It was sad when I went home Sunday night. I mean, I loved it there. Edward was really nice, and all around, I had an awesome time.

Renee was sitting on the couch, reading the newspaper.
She laughed. "Bella," she said while laughing. "There's an article in the paper about a man who swears up and down he saw a vampire."
I looked at her. "A vampire?"
"Yeah. But they don't exist," she said quickly. "This guy is so delusional."
I smiled. "How odd."

"Where's your crutches?" she asked.
"Carlisle gave me something so I can walk on my cast," I explained.
Mom smiled. "That's good." I nodded, and she went back to reading the paper. The Cullman Times.
I walked into my room and laid on my bed.

What could he be? No. What could they be?

I wonder if they're mad at him for telling me anything…

Focus Bella!

Hmm…

I laid down on my pillow and looked at my ceiling.

What…

My eyes slowly fluttered shut.

I sat up the next morning.

Dang it!

I stood up and heard thunder.

Hmm. No sun today.
It was a beautiful sunny day yesterday and Saturday, but both days, everyone insisted we stay inside. When I tried to protest, someone would remind me that I couldn't do anything out there anyways.

Then I felt bad because it was their house.

So, all in all, we stayed inside.

Except Saturday night, after the sun went down, Edward and I went out on the porch.

We talked, for a really long time. We didn't really talk about one certain thing either. And, for once in my life, I was truly happy.

I hadn't even noticed it was three in the morning until Alice came outside and said something…

I smiled and walked to my closet.
What should I wear today?
I put on some blue jeans, a semi tight short-sleeved blue V-cut shirt, and I grabbed my black zip-up hoodie. Just in case.

I sighed. "Time to get Renee," I whispered to myself.
I heard a knock the front door and I froze.

"Who…?"

"Bella!" Mom yelled. "Edward is here."
I rolled my eyes, but I couldn't help but smile.

I grabbed my backpack and walked into the living room.
"A little birdie told me you couldn't drive," he said innocently.

I smiled and looked at Renee. "I'll see you later."

She nodded. "Okay."
"I can take her home too," Edward offered. "If you want me to."
Renee smiled. "That would be very nice."
Edward smiled and looked at me. "You ready?"
I stared at him for a second, a questioning look on my face, and he just grinned.

"Yes," I finally said.
He smiled. "Let's go then."
I looked at Renee. "See you later."
She nodded. "Bye."
I shut the front door. "What are you doing here?"
"Picking you up," he said softly. "What does it look like I'm doing?"
"Let me rephrase that," I said quickly. "Why are you here picking me up?"
He grinned. "I'm curious."
I laughed. "Edward, so far, I have no more theories."
"Well," he said as we got to his car. "That's fine too. I wanted to help out anyways."
"I already owe you," I reminded him. "Don't make it worse."
He smiled. "Bella, you owe me nothing."
I frowned. "If you say so."
"Well," he said quickly. "I do say so, and secondly, we should probably get to school. Alice will kill me if she doesn't get to talk to you before school actually starts. Believe me. She already threatened."
I laughed. "Until last weekend, I wouldn't have believed she could."

We both got in, and he looked at me.
"She can scare even Emmett sometimes," he informed me.

I thought about Emmett. He's so big, and muscular, and Alice is so small, and skinny.

"Wow," I said slowly.

He started his silver Volvo and looked at me. "First impressions really aren't always followable, if that's even a word."
I grinned. "No Edward. It's not."
He put the car in reverse. "It is now."

I started walking to our table that day at lunch. I saw Kaytlen, Alice, Jasper, Emmett, and Rosalie, but no Edward.

I turned and started looking for him.

"Looking for me?" I heard his voice say behind me.
I turned quickly, causing my water to fall off.

He grabbed it so quickly I didn't even see him move. He handed it to me and smirked. "Still no ideas?"
I grit my teeth. "Not yet. I've been thinking about it all day though."
We sat down beside each other at the table.
"Oh my gosh," Kaytlen said happily. "Bradley actually agreed to sit over here today."
Alice smiled. "That's awesome! I never really get to talk to him anymore."
Kaytlen smiled. "Here he is."

Bradley sat in the seat by Kaytlen and she smiled.

"Hi," she said softly.
I grinned and looked at Edward.

He grinned down at me. "That's how she is. She doesn't even realize it. She talks one way when she's around everyone else, but when she's around him, her voice goes all soft and sweet."
She frowned and threw her fork at Edward. "It does not."
"Yes," I said while nodding. "It actually does."
Her cheeks turned a little pink.

"How's your leg?" Bradley asked curiously.
"It's a lot better," I said honestly. "Thanks."
He smiled. "I cannot for the life of me figure out where that dent came from."
I shrugged. "Me either."
"Bradley!" Alice exclaimed. "Hi!"
He grinned. "Hey Alice."
I looked up at Edward. What shocked me was that I found he was looking down at me.

I smiled at him, and he gave me a crooked grin. A perfect crooked grin.

"Look," I heard Emmett whisper. "Bella's falling for our little bro."
Edward rolled his eyes. "Ignore the ass hole over there."
I laughed and looked at Emmett. "Don't worry. I don't think you're an ass hole."
"You don't live with him," Rosalie reminded me. "If you did, you'd see our side."
He looked over at Rosalie, who was sitting beside him. She stuck her tongue out at him, and Emmett grinned.

Edward groaned and looked at me.

I opened my mouth to say something, but the bell rang to go to forth period.

I frowned. "I'll see you later."
He smiled. "Definitely."

I walked with Alice and Jasper to forth period.
My ankle was kinda hurting, but I didn't complain.
"You alright?" Jasper asked.

"Just a little ankle pain," I said before shrugging. "No biggie."

"Spill, now," Alice said quickly. "Is anything happening between you and Edward?"
"Yeah," Kaytlen said as her and Bradley caught up. "I need to know."

"Ask him," I said softly. "I honestly don't know. I think so, but I'm not positive."

Alice squealed. "Yes!"

"No!" I exclaimed quickly. "You can't tell him that."
"Uh oh," Alice said softly. "Oh well."

"Uh oh, what?" I asked slowly.

Alice looked thoughtful for a second and then looked back at me. "Nothing."
Forth period seemed to take forever. I mean, where was Edward?
At whatever his forth period was.

The bell rang, and I never knew I could get up so quickly. Especially with a cast.

Alice laughed. "Eager much?"

I rolled my eyes and walked out the door.

Edward was waiting.

He smiled when he saw me. "Hello."
Alice, Rosalie, Emmett, and Jasper walked out.

"Do I not get a hello?" Alice asked in her fake shocked voice.
"Oh," Edward said softly. "Alice."

She gaped at him and stormed off down the hallway.

"I wonder how long it'll take for her to realize fifth period is the other way," Jasper said thoughtfully.

Edward grinned. "Let's test it."
We all quickly walked out of C building, and towards A building.

We got in the classroom, and Alice ran in.
"You left me!" she protested.
"You left us," Rosalie reminded her.
She crossed her arms. "Edward, I bet this was all your idea."
He grinned and nodded. "Yep."
His hand hit mine, and I shivered.

He was ice cold.

So, let's see. For my research…

-Pale white, ice cold skin.

-Beautiful.

-Really fast.

-Really strong.

-Avoids sun…

I started trying to put two and two together.

What were they?