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Bella's POV

The next day Charlie had gone out fishing with one of his old friends. He was a little worried about leaving me home alone all the time, but I convinced him that I honestly didn't mind. Now I was left alone, unsure of what to do. I'd finished the rest of my homework, cleaned out both the kitchen and bathroom, sent an email back to my mum and even cooked dinner by 3:30.

I was stuck for things to do, so I went to do some light reading to pass the time. None of the books though could hold my attention. My thoughts kept slipping back to think about Edward. I couldn't understand the reason for his change, why he suddenly decided to talk to me...Not that I objected. I tried to shrug it off, maybe he was just shy.

I was still thinking about him when Charlie pulled up. I went downstairs to greet him.

'Hey dad, how'd you go?'

He smiled and held up an esky, 'Pretty good. How was your day?'

I shrugged, 'Pretty good...Relaxing.'

He headed off into the kitchen then, and began placing what he'd caught into the freezer.

'So how did you girls go yesterday?' he asked.

'Great, I barely had to do anything. Alice picked out most of my clothes to be honest, she's amazing! Wish I'd found her a long time ago.' Charlie looked at me questioningly, so I went to explain, 'I've always hated shopping, mum used to have to force me along every now and again, whenever I grew out of my clothes.'

He smiled at this, understanding. 'She used to have to force me along too, whenever she decided I needed a wardrobe change.'

I shook my head, of course she did.

I was early to lunch for once, we got to the table before the boys. Alice and Rosalie were talking about activities they wanted to do up in Denali, and telling me how much fun it was, and that I had to go one day. Jasper came up behind Alice, one finger pressed to his lips. She turned around at the last second.

'Hey Jazz!' she greeted, smiling sweetly.

He groaned, 'I was so close.'

Rosalie rolled her eyes, just as Emmett came up behind her and scared her. He placed one hand over her mouth to stop her scream though. As soon as he released her, she punched him in the gut; it wasn't hard enough to wipe the exultant smile off his face.

'Gotcha again.' he beamed.

'Shut up Emmett!...Where's Edward?' Rosalie asked.

Emmett shrugged and Jasper answered, 'Haven't really seen him since this morning.' Alice's face became worried, Jasper nudged her, 'Don't worry, he'll be alright.'

Just then the man of discussion decided to show up. He didn't say anything, just took his seat at the table.

'Hey Edward.' Alice said.

'Hey.' He mumbled.

A few times during lunch we all tried to involve him in our conversation, but he wouldn't talk more than enough to answer our questions, giving the shortest answers possible. The walk to Biology was a silent one, he didn't even respond when I said thanks for holding the door open for me. I sighed, I guess Friday was a one-off thing.

The rest of the week passed in pretty much the same fashion. Wednesday was the last day the Cullen's and Hale's would be in town until Monday. I tried yet again to talk to Edward, but he wouldn't volunteer anything to the conversation, he even left for class early.

Alice looked at me apologetically, 'Don't worry about him.' she hugged me goodbye, 'I'll miss you Bella.'

'I'll miss you too Alice.' I said.

Emmett pulled me into a big, bear hug, 'Aw, I'll miss you little sis!'

'Err, Emmett, can't breathe!' I gasped, which only made him laugh, after he released me I admitted I'd miss him as well.

'See ya soon Bella.' Rosalie said, giving me a little hug.

'See ya.'

Jasper kept his distance, 'Goodbye Bella.' He said politely.

'Bye.'

I tried not to worry about the next couple of days...But that only made me worry about the next class...In which I would be ignored, yet again, by Edward. Mike met up with me on the way there, at least he still seemed keen to talk to me...

The next day I sat with Angela and her friends at lunch, Mike was at our table, along with a girl named Jessica, another named Lauren and three boys named Eric, Ben and Tyler. They all seemed nice enough, except for Lauren who acted like she didn't really want me there.

'Don't you find them weird?' Jessica asked when we talked about my friendship with the Cullen's and Hale's.

'No, why?' I was confused, they seemed normal enough to me.

'Well their not a normal family.' I knew she was trying to hint something, but I didn't get it. She sighed, 'Guess they didn't tell you.'

'Jess, don't.' Angela warned, but Jess continued.

'They're all together, like together, together. Well Emmett and Rosalie are, but everyone swears Jasper and Alice have something going on too.'

'Jess it's not like they're actually related.' Angela pointed out.

'No, but they live together, it's weird.'

'They'd live together if they were married, and no-one thinks that's weird.' I said, trying not to judge them without finding out if it were actually true.

Angela smiled at me, while Jess grimaced.

'But that's a normal relationship...it's expected.'

I didn't want to create an argument over this, so I was glad when Mike changed the subject. Leaving me to ponder over this new discovery.