Disclaimer: SMeyer owns all, including at least one overused Thesaurus :) BUUURRRNNNN! Can I get a Hi 5? Anyone? No? Ahh, Edward…Thanks, I knew you wouldn't leave me hanging.

A/N: So a clever little reviewer has informed me that Alex's surname is the same as Renee's…I just want to make it clear that this is purely coincidence (partly cause I'm a dumbass who didn't realise :P)…so just to clarify, Alex is related to no one in the story, except her grandparents offcourse…now, on with the story.


CHAPTER 7

The next morning was icy cold; I guess it was a sign of the day that was to come. I rugged up in my hooded black coat, boots and dark blue jeans, topped off with a scarf. Grabbing some breakfast and kissing my g-rents goodbye, I headed out to my car and drove to school. When I got there however, I pretty much wanted to turn the car and drive straight back home because I saw that stupid shiny Volvo in the car park. After wanting to see him so badly yesterday, I was kind of surprised at my reaction now. Truth be told, I think I was just nervous about talking to him. He obviously wasn't over what happened in my room. That much I had gotten from Rosalie.

'Oh well, suck it up Alex,' I told myself, this was going to have to happen whether you liked it or not. I grabbed my backpack and walked slowly to class, with each step causing more anxiety, not that I would let it show though. I walked into maths coolly and confidently. I dumped my bag onto the table and sat down next to Edward. Turning to look at him, I casually said, "Hi."

No reply. What was he deaf now? I stared at him. He had definitely heard me, I think. "Okay then," I said raising my eyebrows at his weirdness. He nonchalantly turned to look outside the window and then stared straight at the board, refusing to even look at me. What the hell was his problem?

"So what? You're not even speaking to me now?" I said quietly so that no one else could hear me. "Why?" I asked, quite annoyed at his behaviour, "Aren't I the one who's supposed to be annoyed at you for almost sucking me dry?" I thought I saw him flinch a little at my direct tone. But then again, I was seething so much that I don't think I noticed anything. What a prick! Seriously, he was just going to ignore me? Well the fuck if I cared. Two can play at that game anyway. If Cullen didn't want to talk or even be civil to me, then whatever. Argh! I couldn't even finish my train of thoughts. Fuckwit! I said that one, carefully removing my mental shields so that he could hear it. I definitely saw a smirk form on his stupid little, beautiful face. Well I could totally just wipe that off for him, couldn't I? I thought about doing a lot of things, like probably making him smell the fresh manure from the gardener's supplies that were located just outside the window. Allowing that smell to surround him and follow him around all day would surely infuriate him. My lame, revengeful thoughts were along those lines, until the end of the class.

When the bell rang, I sprang up and swiftly walked away, not giving him another thought or look. Well okay, I lied; my thoughts were, so all about him. That is until I met Rosalie in the hall. By that time I was still fuming and she knew something was up.

"Oh my God, your ridiculous brother has to be the most infuriating bastard I've ever met!" I blurted out, not knowing if she would be upset by what I said about her brother or allow me to continue to vent. I decided I should probably not continue my rant just in case.

"What did the moron do now?" she asked. Yes! She totally was on my side. It made me happy to know that.

"He's just refusing to talk to me. He hates me that much. I thought we were friends." I said angrily.

"Don't worry; he'll come around," she paused, "most probably. So you want grab lunch?"

"Oh. Really? Umm…But don't you usually eat with the rest of your family?"

"Yes, but I think they can spare me for a day," she rolled her eyes. We headed off to the cafeteria together. She had a smirk on her face, but I had no idea why.

Okay, so I was someone who hated when everyone stared at me. I should have anticipated that that was exactly what was going to happen when I walked into the cafeteria with Rose that day. Crap. I tried not to notice the eyes on us as we moved to a lunch table. Luckily Jess and Ang weren't at lunch yet, so it didn't look like I was totally ditching them.

"So what's new?" I asked trying to start conversation. I think we both knew what I really wanted to talk about.

"Yeah well Edward, really hates me talking to you."She really knew how to get straight to the point, it's what I liked about her. "So obviously, I'm going to be doing that a lot more."

"Oh, and here I was thinking that you just liked me."

"You know I do. I wouldn't be talking to you if I didn't, but it just makes it all the more fun," we both laughed.

"So why is he so annoyed at me?" I looked over to where the rest of the Cullens were all seated. Edward was staring back at me. I wanted to crawl into a hole and just disappear, but I persevered through my cowardice and continued to glare back at him. When Rosalie started to answer, I turned to look at her.

"Well I guess it's not so much you, but the effect you have on him. You sort of brought back some old memories for him, I think. Not that he tells me much," she said bitterly. She didn't continue and I knew that was pretty much all I was going to get out of her. Especially when Jess and Angela rocked up at our table.

"Hey, guys, have you met Rosalie?" I asked them, smiling at how intimidated they looked. Rose wasn't that scary was she? Well I guess I felt the same, the first time I saw her at my car.

"Oh hi, you're in my English class," said Angela, I knew I could count on her to act normal. Rose nodded.

"So are you guys going to sit down or what?" I chuckled realising that they were still standing up with their trays, not knowing whether to sit or not. They giggled and sat down finally. Thank God for Angela who totally blocked Edward from my line of sight. I didn't know how much longer I could take the optical assault from him. Though, it obviously didn't block him from Jessica.

"Why is he staring at us? If looks could kill…" whispered Jess to me, oblivious to the fact that Rose could most definitely hear anything she whispered. I almost laughed. I didn't reply to her, hoping to forget about him. And I honestly did forget about him for the rest of lunch. Jess' animated gossip stylings and Rose's actual interest in them, together were quite entertaining.

The rest of the day was uneventful except when after school Rose introduced me to Emmett. Wow, he was quite the looker. Well, all the Cullen's were but Emmett had that whole teddy bear, footballer thing going for him.

"So you've befriended Rose, that must make you less annoying than the rest of the humans here," he said, chuckling.

"Umm…thanks, I think and you're obviously even less annoying than me, since you're the one dating her."

"You know it!"

He was quite the character. Always joking and laughing. I could totally see a balance in their relationship. We were talking for a while now, when Edward walked on over to us. Probably due to the fact, that we were standing near the Volvo.

"Where's Alice and Jasper?" he asked Emmett, not even glancing at me. Yeah, way to piss me off, asshole!

"They're not here yet."

"Yeah, no shit," he said sarcastically.

"Well, you're the one with the mind reading power, go find out," Rose said in annoyance. I knew it! He could read minds. I was smirking to myself, since Edward just got even more pissed off at her reply. Rose seriously knew how to push his buttons. I loved that!

"Well I'll see you later Rose," I said irritably. He looked at me quizzically and just stared at me, for the first time acknowledging that I was even there. I gave him a powerful death stare and said viciously, "Yes? What's your malfunction?"

"Nothing, I was just wondering why you were still standing here, don't you have a home to go to or something?" he said back, with the same amount of venom in his voice.

Oh, this shit was so on! "Excuse me, the last time I checked, this was a free country."

"And the last time I checked, I didn't really give a shit!" Ouch!

"Well, maybe if you did, you'd realise the world doesn't revolve around you Cullen!"

"Okay guys, chill!" Emmett finally stepped in. Not that it mattered; I was already turning and storming away to my car.

Bitchy Edward FTW! He's finally grown a pair…LOL

Thanks to the reviewers :) All TWO of you hehehe