Chapter 3:

Lunch was fun, even though I had to pretend to eat, I hate choking up food later. I met Sarah's friends who could have been called the quiet shy bunch. Perfect for me. They couldn't believe I didn't have a boyfriend, and didn't want one. They pointed out all the so-called cute ones, but none of them were close to Edward. I got some of the gossip on the more popular girls and recognized the stoners from the jocks from the nerds from the etc.

I left lunch early to try and switch biology class. There was no way to switch today so I had to attend, but one woman told me to try back tomorrow, the first day was always insane.

I made it through the first day relatively unscathed. I drove home, did my homework in fifteen minutes, which was longer then needed but I was watching a TV show at the same time.

My phone rang, it was Jacob.

"How was school?"

"Painless… I guess."

"I don't know how you do it, school sucks."

"Did you call to remind me how boring my life is?"

"Nope, I called to tell you I am having a baby."

"No way, congratulations. Do you know what kind yet?"

"You mean werewolf or human?" he said laughing at his own joke.

"Shut up Jake you know what I mean."

"Boy, Jacob Jr. Just kidding, we don't have a name yet."

"That's amazing, let me know when the baby shower is, I will be there!"

"You got it, ok I have more people to call. When we will see you again?"

"Soon enough I guess. I dunno."

"You know there's house for sale here on the reservation, you could buy it if you wanted."

"Charlie is there too much, and other people would get suspicious, I am supposed to be dead remember."

"Yeah I know, just sucks for you, I feel bad."

"Don't feel bad for me, feel bad for your wife."

"My wife, why…"

"Cause you stink. HA! I said it before you could this time." This joke had been going on far too long to still be funny, but that didn't stop me.

"Very clever Bells, talk to you later." And he hung up.

One of the reason's Edward said he didn't want to change was because wanted me to have all those human experiences, like babies and stuff. I never wanted a baby, and I still don't, but I was jealous of Jake. I wanted a family that I could be around, not this constant charade I had to keep up. The idea of buying that house on La Push and never leaving it was appealing, but people would ask questions, and I would get bored, and of course even I had to hunt. And Sam. Jr. would eventually notice that his Aunt Bella wasn't getting older, and that would be a big problem.

Victoria may be dead, but her curse raged on. I was pretty miserable and that's what she wanted. Maybe this time I would allow myself to make some friends, I knew it would hurt to leave them but maybe I needed something for once.

I spent the next few days in the same routine, school, and homework, Seattle drive, cleaning, drive back, start again.

It was Friday and I still hadn't decided if I wanted to go the game. I was thinking of driving to La Push instead. So I called Jake but he said Charlie was coming to his house to watch some game with Billy. I could go, but I would have to be careful. I decided not to.

I told Sarah I would call her when my parents got home and let her know if they would et me go. It was almost six when I finished rearranging my books, for the third time. What the heck, if it sucked I could just leave; I could come up with a million excuses.

Sarah was excited and told me to meet her by the food stand at 7:00. I looked at the clock and decided I needed a snack myself, and hoped I didn't have any trouble feeding.

I didn't, I smelled some dear not more than two hundred feet from my house, and so I darted in to the woods, ate, and headed back to change. It would be cool at night, and even though it wouldn't bother me I decided to throw on hoodie to fit in better.

I drove at human speed to the game and got there at 6:58. I could smell and see the food stand right away, it was gross. I walked over to where Sarah was waving. She kind of reminded me of Angela, the girl I knew in Forks.

"Hi," I said as I approached. "Where's the rest of your gang?"

"Gang, I like that." She giggled. "They are sitting over there, near the bleachers."

There were about 5,000 people at the game. Apparently Jefferson was terrible and the other team was league champs, so the game would be a joke. Not they we watched any, we sat around talking and eating, well they ate, I refused. I decided not to go to McDonald's after, since I didn't want to not eat anymore and have them wonder if I was anorexic or something. I told them my parent's wanted me home after the game and they believed me.

Jefferson lost 21-3, which was apparently a moral victory cause last year they lost by 50 and didn't score. I was getting up to say good-bye when it happened. The smell was so familiar yet strange since I hadn't smelled it in so long.

"What's wrong?" asked Sarah seeing the look on my face.

"I think I am getting sick, my nose feels odd."

Sarah reeled off a whole bunch of different methods to battle a cold, from store brand name solutions to homeopathic to her grandmother's concoction of alcohol and fruit juice. I thanked her and walked away. I knew I wasn't getting sick, I can't get sick.

No, that smell was one I knew personally, it was… vampire.