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I hope to have the next Chapter out before the end of the weekend. We'll be seeing more of Paul soon!
Through out the next weeks I had barely seen Leah and Seth. I had a lot to learn and whenever I did have time I spent it writing with Paul. He had asked me all sorts of questions about the book. Some were plain silly but others were so complex and made me think for such a long time it amazed me that anyone could come up with them.
Paul was full of surprises. He could be calm one moment and snap at you the very next and vice versa. There were times when he helped me with subjects I wasn't good at, something I would never have imagined in my wildest dreams. A prejudice I was embarrassed to admit. It showed that I didn't understand him and when I thought I finally did, he would prove me wrong. To me he was a complete mystery and seeing as I was a very curious person, I couldn't help but try and figure him out. Without luck.
At school on the other hand I had been very successful. Most of my exam results had been 'B''s. I even had a few 'A''s. All in all I don't think I could have been prouder of myself. I was sure I would never be this good again, so I sucked up every possible minute of it.
Angela and Eric had gotten pretty good grades, too. I never found out what Bella and Mike had but seeing as their behaviour didn't change in the slightest, I guessed they had achieved decent grades themselves. Jessica had gotten good grades throughout the year, though she didn't got over the 'D' she got in Spanish. I understood her the first two days but from the third day on it was just plain annoying. When the high of getting our results was over, about a week later, we all settled into our usual routine. Jessica's complaining having submerged as well.
It was a Wednesday. Outside it was pouring in such huge amounts, that I could practically see an evil grin on the cloud's non-existent faces. I was looking out of the grand windows while walking towards the cafeteria. Hopefully it would stop before school was over since I had ridden by bike.
"Hey, Sophie." I heard someone call over the crowd of students making their way towards the Mensa. I looked to where the voice had come from to see Tyler pushing his way over to me from the other end of the hall. I breathed in deeply and slowly walked towards him. As I was going in the direction of the flow I got to him much faster than he could have gotten to me.
He stood opposite me and clasped his hands around the straps of his bag. "Hey." I said. His eyes didn't meet mine. I bit my lip. It was now or never. As I was about to say something he opened his mouth to talk "I need to talk to you." I nodded in relief, hoping desperately that he saw thing the same way I did. "Yeah, me to." He glanced at me before saying "You go first." I raised an eyebrow. Well that backfired.
"No, you go ahead." I ushered him to talk. "No, no." he replied trying to put off what he had planned on saying, for as long as possible. We kept asking the other to speak first, the whole thing nearly turning into an argument, before I sighed "Please." It wasn't a question and he knew it. He rubbed the side of his head in thought.
"I wanted to talk about us." he trailed off at the end of the sentence. "Yes." I urged him to keep going. Something behind me seemed to interest him as he said the next words "I've been thinking and I think we should" he paused for a second "I think we should maybe break up." It sounded more like a question than his perspective on the matter.
Nevertheless I was relieved "Yeah. I think that'd be quite a good idea." I agreed. He looked at me surprised. I had to bite back a smile at how reassured he came across. "Really?" he asked a small smile forming at the corner of his mouth. "Yes." I repeated "I was going to suggest the same thing, actually." We looked at each other awkwardly, not sure how to proceed. I looked at the floor, then out of the window, before looking back at the floor.
"Well. I'm hungry." I finally said, inclining that I would go. He just nodded. I walked towards the cafeteria again, throwing a short glance over my shoulder at him. I had a huge smile on my face while walking through the hallways. It felt as though the weight of an entire elephant had been lifted off my shoulders. From then on I wouldn't have to worry about hurting his feelings.
After school it stopped raining, though it was sure to begin again. Looking around the parking lot I acknowledged that Edward Cullen had decided to show up again. He had been gone for nearly three whole weeks. It was insane, considering he looked as healthy as everyone else standing in the school lot. I was talking to Angela when I noticed his intense stare down with Bella. I raised an eyebrow at the two of them. Which obviously went unnoticed by both.
"What is it?" Angela asked fro beside me. I looked over at her "Hm?" Her eyes travelled around the parking lot in search of something. When she didn't find what she was looking for she asked me "What were you looking at? You seemed confused" I glanced at Edward and then at Bella before answering Angela's question "It's nothing." To reassure her I added "Thought I saw something."
She stared at me, trying to figure out if I was telling the truth. Knowing that she wouldn't find out the answer, not matter what I said, she gave up and changed the subject. "Are you already looking forward to our field-trip tomorrow?" she questioned excitedly. I laughed at her enthusiasm. "Yeah. I just love staring at plants all day." I said sarcastically. She rolled her eyes. "Still better than sitting in classroom all day." she murmured.
I felt my phone buzz in my pocket. As I turned the screen on and opened the new message, I answered "Touché." The text was from Paul who had written 'I don't believe it.' I smiled. There had been near to no conversations between the two of us that didn't begin with him making a statement and thus me having to question him.
"Who is it?" Angela asked. I glanced at her before starting to type. "Just someone I know." I answered her and pressed 'send'. "Just someone you know." she repeated suggestively. I laughed at the thought she had put in my head. As though that would ever happen. I shook my head "Nothing like that." She was contemplating something "Never?" she asked pouting. I smiled at her expression.
Angela had always been against my relationship with Tyler since she had had a feeling it was never going to work. Something that also influenced my opinion of it, to be honest. When she noticed I wouldn't stop spending time with her because of it, she didn't mind as much any more. To say she was ecstatic about us breaking up would be an understatement nonetheless. "Ever." I stated dramatically, acting as if I was crying. She pushed me childishly. "Don't make fun of me." she jested, making me laugh once more.
All of a sudden I heard the screeching of tires. Our heads snapped around and we saw Tyler's truck slam into Bella's. Angela and I didn't hesitate even a second before running over to see if anyone was hurt. Once we were there, we saw Bella lying on the ground between the two cars. I saw someone in a grey jacket out of the corner of my eye fleeing the scene, which made no sense to me at all.
I cleared my thoughts and focused my attention back on Bella. "Let me help you." I told her and gave her a hand getting up. I looked over to Angela to see her already having called an ambulance and was now giving them the address of the school. Just next to her stood Mike who was trying to calm down Tyler that was still sitting in his truck, his window rolled down. I turned to Bella and looked her over for any injuries. I found her to be fine though. Not one scratch and not one bruise.
I looked at her astounded. "What?" she asked getting uncomfortable under my gaze. "Nothing." I shrugged "Besides the fact that you're unscratched after a car just slammed into you." She glanced at me but the kept her eyes on the floor. "I guess I was just lucky." she answered. I raised an eyebrow at her. What was with this girl and lying? I sighed. She wasn't going to tell me what had happened. Maybe that person I saw before had something to do with it.
The ambulance was there in the next few minutes to take Bella and Tyler to the hospital. No one else was aloud to drive with them so most of the students left when the ambulance drove away. I gave Angela a one-sided hug. "I hope they'll be alright." she said in a worried voice. I nodded. "I think they'll be fine. Bella you don't need to worry about anyway." I answered deep in my own thoughts. "What do you mean?" Angela asked me confused. I blinked. "Nothing." I looked at her "Come on. Let's get home before it starts raining again."
