May It Be

Chapter 2

When In Biology

"It's nice to meet you, I'm Jasper Hale."

"Hello Jasper," She responded, matching his smile. "I'm Elizabeth." She reached out to shake his hand, but he pulled away. "Jasper, I don't care that you have cold hands, really." He looked at her in surprise.

"How did you know my hands would be cold?" He asked

"Because of what you are." Elizabeth laughed at Jasper's shocked face. She lowered her voice so low that human ears couldn't register what she was saying. "I know about vampires, Jasper. Don't worry; your secret is safe with me."

He smiled at her, realizing the truth of her words. That was all the discussion they could have as Mrs. McClure started a class discussion of A Tale of Two Cities. Jasper was impressed by Elizabeth's knowledge of both the French Revolution and Dickens' work. All too soon the bell rang and Jasper headed off to Calculus while Elizabeth left for History.

History was completely uneventful, and Elizabeth was sure that Mr. Moran had set a world record for putting a class of students to sleep. The first kid was out in a matter of minutes!

Elizabeth made her way to her third class of the day, Biology. Thankfully, Mr. Henderson didn't mess around with introductions. He simply handed her a textbook and pointed to an empty lab table. Elizabeth was happy that she didn't have a lab partner, as they normally slowed her down. She looked at the lab sheet that Mr. Henderson had given her and had to suppress a laugh. The lab they were doing was so old; she wouldn't be surprised if they had done it in schools over 50 years ago. They had to separate slides of onion root cells and identify the different stages of mitosis. She identified them all in less than a minute and was looking out the window when she heard Mr. Henderson's very annoyed voice.

"Thank you so much for gracing us with your presence Mr. Cullen. I certainly hope this class isn't at an inconvenient time for you." The boy with bronze hair simply glared at Mr. Henderson and walked toward the table where Elizabeth sat. He stopped short as when he noticed her sitting at the table. His golden eyes bored into her green eyes. Suddenly he glared at her like he had glared at Mr. Henderson. His eyes never left her face as he walked to his seat next to her and sat down. He immediately grabbed the lab sheet from her and started checking her answers.

"You don't need to check them you know"

He looked at her incredulously, like she had sprouted a tail and started singing. "Well, what if you did them completely wrong? I wouldn't want my grade to suffer."

"I've done this lab several times before! And I showed up on time!" Elizabeth couldn't understand why this stranger was making her so angry.

"What? Do you want a gold star or something?!? I could care less if you have done this lab a hundred times before; I am still going to check your work! So just stop being such a know-it-all!"

"Edward. Elizabeth. Is there a problem here?" Mr. Henderson had walked up behind them while they were arguing.

"Not at all Mr. Henderson. Everything is fine," answered Elizabeth with a dazzling smile.

"Well, let's take a look at your lab then. You must be finished since you two have had time to chat." Mr. Henderson's voice was dripping with sarcasm. Elizabeth handed over the lab sheet while glaring at Edward, who was glaring right back. Mr. Henderson could find no fault with the lab and they sat there in silence, both lost in their angry thoughts.

After what seemed like hours, the bell rang, signaling the end of Biology. Edward stormed out of the classroom at once, struggling to keep a human pace. Elizabeth took her time leaving class, hoping that she didn't have any more classes with Edward Cullen. She glanced back at the lab table and groaned. The idiot had left his textbook! Elizabeth picked it up and headed toward the Cafeteria to find Edward so she could return his book.

Author's Notes:

Thank you to all who have read this so far! This is my very first FanFiction.

There have been some questions asked of me in reviews and all I can say is that all will be revealed in time!

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