Sorry its taken so long to update. Been really busy with school work etc. Hope you enjoy the next chapter...
Ice
I gnawed my lower lip nervously as we sat in the cafeteria the next day. I glanced at the others; all of them seemed to be trying to reassure themselves that everything would be all right, everyone that is except Emmett. He was somehow managing to treat this like everything else in his life. A big joke. In theory, I should be really annoyed with him. How could he not be worried about Edward? This was a serious situation, did he not realise the consequences for Edward if this went wrong? That however was theory. All of my theory and logic went out of the window whenever Emmett was involved.
Alice was assuring us that it would be OK; she had been living in the future all day, trying to see what was going to happen. Jasper was more focused on Alice than anything else, partly enjoying not being in the limelight for once. Rose didn't really look worried, she looked annoyed. I didn't worry much about this, Rose was rarely worried about anyone but herself. I heard Edward, sitting next to me, chuckle softly at this thought. At that moment, Emmett hurled a slush ball, initially at Alice, but somehow it managed to ricochet of her and hit Rose and me as well. This seemed to have the effect that Emmett was hoping for. The tension around the table broke and we all burst out laughing, even Edward. That was one of the things about Emmett that I loved, his ability to turn every situation into a one of laughter, even if it was sometimes inappropriate.
The bell rang and the tension returned. Edward had Biology now, his one lesson with Bella Swan. 'Good luck, you'll be fine' I thought. He smiled at me, then turned and walked off to his lesson. We watched him go silently, wondering what the next hour would bring.
When I got to the car at the end of the day, Alice, Jasper Rose and Emmett were all standing beside the car. I froze immediately. Where was Edward? He was usually always waiting for us, complaining we were too slow. I looked at Alice questioningly. She shrugged and then looked into the future.
"Nothing happened" she confirmed. We all looked at each other, still kind of confused. All of the cars had left the lot and we were still waiting. I heard the roar of Bella Swans truck, as she drove past. I turned to look at her. She looked very angry. If looks could kill, everyone in the lot would have been massacred ten times over. Then I heard someone laughing loudly. I turned to find Edward walking towards us, obviously finding something very amusing.
We all looked at each other, feeling even more confused than before. 'What's with you?' I thought.
He just kept smiling and climbed into the car. We all shrugged simultaneously and followed suit. He was in much higher spirits tonight; it seemed to reflect in all of us. Even Carlisle and Esme seemed to breathe a sigh of relief when we walked in all smiling and joking. It seemed like it was before Bella Swan arrived.
That night Edward and Carlisle went hunting. I wanted to go as well, but I could sense that Edward wanted to speak to Carlisle alone, so I let it go. Edward didn't come back.
The next morning, the snow that had fallen the day before had frozen over. So had the atmosphere in the house. Edward came back, eventually, but he seemed to be avoiding me, well everyone really. And then there was Alice. I had known her long enough now to know when she was hiding something from me. And she was.
The ride to school was quiet. Edward seemed to be stuck in his own personal reverie, Alice was still ignoring me, Jasper knew Alice was upset so just kept quiet and Rose and Emmett were having another one of their romantic moments. Great.
When we got to school, Edward pulled into the car park and scanned around quickly, as though he was looking for someone. Why would he be doing that? He more than all of us tried to ignore the rest of the students in school. Damn, I was so confused and I hate being confused. I felt as if my mind was going to combust itself. 'Urghh'
Suddenly I felt four pairs of golden eyes on me. Oops. I must have been thinking loudly again. I hastily got out of the car and slammed the door behind me. Let them think what they want. I stalked across the car park, finding it very hard to walk at a human pace. Then, from behind me, I heard the loud squeal of tyres. I spun around and saw Tyler Crowley's dark blue van skidding across the car park. I looked to see what it was going to hit and realised that it was heading straight for Bella Swans truck. The only problem being, Bella was right in-between the two vehicles. Before I could even think of anything else, I saw a blurred shape that looked suspiciously like Edward flying across the car park towards her.
If my heart had still been beating, it would have stopped. What was he doing? Was he crazy? There are only so many impossible situations you can talk yourself out of. Somehow I don't think this fell into that category. I looked on in horror as he and Bella disappeared behind the van. I heard the sound of metal groaning, like it was being reshaped. Oh god. He hadn't. This was getting more and more ridiculous by the minute. He was denting the van now. What was he going to do next? Lift the van in the air and throw it away from her?
Finally everything was still, and, for a split second, silent. Then, the screaming began. I smiled wryly to myself as I noted that no one was shouting Edward's name, just Bella's. When I was sure that everyone's attention was diverted, I flew back across the car park to where my brothers and sisters were standing, all statues of horror.
I don't know how long we all stood there like that, the next thing I knew, an ambulance was arriving and teachers were trying to usher students away. I was vaguely aware of Rosalie cursing under her breath and storming away and Emmett hurrying after her. I also heard Alice and Jasper follow shortly after, but I couldn't make my legs move. I couldn't do anything. All I could do was continue staring at the scene before me. I couldn't believe what I had just seen. Out of all of us, Edward was always the one who was extra vigilant around humans. He always made sure none of us walked or talked too fast at school, that we didn't do anything that might expose us for what we were. Not that any of the students could really put all of the evidence together.
Bella was being carried away on stretcher now, and she looked furious. Again. I looked away from her angry face to look for my brother. He caught my eye and we stared at each other for the shortest of seconds. In that second I saw something that I hadn't seen before. In his usually cold eyes, I saw a spark of something there. Before I could decipher exactly what that was. He turned away and climbed into the front of the ambulance.
I turned and walked over to the rest of my family and saw a varying range of emotions written across their faces. There was confusion, incredulity and anger. I knew that Edward was going to answer to tonight.
The rest of the morning passed in a blur. Teachers insisted that everyone went to class, although, half of the students seemed to have gone to the hospital as well. I took advantage of the unusually quiet lessons to think over the morning's events. Despite all of the inexplicable things Edward had just done, there was one image that was burned into my memory. The look I Edwards eyes. I had never seen my brother so full of emotion. Just what had triggered that in him?
I walked into the cafeteria, almost in a trance. I followed the routine of buying lunch and walked over to our table. I was surprised to see that the table was empty. I guess the others must be on their way. As if on cue I heard a chair scrape on the floor next to me. I looked up and came face to face with my brother.
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