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Chapter 4

Two weeks after the "incident", Forks High School had started back up again and Edward was sitting on the bleachers during his first period gym class. His injury prevented him from actually doing anything so he just sat there, staring at the cast on his leg and the big bold sharpie font that said "I TRUST PEOPLE TOO EASILY" courtesy Alice. He would have scratched it out that day but his leg was still throbbing and he was tired, so he instead chose to crash on the couch and deal with it later. When later came, his brother was home, and most likely the cause of everyone else's exhaustion, and willing to share some advice, "Keep it on, it'll give girls a reason to talk to you and guys will think you're funny."

"I don't know Em..." Edward responded skeptically.

"Just do it little bro. Trust me, the worst that'll happen is someone will try to ask you to do something because they'll think you're ultra-trust-worthy."

"Okay. Sure whatever, I guess it's kinda funny anyway." Funny thing was, though, that by listening to Emmett he actually was trusting him easily. Guess Alice does know her brother better than anyone.

Back in the gym, Edward continued to sit and stare at his leg. His father had taken the job and had started right away. He was gone for more hours than he was for his previous job and he was barely ever home when Edward was awake. It was probably for the best considering Emmett was due back at school in a couple of days and if his dad was home he'd try to separate them. Actually, come to think of it, when his father was home, he didn't seem to care much about what was going on with his kids, he'd just come home tired and looking worried, eat something, and go to sleep. Everyone was just so happy to be rid of him for a little while that they were only just starting to notice.

*Whack!* The sound of his own head being hit by something then of his own body hitting the floor knocked Edward out of his thoughts.

"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry. Are you okay?" Jacob Black ran over and reached his hand to Edward who was currently lying in a tangle on his back. Edward took Jacob's hand but, because of his leg, also need the assistance of the gym coach lifting him from behind to get him back on his feet again. When he was finally in a standing position, partially supported by the coach, the coach spoke,

"You okay Cullen? How's the leg?"

"Oh, um it's fine. I'm good, uh, thanks."

"Okay then, let's get back to it kids!" The coach yelled to the rest of the class and before turning Jacob sent Edward a sympathetic smile.

The rest of the day until lunch seemed to go by in a haze for Edward. Whether because of the blow to the head or because of his insane ADD and the fact that he didn't take any Adderall in the morning, he was definitely out of it. By lunch, he was pretty much just sitting on a bench outside, staring off into space when a security guard came to get him.

"You're Edward Cullen , right?" He didn't wait for a response. "Your uncle is here to pick you and your sister up. It's about your parents, he said he needs to take you home now."

Edward had no idea what this guy was talking about. The only uncles he had lived in Australia with his mom's family and none of them had ever even left Adelaide, let alone the country. Instead of voicing these concerns, however, he just let the security guard drive him to the office in his little buggy so he could see what was going on and who was supposedly his uncle. When they got there, Alice was walking up to the office too with a call slip in her hand. When she reached him, out of the corner of his mouth, Edward mumbled, "They said our uncle's here to pick us up."

Alice cocked a brow, "Uncle Gary left Australia?"

"No, I highly doubt that. But our so-called uncle said that it's something important about mom and dad, plus, school's kind of biting today. If they're actually willing to cut us loose I say no harm no foul, so just play along, alright?"

Alice exhaled loudly, "Edward…"

Copying her tone, Edward answered, "Alice…" and then added, "Please. I don't want to go back to class. If we don't leave now I'll just ditch and you'll have to live with knowing that you could have prevented me from having that cut."'

"Fine, but I don't have a good feeling about this. Like I said, you trust people too easily."

"Edward, Alice, come on I've signed you out already, you're parents need you right now." The man that recruited their father was standing before them again.

Turning to the voice Edward immediately recognized him, "Hey, you're the guy from a few weeks ago."

Alice grabbed her brother's arm to prevent him from walking closer to the man, "You know him Edward?"

"Yeah, I think he's Dad's new boss or something." He looked to the man again, "What are we waiting for."

The man led the two of them to a black van with tinted windows and ushered them into the back, Edward without his crutches.

"Mind passing me my crutches?" Edward inquired when the man made a move to close the sliding door without doing so. "I, um, kinda need them for when I get out. I can't really walk without them."

"Don't worry, son. You won't need to walk by yourself anywhere. I'll just keep these up front with me for the ride." That said, he shut the door and went to the driver's seat which, along with the passenger's, was separated from the back. The doors and the boot in the back all had child locks and couldn't be opened from the inside. Carlisle obviously hadn't prepared his kids too well for the real world. They were way too trustworthy.

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