A;N, All right. Fourth Chap. I'm on a roll here. This one should be better because I got a new Beta! whoo! Her screen name is Completely Dipendente and she rocks. *Lots a' luv*
ps. I didn't make any new visuals cuz' it's still in the same scenery. But i promise some more soon. =D
Disclaimer: I own nothing of the Twilight Saga. All the credit goes to the brilliant and talented Stephanie Meyer. Kudos!
BPOV (Bella)
Chapter four
As we entered, every pair of eyes fell on us, and the warmth crept upon my cheeks. I was more than well aware of Jessica and her table staring, jaw-dropped, at our entrance. "I want you to meet my family. You don't mind sitting with us, do you? Do your friends expect you to sit with them?" she said uneasily as I glanced back at Jessica's shocked expression.
"Naw. They'll survive," I said, and we carried on. She pointed to the lunch line where we got behind a small, spiky-haired girl and a lanky boy, who flanked on her left.
"Oh! Alice, Jasper," Cassade called as the two turned around. They were as stunning as she was, though the girl whom I presumed was named Alice, had golden orbs and Jasper plain black. "Bella, meet my adoptive brother and sister, Alice Cullen and Jasper Hale," Cassade spoke as Alice smiled excitedly.
"Hello!" she beamed.
"Hey…" I said, awkwardly.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Bella." No matter how refined Jasper seemed, his rigid and overly controlled stance intimidated me.
"You two know each other?" Alice prompted.
"She was my best friend when I was younger. And we're now officially reunited," Cassade responded proudly as I returned a smile.
"Wonderful. I'll see you both at the table, then!" She waved as she and Jasper left with their food, hand-in-hand.
I'd gotten a pizza and fruit, but Cassade said she didn't feel like eating.
"You really not gonna eat anything?" I insisted.
"No thanks, I had a big breakfast," She assured. "They're right over there." She pointed to a table on the far end of the room where five, transcendent-looking teenagers sat, watching us warily. As we got closer, I spotted Jasper and Alice beside each other, and then a huge boy with scary biceps and deep dimples. He had a girl sat on his lap; she was blonde, statuesque, and unlike anything I had ever seen.
And then there was the last one. One with untidy bronze hair and amber eyes that burned with sheer boredom. He not only caught, but held my attention until the big one grinned widely.
"Hey! Cassade, where ya been?" he said. He caught sight of me and didn't miss the chance to voice his curiosity, "And who might this be?" he said.
"Guys, this is Bella. I've knew her back when I was a kid. Back in Phoenix—before Carlisle found me," she introduced. I paid attention as she recited the names of her brothers and sisters. She had so many; ones that I definitely would try to remember.
"…Emmett, Rosalie," she pointed to the big guy and girl on top of him. Wait, that didn't come out right. "Alice and Jasper—well, you've already met them. And Edward," She said at last. He didn't answer at first, his expression a mixture of curiosity and total concentration. His face hardened into an unsatisfied scowl, as if he couldn't quite figure something out. Suddenly, his whole body froze. His eyes seemed to grow darker as his hand clenched into an unyielding fist. "Excuse me." He struggled to get the words out as he sprang to his feet and all but ran out the cafeteria door.
The last look he'd given me—one that will be plastered in my memories for a while—was a look of pure hatred. His eyes burned with rage, something I couldn't quite put into place. Why would I be of any reason for him to hate me when he didn't so much as say "hi"?
Cassade either didn't see, or chose not to acknowledge her stepbrother's behaviour and continued to talk animatedly. But I was too stunned to say much that lunch hour.
He left because of me. Why me?
RPOV (Rosalie)
I had absolutely no idea why Cassade had had the sheer audacity to bring that human to our table. I also didn't know why Edward had fled, but that wasn't why I was incensed.
How many times have I told Cassade not to gain too close relationships with humans? I tell her over and over again, because the same thing happens every time.
She finds a friend, they become immensely close, we end up moving, and she gets devastated over the fact that she had to leave her and blah blah blah. We've all been through it several times. Even so, she continues to disobey me.
"Awww, isn't that cute? Cassade's found her long-lost friend that she used to share lollypops with!" Emmett said as Cassade rolled her eyes and the girl laughed (I know I should be calling her by her name, but who gives a damn?).
"Forgive my brother. He can be a bit…" Cassade trailed off.
"Funny? Charming? Entertaining?" Emmett bounced his brows up and down a couple of times in a way that made you want to slap him.
"I was going to say douche," Cassade growled as he grinned wider. I gave her a warning look, and that shushed her immediately.
"So, Bella, where did you say you were from?" I asked.
"Um…Phoenix?" Her response sounded like a question. I smiled at myself when I realized I'd already made her scared of me.
Good.
Cassade immediately realized the situation and tried to change the atmosphere. "So, I saw the incident at gym today with Mike. That jerk." She exclaimed.
"Yeah…well." She shrugged.
"What happened?" Alice spoke.
"Some creep tried to pick a fight with her and pushed her to the ground." Cassade said his name with revulsion.
Alice frowned, "Are you okay? Did he hurt you?" She said with grave concern that I didn't understand.
"I'm okay. Its fine—"
"What's his problem!" Cassade said, a little too loudly, "What did you ever do to him?" She demanded.
"He was angry with me because I turned him down yesterday. It's no big deal." Bella tried to shrug it off, but Cassade wouldn't have any of it.
"That bastard!" she yelled.
"Unbelievable," Alice agreed, shaking her head. Cassade glared across the room where Mike sat with his buddies. They were slipping strings of noodles down their noses and wearing all kinds of foods.
"I ought to take that pizza and shove it up his—"
"Cassade, that's enough." I said icily. She crossed her arms, and continued to glower.
"Well, any friend of Cassade's is a friend of mine. So I say we gave this guy an idea of what would happen when someone messes with a Cullen…" Emmett rubbed his hands slyly.
"Oh no," Alice giggled.
"This ought to be interesting." Jasper spoke for the first time. I saw Bella look at him curiously, as if she never thought that he would take any interest in anything that would involve her. And come to think of it, neither did I.
"Wait—what? What are you thinking, Emmett?" Cassade said, though she was smiling. I rolled my eyes and sighed; this was exactly the kind of thing they did when she was younger. Oh, the horrid memories of the two putting bleach in everyone's shampoo.
"Let's just say that we're gonna see a new side of Newton," he said.
"What?" the whole table said in unison. He burst out laughing as if anyone got his joke.
"I dunno. I got it from a movie."
"Guys, I don't think this is such a good—" the bell sounded, interrupting Bella from whatever statement she was about to make.
"Gotta go. Don't wanna be late for English. You coming, Bella?" Cassade said.
"Actually, no. I have Bio," Bella said apologetically.
"Then I'll see you after class," she waved at the rest of us and the two of them went their separate ways. I prepared to go to my next class of Chemistry when Alice caught my arm.
"Where's Edward? He behaved so strangely," she mused.
"I don't know. Perhaps he's in his car. He probably couldn't stand to be with that girl for so long," I groaned. Alice frowned disapprovingly.
"Bella's a nice girl. What's really bothering you?" she asked. And, before I could answer, Jasper broke into the conversation with a look I could perceive to be worry.
"What is it?" I asked concernedly.
"It's Edward. Something went really wrong," he confessed darkly.
"What did you feel?" Alice said.
He paused for a second; thinning my patience, "Blood lust. Strongest that it's ever been." He shook his head.
"It was that Bella girl. I knew there was something wrong with her from the moment I met her!" I accused.
"Will you stop being so ignorant?" Alice snapped.
"I'm not! If she hadn't suddenly showed up into our lives then none of this would have happened," I flung at her.
"So you resort to being overly vulgar to her? To be completely obscene to someone over something they can't control?" she challenged. For a moment I was stunned. Not necessarily because of her words, but because of my suddenly harsh quarrel with the one person—aside from Emmett—that I've been closest to for approximately the past century. And for what? An insignificant human. I didn't say much to contradict her after that realization. "Do you know where he's gone?" I said to Jasper, though my eyes never left the floor.
"I have a hunch he's in his car, though I can't be sure," he said.
"He can't have left," Alice broke in, "He knows that would gain attention. It's not like him to act so recklessly," she reasoned.
"All right. For now, you guys go to class and I'll find him and try to bring him back," Emmett suggested heroically.
"Then it's settled." I finalized.
"What about Cass? Should we tell her?" Alice said.
"Of course we should tell her! She should know the amount of strain it exerts upon us to fit in now that she's with Bella. What with Edward running off to god knows where," I said. Alice lips pouted slightly, but she said nothing. She headed to Calculus as the rest of us continued as if it were any other day.
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Ps. Did anyone watch NM?????? I was absolutely AMAZING! I'm seriously considering switching to the Jacob team now. XD (Nd it's not just because when he was shirtless his biceps were like "Kaboom! nd POw!", nd when Edward was shirtless u could see his belly nd chest hair) Somepeople think chest hair is atractive but i think it's gross. Who agrees? couldn't u ever get dandruff on it or something? IDK. It's not something i hav experience with. :s
Pss. Nd can u believe tht hundreds of people read my story but only five(four, cuz my new beta reviewed twice. again, she rocks) reviewed? Tht sucks. C'mon, u can do better than tht. so plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz review! It makes m feel like my writes are worthwile.
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