I Noticed
A/N: Hello. There was this person (a guest) who said that Edward dying didn't really motivate her to read my story. But, he isn't dead because he got murdered or something, he is dead because of natural causes. Of old age, to be specific. Thanks for sharing your opinion though (I didn't like it either though, so I'm thinking about rewriting it when I complete the story). Read on, enjoy!
Disclaimer: Twilight isn't mine.
Bella
On Monday, I got sent home early because I wasn't feeling well. Renee had to come get me and then go back to work. Bummer. I really wanted to see Edward again. I met his sister, Alice, in Math class. She was very energetic as he had described her. They might've been twins but they were nothing alike. Edward was tall for a 14 year old where as Alice was… not. She was tons of fun and she declared herself my new best girlfriend (She said Edward would be my best guy friend). I was happy that my life seemed to take a turn. I now had two friends.
I had a stomach bug that wanted to keep Edward and I apart, I swear. It finally released me from the confines of my bedroom where my choices for entertainment was limited. Very limited.
My room was decent sized, I guess. My walls were a very light purple with no decorations at all. I had a full sized bed, the perfect size for me, and maroon colored bed set. I had no TV in my room because my mom thought I would be irresponsible and stay up all night. During my time in my room, I was on my laptop most of the day watching Joe Santagato videos.
I woke up on Thursday morning and felt way better. I took a shower even though I took one at night because I was sick and didn't like thinking about germs all over my body.
I got to school with a few minutes to spare, so I waved goodbye to my mother and ran through the halls of Forks High. There was no running into lockers and meeting handsome boys today.
English was just about to start when I entered the room, bringing everyone's eyes on me. As soon as they realized it was just plain, old Bella Swan they looked away. Ugh, I hated this.
Apparently, we had assigned seats in English. The teacher, ,at me by Rosalie Cullen. As I walked to the seat I processed the name. Rosalie Cullen. The gorgeous girl with pin straight hair and icy blue eyes was Edward's adopted sister.
I don't know why, but something about her had me on edge. Maybe it was her undying beauty or maybe the way she seemed to carry herself. She sat with her back straight observing everyone, ready for anything.
Rosalie finally noticed me walking towards her. She was one of the few people who didn't turn when the door opened.
"Bella," she said. Like we were long time friends. She didn't ask if that was my name, she knew. How she knew, I have no idea. Then again, I knew her name from Edward. But, how could she know my name? Maybe she will be taking part of the process of ruining my high school experience.
"Edward speaks about you plenty, even though he's only had one conversation with you," Rosalie continues.
So Edward talks about me?
"I knew who you were because he described you down to the tiny scar you have on your cheek."
Rosalie was a mind-reader.
"Oh. Hello, Rosalie," I reply, shyly. "Edward told me about you. He didn't go into great detail, though.
Edward's sister ended up being quite nice. She was honest yet kind. Rosalie was smart, too. The Cullens seemed like they didn't care at all what the school said. They weren't anybody's followers.
After promising Rosalie to sit with her at lunch, I left for my locker. No Edward run-ins so far. Although, there was a Cullen waiting there. Alice jumped up excitedly when she saw me and ran to grab ahold of my hand.
She handed me my Math books and then we took off for class. I wasn't late this time, what a relief. Alice plopped down in a chair and I took the empty one by her. Today, we were actually going to do a lesson, unlike Monday where we introduced ourselves and then talked throughout the whole class.
We were going over The Pythagorean Theorem. This was like the third year I have learned about this. I zoned out since I knew all about the subject, but my classmates seemed to have a tough time.
I walked towards Biology with calmness since I was on schedule today. When I entered the room, I noticed something right away. Or rather someone. Edward was in my class. Suddenly, I was wide awake. Gone was the funk of the morning sleepiness.
The last seat left was the one at Edward's table. I sat and greeted Edward. When I got the courage to speak to him, Mr. Banner - according to the board - started talking. He said that we would have to do projects with our partners. We could choose any topic we wanted as long as it was appropriate and had to do with science. Edward and I decided to do our research on animals and diseases that they could carry.
Once we had our main idea, Edward suggested I go to his house to work on the assignment. I quickly agreed seeing nothing wrong about it. We had the rest of the period to chat about whatever we desired. Edward asked random questions like what kind of music I liked and if I played any instruments. I asked him a few questions in return.
We parted like normal people this time, just saying goodbye was fine. I pushed Edward and the project aside for right now, and headed to World History. I got to this class fairly early so I chose to sit in the back to avoid getting called on. I was getting settled in when I heard a loud noise at the door. There were two tall boys entering. One was very well-built and was rocking the black hair, blue eyes look. The other was as tall as him but more lean, like Edward, except taller. They looked older than him so I assumed they weren't freshmen. The boys were bumping each other's shoulders in a friendly manner.
The boys were walking towards me and I started to internally panic. They looked popular, so they were obviously going to say some not so nice things.
I looked up and they were standing on either side of me. The big one was staring at me and then I saw a wide grin spread across his face revealing his perfect set of teeth. Soon, the blonde followed his actions.
"I'm Jasper, and this is my oaf of a brother, Emmett. You're Isabella, correct?"
I waved to my mom as she drove away. On the outside I looked cool and collected (I hope) but really I was feeling nauseous. I felt like throwing up over and over again. Here's the catch: I didn't know why.
I mean, I was just going to Edward's house to work on an assignments. My body wasn't reacting this way yesterday when I met Jasper and Emmett. We actually hit it off quite fine. Those boys were hilarious. After the initial awkwardness of them knowing my name, just like all the other Cullen children, they turned out to be really fun people.
Emmett practically ignored the teacher the whole time and instead chose to annoy Jasper. They were bickering throughout class and to be honest I found it amusing.
The idea of meeting Edward's parents was nerve racking. What if they didn't like me? What if I smell bad? Am I dressed fine or do I look like a hobo? I realize these were thoughts that usually ran through a girlfriend's mind, but I was weird, and I think we knew that already.
When I snapped out of my daydream, I started towards the intimidating front door. Knocking exactly three times and waiting for 25.65 seconds before someone opened the door was courageous of me.
"Hello, you must be Bella Swan. I'm Esme Cullen, pleasure to meet you."
I internally screamed. Loudly.
"Hi, Mrs Cullen, nice to meet you too," I said, putting on my angel face.
She smiled sweetly. My charm was working.
"Please, call me Esme, Dear, I'm not that old, you know."
I laughed softly.
"Esme it is."
Esme and I were talking in the kitchen, chatting like we were old friends. She was about to go take out the baby books when Edward entered.
He was dressed casually, this was his home, after all. He was wearing a gray sweater and black jeans. His feet were bare.
"Maaa," he groaned. "Please, stop."
Edward lead me to the library, that's right, they had a library. We took a seat at the table and he already had some books picked out for research and his laptop was there too.
We were working on the project for about three hours when we finished.
"Thanks for coming over, Bella."
"No problem." Smooth, Bella. I was tempted to ask him why his siblings knew about me, but decided against it.
I decline politely to Esme's request that I stay for dinner even though I wanted to spend time with Edward without involving school. My mom arrived a few minutes after I texted her and soon, I'm home.
Once I'm upstairs and in my room, I make a choice. My mission was to spend more time with Edward Cullen. And of course my newly made friends, which happened to be his brothers and sisters. This was going to be interesting.
A/N: Woah, this is long! Patience is a virtue ;) See you next Thursday.
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P.S. I also call my mother "Ma."
