EPOV
The first thing I did when we got to the new town is drop my boxes of things on the porch, not even bothering to take them up to my room, and ran to find Bella.
My family starred after me as they took in boxes and furniture into our new house. They didn't mind that I didn't help, they didn't need it. They had the house fully decorated with furniture and organized in less then 3 minutes.
It startled them. We had just arrived in the new town for the first time. And the moment I got out of the car and stepped on the soil, I was of. It amazed them how obsessed I was with the girl.
When I arrived at her house, she was slowly moving in boxes into her knew home. This made me smile my new home was her new home as well. I was thankful to my family to deciding to move to this new town with me to satisfy my obsession, and not minding as much. Will, except for Rosalie, but no one cared about her thoughts half the time.
I wished I could help Bella with the boxes but I was scared it might frighten her to see me here so soon. I couldn't wait till tomorrow, when school started. I would most likely pester her all day. I hope she wouldn't mind my presence around her and take in my new friend ship in opened welcoming arms. I hoped it wouldn't startle her that we had also inconspicuously moved to the same town. I hoped she wouldn't be so observant as always and be too curious about the matter, I would hope she would dismiss the coincidence.
But knowing Bella, she would notice.
The next day, disappointment. I didn't last half a day, I ditched the moment second period was over to go find the center of my world and obsession.
I had begged and rushed my siblings to get to school early, so I could see her incase she arrived a bit early since it was her first day. Alice thought of wanting to stay with me to see her as she arrived as well but she knew I rather be alone. She headed inside with my other siblings and the rest of the crowd.
I waited all morning near the front of the school and hung around the front office, waiting for her to arrive. She never did. I even walked circles around the parking lot hanging around empty spaces hoping she would arrive soon and chose to park in one of them, even though I had forbidden my self to greet her the moment she stepped out of her rusty red truck, and just give her some space at least.
She had me more anxious then ever. I stayed outside longer then everyone. All the students, including my family were in class and I was late. I hung out there. Waiting.
I thought I would go into a panic attack. I was having a panic attack during second period and I didn't last a day in school with out her there.
I found her at home sleeping late. I wondered if she had just simply over slept. I made some noise outside hoping to wake her. Finally she did. As her eyes slowly fluttered open, my heart swelled.
She got up and got ready for the day slowly, she seemed to drag behind hesitating with what she wanted to do.
I wondered if she knew what day it was. I decided to try and remind her. So while she was in the bathroom, I stole the newspaper of the front porch, and snuck it in through the window and placed it front and center on the kitchen table. I looked around hoping to spot a calendar. There was one sticking out of an unpacked box. I pulled it out and tacked it on to the wall hoping she would see it.
Finally she came down stairs for breakfast. I grew eager as I watched her from the back living room window, as she approached the kitchen table. She over looked the newspaper but didn't touch it. My heart sank as she passed the calendar too, but my heart grew eager again as she passed it on her way to her school bag. She looked through and organized her school supplies in her book bag. I grew happy, hoping she realized what day it was and would head to school, on her way to seeing me as well. But no luck. She made no move towards the door.
I hung around outside all day. Laying in the grass, playing with a few strands of grass in-between my hands, just listening to her move around inside. I found myself very content not doing nothing, as long as I was near her. But ideas would run through my mind about going inside to talk to her, although it might frighten her. I was tempted to get closer to her. I stayed there all day hoping she would realize it was Monday and go to school.
Then I started to wonder maybe she did know it was Monday and she was starting school on a different day.
I realized what time it was, school was almost over and my siblings would be waiting for me to drive them home. They would not be pleased that I had the keys.
I contemplated just staying here and watch her and let my siblings just run home after the crowd had disappeared. Although I knew they would not be happy and I owed them for agreeing to move with out complaints, with exception of Rosalie, so I could follow Bella. So I left reluctantly and undesirably.
"Where have you been Edward?" Alice asked with a sly smile as they slid in to the car.
When I got to the school parking lot, the bell had just rang. And I could hear there thoughts approaching the door. So I had enough time to play it of like I had been at school the whole time. Apparently Alice seemed to want to tease me and give away my little secret.
"Nowhere." I said in a detached tone as my thoughts wondered back to Bella. But their thoughts where now suspicious of what Alice spoke off.
"We didn't see you at lunch." Emmett pointed out although he wouldn't have cared if Alice hadn't spoken. Jasper looked up at me with questioning eyes from Alice's little smile.
"I wasn't hungry." I said restrained with dark humor. Emmet chuckled. Alice's sly smile reappeared seeing we were getting closer to the truth.
"So where did you go?" Emmett pushed on after seeing her smile.
Why wouldn't they let it drop? I just wanted to ride silently so I could let my mind drift of to Bella again. Alice took my reluctance to answer for a chance to speak.
"He was at Bella's!" Alice said out loud in a perky smirk tone. Then she covered her mouth with both hands like she had just let out a secret. They all instantly looked at her from her outburst. Her eyebrows raised up as she smiled behind her hands and she looked at me.
"Whoopsy." She said innocently.
Figures. Rosalie and jasper thought in unison.
"Your obsessed with the girl." Jasper said annoyed as turned to look out the window. I said nothing. There was no denying that.
"Yes! He is!" Alice cheerfully agreed.
Emmett turned away dissatisfied with the answer, he found it a bore now, a usual topic. Rosalie was just annoyed and board as always.
I kept my eyes on the road, driving with one hand, slouching to one side, away from them in annoyance.
There disapproval at times bothered me. They encouraged me to stay away from the girl. But I couldn't. I perused her selfishly at her expense. Somehow I would find a way to be with her with out hurting her. There had to be a way.
Bella was absent the whole week and it made me anxious. I skipped mostly half the day to go watch her. Restraining myself from knocking at her door just to be closer to her.
Finally, next Monday morning she arrived. She was greeted with hellos and friendly smiles by the students. She seemed uncomfortable with it at first but got used to it and waved back.
I placed myself beside the building where she would soon pass. I leaned against casually and waited in anticipation. At last, soon I would be able to speak to her. Even if they were a few small words of greeting, it was a relief to let them out of my lips as long as I spoke to her anything it was a relief.
"Hello Bella."
.
I said as she walked passed.
A thrill went through me as I said her name. An uncontrollable smile spread across my lips.
She hadn't noticed me at first. But the moment she herd my voice she stopped dead in her tracks. Even though she was faced away from me, I saw her expression from others eyes. Her eyes had grew wide, amusingly. I was surprised at how fast she recognized my voice.
She turned to where I stood. My smile spread across my face again and I waved to her hello.
Her mouth dropped open and I wondered if I should be worried about her health as I laughed.
"H-hi." She stammered. It felt good to hear her speak to me, even if it probably was to be polite. She stood there for a moment starring at me. I wondered and eagerly hoped she would come over and talk to me. What would I say when she probably asked what I was doing here. I wondered if I should walk over to her. What amusing expression would she make if I motioned with one finger for her to come to me. I amused myself as I thought to wink at her. But before I could chose what to do next she walked away. My heart sunk for a moment. But as she kept looking back at me dumbfounded kept me smiling.
Her pace slowed and she stopped and turned all the way around to look at me. My heart swelled with hope again she would come back to speak to me. I waved at her again and watched her expression. She seemed to hesitate to come back to me or not.
I was eager and dead heart swelled as she started waling towards me. I was so wound up in Bella I didn't hear the approaching boys thoughts as he stepped in front of her. This would have been very disappointing if she hadn't even noticed the boy standing there till a minute later since her eyes were still on me with her mouth still hanging wide open.
After a minute, she finally seemed to realize someone was standing right in front of her. The boy had already introduced himself and asked her for her name. She hardly answered and her eyes kept coming back to me. I wished he hadn't interrupted but I was a bit thankful to him because I got to watch her amusing expression and her attention seemed to keep it self on me. And I was enjoying every minute of it.
As the boy spoke she kept looking at me and a few times she would look at him as she spoke to be polite. She seemed to try to fake it she was listening, but she wasn't doing it very well.
He hardly noticed she wasn't, he was another admirer like Mike Newton, he was to into her to realize she wasn't paying attention. I wasn't pleased to realize as I listened to the thoughts around me that were brought to my attention when the boy had interrupted, that she was already gaining more admirers.
As he shifted his weight, finally realizing she wasn't listening, to gain her attention. He blocked my view of her face but before I could be disappointed, she surprised me again as I saw her head peak over his shoulder to see me on her tip toes. Then she leaned over a little and looked around him so he could keeping gazing at me.
And I enjoyed this immensely.
I laugh broke out of me and I through my head back. Then finally a different emotion other then surprise spread across her face, a wide beautiful smile spread across her face, lighting up her features.
Then her eyes turned to the boy and she began to listen. She seemed a bit lost and tried to play it off unsuccessfully.
He ended with a question, if she wanted to go to a party. He was asking her n a date. This maddened my mood. I watched her waiting for her answer.
She finally spoke, after a moment of absorbing it all.
"Me?" She said in disbelief.
"Yeah." He said, thinking it pretty obvious.
"Wow." She said in disbelief again as her eyes fell to the ground.
She seemed a bit in loss for words.
"Thanks for the invite. Um, ill catch up with you later."
"Cool." He smiled. "If you want to come just tell me and Ill tell you the address and give you directions." He was ecstatic. Completely the opposite emotion of mine right now. She had pretty much said yes. At least that's what he thought.
"Ok." She answered.
"Bye Isabella." He said as he walked away.
"Bye" She said in return.
Then she walked away with out another look my way. She seemed a bit confused and I could see a faint blush on her face.
As she stumbled away I wondered if I should go up and talk to her, how would she react?
But she had already headed into her first period class, with Alice.
Alice was expecting her as she walked in and greeted her warmly. Bella returned it casually with a shy smile and kept walking, she seemed a bit startled by the fact that a pixie sized girl greeted ecstatically her the moment she walked in the door.
Alice was a bit annoyed that Bella didn't greet her back as big as she did, but in less then a second she went back to being crazy ecstatic Alice again.
I was bliss on my way to third period, knowing Bella would already be there. My eyes landed to her the moment I walked in the room. She sat there very absorbed in her book. I sat beside and watched her contently.
Stop starring at her like the stocker you are. Rosalie thought in disgust as she rolled her eyes. But I never looked up, my eyes stayed n Bella. The soon before class started she picked up her head. She seemed startled by my presence close beside her.
"Hello Bella."
"Hi." She replied a minute late. Rosalie listened to us in boredom. She thought Bella slow because she answered me a minute later.
Soon after that the teacher started class and asked us to pair up in partners. Almost immediately I asked Bella, not even hesitating.
"Do you have a partner?" Obviously she had none but yet I asked.
She narrowed her eyes, knowing I knew she didn't. "No." she answered calmly and a bit shy.
"Want to be partners?"
"Sure." She said, seeming not to have much of a choice. But she could say no if she wished, but I just didn't wanted to inform her on that. I wanted her all to myself.
Jerk! Rosalie was upset. I would have been her partner, but of course Bella was here, so of course take the chance to be partners with Bella. Which meant Rosalie had no partner. And truthfully she felt a bit lonely and was mad I had abandoned her.
"Does everyone have a partner?" The teacher asked.
"No." Rosalie said, almost sounding seldom. And I almost chuckled. I enjoyed offending Rosalie.
Bella turned around along with the rest of the class to see Rosalie sitting all by herself in the back with the two empty rows of seats in front of her.
I almost chuckled again.
"You be partners with your sister. I don't mind working alone." Bella said and I looked back towards her, my heart sinking and her suggestion. I saw guilt and pity in her eyes as she looked in Rosalie.
I tried to laugh but it sounded a bit fake to my own ears.
"Are you that desperate to get rid of me Bella?" I said as a joke but it really was what I was thinking, I was suspicious maybe she really didn't want me around.
"No! I- just thought, I mean…ugh…" She stammered again, trying to not offend me. It made me smile that she was worried to not offend me. But then I remember the pity she gave Rosalie and wondered if this was the same case and only reason she agreed to be my partner. She pitied us. That was amazing. No one ever found a reason to pity us. I stared at her in amazement. She never seized to amaze me. I tried for a moment again to read her mind.
"Its ok. I was just kidding, Bella." I chuckled again, not really laughing at her but at calm I felt around her at times.
"Oh...right."
"Besides, Rosalie's a pain." She looked back at Rosalie.
"I heard that." Rosalie retorted. I laughed again freely.
"Good.'' I stated.
I never took my eyes of Bella as I spoke, I saw a wicked grin spread across her face as she tried to hold in her laughter. But one of her beautiful ringing giggles escaped.
Rosalie scowled at her and Bella turned all the way around, looking away from us both. I gave Rosalie a stare, she would pay for that.
We mostly just worked on our lab and the teacher was always walking up to the desk to check how we were doing, so it didn't give much of a chance to talk to her.
And to soon, class was over. I watched after her as she walked away to her next class.
Oh, get over it! You will have another chance to speak to her. Don't stand there like you'll never see her again.
Rosalie thought as she spotted me, standing at the door starring after Bella, and past me by.
Bella made a new friend in her next class. Which I was thankful for to the girl who befriended my Bella. She kept her laughing and talking. And that I also was thankful for. I laughed along with their jokes in my class, trying to hide my chuckles so I didn't look like a complete lunatic as I laughed at what seemed like nothing.
Although I was upset it wasn't me who had her talking about her past thoughts in Forks or me who was making her laugh.
Soon enough it was lunch, except me and jasper would go hunting, so Alice would have Bella all to herself.
I sticked around the outside of the cafeteria watching her through Alice's thoughts.
While Bella was alone in the lunch line, Alice spotted her and ran right over to her eagerly, she almost used her vampire speed, if she hadn't remembered.
When we had moved here, Alice said she would have no problem with it, as long as I wouldn't interrupt her as she became friends with Bella. I growled at her when she said that, but reluctantly agreed.
"Bella! Do you want to sit with us?" Alice said ecstatically, almost screaming it at her. She startled her as she popped out of no where to her.
"No thanks, I'm going to sit with Alex." Bella said nicely, by then her friend had reappeared behind her.
"Would you like to sit with us?" The girl, Alex asked politely after overhearing them. She was a bit afraid of Alice since the students here had already grown use to us a s outsiders as they had in Forks. So they stayed away from us.
"Sure!" she answered a bit to enthusiastically. Bella and Alex flinched at her shout. Alex was a bit startled a bit by her answer, she wasn't expecting Alice to say yes, nut she didn't mind. Bella seemed worried, I wondered why, of course as always.
Bella looked around the cafeteria as they walked to the table. Her eyes paused at Rosalie and Emmett sitting alone, then she stopped searching. I was filled with hope that she was looking for me. But I had nothing that would confirm that.
Jasper was getting impatient with me and practically had to pull me into the forest. As we spread apart as we hunted, I quickly ran back to the school to see Bella.
This was not turning good. I couldn't stand being away from her to even finish hunting with not coming back to check on her.
Alice sensed me as she walked to our next class.
She reassured me everything was okay. She rubbed in my face how she had a great lunch with Bella. I narrowed my eyes as I watched the short dark haired pixie walk to class crossing the courtyard with her head high and her little nose in the air. She knew I would be curious of what conversations they had and if she had frightened my Bella or given anything away about us. Alice ran through the whole conversation in her mind in less then a minute for me. I swear, it was as if she could read my thoughts.
Don't worry Edward, she smirked, I know your not just worried that I gave away what we are but if I said anything about you in particular. For crying aloud Edward! Do you really think I would give away a secret we held for almost a centaury? Its not like I told her anything about how obsessed you are with her!
I flinched at that last part. I quickly checked her mind if she had not said anything about that. If she was lying.
Its not like I told her how you sneak into her room at night and watch her sleep, or follow her around, or how you followed her to this town and dragged us with you. Which I'm completely okay with. Or how you….
I let myself out of her mind not wanting to hear the long list that I already knew, and felt bad about because I was being selfish to leave Bella in peace.
Alice stopped and looked to where in the forest I was hiding. She herd me leave.
How rude! I was still talking to you! …or thinking to you…whatever. Anyways go find my Jasper! You abandoned him. He will not be pleased with you when he finds out you dished him to check on Bella!
She thought after me.
I ran off to finish my hunting one last meal so I would not miss my class with Bella and leave her to just Alice and Rosalie.
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