Ha. I'm trying to get the ball rolling a bit…

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Gossip

Edward sighed as he pulled his silver Volvo SUV into the student parking lot of St. Vincent's Academy. He couldn't help but smile mordantly. Catholic school. God. Religion. How did we wind up here? Aside from the fact that the family wanted a better education for Renesmee, the Cullens presence at the religious institution was almost ironic.

Bella, sitting casually in the front seat, fumbled with the pleats of her skirt. "When I was a human, I always wished to go to a Catholic school. I wanted to wear the uniforms. The skirts, the button ups, the blazers…now that I'm in them, I want to burn it."

"Tell me about it." Renesmee and Jacob chorused from the backseat.

Edward pulled into his designated parking spot. Rosalie parked next to him with Emmett, Alice, and Jasper filing out of her cream BMW sedan. They all made their way to the quad to kill some time before the first period bell rang.

Renesmee looked up at the clouds. It was another chilly day with a slight chance of rain. She grabbed her uniform sweatshirt out of her black backpack and put it on lazily. She then added a scarf for extra warmth.

"Are you cold?" Rosalie asked, reaching into her Chanel tote to offer her blazer with a smile. "Take it. I wont need it."

"No, its fine…" Renesmee shook her head, "It just sucks to know that you're basically immune to all weather patterns and Jake has a constant fever. I'm the only one that freezes in this damn uniform." She kicked a pebble with her black flats.

Jacob wrapped a warm arm around her small body. "There. You'll warm up in a few seconds."

Alice sat down on their usual park bench under a pine tree, which offered an amazing view of the quad. Even after a couple months into the school year, the students still couldn't get over the presence of the Cullen family. Maybe it had to do with the complicated back story that they made up. Supposedly, Emmett and Bella McCarty are siblings who were adopted into the family as young children. Edward, Alice, and Renesmee Cullen are Carlisle's nieces and nephew, adopted after their parents died tragically in a car accident. Rosalie and Jasper Hale are Esme's niece and nephew, adopted after their parents strangely disappeared. And Jacob was a runaway that the Cullens were so nice to accommodate. What was even harder to believe was the fact that they were all involved in open relationships with each other; jealous classmates argued that this was wrong on both a moral and ethical level. However, despite their sketchy back story, the Cullens still walked the campus as if it were a runway, excelled in every subject, and dazzled any soul brave enough to stare into their golden eyes.

But some souls were annoyingly cocky. Case in point, the blond haired boy who strutted over to the Cullens, a football in hand. He winked at the girls. "Good morning, ladies."

The boys growled and pulled their mates into a protective embrace. It didn't faze the boy as he stepped closer to the brown haired vampire. "So, Isabella," he said with a horrible Italian accent, "did you study for the English test? I heard it was hard. But not as hard as my-"

"THAT'S IT!" Edward growled as he grabbed his collar and pushed him up against the tree trunk. "Kevin, is it?" He gave a whimper and a nod, dropping the ball as a potential peace offering. "Okay. Well, Kevin, that will be the last time you utter a word to my wife!" The word was out before the golden eyed god could stop himself.

Alice took a sharp breath as Kevins eyes widened curiously. "Uh…wife?"

"Smooth, Edward." Renesmee emphasized her fathers name with annoyance. Bella smacked her palm against her forehead, while her pixie-like sister looked on furiously.

"Great!" Alice threw her hands up. "Now the whole school will find out about your engagement, Edward! I was really looking forward to passing out the wedding announcements too!" She pouted with emphasis towards her brother.

Edward blinked a couple of times, and let go of Kevin, embarrassed. "Oh, right…looks like I got carried away. I meant fiancée. Though that doesn't really make a difference."

Kevin looked like he was having a hard time catching on. "Er, what?!"

Emmett gave Edward a pat on the back, covering up. "Yup! This guy finally grew a pair and asked her to be his one true love, nightingale, twinkling star in the night sky, his-"

"Okay, he gets it, Emmett." Rosalie silenced.

The shocked human blinked a couple times, nodding. "Oh. Well then. Uh…congratulations? Um, I think, uh…Mackenzie is calling me…yeah, she's over there…yeah…well I better go see what she wants!"

They all knew Mackenzie wasn't calling him, but were too glad to be rid of his annoyance anyways. This relaxed air was spoiled as Alice hit Edward over the head with her binder. "Way to go, idiot!"

He blocked his head from another attack with his pale arms. "Hey! I'm sorry! I doubt he's going to tell anyone anyways!"

Jasper shuffled his feet back and forth. "Too late." He mumbled.

"What?"

Jasper sighed. "He already told Haley. And Jennifer. And Ashlyn. That's half of ASB."

"And he's about to tell everyone at the lunch tables." The psychic concluded with a glare. "Everyone's gonna know by lunchtime. Way to go."

Jacob tried lightening the mood. "Well, its better than passing out invitations to everyone. Now everybody can find out the details by themselves!" With the looks he was getting from the group, this didn't help.

The first period bell rang. The Cullens sighed jadedly.

Renesmee looked towards the buildings, where a significant amount of the student population gathered and proceeded to whisper and point towards her family. "Well, might as well get it over with. C'mon."

"Yeah. Bella and Edward, lets get English over with. We'll see you guys later." Alice said, pulling them both along and ignoring the stares they received as they entered the doors of St. Vincent's.

Their relationship was that serious?

Man, Cullen is lucky. That McCarty girl is hot.

I wonder if they had sex yet…

She must be pregnant! Let me see if there's a bump…

Damn. I hate Bella. She gets to spend the rest of her life with a god. Lucky bitch.

Cats. Cats…fuzzy cats…

Edward rubbed the bridge of his nose as he was bombarded with so many thoughts. Even the teacher heard and was eying Bella with jealousy. Clenching and unclenching his fists, he looked to his sister, who only glared back.

"Remember, this is all your fault." She whispered angrily, so low no human could hear.

The mind reader crossed his arms, scowling back. "Me? How is it my fault? If you weren't so damn persistent about planning this god-forsaken celebration, we wouldn't be in this current situation!"

Bella kicked the both of them under the table. "Guys, will you shut up already! We need to handle this like adults. No use complaining about it. What we should be complaining about is how everyone thinks I'm pregnant! I don't look fat, do I?"

"No Bella, you look fine. Stop being so paranoid." Alice dismissed, continuing to stare at her brother.

Bella was reassured, but only for a minute, as the student behind her leaned over. "So, have you thought about baby names yet?"

She stood up and yelled in frustration. "Oh for God's sake! I'm not pregnant!"

The class was silenced as they all turned and looked at her. Bella huffed, and sat back down embarrassed.

"Excuse you, Miss McCarty! Keep your personal problems to yourself!" The teacher chastised.

"Sorry, Mrs. Allory." She mumbled.

The small vampire sighed, covering her face. "Way to handle it like an adult, Bella."

"Its only going to get worse from here, right Alice?" Edward asked quietly.

"If you mean its only going to get more mortifying, then yes. Perfect. This is exactly how I wanted to go about announcing it." She pouted, her ideas on the extravagantly planed engagement parade out the window.

Bella sulked. "This is more humiliating than it was the first time around."

"And its not even lunch yet…" Alice concluded glumly.

I can tell you some horror stories about Catholic school. Personal experience. But I decided to put the gang in because the image of the Cullen boys in uniforms was too hot to pass up :)

Next, lunchtime…and rock paper scissors?

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