Disclaimer: I still don't own Twilight and Meyers characters still belongs to her.
3. The First School Day
I woke Nessie up early in the morning. It was our first day at our new school and I wanted to make her breakfast before we had to leave. I wasn't too happy to go to high school now when Nessie was still so young, but Carlisle had said that it would look suspicious if we didn't do anything during the days, and I had to admit that he was right. So Edward, Alice, Jasper and I decided to go to the local high school.
After half an hour all four of us were ready. Edward and I hugged and kissed Nessie and then left.
The school building was much bigger than Forks High School, making it much easier to blend in, though we still get wondering looks. We were, after all, vampires. It didn't surprise me that girls couldn't keep their eyes off of Edward, but I was happy that I wasn't the one who could hear their thoughts.
We walked inside the office. Alice and Jasper were holding hands and Edward wrapped his arm around my shoulders. The room was big and light and there were potted plants scattered across the room. A middle-aged woman behind the big counter eyed us thoughtfully and, after a while, a little smile appeared on her face. "You must be the new students. Welcome to our high school," she said, smiling warmly at us.
"Thank you," Edward answered for us all.
"I'm Mrs. Jones and you can contact me with any problems you might have. And don't be afraid to come talk to me. I know it could sometimes be difficult to settle into a new school."
Edward just smiled and nodded at her.
The woman looked a bit dazed. After a while, she delved into her papers on the table, and then handed us our timetables.
"Thanks," I said as I took mine. I compared it to Edward's and smiled, pleased. Our timetables were almost identical; at least I could still be with Edward all day.
"Now you have to hurry to your classes," Mrs. Jones said to us. "And remember, I'll be happy to help you with any problems, you might have."
We thanked her once again and hurried out of the office.
Edward's and my first class was biology. It reminded me of the day we had seen each other for the first time. I smiled at the memory.
"What's so funny?" Edward asked me.
"I just remembered our first biology class together."
Now Edward smiled, too. "Things have changed quite a bit."
"My life has changed," I said. "It's much better now."
"That's good," Edward said, seriously now. "That's really good."
I looked at Edward's serious face. I knew that deep down inside, he was still a little worried that I would miss my human life. What a silly thing to worry about. I was happier with him than I could have ever been in my human life. Of course I missed my parents, but it was nothing compared to the fact that I would be with Edward and Renesmee forever.
Alice and Jasper went upstairs to their classes as Edward and I walked into our biology class. Other students glanced at us curiously as we sat down in the back of the small classroom. It felt a little odd to be at school again.
After a few minutes, the teacher, a small, red-haired woman, walked in front of the class.
Edward and I went to introduce ourselves to her. She nodded and quickly introduced us to the rest of the class and then sent us back to our seats.
After biology, we had English and then math together with Jasper and Alice before lunch. After math, we walked together to lunch.
We took our food (though we didn't eat it) and went to a little table in the corner of the cafeteria. We were talking and acting like normal humans when Edward suddenly stiffened into a motionless statue. I looked at him, surprised. He turned his head and nodded towards the door before I had time to ask anything. I turned to look at the door and watched as two students stepped into the room.
Immediately, I realized that they weren't humans. They were extremely beautiful, pale and they had dark shadows under their eyes – they were vampires.
"What…?" I turned to look at Edward, my face full of confusion.
"I don't know," Edward breathed slowly. I saw the same, uncertain look in his eyes. I turned to look at Alice, who sat on my other side.
"I didn't have any idea," Alice whispered and there was frightened tone in her voice.
I turned to look at the two vampires again. The boy was about as tall as I was and had straight, dark red hair. His eyes were a dark brown – he was hungry. The girl was a little shorter and her hair was curly and brown. Her eyes were lighter than the boy's. She wore tight blue jeans and a long, white shirt while the boy had black pants and a dark blue shirt.
They took their food and walked at the other side of the cafeteria. They didn't seem to be surprised by our presence.
Edward, Alice, Jasper and I stared at each other wordlessly. Edward was the first to talk
"I – I'm sorry. There were so many new voices and I just tried to block them out of my mind. I should have been more attentive."
"I couldn't see them! Why I couldn't see them?" Alice hissed, frustrated. It always upset Alice, when she couldn't see the future clearly.
Jasper took Alice's hand and silently calmed her down.
"I need to talk to Carlisle," Edward said and abruptly stood up.
"I'll come with you," I said and stood up, too.
"And I," Jasper said.
"Me too," Alice added.
We all walked out of the cafeteria and to the car. Edward drove us to the local hospital where Carlisle had started to work today.
The receptionist told us, that Carlisle's office was on the second floor. Once we got there, we knocked and the door opened immediately.
"Oh," Carlisle said, surprised as he saw us. "It may not create the best impression of you if you start to ditch on the first day."
"I'm sorry, Carlisle, but this couldn't wait," Edward answered.
"Well, since you are here, come on in," Carlisle said and let us in the office.
"There are more vampires," Edward said when Carlisle had shut the door.
"Excuse me?" Carlisle said and turned to look at us.
"We saw two of them at the cafeteria," Edward explained. "Alice couldn't see them and I didn't pay enough attention to heard them before."
Carlisle nodded, but he didn't say anything aloud. Edward caught the questions in his head.
"No, they didn't seem to drink human blood and there are three of them in town. Oliver and Cassandra – they called her Cassie – were the ones we saw in the cafeteria and their 'mother' is named Eva. But they are really good at blocking their minds. It's like they knew what I could do and tried to consciously keep me out of their thoughts."
Carlisle nodded again seriously. "Hmm… But they didn't seem to be a danger?"
"No, I didn't hear anything like that," Edward answered.
"And you couldn't see them at all?" Carlisle asked, now directing his words at Alice.
"No," Alice said, frustrated.
"Okay," Carlisle said and frowned. "It's weird that you couldn't see them at all and that they could so easily block Edward out of their mind."
"Maybe it's their talent?" I asked. "Something like what I can do."
"But it's not likely that they both had the same talent," Carlisle said, thinking.
"What should we do?" Jasper asked.
Carlisle was silent before he answered. "Maybe Edward should just find out where they live and we can go have a little visit and talk to them and find out more about them."
"Maybe that's the best idea," Edward agreed.
"But now you have to get back to school," Carlisle said.
I sighed I didn't have any interest to go back to school, but Carlisle sent us out of his office and said that we couldn't start ditching on the first day.
"Edward?" I asked when we were out of the hospital.
"Yes?"
"I want to see Nessie. Do you think we could ditch gym."
Edward burst into laughter and took my hand in his. "Whatever you want."
Alice and Jasper took the Volvo as Edward and I ran back to our house. Esme and Nessie were alone at the house while Emmett and Rosalie were at the University for their first lessons. Esme was cooking for Nessie seeming to enjoy being the babysitter, though I saw a bit of sadness in her eyes. Maybe she was thinking about her baby…
She was surprised to see us in the middle of the school day.
"We were already out of the school, and Bella wanted to see Nessie," Edward explained.
"Why were you out of the school?" Esme asked. "You really shouldn't ditch too much."
"But we needed to see Carlisle," Edward explained and began to tell Esme about the vampires.
Nessie came into the room after a while and pressed her hand to my cheek. She asked why we were at home already and how was our new school. I wondered, should I tell her about the new vampires, but there wasn't any point to not tell.
After a while, we had to leave. After all, Esme was right; we really shouldn't ditch that much. Edward and I both hugged Nessie tightly and then left for school again.
A/N: So here was chapter number 3. If you read it please comment and let me know what you think! :)
