Chapter 9: Still Freaking Out

'Say no! Say no!' I chanted in my head over and over again.

"Of course, she's in the kitchen," Charlie said. He seemed a little hesitant.

"Dang it!" I muttered.

"Thank you."

I heard Charlie sit back down in his recliner but I did not hear Edward move.

"Hi Bella," he said smoothly.

As I did not know he was there, I dropped the saucepan on the floor.

"Did I scare you?"

"No, I just decided it would be funny to drop the saucepan on the floor," I said sarcastically. "Get out of my house."

"No, I need to talk to you."
"Well I don't want to talk to you, now leave," my voice was a little too harsh.

I picked the saucepan up, rinsed it and started preparing dinner again.

"You don't have to talk, you just have to listen," he said as if I hadn't snapped at him.

"Well, I don't want to."

He walked into the kitchen and grabbed my arm. "Let me go," I warned.

"Please, just listen. I'm not like normal vampires. We consider ourselves vegetarians, we feed on animals, you don't need to be afraid."

"Go away," I said, slightly louder.

"Bella, listen, I will not hurt you, ever," he said strongly.

He slowly leant towards me and brushed his lips across mine before resting them against my neck. "See?"

"Get out!" I shouted this time.

Charlie was in the kitchen in an instant. "What's going on?"

"He is annoying the hell out of me and I don't even like him! Why did you say he could come in?"

"Sorry Bells, I think it would be best if you leave," he said, leading Edward to the door.

I smiled in triumph and went back to preparing dinner. I knew Edward would probably have something to say to me tomorrow but at this very moment, I couldn't care less.

I finished cooking dinner, served it, ate and went to bed. I still couldn't get my head around the fact that the Cullen's were vampires.

According to Edward they are 'vegetarian' vampires. I didn't know whether I should believe him or not. I mean, his eyes weren't red like they should be so I guess something is different about him. The day's events began flooding my brain as I tried hard to make sense of everything. My mind raced over the legends I'd heard from Jacob and read online and in the books. I also began thinking over Edward's words. I had been sitting on my bed for what only seemed like a short period of time but when I glanced at my alarm clock I realized it was already four in the morning.

My eyes widened and I quickly climbed under the covers and closed my eyes in an attempt to get some sleep before school.

I pulled into the first open park I could find and stepped out of the truck. I started walking towards the cafeteria when I saw him again. He turned to his family and said something. I saw most of them try to keep him back but unfortunately they couldn't. He started walking towards me.

"Great," I muttered.

"Bella please, listen."

"Go away. I don't want to be around you."

"Bella, I'm trying to be friends but I can't do that when you keep ignoring me. I wasn't too happy when you got me kicked out of your house yesterday either. I was trying to explain something," he said as he grabbed my arm.

"Look, I don't care about anything you have to say sparkle pants!" I hissed.

He let go of my arm and I stormed off. Couldn't he see that I didn't care about him? I had calmed down a little by the time I reached my first class but the fact that I had been frustrated was still noticeable.

"Bella, what's wrong?" Mike asked, sitting on the edge of my desk.

"Nothing, just trouble with Cullen. The damn freak won't leave me alone."

"That's odd, he normally keeps to himself."

"So I've heard."

We continued to talk until the teacher came in.

As I walked into the cafeteria I scanned the room. I couldn't see Edward anywhere. I grabbed an apple and a can of soda. When I turned around I found myself staring at him.

Again, he tried to talk to me. I glanced around the room until my eyes found Mike. He saw my stare and instantly got up.

"Hey, leave her alone," he said when he came over. He grabbed my wrist and we started walking towards the table.
"I was having a conversation you know. It's rude to just take people away when someone is talking to them," Edward said, easily catching up to us.

"Well, she didn't want to be there. I was just helping her."

I continued walking, I knew a conversation with Edward was inevitable but I would try to avoid it as much as possible. Maybe he would see that I didn't want to talk to him and he would leave me alone.

He sighed and stalked off towards his table.

*****Biology*****

Unfortunately, Edward decided to strike a conversation. "Bella, please don't be afraid."

"If I say I'm not, will you shut the hell up?"

He shrugged.

"I'm not afraid of you," I lied. Hopefully he would believe me.

He shook his head. "Seriously Bella, I promise that I will never hurt you. I feel something for you, it's stronger than anything I've ever felt."

"So, what? You have a major crush on me?"

"I guess you could say that. I think you might be-"

"Shut up," I said, cutting him off.

"Bella, I want you to know I've never felt this way before. A vampire knows when they find their mate and I honestly think that-"

"I said shut up! I am not your mate," I whispered harshly. No way in hell would you catch me dead with him.

"Bella-"

"Shut up!"

He sighed and went back to his work. Finally, he was quiet. When class was over I walked out to my truck. On my way, I passed the Cullen's car.

"Edward, maybe one of us could try talking to her. She may not listen to you but she might listen to one of us. If she doesn't, we may be able to convince her to listen to you," the pixie said.

"I don't know Alice, she knows what we are and she seems to be afraid."

"Please? I'm good with people, I can talk to her."

"Fine, but don't do anything stupid."

'Oh great,' I thought. I started walking quicker when I noticed the pixie had started moving.

"Bella!" she chirped. I already didn't like her.

I continued walking. "Hey, I know you heard me Bella, please stop."

"What?" I groaned.

"Look, Edward really likes you. Please, just give him a chance."

"Is that all? No, I won't give him a chance, I don't like him."

"Bella, please. Edward has never felt this way before. He's actually happy. Please Bella, please," she begged with a hypnotizing pout that no one could say no to.

I tried hard to disagree with her. "I, well, I can't, no?"

"Please."

I groaned. "Why?"

"Well, you see, Edward has always been-" she was cut off by her family.

"Alice, come on!"

"I'll call you later," she said, dancing back across the parking lot.

'What?' I thought. She didn't even know my number. I guess she could always look in the phone book.

I was not looking forward to this call.

A/N: As you noticed, Bella called Edward 'sparkle pants' earlier in the chapter. I would just like to let you know, I did not come up with that. Dottyanne did. I would just like to say thanks for letting me use that in this story!