this and here I was zipping up my suitcases. I finished packing and dragged my bags down the stairs of my tower with Artemis in a cage sitting on top of my bags. Demetri and Felix stood waiting for me at the front door ready to take me airport. They're faces were adorned with sad smiles. The rest of the corridor was empty because I had already said my goodbyes last night.
I got in Demetri's car and we tore out of the driveway at sixty mile per hour. The car ride to the airport was quiet, not awkward but comfortable; they knew I didn't want to talk. I liked the silence.
Once we got to the airport I hugged them as tightly as possible and said goodbye. I boarded the plane and put my headphones on as soon as I was seated and scrolled down the music on my IPod until I found 'Clair De Lune'. I relaxed into the music but wrapped my shield around me anyways. I fell asleep soon after, dreaming about nothing like normal.
I was awoken up when a flight attendant shook me awake softly. "Miss the plane has landed it's time to leave." She said, chipper. I thanked her and to went to baggage claim. I grabbed my bags and Artemis then looked for Charlie. After about ten minutes I saw a blonde man with golden hair holding a sign that read 'Isabella Marie Swan' and a short girl with spiky black hair with the same golden eyes the man had, I soon recognized the man to be not only a vegetarian vampire but my favorite surgeon of all time; Carlisle Cullen. They saw me gawking and the little one who looked like a pixie squealed and ran up to me. I heard Artemis hiss at her, but she hugged me tightly I looked down at her as she practically tackled me. I looked up confused and met Carlisle's eyes. The pixie let go than introduced herself.
"My names Alice Cullen, sorry but I'm just so excited to meet you, Charlie has told us so much. We are going to best friends." She squealed it so fast that if I hadn't had inhuman hearing than I wouldn't have heard it all. "How do you know that?" I asked her confused she didn't seem to notice my question. She turned around still bouncing and tried to introduce Carlisle but I stopped her.
"Alice I already know who he is." I said in an excited tone. They both looked confused, but I smiled at them and continued. "He is Carlisle Cullen my personal favorite surgeon in the world." I left out the part about him being the vampire that mapped out my whole vampiric diet. He grinned and so did Alice.
"Ah, so I have an admirer and she's the chief's daughter. How interesting." His eyes brightened as we followed Alice to the car, which was a black Mercedes S55 AMG. I knew a lot about cars because of Demetri and Felix loved fast cars and they taught me how to drive. "Why wasn't Charlie able to pick me up?" I asked them worriedly. I hope he wasn't hurt, my mind went to the worst possible scenario. Carlisle saw this and reassured me that he got held up at the station and asked him to pick me up. I was relieved after a few moments of silence Alice started to go on about clothes. I rolled my eyes, she reminded me of Renata and she was a shopaholic just like Alice. She was even planning a shopping trip for the both of us; I need clothes for Forks weather anyways so I agreed. We soon turned off on a road I didn't recognize and Artemis started to squawk. I gave her a look and she stopped. They looked at her warily and I almost laughed, they fed off of animals and Artemis was nervous that they might take a bite out of her.
"Where are we going?" I asked. I knew I could trust them but I was cautious. Alice smiled at me reassuringly. "We're going to our house; Charlie said he wouldn't be home until late so he asked us to let you spend the night." She said happily. "I get a feeling that you act like this all the time." She smiled cheekily and Carlisle laughed, it was musical like Aro and Caius's laughter. Then I had a thought. "Wait, isn't tomorrow school, I made sure Charlie got me registered so I could go to school tomorrow but if I spend the night will I just ride with you all?" Alice nodded enthusiastically. I smiled I liked her already and with the very best surgeon too, it was going to be a perfect night, especially since I don't need as much sleep as regular humans, five hours and I was wide awake. Aro said it was because I adapted to the vampire's way of life as best as I could.
We made it to their home, the house was timeless, graceful, and probably a hundred years old. It was painted a soft, faded white, three stories tall, rectangular and well proportioned. The windows and doors were either part of the original structure or a perfect restoration. All in all it was the most beautiful house I had ever seen, it was no castle but more like a mansion, I was impressed. Carlisle and Alice tried to take my bags but I took them out of their hands. "I'm the one who's imposing on you I don't want to cause you anymore headache." I said as I stepped up onto the porch. I wrapped my shield as tight as possible, I may have been a fan but I wasn't stupid, I wanted to stay alive didn't I? They shared a look. "Yup, your Charlie's daughter." Alice said and I rolled my eyes as they opened the door for me. They showed me to the living room where their family was. I was surprised to see six vampires in one coven. Sitting on a love seat was the most possibly the most beautiful blonde haired vampire I had ever seen but she was glaring at me like I killed her cat and sitting next to her was a male with curly brown hair and a goofy grin on his face. On the couch sat a beautiful woman with caramel colored hair with a heart shaped face, leaning against the couch was another male that had blonde hair just like the other one but he looked rigid and on close inspection of his face he had tons of scars and bites, that no human could see but with my eyes being stronger I could see as well as a vampire. I could tell with my shield that there was one more person in the house and they were upstairs. Suddenly the blonde male jumped from his place and pointed at me, his eyes flashed in recognition.
"You're Isabella Marie Swan!" he shouted he looked like he was going to swoon. "Umm… yeah do I know you?" I asked confused now. He shook his head; everyone was looking at him just as confused as I am.
"No you don't know me but I know you. You're supposedly the smartest person in the world beating everyone you came across. You're a legend I've followed you since I first heard of you." he said grinning excitedly. "I can't believe that I'm meeting you! I didn't realize that you were Charlie's daughter. My name is Jasper." he bowed in respect.
"This is Esme, Rosalie, and Emmett." I liked this family. I grinned at him flattered, my cheeks were red I could tell. "Thank you but you don't have to bow, it's not like I see you as inferior to me. You're my equal, just because I'm smart doesn't mean I'm Queen Elizabeth." I ranted as I heard footsteps from above me I unconsciously looked up at the stairs as a boy with bronze hair and golden eyes came down, he was even more beautiful than the blonde girl, he saw me and his eyes grew wide then they turned black. He started to glare at me like the other girl. "Please sit down." Esme said motherly, I smiled at her and sat beside her. "Please won't you tell us about yourself?" she asked
"Well, um… for those who don't know me correctly my name is Isabella Swan but I prefer Bella. I am thought to be the smartest person in Europe but I am always trying to find people to beat me." I said ignoring the glares I was getting. "So um I like fast cars, martial arts, reading and pulling pranks, but I don't think I should pull any on Charlie he might have a hard attack." I giggled and they all laughed. Artemis suddenly hissed. I looked over at her confused. She was staring at the bronze haired boy who was now looking confused. "Sorry but he moved I'm nervous." She was still in her cage resting by the door. I took that as her word and then turned back to the conversation.
"Sorry but she doesn't like strangers." This was the truth but it only counted if you were a vampire, but I still told the half truth. I asked them about themselves and found that Rose liked fast cars too and now she and I are now friends and Alice is just as I suspected; a shopaholic, Esme loves to be around her kids, I also found that Emmett and I love to pull pranks, not everyone enjoyed this as much as he and I did and that Jasper and I love classic war novels and chess. I found out that the boy in the corner is Edward he plays the piano and doesn't usually talk to people. Rosalie liked me enough for her to ask me to call her Rose instead.
After a while of talking it was almost dark and I was getting tired. Alice showed me to the guest room and helped me put my luggage away. I didn't want to take anything out considering I was staying here a day and going to Charlie's house right after school, but Alice and Rose wanted to see my clothes. I didn't pack much considering my closet was as big as the guest room and its closet combined so I just bought random clothes that I thought I would like to wear. They drooled over the clothes I had and against my wishes hung them up in the closet. I put up Artemis's bird cage up and opened the window and then her cage door. She flew out and I watched as she went. Rose and Alice watched this little ritual with interest.
"Why do you let the bird go if she's your pet?" Alice asked curiously. I turned to them and sighed. "Artemis likes her kill fresh I suppose you could say. She was born in the wild but I found her all alone and she followed me home." I explained telling her half the truth. They nodded in understanding then Alice smirked. "Bella have you ever had a boyfriend?" she asked and I blushed a deep red. "N-no Alice, why?" I asked but she shook her head with a grin on her small face.
"You guys I have to sleep, I am so tired." I yawned. They frowned but nodded, when they shut the door I immediately started to get undressed and I went straight to my phone. I started to text Renata about the situation I was in. She texted back and said that Aro said that Carlisle was a respectable man so I won't have to worry about him but when I told him about Edward they all warned me and told me I was his la tua cantante or his singer. I did not take comfort in this news. I placed my phone on the nightstand and fell asleep.
I woke up at one in the morning fully awake and ready for the day. I got up and went to my closet. I picked out black stockings, a black short skirt, and a black tank top with a pale pink jacket that had straps on it. I laid them out on the bed and went to the adjoining bathroom.
I took a quick shower then brushed my teeth and did my hair and makeup. I kept it simple; my hair was left down and I just put on some eye liner. I went into my room and got dressed as I put on my office heels with a buckle on them something crashed down stairs. I stood straight up and cautiously walked downstairs.
I was met by Emmett being yelled at by Esme who was holding a broken vase. Edward, who had a smug look on his face, saw me first, his mouth hung open and when Alice saw him she followed his gaze to me and they shared the same expression everyone turned to look at me. They looked surprised to see me.
"What?" I asked them. Alice was the first to come out of it she squealed. She and Rose rushed towards me both smiling like there was no tomorrow.
"Bella you look amazing! Where did you get that outfit at!" she practically yelled as Rose led me to the kitchen, Edward was still standing there but his mouth was closed, after I left I heard Esme start yelling at Emmett again about breaking her favorite vase. Rose put a pop tart in front of me as Edward walked in.
"Rose, Alice could you leave please." It wasn't a question it was a statement. Rose rolled her eyes and Alice huffed and glared at him but they left. "Edward if you do something to her I'll skin you alive." Rose hissed at him under her breath so no human could hear, so I had to pretend that I didn't hear. He ignored her and went over to me, sitting next to me as I ate. He smiled at me and started. "Bella, I have some questions for you if you don't mind." He said in a voice that reminded me of a cop interrogating a supposed perp. I nodded him on letting him continue.
"What's your favorite color and why?" he asked eagerly. I was curious as to why he wanted to know but answered him anyway.
"Butterscotch gold and I'm not telling you why." I said, in truth the reason I didn't want to tell him because it was his family's beautiful eyes that inspired this new color change in me. He frowned and knitted his brows knitted together.
"And why not?" he asked clearly frustrated. I laughed and he smiled again. "I won't tell you because it's personal and silly." I said finishing my pop tart. I went to through the wrapper away but he took it and disposed of it then sat right back down. "I won't judge you." he said leaning forward a bit. I sighed. "Fine, it's the color of your eyes. They're a pretty color by the way." I said smiling warmly at him. I stood but he grabbed my arm, there was an electric current ran through us I shivered a little but not enough for someone to notice. "I don't think you should wear that it's cold out; you'll freeze." He said worriedly. I was confused why was he concerned and why did he want to talk to me after making it perfectly clear that he hated me? "Why do you care?" I asked him he gave me a soft smile.
"I don't know." He said and stood. He pulled me into a room with piano and a chess table. I looked longingly at the piano, I could play well and I was already missing the one back in Italy. He saw this and lifted one of his perfect brows at me in question.
"Do you play?" I nodded and sat beside him. He grinned and started to play. The melody was beautiful and lyrical; it was nothing that I recognized so I assumed that he composed it himself. It reminded me of warmth and sun. Soon Jasper, Esme, Rose, and Alice came in. Carlisle had gone to work before I went to sleep and I was worried about Emmett. It seemed when he wasn't around something bad was going to happen but I didn't worry so much.
When the song ended I had tears in my eyes, I wiped them away. "That was so beautiful, you're really talented." I complimented. He smiled at me. "Thanks, will you play for me?" he asked enthusiastically. I smiled at him.
"Okay but please will someone go get Emmett, I feel like he's up to something." I said then heard booming laughter. Edward shook his head and Emmett walked in with an innocent smile on his face. Edward glared at him as he sat down by Rose. I giggled at him. "Just remember Emmett if you try something I will get you." I said turning back to the piano. Edward scooted down the bench so I could reach all the keys and I began. I chose a simple song, one that I composed myself called 'Like You'll Never See Me Again.' I began to sing as my hands traveled along the keys.
If I had no more time
No more time left to be here
Would you cherish what we had?
Was I everything that you were looking for?
I closed my eyes letting myself get lost in each word.
If I couldn't feel your touch
And no longer were you with me
I'd be wishing you were here
To be everything that I've been looking for
I heard Esme sigh behind me.
I don't want to forget the present is a gift
And I don't want to take for granted
The time you may have here with me
'Cause Lord only knows another day here's not really guaranteed
So every time you hold me
Hold me like this is the last time
Every time you kiss me
Kiss me like you'll never see me again
Edward's arm slid around me but I didn't care about the outside world I just cared for the music.
Every time you touch me
Touch me like this is the last time
Promise that you'll love me
Love me like you'll never see me again
Oh oh oh
How many really know what love is?
Millions never will
Do you know until you lose it?
That it's everything that we are looking for
When I wake up in the morning
And you're beside me
I'm so thankful that I found
Everything that I've been looking for
I don't wanna forget the present is a gift
And I don't wanna take for granted
The time you may have here with me
'Cause Lord only knows another day here's not really guaranteed
So every time you hold me
Hold me like this is the last time
Every time you kiss me
Kiss me like you'll never see me again
Can you do that for me baby?
Every time you touch me
See we don't really know
Touch me like this is the last time
See every day we never know
Promise that you'll love me
I want you to promise me
Love me like you'll never see me again
Like you'll never see me again
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh
I whispered out the last line not really meaning to. Edward pulled me closer to him as my eyes opened; I looked over at him confused. He smiled at me his eyes smoldering. "You have the most beautiful voice I've heard in awhile." He said and it made me blush. Then I had a thought and I jumped up. "I have a question for you mister." I said pointing at him. He looked at my confused but nodded for me to go on. "Why did you glare at me yesterday like that and now your all friendly?" I said crossing my arms.
He smiled sheepishly at me, the others chuckled. "Nothing gets past you does it?" I cocked my head at him. "You didn't answer my question." I said impatiently. He sighed and shrugged his shoulders.
"I don't know I don't usually talk to people other than my family and I thought you would be like all the other girls I know, they're all snobbish and self-absorbed, well besides Alice and Rose some of the time." Rose let a low growled escape her lips in warning at him he ignored it. "But your different, you're fascinating, I'm usually good at reading people but with you everything you do leaves me in suspense its nerve racking, like this morning I never expected you to wake that early let alone wear this." He motioned to my outfit. I giggled a little, living with Renata made me this way; choosing the more stylish outfit than the more comfortable one.
"My family in Italy loved to play Bella Barbie, it rubbed off." I said, Alice squealed a little. Edward laughed and shook his head. "Will you sit with us at lunch?" I was shocked he'd even ask.
"Um, sure I was planning to anyway." I said them my phone rang; it caused me to jump a little. Emmett laughed his booming laugh and I glared at him before excusing myself. I went outside I knew it wouldn't change anything but it wouldn't look suspicious if I slowly made my way into the woods. I looked at the caller ID, it was Demetri.
"Hello?" I said happily. "Hey bells how is the Cullen thing?" he asked, I sighed and walked to the edge of the forest. "Fine they're all really nice especially Edward." I said. "Ooh Bella do I detect a hint of love in your voice?" he asked. I could practically see the grin on his face. I rolled my eyes. "Please, if I did like him like that I would be sighing and stuff." I lied, I don't know if I did like Edward or not. He was sweet and patient but so was everyone I knew.
"You are the worst liar I've ever met." He said. "Whatever I'm hanging up now." I informed him then pressed the 'end' button, leaving him no room to argue. I looked around me and realized I had been walking for a while. My phone rang again but I didn't answer it. I looked around, than sighed. I stretched my shield out so I could feel where the Cullen house was. I felt the Cullen family in their house and I followed the direction.
I walked along a path that I hadn't seen earlier. I tripped over a tree root just as I entered the yard. I caught myself on a nearby tree though so no major damage was done. I looked at the clock as I entered the house. It was six fifty I had to be there by seven. I went up the stairs and was tackled by Alice. "Hey do you know how to drive a motorcycle?" she asked as I stood. I nodded confused. "Why?" I asked her curiously.
"Because there isn't any room in Edward's Volvo and Rose's BMW is too conspicuous to drive and we are not going to ride in Emmett's jeep." She said. I understood; she wanted me to ride a motorcycle for god knows what reason. I sighed; I was doing that a lot lately. "Whose motorcycle am I going to ride?" I asked her. Jasper suddenly appeared he put one of his arms around Alice. 'So they are mates.' I thought to myself. "Mine, I'll let you borrow it in exchange for a chess match after school." He said grinning. I nodded, that was reasonable. "I agree to your terms. What kind of motorcycle is it?" I asked him, he smiled proudly.
"It's a MV Augusta F4, its fast so be careful okay?" he said and handed over that keys after I nodded. I inwardly rolled my eyes at his comment. I had excellent reflexes I just had an unbalanced equilibrium, that wasn't my fault.
I grabbed my bag from my room after closing the window that Artemis flew through while I was downstairs. She was in her cage; I closed the cage's door. "Sorry but you can't come to school with me. It'll look weird for me to have a raven with me." I said she looked sad but understood. I said goodbye to Esme and thanked her for letting me stay with her family.
She said that I was a very interesting guest and that she wished that I would stay awhile longer. She was definitely on my greatest person list.
We left early on account of me. Emmett was eager to see me drive but Edward was anxious and angry at Jasper for letting me drive it.
The Cullens got into Edward's car and I hopped on the bike. I put the helmet on and waited for them to pull off.
Once they did I ripped down the road easily passing them. It soon became a race to see who would get to school first. I won of course. I parked in the space beside them as they got out. Everyone was staring at us, creepy.
Edward was a good sport and congratulated me on my victory; Emmett laughed at him and said that he drove like an old lady. I laughed, but still stuck up for him.
"Hey that was a close race, I still would have won even if it wasn't, but still." I giggled. I looked over to where Edward was and it seemed to me he was having a silent conversation with Jasper. Their lips were moving but at a fast pace and it was so low that a human wouldn't have heard it but I caught it all.
"You would." Jasper said firmly. Edward glared at him. "No, I barely know her. Do you really think I would?" He hissed. I was very confused but decided I wanted to screw with them a little.
"Would what, Edward?" I asked innocently. Everyone froze and looked at me. I smiled at them. "What?" I asked them. Edward shook his head. "Fascinating." He whispered, everyone glanced at him and he shrugged.
"Anyways I still need someone to take me to the office any takers?" I asked and Edward jumped at the chance. Jasper laughed and Edward growled at him under his breath. "Whipped." Emmett boomed if people weren't staring already they were now. Rose hit him on the back of the head and took Edward rushed me to the front office.
We were a few feet from the building when a boy with a baby shaped face, blonde hair and blue eyes walked right in front of us. I heard Edward growl beside me.
"Hey, Bella right?" he asked me, I could tell he was trying to make his voice smooth but it sounded like a cat being thrown under a bus. I nodded cautiously and scooted into Edward's side and Edward put an arm around my waist like before, I strangely felt safe. The boy ignored it and instead continued.
"My names Newton, Mike Newton, want to go out with me tonight. Maybe go over to my place?" he said wiggling his eyebrow suggestively. I couldn't hold in my laughter anymore. I roared with laughter as Jasper came over. He held Edward back, it looked like he was about to kill the poor boy; they waited for me to stop laughing.
I wiped the tears out of my eyes. "Firstly: you are the most pathetic accuse for a man I've seen since… well forever and that's saying something. Two: you sound like a cat being drowned. And three: as if I would go out with scum like you." I scoffed at him.
He was gaping at me. I rolled my eyes. "But thanks for the laugh I needed it." I chuckled and dragged Edward inside the office. Jasper shook his head at my bluntness and went back to Alice. Edward waited by the door as I got my schedule.
I walked up to a woman in a purple sweatshirt that made me feel greatly over dressed. The sign on the desk read 'Ms. Cope'. I cleared my throat when she didn't look up from filing her nails. She seemed startled but when she looked up her eyes didn't immediately go to me in fact they went to Edward. She was shamelessly staring at him!
Edward walked over to me. "I know." He whispered obviously irritated. "Excuse me but Bella Swan needs her schedule, can you please give it to her?" he said rubbing his temple. She looked over at me in surprise like she just saw me for the first time. I rolled my eyes. 'What was wrong with this town?' I thought.
"Yes of course," she said looking through a filing cabinet to the right, "Isabella Swan here you are. Please give this to each of your teacher to sign." She said slowly like I was the slow one, please.
"Thanks." I said shortly and followed Edward out. "Does that happen all the time?" I asked already knowing the answer. He nodded and sighed. I looked down at my schedule as we went over to the rest of the group.
English- Jackson
Trigonometry- Williams
Spanish- Houston
Art- Davis
American History- Varner
Lunch Break
Biology- Banner
Break
"Let me see your schedule." He ordered to which I gladly gave over. He smiled as he looked it over. "You have English with Alice, trig with Emmett- good luck- Spanish with Jasper, Art with Rose, History with me, lunch with all of us, and Biology and Break with me." He explained as we went to the car. He explained this to the rest of his family. They were overjoyed to find that I was in at least one of their classes.
The bell rang and we parted ways. On the way Alice kept bouncing. I didn't know why. When we got to the actual class she was passed bouncing she was vibrating. She went to her seat in the back as students poured through the door. I had Mr. Jackson sign the flimsy piece of paper and he told me to sit with Alice. I went over to her and she was smiling her cheeky little grin at me.
People stared half the period but then they stopped when Mr. Jackson started to write people up for it. I laughed a bit at the idiots. 'What a stupid town.' I thought to myself.
All my classes went like this up until lunch. Edward and I walked to cafeteria joking about this morning. He grumbled about it for awhile. "I hate the guy; he's annoying and has such a putrid mind it's enough to make a man go on a murder spree." He said as we entered the cafeteria.
As soon as we stepped in all was quiet. I heard Edward growl under his breath it was much too low for human ears so I pretended to not hear it. I grabbed his hand and dragged him much like this morning to the lunch line.
Edward got his food prop first and went off to his table. Then three things happened in that instant; Edward turned and looked like he was about to murder someone, Alice called his name from across the room, and I felt a hand feeling up my butt.
I turned around and decked the person in the face, I heard a sickening crack but didn't really care, and then I saw it was Mike and was even angrier. I growled at him and wanted to kick him but restrained myself. His face was bloodied and his nose looked crooked and deformed. I really didn't mean to break his nose but what's done is done.
"What the h-" I was cut off by Edward's hand on my shoulder. I shrugged got my lunch and went over to the table with Alice and Edward.
We sat and Emmett had a grin on his face and looked like he wanted to laughed but it was restrained. "Nice job short stuff didn't know you could punch." Emmett said proudly. I merely shrugged at his comment and we lapsed into silence. I rubbed my temple as I felt eyes boring into my neck. Not being able to take it anymore I stood and turned to the cafeteria.
"What is so interesting?" I yelled at them aggrevately. People started to whisper rumors. I shivered. It was one thing to know people were talking about you but it was another to hear what they were talking about.
I huffed and sat back down. Emmett snickered and I growled at him, albeit it sounded threatening for a human. They looked surprised and I raised an eyebrow at them, pretending not to notice anything at all.
I shrugged at them and took a nibble of a bagel that was on my tray. I grimaced and set it down again. It tasted like dirt.
"Who wants to give me something to eat?" I asked them knowing that they didn't eat anyways. They all simultaneously pushed their trays at me. I smiled in appreciation.
I took an apple from Jasper's tray, a bottle of lemonade from Rose's, grapes from Alice's and a slice of cake from Edward's. "Chocolate cake is my favorite." I said happily. Edward seemed to have taken pride in picking my favorite desert and had a smug look on his face until the cafeteria turned silent again. I sighed heavily ready to make another announcement, but someone clearing their throat stopped me. I looked over my shoulder to find Mrs. Daniels- the principle- tapping her foot in front of me.
I saw Mike behind her with a smug look on his face. I quickly realized he had told on me for hitting him, but since it was a deserved hit I didn't feel the least bit guilty.
"Miss Swan, I understand that you're new but that doesn't mean you can assault Mister Newton." She said in an irritated tone. I decided to play the victim even though I hated it. I made my eyes tear up and my lip tremble. "But he felt me up and I was only trying to protect myself, if anything he should be the one being scolded not me." I said in between sniffles.
Her angry demeanor soon turned to one of sympathy she turned to look at the Cullens. "Is this true?" she asked. From the corner of my eye I saw them all nod once. Mrs. Daniels turned to Mike and pointed to her office before turning to me. "Would you like to press charges?" I shook my head. I really didn't want more attention focused on me.
"I think he deserves one more chance." I said innocently. She nodded, smiled sympathetically then left.
I turned to my table as the doors to the cafeteria shut and grinned at them. "I should be an actress when I graduate." I joked and they all chuckle and nodded. Except Edward. I looked over at him curiously.
"What's up with you?" I asked him but he didn't seem to hear me as he stared out the nearby window. I turned to Alice and Jasper who were currently the only ones- besides me and Edward- who weren't eating each other's faces off. I motioned towards Edward but they shrugged in response. The bell rung in that moment and Edward came out of it. He smiled at me and stood. I stood along with him waved bye to everyone than left.
We headed to biology in silence; it wasn't awkward but peaceful and comfortable. Edward's whole demeanor changed as soon as we walked into the classroom, he seemed jittery about something. I shrugged it off and went to Mr. Banner to get him to sign my slip. He gave me a text book and told me to sit by Edward. I noticed as I sat down Edward seemed to be vibrating like Alice was this morning. I raised my brow at him but he shrugged me off. I turned to the front when Mr. Banner started class.
He started to talk about cell anatomy before I start reading a book. Mr. Banner saw me unfortunately and asked me a question. "Miss Swan, how many fibers is cytoskeleton composed of and what are they?" he asked clearly irritated that I wasn't paying attention to his lesson. I sighed and laid the book down and answered.
"Three, Microtubules, microfilaments, and intermediate filaments." I said in a bored voice resting my head on my hands. He seemed to be a little upset that I had gotten the answer right so every chance he got he made the questions harder until he got to college level, but I answered those with ease too. I could have taught this class better than him.
By the end of the period I had succeeded in making him my favorite teacher to screw with. I followed Edward out to his car all the while he laughed about the events of the previous period. I rolled my eyes at his antics and went to return my slip to the office.
I handed Ms. Cope my slip and she looked over it briefly and smiled at me. "How was your day Miss Swan?" she asked me in a friendly but fake tone. I shrugged my shoulders at her and turned to leave, waving goodbye to her.
I met Edward outside by his car. He smiled at me and opened the passenger door, I raised an eyebrow at him. "I'm going to take you home so we can get your things ready." He flashed a crooked smile that nearly stopped my heart. I blushed and his smile became even more pronounced. I rolled my eyes and got in the car.
