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That night, I looked at my camera. The picture I took of the Cullens is just as beautiful as they were in person. I decided that the next part of my project would be to figure out why Edward was so mad today. That might take a while, so I planned to continue the general observations as well. I still can't believe that Edward noticed me at lunch. I'm sure he wasn't just looking in my direction. His eyes locked with mine. He noticed me and then in Biology, he totally ignored me. This was making no sense.
The next morning, I actually got up on time. I tried to tell myself that it was because I was being more responsible, but when I really thought about it, I realized that I wanted to be at school early so I could see Edward. I was ridiculously too eager to see a guy who noticed me and then looked like he wanted to kill me minutes later. No matter what the reason was, I got to school fifteen minutes before my first class started. When I pulled into Forks High's parking lot, I saw Rosalie, Emmett, Alice, and Jasper get out the shiny, silver Volvo I saw yesterday. Of course they would have the nicest car here. After all, their father is a doctor. I pulled out my notebook and wrote "drive the silver Volvo" under the random notes section. While I was getting out of my truck, I realized something. Edward didn't get out of the car with the rest of them. Where was he? Why wasn't he here? Maybe he was just coming late for some reason.
I went inside and got my books for English. Since I didn't know where the Cullens were, I went ahead to English and sat down to read. We were reading Macbeth, and I decided to review it before class started. The whole day, I kept my eye out for Edward, and I didn't see him anywhere. I saw his siblings around the school, always together and never talking to anyone else, but I didn't see Edward at all. Either the Cullens didn't want friends or were too shy since they were new. They didn't seem to be the shy type though. In fact, Alice seemed very talkative, at least with her family. I had planned to talk to Edward today and determine if he was always angry or if not, what his problem was yesterday. I knew that I wouldn't be able to work up the nerve to actually speak to him, so I was partially glad that I hadn't seen him at all. I still had a slight hope that he would be at lunch today anyway.
It was a futile hope though. When I walked into the cafeteria, I only saw four Cullens at the table which seemed to be officially theirs even after two days. My last shard of hope was lost when Biology started, and he wasn't there. If he had been at school at all, maybe I would have talked to him, but probably not.
Every day that week, I arrived at school hoping to see Edward, and every day, I was disappointed. It was a rather depressing week, all in all. It was raining everyday which is normal for Forks, but I also had a ton of homework. Both of these, combined with the fact that Edward was not at school, made my week bad. Friday, I decided to call Jacob and see if his week was any better than mine. When I got home from school, I dropped my backpack by the door and went to the phone to call Jake. I picked up the phone and dialed his number.
"Hello," Billy said as he answered the phone.
"Hey Billy. It's Bella. Can I talk to Jake?"
"Oh, hey Bella. I'll go get him," Billy said and I heard the phone being set down.
"Hello," Jake's voice came through the receiver.
"Hey Jake. It's Bella," I said.
"Oh, hey Bella. What's up?" Jake asked.
"Oh, nothing much. I just had a frustrating week and wanted to see if your first week back was any better."
"Well, school is school. It's never any fun," he said wisely.
"Oh yes, the all-knowing Jacob speaks the truth," I said sarcastically. "Seriously, did anything interesting happen?"
"Well, Embry and I have been working on his dirt bikes. Anything interesting happen to you?"
"Um, there are some new kids, the Cullens. Have you heard about the new doctor and his family that moved to town," I said discretely telling him the reason for my frustration.
"Oh, yeah I heard of them. So, do you want to come over and hang out this weekend?" he asked changing the subject rather abruptly.
"Sorry Jake. I can't. I have a ton of homework, and I have to make dinner tonight," I told him.
"That much homework on the first week? And speaking of your cooking, can I please come over and have some?" Jake begged.
"Oh fine. Bring Billy too. I'll call Charlie and tell him," I conceded knowing how much Jacob liked my cooking.
"Kay Bells. See you at seven," Jake said, and I could tell he was smiling.
"You're welcome. See you later Jake. Bye!"
"Bye Bella," he said, and then he hung up. I called Charlie and told him that Billy and Jake were coming over for dinner. He said that was fine. Then I got to work on dinner. I decided to make chicken enchiladas. They take a while and a lot of work, but they're worth it. This job let my mind wonder though. I began to think about the conversation I just had with Jacob. I wonder why he changed the subject so quickly when I brought up the Cullens. I'll have to ask him about it at dinner. This train of thought led me to start thinking about Edward again. I still can't figure out why he wasn't here this week. I don't know why he was so angry either. I couldn't just ask his siblings because one, they were very solidary, and two, I was too shy to talk to them, plus it might blow my cover.
When I got the enchiladas in the oven, I got my backpack off the floor and set out my homework on the kitchen table. I decided to start with Trigonometry, my least favorite subject. After working through fifteen problems on sins, cosines, and tangents, I got out Macbeth and re-read the scenes from today, along with the scenes for Monday. By the time I finished, it was six o'clock. Charlie would be home soon. I put away my homework and then set the table. After that, I made a salad. I was working on it when Charlie got home.
"Bella, is that you?"
"Yes Dad," I told him. Who else would it be? "Billy and Jake should be here soon."
"Alright," he said as he hung up his gun belt. Charlie's a cop. Then he went into the living room and turned on a baseball game. I finished up the salad and put ice in four glasses. Then I heard a knock on the door. I pulled the enchiladas out of the oven and went to answer the door.
"Hey Bella! I feel like I haven't seen you in forever!" Jake said as he walked in pushing Billy's wheelchair.
"Jake, you saw me Sunday. It hasn't even been a week," I scolded him. "Hi Billy. Charlie's in the living room."
"Hey Bella," he said as he rolled in the living room to watch the game with Charlie.
"Hey Billy! Hey Jake!" Charlie greeted them. I filled the glasses with water and put the food on the table.
"Dinner's ready!" I announced and the guys flocked to the table.
"Bella, this is great!" Jake complemented my cooking as he stuffed a big bite of enchilada in his mouth.
"Jacob Black, chew with your mouth closed," I reprimanded him.
"Yes mother," Jacob said sarcastically.
"Being the only female here and the fact that I'm two years older than you gives me the right to mother you," I told him in a superior tone.
"No way, my mad skills make me older than you and I'm much more mature," Jacob argued.
"Only less mature people argue that they aren't," Billy told him.
"Hah! See Jake, that proves it," I said smiling triumphantly.
"Oh, fine," Jake relented. The rest of dinner was rather uneventful. When we finished eating, Billy and Charlie went to the living room and turned the baseball game back on. After we washed the dishes, Jake came up with the idea to play a board game. He searched through the closet where Charlie keeps the board games from when we were kids. He pulled out
Monopoly. We played for an hour and a half while our dads finished watching the game. Jake got really competitive and set up a ton of hotels on all the expensive properties. I still won, but Jake refused to admit it. Before they left, I decided to bring up the Cullens, but Charlie beat me to it.
"So Billy, did you hear about the new doctor and his family that moved to town?" Charlie asked conversationally.
"Yes," he answered gruffly.
"Whoa, what did he do to you?" Charlie asked after hearing the obvious dislike in Billy's voice.
"It's nothing you need to worry about. They just have a bad reputation on the reservation," he explained vaguely.
"What kind of bad reputation? Is it all those adopted teenagers?" Billy shook his head. "What are they some monsters from one of your super-secret legends?" Charlie asked trying to alleviate the sudden tension.
"Humph. Jake, we need to go now," was his only reply.
"You're being ridiculous! Have you ever even met Doctor Cullen?" Charlie asked exasperated.
"No and I don't intend to," Billy said starting to get angry.
"Well that's impossible if you ever have to go to the hospital," Charlie exclaimed, his temper rising as well.
"I don't plan on it. Now Jacob, let's go," Billy said angrily as he rolled out the door. Jake followed him.
"Bye Bella, sorry about my dad," he said as he shut the door behind him.
"Superstitious old man," Charlie muttered as he returned to the living room to watch more baseball. I decided to turn in early, so I headed upstairs, showered, and put on my pajamas. Then I put in a Linkin Park CD, turned the volume all the way up, and put my headphones in, effectively blocking out all my thoughts. I fell asleep during the third time the CD played through.
A/N: I know Bella talked a whole lot in this chapter, well at least compared to chapter one. This is because she is comfortable around Jacob. I suppose I subconsiously wondered about the fight that Billy and Charlie had over the Cullens, so here it is in Observant's version. Hope you liked it! Please review.