DISCLAIMER: I don't own twilight just borrowing the characters.
(BELLA'S P.O.V)
Walking back to class is fun. Angela and Ben are nice enough to tell me stories of some of their group's embarrassing moments making me forget about the students still staring at me weirdly. By the time Ben and I reach our art class, my side starting to hurt from laughing too much. To my disappointment, the seat beside Ben is already occupied by another student. I pout at Ben who's looking at me apologetically. Sighing, I look around for a vacant seats which beside Mike and another one at the back next to Alice Cullen. Mike wave at me grinning like a Cheshire cat obviously inviting me take a seat beside him. I gave Mike a forced small smile then walk past at him to sit at the back. I wanted to laugh at the dejected look of Mike but I chose not to so instead I just smirk.
"Hi, I'm Alice Cullen." A girl beside me greeted a friendly smile adorning her face. I'm surprise she is talking to me. I know most of their kind want nothing to do with humans like me since they don't want us to know what they are.
"Bella Swan. It's nice meeting you, Alice." I returned the smile then turned my attention to the front of the class where the teacher is busy checking the attendance.
"Can I ask you a personal question?" Alice asked still smiling.
"You're already asking but sure. Ask away." I replied looking back at her.
"Do you have a boyfriend?"
"No."
"Girlfriend?" I looked away from Alice blushing when the image of her sister Rosalie came to mind. Well she's not my girlfriend but she's without a doubt my crush.
"N-no, I'm single. Why?" I answered. I noticed Alice turned away from me holding her breath. 'Maybe my blood smell good to her and my blush made the smell intensified?' I mentally slap myself for blushing when there's a vampire next to me.
"No reason. You're pretty so I'm curious." Alice answered and this time I fought back the blush that threatening to appear in my cheeks but to no avail.
"T-thank you." I heard Alice chuckle beside me. Wondering what's so funny, I raised my eyebrow questioningly at her.
"Sorry, you just look adorable when you're shy." I don't know how to answer that. Luckily, the teacher saved me from further embarrassment announcing to us what are we going to do for the day.
Art class with Alice was entertaining. She and I spent the class working together with our project while talking about nothing in particular. I even forgot that Mike and Jessica are in the same room as me. For the first time of day, I truly enjoyed class.
"Can I walk you to your next class?" Alice asked cheerfully as we exited the art room.
"Sure, I don't like to walk with Mike and Jessica anyway." I said shrugging. Alice' smile widen at this. Together, we walk our way to my next class arm in arm ignoring everyone's stares.
My next class is the most boring subject I have. I'm sure I know about history more than the teacher does. I had enough of history already from Aro, Marcus and Caius. I don't need more history in my life. To make the situation worst, none of my friends are in this class. Of course, when I said friends Mike and Jessica are not included. I chose the seat at the back next to the window away from Mike and Jessica. I ignored Mike's hopeful gaze at me to sit next to him by watching the view outside. I felt someone took the seat beside me but I am too busy staring outside to even acknowledge whoever the person sitting next to me. I planned of doing this until the class ended since I have no intention of listening to the boring speech of my teacher about history. Now that I am in my own world, I can't help but think of the ethereal creature I've seen in cafeteria. Rosalie. She is the epitome of a Goddess. I remember the look in her eyes when our gaze met. It's full of emotion I can't identify myself. But I was captivated by it.
"Excuse me, Miss?" a melodious voice interrupted my thoughts. That beautiful voice can't possibly be belong to human. My suspicion was confirmed when I came face to face to the owner of the voice. She's not a human but she's definitely gorgeous! A vampire. The woman I was imagining just a second ago.
My goddess. Rosalie. I didn't realized I was holding my breath until now. My heart began to pound harshly which I am sure she can hear it with her inhuman sense of hearing. I forced myself to calm down which I found it hard to do when there's a gorgeous woman looking at you.
"It's Bella Swan. Uhm, H-how can I help you?" I asked nervously. Who won't be nervous when all of a sudden a girl of your daydream is suddenly talking to you? And trust me! The real thing is ten times better. Rosalie is even more gorgeous in person than my daydreams.
"Rosalie Hale. Well Bella, I was wondering if you want to be my partner to answer this." Rosalie asked showing me the questionnaire she was holding.
"Uhm, okay. Sorry, I am not paying attention to class. I hate history." I admitted shyly with a slight blush on my cheeks.
"It's fine. I am not a fan of history either." replied Rosalie smiling slightly making my heart skip a beat. She pushed her seat closer to me so that we can work together comfortably, but it only made me distracted by her scent. Thankfully, the questions are easy that even I am distracted I still able to answer the questions. In no time we are finish and Rosalie placed her seat to it's original position.
"You know for a person who claimed to hate history, you answered those questions rather easily." Rosalie commented with a raised eyebrow.
"That's why I hate it. It's boring." I said simply with a shrug. 'Is this real? Am I really having a conversation with none other than Rosalie Cullen?' I almost squeal inside. It's like a dream come true. From what I heard from Jessica, among the Cullens Rosalie is the most unapproachable. While the other Cullens are polite of turning down the students who wants to be close to them, Rosalie was a different case. She, according to Jessica, was a 'bitch' snapping, scowling, even threatening someone's life when humans tried to approach her or being friendly. So the fact that Rosalie is talking to me right now, made me feel happy.
"Is history the only subject you hate?" I shook my head negative before responding..
"I hate school entirely not only history." Rosalie chuckle at that, a sounds I won't be tired hearing over and over again. "Hey! It's not funny. I'm being serious here you know." I half joked, folding my arms to my chest and looked at her with a pouting lip for dramatic effect.
"Sorry, you just reminded me of my siblings. I'm sure you will get along with them. May I ask why you don't like school?" so her siblings don't like school eh.. hmm why am I not surprise? I just hope once I'm changed Aro and Sulpicia won't demand me to go to school again.
"I had a bad experience but let's not talk about it. I'm glad you think I'll get along with your siblings but what about you? You think you and I can be uhm friends?" I asked internally crossing my fingers. I really want to be friends with her, to get to know more about her and to find out why I am feeling something to her that I don't understand.
"It depends on you. You are nice and I already like you but me on the other hand... I am not sure if you will still like me once you got to know me well. I'm sure you already heard some of the rumors about me?" I almost jump in happiness when she said she like me already. And if I understood her correctly, she wants me to get to know her. 'Gosh, I have a huge crush on her.' Renee will be thrilled to hear about this. Hah! I bet Sulpicia will go all the way here to help me 'charm' Rosalie! I won't be surprised if she take Athenodora and Didyme with her. 'I guess it'll be better if I don't mention to them yet not even to Aro.'
"I rather want to get to know the real you than learn things about you from rumors. Don't worry about me not liking you because I already like you too." I explained, now grinning ear to ear. I can't help it, I'm so happy. And if it possible, my grin grew more wider when Rosalie genuinely smile at me. I once again, trapped to the beauty of Rosalie's deep golden eyes. I realized that her eyes is starting to become my favorite sight to look at. Again, I felt something again inside of me that I couldn't identify. It's like something is pulling me closer to her. Before I could ponder more about the weird feeling I am feeling, I heard the teacher dismissed the class for today. I hurriedly grab my things, sending Rosalie a shy smile before I'm out of room.
I was smiling like an idiot by the time I arrived at the locker room. Angela and I have gym class together so I am not surprised when I saw her there who's already in her gym clothes.
"Well, someone's in a good mood." Angela commented noticing my smile.
"I have reasons to be. First, I got to see you again which means I don't need to endure alone the company of Mike and Jessica anymore and second, after this class, I can finally go home!" I exclaimed enthusiastically with a huge smile on my face. I decided not to tell Angela about my crush to Rosalie yet, it is just too personal and though I like Angela, I still don't know her that well yet. She just giggled at my enthusiasm and led me to the gym once I'm done changing.
Gym wasn't interesting as Art and History. Maybe because none of the Cullens were in this class. For some reasons, I found myself wanting to know each in everyone of them. I was hoping to meet another Cullen in this class but like I said, none of them have gym class with me. Though I felt a little dejected, I tried not to show it to Angela not wanting to worry the girl. Mike continued his flirting throughout the class, to my annoyance. All in all, my gym class was spent by avoiding, dodging and ignoring Mike Newton's persistent flirting.
I was now walking my way to where my truck was parked eager to go home and have some peace when an irritating voice called my name. I ignored the voice pretending I didn't heard it calling me. I am aware that Mike is trying to catch up to me so instead of stopping, I put more speed to my pace not really liking the idea of him delaying me from leaving this place. Unfortunately, Mike is faster than I thought. I was about to open the door of my truck when he caught up to me.
"What do you want, Mike?" I asked impatiently. Looking everywhere but him. There's only few students around and I noticed the Cullens standing not too far from where we are. Jasper isn't there yet so I'm guessing they are waiting for him. When Rosalie turned her gaze to my direction, I immediately averted my eyes away from them. Blushing slightly, embarrassed for staring.
"I was wondering if you would like to go out with me? You know have dinner, watch movies or just studying together." I heard Mike said confidently as if already expecting that I will say yes to him.
"Sorry, Mike. I don't like you that way. Now if that's all you want to say, can you please move so I can leave already?" I said straight to the point, hoping that by turning him down his flirting will be stop knowing that I have no interest in him. Mike moved away giving me space to enter my truck. I ignored his dejected look as I started the engine. I glanced at Rosalie for the last time, gave her a smile before driving off.
Jacob Black.
I remember him from my childhood. He and I were used to be friends. He was like my protector back then. It's kind of funny because back then, I was the taller one, not to mention I am a year older than him. I was supposed to be his big sister, the one to protect him but because of my clumsiness Jacob always end up protecting me from the kids that bullying me. Him and his other friends from Reservation were always at my side. When I trip, there's always someone to catch me before I get myself hurt. When I am sad they were there to cheer me up. Everytime I needed help even it was just a small thing Jacob and his friends were the first one to volunteer to assist me from whatever I need. Looking at Jacob now after five years, I can't help the feeling of nostalgia. Jacob Black is standing there in front of my house, smiling widely at me as I get out of my car. I didn't waste time, as soon as I was out of the truck, I threw myself to his waiting arm hugging him tightly.
"I missed you too, Princess." Jacob said using the nickname he and the other kids gave to me. I pulled away from the hug gently trying to pout but the urge to smile is stronger so I ended up smiling instead. I don't like it when they call me that. I felt a spoiled brat when they did. Actually, Aro and everyone in the Volturi coven used to call me princess too but even I told them I don't like it calling me that, they still do. I got tired of convincing them to stop because no matter what I said they just won't budge.
"Where are the others? And wow, Jake! You grew quite a lot! What did you ate to grow like that? You're now taller than me!" Jacob's physical appearance changed a lot. He still handsome as I remember but the chubby boy I knew back then is now a hunk.
"It's just only me now. Our friends moved to the other town not long after you left." explained Jacob. I felt bad for my friend for leaving him alone. He must be lonely. "Don't give me that look, Bells. I'm okay, I made friends with the others in Reservation after you guys left. I'll let you meet them when you go to La Push. You'll like them." he continued reassuringly when he saw my frown. I smiled at him and led him inside the house to talk.
Jacob and I talked more almost about everything. I learned that though Jake changed physically, he's still the same sweet, funny and caring friend I used to know five years ago. I'm glad he has new friends now. He deserves to be happy. Jake told me about his past experiences, on how he and Quil became best of friends over the years, their exciting adventures and more. In return, I told him what I did in the past five years minus the meeting with the Volturi and how my first day of school today turned out. Before we knew it, it's already time for Jake to go home. We're both not yet want to part but Jacob said he needs to go, muttering about some duty I didn't really understood. Reluctantly, I bid Jacob goodbye, telling him that I will visit La Push this weekend to hang out with him. After he left, I went straight to the kitchen and prepare dinner. Humming happily as I daydream about the golden eye goddess that got me confused of what am I really feeling about her.
(ROSALIE'S P.O.V)
My mind is in overdrive. After the event in the cafeteria which only happened ten minutes ago, my mind never stop thinking about Bella since then. I am aware of Edward hearing my every thoughts and I knew he's worried the way he was looking at me from the other side of the room. The two of us have class together and I intentionally took a seat away from him so I can avoid talking to him. The teacher is rumbling about the subject I already knew so I blocked him out and continue pondering about what will I do about Bella. I am happy I found her but at the same time I'm worried. Bella is human, a beautiful delicate human that was destined to be my mate. I can't help but worry. How will I tell her what I am? And if she found out, what would her reaction be? The thought of Bella thinking worst of me made me winced.
"Rosalie." I heard Edward called me making me look at him. He's now standing next to me, a concerned look adorning his beautiful face. Looking around, I noticed that we are the only student left in the room. "Let's go, I'll walk you to your next class."
I let Edward walked me to my history class seeing how worried he is to me. To my relief, Edward did not said anything or tried to talk to me on the way to my class. He will just glance at me from time to time then sigh. I knew he wants to say something, I can tell by his body language but he chose to stay quiet realizing that I'm not up to any discussion right now. I stopped dead on my track when a too familiar scent hit my nostril. Bella Swan. She's inside that room. In my history class.
"Rosalie, it'll be okay. Just be yourself and I knew she will like you." a soothing voice of Edward waking me from my stupor. He gave me an encouraging smile then left.
I took a deep breath to calm my nerves but as soon as I did, Bella's scent hit me full force. She smell like fresh strawberry. Sweet and delicious. I saw her sitting at the back beside the window staring outside. Seeing that the seat next to her is vacant, I decided to sit there. 'I wonder what she's thinking?' She's so deep in thought that she didn't even noticed my arrival. The teacher began her lesson and Bella still out of it. I can't blame her, history is a boring subject. I rather sleep than endure the rumbling of the teacher who knows nothing about the actual truth of what happened in the past. Without nothing to do, I turned my attention to Bella. She is truly a work of art. She's like a character in a fairytale book that came to life. A Princess. Not in a graceful, girly and elegant manner. She's nothing like that. Bella's a princess, in a way that she's emitting an aura that screamed kindness. Her eyes is warm and innocent. She is beautiful inside and out. Like a Princess.
I felt someone beside me put something to my desk so I reluctantly pulled my gaze away from Bella to look at the paper that been passed to me. It's a questionnaire. When I looked questioningly at the girl whom I assume is the one that put the paper to my desk, she repeated to me nervously what the teacher told us to do which obviously I didn't heard because I'm too busy staring to my princess. Bella is still in her own world when I looked back to her. I will continue watching her but right now we have school work to do. Taking a deep breath, I called to her softly...
"Excuse me, Miss?" I think I startled her because as soon as she saw me, her heart rate increased. I patiently waited for her to reply which I found it odd since I am the most impatient vampire my family knew. Oh well, it's my mate we are talking about, it took me a hundred years waiting for her so I think it wouldn't hurt to wait another minutes to finally talk to her.
"It's Bella Swan. Uhm, H-how can I help you?" she asked fidgeting in her chair. I sighed inwardly. Bella is nervous around me and I don't like it one bit. I want Bella to be comfortable with me. To make her feel safe and not be intimidated in my presence. But I'll be damned if I don't say Bella looks adorable when she's nervous. And her stuttering? Damn! She just got more adorable when she stuttered. Trust me, I didn't knew someone can look so cute when stuttering, until now.
"Rosalie Hale. Well Bella, I was wondering if you want to be my partner to answer this." I asked showing her the questionnaire I am holding to distract myself from thinking of her cute face.
"Uhm, okay. Sorry I am not paying attention to class. I hate history." she admitted shyly and just when I thought she won't be any more cuter than she already had just a second ago, she started to blush. If I could faint I would be out by now. Bella's blushing face is the cutest thing I'd ever seen. 'I hope I could make her blush like that someday.' I am not bother with the smell of her blood, sure her blood is tempting and smell so good but next to Carlisle I have the most control over our thirst.
"It's fine. I am not a fan of history either." I replied smiling slightly at her. I took this opportunity to be close to her by pushing my seat closer to her as we began working together on the questionnaire that was given to us by our teacher. Too quick for my liking, Bella and I finished answering all the questions. It came a surprise to me when Bella answered those questions effortlessly. I was watching her the whole time and I am hundred percent sure Bella didn't payed attention to our class and yet we managed to be the first group to finished our paper.
"You know for a person who claimed to hate history, you answered those questions rather easily." I said with a hint of curiosity.
"That's why I hate it. It's boring." she shrugged. I don't want the conversation to stop yet so I continued asking.
"Is history the only subject you hate?" I saw her shook her head and quickly said
"I hate school entirely not only history." I chuckled at this when the thought of my siblings popped up to mind. To say that me and my siblings hate school is understatement. We detest school. You will too when you attend it repetitively in all your vampire existence. I am still chuckling when I heard Bella mock whining at me for chuckling "Hey! It's not funny. I'm being serious here you know."
"Sorry, you just reminded me of my siblings. I'm sure you will get along with them. May I ask why you don't like school?" I asked trying to ignore her cute whining expression.
"I had a bad experience but let's not talk about it. I'm glad you think I'll get along with your siblings but what about you? You think you and I can be uhm friends?" I am curious about her bad experience but it's clear that Bella doesn't want to talk about it so I let it slide for now. I made a mental note to asked her about it when the time is right.
"It depends on you. You are nice and I already like you but me on the other hand... I am not sure if you will still like me once you got to know me well. I'm sure you already heard some of the rumors about me?" I answered truthfully. She has to know I'm not the most likeable person in town. People here thinks I am a cold-heartedly bitch with a superiority complex mostly because that's how I intended to portrait myself outside my family. Why? Simple. Because this was the easiest way for the humans to avoid me. I don't really care what humans think of me as long as they won't bother me. But now, not only I want a certain human to think better of me but also I want her to accept me for what and who I am.
"I rather want to get to know the real you than learn things about you from rumors. Don't worry about me not liking you because I already like you too." I heard Bella replied to me smiling happily at me. I can hear the sincerity in her voice which made my heart soar in happiness. I have a chance. She's giving me a chance to show her the real me. To know me in person and not in gossips. My happiness is too much that it shows to my features. I smiled genuinely at her and was rewarded by an even bigger smile coming from my Bella. 'Is it possible for a human to dazzle a vampire? The hell?! I must be the one doing that to her!' My internal outburst was silenced when those captivating brown eyes locked on mine. I felt like she was looking at the very depth of my soul (if I have one, I am a vampire so I am not sure) her eyes held curiosity, of what? I don't know but I didn't looked away. I didn't want to. I didn't want her to. But of course, the teacher chose this moment to interrupt us with his loud voice dismissing us for today making Bella break her gaze to mine. I gave the teacher a deathly glare and for a moment I think of killing him mercilessly here and then for interrupting my special moment with Bella but before I can act what my thought is telling me, I saw Bella stood up ready to leave. Before she could walk out of the door, she turned to me and send me a shy smile. with that, all my dark thoughts about the teacher vanished. Lucky teacher, ignorant of the fact that Bella just saved his life.