Disclaimer: The story doesn't belong to me; the characters are property of S. Meyer and the plot belongs to Ann Arston Ara. I just translate with her permission.

My son's teacher

By: Ann Arston Ara

Translation: ClaryFlynn98

Beta: Ritchee the fangirl

Chapter 19: The science fair

It was dark. Dark, and cold. She didn't remember how she got there. She tried to move but the bonds on her hands wouldn't let her. She tried to scream but the gag in her mouth wouldn't allow it. Her body felt heavy and her clothes were wet. The door to the dark room she was in opened and the light blinded her momentarily, preventing her from seeing her abductor.

— Careful — he whispered in a sharp voice, with a strange accent that she couldn't recognize. Then he brought his face closer to hers, showing his pitch black eyes with a glow that she could not decipher at that moment. — Someone wants to kill you….

Bella woke up with a pain in her chest that she didn't understand. She looked around and found her room. She sighed with relief and wiped the sweat from her forehead, turned around, and saw a shadow on her door. Frightened, she turned on the light as quickly as she could, but the shadow was gone.

There was no one there.

She sighed again and went back to bed, unable to sleep.

She didn't sleep that night.

The flowers kept coming, with a different note of apology every day. The day of the science fair came too, and that made Bella nervous. She was more dressed up that day than she was daily. She looked in the mirror and felt silly and nervous, took her keys, and left for the Academy.

— Oh, Bella, we were waiting for you. I need you to keep an eye on your kids, apparently, Tanya is sick and can't come in today — Bella nodded and went out to the academy campus to help set up the tables.

Several parents and students were already present, and Bella couldn't help but smile when she saw Anthony helping his friend Mark with his experiment.

— Busy? — she asked as she bit his ribs with her pen. Anthony jumped up and smiled when Bella scrambled his hair.

— Miss Swan — said a voice behind her, surprising her and ruffling the hairs on her neck.

— Mr. Cullen — said Bella as she turned around.

Edward smiled for no reason, nodded in her direction, and gave the boys the refreshments that of course, Bella hadn't seen. Bella began to walk away from the boys and Edward. She didn't want to be near him, not when she was so upset with him, who believed that with flowers he would win her trust again.

— It's a very nice experiment you guys have here — said Bella, smiling at students at the academy who proudly showed off their electric windmill made from parts of a friction car and wood.

— Probably would have looked better if you'd found a wind-up car so you wouldn't have to spin the spinning wheel and just pull the rope — Bella turned with a scowl to Edward, who watched intently the electric mill that the boys now looked at with sadness in their eyes.

— It's a kid's experiment.

— Children in Japan make robots with their eyes closed — said, Edward.

Bella rolled her eyes and walked away from him. Edward followed her and saw her raise an unarmed table.

— Children don't have to show their intelligence. The science fair is not a contest, we want them to learn to work as a team. It's not for you to come and grade their work, it's for parents to see their children and be proud. It's clear that you don't know what that means — said Bella trying to open the damn table that wouldn't budge. Edward took it out of her hands and opened it easily.

— I'm not judging your job — said Edward, looking at her back and perhaps further down.

— No? — asked Bella turning suddenly towards him and surprising him. — You never do anything, no sir! — she continued raising her hands in the air.

Edward laughed strangely, feeling nervous. Suddenly Bella could have discovered him looking at her ass and that wouldn't be good. He already knew the fury of that small but great woman. Bella was even more annoyed when Edward laughed in such a fresh way, so she pushed him away from her, dazed by his nerd smile.

His beautiful and tempting nerd smile.

She didn't know what she wanted to do with him being so close, she could kiss him or hit him and give him a black eye.

Yeah, the second option sounded better than the first.

— It's a kid's experiment — she said to herself and then went on to repeat — The children of Japan make robots with their eyes closed.

— Do you know I'm listening to you? — Edward asked, approaching her. Bella glared at him, and Edward stepped back with his hands up in peace — If looks could kill …. (1)

— I'd get you out of your grave — mumbled Bella. Edward frowned.

— Would you revive me? — he asked her.

— To kill you again — said Bella, passing by him to spread a white cloth on the table that Edward had put together.

— Is that a compliment? — asked Edward in a daze.

— Do you have a master's degree in technology and who knows what else and don't know when someone is disrespecting you? — asked Bella, smoothing out the non-existent wrinkles on the tablecloth.

— I know when someone wants to disrespect me, and you are far from it — answered Edward approaching her while he took her arm without exerting force on her. The inexplicable electric current ran through both of them.

— Do I have to call you an idiot to make you understand that I consider you one? — Bella asked, letting go of his dangerous grip.

Edward approached her and bowed his face so he could see those beautiful chocolate lakes that his son's teacher had for eyes. Bella couldn't get away. An unknown magnetism suddenly invaded her, and she simply couldn't move. Edward took another step and she suddenly felt dizzy, his turquoise eyes looked like an Amazon sea, they were incredibly beautiful, beautiful, and strange.

— Dad, what are you doing to Bella?

Edward took three steps away from Bella at once and disconnected his gaze from her, suddenly feeling dizzy What was he doing? He wondered looking at his son who had his arms crossed and saw him with a scowl.

— I was apologizing for missing your musical.

Bella nodded with a tight smile on her face before turning away at Edward's sudden change. She, for a moment, thought he was going to kiss her when he got so close to her and then… then Anthony arrived. She thanked the heavens for that and continued to set up tables and put out tablecloths.

She had to get Edward out of her head, or she'd be in big trouble. She couldn't look at someone so irresponsible and handsome and with mesmerizing eyes.

Yes, it was probably his eyes.

Bella denied in a daze, trying to get out of her thoughts or at least out of the way they were taking.

— Are you alright? — Anthony asked, making her jump in fear. — I have been talking to you for a long time and you haven't paid attention to me — Bella turned Anthony's hair upside down and patted him on the cheek.

— I'm alright — she replied, trying to convince herself.

— Dad mentioned something about private piano lessons — Bella opened her eyes in surprise when Anthony said that, and the little boy blushed as he babbled. — He said it would be compensation for missing my first musical and promised not to miss any school events.

— Including your baseball game? — Bella asked. Anthony shrugged and answered.

— I haven't been accepted into the team yet, but when they do, I'll invite him.

Bella approached Anthony and put her arm around his shoulders and squeezed him affectionately, saying:

— They're going to accept you on the baseball team, Anthony.

— Professor Black likes you. He's going to accept me because you're going to the practices — replied Anthony, crossing his arms and frowning. Bella let go of him and twisted his hair saying:

— There's nothing between Jake and me but a simple friendship.

— That's what you think, but he looks at you like you were chocolate.

Bella also stopped and asked him:

— Are you jealous, Anthony?

Anthony blushed furiously and turned away from Bella, answering:

— I don't know, I just know that I don't like him.

— You know I love you, Anthony, right? — Bella asked, drawing his attention. Anthony nodded and Bella took his hand and said in Italian — Si può dividere un mare, si può cadere le stelle dal cielo, ma nulla vi vieta di alleviare te stesso nel mio cuore. (2)

— What does it mean? — Anthony asked. Bella smiled openly and answered.

— I just said "I love you" in Italian, honey.

Anthony frowned and nodded, not yet convinced.

— It's not fair of you to use your son to benefit from me — Edward turned away from the experiment he was seeing and looked at her with a scowl.

— Can I ask what you're talking about before you kick me in the shins? — he asked, walking off to another experiment.

— I'm talking about the piano lessons, Mr. Cullen.

Edward turned when Bella finished speaking and answered.

— First, I'm going to ask you a favor. Mr. Cullen is my father, not me, I'm Edward, I'm not that old. Please, tutor me (3). Also, I told Anthony that I had thought of some private piano lessons and not necessarily you have to teach them.

Bella opened her eyes to Edward's response and recoiled in pain.

— I'm sorry I misunderstood things — whispered Bella, suddenly feeling stupid.

— Can't we talk like two normal people without arguing? — Edward asked with frustration in his voice.

— I don't think we have anything to talk about — said Bella as she started to walk. Edward followed her and said surprisingly:

— I was talking about the kiss, Isabella. Our kiss in London.

Bella didn't stop. She had wanted to avoid that subject by all means. And he kept walking beside her. Edward was nervous while he was walking among all the children of the academy next to Bella, who seemed lost in her own thoughts. He sighed and said:

— I'm sorry about the other day. I shouldn't have taken advantage. I'm sorry — those were the best words he could find.

— If it makes you feel better, I remember very well what happened, and I'm sorry for my behavior too. But I want to make one thing clear to you. I'm not ready for a relationship. No way — Bella said. Edward stopped and so did she, turning, at last, to look at him. — So, if those are your intentions it's better to give up.

Edward was disappointed without knowing why and said:

— I understand, I just...

He stopped and without knowing what else to say he turned on his feet leaving Bella confused.

Confused.

That was the word that best defined him. What had led him to talk about a subject as irrational as a kiss that was already weeks old? Maybe the way Bella hypnotized him with her beautiful chocolate eyes or the irrational desire he had to kiss her again because he wasn't going to deny it, he wanted to kiss her again.

He kicked a tree in frustration and grunted.

Edward felt something pull his pants and looked at the floor with a scowl. A blond boy, about five years old, looked at him curiously.

— What did the little tree do to you that made you hit it? Did it hit you? Because my daddy hits things when I fall and hurt myself.

Edward smiled and answered him:

— Yes, your dad must love you very much. He and your mum…

— My mom's an angel. She went to God when I was this small — answered the little one, putting his index finger and thumb together.

Edward laughed and saw a not-so-old man approaching them. The boy seemed to see him too as he ran to meet him.

— Daddy the little tree hit the man!

The man bowed his head in greeting to Edward and turned with his son in his arms.

For a moment Edward was miserable. He could have enjoyed his son and yet he couldn't, and to anyone's misfortune there was no turning back.

He walked over to the boys again and Bella was playing with Anthony. A tall, muscular man approached them, and Edward saw his son frowning at him. He couldn't hear what the man was saying at first, but an irrational feeling came over him when the man, in a subtle way, hugged Bella and then let go.

It was like a kick in the stomach.

He grunted and realized that Anthony had done it too. Then he listened to King Kong's pathetic attempt to speak as he said:

— There's a beautiful park we could visit on Saturday, if you're free, of course — Bella sighed in exasperation and thought of something credible enough for Jake to leave her alone for at least those days.

— I'm sorry, but I can't, Jake. I committed to Anthony months ago to teach him some piano skills.

Jake looked at Anthony and stirred up his hair, almost pulling it, and then said:

— Never mind, the boy can wait for his piano lessons. Isn't it, Cullen?

Three voices were heard in unison. Bella, Edward, and Anthony said a resounding "no" at the same time.

Jake frowned at them but then smiled openly saying:

— Well, then maybe you can next week — and this time he did kiss Bella on the cheek, leaving her blushing with an angry man and a half.

1) If looks could kill: I don't know if you understand it. It's a typical Spanish expression, basically, Edward is saying that if Bella could kill him with a sight… well, looks like he would be dead by now

2) Si può dividere un mare, si può cadere le stelle dal cielo, ma nulla vi vieta di alleviare te stesso nel mio cuore: The sea can be divided, the stars can fall from the sky, but nothing will stop you from healing in my heart

3) Tutor me: in Spanish, we use "Usted" to talk to old people, or people that we don't know; is the "educated form" to address somebody that you're not familiar with. The thing here is that we differenciate between "Usted" (Cortesy/educated form) and "Tu", the normal form. Bella is always addressing Edward as , using the "Usted" form in Spanish so that's why this doesn't make a lot of sense. I hope I cleared your doubs! (I didn't know how to write so…. Sorry!)

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