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Chapter 2

The next dance went surprisingly well. Everyone was staring at us, as though transfixed, but weirdly enough, I didn't actually care. Edward laughed at me as I watched the faces of the people around the room.

"Entranced, aren't they?" he grinned.

"Mmm," I agreed, looking up at him. "Do you know something that I don't?"

"What do you mean?" he grinned, and I knew he was playing dumb.

"You know perfectly well what I mean," I said, glaring pointedly at him.

"Do I?" he smiled, transfixing me for a split-second.

"Yes. You do," I said, trying to give him evils.

"Well then, I'm obviously a very clever boy."

"It's not rocket science. Although, I suppose rocket science isn't very hard, so that is a pretty rubbish example." I was waffling. Badly.

"I know," he laughed. "The only complicated thing about rocket science is the pressure needed to launch the thing. The rest is pretty simple." I gawked at him. Hot and clever? Where the heck did I come in? "I sound really geeky, don't I?" he said worriedly.

"It's okay to know things. Just don't waffle like me, and you'll be fine," I smiled up at him.

"But waffling's awfully fun," he pouted.

"Maybe, but it doesn't tend to get you anywhere," I shrugged.

"Do you think my waffling's bad?" he asked sincerely.

"No…" I said, dragging the word out over a few syllables.

"Then waffling does get you somewhere," he said. I stared up at him. What was he implying? What was he implying?

Just then, the song came to a close and all the girls in the room, bar Angela who had made a b-line for Ben Cheeny, crowded around Edward and me.

"Look who's Mr Popular," I grinned, letting go of his hands and backing away slightly. He groaned pointedly. "Good luck," I said, before turning around and cutting my way through the gaggle of girls around us. I never realised quite how many girls were at this school until that moment.

"We've still go another four dances!" Edward called after me. I turned around to look at him once more, but my view was already blocked by a really tall girl in the year below me.

"Thank God I got out of there," I sighed to Angela a couple of dances later.

"Talk about molesting," she said seriously.

"So, how'd things go with you and Ben?" I asked pointedly.

"They went fine," she said, blushing.

"Good, so, when you seeing him again," I probed.

"He…" she began, blushing even harder. "He asked me for the last dance of the evening."

"Wow!" I squealed. "That's so sweet. He's got to like you."

"I hope so. I like him," Ang said, misty eyed. I passed her a napkin and she wiped her eyes carefully.

"Let's not forget your last dance," she beamed, placing the napkin on a table. "Edward Cullen I believe."

"Yeah," I sighed. "That's if I can even get close to him again."

"You will!" Angela assured me. "He'll make sure you do." We laughed together. The dance was going much better than I'd expected.

The last dance was great, and yes, we did get our three other dances. I looked up at Angela and Ben on the other side of the room, swaying in time with the music, massive smiles on both of their faces. They looked so good together, so happy.

As the last dance drew to an end, Edward leant forward and whispered in my ear:

"Tonight was really fun, despite the…er…crowd," I laughed. "But, there's one last thing," he said turning toward the stage and catching Tommy's eye. "Our performance of Genesis!" he shouted.

He ran onto the stage, causing everyone to turn and face the band who had now assembled; Tommy on drums, Alex on bass and Jacob on lead guitar. Two girls brought out a keyboard and placed it in front of Edward. He played keyboard. What didn't the guy do?

The music began, raring out. And then he began to sing:

The nights playing up, again, and someone's there,
The room is getting colder now
The light swings again, and I'm scared, cause someone's there,
Stop messing with my mind cause now I'm

Trapped in your world where you're burning in my eyes,
You're like a shadow that never hides

I'm stuck in parallel worlds, it's something supernatural,
It won't let me go
It's paranormal, and no one else believes me,
I feel so alone again

Go, go
It won't let me,
Go, go
It won't let me

I'm stuck against the wall, I can't make a move,
My heartbeat stops
And I'm scared of this time cause I can't make a line,
Say it once again, and it just proves to be difficult
I'm feeling nervous, but it's nothing that I cannot do,
I'm stuck in a dimension where it's hard to breathe, and it's still true,
I'm losing my mind, I'm falling, someone help me, what can I do

Trapped in your world where you're burning in my eyes,
You're like a shadow that never hides

I'm stuck in parallel worlds, it's something supernatural,
It won't let me go
It's paranormal, and no one else believes me,
I feel so alone again

I'm stuck in parallel worlds, it's something supernatural,
It won't let me go
It's paranormal, and no one else believes me,
I feel so alone

I'm stuck in parallel worlds, it's something supernatural,
It won't let me go
It's paranormal, and no one else believes me,
I feel so alone again

I gawked up at the stage. They were AMAZING! Sure, they'd been good before, but now…now was something different.

Edward came up to me at the end of the song.

"You like?" he asked.

"Like? It was fantastic!" I said enthusiastically.

"Glad you liked it," Alex said, coming up to us. "by the way, did we get any biology homework?"

"Just to finish off the exercise, I think," I shook my head. "I finished it off in the lesson though."

"Great! Can I copy you then!" Alex enthused.

"Alex Martin!" a deep male voice carried through the dance floor. "What did you just say?" it was out biology teacher himself, Mr Benson.

"I said, could she give me help on the exercise as I don't fully understand it," Alex tried.

"You're a terrible liar," Mr Benson said, looking down at us. "But, if you're having trouble, I can always give you extra help…say Monday morning 8 o'clock?"

"No. No. No," he said quickly. "It's okay. I think I get it now."

"Oh but I insist," Mr Benson continued. "I wouldn't want you to get behind."

"Yes, but you also wouldn't want me to get in front," Alex counteracted. I bit my cheeks to stop myself from laughing.

"There is nothing wrong with being in front. Bella's in front and I don't see it giving her any problems." He looked at me.

"No, but I do have the band and we've just played that awesome song." He began singing a bad rendition of the song.

"That's quite enough," Mr Benson said, cutting him short. "I won't punish you, after all, it is the school dance…"

"YES!" Alex enthused, hi-fiving Jacob.

"However, I expect that homework to be done by next lesson." Alex's face dropped and then beamed again. Mr Benson strode off to talk to some girls about something.

"Nice save," Edward smiled at Alex.

"Well, they are my speciality."

"Stop bragging," I said, elbowing him in the ribs.

"Yeah, can I copy your work though," Alex whispered.

"You scumbag!" Tommy laughed.

"That is his speciality," Jacob mocked.

"Shut up!" Alex raised his hands in the air. "Seriously Bells, can i?"

"No!" I said, stepping back. He pouted.

"Look," I said seriously, "There's no problem with being ahead, is there? Just do the work for once!"

"Okay fine! I'll do the homework, but you've got to come to Lisa's party. That a deal?" I groaned. Lisa was his seven year old sister who absolutely adored me. Every time I went round she would attach herself to me, literally. It was her seventh birthday next Saturday and Alex had been trying to get me to go for the past fortnight.

"I'll think about it, okay," I sighed. "And if I go, all of you are coming with me." I looked around at Alex, Tommy, Jacob and Edward.

"Deal!" Alex shouted triumphantly.

"Might as well," the others shrugged.

"See you guys on Monday," I said, as Angela came up to me.

"Yeah, see you Monday," Edward smiled. I had a feeling that school was going to get a lot more interesting.

Soundtrack: Elliot Minor, Parallel Worlds.

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