~Seven~

Lunch was unusually loud for Kylie, but only because she needed to eavesdrop. She had good hearing, another vampire sense. In a high school cafeteria, she could hear a pin drop. So why not use what she had and listen to the Cullen's conversation?

She'd been keeping tabs on the Cullens ever since she'd moved here. And they'd never came in contact with humans as long as they could avoid it. So why the sudden interest in one? Kylie listened hard, but they weren't talking yet.

"Hey" Kylie looked up at Amber.

"Hey"

"What's wrong?"

"Um, I'm not feeling good today," Kylie said, hoping it would make Amber leave her alone so she could concentrate.

"Well that sucks. Don't breathe on me."

Kylie smiled. Hah, it worked. She tuned them out and started to listen to the Cullens.

"…appreciate it if you would keep it pg-13, Emmett."

That was Edward. She missed it though; what had Emmett done? Cursed too much?

"Sorry, I can't help it!" Emmett sounded uncomfortable. What the hell was going on?

"Try. You're making us all suffer." That was Alice.

"If I thought I could help it, I would be doing so right now," Emmett replied hotly.

"I don't understand. I can't even smell her." Jasper said it this time.

So it was Amber, than. They'd noticed too.

"She's over there. Are you sure you can't smell her?" Emmett asked again.

"No, I can't. What does she smell like?" Jasper asked.

"Fire. Burning logs," Edward said as Emmett groaned.

"You smell her too!" Emmett sounded a bit relieved.

"No, I'm just picking it out of your head. He's right though, he can't help it."

So Emmett could smell her? Kylie sniffed, tasting the air. She caught a refreshing salty aroma - ah, Lexi was sitting close by. So this was the problem. Emmett wanted Amber's blood. Her blood must smell better than the rest - to him at least.

"Oh, so firewood turns you on?" That was Alice. Kylie snuck a peek. They were all looking at Emmett.

"No, it's just that it smells like that and more. Like a passionate, desirable smell. I can't explain it; you have to smell for yourself."

"Well seeing as that's going to be rather hard, it pretty much means you wanted to rip her clothes off?" Alice managed to sound amused and disgusted at once.

"Yes," Emmett snapped. And the conversation was done. Kylie was very, very confused. She finished lunch in a daze, still trying to make sense of the conversation. She soon forgot about it when she reached anatomy, and her thoughts refocused on Edward as she took her seat next to him. Did he know? And if so, how much?

"Alright, class today you and your partner will be naming as many bones in the human body as you can," the teacher said. Kylie's stomach dropped. She had to work with Edward? She'd have to talk to him and he'd find out…

"Do you want to start the list or shall I?"

Kylie turned slowly. She looked at his face, his perfect teeth and lovely smile threatening to overwhelm her.

"It doesn't matter, I can start," she replied.

"Okay." Edward said and pushed the paper towards her.

"Thanks," she muttered and began to write.

Kylie felt his eyes on her as she wrote. She glanced up and met his gaze.

"What?" she asked.

"Nothing," he said, and then remarked, "You have nice eyes."

"Oh," Kylie said, taken aback. She didn't think her blue eyes were anything special.

"Thanks."

He smiled at her. Kylie's breath caught in her throat and she stared for just a moment too long. Her heart fluttered and for the next 47 minutes, she only thought of Edward.