Chapter 3;
Now I find myself sat in Biology,15 staring teenagers with raging hate or hormones.
Why did I decide that we should come back to school again? I asked myself.
"Isabella, can you tell me the five stages of Mitosis in order please?" My teacher asked.
"Of course, Mr Wood. The first stage is Interphase. During Interphase, the cell is preparing itself for division, and also second stage is Prophase, in which the duplicated chromosomes from the previous phase condense, meaning they become compacted and more tightly wound. An apparatus known as a mitotic spindle forms on the edges of the dividing cell. The mitotic spindle is made up of proteins called microtubules that gradually lengthen during prophase, which drives the division of the cell by elongating it. It is however debatable whether they should be swapped. The third stage is Metaphase. Preceding metaphase is a period called Pro-metaphase, during which the membrane, or nuclear envelope, surrounding the chromosomes breaks down, allowing the condensed chromosomes to come into direct contact with the microtubules of the mitotic spindle. Upon entering metaphase, the pairs of condensed chromosomes line up along the equator of the elongated cell. Because they are condensed, they move more easily without becoming tangled. The next stage is called Anaphase. During anaphase, the pairs of chromosomes, also called sister chromatids, are drawn to opposite poles of the elongated cell. Therefore, duplicate copies of the cell's DNA are now on either side of the cell and are ready to divide completely. At this stage the microtubules get shorter, which begins to allow the cell to separate. And the last stage is called Telophase. The most important characteristic of telophase is that the nuclear envelope, which had previously broken down to allow the microtubules to access and recruit the chromosomes to the equator of the dividing cell, reforms as two new nuclear envelopes around the separated sister chromatids. The complete division of the cell, however, is not complete until cytokinesis takes place. Cytokinesis is the process by which the elongated cell is finally pinched into two brand new cells by a ring of proteins called actin and myosin, the same proteins found in muscle. At this point, the cytoplasm, or fluid in which all cell components are bathed, is equally divided between the two new daughter cells. Each daughter cell is identical, containing it's own nucleus and a complete copy of the organism's DNA." I finished. (A/N By the way I am not 100% percent sure if this is right, but who cares?)
"Well done Isabella, that was a very descriptive overview of the different stages of Mitosis." He nodded his head approvingly but his eyes were darting all over my desk trying to find where I had read from. But I hadn't and so he would find nothing.
He moved on after that, explaining what I had just said but in slightly more depth, I decided that it would be okay for me to day dream a little.
He didn't call upon me for the rest of the lesson after that. Just as the bell rung I heard Mr Wood call out my name asking me to stay behind.
"So, Miss Swan I am under the impression that you did this lab at your old school. Am I correct?" He asked expecting me to say yes, but I wasn't going to.
"No, Sir. It's hard, you see to be taken seriously. I mean three teens living virtually unsupervised. We really open ourselves up to complaints. Not just from neighbours but from teachers as well and so myself, Delilah and Alistair make sure to study as much as possible without over doing it. My old school didn't have advanced placement so we never actually covered this in class, but I have studied it lightly by myself." I explained to him.
"Ah, I see. Well, I'm going to speak to the head teacher and try and arrange for you to be put into AP classes. Assuming that you know just as much about Math as you do Biology." He added on the end.
I nodded my head eagerly, thanked him quickly then slipped out of the classroom making my way to English.
I walked along the corridor for about 30 seconds then I heard someone calling my name from behind me.
"Bella! Bella!" The voice shouted.
I turned back to see a boy that had been in my biology class running down the hall trying to catch up with me.
"Do I know you?" I asked confused as to why he knew my name. I listened into his thoughts and they were filled with fantasies. I suppressed a shudder of disgust.
"I'm in your biology. My names Maxwell, but you can call me Max, babe." He attempted to wink at me but it ended up looking like he was having a spasm.
"First of all, don't call me babe, otherwise you'll never see the light of day again." I snarled, metaphorical venom laced throughout my tone. "Second, I will no longer be in your biology because Mr Wood is moving me into the AP class. And last, but not least I will not call you Max you sick, twisted little boy." I spat through a clenched jaw.
With that said, I turned on my heel and hastily walked off to English.
When I arrived in english everyone was already seated.
"How nice of you to decide to join us miss Swan." An old lady who name was Mrs Nutshaw.
"I am truly sorry. You see I found myself a bit lost and had to ask for directions." I looked down sheepishly, attempting to look nervous.
"Well I should hope it does not happen again otherwise I am afraid I shall have to give you a detention." She informed me then gestured to my seat.
The next classes flew by and now it was lunch.
I searched for Delilah and Alistair's thoughts and saw that they were still in Spanish.
Apparently the teacher had taken a liking to them because of their knowledge of the subject and had asked to speak to them after class. Now they were stood having a full conversation entirely in Spanish.
Delilah loved it as she had lived in Spain when she was human. I took us a whole 5 years to change her accent so that she doesn't sound Spanish and she still slips into it every now and then.
I set off on my way to the Spanish room.
When I arrived I knocked on the door and introduced myself.
"Hello, my name is Is-" I started only to be cut off by the teacher.
"Sólo en español, en este salón de clases." She said. (Translation:Spanish only, when in this classroom.) (A/N: These translations are probably all wrong, I barely speak Spanish so... yeah deal with it I suppose.)
"Sí, por supuesto, señorita. Qué tonta de mí. Mi nombre es Isabella Swan pero prefiero sólo a Bella." I said. (Translation:Yes of course, Miss. How silly of me. My name is Isabella Swan but I prefer just Bella.)
"Veo que usted está tan bien informado como lo son cuando se trata de español. Espero verte en una de mis clases." (Translation:I see you are just as knowledgeable as they are when it comes to Spanish. I hope to see you in one of my classes.)
"Creep due the tango después del almuerzo." (I think I have you after lunch.) I said to her. I was sure I had her after lunch. She was the schools only Spanish teacher and I had Spanish so it was obvious that I would have her.
"No puedo esperar. Puedo tenger que emparejarte con Edward para las actividades que parece. Usted puede incluso ser más fluido que él." (I can't wait. I may have to pair you up with Edward for activities it seems. You may even be more fluent than him.) She said to me. I wonder who this Edward was. He sounded smart, so at least I wouldn't have to spell out every word for him. Hopefully he wouldn't stare at me all lesson as all the other straight boys or even teachers had been doing.
"Gracias, tampoco puedo emperor." (Thank you. I can't wait either.) I thanked her.
We all said goodbye and then made our way to lunch.
The school was so small that there was only one lunch period and so as we walked toward the cafeteria we could hear all of the students chatter.
"I forgot what it was like... the staring, the feelings, the thoughts." I whispered, so low that no humans could ever hope of hearing me.
"I know, it's all a bit over whelming, isn't it?" Alistair agreed with me.
We had now already reached the lunch room so we stopped walking. I took one deep breath and then walked in. The room went silent when I entered, and everyone just stared.
I looked back at Alistair and Delilah and willed them to join me.
That's when it hit me, Vampires.
A/N: Sorry it took so long, in all honesty I forgot ;D, I'm going to try and upload another chapter of this story today so keep an eye out. Byeeeeeeeeee!