Bella:
"So, Edward. He seems…nice." Dad says whilst we're eating. I blush at the thought. Why does everyone automatically think there's something more between Edward and me?
"He's just my friend, dad." I tell him, and he nods and resumes eating. After that, I go up to my bedroom, and begin to think more about Edward. It's things like this that I would usually talk about to my Edward. I reach for his picture from my bag, and study his face. Him and Edward Cullen have to be the same person. Same looks, same name, same hobbies. Only, different eyes.
I make a list of all the unusual things, to try and help me.
Weird Things about Edward:
~Extremely pale skin (even more pale than me)
~Strange golden eye colour
~Same eye colour and pale skin as the rest of his family, though not related
~Possible still alive and still looking 17 after nearly 100 years
~Dr Cullen, Carlisle, had extremely cold hands
That's all I have on my list, for now, but I decide that tomorrow I can test the cold hands theory. Edward's always helping me; I'll just 'accidentally' touch his hand. I could try and do the same for Alice, as well. I could hug her, or something.
Later that night, I fall asleep, thinking of my Edward and Edward Cullen. A part of me hopes that Edward Cullen is my Edward, because then I get to meet him, and talk to him in person. I had always wanted to meet my Edward, and now it might be possible.
I wake up early the next morning, too many thoughts swirling around in my mind. If anyone tried to read it, they would be pretty confused.
I get dressed awkwardly, because of my ankle, and soon Edward's car is pulling up in my driveway. I open the door to greet him, and he smiles at me as he helps me down the steps. While he's helping me, I put my plan into action. I've only just realised that his hands are on my hips, which feels very nice, in case you were wondering. So, I move my hand down, and lightly brush it against his. His eyes snap up to look at me, so I quickly take my hand away.
I was right; his hand is as cold as his 'adoptive' father's.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to, it was, uh, an accident?" I stutter to him.
"Don't worry about it." Edward says, still looking into my eyes. Neither of us moves for a while, until Edward seems to realise that his hands are on my hips, and we're pretty close together. I blush as we move apart, and we're silent in the car journey to school.
It's never been awkward for us before, but after this morning, neither of us can look at each other. Edward looks angry, and I try to think of something I could have done. Maybe he doesn't like people touching his hands?
When we get to school, I don't wait for him to open my door; I just hobble off to my first lesson. I try and go quickly, so he won't catch up to me, but he doesn't see to be trying to. I'm one of the first in English, so I sit and wait for the teacher.
The lessons pass by slowly, and I manage to avoid Edward. I don't know what happened between us, and why there seems to be some awkward hatred, but he didn't look at all happy.
At lunch time, I walk in, and but my lunch. Everything is going fine, until I realise there is no way I can carry my lunch and walk on my crutches.
"Hey, let me help you with that." Alice Cullen says, coming over and taking my food from me. She carries it over to the table her and her family usually sit at.
"Oh, I was going to sit with Angela and those people today, I don't think I'm very welcome here." I tell her as I see Edward sitting there, still looking angry.
"Nonsense, I'm inviting you." Alice says, before putting my food next to Edward and then sitting opposite me. Reluctantly, I sit down, and eat a bit of my food. The others are talking to each other, but between Edward and me it's silent, and more than a little bit awkward.
I sneak a glance over at him, and see his usual golden eyes are darker, and he looks angry. Again, I try to think of what I've done to make him this angry at me.
"Bella, would you like to come shopping with Rose and me some time?" Alice asks me. I look up from my food, to see she's smiling happily.
"Uh, thanks for the offer, but I'm not too keen on shopping." I tell her. Alice seems really nice, but Rosalie doesn't seem to particularly like me. I really wish I had stayed in the library at lunch, because this is quite awkward.
"Please, Bella, it would be nice for me to show you round Forks. We can have a girly day out." Alice says, and I have to refrain from cringing when she says about a girly day. I'm not renowned for being at all girly, and my jeans and baggy jumper just reinforce that.
"Ok then, thanks." I say, smiling sheepishly. I could see she wasn't going to take no for an answer, so I just agreed. After that, the bell went, so I quickly hobbled along to biology. Damn, I forgot I'd have to sit next to Edward in this lesson.
We got inside and sat down, and Edward still refused to acknowledge or look at me. Now, this was just getting frustrating, so, trying to muster up some courage, I decided to confront him.
"What have I done to make you hate me so much?" I demanded.
A/N: Things have gone bad with Bella and Edward...what do you think is to blame for Edward's behaviour? :)
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