Polar Opposites

Twilight Saga Characters

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What if Bella fell in love with two vampires? Edward and another vampire. Would she ultimately choose Edward?

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Eastern Glow-The Album Leaf

Chapter Four

B POV

Art was weird. James was... I don't know?

Art and James was all I was thinking about when I was walking to English. Why had he run away from me? What had I said to him to cause that reaction? Maybe he really wanted to get to his next class early? Or he really wanted to get away from you Bella.

"Hello" someone said to me. It appeared that while I had been obsessing over James I had made my way to English and into my seat. Next to Edward Cullen.

"I'm.....Edward Cullen" he said, I just nodded in reply.

"I'm sorry I didn't introduce myself before"

"Before?" I replied

"Yeah, Biology. I think we're Lab partners?" he said. I paused before saying.

"You were gone." But silently I was asking, where were you?

"I was....out of town" He was being evasive, he wasn't telling me something.

"Where...." Before I could ask him where he went? And to tell me the truth, Mr Conner the new English teacher came in. He was in his late twenties, a fairly attractive geek; but not so attractive that he would catch the attention of the female students of the school. He was like that guy from the TV show; The OC, Seth. You could tell by the way he smiled at us that he was still optimistic about teaching teenagers the beauty of Shakespeare, when really all we cared about was getting an A.

As Mr Conner was going on about the latest play we were reading 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' by William Shakespeare; which I had already read at my last school in Phoenix, I was looking at Edward, well more like feeling his gaze then catching him staring at me, it was like a sport; catch Edward staring at you and win the power game. Only I didn't feel more powerful, I felt insecure under his focused gaze, I felt different in comparison to the other students in the class; why didn't he pay attention to the other people? And I felt confused; what did this mean? What was he thinking? Why me?

"....and so you all will be put into pairs for this project and before you ask, no you can't switch partners. Okay so Jessica and Samantha, Tyler and Imogen, Angela and Ben, Kim and Jack, Tom and Mike, Eric and Melanie, Bella and Edward......" I stopped listening after that. What good could come from being partnered up with him? He barely talks to me; he's rude and has an attitude.

"Okay so I'll see you all next lesson, enjoy!" How lame, enjoy, yeah right, there's no way I will enjoy this project with Edward Cullen.

I'd packed up my books and exited the class so quickly that I didn't notice that someone was following me, and trying to get my attention. I slowed down to see who it was. It was Edward.

"Hey you ran out before I could ask you, where to do you want to meet up for this project? There's a lot of work that needs to be done for it"

"Um, I don't know. Honestly I wasn't paying attention when Mr Conner was giving out the project"

"Hmm, well we have to write our own modern day story based on the play, we have to make it into a movie script, show set models, costume designs, etc. How about we work at you place sometime next week, after school?"

"Sure, can we decide what day next week? It's just the house is a mess, I still haven't gotten around to unpacking all my things"

"Yeah, that's fine. So I'll see you in Biology"

"Yeah, bye" but he was already gone. Odd.

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J POV

Lunch

I always found lunch to be a sick joke. Well ever since I became a vampire and ever since I decided to live a vegetarian lifestyle; even though I've cheated, many times. Sadistic was the only way to describe lunch time in Forks High. While they were all eating their sandwiches and drinks, I was pretending to eat human food, when all I wanted was their blood. I always found this funny. Socializing with the food. Hilarious. It's like human's talking to vegetables and not eating them, crazy. But this lifestyle did serve a purpose, we didn't have to hide from people and we didn't have to move from town to town as often as a Nomadic vampire has to. And there was also the added bonus that people in town trusted you. So when you went to kill them, they wouldn't run, they didn't know that they needed to. I only went after criminals anyway; people it seems don't really care if let's say a murderer gets mauled by a bear or if a robber gets attacked by an animal. To human's its karmic justice.

Laurent and Victoria were sitting with me at the table we usually occupied in the cafeteria. Laurent and Victoria were talking to each other about the next hunting trip they were planning. They were speaking to each other at a speed that no human would be able to decipher. As usual I was ignoring their conversation and thinking about why I was living this vegetarian life. I really couldn't stand it. But I did it. I don't know why.

Why was I living a life so against my nature? Why was I ignoring my instincts? Why?

I was interrupted by my thoughts when I could hear and smell Bella nearby. She was talking to her friends a couple of tables away. They were inviting her somewhere.

"Hey so, La Push you coming?" Eric said

"Am I supposed to know what that means?" Bella answered clearly confused by the topic and Eric's mood.

"La Push beach. There's a big swell coming, great surfing opportunity, were all going you should come" Jessica said

You could sense Bella hesitation.

"There's whale watching as well, come" asked Angela. I always liked that girl, I don't know why, she's human. But even that small fact didn't change my opinion of her.

"So, you coming, La Push baby. It's La Push!" Said Eric emphasising La Push. Bizarre human.

"I'll come as long as you stop saying that!" laughed Bella.

"What! That's what it's called, La Push" Eric said confused as to what the issue was with his statement.

"Yeah, dude it is kinda weird how you say it" said Mike.

"That's the name of the place!" defended Eric.

As the rest of the idiots at her table continued to bicker over the name of the Beach, Bella had walked over to the lunch line. The Cullen kid was walking up to her, what does he want? Bella was unaware to his presence as she was getting her lunch.

"Edible art?"

"God, you scared me!" Bella replied coldly.

"Sorry, so about this project, I wanted to let you know, I'm going to being nice for the project. But you shouldn't be friends with me"

"Well you really should have thought of that before" Bella scoffed.

Before Cullen could reply, Bella interrupts

"I'm really getting sick of your mood swings, I'm getting whiplash!..............Why don't you just stop being nice to me then? You know keep your emotions consistent" Bella replied irritated

"I can't..."

"What do you mean you can't?"

"Look that doesn't matter, you still shouldn't be friends with me"

"Too late" Bella replied

Cullen had a tense look on his face, he wasn't succeeding in pushing Bella away.

"Look, I don't want to argue with you about whether we should be friends or not" Bella paused "How about we start fresh and I don't know 'hang out'?" Bella suggested timidly

"Hang out?"Cullen questioned

"Yeah, were all going to the beach this weekend, come?"

"I don't know?"

"Please?

"Sure....... which beach?"

"La Push Beach"

"I can't, sorry"

"Is there something wrong with that beach?" Bella questioned

"It's just........crowded"

"Oh um okay......I better go back"

"Yeah, sorry about....." Cullen apologized

"It's fine.....maybe another time?"

"Yeah.....maybe" Cullen answered

I watched her for a while before she sat down with her friends again.

I turned back to my props/ food and noticed that Laurent and Victoria were silent. I looked up to their faces. They were looking at me with disgust and confusion on their face. It wasn't hard to figure out that they were upset with my little interest in Bella. Laurent would be upset because he is the kind of vampire that follows rules, you wouldn't believe it if you looked at him, he didn't look strict or like a perfect little angel. But he took great pride in following rules and keeping the peace. Victoria was a different story; for one thing she was rebellious, wild and carefree. She didn't care what anyone thought of her. She simply did want she wanted, when she wanted. However my interest in Bella was something she did care about. She wasn't jealous, Victoria never really was interested in me that way, we figured that out the hard way a couple of decades ago. No, she was against this because she had fallen in love with a human; Tom, when she was only ten years into being a vampire. They were in love, but when she told him about being a vampire, he freaked out and called her insane, a liar. He ran away from her. Six months after that Victoria found out that he had been put into a mental institution; no one of course would believe him about vampires. Victoria visited him; she still loved him even though he ran from her. He was still terrified of her, not that she was a vampire but more that mythical creatures existed in the world. The next day broke her; she found out that he had killed himself. He left a note to his family, saying that he knew the truth and that he wasn't going to live in a world that didn't believe him.

I looked to both of them silently saying to them everything was fine and that I didn't care about Bella. They weren't convinced. But I didn't care. Their opinion had never mattered to me before and it didn't matter to me now.

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B POV

It was now the end of the school day. I was so glad the day was over. Both James and Edward were enigmas to me. I couldn't figure either of them out. There was something strange about them; I just didn't know what it was.

As I was leaving the building and heading towards my truck I heard my phone buzzing in my backpack. In the process of retrieving my phone I rushed opening the zipper on my bag, which consequently resulted in all my things falling on the concrete. Damn. Well I wasn't embarrassed anymore; I was used to being a complete klutz. As I was picking up all my things I didn't realize that someone was helping me, until I bumped my hand into their cold hand.

It was James; he quickly removed his hand and continued helping me.

"Thanks" I said

"It's no problem" James then says "So, um I actually came over here to say something, to you. Not that I don't mind helping a Swan"

"Huh?"

"You know....how a Swan on land looks completely uncoordinated and comical, but when their in the water they are faultless, graceful and completely beautiful." James admits

"Oh" I said stupidly, I should have said something better that 'oh'

"Yeah, so I wanted to apologize for abruptly leaving in class today. You probably think I'm some kind of weirdo or something"

"No, um it's okay, just don't do it again"

"Okay, so, you okay now?" He was referring to the mess I had previously made, which was now cleaned up.

"Yeah, thanks for helping me" I thanked him. As I looked past James into the parking lot I noticed the Cullen's staring at me and James. They had that same look on the faces, which they seemed to always have around me. Why were they staring at me? What were they thinking? After looking at each of the individual faces I decided to ignore them and focus on James, their staring was making me feeling uncomfortable.

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E POV

School had just finished, I was waiting for Alice to tell us when we could leave. We always stayed back at school to continue our human pretence. While I was waiting I noticed Bella talking to James. What was she doing? She shouldn't be talking to him. He can't handle himself around people like Bella; we all know that he doesn't follow our diet in a committed fashion. I decided to listen to what was going on; both with the conversation and James' thoughts. Why couldn't I hear Bella's thoughts?

"So, are you doing anything this weekend?" 'You're going to La Push', James thought.

"Oh, yeah, I'm going to the beach with some friends" Bella replied

"You don't sound excited?" James said

"Well I'm not excited about the surfing"

"Are you surfing?"

"No, definitely not" Bella laughed

"Okay then" James laughed back

"I'll probably go whale watching with Angela, hey do you want to come?"

"No, that's okay, Surfing...Whale watching aren't my thing"

"Okay" Bella scoffed clearly offended

"Plus, I don't think your friends would want me there"

"Oh......okay well I have to go, thanks again for helping"

"No problem, see ya"

Why is she friends with him? What is she thinking? She's like a danger magnet. And what is he doing? I have to keep Bella safe. I have to stop James. I need to protect her.

'Edward, its time, we can go now' said Alice

'Eddie boy snap out of it, she's not like us' said Emmett

I entered my Volvo and followed my family home. Alice, Jasper, Rosalie and Emmett had all driven back with Rosalie. I need to hunt soon if I was going to protect Bella.

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