I Lost My Powers, Chapter 3.

3. Angst (Why aren't These Lockers Made of Harder Stuff?)

Alice POV

I think that something is seriously wrong with Edward. I mean, besides the whole 'lost your power' issue. He hasn't had a single horny thought about Bella in the past three weeks! That's got to be a new record. Plus, he hasn't provoked Rosalie once (not that she's complaining. She's actually humming while working on Jasper's car), or even thought of ways to prank Emmett and Jasper. Edward isn't speaking to them because he blames them for the loss of his powers. And in a sense, he's right. But it was Edward's fault for taking on the bet. He should not have let such a silly thing like pride or honor get in the way of common sense. Although I secretly think that he just wanted to prove to Bella that he could be as normal as a vampire could get. And impress her.

He's become a zombie. At school he is a shadow of himself and talks to no one, hardly even Bella. His tortured and empty stare scares the humans and teachers alike more than when he was lonely and single. The teachers no long call on him (they rarely did anyways) and he earned himself and even wider bubble of space that the mortals avoided – excluding Bella.

But what worries me the most is that he hardly plays the piano any more. And when Esme persuades him to, it sounds hollow and empty – he takes no joy in it. I suspect that the only thing he takes pleasure in now is watching Bella sleep. And Bella herself, of course, but even then he is more subdued that usual – a shell of his former self. There was one incident of activity at school, though.

Flashback

I sighed as I got out of my yellow Porsche. I love it so, and Edward for getting it for me. The car ride to school had been uneventful. I was forced to drive at the speed limit because it had come under the polices' radar that people were speeding along the road we take to school. Emmett's attempts at lightening the atmosphere with some perverted jokes had been a failure. An epic failure. Even Jasper's efforts to at the least lighten the mood had been a letdown. Rosalie, however, seemed unaffected by everyone else's glum moods. She remained her usual vain self and was left for the first time to drone on and on about various beauty products, herself, shopping, herself, how she hated Jacob, herself…well, you get the point.

And yes, even talk of shopping did not interest me this time. Shocking right?

I even put Claire De Lune on to see if it would have an effect on Edward, but no luck. Jasper turned it off in disgust. He proceeded to sulk, turned away from me, in the front seat because his powers had failed to cheer people up. I cast him a sympathetic look and he smiled slightly back at me. We both hated to see each other in such a state of mind. However, I had received a vision that Edward would have some activity today and that brightened my mood slightly. I had no fear of trying to keep Edward from seeing the vision because, well, you know…

It was to happen right after Edward's, Bella's, and mine's English class. I was in a different class than them, but being psychic had its' advantages…..

End Flashback

Bella POV

I was extremely vexed about Edward. He barely spoke to me and he's only kissed me twice in the past three weeks!! I mean, there's no medicine for kiss-deprivation-itis. Unfortunately, not even Carlisle is smart enough to come up with a cure for that. 'Tis a shame. What the hell? Am I suddenly becoming Scottish? No matter; if I am I will welcome the change greatly because a sudden change might stir Edward out of his grief.

The bell rang for lunch and Edward and I slowly rose from our seats. "Bella, love?" Edward whispered gently, taking my elbow and guided me (a gentleman habit never wears off, you see) to our lockers.

"Yes, Edward?" I asked eagerly, searching his eyes for any remainder of the spark that was once there.

"I have decided to not burden everyone with my sadness. I will try to become social again."

"Oh, Edward!" I cried, flinging my arms around his icy neck in happiness. "It will be good to have you back."

"But-"

"Oh no, not the 'but.'" I say while pouting.

"Yes, there is a 'but' to everything. Except Rosalie, she has not butt." He said with a twinkle in his eyes. I laugh softly. By now all the other people are off at lunch and we are left alone in the hallway. "As I was saying, I have all this angst that has built up inside of me over the past weeks. I should like you to leave me and go join the others for lunch so that I may get rid of my angst."

"Why do you want me to leave?" I ask, mildly sad.

"Because, in order to banish this feeling from my system, I will act in a manner that I do not want you to see. It would be quite embarrassing if you saw me." He dazzles me and I give in. How I hate it when he does that. It makes me feel like I have been put under the Imperious Curse like in Harry Potter. But I guess I love it too, it's one of the things that make him so perfect.

"Alright." I sigh, my eyes slightly out of focus. He chuckles and I lightly slap him on the shoulder. He fakes being injured. "Pshh, like that's going to work on me again. I could never hurt you; I'm just a weak human, after all." I untangle myself from him and walk away.

Haha, I think. He doesn't know that Alice told me about her 'little vision.' This is so going up on VampTube! I enter the cafeteria, grab an apple and nod at Alice from across the room. She nods back and excuses herself from the table. No one but me notices the slightest bulge in her sweater. I sigh in dismay. Only Alice would think that the best hiding place for something as small as her video camera would be inside her bra. Shame on her. I munch casually on the apple while waiting for Alice to reach me. She finally does.

"You're going to have to ditch the fruit," she says. She seems to be in 'business mode.' "Edward will hear you chewing on it."

I sigh. "What a waste of free food." While she wasn't looking a secretly slipped it into my backpack. She probably saw but didn't comment. I could tell by the way she pursed her lips and narrowed her eyes slightly.

"Okay, stop." She said, holding out an arm as she knew I would trip over nothing in my rush to stop. "I'll just fire this baby up," withdrawing the minute camcorder from her shirt, "and action! I have payback for that little teddy bear stunt you pulled! You thought I had forgotten? Well no!" I laugh slightly at her anger. I peered around the corner to see Edward at his locker doing something incredibly comical!

Edward was repeatedly banging his diamond hard head against the metal door of his locker muttering over and over again, "Angst, angst, angst, angst, angst…" And then, "Oh, why these lockers can't be made out of harder stuff?? It's not asking much for the school board to provide some material that will at least result in some pain to rid an angry teen from immense stress!" A massive dent had already been formed stretching over fifteen lockers in both directions. I stifled a snigger. But it was not enough. Edward had heard me, stopped and turned toward us. He gaped. And then crouched into a chasing position.

"You had better run, Alice…"

Uh-oh…

"And destroy that tape or else I'm afraid I'll have to return your precious Porsche."

Alice squeaked and ran at vampire speed. Edward chased her. But not before saying to me, "You're not getting any kisses for another week as punishment." I pouted.

A/N: Well, that's it for now. This one was kind of long, too. Seven pages when I was typing it! Please read and review, this chapter is a lot funnier than the last one (which was sort of depressing, wasn't it?) Please feel free to mail me if you have any ideas or critiques. You can also just post it on a review. I'm running out of ideas for future chapters, so help would be greatly appreciated!! Until next time, remember, Jacob doesn't dazzle. :]