Chapter 10: Rage

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Katie x

The next few lessons went as slow as possible until it was finally time for our 'imaginary' lunch. Everybody slowly filed into the lunch room until it was crowded by mobs of teenagers. Even with my immortality, I was incredibly nervous when everyone stared at me and the my gorgeous 'boyfriend' who held my hand. The buzzing in the room immediately muted as we stepped in, and naturally, Edward sensed my nervousness. I didn't need to be a mind reader to know what they were thinking.

"It's okay, love." Edward knew exactly how to calm me down. He leaned close to me, locking me in a tight hug. I suddenly felt overwhelmed with love and security just by his embrace. My hair flopped down to cover my eyes, just as it did on the first day of Forks High School. Edward chuckled slightly and raised his pinky finger to remove the strand of hair from my face. I smiled in satisfaction at the little touches that brightened up my day.

Avoiding everyone's stares, we made our way to the lunch cue to pile up food on our tray which would only get thrown in the trash can. Even if I was still human, I would not eat this excuse for food. It was pathetic, really. Following Alice and Jasper to where Emmett and Rosalie sat was excruciating. Not because of the death glares or the whispers which I could hear quite clearly, but because of the idiot of a boy that tried to chat me up. Can he not see that Edward was right there?

He walked over in a boisterous manner, smiling jerkily to his 'friends' across the table. He was the type who thought he could get any girl, the ones who got those girls pregnant then ditched them at the last moment. He was a jerk.

Edward immediately stiffened in my arms, held his breath and began clenching his fists. It wasn't pleasant for him. Far from it. I quickly pulled Edward over to our lunch table to try and get out of this jerks path, but he followed me. We quickened up. So did he. Did he really want me to break his nose at the first opportunity? He was wearing dirty trainers and a baggy football, apparently what he thought was attractive. He made me feel sick with his devilish grin spread evilly across his face. We sat down, despite his sickly presence soon behind. I began chatting to Rosalie and Alice about another shopping trip they were planning to take in a few weeks time. I really didn't want to talk about shopping, but it was a great distraction when the jerk finally made his way over. All the time, Edward kept his arm around me as I sat on his lap at the lunch table. Nothing was going to ruin my day. Or my existence to be quite frank.

We continued with our conversation until he had the audacity to tap me on the shoulder. I think he was a bit phased by my cold hard skin, but it didn't put him off trying to ask me out. I didn't break from the conversation. He pretended as if he wasn't there, but we couldn't escape. Edwards hands continued to clench into fists, but he was careful not to let it affect the way he was holding me. Instead, he ripped a chunk out of the underneath of the table. I knew how he felt when another girl just so much as looked at Edward. We ignored him until he became inpatient and Edward had to put me down and set him straight.

Edward's eyes turned jet black as he stood shoulder to shoulder with the leech. Quite ironic, I thought, that I would use the term 'leech' on someone else. Even with the 'leech' standing up to Edward, he was still a good few inches shorter than my husband. Right now, all I wanted to happen was for this idiot to get lost. Preferably in the direction of a very hungry vampire. If it took Edward to break his face, then so be it.

Edward held his breath, making him appear even larger against this weak human. I believe I heard his name was Damien. Immediately, Damien stood back, put off by Edward's aggressive nature. I finally recognised him from a few of my classes.

"What. Do. You. Want." Edward stated bitterly between clenched teeth. He looked so angry, but to me, he just radiated sexiness. He really was a god like creature. Turning to look at me, Damien replied.

"Want to come to my party on Saturday, babe?" Ugh he was really repulsing me now.

"No thank you." I replied icily, giving him my best evil smirk I could.

"You heard her, now go." At this point, Emmett and Jasper came to back up Edward, standing menacingly at his flanks. Surely three bloodthirsty vampires would be enough to scare this jerk off. Damien looked seriously angered by my rejection, and I saw the small movements of his body tense up, ready for a fight.

"Probably a slag anyway." We all heard him crudely mutter with our sensitive hearing. Edward looked like he was about two seconds away from snapping. How could I be a slag? The only person I've ever committed to is my husband. At that, Edward withdrew his hand back, and snapped it suddenly in front of him to hit Damien straight on the eye socket. Clever. If he had hit his nose, blood would have spewed and sent us all into a frenzy. Damien stumbled backwards, overcome with shock, and hit the floor. He clutched his face in vain. That must have hurt. I rushed to Edward's side, calming him down, letting him know everything was alright. The whole school had just witnessed what happened, and soon, I heard the principles footsteps echoing down the hallway.

Damien's face began to swell as a concrete wrecking ball just smacked him in the face. I noticed his skin turn from a pale cream to a lilac, then deep, angry purple. It served him right. Nobody messes with the Cullen's. Soon the principal made his way into the cafeteria, shocked to see the whole school crowded around us. I continued to calm down, even now that he had started chuckling at the sight of Damien in tears.

"Mr Cullen! Would you like to tell me what happened to Damien White?" Edward laughed even harder when Damien tried to get up, but failed. I must admit that I had a chuckle right along side of him.

"I think he just learnt a valuable lesson. Not to mess with my... girlfriend." It was just as hard for him as it was for me to keep our public status at boyfriend and girlfriend.

"My office! Now!" Edward chuckled darkly again before kissing me fully on the lips. We usually only reserved this kind of passion for privacy. He walked away, looking back over his shoulder to wink seductively at me. Mouths dropped at the sight of Edward's behaviour. I'm sure that they presumed that Edward was an excellent behaving student, but when it comes down to protecting his wife, Edward's lethal.

The crowds began to lessen and people lost interest in the spectacle. However, Damien was still lying on the floor, clutching at his face. I turned around to where Emmett was watching the weak human carefully. I smiled at him and nodded as I had n inkling as to what he wanted to do. Emmett grinned wickedly and stepped forward to where his foot was close to Damien's face. Jasper stepped closer to Emmett's side for support. Emmett obviously didn't need any support, but with Jasper there, the couple just looked more terrifying. Slowly, and with his clenched fists tucked in his bulging pockets, Emmett knelt down to Damien's ear and began to whisper warnings into them.

"You dare mess with my sister again, and it wont just be your face you will need to clutch. Got it?" Wow. I couldn't believe Emmett could be so menacing to the humans. To me, he just looked like a big teddy bear. Seeing my reaction, I noticed that Rosalie started smiling. Soon, we were all chuckling, and Damien looked even more frightened.

"Now scoot." Jasper warned and gave him a soft kick in the ribs to move him. Two bones cracked. Ouch. Well, it was soft for a vampire.

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The next class, English Literature, passed incredibly slowly, mainly due to the fact that Edward was still in the Principals office. The work that was set I already knew off by heart, so I didn't need to pay any attention to the teacher unless he was asking questions. It would have been awkward not to have been able to answer a question in my favourite subject. Least of all, Emmett wouldn't let me live it down. The Cullen's always strived to do the best in everything they do, including high school grades. My thoughts wandered to what Edward was doing and how he would react to any punishment that he would be given. Breaking another pupil's face must have it's consequences, but Edward could get himself out of anything. Next period was gym. I was dreading it.

As I walked to the gym, I was kindly reassured by Alice that Edward would be fine and he wouldn't do anything rash. However, with Gym on it's way, I was also incredibly nervous. I reached the gym and changed to my kit alone, as Alice didn't have this class with me. Edward did, but he wasn't here. Once again, I got a hundred stares as I changed. Girls were fixated with how sculpted and unique my physique was to every body else.

The coach called us to order and announced that we would be running on the track today. Not dab, I thought, at least I won't have to worry about people noticing how strong or balanced I was. All I had to do was keep a slow human pace, and I was set. Of course, my 'slow human pace' caused me to be at the front of the run and yards ahead of everybody else. They were already tiring. Their frantic heart beats and accelerated breathing resulted in my throat burning even more than usual. I pushed it to the back of my mind and tried to keep at a slower pace. Just then, none other than Damien White can running up behind me with a bandage attached to his face. Edward hadn't done a good enough job. How could he still be at school? Trying to match my pace, Damien ran beside me and caught his breath so he could talk. I increased my pace. So did he. There was really no shaking him.
"Sorry about that kill joy earlier, but I'll pick you up on Saturday around half seven." Hah! The nerve! What made him think that he could just expect me to go out with him at the drop of a hat?

"Let me get this straight – I don't want to go out with you. End of. Deal with it." Damien became infuriated at my refusal. He began shouting abuse at me, so I sprinted ahead. He managed to catch up with me, some how, and stuck out his leg so that I would trip. It was only a second, but I could see every fine detail, and I would have been able to straighten my self out quite easily. I was pretending to be a human. I needed to fall.

I fell to the ground, pushing my hands out to 'cushion' the blow. That's what I had seen humans do. Damien began laughing until I heard Emmett running over from the other side of the field where he was playing soccer. Damien's heart rate accelerated forward even more, and his breathing became hitched when Emmett picked him up by the collar. I smiled and winked at Emmett. He was such a great big brother. I stood and pretended to limp to the changing rooms, ignoring the coach's calls and threats, and focusing on what Emmett did. With my excellent hearing, I heard Emmett threaten the leech.

"We'll see you after school."

A/N: Sorry it took me a while to update, but everything's been so busy! I am planning on updating every Sunday, as I have more time at the weekends. Let me know what you think about this chapter and what you want to happen!
Katie x
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