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CHAPTER 4 IN THE YEAR 2540

We walked into English together taking our seats from yesterday at the back of the classroom.

The teacher walked through the door bringing the class to order. As it was only the second day he set us to work reading in silence. Bella turned giving me a smile before pulling her text from her shoulder bag.

I turned to my own copy of a brave new world by Huxley. Of course I had already read this book. In fact I had read it in 1932, when it was first published. I mused for a moment if Huxley's vision of the future will come to fruition. I guess I will still be around in the year 2540 so I will see what that year has to bring. I doubted in very much though Utopian ideals never came into being because they always had fundamental flaws which meant that even if they were put into practice they never lasted.

Thinking about the year2540 made me wonder if Bella would still be with me. At the moment she was still set on being turned after graduation. So I suppose she will be. Even though I loathed the idea of someone taking Bella's soul, if truth be told I was looking forward to her conversion to our way of life. For us to spend eternity together, never having to worry if she was going to get sick or become involved in an accident when I'm not around to save her scared the hell out of me. However I was going to try to stall her and try to convince her to stay human for as long as possible. Maybe convince her to go to college. I'd have to figure out something that she wanted to experience that was indicative to being human.

Mmm Edward Cullen looks even yummier than I remembered

My head snapped up to be met with Jessica looking straight at me. Being the polite young man that I am decided to return her stare with a small smile, big mistake, she obviously took that as an encouraging motion, and returned it with what I'm sure she thought was a seductive smile. I quickly returned my eyes to the text and shuffled closer to Bella.

Bella turned towards me giving me an inquisitive smile. I returned her smile motioning towards Jessica with my eyes. She slipped a piece of paper towards me.

What's she done now?

It's not what she's done; it's what she's thinking

Ok what's she thinking now?

Let's just say that she's thinking about me in the biblical sense

Well you do look pretty sexy today. It's only the second day of school and she hasn't seen you in six months, and trust me it's like the first time after such a long period of time.

That will explain the graphic image I'm getting from here right now. She seems to be under the misapprehension that I may be vaguely interested in her.

Oh honey, don't worry I won't let her hurt you.

Ha ha ha, very funny Bella I'm being serious I'm going to have to put up with her following me around with pornographic images in her head. She thinks that after going out with you that I must be looking for a girlfriend and that she could be it now that she's broken up with Mike. She doesn't think that I'm with you anymore after our long break-up.

At this point the bell rang, signalling for people to pack up and head of to their next lesson.

Just go up to him ask him how his summer was and ask if he wants to sit with you at lunch. Come on you can do this. He went out with Bella and you are way more confident than her.

I looked up at Bella looking like a deer caught in the headlights.

Jessica walked up to us looking me strait in the eye. This was the problem with spending so much time with Bella I had made myself approachable to other humans.

"Hey Edward, how was your summer." Before I even had time to come up with a response Bella grabbed my hand.

"Hey, Jess Edward and I had a fantastic summer together, didn't we love." She turned on her tip toes and kissed me. It shocked me so I didn't respond for a moment, but I wasn't about to let Bella's lips go to waste so gripped her hips with both hands and deepened the kiss. Bella responded by plunging her tongue into my mouth. Just when I was about to get carried away she pulled away from me.

"What was that about? And why did you stop it?" All I could think about now was how we were in an empty classroom.

"Well you wanted to get rid of Jessica and now she knows that were still together, plus she's the biggest gossip in the school so it will be all around the school by lunchtime, thus deterring any other girls with the same idea."

"Are you jealousy, of Jessica?" Surely she wasn't. She must know that I love her more than anyone else, especially of Jessica.

"No I am not jealous" She pulled away from and stormed out the room.

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TD