I was paired with Edward Cullen for Biology. We were studying cells under a microscope and were supposed to figure out which stage of mitosis they were in. Mike was paired with Jacob

Black, who was the grandson of my dad's friend and fishing partner Billy Black. He wasn't in any of my other classes.

Biology is my best subject, although I obviously also like Spanish. I suppose Edward was good at it too, because we were both done with the first sample in two minutes. We could not get our next sample, because one of the microscopes was broken and Mr. Binder was busy fixing it. Or trying to. He may be good at Biology, but apparently mechanics was not working with him.

After a few minutes of awkward silence, Edward took a napkin out of his pocket and started to draw on it. I started to go over some Spanish in my head. Then I tried to think in French.

That was when Edward looked up at the board in apparent horror. He started to squint, as if he was trying to concentrate on something. I stopped thinking in French, because I didn't have a total guess as to what "Why the heck is Edward scared of the wall?" translates to in French.

I looked at the board and saw it had a cell drawing on it. Figures. That was not supposed to make Edward look like the building was on fire.

The second that thought went through my head, his face contorted more. Then he smirked and went back to his drawing, shaking his head.

He was drawing sheet music on the napkin. That wasn't what had caused his reaction.

Maybe he was stressing over exams, or something. Anyway, his adverse reactions to nothing were none of my business.

Mr. Binder gave up on trying to fix the microscope and we were given another sample and finished it quite fast as well. Jacob and Mike volunteered to look at the microscope and he shrugged, saying "have at it."

That was the only interesting thing that happened in Biology. After my other classes, I went home and started my homework. Then I studied for my SAT's.

Back home in Phoenix, Robyn announced she was entering in an art competition and that Nicole was continuing have the best test scores of our class. Renee and Paul were planning their next trip, as usual.

That was how it went every day, more or less. Edward would do other odd things in Biology, mostly involving frowning randomly and the like. I would have lunch, math, and Spanish with Angela and Jessica. I had no classes with Alice, but Angela seemed worried about her. Apparently she had a tendency to freeze randomly and stare off into space. She was also reprimanded by the teacher for drawing during class on at least two occasions. Angela dismissed it as either some sort of stress or just plain unable to concentrate in class. Perhaps, Jessica suggested, the Cullens were having some sort of family problem. That would explain Edward and Alice's mind wandering. We tried to ignore their odd behaviors.

Until the autopsies came.