Chapter 2- THE ODD VISITOR
Well another morning to waste with all the rest, I thought as I entered the school for another day of learning.
Forks high school was not exactly a very big, in fact is was quiet tiny. Everybody knew each other and everything there is to know about one another since it is so small a class. Each department was set up into small buildings rather than sections of one big building like you might find at a bigger high school. I will admit it was most private and probably better for the students, but it really was borring. It was just another town.
Except for her, that beautiful angel it felt wrong to even think bad about. Bella Swan, was the most beautiful creature I had ever be held. She was sinfully good, like a forbidden fruit to me. I don't know how, or why but I wanted her to go out with me, be with me. Maybe more one day. We had met when we were younger and things had grown into a friendship there and when I invited her over my house to hang out, thinking that we could make something more, she spots and falls in love with Jasper Whitlock. Someone who has already been dating my sister for over a year. Great, some guys have all the luck. So now I was stuck between a rock and a hard place dealing with Bella the creaming groupie for my band, and Bella, the friend.
I will have you Bella! I swore as I walked into the first class of the day, United States History. That's when I noticed the clapping and talking around me.
"Great show Edward!" I smiled at the person.
"Awesome work, I hear the dance was a hit from you guys!" I waved back, noticing more and more people. The clapping continued until things seemed to be calmed down a bit, thanks to the teacher.
"Okay everyone, today we will be covering Due Process in the law and what it still means in today's world." The teacher turned around to write something on the board, when he realized something he had forgotten to say. "OH! And um…Mr.Cullen, you seem to have a important visitor down in the main office. Please take this pass and go see him right away." I was a bit thrown off, important visitor? Who would be visiting me here? Now? I took the pass from him and excused myself from the classroom.
I walked into the main office to find Alice, Jasper, Rosalie all waiting in folding chairs, and to my surprise coming in the door right behind me, Emmett. I raised an eyebrow in a questionable look.
"Um guys, what's going on?" I asked as I took a seat between Rosalie and Alice.
"We were kind of hoping you could answer that Edward…." Jasper looked at me. Then Alice perked up, like she saw something.
"Him," she pointed at a well dressed man in a two piece pinstriped suit talking to the aide behind the counter. "He probably called us here, I mean can you see anyone else here who might want to talk to us?" We looked between her and the man's back. She has a good point. But why would a well dressed man want to talk to us, unless he is some friend of my dad's. Carlisle was dad to me, Emmett and Alice, but Carlisle to everyone else.
The man turned around, and notice us all sitting there wondering what was going on. He smiled, and turned the rest of himself towards us.
"Hey there guys! Names Billy Austin Rays. I am the owner of one of the bigger music brands here in the Midwest, and the South, and I so happen to have seen your group perform the other night, at your school dance. I have to tell you, it was AMAZING, I have not seen this much potential, or talent in a group in a very long time." He continued on blabbering a bit while I looked around.
Emmett seemed taken in by him, Rosalie seemed bored, Alice seemed questionable to wither this was real or not, and Jasper only seemed to care what Alice thought. He was finishing his little speech, I began to refocus.
"…So, whatcha think?" I looked at him with a questionable look upon my face.
"About what again?" If only I could read his mind and know what he was talking about, I could save myself a lot of aggravation.
"About the recording contract and worldwide tour offer…" he seemed floored at the possibilities. Wow, a worldwide tour, after writing and producing our first album as a group. With me, Edward Cullen as the front man. I wanted to say yes right away, but I figured it would be better to wait and see what Carlisle and Esme say, see if it is reasonable. The contract and all the little what nots.
"Do you have a copy of the contract with you?" I asked, seeing him fumble around in his jacket for a moment before producing a few sheets of crisp folded paper. "And, we need till at least tomorrow to decide. We have to talk this over, see what the contract in tales exactly, talk it over with our parents, you know the usual." I smiled at him again with a polite nod.
"Oh! Of course. I will come back tomorrow around 1pm-ish. Sound good with you kids?" He pulled what appeared to be a blackberry or some type of organizer out and scribbled something in it. I nodded, and immediately saw him rip his phone out, call a number and talk very fast to someone on the other end of the line as he left. Hm, must be a very busy man.
I sighed, looked at everyone's faces of anticipation as I began unfolding the contract.
"Now, let's not jump to any conclusions right now okay? Let's get this home and have Carlisle and Esme look at it." We walked out as a group to my car, excused from the rest of the day's classes to deal with this life altering situation at hand.
Guess this wasn't just another wasted morning after all.
