The next morning, I couldn't help but notice that Bella tried to park as far away from us as possible, and I didn't blame her.
I was sitting outside the school, pretending to study, trying to enjoy the morning, when Bella pulled into the lot. We were the only ones outside the school, and she didn't seem to notice me.
As she got out of the cab of her truck, her keys slipped from her hand, but before she could reach them Edward appeared and snatched them up.
You're crazy. I thought towards him. You're going to give her a heart attack one of these days.
"How do you do that?" Bella asked; amazed.
"Do what?" He asked, holding her key out to her. Bella reached out her hand to take them, and Edward dropped them into her outstretched palm.
"Appear out of thin air."
"Bella, it's not my fault if you are exceptionally unobservant" He said, his voice normal.
I had had enough of Edward's insults towards Bella. I closed my binder and stood up from my seat on a picnic table. I walked determinedly across the yard towards Bella and my brother.
"That was for Tyler's sake, not mine," Edward said, snickering. "I had to give him his chance."
"You…" Bella said as I reached them. They both turned to me.
"Hi Bella." I said, ignoring Edward, who was looking annoyed at me. I smiled warmly at Bella.
"Oh," She said, surprised by my sudden appearance. She glanced back up at Edward. "Hi Sarah."
"Sorry to butt in," I said as I turned to Edward. "But Esme called; she needs you to pick up some groceries after school."
"Okay." Edward said, looking down at me. "I'll have to make sure to do that. Thank you, Sarah."
"Of course." I said, smiling, as I looked up to meet Edward's gaze. "So," I turned to Bella. "How are you feeling?"
"Fine." She said, pushing her hair back behind her ear. "Thanks, Sarah."
"Of course." I said as the first bell rang for class. "Well, I'll see you later." I started to walk away as Edward and Bella started talking again.
"And I'm not pretending you don't exist." Edward said as I rolled my eyes and walked away from them into my first class.
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As I walked out of school that evening and made my way to Edward's Volvo, I had the hood of my jacket tucked tight around my face, and my face towards the ground. So I was pretty surprised when I looked up to find that the Volvo wasn't in the parking space. I looked around, wandering if someone might had moved it to another space, but it was nowhere to be seen.
I turned around to face the rest of the family, who were walking towards me, and my gaze landed on Alice.
"Where's Edward?" Rosalie asked, and the rest of the family looked to Alice for an answer. I was pretty sure that she would have an answer; Edward would've had to make the decision to leave school without us.
"He took Bella home." Alice replied as she looked down at her feet.
"Wait." Rosalie said as she raised her eyebrows. "He took Bella home?"
Oh no. I thought to myself. Here we go.
"Yes." Alice sighed. "They were blood-typing in his Biology class today, so Edward skipped. He told me at lunch that he was going to. In a vision I saw him sign her out of school and help her into his car. She must've gotten sick."
"Well that doesn't explain why he had to take her home." Rosalie spit. "Why couldn't she have driven herself?"
"Do you really think that he would let her drive herself if she was about to pass out?" I asked Rosalie. She stayed silent.
"See." I said, and then turned around and smiled snugly to myself, happy that I'd won this round.
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Edward pulled into the parking lot about 20 minutes after school was let out. We all warily climbed into the car, and I sat with my head against Jasper's shoulder in the back, waiting for Rosalie to start.
"So you decided that you could take Bella home," She spit the word, "and just leave us here to get soaking wet in the rain?"
"She got sick in Biology today, and I offered to take her home." Edward said without emotion.
"That still doesn't mean that you can abandon us." Rosalie said.
"Technically I didn't abandon you." Edward said. "It's only 20 minutes after school let out, and you could've run home even if I hadn't of come back at all."
Rosalie didn't say anything else, and the rest of the ride home was quiet.
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After we arrived home, I walked up to my studio, excited to start on a new painting. I was glad that I didn't get bored of my hobby, and was still very much inspired in my art. There seemed to be at least one painting in each room of the house, including the bedrooms.
I walked into my studio and took a deep breath, smelling the paint everywhere. I loved it. My studio was where I felt most at home.
I picked out the paint for my new piece; a landscape painting of a cliff surrounded my forest that I had seen on a recent hunt and felt the need to paint, and sat down behind my easel before realizing that I needed water. I grabbed my cup and sprinted to the bathroom, which was slightly down the hallway from Carlisle's office.
As I filled up my cup, I overheard whispering coming from Carlisle's office.
"I told Bella that I'd take her to Seattle the day of the spring dance at school." I heard Edward say.
He was taking Bella to Seattle? Maybe he was going a little too far. I surprised myself by siding with Rosalie for once, but would Edward really want to test his control through a road trip with his singer?
"Well, if you insist, Edward, but please be careful. You don't want to do anything that you might regret." Carlisle replied.
Edward came out of Carlisle's office right as I stepped out the bathroom. He looked warily up at me. "What are you thinking?" I said in the same hushed whisper that Edward and Carlisle had used. "Do you really want to test yourself like that?"
"She needs a ride." Edward replied. "Tell me Sarah, would you let someone go that far away by themselves?"
"You have a point, but you've really got to keep a hold on yourself." I told him. "A road trip with a human is not the safest thing for a vampire to do."
"I know." He said. "I've already planned to go hunting the day before so that it'll be easier."
"Ok then." I said, believing in him. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a painting to get back to." I said, and then turned and ran to my studio, shutting the door behind me.
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A/N: There you go! I hope that you like it! I realized that it was getting a little away from Sarah's story, and the reason for that is that I hadn't planned this far ahead when I created the story! No worries, though, I'm trying to be more personal about it.
Now… TWO QUESTIONS.
I have two little questions for all of my readers. They each branch down into two sections, so if you want to be honest, there are four questions that I would love to have answers to.
The first question is simply out of curiosity.
There are no mentions of the Cullen crest in the books, but if Sarah had a crest, would she have a ring or a wrist cuff?
If there was a movie based on Frozen, then who would play Sarah? (It can be an actress, or just some random girl who you think would be an awesome Sarah) Just send me a link to a photo, or tell me and I'll look them up.
Now to get serious.
Should Sarah have a mate?
If Sarah should get a mate, should it be a pre-existing character, and they have sort of a forbidden love?
Or should it be another OC?
I can make no guarantees on the whole 'mate' thing. I wasn't sure if she should have a mate, and I need help making that choice. Still, though, no guarantees.
I hope that you enjoy this chapter, please review!