Vampires in the Office

Edward looked at Bella and smiled. She was so beautiful to him. She looked back at him and smiled as well. Edward looked in the rear-view mirror and saw his beautiful daughter and Jacob in the back seat. They were looking out their respective windows. Edward could read their minds if he wanted to, but he tried to give them privacy. The look on their faces told him they were nervous and excited at the same time.

They pulled into the school's parking lot and got out of the Volvo. Alice and Jasper were just pulling up. Rosalie and Emmett were standing next to Esme on the steps at the entrance of the school. They were all dressed in the latest trends, Alice made sure of that. Speaking of Alice, she was fussing over Renesmee's outfit and making a slight adjustment to it. She looked at Jacob and gave him a disapproving look. Jacob was the only one who picked out his own clothes and judging by the smirk on his face, he did it mainly to get under Alice's skin.

Seth and Leah arrived next. Leah was driving a new SUV that had room for seven. Carlisle had gotten it for her. She could not believe he gave it to her. She had no one give her something so expensive in her life. Carlisle told her he knew she wanted to be there to help Jacob and the pack protect Renesmee. But, if she or any of the pack members ever got homesick or if they wanted to go back to Forks Washington to visit family or friends. The SUV would be large enough to carry most of the pack. She loved the vehicle it had aggressive styling. Even though it was big enough to hold them all. She did not feel like she was driving a 'soccer mom's' car.

"Ok everyone, do you remember the back story?" said Esme looking at Renesmee and the wolves mainly.

"Yes," said Jacob. Renesmee just nodded her head. Her dark hair framing her face. The others let Esme know they had remembered.

Esme turned and walked into the school. Everyone else just followed. Upon entering the school, they all took a big breath in. Their sense of smell was so keen they could pick up the subtle differences in the atmosphere in the school. The scent had the normal smells mainly that of hormonal teenagers. There was something different in the air. A faint scent of a supernatural aroma mixed in. It was a scent they have been smelling ever since they came to Beacon Hills. Here in the school, the scent was slightly more noticeable.

Esme briefly stopped walking when she picked up the scent and looked at Alice to see if she was getting anything. Alice just kept on walking towards the office and opened the door for everyone. Upon walking in Edward could see that it was a very typical high school office. There was a red-hair lady looking at a computer screen. She did not look at them when they came in.

"Please sign the check-in sheet and I will be with you in a minute," she said. Edward could read her thoughts. She was engrossed in her work. 'Eichen house is not making this easy on me today. Three new releases and I need to ease them back into society' she thought to herself.

She stopped looking at the computer and got up and went to the counter. She still had not looked at them. She looked at the check-in sheet and finally looked at everyone. 'More supernatural ones,' she thought to herself. Her thoughts took Edward back. Normally, the first thoughts that humans had were how pretty he or a member of his family was.

"Cullen," she said.

"Hi, I am Esme Cullen," said Esme to the lady. "I must apologize for getting the kids here late. We moved here over the weekend and we lost power at our house. The back-up batteries in the alarm clock were dead and needed to be replaced with new ones. So, we all overslept this morning."

"That is ok. The first day of school is mainly about the kids knowing where their classes are and getting settled in." said the lady. "I believe I have all of your schedules already."

"That is great. It worried me that the last school that the kids attended did not send over their transcript," said Esme. "My husband is a doctor and we move a lot and sometimes schools don't always forward everything."

"Oh, no I got everything. You have some very smart kids." said the lady. "Almost all of them are in advance or gifted classes."

"Before we adopted them. We knew they were smart," said Esme. The lady just smiled at her and went to her desk. She took a folder out of the holder on her desk. She opened it up and went through the papers in it. She kept pulling out papers and laying them on the desk. Once she had all the papers, she needed she put her folder back in the holder. She walked back to the counter.

"Thank you, Ms. ..." said Esme. But the lady was already at her desk looking at her computer screen completely lost in thought and did not hear Esme or the rest of the Cullen's leave. The group headed out of the office. It concerned Edward about the red-hair lady and what she knew.

"Are you ok?" asked Jasper.

"Yes," said Edward looking around the hallway to make sure no one else was around.

"She knows of the supernatural," Edward said so quietly that you had to be a supernatural creature to hear him.

The others looked at him. It concerned that somehow the Volturi would find out and come and attack them again. This time they knew Aro would come with enough force to wipe them out.

"What?" said Seth he was usually the one to read the vampires mood.

"Everything will be fine today," said Alice.

"Ok," said Esme. "I will meet everyone back at the house." She gave each a quick hug before heading out the door. She even hugged the wolves. Jacob hugged back; Jasper could feel that when Esme embraced Seth it released more tension from the young wolf. When Esme hugged Leah, she was stiff as a board. Her body language scream she did not like this. But her emotions whispered that she needed it and wanted it. Jasper knew that Esme was getting to her. Esme was a natural mother to all of them.

"Remember, everyone will look at us," said Jasper. "We want them to see us. I will make them feel calm around us."

"What about the supernatural ones?" asked Leah.

"We went over this," said Rosalie. "Trust Alice's vision."

"But…." Said Leah.

"No, buts," said Rosalie as she walked towards the cafeteria. The others followed. Jasper could tell that the wolves were nervous about their first time in a public school. He released a little bit more of calmness and confidence for them to feel. He could see that his powers were working. The wolves walked with a little more confidence and they seemed to be less worried.

Alice grabbed Jasper's hand and gave it a squeeze. She knew the next part would be hard on him. He had to deal with all the emotions coming from everyone and still send out emotions to calm everyone. She wasn't sure how his gift would affect the other supernatural creatures. She knew the world had changed. She knew they needed allies on what was coming. She wasn't sure if she could trust her gift. There were so many holes in her vision. She knew with her family around she had hope. She marveled that they never questioned her abilities even when she told them, she could not see everything. Her strongest supporter was Jasper, and she loved him even more.