Chapter Twelve
Bio Incident
EPOV
The morning went by in a blur either because I wasn't paying attention or because I was still trying to believe what Bella had said. It just made no sense to me for her to actually, on some level, like me. It was all probably a very convincing dream that I mixed up with reality. I was still in a daze when I stepped into the lunchroom.
I looked right away to her table imagining for her sitting with her family; ignoring everyone else around the room. I was surprised at how strong the disappointment of not seeing her was. She was probably just playing a game around with me. Trying to see how long she could keep it up until I finally found out the game she was playing.
I felt a tap on my shoulder and turned to my right expecting to see Leslie but was surprised when I saw Bella.
"Are you looking for someone?" I blushed furiously and looked down at the ground as she snickered. "See, I can appear without almost causing you a heart attack." I looked up and couldn't help but smile.
"I hope that you keep that in mind when you decide to pop out of thin air again." She just grinned and showed me all her pearly white teeth.
"Don't worry, I will." She looked down at me and then up with a frown. She had probably seen what I was wearing and was frowning about been seen with a nerd like me. I was bracing myself waiting for her to turn around and walk away telling me she never wanted to talk to me.
"Aren't you going to eat?" She looked at me with curiosity as she saw my surprise.
"Um…" I said because that was not what I was expecting at all. "I'm not hungry, you?" She smiled as if remembering an inside joke.
"No," She said something under her breath so low that I wasn't able to hear. "Anyway, I came here to see if you wanted to join me for lunch." Her smile faded as she turned to look at the table that her siblings were sitting at and glared. I saw Emmett grinning at her from ear to ear.
"Sure." She turned back to me and smiled again. And she said I was the one with the mood swings.
"Come on." I followed her to an empty table and we sat down across from each other. She looked up at me smiled and turned her attention to the table were I usually sat. "Your friends," She coughed and said Leslie's name at the same time. "Are mad because I stole you from them," I looked back and noticed Leslie glaring.
"They'll survive." I said and turned back to her. "I mean," I faked cough too and said she'll survive. She laughed and I couldn't help but notice how beautiful she looked. "What brought all this on?"
"I already told you. I'm tired of trying to stay away from you, so I'm giving up. I'm just going to do what I want now and go from there."
"I don't understand." She smiled apologetically.
"It's nothing you have to worry about."
"Good because this is getting more and more confusing." I looked at my hands as I played with them on top of the table.
"What are you thinking?" I looked up getting stunned by her beauty again. I shook my head trying to clear my thoughts.
"I'm trying to figure you out." I couldn't keep my mouth shut when I looked at her eyes. My every thought would be forgotten and I would answer any question she asked. Was I a hopeless pushover or what?
"Are you having any luck with that?"
"Nope."
"What are your theories?" I shook my head. There was no way that I was going to tell her that I thought she was cat women or wonder women.
"I'd rather not embarrass myself in front of you again like I always do."
"Don't worry I'll find out even if I have to force them out of you." I gulped when I noticed that she was being serious. She laughed again.
"You look nervous."
"Of course not," Surprisingly my voice broke. She smiled and when her smile faded she became serious.
"Don't worry, I won't hurt you." We became silent for a while and then I had to ask her something that had been bothering me.
"Bella," She looked at me after looking deep in thought.
"Yeah,"
"Are we friends?"
"Friends…" She said dubious.
"Or not?" I asked my anger getting the better of me.
"I'm not a good friend for you Edward."
"What, do you do drugs, alcohol, do you smoke…" I let it go just in case she wanted to add something to the list.
"No,"
"Then why aren't you a 'good friend' for me Bella?"
"Because I'm not and if you were smart you would stay away from me." I narrowed my eyes at her.
"I think my intelligence has been insulted enough."
"Sorry, it's just what's best for you, trust me."
"I could decide if our friendship is safe; if you could tell me the reason behind it."
"Why don't you just trust me?" She asked truly curious.
"Because you don't trust me," We looked at each other and when I looked around the lunchroom I noticed that it was almost empty. I stood up quickly throwing my chair on the ground in the process.
"We're going to be late." I said alarmed and noticed Bella in her seat sitting just looking at me.
"I'm skipping class today."
"Why?"
"It's healthy to skip once in a while."
"Well I'm not. I'll see you." She nodded and I just ran towards class looking back once to see that her spot was now empty.
When I stepped into the classroom the final bell rang and as I looked around the room I noticed that the whole class was looking at me. I just looked at the ground and went to my desk. Once I sat down I looked to the front of the classroom and noticed Mr. Banner coming in late.
He was carrying a few small cardboard boxes in his arms. He put them down on Mike's table telling him to distribute them around. He explained that he wanted us to know our blood type since Port Angeles was having a blood drive.
He explained the steps and as he pricked Mike's finger I set my head down onto the table top. I could feel sweat form on my upper lip and forehead. Everything seemed hot and I felt like it was getting hard to breathe.
"Are you okay Edward." I looked up at Mr. Banner. The dizziness I was feeling was worse than what it head been and I could feel like I wanted to throw up.
"No,"
"Why don't you head onto the office, do you need help or can you make it on your own?"
"I'll go on my own." I stood up from the chair testing my balance before heading out of the room. When I was far away from the Biology room I rested my back against the wall of an English building and then lowered myself onto the ground.
BPOV
I know this is going to end badly so why do I mess around with fate? It's just so hard to stay away from him though. Like these past few days that I hadn't talked to him it felt as if everything was wrong and then the more I tried to ignore him it was as if something was pulling me harder towards him.
As if it was wrong to stay away from him, which even though I knew the thought seemed ridiculous it seemed that way to me. It was as if we really were meant to be together and that the time apart was just plain wrong. It felt like time went by slower than what it actually was. I sighed and got out of my car.
It was boring and right now I really didn't want to think about anything. Especially not about Edward because then it made me want to be by him. So I just sighed and walked not knowing where I was going to head when I smelled Edward.
I tensed and then looked around trying to see if I could find him. I looked around the buildings and noticed that the Biology classroom was about a block away. When I turned the corner of the building I noticed that he was sitting right by an English class building that was unoccupied this hour. His head was against the wall and it seemed as if he was a little sick. I got worried as soon as I noticed and ran noiselessly to ask him if he was alright. His eyes were closed so when I got there he didn't notice me.
"Edward, are you okay?" I asked as I bent down to be eye level with him. His eyes snapped open and he looked at me surprised to see me.
"I'm fine, just a little dizzy." He said breathless and I could hear a twinge of exhaustion on his voice. I looked at his face and noticed the perspiration on his forehead and on his upper lip. It looked like his face was just starting to regain the little color that it had.
"What are you doing out here?" I couldn't feel the cold but I could hear two girls a little far away that were whining about it. I was pretty sure that he could feel it too.
"A little… Biology incident." I knew that he wasn't going to tell me anymore by the way his mouth was set so I decided not to push my luck.
"Aren't you cold?" I said after a few seconds of silence.
"I don't feel cold; it actually feels nice out here." I could hear someone's footsteps approaching so I got up and looked to the side where I could hear them. Pretty soon I saw Leslie running towards us when she noticed Edward on the ground.
"I swear to god that if she hurt him I'm going to kill her." She said under her breath when she was getting closer to us. Ha, I would love to see her try. "Edward!" She yelled when she saw that he was looking at her. I turned to Edward and noticed him try standing up and when his legs were about to give out I wrapped an arm around his waist to hold him.
Our faces were so close to each other and I couldn't help but get lost in his green emerald eyes. He let a little breath out and I could see in his eyes that his sight wasn't focused.
"Are you okay?" I asked. He blinked a few times and shook his head.
"Bad idea." He told himself.
"Edward what happened," I turned to look at Leslie and saw that she was surprised to look at my arm which was around his waist. She kept her little rant trying to ignore that little fact. If she wouldn't have glared at me I would have been smiling. I would have also loved instead of taken my arm away from Edward's waist to tightened it but I don't think he would have appreciated that much.
"Mr. Banner called the office to make sure that you were okay but they told him that you didn't even go. So I offered to come and see if you were okay?"
"Yeah I was-" I cut Edward off.
"Why did he have to go to the office?" I asked. If Edward wasn't going to give me answers I might as well find them from somewhere else. She turned to look reluctantly at me and I was sure that if Edward hadn't been present she would have just ignored me.
"We were blood typing in Biology and he felt a little faint so Mr. Banner gave him permission to go to the nurse." I turned towards Edward trying my best not to give him an accusing look for not telling me anything. With years of practice you would have thought that I was good at keeping a check on my emotions but with this boy everything that I thought was possible for a vampire now seems impossible and what seemed impossible now is very possible.
He looked at me from under his eyelashes and I couldn't help but to smile a little. This wonderful creature was just making himself seem more innocent than what he already was. It hurt to think that I was the opposite and that no matter what I would do, it wouldn't be enough for what he deserved.
"I feel fine now, so there's no reason to go to the nurse." He said while still looking at me.
"Well then, are you coming back to class?" I could detect a little anger in her voice so I turned to look at her. She was looking at me with such a furious expression that it was surprisingly funny.
"You're kidding right, I would just have to turn around and come back."
"I guess you're right. I'll see you later then." She said and walked back the way she'd come dejectedly. When she was out of sight I turned back to Edward and noticed that he was staring at me.
"Are you staying out here until Biology ends or are you leaving?" He looked at me for a moment and then he looked straight ahead of him.
"What are you doing?" He asked and blushed furiously. I couldn't help the smile that took over.
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