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Chapter 7

Mike is an idiot

Bella smiled as she walked towards Alice and Edward. Her fears of the early morning seemed silly and childish now that she was looking at their friendly faces. She briefly wondered where their siblings were, but decided that they must have gone to class already. Bella didn't want to dwell on it too long.

"Hello," she said when she was within human hearing distance.

"Hello," Edward answered politely in his soft voice.

However, before he could say anything else, the small vampire at his side piped in. "Hi, Bella, how are you?" she said cheerfully.

Bella chuckled softly, well Edward was looking at his sister annoyed. "I am doing well, thank you," she answered, reminding herself to always be polite. "How are you doing this morning, Alice?"

Alice looked at her, her eyes widening, then she looked at Edward. It took her a second to answer. "I'm great," she said as she found her cheery mood once again.

"And you, Edward, how was your night?" Bella asked, turning to him. She smiled politely.

He smiled back in return. "It was enjoyable." Something like amusement twinkled in his eyes. Suddenly he looked off to the side, where apparently the blond human, Mike or something, was standing and most likely staring at them talking. Edward frowned and growled very quietly. Bella looked from Mike to Edward and raised one eyebrow at him. He just shrugged, but he was still frowning. Alice just rolled her eyes.

"So, are you joining us for lunch?" Alice asked, almost bouncing in excitement.

"But we don't eat," Bella answered amused.

Alice started to pout and Bella had to suppress a chuckle. She looked at Edward and saw that he had a small smile on his face. "That doesn't matter, it is for pretense," Alice pouted, before another brilliant smile broke across her face. "Besides I'm sure that some of my siblings wouldn't mind getting to know you better."

Edward scowled at her, while Bella frowned, not understanding what she meant. Even though, she was thrilled that at least Alice was taking such a liking to her. She carefully hid her emotions, so she could analyze them when she was alone. It was always better to be careful around other vampires, than to be open about your emotions. Bella had experienced this in the hard way.

"All right, sure, I'll join you for lunch," she said.

"Great," Alice was now literally bouncing up and down with joy and excitement.

Edward bit back a laugh. "Easy, Alice, Bella had only agreed to join us for lunch, nothing else. So, please calm down, you are embarrassing me." Alice pouted at him and Edward laughed for real now.

It had been a long time since Bella had seen something like these two, having a brother and sister fight. It was hilarious to Bella and at the same time it was almost painful for her to look at. She didn't have such relationships, but she now knew that she was longing for them.

Edward looked away again and sighed. "We should get to class, don't want to be late now, do we?" He smiled at Bella and then they parted, off to different classes and different buildings.

Bella arrived at her class in time and sat down at the same table as the day before, in the back of the class. The seat next to her remained empty and the teacher started class. Bella doodled on her note block not even bordering to look like she was paying attention. Of course, she could still hear everything the teacher was saying with perfect clarity. She was drawing a set of eyes with a lot of detail. She only noticed whose eyes they were when class ended. She had drawn Edwards eyes, more than one time.

It startled Bella, but she pushed the drawing into her back when she saw a human coming close from her peripheral vision. She looked up and mentally scowled when she saw who it was. Mike was coming towards her with a one thousand watt smile on his face.

Bella sighed very silently, before she put a polite smile on her face. She didn't exactly wanted to encourage him, but she was taught to be polite first and give people a chance before judging them. That believe only became stronger after she was turned. She didn't want humans to be prejudice to her for being a vampire, so she wasn't judging humans at all.

"Hey, Bella," Mike called to her, even though he was just one table over.

Bella suppressed the need to make a run for it. "Hello, Mike," she said at a more normal tone. Just stay polite, just stay polite, she chanted to herself, but she couldn't help to silently add: And don't encourage him, you don't want that, either.

"I'll walk you to your next class," he said. Bella just stared at him. That was rude of him; it wasn't even a question, just an assumption. Now, she had to try her hardest not the growl at him.

"No, thank you, Mike, I'll be fine on my own, I remember just fine where my next class is," she answered his non-question and started to walk away.

Mike's face fell and the smile disappeared. "All right," he mumbled under his breath. It was not meant for Bella to hear, but of course she could. Not that he knew that she had such a strong hearing. He saw Bella walk away from her and cornered her in near her table.

Bella narrowed her eyes at him and he flinched a little bit, but not enough for him to step back and allow her to pass by.

"So…" he started to say, but then he hesitated. He finished in what looked like one breath. "So since when do you hang out with the Cullens?"

"Since yesterday, I've only been here for a day, Mike," Bella pointed out to him, feeling very annoyed at the ignorant human.

His face turned red, because of his embarrassed blush and Bella chuckled, making Mike's face even redder. He thought she was laughing at him, which in truth she was, but only because she was so relieved she couldn't blush anymore.

Bella used this moment, while he was distracted by feeling embarrassed, to make her escape. She walked around him and quickly headed to the exit.

"Wait," Mike called after exactly two seconds. He stormed after her, making her exit look even more gracious and inhuman than it already was. "Don't be mad. It's just that the Cullens are not exactly… it's just that they seem…" Mike seemed to struggle with his words.

Bella looked back at him, feeling slightly guilty, but she didn't stop walking. However, Mike's next words completely wiped away her guilt and even all other positive feelings she might have had for him.

"The Cullens are freaks," he blurted out, just when they walked out of the door.

Bella hissed very low at him, anger and rage seethed through her. But Mike wasn't looking at her. It was just because Bella had been looking at him, that she saw his eyes open wide with fear. He was looking straight passed Bella at something just outside the door. Bella turned around to see a furious looking Edward standing a few feet outside the class room, staring at Mike. She could hear a low hiss come from him, but she was sure Mike wouldn't be able to hear it.

Before Edward had a chance to say anything, Bella turned back to Mike. She was so mad; she had no words for it. "Typical," she hissed and Mike flinched away from him. "Just because they are slightly different from every other Hill Billy in this town," – okay maybe that was an understatement, Bella thought to herself - "You immediately have to feel better about yourself and use that word," – she really hated it when someone called another 'freak', there was really no excuse for that - "on the contrary, I find Edward and his family a joy to be around. They seem to accept me for me, not making themselves or me look any bit different than who we really are. Goodbye, Mike."

Bella was well aware that, with every word she had said, Mike at flinched more and more away from her. She could see that she looked more and more like a frightening vampire. Good, she thought.

Then she turned to look at Edward. He was looking at her, a little shocked, but when he saw Bella looking at him, he smiled. Bella smiled back, she felt her anger at Mike almost disappear, when she looked at Edward.

"Hello, Edward," she said as she walked towards him. She decided to make Mike even more on edge than he probably already was. "Will you walk me to my next class?" she asked Edward. "I seem to have forgotten where it is."

Edward looked a bit bewildered, but after turning his dark glare to Mike once again, he chuckled and offered Bella an arm. "But, of course, Bella," he said and together they walked away.