A/N: I have no excuse guys – I've just been too lazy to type this chapter up
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A/N: I have no excuse guys – I've just been too lazy to type this chapter up.
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Chapter 9: Talks of Nonsense
When I woke up, my limbs felt heavy, and my head was drowsy with sleep. I wanted to go back to sleep, but my stomach made my decision for me. I groaned at the emptiness in my stomach and opened my eyes, absently looking for Edward's face. I let my eyes wander around the room a few more times before realizing what I was looking for. Panicking, I quickly sat up, ignoring the dizziness that crashed on me like wave after wave. I pulled back the covers and set my feet on the floor. I felt weak, faint, but I ignored it and stood up. I rushed out of the room as fast as I could.
I headed for the stairs and just stepped down a step when the dizziness increased. My vision wavered and I felt my feet become unsteady before thin arms wrapped around my waist, steadying me.
"Easy there, Bella. We wouldn't want Edward to find you in pieces, now do we?" a soft voice said to me above my head.
I looked up with bleary eyes to find Esme smiling at me gently. I sighed once and folded to the darkness once more.
I woke up once more to find myself back in Edward's room with the light from outside dulled from the curtains that hung there. The sun was bright enough to penetrate the curtains. The light bathed the room in soft light. I blinked sleepily and stretched luxuriously like a cat. Someone to my right started chuckling softly. I froze for a second, but it was long enough for me to feel blood rushing to my facing hotly. My head snapped to the right to find Edward standing at the doorway, watching me.
"Good morning, Bella," Edward said simply. He crossed the room and sat down on the bed beside me. He was leaning over to kiss me but I placed a finger on his lips, stopping him.
"I need a human minute," I explained. He chuckled again but backed off. Instead, Edward leaned back and laid on the bed, with his hands folded behind his head in a relaxed manner. I smiled at his carefree nature before hopping off the bed and walking to the bathroom.
I got out of the bathroom around 15 minutes later to find Edward in the same spot and position I left him in half an hour earlier. His eyes opened to reveal those honey-gold color eyes that I loved so much. He smiled that crooked smile of his when he noticed that I was still in my pajamas.
"I don't have anything else to wear," I explained. "Can I go to Alice and ask her if I can borrow something?"
"No need," Alice said walking into the room. In her arms, she held a large number of clothes, in which almost all were black. Tori trailed in behind her.
"What's with all the black, Alice?" I asked her. Tori answered me.
"Well, this island is a school, as you already know. So this place actually has a uniform. Fortunately, the uniforms are so cool. They so totally rock!" Tori said excitedly. "Plus, the guys get a uniform, too." At the last sentence, she winked at me.
"What's this I hear about uniforms?" Rosalie entered the room. I stared at her beauty for a few moments until I realized that the family had piled in the room, including Tori and Nathan. When I split my eyes away from Rosalie and looked at him, I felt my eyes widen and my jaw go slack a bit.
His clothes farmed his body nicely, I noticed. I let my eyes roll over his frame once and started back at his shoes, or lack of. Nathan was barefoot, showing off the paleness in his skin. My eyes wandered up to his knee-length shorts, which was the color of midnight blue. My gaze wandered up to his black T-shirt, which was loose, but clung to his body nicely. I lifted my eyes to his face to see that he had a smug look broadcasted to the entire room.
"Like what you see?" he asked me.
Nathan then began to flex his muscles. I blushed and quickly looked away, not believe that I had just checked out one of my closest male friends. I heard Edward rumble a response from next to me. Nathan stopped what he was doing and raised his hands up like he was stopping on coming traffic. He also backed up a couple of steps before walking over to Tori and giving her a light kiss on the cheek. She smiled brightly before kissing him on cheek in return. Tori then turned back to room and looked at each of us for a moment.
"The Balance has a uniform code, which applies to all people on the island. The code is very easy to follow. All you have to do is wear dark colors, with at least one item of black in everything you wear. Also, you only wear the uniforms whenever you have class," she announced.
"So we have to wear the uniforms, too?" Emmett asked. Nathan and Tori nodded.
"We'll be giving you a tour of the whole island, give you the general layout of the school, and what classes you'll probably take," Nathan elaborated. "It's about 8 in the morning right now, so why don't we grab some breakfast before we head out. Oh, Izzie? I think it would be practical if you wore some comfortable shoes and wear something light. It's gonna be hot today."
"Everyone, would you like to join some of the student body for breakfast in our cafeteria?" Tori asked. "It'll be a nice start for our tour and you get to meet some of our students."
I looked around the room to see everyone nod, but when I looked at Edward he was staring back at me, silently asking me what I wanted. I gave him a small smile and nodded.
"So I'm guessing we're heading to the cafeteria?" Alice said excitedly. "I can't wait to meet these new people!" We all laughed at bit at Alice positive, upbeat attitude.
"But first," she continued. "We must get dressed! Girls to my room!"
My eyes widened and I quickly moved behind Edward hoping that he would hide and help me.
"Bell-a!" Alice called out. "Stop hiding behind Edward can come on!"
From behind Edward, I shook my head quickly. I heard, and felt, Edward chuckle at my fearful response to Alice.
"I'm not going Alice," I said, my voice muffled because I was behind Edward. "You can just drop off the clothes you want me to wear and I'll get dressed."
"Don't be so difficult Bella," Alice sighed. "I'm not going to do anything."
"I wonder if Bella still has her "vampire" powers…" Jasper said aloud. Everyone in the room froze at the question.
"Is it possible?" Carlisle murmured.
"Wait, hold up," Nathan spoke up. "Bella had a power?"
I stepped out from behind Edward. "Yeah, the power to change appearances. Like, if I wanted my hair blue, it would turn blue. Or if I wanted a shirt yellow, I can change it to yellow, or smooth out wrinkles on the shirt."
"Why don't you try to do it now, Bella?" Esme asked gently. "It could prove whether or not you still hold that power."
I nodded in agreement and wondered what to change. I suddenly realized that my hair was the same style that it was before we left for the prom, so that means it must still be black and slightly curly.
"Start with something simple and east, love," Edward said lowly. I nodded again and quickly concentrated on changing my hair from black and curly to light auburn and straight. I felt the atmosphere around me change a bit and opened my eyes, just realizing that while I was concentrating my eyes had closed. I noticed that everyone in the room, minus Edward, was staring at me in disbelief.
"Did it work?" I asked nervously. My hands involuntarily lifted to touch my hair. What I felt was smooth, straight hair. My eyes widened for what felt like the hundredth time today. I looked around once again to check everyone's reactions. Everyone had a surprised look on their face, while Nathan frowned.
"Is it possible that when you changed, the venom sped up the appearance of your witch powers? Or is your vampire power a part of your witch power?" Nathan muttered.
TBC
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