Hi guys :D Sorry it's been so long! I've just started college and the work load is unbelievable. I got a review today of Katrina (she wasn't logged in so I couldn't message back!) and she reminded me how long its been since i've actually wrote. So, Katrina this is for you (:.
As the film was drawing to a close I could tell Edward was becoming restless, I knew that this would mean as soon as it finished he would bolt out of the room. I hadn't been able to concentrate on the film, I'd been staring blankly at the screen for the past two hours and listening to the faint crackling of the paper as Edward turned the pages of his book.
Right on queue another crackling page was turned, and Edward fidgeted in his seat, his long, leg swinging backwards and forwards in an annoying motion. I swiftly glanced at him, chiselled perfection as usual, leg swinging, the leather of the sofa groaning underneath him.
Asshole.
His head whipped around and his eyes rested on me, eyes widened and pupils dilated.
"Excuse me?" Edward spat at me harshly. "Do you have something that you want to say to me, Isabella?"
His eyes were solid honey, I'd never seen that look directed at me before, it took me off guard so I shook my head, eyes wide. What the... how? How did he hear that?
I faced the TV again and found everyone's eyes on me, I suddenly felt self conscious, I smiled awkwardly at everyone and Nodded at Carlisle's concerned face. My nodding seemed to reassure him that I was alright, I could tell that he didn't like the way Edward had been treating me ever since I got here. To be quite honest I didn't like the way Edward had been treating me since I got here either, he was making it out like I'm the one that left and broke his heart when it was clearly the other way around. If anyone had the right to be mad, it's me.
When the film cut off the TV screen Alice jumped up straight away and went to sort out the DVD player, when Carlisle's voice sounded.
"Bella?" I whipped my head around to the direction that his voice was coming from.
"Yes?"
"Would you please join me in my office in ten minutes please, I'd like to have a word with you." He asked politely. I simply nodded; he kissed Esme on the lips and walked smoothly out of the room.
Seen as the space next to Esme was free I hopped up from my position on the sofa next to Edward and sat myself down next to Esme. She smiled at me in sympathy and put her arm around me, as she hugged me to her body I was instantly reminded of the time I spent with the family as a human, back when Edward loved me.
There were a lot of things that were different now, the last time Esme had, had her arms around me they had felt cold and hard, this time they felt rather warm to me. I felt part of the family with Esme and the others treating me like this, the only thing spoiling it for me was the hostility between me and Edward. Edward was the one making this difficult for the two of us, he was being an asshole. Something I never expected from him.
I glanced over to him, he really was perfect, and he looked exactly the same as he did when he was in school with me. His bronze hair sitting messily on top of his head in the sexiest way imaginable, his lean form casually slouched on the sofa with his sock clad feet sticking out in front of him. Perfection. I wasn't over him.
I retreated from my seat next to Esme and went out of the sitting room and made my way up to Carlisle's office. I knocked three times until I heard him grant me entrance. As I stepped through the door Carlisle motioned for me to sit down at the chair in front of his desk, I took the seat and smiled at him.
"Thank-you for coming Bella, I'm so sorry about Edward." He said apologetically. "I know this must be hard for you, I'm sure you aren't familiar with this side to him."
I shook my head and sighed, my shoulders dropping as I did so. "That's okay, It isn't you that should be apologising Carlisle, but thank-you. I'll be fine."
He nodded and took a deep breath. "Anyway, onto the reason why I asked you here; as you know, tomorrow is Monday and everyone will be going to school, I wanted to let you know that I will be making a phone call tomorrow while the others are at school so that I may be able to obtain you a place in their high school." He explained, running his hands through is blonde hair. "That is, if you are still interested in staying with us?"
"Carlisle," I started. "I'm not sure if that's such a good idea anymore, I'm not sure... Edward wants me here, and this is his home, I don't want to disrupt."
"Nonsense, this is our home too, Edward will put up with it." Carlisle said calmly. Downstairs, I heard a great growl and a loud crash. Thumping footsteps rushed up the stairs and the office door flew off the hinges and into a bookcase in the far edge of the room. There Edward stood, bronze hair scattered messily around his head and eyes wild, I had to stop myself from gasping, he was even beautiful like this.
"Stop talking about me like I can't hear you!" He roared, he then turned to glance at me and then back at Carlisle and continued in the fashion until he had finished his screaming. "I hear every damn word you both say! Why did you even call her up here? You might as well have just spoken to her in front of the rest of us! I don't care whether she stays here or not, I don't have to speak to her if I don't want to Carlisle so just phone the damn school and get it over with!"
He rushed out of the room and jumped out of the landing window. He must have realised he just went out in socks when we heard the door slam against the wall as he threw it open, picked shoes up and slammed the door again.
Edward didn't come back until hours afterwards, just as the sun had rose. Everyone had started to get ready for school when he stomped in and went straight to the bathroom. A twenty minute shower later and he was downstairs ready and dressed for school. He sat and moped on the sofa for the entire morning until it was time to go.
"Bye Bella! I'll miss you!" Alice sang, blowing kisses at me as she went out of the front door and towards her car.
I laughed and waved at her. "Bye Alice, have a nice day."
Carlisle had phoned the high school that morning and secured a place for me, I was supposed to be starting there tomorrow, obviously depending on the weather. Carlisle had made sure I was placed in all my classes with Alice, Jasper or Edward; since Carlisle wasn't sure how well I handled my blood lust yet. English Language, Literature and Trig with Alice; Gym with Jasper and Biology with Edward, how ironic. Emmett and Rosalie were being older students and were in the year above us.
School with the Cullen's again would be strange, especially since I'd already been through this process and would probably end up doing it for years to come; which would certainly be an interesting experience.
By the time Alice, Jasper, Emmett, Rosalie and Edward arrived home I was bored out of my skull. When Alice bounded through the door I was sat on Edward's piano bench reading for the past three hours. Alice danced into the sitting area and flopped onto the sofa and let out a massive sigh. She beckoned Jasper over to sit with her, he did as she asked and sat down next to her.
It wasn't fair.
Edward came into the house and jogged straight up the stairs and seconds later the slam of his bedroom door was heard. I sighed and dragged myself off the piano, taking my book with me. If I was going to be starting school tomorrow then I'd need to go hunting, I hadn't fed in a couple of days and I didn't want to take any chances.
"Alice?" I asked walking into the sitting room; Jasper had his arms around her, kissing slowly down her neck. I cringed at interrupting their personal moment. "I'm sorry! I was just wondering if you wanted to come hunting with me, I don't want to take any chances tomorrow."
Alice nodded excitedly and grabbed Jasper's hands and pulled him up off the sofa.
"EDWARD!" She screamed. "We're going hunting! Come on!"
His bedroom door opened upstairs and I heard his footsteps descending down and he headed towards the front door.
I'd never been hunting with anyone else before, so it was interesting for me to watch everyone. Alice sprinted like a gazelle after her pray and gracefully bites into its neck, sink to her knees and then rise again.
Jasper was a lightning fast hunter; he took several down at one time draining them in seconds and then moving on to the next lot. He seemed to be looking at me in the corner of his eye a lot. I guessed that he was wary of how I was when hunting since he'd never seen me before.
Edward. He was beautiful, if you could call someone while they're killing animals. But that was the only way to describe him while hunting. His legs moved in powerful, fast motions as he ran after his pray.
I decided to stop staring at everyone else and get hunting myself, I'd just wrestled a mountain lion to the ground, I knew that they were rare but just this once because of school tomorrow I thought it would be best to take every precaution possible.
I heard a struggle behind me and looked, stupidly to see Edward tackling another elk. Then I heard a roar in front of me and realised I'd let the lion get back to his feet. I swiped its great paw along my torso and ripped my blouse all the way along.
Two things happened at once then, a bronze blur rushed past and came to a stop in front of me. Two huge growls filled the woods and echoed loudly, Edward jumped onto the lion and pushed me out of the way, hit bit, snarled, scratched and tore at the lion. Totally encased in rage, growling and snarls calmed down until just one voice was heard.
"Edward!" Alice shouted. "Edward its dead! Stop it!"
He stood up panting, kicking the lion to the side of him. His shirt torn to shreds and his pants had several swipes taken out of them around his thighs. He came over to me, examining me, his gaze stopping at my chest, realising that I'd had a gash out of my blouse. If I was human, I probably would have gone red.
"Are you alright Isabella?" He asked me looking up and down at me.
I nodded at him. "Thank-you."
He nodded back and started to make his way back to the house.
Hope that was worth the wait! I seem to be in a writing mood! I'll update again soon (:
