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Chapter 3

"Emmett", snapped Rosalie, "you dropped my bag under the table!"

"What do you want me to do about that", Emmett replied as he reached over lazily to tuck Rosalie's hair behind her ear.

"Emmett, I swear if you don't pick it up right now you will never touch me again", snarled Rosalie as she shoved Emmett's hand away from her face.

Emmett grinned and bent down to grab his darling wife's bag from underneath the table. He handed her the bag and put on his best puppy dog sad face. It always got to Rosalie. Or so he liked to think. This time, though, he was successful as she gave him a quick kiss on his lips.

"Whys the new girl staring over at our table", said Alice with a curious look on her face.

Everyone glanced over, to see the new girl talking to Jessica Stanley who looked way too pleased with herself. Then one by one, they turned to look at their brother Edward. He was brooding as usual and completely oblivious to the outside world. Feeling everyone's gazes upon him, he finally glanced up.

"Have I grown horns then?" he asked with one eyebrow raised.

"Can you read the new girl for us Edward", Alice asked as she glanced over to the table where the new girl sat.

Edward was about to refuse when he noticed Jasper's pleading eyes. He knew his brother would go through hell if he didn't answer Alice now. There would be investigating, non-stop questions and loads of what ifs.

"Fine", he said shortly.

He looked over towards the table and focused in on the new girl. Silence. He could hear nothing coming out from her mind. He shook his head to drown out everyone's mindless chatter and again focused in on the new girl. Again silence. All he could hear was the Stanley girl thinking about how Bella, that must be her name then, was way too interested in the Cullens and that she would never let this new girl get her guys. As if we belonged to that obnoxious girl he thought disgustedly. This was way he despised being around this kids. Their thoughts were always so selfish, nasty, and full off conniving lies.

He turned back to his family.

"I can't hear her mind", he said slowly.

Alice looked at him disbelieving. When she realized that he was saying the true she began to look concerned.

"But that's never happened to you before", she said worriedly.

"Whatever", he answered as he grabbed his bag and stood up from the table.

He knew his family would be worried about him and he didn't want to deal with any of it.

"Her name is Bella by the way", he said simply, "I heard the Stanley girl say that"

And then Edward Cullen walked out of the lunchroom.