Chapter 7

SCOTT'S POV

I stared. She was the most beautiful thing I had ever laid eyes on.

She had long, dark hair that spilled down her front and back. Her eyes were the color of a dark chocolate, with a shimmer to them. Her skin was flawless, and it was pale, like porcelain. She had on a long sleeve, white shirt and a pair of washed out jeans. She glanced every so often at the boy next to her.

He was a good looking guy, and I assumed it was her boyfriend.

Finally, the class ended. Bella made her way to the door, looking to me.

"Bella Cullen?" I asked, still taking in her beauty. I stuck my hand out.

"Yeah, you must be Scott." She smiled, and shook my hand.

"I hope you don't mind taking me to lunch and gym with you."

"No problem, but who are you going with between my other classes and gym?"

"I think his name is Andy."

The boy she had been looking at stopped next to Bella, and kissed her cheek. It was as if he was saying, she's mine…don't touch her.

"I'll see you after lunch."

"Alright."

After he had gone, I turned to Bella, smiling.

"Boyfriend?"

"Yeah."

"He doesn't need to worry about me," I looked right into Bella's beautiful eyes, "you're too pretty to like anyone like me."

"This is the way to lunch."

Bella led me to the lunchroom, her pace quick.

"Aren't you going to eat?" I asked, pointing to the lunch line.

"No, I eat at home."

"Oh."

I went to the line, and grabbed a few items. Food didn't seem to important.

"Do you know them?" I sat down next to Bella, looking down to see the group of other people.

"Yeah, they're my family."

"That's nice, but that one girl," I pointed to the very attractive blonde, "is in one of my classes, and her last name is different."

"That's because we're all adopted. It's me, Edward, Emmett, Jasper, Alice, and Rosalie."

"Wait," I looked at her, "you said Edward. I thought he was your boyfriend?"

"He is. We're all adopted, we're not related. Emmett and Rosalie are together, and so are Jasper and Alice."

"Whoa, that's wild."

"It's cool."

"So how long have you and Edward been dating?"

The question seemed to catch her off guard.

"Huh?"

"I asked how long you and Edward had been dating."

"For two years."

"Wow, that's great."

"Yeah." She looked away.

"I had a girlfriend once, but she died."

"Oh, I'm sorry." She turned back to me, but I just looked at my hands.

I caught her biting her lip. The action took my breath away.

"It's okay, it's not your fault."

It was silent from there, until the bell rang.

As Bella stood, I reached out and touched her arm. She seemed to shrink away from me.

"Well, I should go find Andy."

"I'll see you later."

"Alright."

I followed a little while after, but felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned to see Edward, and he didn't look too happy. I gulped.

"Hey Edward."

"Can I talk to you for a second?" He asked.

"Sure."

Before I knew it, we were in the bathroom, and Edward had me up against the wall.

"Hey! What is this!"

"I don't know what you did to Bella, but just know this," he got up in my face, "if I ever see her scared the way I saw her a few minutes ago, I will finish this."

"I don't even know what you're talking about."

He let me go, obviously still angry, and I brushed myself off.

All I could think about was Bella. I wondered what I had done wrong.

I was sitting by myself, in my car. That's when I looked up to see Bella, and Edward, and a baby in her arms. I got out, and stayed on the curb.

"H-hey Bella." I said cautiously.

"Hey Scott." She looked up.

"Can I…uh…talk to you?"

I looked over at Edward, his eyes angry. He looked like he did in the bathroom.

"Sure."

Bella looked back at me.

Edward drove off. He watched us carefully, and then pulled out.

"He doesn't seem to like me very much." I smiled, breathing a sigh of relief.

"Edward can be like that sometimes." Bella shrugged.

"Look," I came to her in the parking lot, "I'm sorry if I freaked you out. I didn't mean to, I was just-"

"You didn't freak me out. It was something else and Edward just misunderstood."

I smiled.

"I'm glad. Hey, how about we go get some coffee or something, maybe we can talk?"

She bit her lip again. I loved it when she did that.

"Sure, but only a few minutes."

"Great."

I led Bella to the coffee shop, and we sat down.

"My name is Frank, and I'll be your server. What can I get for you?" The waiter stared at Bella. I felt jealous.

"I'm not going to have anything."

"Oh please, I insist."

"Fine, I'll have a cappuccino."

"I'll have the same."

Frank left, and I looked to Bella.

"So how long have you lived in Alaska?" I folded my hands.

"I'm actually new too. I've been here a little more than a week."

"So we're both in the same boat."

"What do you think of the school?"

"It's okay, some of the teachers are snobs."

"I never really liked school anyways."

"The coach kind of creeps me out too."

I was interested.

"Really? Why?"

"I catch him looking at me a lot, and he sometimes touches me in weird ways."

"What a pervert."

"Well it doesn't matter…Edward always gets him back."

She told me about Edward's fits of rage, but I just thought about the coach. Nobody was going to look at Bella.

"Well I should get going." She stood up, handing the waiter her money.

"Do you need a ride?"

"No thanks."

I smiled, and got up.

"Well I'll see you tomorrow."

She nodded, and turned away.

Once she had left, I went to my car, and started it up. I decided to go by Bella's, and just see if I could catch her alone.

After looking up the Cullens' address, I drove to the house.

I parked a ways back, and got out. When I reached the house, I looked up at one of the windows. Bella was standing near it, and Edward was there too.

"So that's the surprise!" Edward laughed.

"Stop reading my mind!" Bella shouted back, turning away from him.

"It's not my fault. I can't help it."

"Tune my mind out then."

"It's a vampiric instinct."

I cocked my head, trying not to think of anything to give myself away.

"Vampiric or not, you can still tune my mind out. You ruined your surprise."

Edward wrapped his arms around Bella, and kissed her cheek.

"I'm very sorry. Now let's go feed."

"I thought you already went."

"No, I wanted to wait for you."

I turned and bolted to my car. Vampires were just myths…weren't they?