"What's the matter, cat got your tongue?" Rosalie tried to joke. "He'll be okay, so don't stress about a law suit or anything." She continued coldly.
"That's not what I'm concerned about." I added quietly to myself.
"Do me a favor and put David's file away." Rosalie instructed.
"Have you noticed anything odd about Beth? This morning I swore she sparkled, and with throwing David across the room like that?" I asked curiously.
"Isabella, go bore someone else with your theories." Rosalie said tiredly.
"Don't you see? The strength, the sparkling? It all fits. Beth's part vampire… or something!"
"Sparkling?"
"A vampire only sparkles when it's in direct sunlight. When I shone a solar-powered torch in her face, she glittered like crazy!"
"You sound idiotic Isabella." She refuted
Furious, I threw David's file into the cabinet. Towards the front of the drawer I saw a separator inscribed with the letter S.
Stealthily, I turned to face Rosalie but she was attending David, a scowl playing across her face. The colour was returning to his face, so she threw the blood bags under the floorboards and sat him upright in the chair opposite to hers. She did this so fast, she'd appear a blur to human eyes.
I turned around quickly and scanned through the S section at vampire speed; until I found the file I was searching for: Sutherland, Bethesda. Hastily, I stuffed it into the bulk of my jumpsuit just as she turned to face me.
"I think you've done enough damage for one day." Rosalie decided. "I'd rather you be gone when David wakes."
"No!" I retorted, but Rosalie had enough.
"Leave!" She roared and hesitantly, I backed away.
***
As I walked down the hall to my locker couldn't help but let a growl escape from my lips.
"Sheesh! Someone's moody."Sam greeted me. "You still up for the try-outs this afternoon?"
The soccer try-out! I had completely forgotten!
"Err. Sure Sam!" I smiled appealingly, and quickly slid the file into my bag.
I couldn't leave the school premises yet, Sam had arranged my soccer try-outs. I felt as if I couldn't let her down, after all she'd been treating me a hell of a lot better than my husband.
"Great. So what do you have next?" She asked, referring to my classes.
I fumbled with my bag and books to get out the timetable I'd been given previously.
"It says P.E." I said.
"Me too!" She said enthusiastically. "You'll be able to meet Coach Samuels now!"
Suddenly inspiration hit.
"Hey Sam, do you think the Coach could trial me out now rather than this afternoon?" I asked slyly.
"Sure, you can ask I guess." She shrugged. "And about that Edward guy, you sure he's still yours? I saw him and the Sutherland girl getting it on pretty heavy in the music rooms."
I pursed my lips tightly, trying to keep the flames from pouring out my ears.
"He's going down." I growled and stormed past Sam towards my next class.
"Wait up!" She called flustered.
Edward and I had made sure our schedule's matched exactly, so if he wasn't going to skip class he'd be in for a nasty surprise this lesson.
***
"So Sam, bout this Coach Samuels guy? What's he like?"I asked as Sam returned from the changing rooms, now wearing an ordinary pair of shorts and a t-shirt.
"He's absolutely gorgeous. But don't think you've got a chance or anything, seeing as he's kind of married." She ended unhappily and pouted while waggling her ring finger.
"She must be one beautiful lady then."
"Yeah, on the outside." She snorted.
Now where had I heard that before?
"Places everyone!" A deep, booming male voice instructed. "You!" He bellowed gesturing at me.
I couldn't see his face because he wore a baseball cap lowered over his eyes and stood at the door of the auditorium while Sam and I were all the way at the back.
But I could notice the huge muscles bulging out of his attire.
"Yes Sir?" I called.
"You can't run in that green thing. Miss Avery!" He bellowed.
"Yes Sir!" Sam called.
"Get her a uniform!"
"Yes Sir!"
Even the Coach had to insult me on the jumpsuit.
When I got home I was seriously investing in a trashy dress.
Or consulting Alice for advice.
"Come on." Sam said encouragingly, clasping my hand in hers, dragging me towards the locker room.
"Yeah, he does seem intimidating, but if you can prove to him you're serious about the class, he'll turn into one big softy." Sam smiled, as she fished out a uniform from a basket of clothes, threw it to me and smiled.
"It's P.E. No one's serious about P.E." I said absentmindedly.
"Beg your pardon Miss Swan?" The deep booming voice of the Coach bellowed. "It's not enough for you come to my class looking as if you escaped from a circus prison, but you insult my work?" He yelled.
Sam squealed and ran back into the auditorium.
So much for a big softy.
I spun quickly on my heel, furious. But before I could snap back at him one of my witty comebacks he enveloped me in a huge bear hug and chuckled into my shoulder.
"Who are you? Get away from me!" I cried pushing away the Coach more forcefully than I intended so that he should have tumbled backwards, crashing through the wall but he barely budged.
He'd withstood my vampire strength?
Yes, his muscles may have been huge but this was outstanding for a human…
I looked at him in awe, and slowly pulled the baseball cap away from his eyes.
Immediately I recognized the goofy grin plastered across his face.
"EMMETT!" I cried and squeezed him as tightly as he'd enveloped me.
"Good to see you Bells." He laughed.
"What are you doing here? Coach Samuels?" I asked him breathlessly, yet accusingly.
"I figured I should deserve an alias if I'm going to be locked up in this prison for another decade or so. May as well have a little fun, knowing Rose, we could be here for an eternity. You know how she can stay so committed to one thing." He smiled.
I returned his smile, but slightly sadder.
"What wrong? Thought you'd be happy to see me!" He smiled, shoving me gently (for a vampire).
"I am it's just… Edward's being a jerk." I pouted.
"Oh, still not getting any?" He joked.
"EMMETT!" I shouted at him, pounding him furiously in the arm.
"Ow, Ow, Ow! Okay I get it! The last time you were that strong you'd just been turned." He smiled laughter in his eyes. "How'd you get so strong?" He asked, but trailed off towards the end. "No Bella, you didn't?"He asked desperately but awestruck.
He'd realized I'd drunk human blood.
"I couldn't help it. I'm so sorry. Rosalie helped save him." I bit my lip trying to hold in the tears.
"Hey, it's okay, everyone has their little slips." He smiled comfortingly.
"Emmett, I don't know what to do! You have to help me." I cried, tears now escaping from my eyes.
"Bella, Rose saved him, it can't be that bad."
"It's not just that, it's Edward."
"Edward? How is he! Isn't he meant to be in this class as well?"
I nodded and glanced up to him looking into his big, forgiving, onyx eyes.
I couldn't hold the sobs in any longer and wept into his arms, telling him everything that had happened between me and Edward.
When I was done I looked up at him expectantly, slightly embarrassed.
Confusion and anger muddled in his eyes.
"Bella, we need to do something. And it needs to be done now. I think I have an idea."
A/N: I know, I know, long time no story.
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