-1Chapter 10

A Lose-Lose Situation

Recap:

Okay, so maybe I don't know half of what I said, but I tried to make it as smart and formal as possible, because he's over 100 years old and I thought that it would be fun to talk like him. I was getting ready to hop into bed when I realized that he had replied.

Dear Eva,

I am willing to make peace, but only for Bella.

-Edward

EPOV

That was all I needed. But I still had that whole situation with my friends. We have always been honest with each other, and now I have no idea what to do. "I might be able to dream up something." I said to myself as I got in my bed. I tried for hours to go to sleep, but the sleep wouldn't come. I tossed and turned throughout the night. I finally decided to stop trying to go to sleep at around five in the morning. I got up and went to the bathroom just to see how bad I really looked. All of the sudden both of my ears popped. It was sudden and very sharp, so I let out a bloodcurdling scream.

"Eva," my mom started with worry in her voice, "are you okay?"

"Yeah," I replied, "my ears feel like they just split in half."

"Can you hear okay?" my mom asked with a slight smirk that she was trying to hide.

"Perfectly, if not better." I replied. I was suddenly able to hear so much more than before. I could hear the trees rustling their leaves and the birds fluttering their wings. My hearing was so much more enhanced than before that it took Bella's laughter to stop gawking at myself. "Is this all part of the vampire thing?" I asked, hoping that the answer would be yes.

"Yup." Bella replied. "I'll let you go back to what you were doing before I came up to see what was wrong."

"Uh-huh." I replied. I continued on my way to the bathroom. "Oh my God." I whispered to myself. Of course this only caused me to be even more surprised with my own voice. It sounded like I was singing. Overall, I was pretty happy with my image, despite the slight bags that were below my eyes. But what did I expect? I obviously didn't get much sleep last night. Since it was only about 5:30 in the morning, I decided to treat myself to a nice, long, hot shower. After my shower, which seemed slightly warmed than usual, I dried off and changed into a clean set of clothes. I decided on a short gold dress that hit me mid-thigh with a pair of jeans. Soon after I put my jeans on, they started to slip right off again. Frustrated, I tried another pair of my jeans, but the same thing happened, again. I finally, after trying on several other pairs, I resorted to black leggings. They, too, were baggy, but it was better than pulling up my pants throughout the day. I wore a pair of plain black flats, grabbed my black purse, and headed out the door.

"Grab something to eat." Bella called out after me.

"I'm not that hungry." I called back. I decided to walk today and try out my new speed. It felt amazing. I knew that I probably wasn't as fast as most vampires, because I was still 'transforming'. Nevertheless, I still felt as if I was flying. Before I went through the front doors of school, I checked to make sure that I didn't have any twigs or leaves stuck in my hair. After going to my locker, I decided to catch up with some of my friends.

"Hey, Megan." I said. While she just nodded in return. "What's the matter?" I asked.

"Why'd you leave me so quickly last night?" she asked looking hurt.

"Sorry, I to do something." I replied, hoping that she wouldn't ask any more questions.

"I got that much." she stated. "So who's you're mom getting married to?"

"Some guy named Edward." I replied.

"Is he as great as Edward Cullen?" she asked. Great, this was just what I wanted to avoid.

"No, this guy doesn't really like me all that much." I said. A lie, but not a lie.

"Since when does Edward Cullen like you?" Megan asked laughing at me.

"He doesn't." I said with a confused and innocent like face on.

"Whatever, Eva." she said shaking her red hair. "It's time to wake up, Eva. You need to get your head out of the clouds, because we all used to be really great friends, now you're kind of drifting away. We don't even know what we're doing for homecoming."

"Don't worry, I'll think of something." Thinking was the last thing I needed right now.

"Okay, but you better make it quick." Megan said as she ran off to her class. The rest of the day I couldn't stop thinking of what Megan had told me. Her voice kept echoing in my head. Had I really been drifting away? I had no idea what to do. If I told them why I've been so far away, then I'd lose them; but if I didn't tell them, then I'd continue to drift away and still might lose them. It was a lose-lose situation for me.

"Hey, Eva!" Alicia called after me after the final bell had rung.

"Yeah." I said as I turned around.

"We've been kind of worried about you. We haven't talked in forever. Are you okay?" she asked with compassion in her eyes.

"Yeah, it's just the whole marriage thing." I replied. But it was so much more than just that. I wanted to tell her everything, just like old times. One moment Alicia and I would be laughing without a care in the world and then the next we would be so serious it wasn't even funny.

AliciaPOV

"Okay," I replied, I'm here if you need me though." She just nodded and continued on. I could tell that something was bothering her. Something that she didn't want anybody to know. Something that was bigger than the marriage, something a lot bigger than that. But what? She would always tell me everything. My best friend now seemed like a distant stranger. I had no idea who she was anymore.

EvaPOV

Even though I could still feel Alicia staring at me, I continued on. I couldn't risk telling her my secret. Dustin was the only person that I could really talk to, so I decided to go over to his place. I could only hope that Jacob wasn't anywhere near him. I was falling apart.