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EPOV

The day had past somewhat uneventfully. It was another typical day of high school but the only difference was that a new student had decided to join the ranks of the Forks High School student body. Her name was Isabella Swan; Bella as she liked to call herself, was on the mind of every student. I hadn't seen her all day and the mind of humans could only capture so much. Her image was distorted and it didn't help that this Isabella was allusive. No student was able to fully capture the look of her face. She hid it behind her hair, using it as a shield from the prying eyes of the student body. Yet, this didn't stop the students from thinking about her. She was new and that therefore made her a toy, an interesting topic of the student body. The only thing that I knew about her was that she was the daughter of Charlie Swan, the chief of police, and that she was somewhat shy. She didn't talk much and she seemed to stay away from men especially, almost as if she was scared of them. Mike, along with the male population of the school, seemed to think that she was playing hard to get, but from what I saw, it would almost seemed as if she detested men. A possible man phobia? It seemed like a ridiculous idea, and I quickly dismissed it. It didn't seem right for this time and era. I would just have to wait until I could read her mind to determine why she behaved the way she did.

I sighed and looked around. It was the middle of the school day and it was currently the lunch period. Students sat around tables eating and gossiping about the new student. Nothing ever changed. I turned my attention to my family. They too were glancing around the room, not really looking at anything, but merely making themselves look human. Trays of food sat uneaten in front of them. I picked a spot above a wall and stared it, attempting to block out the thoughts that bombarded me.

Edward. Jasper's thoughts interrupted my quite concentration. I shifted my head slightly letting him know that I was listening. It would seem that Jessica has begun to tell the new student about us. Jasper informed me. I understood the double meaning behind his words. He really wanted me to look into her mind and make sure she didn't know anything. I shifted my mind away from Jasper's thoughts and focused on finding Bella's thoughts. I located Mike's, Angela's, Jessica's, Lauren's, Ben's and Eric's thoughts easily. But I was unable to hear and locate Bella's. Was she not sitting with them? Did Jasper mistake the wrong girl for Bella? I turned and looked at Angela's table, my eyes connecting instantly with that of Bella's. She was there but where were her thoughts? Was she not thinking? I concentrated harder, but I got nothing from her. Why was that? I stared at her harder this time. I was determined to find her thoughts. She stared back openly. It seemed that she was also trying to figure something out.

Edward, what's wrong? Why are you angry and frustrated? Jasper thought while sending me some calming waves.

"I am unable to read her thoughts." I said silently, making sure that only my family heard. I felt them all stiffen at my words.

"Are you sure?" Jasper asked. Making sure that everyone else was tuned in to our conversation.

"Yes, her thoughts are blocked from me. I am unable to read them." I answered back.

"Alice?" Jasper turned to Alice.

Alice closed her eyes for a moment, looking into the future. "I can see flashes of her future, but since no decisions have been made, her future is not definite." Jasper, along with the rest of the family looked relieved. As long as Alice was able to see her, we didn't have to panic yet. The bell rang, signaling the end of the lunch periods. We all stood up and threw our uneaten food away. We exited the cafeteria and went our separate ways. Biology was my next class.

I sat in my usual seat in the biology room, alone. No human dared to sit next to me unless absolutely necessary. I placed my books neatly on the table and waited for the class to begin. The doors opened and in walked in Angela followed by Isabella Swan. Angela walked to her seat while Miss Swan walked up the teacher. I saw her through the minds of others. My gaze was someplace else. Staring openly was not a polite thing to do, using the minds of others I was able to observe discretely. I watched as she glanced around the room as she walked up to the teacher, but when her gaze landed in my direction, I heard her begin to hyperventilate, her breaths coming in fast and short. She seemed to calm down a bit as her she introduced herself and the teacher handed her a textbook and told her to sit in the open seat next to me. Of course, this was the only seat available. She walked down the aisle and sat down on her stool once she reached our table. She took out her notebook and placed it neatly in front of her. She scooted away from me, as far as the table permitted her which I found a bit odd. Where her human instincts telling her to stay as far away from a monster like me? Or was it something else? Once she was done adjusting her stool, she looked down, almost as if she was concentrating on something before she finally looked up and faced 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 pass out the sheets, placing ours in the middle of our table. I reached for mine as the same time that Bella's reached for hers. Her hand touched mine and I saw as she quickly jerked her hand back. The cold temperature of her hand must have shocked her. She waited until I grabbed mine before reaching for her. She obviously didn't want to touch my hand again. I wrote my name on sheet as she wrote hers and shifted herself so that we would be able to talk to one other while working on the sheet. Once I felt that she was ready to start working did I turn to face her for the first time. I was a bit shocked when my eyes finally saw her face. She was beautiful. She had large brown eyes, gorgeous wave brown hair that reached her waist, beautiful red lips. She was a bit pale, but other than that she was the gorgeous creature that I had seen in a long time.

She didn't meet my eyes yet but once they did I took the opportunity to try and get into her mind once again, and failed. She was simply blank to me and in a way this angered me. No human was ever silent to me. It was unheard of. What made this human so much different from the other humans around her whose minds I could easily read? She looked away, finding my stare uncomfortable. She cleared her thought and turned back to me.

"I—I think that we might want to start this worksheet." She said nervously.

"Yes, I apologize for the delay, but I think introductions should be made first before we begin." I said. She nodded in response. "I am Edward Cullen, a pleasure to meet you. And you must be Miss Isabella Swan."

"Yes." She said.

"Well then, why don't we get started? Shall we split these questions in half to make it fair?" I asked. She nodded once again and we quickly finished the worksheet. Mr. Cullen must have answered all of the questions. The teacher thought as he made his way to our table.

"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." I assured him. He looked a bit surprised but nodded and turned to confirm it with Bella.

"Miss Swan were you by any chance in any advanced classes in Phoenix?" She 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 went back to staring off at nothing as I waited for the bell to ring. Bella began to gather her stuff. I heard the AC power on, the cold air caused Bella's air to lift and blow my way, bringing to me her sent. It smelled so nice. It was mouthwatering. I have never in my life have smelled something so nice. It almost smelled feline like with a dash of freesias. Her blood must taste so much better than this scent. It would be so simple to take her now and drain her. I turned to her, my eyes locking on hers. She stared back. So simple. No one would know. Charlie Swan wouldn't miss her much. They hadn't spent that much time together anyway. His grief wouldn't last that long. I continued to stare at her, devising ways to get her alone and drain her completely. I was about to pounce on her, not caring that there were others here, but something stopped me. It was her eyes. Not only did they express fear and alarm but her pupils seemed to elongate a bit. No, it was my imagination. Humans were incapable of such feat. Or was Miss Swan something else?

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