BPOV
Angela walked me to my biology class. She also had it this period and she was quickly filling me in on what was happening in the class. She was rather shy and sweet and I instantly began to like her. I could see myself becoming friends with her and that was a big no. Attachments and friendships were something that I did not do. If I were ever to be discovered then I would have to leave immediately. Attachments would only make it harder. I sighed. I would try as hard as I could to avoid becoming attached to Angela. It wouldn't be fair to her if I had to suddenly leave and not get to say goodbye to her.
"Here we are." Angela said, pointing to the door that lead to the biology room.
"Thanks Angela." I smiled. She nodded shyly, opened the door, walked inside, and I soon followed.
The biology room was a standard sized room, filled with lab tables and stools for students to sit on. As I made my way to the teacher, I noticed that there was one Cullen in this class and if I remembered correctly, it was Edward Cullen. He sat alone, staring off into the distant. His books pilled neatly on top of the table. I glanced around the room and noticed that his table was the only one with an open seat. My seat. Edward Cullen was a guy. This was not good. I began to hyperventilate a bit. I tried to control mini panic attack and somewhat succeeded.
"You must be Miss Swan." The teacher said, interrupting my mini panic attack, something that I was thankful for. I nodded. Talking seemed impossible at the moment. I silently handed him my slip and he quickly signed it and handed it back to me. He turned around and looked for something on his desk. "Class this is Miss Swan. She is new here so please make her feel welcomed." He said as he handed me my textbook. "Now Miss Swan the only seat available is the one next to Mr. Cullen, so if you will please find your way to your seat, we can begin the lesson for today." I nodded and made my way to my seat.
Whispers and staring followed me as I walked to my seat. I quickly sat on my stool, got my notebook out, and placed my backpack on the floor once I reached my seat. I scooted a bit away from Edward Cullen, discretely. Distance was always good. It keeps the likelihood of any hugging or accidental hugs from happening. I strengthened my guards and my senses to maximum alert, before finally glancing up to face the front of the room.
"Okay class; please work on the worksheet, which I will be passing on shortly, with your lab partner, in other words the person sitting next to you. It will be due at the end of the hour," said the teacher as he began to hand out the sheets. He placed the sheets in the center of our table and walked on, doing the same to the other tables. I began to reach for my sheet, my hand nearly touching it, when out of nowhere Edward's hand was also reaching for his. Our hands somewhat collided, his hand touched mine and mine touched his. I jerked my hand back quickly, his hand was ice cold and contact with the opposite sex was forbidden. It could lead to more. They might get the wrong idea. I waited until he grabbed his sheet so that I could grab mine. He grabbed his and quickly wrote his name. I reached for mine and also proceeded to write my name on it. I shook a deep breath and prepared myself to actually look at him. I hadn't done so since I entered the room.
I angled my body so that it was somewhat facing his and so that it would allow me to speak to him and write on my sheet easily. It was a dangerous position to be in, for it left me wide open and easily susceptible to any hugs, but it needed to be done in order to look normal, even more so, human. I finally lifted my head. My eyes instantly landed on his chin. It seemed that I had underestimated his height. My gaze traveled slowly up his face, finally landing on his eyes. His golden eyes. He stared back, his expression filled with curiosity and a bit of anger and frustration. His eyes narrowed slightly, as if he was concentrating on something. I looked away quickly, finding the stare somewhat uncomfortable, and cleared my throat to chase away the uneasiness that had begun to grow in me. I felt his stare shift away from me.
"I—I think," my nervous were getting the best of me and it was making hard for me to speak, "that we might want to start this worksheet." I said. I looked back up to him, waiting for his response. He looked at me for a second before finally speaking.
"Yes, I apologize for the delay, but I think introductions should be made first before we begin." He paused, waiting for my answer, to which I simply nodded. "I am Edward Cullen, a pleasure to meet you. And you must be Miss Isabella Swan."
"Yes." I said. He smiled briefly and turned to his worksheet.
"Well then, why don't we get started? Shall we split these questions in half to make it fair?" He asked. I nodded and looked down at my sheet finally reading what we were supposed to do. The worksheet contained a series of twelve questions pertaining to the different aspects of a plant cell and an animal cell. It seemed quite easy and we quickly finished the sheet before anyone else was done. Once done we found ourselves doing nothing but staring off in the distant. The teacher must have noticed that we were done for he walked up to our desk to inquire about our fast work.
"Mr. Cullen, did you answer most of the questions?" He asked politely.
"No sir. Miss Swan answered half of them and I answered the rest." Edward assured him. The teacher looked a bit surprised and turned to look at me.
"Miss Swan were you by any chance in any advanced classes in Phoenix?" I nodded. "I see. Well, it's a good thing that you were paired up with Mr. Cullen then." He smiled and walked away to check on the progress of the other students.
I turned my body so that it was finally facing the desk and not angled so openly. I began to gather my books on my desk, placing in neat stacks so that they would be ready to be placed in my bag when the time was right. As I was doing so, the AC turned on. The vent was directly to the side of me, so that the cold air blew directly on me. Lifting my hair and blowing it in Edward's direction. I felt him stiffen and I turned to see what the problem was. My eyes landed on his. His eyes had now become black. Hairs on the back of my neck began to stand. My senses were no going into overdrive. My heart began to beat faster. I was in danger. And Edward was the cause of it.