Biology Class

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Who was this girl? The girl that was the focus of not just every male's mind but also of every female's mind as well. Though she was present in both sexes' heads, the thoughts differed greatly between them. The males were mostly concerned if this new girl, Chief Swan's only daughter from Phoenix, was pretty or not. While the females thoughts were mainly centered around was she going to steal their boyfriends, although there was the occasional "I wonder if she is nice?" floating around in some of the girl's minds.

Their thoughts disgusted me. This was high school after all though, wasn't this what high school was all about? I should know, I'd only been through it five or six times. Most of the history they taught in my honors history class I had lived through. So did my siblings though. All of us vampires had lived the history that other juniors learned about. I was doomed to walk this earth for all of eternity, and there was rarely anything that could excite me anymore. After ninety years of existence, could you really blame me?

Ugg, those voices buzzing all about my head, like pesky gnats that just refused to leave. Sometimes hearing people's thoughts was a great nuisance, at times a gift, but mostly a nuisance. Like today, I had heard all of these unoriginal thoughts throughout the course of the day, and by lunch, they were starting to bore me, not to mention annoy the crap out of me.

Then she walked in, Isabella Swan, the girl that had been at the center of so many people's thoughts today. The cafeteria suddenly grew very quite as she made her way to a table. She was very pretty, with long, slightly wavy dark brown hair and protective but deep chocolate eyes. She sat down with Jessica Stanley, the biggest loud mouth in the history of Forks High School. I heard Jessica telling Bella about my family and me. How we were strange, solitary people. I got a chuckle out of the last word there. If only she knew what we really were, she would be glad that we didn't interact with the rest of the student body. I inadvertently stared at Bella, and she stared right back with a look of, what was that look, was it awe? I didn't have time to question the look in her large chocolate eyes. I had a much more important problem to solve. I couldn't read her thoughts. I scowled, not at her, but at not hearing her thoughts, I wasn't use to that. She must have thought I was scowling at her though because she quickly looked away, her cheeks blushing the most appealing shade of pink. Jessica had noticed the stare down Bella and I had moments ago and she was not happy.

"Why was he staring at her? He's not supposed to like anyone. There is no way that he would like her, not when he could have me! I mean really, I'm ten times prettier then her. Oh my God! Why is he still staring at her? She looked away like ten minutes ago! And now he's smiling at her? What is this all about?"

I guess I must have smiled at Bella when reading these thoughts in Jessica's head. Infuriated is more the word I think would use to describe the way she felt. She was a master at hiding her emotions though; her face did not show the slightest bit of anger towards Bella at all. Once again I was disgusted at the shallow thoughts running through this shallow girl's head. Lunch finally ended and I dumped my tray, which still contained my untouched sloppy Joe and can of Coca-Cola, in the trash and started to make my way towards biology.

I was the first one there as usual, everyone else liked to linger in the cafeteria, but not me. The rest of the class started to filter in and then she walked in. Isabella Swan, and the room, just like the cafeteria, grew silent. She made her way up to the teacher to get some stupid thing stamped when her smell hit me. She smelled better then anything I had ever smelled in my ninety years of existence. Her smell was slightly floral, very refreshing, and very clean. I longed for her blood. No, lusted would be more accurate. I lusted for her blood. I craved it. I had to have it. As long as Mr. Banner didn't seat her by me, there was a possibility that I'd be fine. I looked around, seeing where the teacher might seat her. That's when I came to a horrible realization, the only empty seat was right next to me. Oh crap, this was not going to be good. Mr. Banner almost certainly was going to send Isabella Swan to her death.

"Why hello Isabella." Mr. Banner politely said.

"Just Bella, please." She corrected him, just as politely.

"Very well then, Bella. Would you please take the seat next to Mr. Cullen then, as that seems to be the only empty seat in the classroom." Crap, called that one

"Of course Mr. Banner." And then she turned around and started walking towards me, towards her death. Of that I was almost certain, for there was no way that I could resist her blood for long. The beast inside was already clawing at me, begging to be let out. Demanding to be let out.

She stared at me for a moment. She looked almost puzzled, at what I couldn't imagine. I stared back at her with the meanest look I could muster. Her expression quickly changed from puzzlement to fear and she looked away. I hadn't meant to scowl at her, I was trying to read her thoughts again, and this, just like in the cafeteria, hadn't worked out well. I could not get into this girl's head and it was starting to bug me. I had never thought that there would be a mind that I would not be able to read. I thought that I might be able to hear them if I was closer, though the distance had never been a problem before. The monster inside of me started talking again and before I knew it, my head was filled with gruesome thoughts. How I would kill this girl, and then, how I would kill her fellow classmates. It saddened me to know that just because this girl was going to die, thirteen others would have to also. But the thought lingered for just a moment, because then Bella did the worst possible thing she could have done, Bella let her hair down, a curtain between our two faces. With the air from the vents on the other side of the room blowing my way, that was not a smart move. This girl was going to be her own demise. My mouth had already started producing extra venom and it took all the will power I had to keep it at the back of my mouth.

I turned my head in the other direction for just a minute and fresh air hit me right in the face. I looked up and noticed a vent to the right of my seat was blowing down on me and I was suddenly able to think clearly for the first time since Bella Swan had entered the room. No. No, I would not kill this girl and thirteen others just because I had no self-control. This weak, pathetic human girl was not going to be the reason I lost Carlisle's respect. My father was not going to be disappointed in me. And then it suddenly hit me, the solution. I would just hold my breath.

Technically I didn't have to breathe, it just came naturally. I felt terribly uncomfortable whenever I stopped, but this was an emergency where I had no other option. I abruptly stopped my intake of breath and turned back to Bella. I looked at the clock just above her head. Just ten more minutes and I'd be free. I could skip my last class and go hunting. While I was engrossed in my own thoughts, I accidentally started breathing and once again Bella's scent overpowered me and I was immediately again plotting her murder in my mind. I have to admit that was the only thing that kept me from killing Bella on the spot. Creatively plotting her murder, I would make it dramatic and theatrical, but I would wait till we were alone. I would coax her out to my car. It shouldn't be hard. There wasn't a human that I'd come across that didn't give in to me when I asked a request or favor of them. The bell thankfully interrupted my thoughts. Thank God, class had ended. I jumped up and sprinted towards the door, all the time holding my breath for I had to pass Bella on my way to freedom. I was easily the first one out of the room and I found myself standing in an almost deserted hallway. Quickly, without even thinking, I turned and ran to my car. The crisp air cleared my head and I was able to think clearly once again. While the rest of the school was sitting through their last class of the day, I was doing some serious thinking in my car.

About fifteen minutes later, I knew what I had to do. I put the key into the ignition and I was on my way. I had to get out of here, for Bella's sake and mine. And that was exactly what I planned to do.

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