Edward and Bella
Chapter 10
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BPOV: And tomorrow was Monday, so I was going to see Edward.
EPOV: Whatever happens, Bella Swan will not die by my hands.
BPOV:
I woke up to the sound of my alarm clock. I groaned, but after a few seconds, I got up. I quickly changed into jeans and a pink top. I walked down the stairs, still groggy. I hadn't slept well last night.
I was thinking about what Sam said about Edward and maybe the Cullens being dangerous. But why? His whole family didn't seem dangerous. Mysterious, sure, but defiantly not dangerous. But the question that was stuck in my head was why did Sam think that they were dangerous?
I grabbed a bowl, some milk, and some cereal. I poured the cereal into the bowl and started chewing slowly. Why was it all of a sudden that I was so preoccupied with Edward Cullen?
I finished within five minutes, and grabbed my backpack and keys. I went outside and got in my truck. I backed out of the driveway and started driving toward school.
Within ten minutes, I was parking my truck into the parking lot. Out of the corner of my eye, I spied something silver. I turned my head, and saw none other than Edward Cullen standing by his car, a silver Volvo. I blinked once, and then averted my gaze.
I had to avoid him. Even though I was almost sure that he didn't know that I had spilled punch on him, I still wanted to avoid him at all costs. He wasn't in any of my classes, although his sister, Alice, was in my first period class.
I was so distracted by my thoughts that I didn't hear the bell ring until I saw some people walking to class. I grabbed all my things and ran to English.
I arrived in class while my teacher was doing attendance. He gave me a hard look and I quickly sat down in class.
He glanced at the room, and then closed the attendance book and looked at the class.
"Okay class, we are starting on a new project, and I have paired you up with another person that will help you with the project. They are on the wall over there," he said and pointed to the wall closest to me. "Please check for your partner after class."
He continued talking about what we were supposed to do in our project. We were supposed to read a book, discuss it, and then write a ten-page paper about it. We had about a month and a half to do it. The thing was, we weren't going to anything about it in class, so we had to meet at each other's houses to do it.
I ignored his lecture, and wondered who was going to be my partner. I figured I would be happy with whoever I was with. But wait. I glanced at the girl sitting so close to me. Alice Cullen, sister to Edward Cullen. I liked Alice, but she was too close to Edward. I prayed that she wasn't my partner.
Class ended too soon. Everyone got up and crowed around the sheet. I waited until everyone was gone before going up. By then, everyone had left. I looked up my name, and then the name next to it. I froze. Alice Cullen.
EPOV:
School so far was easy. I had avoided Bella easily enough. It was lunch, and I was sitting alone at our table, waiting for everyone to come. Our eyes met in the parking lot this morning. I tried again to read her mind, but failed. I wondered what she was thinking about.
She was so mysterious. She was the first person—human or vampire—whose mind I could not read.
The rest of school passed by in a blur. My teacher let us out early, and I got my lunch and sat alone. Soon, Alice arrived. She had some news for me.
"Edward," she sang, "Guess what? We have a new project in English and we have to have partners. You'll never guess who my partner is."
Why was she asking me to guess who it was? I wasn't in her English class. "Um, I don't know."
Alice frowned. "Bella," she whispered.
I frowned too. I didn't want Alice getting too close either. Either one of us could easily kill her. Suddenly, I realized something. Why was I so intent on keeping her alive? She was just another human whose blood was incredibly sweet. Sweeter than it should be.
A minute later, Emmett, Jasper, and Rosalie joined us. Alice told them the same thing that she told me. They frowned after she was done.
"We want to try and avoid her at all costs," Jasper mused.
"Yes," Emmett agreed. "I remember that project from last year. We had to go over to each other's house to finish it."
With those words, everyone's frown deepened.
"Maybe you can only go over to her house, so we can avoid her coming over here."
Alice thought for a while, and then nodded. "Yes, thank you Edward. I think that will work."
Once this project was done, we would not have anything more to do with her. I still did not know why I was so persistent on keeping her alive. After all, she was just one human. If I could just talk to her, lead her away from her friends and witnesses, and kill her and get rid of the evidence, than everything would be fine, wouldn't it? And then i wouldn't have to worry about anything.
I could go to school not fighting against myself to kill her; no one would suspect us, the Cullens, of being related to her death. Everything would be fine. Sam's warning popped into my head. I swear, Cullen, you hurt her, and I'll hurt you back.
No, I couldn't do it. I had to be more careful. I had to keep on trying to keep her alive. If I killed her, the werewolves would have my head, and that would cause destruction to no end.
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