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Chapter 12

Alice.

It was Alice.

The last person I ever thought I'd meet again.

Well, I guess not… seeing Edward was here.

"B-Bella?" She stuttered.

I picked my books up slowly now, staring at her.

She picked up another one of my books, great the one I was just reading.

She held it up and read it out loud, "How to…Kill?" She said, and quickly looked up me with confused and sort of hurt eyes.

"Thanks." I muttered, taking the book from her.

Awkward…silence…

"Well, I need to be going now."I said quickly.

"W-Wait!" I heard behind me.

I turned around reluctantly.

"What?"I said dully.

"It's nice to see you…" Alice said quietly, beaming.

"I…don't know what you're talking about."I stated plainly.

Alice looked a little hurt but got over it, "I understand, we were horrible to you Bella," She started but was interrupted by none other than Draco Malfoy.

"Ah, there you are sweet-pea!" Malfoy said mockingly. Alice raised her eyebrows.

"What do you want, Malfoy?" I asked in a blasé tone.

"Ah, remember that thing we did every night, thanks to you? Starts with a D? Rhymes with 'Extension'?" He sneered.

I groaned, "Detention?" I told him, in a mocking-low voice.

"Yeah!" he said ecstatically-mockingishly.

"Well, I was on my way there." I lied. I had completely forgot, "Wait, why are you so happy?"

"Cullen let me off because you're late, said it's your punishment for being late blah blah I don't care what he said. Important thing is that I don't have detention tonight!" He said, practically jumping. "So, see ya!" He laughed and ran off.

I felt like screaming. I had to go to detention with Cullen ALONE?

I started breathing heavily, as I walked away. I had completely forgotten about Alice. Oh well, I didn't care if I was being rude by walking away, I was going to die shortly anyway. Why would it matter at all?

I opened the door and saw Edward at the front of the room, with his back turned to me, writing something on the board. No magic, remember? Ha!

I couldn't lose control, neither showing on the outside nor feeling on the inside. He could sense it all.

I had to keep my heart from pounding, lungs from panting, and face from crumpling.

I didn't like him that much anyway; it was all an act last time. All an act…

He turned around and looked at me. Not with those same eyes that he looked at all of his students, or when he was glaring at me. But the eyes that he looked at me when we were still an item, still together, still in love.

There was a moment of silence, so then I said, "So…" Awkward, awkward, awkward, "Malfoy got off?" She said unbelievably.

He nodded, still staring at me with those eyes. They were either really creepy…or really cute…NO, they were creepy. They were creepy…

"So… what now?" I asked a little rudely. Who cares?

"Now… we talk." He answered.

"Talk?" I repeated, in disbelief.

"About things." He continued.

"Things?" I repeated, again, in disbelief.

He nodded slowly.

I felt my heart beating fast. "What things?"

"Bella, ever since I left…" He began, but I interrupted.

"Don't even finish that sentence!" I said, glaring at him, "You made your decision long after I made mine. Don't think I was all heart-broken like a cry baby. That was all acting; have you ever heard of that, acting? Yeah, it comes in handy when you're working with different species." I shot at him.

He had his eyebrows slightly raised, but otherwise looked as non-offended as a brick.

"Look, I'm not who you thought I was." I continued, "I'm not a clumsy girl who moved from Phoenix, Arizona to live with her dad. Heck, I don't even have a dad! That was all some big coax. And I was on a mission, then, too. And it was frustrating how you kept an annoyingly close watch on me." I emphasized, "For a few weeks, I thought you were suspicious of me and who I really was."

"But of course, Dumbledore knew I would fail." I said resentfully, "And the plan worked. Great! Now I don't even know why the hell you're here!"

After that, he did seem slightly more offended, but obviously tried not to show it.

"Bella, I don't care if it was all a trick, or a coax, or a little 'mission', but I still-" He began again but I interrupted, once again.

"No you don't." I said quietly. He looked at me and I took a deep breath, "Once you've been through what I have been through, you will think there is no such thing as anything. Who needs friends, families, and 'soul-mates'?" I put quotation marks in the air with my fingers, "No matter how long you live, you will still somehow die, and so will the people around you. No matter if it is physically, mentally, socially, emotionally… I've been there for all! Except, obviously, physically." I added.

He looked confused.

"Look, I'm not going to tell you my life story to let you understand, okay?" I said in a defeated voice, "And, you can't look it up either, those newspapers and books in the library hold little facts and barely anything at all." I said, just in case he got any ideas.

I turned around to leave, I mean, I wasn't going to stay for detention after this.

And he didn't even try to stop me.

So...note to self: Don't go to detention without Malfoy.

Sorry it was a little short...

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