Lester (Edward's P.O.V)
Bella hugged me as soon as I came back from my class. Her smile was so gorgeous that my heart would have raced if it were beating. She hugged Renesmee before settling down with both of us. "I've missed you," I told her, pressing my lips to her hair.
"I know," she responded and I could hear a smile in her musical voice.
"Enduring a whole two period without you is excruciating, you know," I commented, staring into her eyes. I liked them a lot better golden than red. I would never forget the chocolate brown and Renesmee's eyes were constant reminders. The red I could handle, yet I loved her eyes to be as golden as they were now.
"I was sitting next to Lester," Bella whispered to me and I knew Renesmee could not hear.
"Lester?" I gasped.
Just then, I was distracted by the thoughts of others around me.
. . . so beautiful! I have to ask her to the homecoming dance . . .
. . . her eyes are something special – so gold . . .
I growled. Apart from those admiring Rosalie's beauty, the rest of the male population in our school were staring at Bella and some at Alice. I looked at her and she looked up.
"What?" she asked.
"Nothing," I muttered, glancing around at the eyes that flashed to her face when she looked up. She laughed her tinkling laugh and more heads turned.
Why aren't they all looking at me? Well, I guess that one is . . .
Rosalie, yet again, was admiring her appearance and its effect on others.
There aren't any girls here that exceed my beauty . . .
I couldn't understand how she would blame her beauty for the reason she could never have children one moment and then be completely self-absorbed the next.
Well, I thought, Rosalie is shallow . . .
. . . have to challenge Jasper when we get home . . . he can't get away that easily . . .
Emmett was thinking of another re-match for a competition that had started weeks ago. I shook my head. I tried to see if Bella had lifted her shield and she hadn't. She was being unusually quiet. I waited for a while, listening to mindless thoughts flit through my head when my patience got the better of me.
"What are you thinking?"
"I was just thinking about Lester . . ." Bella responded. Renesmee glanced up.
"Lester?" she asked. Renesmee's thoughts flashed back and I saw it all:
I was running; looking for prey . . . there was no wind – I didn't sense him . . . he stood there looking at me . . . "I'm Lester." "Hello," I said . . . I must go . . .
Renesmee's thoughts flashed through my mind.
"He's here?" she asked.
"Yes," Bella said. "Just look behind you – he couldn't stop staring at me before and he's probably watching us."
I growled.
"You have no idea how beautiful you are," I muttered into her neck.
I could hear someone's breathing behind us. I subtly turned around to see the face of the person in Renesmee's thoughts. Lester, I thought.
I can't believe it! She goes to this school – my school! I must talk to her, but she won't care. Nobody cares about me. Not even my lab partner. They are so beautiful . . . but there's something about them. Nobody else looks like that . . . maybe they could be mutants in the form of humans . . . but mutants can't look so much like supermodels . . .
I chuckled quietly.
"What?" Bella and Renesmee asked. Jasper and Alice's attention was drawn to us, yet Rosalie and Emmett seemed to be thinking about themselves. Not surprising for Rosalie – Emmett was probably absorbed in re-match tactics. One quick check at his mind and I was certain.
"Lester thinks that we are mutants in the form of humans, but he can't imagine how mutants look so much like supermodels!"
We all laughed at that, but not at each other and very softly.
. . . have to talk to her . . . but what if she doesn't want to . . . need to know her name . . .
I looked at Bella and said, "He's obsessing over Renesmee."
A shocked and slightly angry look passed Bella's face. "Alice," she asked.
"Yes, Bella?" Alice responded, not looking at her.
"What class does Lester have next? Is Renesmee in it?"
She shut her eyes for a second and her face became blank. "Renesmee's in it."
"Oh, boy," Bella sighed. I laughed.