OH YES. IT'S BACK.

I'm so sorry it's taken so long, but Christmas holidays are almost here, and I feel so bad for not updating this story. Here, after such a long wait, is chapter 10 of "Change"! Please review! The more reviews I get, the sooner i'll post more! (:

Monday morning came, and I found myself being a bit nervous. It was time to go to school and see what everyone else would think of the "new me". I had already gotten a taste of what it would be like when Jessica and Mike had talked to us at the restaurant, but I couldn't help feeling like it would be much much worse with an entire school.

I knew that I wasn't as attractive as I had been before. Bella had denied this, telling me I was just as handsome, but I knew she was lying. I mean, it didn't matter or anything, but I wouldn't be able to "dazzle" women anymore. And that meant no more getting out of class easily, which was unfortunate.

I drove to Bella's house faster than usual; I wanted to get the school day over with. She was looking out the window, and she ran outside when she saw me. She got in the car and closed the door behind her, turning to look at me.

"Are you ok?" she asked, scrunching up her eyebrows. "You look sick."

"I'm nervous." I muttered, leaning toward her and kissing her lips.

We kissed for a few moments, the warmth of each other radiating through us, and then we pulled away.

"I'll be fine." I sighed, sliding my finger across her lips. "I just hope no one starts harassing us."

I put my wet finger in my mouth and she stared, a little smile playing around the corners of her lips. I had gotten into the habit of "tasting" her now. Because she no longer smelled like blood. She smelled sweet and perfumey, though I knew Bella didn't wear perfume. And the taste of her lips was as sweet as candy, and call me weird, but I wanted to taste it all the time.

We arrived in the school parking lot, and I leaned back against the seat, taking deep breaths and staring at the rear view mirror.

"It'll be fine, ok?" Bella reassured me, leaning forward to run her fingers through my hair. "I know you're only worried that they're going to start making fun of you or something, but it's no big deal."

"I'm not worried about me getting made fun of." I replied, turning to look at her. "I'm worried about you getting made fun of. I don't want anyone hurting your feelings."

Bella rolled her eyes and I looked at her, confused.

"Edward, I could care less about what people think of me or you. High School isn't a big deal anymore, not after everything i've been through..." her eyes fell to the crescent shaped scar on her hand.

I peered down at it too, and touched my fingertips to it gently. "You're amazing." I sighed.

She smiled, blushing. I brought her face up to level with mine, and I kissed her. Kissed her so passionately that I wished we didn't have to get out of the car. She pulled away after about five minutes of "making out"as humans called it. Her cheeks were bright red and her hair was messed up. I got hold of her bottom lip between mine and tugged, wanting more.

She pulled away pushing me back against the seat. "I never thought i'd see the day where Edward Cullen had raging hormones." she laughed, grabbing her bag. "Come on, let's get inside before you start pitching a tent."

"Pitching a tent?" I questioned, getting out of the car and following her.

She snorted. "You don't know what that means?"

"Um... should I?"

She just laughed, throwing her head back and looking as carefree as ever. It made me grin. She didn't discuss it further, so I still wondered what it meant. "Pitching a tent"? Maybe I was missing something obvious...

I didn't have anymore time to think about it because we opened the doors to the school. As soon as I entered, a group of girls looked up as if they were preparing to be "dazzled" by me. Their eyes widened when they saw me, and I turned bright red, looking down.

"What happened to him?" one of the girls whispered to her friends as we passed. "He's not... gorgeous anymore."

"I don't know... but I think he's still pretty hot." one replied.

"Hmm... more cute than hot." another commented.

"He looks normal." one girl said in disgust, as if being normal was the weirdest thing ever.

Bella was obviously ignoring them. She took my hand and we walked to our lockers, which I had convinced the teachers to put right next to each other. I sighed; but that had been when I was a vampire. There was no way I would be able to convince them to do anything else for me as a human.

"English." Bella said, looking at her schedule. "Let's go."

We grabbed our books and headed to class, all the while seeing people ogling at me in a way that I wasn't used to.

We walked into the classroom and headed to where our desks were in the back. Mike Newton, who was in this class as well, peered up at Bella from behind his copy of "Romeo and Juliet". He hadn't even noticed me yet. He always looked at Bella first, and that had used to bother me.

His gaze moved to me and he dropped the book, his eyes wide as if I was looking at him weird. I looked at my feet again, trying to to let the look on his face get to me.

The entire class, I knew that everyone was looking at me. I wasn't being paranoid or anything like that; I could feel every set of eyes on me, and not on the board where everyone was supposed to be looking. It felt weird, and kind of like deja vu. When I had first moved to Forks, everyone's reactions had been similar. Always staring at me, trying to get a glimpse of me in the hallways...

But now it wasn't because I looked unusual. Now, it was because I looked normal.

Normal was starting to sound like a curse in my head.

When class was over, I took Bella's hand and rushed out. I didn't really know what was wrong, but I felt hot under the collar and more nervous than before.

"Edward, if you want to go home-" she started, but I shook my head quickly.

"No. No, let's just... let's just get to Calculus." I muttered.

The whole way there, people were murmuring around us.

"Did you see Cullen?"

"Edward Cullen looks different."

"Why does Edward look so weird?"

"What's wrong with him?"

"He's all flushed. He's usually so pale..."

"I think he's pretty hot still."

"Oh come on, Jenna, he's butt ugly."

"Ginger."

"Fag."

I couldn't take it anymore; I wasn't sure what was wrong with me, but sweat was starting to run down my face and I felt nauseous. I started to shiver.

"Edward, something's wrong with you." Bella said frantically. "Let's go find Alice."

She dragged me down the hall; I felt like I was going to vomit.

Alice had obviously heard Bella's distress, and she soon appeared beside us, a look of pure worry on her face.

"He's having a panic attack." she said, looking stricken. "We have to get him home. Now."

And then I passed out.

What'd you think? I hope that was pretty good for this story's little comeback. Please review! The more reviews I get, the sooner i'll update! Thanks! (:

-Catherine