Chapter 8
We got to school late, and I missed three classes. Johnny and I went to history together, and handed our late passes to the teacher who handed us our test. I didn't have to study to know all these answers. Most of these things happened while I was growing up. Same with Johnny. We glided right through and took them back to the teacher's desk. "Done already?" Mrs. Peterson asked. We nodded and sat down. Spanish was boring, but Edward was relived to see that I was back. He kept sneaking glances in my direction. Why do you keep looking at me? I asked. Edward sighed and shook his head. Johnny was waiting outside my classroom when Spanish was over. He kissed me diligently. I could see Edward smiling out the corner of my eye when he saw us. I smiled and watched as he hurried towards lunch. I looked up at Johnny who was smiling after our brother. I didn't understand what was going on with Edward, but Johnny knew. "You'll see," Johnny said tugging me to lunch. I saw Aaron walking back to a table and I called out to him. He quickly came over. "Hey," he said giving me a half hug, because Johnny had his arm around me possessively. "What happened? You weren't in school yesterday. I left you a few messages." I frown and took out my phone. Dang! He did leave me messages. "I'm sorry," I said. "I had a nervous break down and had to go stay with my cousins in Denali, Alaska." Aaron frowned. "What happened?" I looked up at Johnny. He nodded for me to give him the reason that I was thinking of. "I still have a concussion from last month's accident and I wasn't feeling too well and we had to cancel the concert, which totally pushed me over the edge." I said. Aaron shook his head. "Did your dad check your head out? And is that why you were getting a headache the other night?" I nodded. "My dad was the one who suggested I go spend some quiet time with my cousins." I replied. "Well, I'm sorry to hear about everything." I just waved it off. "Nah! I'm fine." "And I'm happy to see you and Johnny are together again. Congrats!" I smiled. "Thank you. Would you like to sit with us?" I asked. I thought he was a nice kid. Might as well is prove Jessica Stanley wrong about the Cullens not noticing others. And that we can like the others around us. Johnny laughed. "What?" I asked. "Alice," he replied. "She's jumping up and down, happy to see you smiling again." I smiled and turned back to Aaron. "So are you coming?" I tilted my head slightly and smiled really wide. "I-I-I…" I had to hold back a giggle. "Please?" I whined. "It'll be fun! I need more friends then just my siblings…and a lovable, persistent boyfriend!" Aaron looked at Johnny who just smiled at him. He seemed very intimidated by him. "I won't hurt you, you know." Johnny said. "Sit with us." He pressed. Aaron sighed and finally agreed. All three of us walked to my family's table and sat down. Alice came and hugged me until I couldn't breathe. "I missed you!" she whined. "You stayed away too long. You were supposed to have come back yesterday!" Alice released me. "I'm sorry. Johnny was having fun with Uncle Eleazar. They talked about my great grandfather Johnny Cash." I said. Though she knew I was talking about Eleazar and Johnny talking about his old singing career. "Oh, well next time call me when you're going to be late. Your outfit is uncoordinated!" I rolled my eyes. "Black goes with lime green sis, don't stress!" Alice was looking at Aaron. In fact they all were except Johnny. "Oh! Sorry! Guys this is Aaron Michaels. Aaron these are my siblings, Rosalie, Emmett, Jasper, Alice and Edw—wait where's Edward?" Alice's eyes shifted to another part of the room and I fallowed. He was sitting at a table by himself, only did I realize that Bella was sitting across from him. "So, as long as I'm being…not smart, we'll try to be friends?" She asked. "That sounds about right." Bella looked down at her hands that were wrapped around her drink. I turned back and started giggling. "What?" Aaron asked. "Edward's flirting with Bella! Oh my god!" I said. "Alexandra doesn't seem to like me very much though. Is she okay with this?" I turned around and saw her looking at me. I smiled and waved at her. Bella's eyes widened and then she looked away. "No, Alex is perfectly fine with us being friends. She just doesn't like it when I get upset." Bella nodded her head. I looked at Johnny who was smiling. "Is this what you meant when you said 'You'll see'?" I asked him. "Yep," Johnny said leaning in to kiss me. Someone hit me with some fruit before I reached Johnny's lips. I looked and Emmett was the only one with fruit on his tray. I looked back at Aaron. "Did Emmett do that?" Aaron was trying to hold back a laugh and nodded. Grabbing the salad off Aaron tray I said; "Do you mind?" "Nope, go head." I smiled devilishly and tossed a handful of lettuce at Emmett. "Stop being such a baby about P.D.A, you and Rose kiss all the time! You big baby!" I said. Everyone at our table was rolling with laughter. Emmett had lettuce in his curls and on his hoodie. I was surprised when Rosalie was laughing. "I hate you," he said cleaning himself off. I frowned. "You do?" I made my voice go all sad, and depressed. I turned into Johnny's arms and pretended to cry. He rubbed my back. "Nice one Emmett!" Rosalie shot at him. "Why do you have to do that? Playfully throw stuff at her, and when she does the same you get irritated!" She was a very good actress, because her voice sounded really angry. "Excuse me for a moment," I heard Edward say to Bella. I heard him walk over to our table. "Emmett you're so self absorbed!" he yelled and yanked me out of Johnny's arms. "Come on Honey," he said smoothing my hair. "Come sit with me and Bella, you too Johnny and Aaron. You don't need to sit with Emmett. The rest of my family will take care of him." I heard them get up and grab their trays. We walked over to Bella and sat down. Johnny had pulled me onto his lap, I buried my face in his chest, muffling my "crying". "Is she alright?" Bella asked alarmed. "No." Aaron said. "Emmett was being a jerk." I was surprised he felt so comfortable talking about my family like that in front of my family. No one said anything to him. I could hear my sisters yelling at Emmett, and Jasper was trying to calm them down, but was also reprimanding Emmett for being stupid. Johnny whispered in my ear. "That was the best sibling fighting scene we had in public. I'm proud of you." I smiled and peeked at him. "Are you okay?" Aaron asked removing my hair from my face. "Yeah," I muttered sadly. "I think so." I pretended to wipe my tears away with the back of my hand. "Bella, I'm sorry for having Edward interrupt your conversation. And I'm sorry for being too harsh on you at the hospital." I really was sorry for that part. "It-s-s…fine," she managed to say. "I understand your concern for your brother." I got off Johnny's lap and sat in between my husband and Aaron. We sat and talked and Bella seemed uncomfortable, Aaron looked undecided. Suddenly Bella shot up looking frantic. "We're going to be late." "We're not going to class. It's healthy to ditch class once in awhile," Edward said, twirling the lid of her lemonade bottle fast. That should have blurred. It probably did to Aaron and Bella. "Well I am, and I assume Aaron is going to class, too." Aaron shook his head. "I have to leave actually. I have an orthodontist appointment. I'm getting my braces put on," he said making a face. "My friends say it's going to hurt." "Well," Johnny said. "Beauty is pain." I laughed. So did Aaron. Bella had already left, and Aaron was getting up to throw his trash out. I got up to hug him. "Thanks for sitting with us," I said in his ear. He pulled back and kissed my cheek. "No problem. Can I sit with you guys tomorrow? I had a lot of fun." I shook my head. "We won't be here tomorrow. But you can sit with us on when we get back." He frowned. "Why?" "We're starting the weekend early." His face puckered. "What are you doing?" "My father wanted to go hiking tomorrow. I haven't hiked in awhile and I need some exercise, I gained some weight. I won't fit in my dress for the dance." Johnny smacked my arm. "Owe," "You're not fat!" he growled. "I didn't say I was. I just said I gained weight." This time Edward hit me. "You weigh 123lb. same as last year. I'm sure you didn't gain weight!" I rolled my eyes, and Aaron laughed. "I agree with your brother and Johnny. You look fine." "Have you seen my thighs?" I said propping my foot on a chair. I pointed at it. "Look at it!" though my jeans were tight fitting around my legs you can still see the size of them. "Alexandra, you have muscles! You kick box!" Johnny said. Which was true, me and Johnny took private kick boxing lessons with a vampire who used to be a kick boxer when he was human. The kid was really good. "Well, I got to go, my mom will be mad if I miss the appointment…again. Alexandra you look fine. Don't let anyone put you down." And then he walked away. I turned back to my brother. "Why are we skipping sixth hour?" "Their blood typing in class. If you want to go be my guess," I punched him in the kidneys. I blocked my thoughts so he couldn't get out of the way from my blow. "Owe," he braced himself on the table. "That hurt really bad," he huffed. I smiled. "Sweet success!" I giggled. Johnny pulled me to his lap. "You've been quite violent lately," he observed. I looked down. I was violent lately. "I don't think she hunts enough," Edward said. "I just hunted!" I said defensively. I turned back to Johnny. "I'm so sorry I hit you! I didn't even think about it." "It's fine, Baby. You were upset." He ran his fingers through my hair, moving it from my neck so he could kiss the hollow beneath my ear.
