"So today class, we are going to be experimenting with electricity," our science teacher, a tall, overweight woman with giant purple bags under her eyes, was saying. She'd already introduced us to the class. I was sitting next to Ryan, because Seth had insisted he sit next to Marianna.
Mrs. Leblanc passed out these electricity sets and told us to follow the directions. She then proceeded to sit at her computer and play solitaire.
"Is she always like this?" I asked Ryan, as we tried to put together a circuit with a LED light. I confess he did most of the work; he had already done the lab and knew what he was doing.
"Yep, pretty much. We haven't learned very much this year. She just tells us to do it ourselves. It's been an easy class," he said, putting two little connectors together.
"That's always kinda nice."
"Well, science is my favorite subject so it's been annoying, actually. I want to be a doctor when I get older," he explained, now attaching the LED light.
"My grand-, I mean, my adoptive dad, Carlisle, is a doctor. He really loves what he does," I said, helping him by flipping the switch. The LED lit up and I smiled. "That's pretty cool."
Ryan nodded. "Yeah, it is." He stared at me with an intensity I wasn't used to. The only one who ever looked at me like that was…. Jacob. Jacob. I hadn't thought about him once today. Which was seriously weird because I thought about him every other moment, on a normal day. "So what kinda things interest you?"
"Well, I mean, I play piano and I read a ton. So music and books. And I like biology. I always thought that life was so cool, you know? Especially because I'm a-" I cut myself off. Did I really almost blow the secret?
"Especially because you're what?" Ryan implored.
"Because I'm the daughter of a really successful doctor," I improvised quickly. Geez, I nearly blew that one for us. Already. After only a few hours.
"Yeah, biology always interested me a lot too. I mean, just how things work in our bodies and how we exist. But I do like reading too. What do you read?" he questioned, still focused on our electricity kit.
"Um, everything," I chuckled. "I love the Bronte sisters. They have to be my favorite, classic wise. And Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. And I enjoyed David Copperfield by Dickens but don't like any of his other stuff all that much," I told him, rambling on.
"So you like the classics, mostly? I'm the same way. I read Wuthering Heights last summer and just finished Great Expectations. They were both really good. I like modern stuff too," he looked over at me again.
"Oh, I read modern books too, though I do like classics an awful lot. I love the Harry Potter series and science fiction. And the occasional romance/drama here and there," I blushed.
"Harry Potter was great. I like the fantasy type stuff. Just thinking about whole other worlds, I guess, ones that probably don't exist, has always fascinated me. I always thought like vampire books were pretty cool," he said, looking back to work on the next circuit we had to build.
"Vampires, huh," I whispered, low enough that I knew he couldn't hear me. If only he knew… I wondered how he would react. Probably not very well. But I mean, I wasn't going to tell him ever. He didn't need to know.
"Do you like vampires and books on other stuff like that too?"
"Um, I do read the occasional vampire novel. I'm not a huge fan of scary things, though, so I mostly just read the extremely modernized we're-nice-vamps kinda novels."
"Yeah, those are cool," he looked up and smiled, taking away my breath again.
We began to work on our separate essays about the project, which took me no time at all despite the fact that I hadn't paid a speck of attention to the lab. That's where hyper intelligence came in handy. School was a breeze.
A few times, I could feel Ryan staring at me. It didn't make me uncomfortable like it should. It felt… good, actually. We really seemed to get along and I could almost feel an energy between us, like sparks. I didn't know what to think about that.
The bell rang, and I was sad to see him go off to Geometry, when I had Design. Seth was going to gym (which they called PE- as in physical education. Another weird little idiosyncrasy about this place) and Marianna to design with me, which made for a worried Seth. I knew from Jacob that imprinting and letting go of your love was hard at first, so I gave Seth a hug, touching his cheek to show him that I'd make sure Marianna was okay. He smiled in appreciation and Marianna and I headed off to class.
Author's note: This was a bit of a filler chapter, but an interesting one, nonetheless. Or at least I hope so. Thanks for all the favorites, guys! They mean a lot to me. If you get the chance, review for me! I love to hear what ya think. More is coming... hopefully tonight :D
