Disclaimer: Stephenie Meyer owns everything Twilight. No copyright infringement is intended.
A/N: Thanks to Jax713 for pre-reading and to mcc101180 for beta-ing.
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I am taking the undergrad around the building to show her where to drop her samples at the sequencing facility. She walks next to me quietly. Occasionally, when we take a turn or go up a floor, she scribbles on her notepad. If she spent more time actually looking where we're going instead of writing on her notepad, she wouldn't need notes to be able to get here.
This undergrad is strange. She doesn't look at me or ever speak to me.
And Emmett thinks I'm anti-social!
On our way back, I'm considering what appropriate social lab behavior is, when we run into James Wand, another graduate student in the department.
"Cullen," he says to me while looking at the undergrad, probably staring at her ridiculous la-la-lab coat.
Why she insists on wearing that thing is beyond me.
"We missed you at happy hour," he adds, without looking at me.
Every Friday, the department hosts a happy hour. Emmett and I always go. It's lame, but at least there's beer. Of course last Friday, Alice was visiting, and I wouldn't even dream of taking her to that.
"Yeah, my cousin was visiting," I tell James.
James smiles at the undergrad, and I realize I should probably introduce them, but for the life of me, I can't remember her name.
"Hi," James says to her, still grinning creepily.
Fucking pervert.
Shit, shit, shit...
What was her name?
The girl glances up at me, and since I'm still blanking on her name, she sighs and extends her hand to James.
"I'm Bella," she says to James, scowling accusingly at me, like she's mad at me.
Bella?
I can't remember ever knowing this. I am sure if she had told me her name was Bella, I would remember.
I try thinking back to her email, or the first time she came to lab.
She didn't say her name, did she?
How would I know her name? Does she assume I read minds? Or that I would remember her name from an email over a month ago?
Before I have time to get thoroughly annoyed at her, I realize James is still talking to her. I don't like James, or the way he's looking at my undergrad, so I quickly steer her away from him and back to lab.
Now, what was her name again?
Shit…
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A/N: Uh-Oh... so Bitterward is not good with names. You all saw what happened with Irene or whatever. ;)
One more coming later, :)
