Hi my readers! So please, please, please don't kill me because I'm sooooo late posting this chapter! I was on vacation for 2 weeks, and then when I got back, school started in 4 days! AHHH! So you guys all know the kind of person who, like, as soon as school gets out, they buy school stuff for the next year? Well, thats not me. Anyways, I spent, like 2 days unpacking and doing laundary, 1 day reading "Breaking Dawn" and the last day school shopping. Then, school started, so I had absolutly no time to write! Believe it or not, I got homework on the first day of school. I was about ready to kill my teacher! Ugh. So when I finally got it written, my beta's internet went out. Aand then it went back on today, and I called her and got on her case to edit speedy quick, only to find out that she's sick with some crazy unknown disease, so I felt guilty. SORRY LAURA! I STILL 3 U, EVEN IF YOU DO MOVE SLOW! :D

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School was so dull. Even with Bella there with me, it held little of my interest. I was relieved when I realized that there was only about ten minutes left of the day.

"I suppose I should hand out the slips now." My teacher thought sluggishly. I made a "tisk-tisk" sound with my tongue. Someone needed to lay off the alcohol…cough cough. Every day this week, my Spanish teacher had been out partying with some friends, and everyday came in with an extreme hangover. I chuckled lightly to myself.

"Okay class. There's a field trip tomorrow to Port Angels. Get your parents to sign these slips, and turn them in tomorrow in the office before school starts. Pack a lunch, and, if you have one, a cell phone." Wow. A teacher was actually telling us to bring a cell phone. "We will be separating on this trip into groups of six, so you all are free to decide who is in which group."

I received my slip, only to have my eyes assaulted by the hideous yellow color of it. It was so bright. I could see the other students cringe from it also.

"The rest of the hour is free time. You can work on homework from another class, or read. Absolutely no talking." The room was filled with muffled complaints. "I said no talking!" The teacher hissed, and every voice halted, mid-complaint.

The rest of the ten minutes, I doodled, having already finished all my homework. I drew Bella, reading on her bed, curled up in a ball with her hand cupping her chin; she was smiling slightly, her skin faintly flushed. When I was finished, I leaned back, admiring my work.

"That's really good." Some one whispered from behind me. I turned around. The small girl behind me smiled.

"Thank you." I replied politely, already disinterested.

"Oh crap. He's gonna' think I've been watching him all hour! Not like I haven't…But still! That girl in the picture must be his girlfriend…" She thought wildly. She stuck out her hand.

"I'm Courtney." She said strongly.

"Edward Cullen." I answered, ignoring her hand. She didn't seem to notice.

"Who's that?" She said, pointing to the picture on my desk.

"Bella Swan." I replied shortly. I really didn't want to talk to this human at the moment.

"I don't think I know her. I don't really know anybody here…I just moved here from Detroit, Michigan." She murmured, embarrassed at her lack of knowledge. Only now did I look at her face. Her eyes were a bright sapphire, too bright to be natural. I could see the light hint of red around the edge of her contacts. She was a vampire. I should have noticed it at first! The absence of a heart beat was a dead give away.

"My girlfriend." I stated, still shocked. Alice had to have seen this.

"Huh…A girlfriend. But he is staring at me. I knew I was too pretty to resist. He has the most beautiful eyes…I've never seen gold before. Wait until Louise gets a load of this!" I froze at the familiar name. It was all the Jasper was thinking about lately. Bella's twin sister, who he thought was a vampire.

"Edward!" I heard Alice scream in her mind. "I saw Louise!! I saw her! I saw her!" In that instant, I saw exactly what Alice had seen.

-Vision-

A blonde girl was walking down a long hallway, her head turned as she spoke to the other girl, who I recognized as Courtney.

"So let me get this straight. There's a cute guy at your new school that you like," She smiled at this. "And he's a human." Courtney nodded eagerly.

"And he asked me to be in his group with him, during the field trip. Of course, he has a girlfriend and she'll be there, too. But he doesn't seem to flinch away from me like the other humans! I touched his shoulder on the way out of class, and he didn't even seem to mind!" She exclaimed excitedly.

Louise frowned. "You do realize that this could never work, right?"

"Why not? I can control myself enough to go to school with a bunch of humans! I didn't even notice his blood; it was like it wasn't even there. He just smelled sweet. I wonder what kind of after shave he uses to smell like that…" She trailed off, deep in thought.

"Well, you should hunt tonight, just the same. Hey," She said, suddenly distracted, "Doesn't your field trip slip say each group is allowed two chaperones?"


"Yeah…" Courtney said, not quite on the same page as Louise.

"So, I can be one of those chaperones. For all they know, I'm eighteen. The slip says I'm old enough to be a chaperone for this trip." Louise explained.

"Oh…Well, you're going to have to get some new contacts. Green doesn't work with the red. It makes it look too…orange. Is that weird? It shouldn't do that. Maybe, if you want to stay green, you can get a darker shade." Courtney said quickly.

"I have some blue ones back at the house. I think that those will work best."

"Okay. Then I guess you're coming to school with me tomorrow! You'll get to see Edward!" She smiled hugely.

"Yeah. Let's go hunt. If I'm going to be around the humans, I'm going to have to be ready."

-End Vision-

"Crap." I muttered under my breath. Just then, the bell rang. I gathered my things and strode to the door.

"Edward! Ask her to be in our group!" Alice reminded me. Just then, I felt Courtney's hand on my shoulder. Swallowing my disgust, I turned around with a fake smile pasted on my face.

"Hey, would you like to be in my group for the field trip tomorrow?" I asked, my voice tight.

"Sure!" She said, her face lighting up at the offer.

"Okay. Bye." I said, totally not sounding like myself, and turned abruptly, striding out the door to meet Bella.

"Hi Edward." Bella said, reaching up to kiss me. I welcomed it warmly, reaching behind her to stroke the back of her hair.

"Cullen! I bet I could get him in trouble for PDA on school campus…But then Bella would get in trouble, too, and I don't want her mad at me…" Mike thought angrily as he walked out from gym. I chuckled softly and pulled away from Bella. She smiled up at me and grabbed my hand, leaning her head on my shoulder.

"So, we have a field trip tomorrow." She stated matter-of-factly. I smiled. "Have you decided who's in your group?"

"You, of course. I couldn't leave you behind for Newton to pick up." I joked. "Alice wants to come, too, and I suppose Emmett and Rosalie shouldn't be left out of the mix."

She frowned. "That leaves one empty space."

"I have that covered, too." I said slowly, not wanting to talk about it. She let it drop, noting my mood change at the topic.

"Hey Alice!" Bella shouted, waving at my sister who was walking out of the bathroom. I realized that she must have left her last class to tell me what she'd seen, since she obviously didn't need to use the bathroom. The restroom was adjacent to my last class, which would explain why she went there.

"Hi Bella." She said, joining us. "How was gym?" Bella grimaced when Alice laughed. "I saw you fall. How's your ankle?" I turned to Bella, worried. She seemed to be walking fine though.

"It's fine. It hurt earlier, but it's not bothering me now." She said, blushing. I put my arm around her shoulder comfortingly.

"Should I tell her about Louise?" Alice thought.

I moved my eyes slightly to the left, and then looked back to the right slowly, signaling my answer: no.

"Okay. I'll tell Jasper first. He can tell Bella if he wants."

I nodded stiffly. I didn't want Bella near her sister and Courtney, especially if they were feeding on humans; she just smelled so good. I was going to have to stay really close to Bella, just in case something happened. Jasper could come along, too. After all, we were allowed two chaperones, and with Louise already taking one of those places, Jasper could fill the other.

"That will work." Alice thought, seeing that I had made the decision to ask Jasper to chaperone. "He'll be thrilled to see his sister there, even if he can't talk to her about it instantly."

Bella smiled as I helped her into the passenger seat and walked around to the opposite door, to the driver's seat. Emmett and Rosalie were already in the back, and Alice pushed Emmett over so she could have room to sit comfortably.

"Drop Em and Rose off at home. I want to talk to Jasper, so I can tell him about Louise and Courtney." Alice thought. I didn't need to nod, or even acknowledge what she had said; she had already seen that it would happen.

We drove to the house in silence, besides the soft music playing on the radio. A few times, Emmett grumbled something about wanting to listen to pop, or rap, but no one really paid him much attention. Alice had already informed them when we entered the Volvo. Emmett and Rosalie got out when we reached the driveway and ran towards the house quietly. I did a rapid U-turn, not even swerving an inch off the road. Bella gasped from the sudden velocity, and I slowed, not wanting to frighten her.

"So, it says on the slip that we need two chaperones for the field trip tomorrow." Alice said suggestively.

"Should I ask Charlie?" Bella asked, turning to me.

I shook my head. "No. I was thinking about asking Jasper to come. Are you okay with that?"

"Yeah. It'll be kind of cool to have Jasper there. More fun." She smiled.

"Uh huh." Alice said softly from the back seat.

"Jasper is going to want to stay close to Bella the whole time that he's there. Louise will get suspicious. Courtney will be around you the whole time, and when Louise comes over to meet you, she's going to realize that you don't have a heart beat." Alice's panicked thoughts came from the back seat. "Edward, this isn't going to work!"

"It'll be fine." I muttered under my breath. Bella didn't seem to notice.

"Exactly how do you expect it to work out? She'll know our secret!"

"We'll just have to deal." I murmured, turning my head as if I was looking out the window to direct the sound away from Bella.

"Alright." Alice thought after a moment. "If they reveal us, we'll reveal them."

Yay! There we go! PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE review! I need to know if you guys all hate me and the story. (Plus, maybe some positive reviews for my beta, Laura, would make her feel better! :D)

Kendra