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Bella Pov:
Before I knew it, a new day dawned and I started to get ready for school as usual. But this morning was different as I found myself whistling happily due to the knowledge I would see my Edward again.
Argh! I did it again!
Edward wasn't mine…I had to remember that. At least the Pack understood what it meant by the possessive pronoun.
"Bells?" Dad called through my door. "Are you up?"
"Yeah." I called back as he opened the door, smiling at me brightly.
"You holding up okay away from him?" My dad asked with a worried expression as he tried to hide his worry behind his smile.
"Yes." I answered softly, although I wanted only to be beside my imprint at all times. Billy appraised me, then came and hugged me.
"When the leech…vampires get used to being around you, and the treaty is amended, it will be easier," he promised quietly, then drew back and looked at me.
"Now get dressed missy. You don't want to miss any time with him at all!" I laughed at my Dad's mock-sternness, and shooed him out of my room so I could get dressed.
About 20 minutes later.
I found myself worrying about the Cullen's as Leah, Seth, Kim and I drove towards Forks High School. Seth had his arm over my shoulders as Leah drove rather quickly I might add. Having my friends and family around was keeping me calmer than I would have been on my own which I was grateful for.
"Bella, it'll be okay." Kim said sweetly from her place in the front passenger seat.
I looked up at her and I could feel my eyes widen as I felt somewhat panicked.
"He came and said he wanted to be friends, didn't he?" she asked and my only reply was to nod ever so slowly.
"Well then. He's not going to avoid you if he said that, is he?" Kim reasoned softy.
"I'm…not worried about that." I whispered.
"I'm…" I broke off and shook my head violently for a moment.
Before I continued "Nothing. Never mind. Forget I said anything." Seth tightened his arm over my shoulders and Leah cast me a worried glance in the rear-view mirror. Kim turned in her seat to frown at me.
"Bella, we know you." she said exasperatedly.
"What is really bothering you?" Kim asked sternly.
"I'm scared, alright?" I cried loudly, before lowering my voice. "I'm scared. I don't know…how this will work. What werewolf imprints on a vampire for crying out loud?"
"One who can bring us to friendship," Seth replied and suddenly the car fell silent.
Only moments later we all looked at him. "What? It makes sense. If you imprint on a vampire, you'll at least be able to form a friendship with him. You've got the best chance of all of us." Seth added sweetly.
"And you've got the best control over your emotions." Seth added which made me roll my eyes before calming somewhat.
"Thanks." I murmured before kissing his cheek lightly which in turn caused him to grin down at me cheerfully.
"No problem, sis." he half-sang which caused us all to laugh as Leah pulled into Forks High's parking lot.
As we climbed out of the car, still laughing, I froze as I saw the Cullen 'children' climbing out of the shiny silver car across the lot. My eyes were instantly riveted on Edward, and after a moment the five of them looked over at us. Leah took my hand and squeezed reassuringly as they all approached us.
"Hi, guys!" Alice, the little one, chirped happily, bouncing up and hugging me tightly which caused me to stiffen, and Leah growl softly. I quickly shot her a warning look as I cautiously hugged Alice back. I mean it was little uncomfortable with her icy skin and unpleasant smell but she could be family one day. Lucky it wasn't as bad as some other vampires, but it wasn't exactly pleasant either.
"Alice." Edward said warningly as he helped her detach herself from me when he noticed how still I was. This caused me to give him a grateful glance as I was unable to stop the affection I felt for him from welling up inside me.
Just moments later Jasper, the blonde male, looked at me and for some reason he looked really confused as a few seconds later he raised an eyebrow in my direction. I ignored the look easily as I didn't really understand why he looked so puzzled.
"I'm not sure you got all the names last night." Seth said cheerily, distracting the vampires' attention from me. I made a mental note to thank him later.
"I'm Seth; this is my sister Leah and our friend Kim." He said as he pointed to himself then Leah and then finally Kim.
"Nice to meet you." Alice sang. I rolled my eyes slightly as she bounced up and down. I could tell her and Seth would get along quite well.
"I can tell we're going to be good friends!" Alice continued eagerly which caused Leah to snort as she ignored the look I gave her.
"Cool it, pixie, I wouldn't bet on it." she said dryly.
"No one bets against Alice." Emmett chuckled, and Edward shook his head, smiling somewhat. Once again my eyes were riveted on him. Kim nudged me slightly and I gave her a grateful glance for distracting me again.
"Alice can't 'see' wolves in her visions." he muttered to his brother, whose face lit up even more.
"Excellent! Maybe with you guys around I'll be able to win more bets!" this confused me, and I could see that my cousins and Kim were just as confused.
"The bell is going to go soon," the blonde woman, Rosalie, said in a bored tone. Her nose was wrinkled slightly as our scent was blown towards her, and I raised an eyebrow at her.
"I'll have you know that you don't exactly smell like a bunch of roses to us either" I said snappishly.
"Oh?" Jasper asked quietly. I hesitated, and then looked at my Pack, who shrugged.
"Some help you are," I muttered to them, and then looked back at the Cullen's. "Vampires smell really sickly-sweet to us, it hurts our noses sometimes and you guys don't smell as bad but you're not exactly pleasant smelling either."
"We think it's got something to do with Bella's imprinting on Edward." Seth added cheerily. I blushed slightly again as I cast my eyes down to the ground. God I hated this!
"When did you discuss this?" I mumbled towards my pack as the bell went and I felt a surge of relief.
"Oh, thank god. Bye." I called, fleeing although it hurt to be leaving Edward again. Whenever I was around him I felt so much better… Leah and Kim caught up to me. Seth on the other hand was too nice for his own good as he was still taking to the Cullen's as they made there way to the school office to get their schedules.
This caused me to sigh as me and the girls went to our first class (English) together.
First period English.
I was shocked but pleasantly surprised when Edward came into our English classroom five minutes later. Leah sniggered and elbowed me when the teacher sent him to sit next to me and I shot my cousin a glare before smiling at Edward shyly.
This caused Kim to giggle softly as he smiled back at me and made me blush bright red once again. I quickly turned in my seat to frown at both girls which made them hold their hands up in surrender but they were still looking smug and kind of happy with themselves as I turned back to face the front of the class.
A few minutes later, a piece of paper slipped under my hand and without a moments hesitation I looked down to find some elegant handwriting on the otherwise blank paper.
(AN: Bella, Edward)
Are you okay with us being here?
I glanced at Edward, confused by his question. He nodded towards the paper before looking back to the front of the class. I looked down at the paper once again.
Of course…I hesitated. I'm actually glad you're here. I wrote beforeI nudged the paper back to Edward, a blush again rising in my cheeks. Oh, god. Why couldn't I control my blushing all of a sudden? I never used to blush this much! Edward chuckled softly and before I knew it he was pushing the note back.
I'm glad. Will you and your Pack sit with us at lunch?
Okay.
I passed the note back then answered a question the teacher asked me with ease, although I was very distracted at the time. Leah kicked the back of my chair and I turned to glare at her. She smiled innocently and I sighed before turning back to the front of the class, constantly aware of Edward's closeness to me.
Later on that day.
I was in all of Edward's classes. I didn't know who had arranged it or why it was done but now there was next to no chance of me learning anything with him sitting beside me!
"Something tells me this was set up." Edward commented dryly as we walked together towards the cafeteria.
All I could do was nod in response as I enjoyed my time beside him. When we opened the cafeteria doors, the whole place went silent.
All eyes were on us, but I stood tall and strode confidently through the place like I usually did, just with Edward beside me instead of the three wolves from the Pack. The whispers started almost immediately and I grimaced slightly as I sat down beside my Pack and the Cullen's. They didn't realise we could hear them perfectly fine.
"The native chicks never sit with others." a boy grumbled to himself.
"OMG, those new guys are so hot!" some silly bleached blonde bimbo squealed quietly to her friend. All the other comments were along the same lines.
"You think they'd get over it." Leah huffed as she stole some extra food from Rosalie's tray. The two of them had, by the looks of it, actually been getting along. Rosalie smiled at Leah after rolling her eyes and Leah smiled back.
I hadn't seen a proper smile like that for ages. Not since Harry and Sue… At that thought I quickly looked down at my hands that were resting on the table before I folded my arms and leant on them. Only moments later I closed my eyes as I hid my face from the Cullen's and my family. I felt a warm hand on my shoulder, and I knew from its size that it was Seth. I looked up at his worried face and smiled sadly.
"I'm fine." I assured him quietly.
"Just thinking." I continued to mumble quietly as he frowned towards me with worried eyes but then sighed and sat back to let me lower my face onto my hands again.
Only moments later I managed to block out the sound of the others murmuring to each other about me and get myself lost in my own thoughts.
End of lunch.
I somehow didn't hear the bell go but when a cold hand touched my shoulder and a tingling sensation shot through my body, I looked up. I would recognise that touch anywhere, and indeed it was Edward. He smiled his fabulous crooked smile before he started to speak.
"The bell has gone, we both have biology now, right?" he stated simply.
"Yeah," I mumbled a little dazed. I don't know how my ancestors put up with Imprinting. It was so powerful… His smile widened and he took my hand, helping me up and taking my bag with his other hand. I noticed now that the others had left, although there were some human kids lingering and watching us with open mouths and wide eyes.
I smiled back at him and accepted his help. To my surprise, he didn't release my hand but instead changed his grip so our fingers laced together. At my questioning look he shrugged and leant in closer.
"Do you mind?" he breathed. I quickly shook my head as I flushed a light pink, and smiled when I heard him chuckle before he started pulling me towards the door of the cafeteria. I let him, my mind going haywire at the feeling of his ice-cold skin against my hand. Fire and Ice should not be able to coexist…but we did.
"What are you thinking?" Edward asked softly as we walked through the hallways towards biology. I looked up at him confused.
"Hmmm?"
"I can hear the thoughts of everyone around me," he explained quietly. "everyone except you and the pack." I paused mid-step, not releasing Edward's hand which caused him to stop too, then turn and face me.
"Seriously?" I demanded. He nodded and I smiled.
"That's pretty cool. When we're phased we share thoughts, but it's more like speaking aloud. We have to decide what we want to say. Old Quil – Quita's grandfather says that the old packs used to have to share all their thoughts." I paused before looking around, and then sighed.
"We should get to class." He nodded, and tugged me closer to his side as we started walking again. I smiled up at him, my heart beating a little faster. He smirked, making me realise he could hear it.
"You don't play fair," I grumbled, and he chuckled. Pausing outside our biology class, he leant down and whispered in my ear something that made my heart beat even faster.
"If my heart was still beating, it would be doing the same."
My heart almost went into overdrive and I blushed deeply. This in turn caused Edward to chuckle again before I felt his lips brush against my cheek. He then straightened and grin crookedly at me as he opened the door to the biology classroom. I took a deep breath to calm my breathing and followed, hoping my cheeks weren't still red.
The rest of the day went fine, even with Edward in all my classes. I miraculously managed to learn and focus. I wasn't sure what would happen if we were closer than acquaintances. I probably wouldn't be able to function.
"Earth to Bella." Leah shouted in my ear, making me jump and yelp. I heard about seven people laughing, and turned blushing to see Emmett, Alice, Seth, Leah, Kim, Rosalie and Jasper laughing at me. Edward was shaking his head, smiling, and I blushed deeper when he kissed my forehead.
The others all laughed again and I frowned at my pack members. They shut up, recognising the look, and the Cullen's climbed into their car before Edward turned and smiled at me.
"Alice had a vision of Carlisle asking if we could meet later today to discuss the treaty." he said calmly.
I nodded silently before Edward started to speak again, "Will seven pm at the border be alright?"
"Yes, I'll talk to Dad and Old Quil, and we'll be there." Edward smiled again and kissed the back of my hand once more before climbing into his car.
Seth dragged me to ours and tossed me in, as the Cullen's left the parking lot and the girls followed us. Leah and Kim got in the car silently, but when we were halfway down the main road towards La Push they started teasing me about my reactions to Edward.
I couldn't wait for them to imprint so I could turn the tables on them.
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