A/N: Sorry guys but ch. 14 is gonna be short and kinda boring. Next chapter will be long and something very shocking is going to happen. I'm really excited to start writing it. Sorry if I confused anyone by changing the chapter names. I decided to toss the Preface because it was unnecessary and spice up the boring names. ALSO: IF YOU READ CH. 3 BEFORE 9 PM TONIGHT: I FUCKED UP ON EDWARD'S PART. I FORGOT TO MENTION HOW HE CAN'T READ HER MIND. IT'S A GIVEN BUT I WROTE IT IN AND CHANGED IT A BIT. IT'S ONLY EDWARDS PART SO IF YOU WANT, GO BACK AND READ IT. Anyway that's all the news I've got. Please tell me what you think, I'd really appreaciate it. Good or bad Please. THANKYOU GUYS:]

Disclaimer: I of course do not own any of these characters; they are the property of the brilliant Stephanie Meyer.

Chapter 4: Maybe

Bella

When he walked away from me I was stunned. I didn't know what to think or say for few moments. I walked to my third class in a daze. In fact I didn't even concentrate on what went on during English at all. All I could think about were Edward's parting words: "Drop it. Drop it before it's too late."

What could he mean by that? Why did I care so much? What was he? How had he survived? Was he inhuman?

All of these questions swam in my head during the hour afterward. He had confirmed one thing with this statement however. I knew I was right. It had been him.

I decided I wasn't mad. I would be his friend and maybe one day I'd know how he had survived. I knew it wasn't just curiosity that made me want to be close to him though. I wasn't blind to the crush that had been forming since the moment I'd seen him. He was the most beautiful man I'd even seen in my entire life. Of course I'd be drawn to him, but I could tell that there was more. He was clearly intelligent and strong, but there was something I was unsure of how to describe. I could just tell he was different in the way that he carried himself. I realized that Alice and the rest of their family was the same way. They were different. I could just guess if I had hit one of the others it would have been a similar result.

Alice was in my fourth period film appreciation class. When I came in and sat down she looked at me wary. Almost as if she was afraid what I thought of her now. I smiled and decided I should comfort her thoughts, "Hi Alice."

She beamed.

"You're brother seems pretty cool." I said nonchalantly.

She continued to smile. "Yeah, he can be a pain, but you learn to love him."

She seemed to relax a little.

"Are we finishing that same movie from yesterday?" I asked.

"I believe so. What did you think?"

Yesterday we had started watching the old Alfred Hitchcock movie, 'Vertigo'.

"It's pretty interesting. It's kind of confusing though."

"Yeah that tends to be most people's reaction to it." She laughed.

The bell rang and Mr. Dorian started class then. Alice and I didn't talk through the movie. I guess we were both caught up in our own minds. I couldn't stop myself from thinking about Edward. I knew I was beginning to form a crush on him. But who could blame me? He was easily the hottest guy I'd ever seen. He was smart and sweet… And I need to get over it because he's never going to like someone as plain as me… Not to mention I need to stop obsessing over someone I just met… I sighed. I tried to focus on the movie for the remainder of the time. When the bell rang Alice and I went to lunch. We sat at the same table as yesterday with the same kids as yesterday, but with the addition of Edward.

I could tell pattern was forming. I liked it. I liked my new friends even though one of them was potentially dangerous. Something about Edward was captivating and I couldn't help but want to be around him. Although he had basically told me he was dangerous, I didn't care. I wanted to know him. And despite our earlier tiff, he was very nice to me and seemed to genuinely want to know me.

Maybe he and I would be friends. I would get over my crush quickly and we would be friends. Maybe one day he'd tell me his secret after all. Maybe….

A/N: AGAIN, SORRY IT WAS A SUPER NOTHING CHAPTER. IT'S MEANT TO BE A MEDIAN CHAPTER. NEXT CHAPTER WILL BE MUCH MORE EXCITING I PROMISE.