I swam slowly that night, enjoying the feeling of the water against my skin. It was so much easier to think whilst I was swimming. When I swam, I felt one with the water. I felt whole. I knew that in my mermaid form was the best place to think.

I wanted to know what these feelings were. Was I falling in love with Edward Cullen? The same Edward Cullen hates me?

I floated onto my back and started swimming like that for a while, trying to clear my mind - but i knew why I came out here tonight. And that reason was to figure out my feelings.

I sighed for the millionth time that night. Maybe, just maybe, I mused to myself, What if it isn't love? What if it is only lust? That hope lasted for a fraction of a second before I started coming to terms with the fact that I was in love with Edward Cullen. I was glad that I could finally come to that conclusion. However, it was much more complicated than that.

I groaned and grabbed onto a rock and hoisted myself on top of it. Why did my life have to be so complicated? I thought in frustration. Not only was I in love with the most beautiful person in the world, but he didn't love me back. In fact, he hated me. And being a mermaid didn't exactly help my situation either.

I was in love with someone who I had never even spoken to me. Maybe it's only lust; I thought I mean he was inhumanely beautiful…

Then I thought, No, my feelings were so much deeper than that.

In a way, though, I was happy. I was happy that I really liked someone. I had never had a feeling like that before and I never thought I would. I thought my mermaid-ness would scare people away if I ever told anyone.

But, luckily, I wouldn't have to worry about telling Edward. He obviously didn't like me back so there wouldn't be any point of telling him.

All through my early teen years I had never had a crush on anyone, never thought anyone was 'cute' and now I was starting to get those feelings it was starting to feel surreal.

Edward Cullen, the most beautiful person in the world.

Even if he only thought of me as a friend I would be happy. I just wished he didn't hate me so much. He even wanted to move classes because of me – it really did upset me.

I kept swishing my tail and gliding down the water. I closed my eyes and listened to the slosh of the water, trying to clear my mind.

Then I thought of an idea that emphasised the absurdity of the feelings I felt towards Edward.

I lifted up some water and moulded it into a shape slightly larger than my palm. Then I hardened it so it looked just like it was made out of glass. I slowly brought the heart to me and felt it.

I swam onto my back and carried on top of my own heart. I felt too strange doing this but people did crazy things when they were in love.

I smiled to myself and moved to get out of the water.

The first thing I noticed about school today was that Edward Cullen was back at school. After two weeks he had decided to come back to school.

No words could describe how happy I was.

My heart fluttered in my chest. Edward looked at me and his eyes didn't seem so hate filled.

When I sat down, he spoke.

"Hello, my name is Edward Cullen, you're Isabella?"

"It's just Bella and it's nice to meet you." I muttered, blushing and smiling the whole time I was speaking.

The teacher began the lesson then and handed us all some microscopes.

"Want to start first, partner?" Edward asked, sliding the microscope to me.

"Uh… yeah, sure, I'll start."

I looked down at the slide and then identified it as Anaphase. "Anaphase," I said.

"Mind if I look?" He asked, he sounded like he was implying that I wasn't very smart.

"Got for it," I murmured.

He looked swiftly at the slide and then wrote 'Anaphase' down on the sheet of paper.

Except for us saying the answers to each other we didn't speak. Mr Banner came over to our desk when he noticed that we weren't working.

"Finished, are we?" He asked."

"Bella and I have finished all of the questions, sir." Edward answered in an angel-like voice.

"Do you think you could have let Isabella identify some of the slides?"

"She identified 3 of the 5 slides, sir."

Mr Banner turned towards me. "Were you in an advanced class back in Phoenix?" he asked.

"Yeas, Mr Banner, I was."

"Ok, well you two don't need to do anything for the rest of the lesson. You two can just talk amongst yourselves." He turned away and I heard him muttering to himself. All I could make out though was him saying "…So you can let the other students learn."

"Bella, why did you come to Forks?" Edward asked suddenly.

"Oh, uh… my mother remarried." I answered just as suddenly.

"And you don't like him."

"No, Phil is great… he just moves a lot, so it was hard for my mum to be with Phil and me so I moved with my Dad."

Edward looked away, looking out the window. I reached into my bag and pulled out the heart shape stone-thingy I made.

"What is that?" Edward asked unexpectantly.

"Oh, I- My mum- Phil- I found it." I blurted out my confusing sentence.

"May I have a look at it?" Edward asked.

"S-sure." I stuttered.

He took the heart from my hands and began examining it very closely. "Very strange…"

"You can have it if you want… I could always make another."

He looked at me closely. "Make?" he asked suspiciously.

"I meant find. I've been talking a lot today and… my speech it's going very… I meant find, I cou-"

"It's okay, Bella. I believe you. Thank you by the way. I like collecting things. Like sea fossils… I like to collect old things."

"You're welcome," I blushed.

The bell went and Edward Cullen was out of his seat before anyone else.

He actually talked to me, he talked to me! I rejoiced to myself in my head. Maybe he wants to be friends, or at least not hate me!

I left the classroom with a huge smile across my face.