Chapter 7 - Fork's High

Edward pulled us into a park next to Rosalie and got out to open my door again. He held out his hand and I happily took it, my eyes widened a fraction as electricity shot through us. I got out of the car and had to forcibly remove my hand out of his, the zing felt too good. He gave me the now familiar yet still stunningly desirable crooked grin of his. I winked at him before turning away and walking towards Emmett and Rosalie.

"Come on Bella, I'll take you to the office so you can get your schedule." Rosalie linked her arm with mine and walked me in the direction of a tiny building not far from the car park.

After a few minutes with a very flustered Mrs Cope the office lady, I had everything sorted and was off to my first class English with Mr Mason. People stopped and opening stared as I walked by. The whispers started and I had to stop my face from turning into a scowl at some of the comments. Apparently Jessica and Lauren had quite the weekend telling everyone I was the new adopted Cullen that they had found me in a mental institution after being abandoned by her parents. I took a deep breath at an attempt to calm my nerves as I walked into my first class. I breathed out in relief when I smelt honey and lilac in the room and turned to Edward and gave him a relieved smile.

I introduced myself to Mr Mason who gave me a list of the reading material for the year and sent me off to find an empty seat. I tried to avoid everyone's eyes as they all watched me, some with hopeful expressions if they had a spare seat next to them. Thankfully I didn't have to decide Edward stood from his seat and pulled out the chair next to him and gave me a beautiful smile. I had to stop myself from skipping to the desk. Thank you. He grinned at me taking his own seat once I was settled. All eyes were on us and I pointedly put my head down towards the desk to avoid the stares. Mr Mason started writing on the board about Hamlet and asked everyone to copy it down into their books. Yet every time I looked up eyes were still turned towards us. Do they always stare this much?

I could see Edward frown out the corner of my eye. He spoke low so that no one would hear. "Your first day will always be worse, but yes they will still stare after today."

Fantastic I thought sarcastically. I heard a small laugh escape Edwards lips. Jessica and Lauren certainly didn't disappoint.

His face turned into a scowl "Don't worry about them Bella, it's just jealousy."

Why would they be jealous of me?

"Because you're a part of our family now, and because your beautiful" I turned my head at that and he gave me another of his crooked grins.

Do you think I'm beautiful? I couldn't help but ask. He nodded and his smile grew. You're not too bad yourself Mr Cullen. I grinned at his wide eyes before kicking him out of my head and copying down the notes on the board.

Well the bell rang I jumped up and was out of my seat walking quickly to the exit, I turned at the last moment to wink at Edward who was still sitting watching me leave. A boy approached me, his black hair was thick with gel and he had a bad case of ache he definitely looked like the overly helpful chess club type. "Hi, you must be the new girl, Bella" Definitely the over helpful chess club type.

I nodded and continued walking "Would you like me to help you get to your next class?" I really didn't need it, I had seen the school map once and it was already ingrained into my brain so I could look at it whenever I wanted, photographic memory was always a helpful vampiric perk. But he didn't need to know that.

"Yeah sure, I've got trigonometry in building 4." He grinned and led the way. I ignored his random chatter and just mmm and uhh here and there so he'd at least think I was listening. I was sure many kids were going to be late to class with their excessive gawking they were giving me. Is it not still rude to openly stare? Maybe it's the normal thing these days.

My eyes narrowed as I entered my next class Jessica and Lauren were sitting next to the only available seat. I fought once again to keep the scowl off my face to not scare the teacher as I introduced myself to him. I instantly regretting that decision as he made me introduce myself to the whole class. "My name is Bella Cullen... I was recently adopted by Dr and Mrs Cullen." I figured that would do, I didn't even bother looking at the teacher again to check and instead took the seat next to Jessica. Much to my dismay.

When the bell rang I wasn't quick enough in my escape and Jessica managed to grab my attention. "So you're a Cullen now, Bella?" I tried to control my anger. She's a human remember Bella. You don't hurt human's. She's just a child. I nodded without making eye contact.

"Is it true that your parents abandoned you in a mental institution?" Lauren snickered at her own words.

I fought back a growl. "No my parents are dead." And you will be too soon if you keep it up. That got a few curious looks around us. I took my exit after that, before either of them had a chance to say something else to anger me.

Alice was thankfully in my History class which helped relax me. "So..." I raised my brow at her in question. "You and Edward seem to be getting along well."

I gave her a disapproving look. "Don't even go there Alice." I warned her.

"I see the way you look at him Bella, don't even try to deny that there isn't something there between you both." she scolded me. I rolled my eyes at her and ignored her the rest of class. I couldn't deny that there was something between us, I had even found myself flirting which I didn't even know I could do. No one had ever held my interest, I just figured by now I was destined to be alone. Edward couldn't interest me like that, could he?

A blonde haired blue eyed boy fell into step with me on my way to my last class before lunch. "Hey, your Bella right?" I was pretty sure that by now everyone knew my name.

"That's correct."

"My name's Mike Newton" I nodded uninterestedly so he'd get the hint. Apparently he didn't get it. "I moved here about 2 years ago so I know the feeling of being the new kid at school."

"That's nice." I frowned.

Unfortunately for me, Mike was in my next class and he took the seat next to me and even worse Jessica was in this one too. She glared at me when she seen Mike eyeing me up and down when he thought I wasn't looking. I shivered in disgust. When the bell rang Mike followed me out of the classroom. "Did you want to sit with me at lunch Bella?" Was this kid serious, I had barely even acknowledge his presence for the last hour while he didn't shut up. He tried to give me a flirtatious smile when I looked up. But thankfully I seen a very angry Edward walk towards us from behind Mike. He looked like he was trying to burn Mike into ashes with his eyes.

When he finally made it to my side he turned to me, trying to hide his anger. "How was your morning Bella?" he asked completely ignoring Mike beside him.

"Rather annoying actually" I said and nodded slightly in Mike's direction enough that Mike would notice the jab. But he wasn't looking at me he was glaring at Edward. I couldn't stop the scowl from making an appearance on my face. Edward stepped closer until our chests were almost touching, he raised his hand and brushed the back of his fingers along my cheek and down to my chin. The electricity running from his hand made me relax instantly. His eyes locked with mine and I had to stop myself from moving even closer to him by planting my feet. I lost myself in the depth of his topaz eyes.

"Come on Bella, let's go and get some lunch." He said to me and raised his hand across my shoulder bringing me into his side as he led me toward the cafeteria with his arm around me. My side tingled under the clothing not as strong as skin on skin contact but it was still there. We left an angry Mike and made our way to the food line. Everyone's eyes were on us as we grabbed some food each and walked towards the Cullen's who were seated at a table as far away from the human's as possible. Alice smirked at me as we approached and I glared in return. Lunch with the Cullen's turned out to be fun, Emmett was flicking some of his food at Mike across the room after I told them all what happened. Mike kept looking around at the tables near him. I couldn't help but laugh loudly at his bewildered expression.

When the bell rang I walked with Edward to Biology, it turned out we had that together also. Mr Banner was nice enough and pointed me to the seat next to Edward who once again held my chair out for me. You're quite the gentleman, aren't you?

He shrugged "It was how my mother and Esme raised me"

What was your mother like? He smiled and faced the window with a faraway look.

"She was beautiful and strong, we had the same coloured green eyes. My mother raised me while my father worked as a lawyer in Chicago. The Spanish Influenza hit in 1918 and my father died, my mother got ill almost immediately after, then I also. Carlisle was our doctor he seemed to have a soft spot for the both of us. Just before my mother died she told Carlisle to save me, to do everything he could. Carlisle thought that maybe she knew what he was and wanted him to change me. She died that night and I only had an hour left when Carlisle faked my death and took me away to change me. We still don't know if she knew or not but I'm here today because of her. She's the reason I love the piano, she gave me lessons when I was a child. I'm very lucky to have had her as my mother."

She would be very proud of you Edward.

He gave me a beautiful genuine smile. "I hope so."

We fell into a comfortable silence after that and focused back on Mr Banner's lesson. I bid goodbye to Edward when the bell rang and walked towards gym class. Mike was in the class, and I suppressed my laugh as I seen some pudding still stuck in his hair. We had to partner up for volleyball. You will never guess who came to stand beside me. Note the sarcasm. I ignored him the whole class as he tried to show off. I forgot what human boys were like when they were going through puberty. Time hadn't changed that.

After school I walked quickly towards the car park. Mike ran to catch up with me and I scowled. "Hey Bella, I was wondering if you might like to have dinner with me tonight or maybe a movie." I stopped mid step in surprise.

This kid didn't seem to get the subtle hints at all. I was going to have to go bold. "No Mike, I don't want to have dinner or a movie with you."

His face fell for a moment before smirked at me. "We could always just go to my house and hang out then."

I let the disgust I was feeling show on my face. "No Mike, I do not want to go and hang out either." I just about hissed the words. My knight and shining armour approached then to my absolute relief. Is he serious? Does he not get that I don't want anything to do with him? Edward gave me a look that said 'What do you think'.

"She said no Mike" Edward said seriously when he reached us.

Mike turned to him like he was trying to size Edward up for a fight. "And what do you think Cullen, that she'd actually be more interested in a freak like you?" Mike glared at him.

I felt the anger radiate off Edward, I knew I needed to intervene. "Edward?" He turned to me after a moment. "Would you like to have dinner with me tonight?"

His brows rose and his glare turned into a smirk. "I'd love to Bella" I smiled at him before grabbing his hand and intertwined our fingers pulling him with me to the Volvo. Edwards smirk stayed on his face as he opened my door for me.

We took our seats while we waited for Alice and Jasper. "Thank you" I told him.

He tilted his head "What for?"

"For saving me, twice." He looked amused.

"You're welcome Bella." Alice and Jasper joined us then and we took off, I turned in my seat to see a very angry Mike glaring after our car.

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