Chapter 7
Sam stared blankly at the teacher, pretending to listen to his drabbling. He had already finished this unit last year. Next to him Hermione was taking notes frantically, and Sam couldn't help but wonder at how she could write so fast. He sighed happily as the teacher finished talking, letting them have the last five minutes of class for free time.
After the baseball game they had all returned to the Cullen's house, Bella asking Hermione about the magical world, listening intently as she described various animals. Remus and Sirius were talking quietly with Carisle, both looking slightly nervous. Sam, Emmett, Jasper and Edward had argued with Ron and Harry about sports, Emmett furiously denying that Quidditch could be better than baseball.
Sam looked at Hermione as she placed her notes away and giving him a disapproving stare.
"Why didn't you take any notes?" She asked.
He smirked, "I did this unit last year. Plus my dad's a doctor; I know a lot about biology (A/N I actually know nothing about biology only that they cut up frogs in class. Please don't ask me about it)," He said cheekily, "Why do you need so many notes?"
She frowned, "So I can study from them. Um…Alice asked me if I wanted to go shopping with her and Bella," She said, looking nervous.
Sam grinned, "We're pretty much all going, apart from Esme and Carisle. Do you like shopping?" He asked.
She nodded, "Yes but Bella warned me that she goes slightly…" She trailed off, searching for an appropriate word.
"Crazy?" He said.
She nodded fearfully and Sam chuckled and was about to reply when Edward and Bella dragged their seats next to theirs, joining in on their conversation.
"You are coming tonight, right?" Bella asked Hermione nervously.
Hermione gave her a weak smile, looking unsure, "Ah…yeah. She can't be that bad,"
Edward rolled his eyes, "Bella exaggerates. She doesn't like shopping with us because we buy her things," He said, exasperated.
She sighed happily, "I thought that she meant that Alice picked terrible things. I do have my own money though,"
Edward shrugged, "Money doesn't affect us considering Carisle's job and years of not buying food or medical bills,"
"There's one other problem,"
Edward and Sam looked at her, Sam with his eyebrow raised coolly and she replied hesitantly, "Harry and Ron are really…over protective,"
Bella rolled her eyes, "I know how you feel," she muttered, grinning when Edward gave her a mock hurt look.
They stood and left the room quickly, Edward and Bella teasing each other and Sam walking with Hermione smiling as she giggled at how big Emmett was controlled by Rosalie. When they walked into the canteen they saw Harry and Ron sitting at the Cullen's table, joking with Emmett and they quickly joined them sitting opposite each other.
"Hey Mione. What class do you have next?" Ron asked.
"I have English and then a spare," She said.
Ron wrinkled his nose, "I don't see the point in half of these muggle classes," He complained.
Bella stared at him coolly, looking slightly annoyed as he continued to compare the muggle world to the magical one. As interested as she was in the magical world she was angry that he acted as though the magical world was superior to the muggle world.
"Do you really ride around on broomsticks?" Bella asked mockingly.
Ron, happy to continue describing the magical world didn't catch her sarcasm and started talking excitedly, "Of course we do. We use them to play Quidditch…"
"Aren't they uncomfortable?" Bella asked innocently.
Ron blinked at her question and considered it, "Not really. It is for long flights," He admitted.
Bella glared at him then, "Well if you're community is so superior then why haven't you created your precious little brooms to be more comfortable? At least us muggles can travel around comfortably," She snapped, grabbing her lunch tray and walked over to the bin, tripping clumsily.
Ron stared after her, his mouth open in shock and he snapped it shut looking guilty, "I offended her didn't I?" He muttered.
Edward sighed, "Well at least this way she won't be bugging me to change her," He muttered.
Hermione choked as she heard this, looking up at him with wide eyes, "She wants to become a vampire? I mean, no offence but that's a little…strange to want that,"
Edward laughed humourlessly, "You're telling me? Her reason is that she doesn't want to die," He said simply, on telling her half the truth.
Alice rolled her eyes, "It's not just that. She wants to be with Edward forever but he's being a stubborn male and refused it,"
Edward glared at her, "I will not damn her to a life like this!" He hissed.
Alice sighed, "Let's worry about this later," She stood up and left for class.
Hermione sighed as she sat by herself, wishing for the bell to go. She desperately needed to go shopping and do some girly things with actual girls, not just Harry or Ron. She forced herself to pay attention to the teacher drone on about poetry.
As she listened to the teacher reading out poetry she smiled discretely, the describing words reminding her about Sam. She froze at her thoughts, why was she thinking so much about Sam? She couldn't like him could she? No that was preposterous; she'd only just me the…boy? No boy wasn't appropriate; man. She giggled at her thoughts and blushed to crimson and shook them away. There was no way she could be thinking about starting up a relationship with someone, not well Voldemort was still at large. She knew that Sam wouldn't be as willing, having had his mind broken by a simple touch from her.
She jumped from her seat and bolted out the door as soon as she heard the bell ring, and sprinted to her locker. She tossed her books in, for once forgetting about homework and what she needed to do, her mind set on shopping. As she was entering the car park she met up with Bella who was waiting next to the car, arguing with Edward and looking close to tears. Hermione hesitated and stood back next to the doors, not wanting to intrude on their discussion.
She watched from the corner of her eye as Edward sighed and said something to her. She nodded, not looking happy but they stayed in silence and Hermione took this time to quickly approach them, smiling nervously.
"Hey, I'm not intruding am I?" She asked hesitantly.
"No we're just waiting for Alice to get here," Edward said, forcing a smile.
No sooner had he said that Alice appeared, Jasper walking beside her with Harry and Ron behind them. They split up into cars, Bella, Hermione and Alice into one car and Jasper, Ron, Harry and Edward in to another.
The girls drove quickly, Hermione and Alice eager to start shopping and Bella, eager to get the trip over with. As they arrived in Seattle Alice grabbed Bella's left arm and Hermione's right, and began to drag them into shops.
Two hours later Hermione realized what Bella was warning her about. The petit vampire shopped ruthlessly, tossing her credit card around between shops without hesitance at the cost. At last when they had finished shopping for clothes Hermione snuck of to a near by book shop, not noticing Sam following her.
Her eyes trailed across the book spines, and she selected one, holding it gingerly and read the blurb before placing it back. She continued and found herself at the romance section, one that she usually skipped. However she studied the spines for a moment, before picking one hesitantly blushing as she read the back and hastily put it back. Turning quickly she bumped into the hard chest and she looked up, blushing harder into the gaze of Sam.
"Sorry," She muttered, her face glowing from embarrassment at being caught in this section.
Sam didn't reply as he picked the book that she had previously held, reading the blurb silently. A quirky smiled appeared and he looked at her mischievously.
"You wouldn't be interested in this would you Hermione?" He asked innocently.
She stammered, "N-no I'll be going now," She muttered, trying to push past him.
He grabbed her wrists and pulled her towards him, "Are you sure?" He whispered into her ear.
She looked up into his eyes forgot what she was trying to do and everything around her. Sam leant down further and her mind blanked out just as…
Sam jerked back when he heard a small cough behind them, turning around to reveil Jessica Stanley, the annoying girl that was friends with Bella. She glared at Hermione and pushed past them.
Sam looked down at Hermione awkwardly; what did he do now? He wondered and felt disappointed as she forced a smile and excused herself.
You're an idiot Angelline. An absolute idiot, He thought to himself grimly.
Thanks for all the reviews. I can't believe people are actually reading this and enjoying it! Just to confirm some things Angelline is Sam's biological last name before he changed it to Cullen.
Some people are confused with what Sam is so here is a basic description; Sam is a human. He is basically a sort of wizard but instead of using a wand he uses two jewels. Because he has such a dark jewel he is very powerful. As he has lived with the Cullen's for so long he has adapted to them and has adapted to them so much that he now has the same abilities as they do.
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