A/N: Okay, I had some time on my hands, so I decided to write and post. It's short, but that means more chapters…

Oh and I might fit in a bit where I narrate from Travis' point of view… if you guys want, just tell me what you think of that… he'd be an interesting character to write as…

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Chapter 9

Bella POV:

I don't usually like school -- the long hours of classes that teach me nothing that I don't already know, overhearing the humans and their annoying babbling about nothing important, everyday was the same.

I don't mind having to go today, though. Alice made me curious. Very curious. It may have been nothing, just an excuse to get out of explaining something to me. But I don't think that was the case this time.

We all piled into cars, five minutes before class started -- we didn't live that far away, and we could have left two minutes before the final bell and still be on time.

"For the last time, Bella, no!" Alice moaned after I continued to pester her about today. "You'll find out when the time comes, let it be a surprise." I rolled my eyes at her.

"Fine," I agreed sulkily. "But it better be good."

"If you consider getting answers to your questions good, then yes, it is extremely good."

We arrived at that moment and hurried to class. I was already bored three minutes into World History. The clock seemed to be slowing down. That was what I hated most about Alice's visions -- she builds them up to something so great, you can't wait to figure out what it is, and then it takes forever.

I managed to somehow make it to lunch, wishing the mundane school day would be over as I pulled up a chair between Alice and Rosalie.

Out of nothing else to do, I started annoying Alice again to tell me more. After a few minutes she finally gave me some information.

"Like I said, all those questions will be answered. It'll be at the end of the day, so try not to blow your brains out waiting for it," she said sarcastically, both of us knowing all too well that that was impossible.

So I waited…all day. I never seemed to care before, but school is eight hours. EIGHT hours. Eight long, boring, slow hours. School really is torture.

I had my head propped up on my right arm, staring at the wall in English class, when the final bell rang. I gathered up my binder and books quickly and raced out the door -- at human speed, thankfully -- and went to the car, knowing Alice would be there soon.

No one was in the parking lot yet, so I leaned against Alice's car, waiting for her and the rest of the family. I was looking around, at nothing in particular, when I saw him, walking towards his car, which was two spots in front of me. I caught his eye and smiled. He frowned and stared at me while he kept walking -- actually, I think he may have been staring through me.

Oh, right, I remembered. His power. Feeling partially violated, I blocked his power. He stopped walking.

"Why did you block my power?" he asked me in a beautiful voice, tilting his head to the side in confusion.

"Why were you using it?" I countered. He shrugged.

"Interesting stuff," he replied quietly. I raised an eyebrow. He ran a hand through the hair that crept down his neck, probably a habit more than anything else. "Does it bother you?" he wondered.

I shook my head. "Not really, I guess," I said thoughtfully.

I heard what sounded like a growl from the direction of the school. I whipped my head around. My family stood four feet away, and when I say family, I mean without Sam. Rosalie looked merely bored as she played with her hair, Emmett and Jasper looked like they might laugh, and Alice smiled knowingly at me. Edward, on the other hand, was the one who had growled.

"What?" I demanded when he didn't say anything.

"We should go," he said roughly, passing by me and getting in the driver's seat. The others followed but I stayed put. "That means you," he growled through his teeth.

"Okay, okay, I'm coming," I sighed, opening the door. I hadn't even closed the door before Edward was speeding down the road. I looked out the window, watching Travis until he disappeared when we turned a corner.

"You're in a great mood today, Edward," I said sarcastically as we went into the house. He scowled in response.

I raised an eyebrow at Alice who looked like she might explode from holding in her laughter. "You were wrong, Alice," I complained.

"About what?" she asked curiously.

"Nothing was clear today, nothing happened," I reminded her. "You got my hopes up for nothing."

"If you would pay attention you would know just about everything," she replied quietly.

I sighed. "Well, whatever. I've learned to accept that in this family, I'm always last to know what's going on." She laughed at that, but she knew just as well as I did how true that was.

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A/N: Yeah. That's it. I know. It was mainly fluff…I started writing and I'm like 'wow, there was almost no point to that chapter. almost.'

-Ayode-