Playlist:
1. Bones - The Killers
2. Wolf like me - TV on the Radio
3. Trust Me I'm a Doctor - The Blizzards
4. Steady Song - Republic of Loose
5. Mountains of Navaho - Scouting for Girls
6. Baby it's Fact - Hellogoodbye
7. Lullaby - Mitch Hansen Band.
Mitch Hansen Band have a whole album inspired by Twilight and they're really good!
Once we were inside Edward went into the kitchen and I meekly followed him. The interior of the Cullen's house were just as awe inspiring as the outside. It was obvious that a lot of thought had gone into the design and layout of the furniture and interior decoration.
"Your home is beautiful." I breathed to Edward.
"You're so sweet," said a voice. I turned around to see a woman with caramel coloured movie star style curls. You know the sort that look natural but can take hours to do if you're not lucky enough to be born with them naturally.
"I'm Edward's mother, Esme," she said while wiping her flour covered hands on her apron. She was leaning against a counter which was covered in freshly rolled out pastry. "I'd shake your hand but..." she trailed off raising her dusty hands to indicate her issue.
"I'ts okay," I smiled, "I'm Bella by the way," she smiled knowingly. I guess she already knew who I was. Alice must have mentioned to her what a fiasco the biology class yesterday had been. Or maybe Edward had complained about me.
"We're going upstairs to study Esme. " said Edward grabbing a cookie off a small plate on the counter. They still had steam rising from them. God it had been so long since I'd had a freshly baked home made cookie. Baking cookies had been one of the few things Rene had been able to make in the kitchen without causing serious harm to herslef of others around her. I cooked for Charlie. all the time but had never
been much of a baker.
"That's okay, Will Bella be staying for dinner?" Esme asked brightly going back to rolling her dough with the wooden rolling pin. But before I could explain that I had to go home and cook dinner for Charlie, Alice burst into the kitchen, tossing her blue schoolbag on the floor.
"Of course she is! It would be rude to keep her here all evening and not feed her!" Esme nodded in agreement. Alice beamed at me. Edward heaved a sigh and glared at me again.
"Well I guess we'd better get started," I waved to Alice and Esme as Edward walked out of the kitchen and towards a rather grand sweeping staircase. Walking into his room, I registered the fact that this was the first time I had ever been in a boys bedroom. It wasn't all that different from my own. It was painted a pale blue with a bed in the middle of the room and a pair of bedside lockers on either side with a small lamp on one and a clock on another. There was also a desk with a laptop propped up on it. He had a large shelf beside the desk, jam-packed with CD's with a very modern looking sound system on top of it. But the thing that shocked me the most was the bookshelf over by the window. It was filled with books, the spines looked weathered and well read. What was Edward Cullen doing with books in his room.
Pulling out the chair that was pushed in under the desk, Cullen sat down on it and pulled his biology book out of his bag. There was no second chair so I had to sit on his bed. I could practically hear his mental thoughts planning to change the bed later. Well, did he honestly expect me to stand for the next hour! From the look of disgust on his face, I would say he did.
"So, what section would you like to start on?" I asked tucking , a strand of hair behind my ear and opening my book to it's table of contents.
"Does it matter, we're going to have to do them all anyway?" he said shrugging his muscular shoulders. Wait, my brain screamed, stop thinking of him like that, he was a pig! Granted a very good looking and handsome pig, but a pig none the less!
"O-okay, do you mind if we start with the circulatory system?" he nodded his head and looked down at his book for a second before flicking to the appropriate chapter.
"The heart is a muscle," I began, beginning to feel more comfortable already, if there was one thing that made me relax, it was knowing exactly what was going on, with biology I knew what was what. "It pumps blood to the lungs and around the body."
Edward listened in silence for most of the hour. Occasionally he asked me to clarify something for him or to ask a question. When I heard Esme call us for dinner when the hour was up, I felt like it had gone well, definetly better than what was expected.
"I'll give you a test on it tomorrow to see how much of it you remeber, okay?" I felt like I'd been asking him if things about this situaition were a lot. Surely he should be the one asking me.
Downstairs, the smell was tantalizing. Esme had prepared chicken curry and rice and you could smell the spice in the room. It's a good thing I like my curry hot! It wasn't just Esme and Alice in the kitchen now, all the Cullens were there, Emmett, Jasper, Rosalie and Carlisle.
Jasper was leaning against the counter chatting to Alice, he raised his right hand and waved at me, giving me a shy smile. I was right to think he was quiet. Esme was placing the plates on the table with Emmett. Woah, I thought, he was even bigger up close. All muscle. I could probably have fit snugly into one of his biceps! Emmett smiled broadly at me when I came in with Edward and gave one look at Edward's sulky expression and laughed loudly. Rosalie was pulling herself out a chair to sit down on. She sank gracefully down before giving me a dirty look through her dark sooty eyelashes. How could most of the Cullens seem perfectly nice and yet some of them, let's not mention any names, Edward cough Rosalie cough, seemed to hold me personally responsible for everything horrible in the world. Global warming, blame Bella! There was a man seated at the head the table reading a large heavy book which was perched on the table, he had light blonde hair and pale skin, I presumed he was Dr. Cullen, the Cullen's adoptive father.
"Hello," he said, his voice was deep and had a reassuring quality. "You must be Bella," he stood up and extended his hand to me. I shook it breifly.
"Yes, Dr. Cullen." I replied staring at the ground.
"Please call me Carlisle Bella." He said as he sat back down closing his book firmly and placing it on the ground beside his left foot. Everyone else made their way to the table and sat down. I found myself between Alice and Emmett. Thank God, I though silently, at least neither of them seemed to see me as curse, or else they were just very good at hiding their disgust. I wasn't completley lucky though. Rosalie happened to be seated in the chair across from me and between bites of chicken and rice, she would scowl in my direction. I guess you can't have it every way.
"Did everyone have a good day?" said Esme as she finally sat down beside Carlisle giving him a quick peck on the cheek.
"Yep!" said Alice chirpily. Everyone else just mumbled a bit.
"So Bella, what subjects do you take at school, I know you take Biology but what else?" asked Carlisle kindly.
"I do french, math, english, history and chemistry." He nodded his head.
"Are they all AP?" This time I nodded my head. "What college are you interested in going to next year?"
"I'm hoping to go to Dartmouth on an academic scholarship." I said, noticing the subtle sound of pride in my voice. I internally cringed.
"So is Edward!" he exclaimed, "What a coincidence." I looked at my half-eaten dinner feeling my face redden. Out of the top of my eyes I could see Rosalie throw Edward a look. He had been strangely quiet since dinner had started. I dissmissed this. Probably just pissed off about having to study.
The rest of the meal passes without further major conversation. Emmett told loads of jokes and everyone laughed. Alice chattered to anyone who would listen. Normally I don't like people who talk too much, but Alice talking didn't seem to bother me at all. Jasper was talking quietly with Edward about some film or other and Rosalie was talking to Esme about an upcoming shopping trip that her and Alice planned to go on to Seattle.
"Bella!" Alice exclaimed loudly, turning to me a satisfied smile spread across her small face. "You have to come shopping in seattle with Rosalie and me! We'll have a great time!" Rosalie shot Alice a dirty look and I heard Alice yelp. "Ow Rose, that hurt," said Alice rubbing her ankle. Rosalie shrugged. Alice looked at me expectantly.
"I-I guess." Alice beamed at me. Looking back now I don't know why I accepted. I knew Rosalie didn't want me to come and I wasn't all that keen. Nervous reaction myabe?
"We're going on Thursday, okay?" I pushed my fringe out of my eyes so I could see properly. I acknowledged her with a smile before I swept my eyes down the length of the table to find Edward staring at me. I bashfully averted my gaze staring demurley down at the table.
My phone rang in my pocket. I excused myself from the table and walked into the Cullen's large bright hall.
"Hello?" I asked warily.
"Bella? Where are you!" I tried to answer but Charlie cut in again, "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine! I'm at the Cullen's house." I said wondering how Charlie would react to this.
"The Cullens?" he sounded genuinley shocked. "What are you doing there?"
"I'm tutoring Edward Cullen, he's in my biology class." I wondered if he would know who I was talking about, I'd never really spoken of the Cullen's with Charlie before.
"Oh, well can you come home now, you've homework to do." Charlie put a lot of emphasis on study, he like me, agreed that grades and education were important.
"Okay, see you in a while then." I said as I hung up and walked back into the kitchen.
"I'm sorry but I've got to go, my Dad wants me to come home." I said to Esme. Edwards head turned towards me a smug smile on his face, looked like he was glad that I was leaving. No way was I letting him off the hook with that! I was sick of him walking all over me.
"See you tomorrow after school in the library for our next session, okay Edward?" I said brightley willing myself not to blush. Edward heaved a sigh but nodded.
"I'll walk you to the door Bella," said Alice hopping up from her seat and bounding alongside me to the door. "I'll call you later with the details for shopping!" She stayed at the door and waved to me as I drove off.
Tonight had gone different as to how I had expected it to be, some of it had been horrible. I thought about Rosalies looks and Edwards surly glares, but some of the evening had been nice, daresay the best I'd had in a while! Talking to Jake yesterday hadn't been that much fun seeing as how all he'd done was warn me off Edward Cullen and apart from that all my recent evenings had been spent studying. It puzzeled me as to how the Cullens who apart from Rosalie seemed such nice people and how Edward could have turned out like the arragant concieted jerk that he is now.
A.N. I just want to say thanks to anyone who has reviewed or read this story, it means a lot. Sorry it took me so long to update it's just I was singing in a choir for this concert and we were practicing all the time! If anyone wants me to review a story for them or beta I'd be more the interested. Also I know that Edward hasn't spoken much so far but he will open up more next chapter. Also I know that Bella being so shy is kind of annoying, well I know it is to write anyway, but that's just who she is right now and she does grow more confident as the story goes on. Thanks again! XD
