Sorry for not updating in a while, I got the flu and I couldn't leave my bed for like a week and got way behind in school. Finals and Regents are coming up too, so I've been studying too. I've been making up schoolwork like crazy; fun stuff. Haha, well anyway, thanks for reading. Everyone review!!

-Julia

I don't own Twilight. If I did, this would be a book.

I made it to the house and breathed a deep sigh of relief when I parked the car in the garage, next to Rose's car. Without stopping inside, I stormed into the trees. My throat was on fire, and I urgently sniffed the air, in a frenzy to get rid of the pain. I ran and jumped over the river, getting deeper in the forest. The green scenery sped by without catching my interest. I burst into a small clearing that had a trickling stream in it.

An elk was drinking water from it so I pounced on its back and drained it free of blood. The ache dulled a little bit and I continued hunting. The next target I stalked was a bear and it quenched my thirst so that it was barely noticeable. My mind was bought back to Edward Masen. The pull that existed between us was unbearable during biology today. And I was too careless. I slipped and let my armor down for a minute. I tripped on my words.

And he's also way too observant, which means that I'm going to have to be extra careful now. He realized that my eyes change colors. What else did he figure out? I can't let him become any more suspicious. And, I can't expose my secret. That would be dangerous for everyone.

I sighed and climbed up into a tall tree. I laid down on one of the highest sturdy branches and put my arms behind my head. I closed my eyes and listened to the environment around me. I could hear the faint heartbeats of deer close by; I could hear, the fluttering of birds wings, flying in the sky and I could hear the pursuits of predator and the prey.

I tried to put all of my thoughts about Edward to the back of my mind, focusing only on nature and less important topics. The snow has now turned into sun, which was starting to fade. My hair blew wildly across my face, when a gust of wind picked up suddenly.

The sun was starting to set, when I decided to get down off of the tree. I landed on the ground, on the balls of my feet silently. I shook my hair around and then put it into a quick ponytail to get the wet, messy disaster out of my face. I took off running again into the trees and burst into a beautiful little meadow that I've never come across before. I was instantly amazed at how stunning the little spot was.

The sunset was causing the different shades of light to reflect off the wide variety of flowers. The tall grass was gently flowing in the slight breeze. I decided to lie back on the ground and watch the sunset. A brilliant, last ray of sunlight landed on my face, and my skin glittered. I raised my hand above my body and observed the multiple rainbows reflecting off of me.

I lowered it again, while I continued to admire nature in my wonderful, new, favorite spot. The blowing grass was caressing my face softly. After the sunset, I got up again and traveled home. It took me 10 minutes to get all the way back home. When I did walk in through the back, glass door, it was already Four A.m. School in four hours… great. I made my way up the stairs, without anyone bothering me and I went into my room. I immediately grabbed my outfit for the day and headed towards my bathroom to take a shower. After, I got dressed; I fixed my hair up for the day. I refuse to look at my clothes. If I can't see them, they can't bother me. I walked down the stairs last, while everyone was waiting for me in the foyer at around 6:30.

"Bye Carlisle, bye Esme." I said.

"See you guys later. Have a good day." Esme said while Carlisle smiled. I snorted. Hah, good day at school. Everyone ignored that and said they're goodbyes. I went into the garage and got into my car. Without waiting for someone to go with me, I turned on the engine and slipped out of the garage. The trip passed without importance and I soon made it to the school lot.

I rolled my eyes and prepared for the day ahead. After a few minutes, I slowly got out of the car and closed the door. I looked around and realized that my family was already inside. I walked towards the school and ignored all the humans.

The beginning of the day passed quickly and soon it was lunch. When I made it to the empty table, I sat and closed my eyes. The rest of my family made it to the table and someone finally spoke.

"Bella?"

"Yes, Emmett?"

"Why are you're eyes closed?"

"Why are yours open?"

"Bella, get over it!" Alice quickly burst out. My jaw tensed and I slowly opened both of my eyes and gave her a look of fury.

"What Alice?" I spit out. "What should I get over?" Everyone in my family stared wide eyed at me, obviously frightened by my mood, too afraid to do anything. I felt a growl growing in my chest and I looked towards the wall, trying to calm myself down. My eyes skimmed past Edward and they immediately went back and locked on his. My mood instantly became better and I became dazed. The attraction immediately pulled me towards him with great force. I resisted, but continued looking in his green eyes. The magnetic force became impossibly stronger every minute my eyes stayed locked with his. I became engulfed with my thoughts of him and before I realized how much time passed, the bell rang.

I sighed and mentally prepared myself for biology. Edward walked out of the cafeteria and when he turned the corner, going outside he looked at me again with an expression of hesitancy and I became bemused by it. I shook the feeling off and stood, heading towards the same back door as Edward exited from.

I exited the room and walked down the cement path to building three. When I arrived, I pulled the door open and walked confidently inside. My eyes were immediately met my Edward's mesmerizing emerald eyes. I sat on the edge of the chair and scooted to the far end of the table like the other day. I turned towards him and smiled politely at him, while he just gazed at me.

He started to speak, but instantly quieted when my face tilted to the side slightly.

"What?" I asked, slightly amused.

"Oh, nothing I was just going to ask a question, but I decided against it." He stated nervously.

"Ask me." I urged him on.

"Well I was wondering if you could drive me home today. My car is in the shop getting a couple of repairs done and everyone is staying after school today for some review session." I couldn't form the words no in my mind. I can't say no to this Adonis. "… And, I wanted to talk to you about something on the way back." I immediately tensed and he noticed. Edward was looking at my clenched hands, so I forced myself to relax. Maybe this would be a good thing. He is too observant; I need to throw him off a bit. I inhaled lightly, testing the strength of his scent. My eyebrows scrunched together. It's not as bad as it used to be. I guess I'm getting used to his delicious scent. It's that attraction towards him that is the killer.

I hesitated, "Uh, sure, no problem. You can meet me at my car at the end of the day."

"Thanks." He said shyly. I stared straight ahead, showing no emotion on my face and we didn't talk for the rest of the period. I tried to ignore his presence, so I wouldn't touch him. The bell rang and I stood up. I might as well confuse him more.

"So, what class are you going to now?" I asked.

"I have Spanish."

"Well," I smiled, "I'm going that way to gym, so I'll walk with you."

"Sure." When we turned outside, he started asking questions. "So, I heard that you and your family are all adopted."

"Yeah," I sighed and wondered where he was going with this. "Emmett is my actual brother though, and Rosalie is Jasper's sister. Alice came into our family alone, but we're all very close. Our parents, Carlisle and Esme, adopted us all."

"Oh, I thought you were all related together somehow because you all have the same, yellow eyes and skin tone. Why is that?"

Uh! How does he realize all of this stuff! I should've seen that coming. I have to come up with a fake story off the top of my head now. Uh… "No, we're not related. Esme can't have kids, so she adopted us because we look like them. It's sort of like we're her actual kids, even though she's very young." I made a nervous laughing sound. Even after over a century on practicing lying, I'm still terrible at it. Edward didn't by it. A look of disbelief passed over his perfect features, but he never pressed the subject.

"Okay! I have to turn right here. I'll meet you at my car." I quickly said nervously. "Bye." I walked quicker than humans do towards the door and slowed when I was out of his sight. He gets me so nervous and has such a strong effect on me. This is getting ridiculous. I promised to keep my distance, and now I'm giving him rides home from school. I groaned; this is getting so difficult.

Gym passed in a blur, as my mind was elsewhere, thinking about Edward. I made my way towards my Mercedes and I waited on the hood of the car. Soon after, Edward came out of the school door, looking like he was on a runway. My dead heart swelled up with life, as I admired his perfection. I thought my heart was about to start beating and racing. He made a small, thankful smile started towards me.

He looked at my car with admiration and looked at me.

"I love your car. It's a great model." I smiled at him.

"I know; this is my baby; I love my car!" Edward chuckled at my reaction and I noted to talk less. I started the car and pulled onto the street. I noticed Rosalie was glaring at me from her car, visibly angry about my time with him. She saw me looking and shook her head slowly, disapprovingly. I sighed, knowing she was right. I took a shaky, breath, trying to get more air. I made a choking sound, as my throat felt like daggers were stabbing it. My eyes became wide and I sat very still after. His scent was extremely concentrated in the car, being blown around by the heater I turned on, making it almost impossible to resist killing him. The fact that we were all alone wasn't helping either. I increased the speed I was driving and Edward held onto the seat.

"Are you trying to kill us both?!" He asked. I smirked slightly; panic was evident in his voice. I slowed town to 90. He became curious at my sudden change and observed what I was doing. I couldn't even relax, because I was in so much pain.

"Are you okay? You look like you're in really bad pain."

"No. Can you talk about something else? Drop the subject." I whispered fiercely… smooth. He said nothing else for a while and I calmed down. "Which way is your house?"

"Umm… turn right here and then in about 4 miles, turn left."

"Okay."

"Oh, I wanted to talk to you about something." I clenched the steering wheel tightly, with an impossible grip. I started to hear a crushing sound and I stopped immediately, realizing I was breaking the wheel. I mentally cursed myself.

"I might not talk much." He made a frustrated noise, but continued.

"There's something different about you, Bella. There's something different with you're whole family. I know there is." My hands started to slightly tremble. "Will you tell me?"

"There is nothing…" I started to say.

"I know there is." He interrupted me

"Oh yeah, and how is that?" I asked rudely.

He hesitated, obviously frightened a bit. "Well, whenever you're around me, you look like you're in pain. You and you're family never eat during lunch, and you never seem to be here when it's sunny. And, you're eyes do change colors; I've noticed that. And no it's not because of the lighting. Right now you eyes are pitch black. This afternoon they were yellow and gold." He accused. He noticed more than I thought. This is bad. I took another quick, painful breath, so I could continue talking.

"I have nothing to tell you." I said harshly.

"I know we just met, but you can trust me, I won't tell anyone."

The shaking of my arms turned to convulsions as he continued talking. "Can we just stop talking about this nonsense? You've obviously seen too much fiction." I looked at him and the look in my eyes obviously stopped him from continuing. He started to look at all the controls in the car.

"Let's see you're music then." I breathed a sigh of relief, happy with the topic change. Edward started to move his hand towards a button he must have thought opened the glove compartment. He was about to press the button that would turn of f the engine used during emergencies. Before he could touch the button, my hand caught his, stopping him. And when our skin touched, the strangest, most pleasant electric current flowed through us. He flinched slightly. I pulled my hand away quickly and flared my nostrils.

"Your skin is ice cold." He said.

"I'm cold. I have bad circulation." He could see right through my lying charade, but he never pressed for more information. A few minutes later, I made it to the spot where I was supposed to turn.

I turned left onto the next road. "Now where do I go?"

"Keep going straight and soon my house will come into view. It's blue, very big and you should know it when you see it."

"Okay…" I kept driving straight, and an elegant, 3 stories, gorgeous, modern house came into view. "I'm guessing that this is you're stop." He laughed quietly and nodded. I stopped in his driveway and he got out. Before he closed the door he spoke to me.

"I really appreciate the ride home and I'm sorry for this, but can you give me a ride to school tomorrow and back after? My car's still in the shop. I'm getting new tires and an oil change." I weighed my choices and finally decided a minute later.

"Sure, no problem. So, I'll pick you up at 6:00." He smiled at me and I couldn't help but return it.

"Thanks." With that he closed the door and walked inside of his house. I took a minute to reflect over the drive and I realized that I was happy to be driving him to school. I get to see him more. I rolled my eyes at my teenage side that was starting to come out and I drove away and started home.