So I decided to go ahead and post another chapter today... I really hope y'all like it! please review and tell me what you think. =)

Chapter Eight

All five of them walked in together, Rosalie was standing next to a large dark curly haired male who must be her mate Emmett, he looked like he was a weight lifter in his human life and he was tall too about six foot five or so. Walking beside them was a pixie-like vampire with short black spikey hair, she stood about four feet nine or ten and was very graceful, and it was like she was dancing around the cafeteria. She had to be Alice, the seer, since Hermione knew there were only three female vampires within the coven.

Standing next to Alice was her mate Jasper, the Major and resident pathokinetic, his golden eyes kept sweeping the ground and he stood straight and stiff and if you had sharp eyes you could see a few scars peeking out of his collar. It kind of reminded Hermione of herself at times, especially when she walked into a room she did a sweep of the room before she could relax and even then she was ready for anything at a moment's notice. He was almost as tall as Emmett and his honey blonde hair fell slightly into his face.

Behind them was the last 'child' of the family, Edward Cullen, he was very handsome and Hermione was struck with how similar he looked to Cedric. He might've been an ancestor. His untidy bronze hair just seemed to become more untamed as he ran a hand through it and his perfect and angular face seemed to scrunch up in confusion as he tilted his head to the side.

"Those are the Cullens," Lauren said, breaking Hermione away from studying the vampires.

"Yes, I met Rosalie and Esme yesterday but I don't have any idea who the others are." Hermione said while taking another quick look towards the Cullens.

"They moved down here about two years ago from somewhere in Alaska, Dr. and Mrs. Cullen adopted them all when they were younger. They don't really socialize with anyone but themselves. Alice Cullen is the one who looks like she's floating on air, and she's with Jasper Hale, the one who looks like someone spit in his food. His twin in Rosalie the blonde beauty and her boyfriend is the brown haired man-bear Emmett. Edward is the only one unattached but he doesn't seem to like or want the attention he gets, we think he may be gay." Jessica whispered.

Hermione stifled a laugh, she knew he wasn't gay, just none of the muggles called to him.

Hermione felt a little push on her mental shield and she mentally winced, unprepared for the attempted invasion so soon, so she doubled the barriers around her mind. She sat up a little straighter, but otherwise tried to show no sign that she knew he was trying to invade her mind,

She felt him try a few more times before he gave up. Hermione peeked back over at their table and saw Rosalie looking at her and so Hermione gave a small smile which was returned.

"Wow I don't think I've ever seen something like that happen." Lauren said with a small sneer as she looked between Rosalie and Hermione.

"What do you mean?" Hermione asked.

"Rosalie is really the only one who absolutely refuses to speak to anyone besides her family and teachers. Seeing her acknowledge someone is kind of strange." Angela butted in, trying to say it as nicely as possible.

"Well like I said Teddy and I met her and Esme while we were shopping for groceries. Teddy took to them pretty easily, so I promised that we'd see them again soon."

Lauren looked like she just got some juicy gossip, "Who is Teddy? A boyfriend?"

"Teddy is my son." Hermione said simply as she took a bit of an apple.

The table seemed to go quiet all at once. "You have a son?" someone asked.

"Yes, when his biological family died last year, no one was able to take care of him and in a way he was family so I took him in."

"How did they die?"

Everyone was curious now, and when I turned my head slightly I saw the Cullens and Hales with their heads tilted towards us.

Hermione was slightly uncomfortable with the question and she rubbed her forearm where her scar was.

"They were murdered by a woman that went crazy." It was as close to the truth as she could get with a room mostly full of muggles.

Ding-Ding

Everyone grabbed their things and began walking to their classes. Hermione took a moment to gather herself, thinking about the Lupins' deaths brought her to think about Bellatrix, who was the one that killed them. Hermione had almost forgotten why she was here.

Hermione shook her head and then grabbed her bag, heading to her biology class. She looked around and saw that the only open spot was next to Edward Cullen. She turned and looked towards the teacher and saw a fan in the way, a fan that happened to be facing a certain vampire. Hermione cursed under her breathe and quickly looked around to see if she could get out of walking in front of the fan, but there was no other way.

Taking a deep breathe, Hermione all but ran through the fan to the teacher's desk. Mr. Banner signed the paper, handed Hermione her book and pointed for her to sit beside Edward.

She turned and looked towards the now black eyed vampire, even though she practically ran through the fan he still got a big whiff of her scent, and now she was sitting beside him. Hermione was tempted to open her barrier and try to calm him but she knew Kingsley said not to let anyone know who she was.

She felt bad for the vampire sitting beside her; he was very tense and was holding his breathe trying not to take in her scent. Hermione tried to scoot her chair as far away from him as possible without grabbing attention.

The hour passed miserably slow, even though Hermione knew it was impossible it felt as if time actually slowed down to torture the poor creature sitting next to her and she couldn't help but feel slightly guilty when the bell rang and he jumped up and ran out the door. Hermione sighed to herself; this was going to be harder than she thought if her blood drew him in like that.