Hey everyone! Now, I know the other chapter was a little… random but trust me; Jules's brother is an important character in this story. You'll find out here what exactly happens to him… MUAHAHAHAHA!!! Anyways, read and review please:) It makes me happy to get your advice and opinions on these pieces.

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Chapter 11

A turn for the worse

Monday morning came and Edward went to get me at exactly the time he said. I got in his shiny white Mustang and he drove off the school. His golden topaz eyes would sometimes stare at me while he was driving his normal hundred miles per hour. Edward seemed to be in a good mood today. Maybe something happened this weekend that made his mood change. He kept smiling all the way.

"You're in an awfully good mood today." I said as he came into the parking lot of the school.

"Well, it was quite the interesting weekend, I might add. Speaking of weekends, how was yours?"

Totally and inexplicably amazing! I thought but it would be too much to say. "Unexpected." I said as I stared out his windshield.

"How so?"

"Well, my big brother came to visit and we got to chat a little but he left early. It was still fun though." I explained as I got out of the car.

"Sounds like you had a good time. What's his name?"

"Jeremy. He's a constructor for big architectural companies. Although, the sad thing about his job is that he has to go a lot. So I don't get to see him often." I said as we entered the school slowly side by side. People looked at us weirdly but it didn't matter to me. I didn't care what people thought about me. I wasn't that important anyways.

"That's too bad. But at least you got to see him, right?"

"Yeah... I guess. Well, enough about me. So, explains what you did this weekend. Probably something vampire related right?" I whispered that last part since we were now walking in the hallway.

"Actually, I went hunting with my brothers. It was quite exhilarating."

"Cool, what'd you hunt?" I asked, now interested in what he was saying. Although hunting wasn't my thing, it was Edward's. Henry went hunting with some co-workers but I was always doing homework or something. But that was when I was young. I don't know if he was still doing that.

"Emmett, Jasper and I went to Canada to fetch us some good meals." Canada?! Are you kidding me? How long did it take them to even get there? Of course, with their speed, I'm not surprised they went all the way to Canada. "Emmett prefers grizzly bears, Jasper loves dears and I rather like good mountain lions. Canada is the best place to find these kinds of animals."

"Must have been fun." I said as I tried to be enthusiastic. We reached my locker in what seemed like seconds. I put in my combination and opened my locker to get my books. Edward never left my side for a minute.

"It was quite exhilarating. Although, we can only hunt after a certain time. It doesn't happen every day." He said as he leaned against the locker next to mine and made his crooked smile that I started to really love.

Suddenly, the bell rang and we both looked up to the intercom. It was time for us to go to class.

"I will see you after class." He said as he went to his own locker and picked his stuff to go to his class. I watched him leave and went to class soon afterwards.

The morning was quite regular. Mr. Laurer made me change Math classes because he thought that my superior math skills would be better preserved if I was in an advanced Math class. I went to my new class and gave the slip to my new teacher, Mrs. Mulroney. She welcomed me with open arms and was happy to have another student that loved Math so much. Ok... kinda creepy. I took my place in between Austin and another girl... I recognized her! She was one of Edward's sisters! She had short black spiky hair that went up to her ears. Her face was as pale's as Edward and Emmett. She looked so beautiful, just like the rest of the Cullens. It was true. Vampires did have unnatural beauty. So cool! She was wearing a red T-Shirt with a black skirt and black sandals.

She turned her body to look at me and smiled. I didn't know what to do so I just smiled back.

"Hi, you must be Edward's friend Jules. I'm Alice Cullen." She said as she extended her hand towards me. I extended my hand and shook hers with a smile on my face.

"Nice to meet you Alice. So, you're Edward's sister? The one with the beautiful Mercedes?" I asked, looking at her but trying to pay attention at the same time to what Mrs. Mulroney was saying.

"You noticed. And yes, I'm one of his sisters. The perky one in the bunch." I could see that perfectly. She always had this smile on her face. She must be some kind of perky girl like Sam. "But Edward told me you know our secret." She whispered so low I'm surprised I caught what she said.

"Um... yeah. I kinda... figured it out. Sorry."

"Hold on a minute." Alice said as Mrs. Mulroney came towards us and turned to look at Alice.

"Miss Cullen, would you gladly explain what we have been learning to Miss Shrike here at the library?"

"Of course Mrs. Mulroney. I'd be glad to." Alice said as she grabbed her books and took my wrist so I'd follow her out the class. I grabbed my books in a hurry and went out of the class with Alice still holding my wrist. She led me to my locker... Whoa. How'd she know where my locker was? Maybe she got it from Edward. Wouldn't be surprising.

"Ok, now back to our conversation. Why are you apologizing to me?! This is great!"

"Huh?!" Ok... She had officially gone off the deep end. Even if I knew about them being vampires, was it really that big of a deal?

"This is so awesome! I mean, no one has ever known about our secret but now that you figured it out, we don't have to pretend around you! Now we can get to know each other better! We can also hang out! Do a little shopping..." Oh no... Shopping. I liked shopping for arts stuff but not for clothes! And she probably meant for clothes!

"Um... sure, I guess." I said before I heard the intercom ring and a sound was coming out of it.

"Would Miss Juliette Shrike please come to the secretary's office? Thank you." Mrs. Crowley said in the intercom sadly. What did they want me at the office for?

"Excuse me. I'll be right back." I said as I closed my locker and walked towards the secretary's office. I walked at a slow pace and I think Alice was a little mad that I took off like that but with the tone in Mrs. Crowley's voice, it didn't sound too good. I started running after a while and when I got to the office, Mrs. Crowley had a tissue on her eyes. She was sobbing. But why?

"Um... Mrs. Crowley? You called me?" I said as I got to her desk.

"Oh Juliette! I'm so... sorry!" She said between sobs.

"For what?" Ok, now she was scaring me. What happened that made the normally perky Mrs. Crowley burst into sobs? And what did it have to do with me?

"Your father... he just called saying... Oh I can't! I knew... your brother very well..."

"Wait, what happened?! What's wrong with Jeremy?!" I almost screamed. If anything happened to Jeremy... I couldn't finish that.

"I'm sorry Juliette... Someone found him... on the streets... He apparently had been… drained of blood... I'm really sorry." She said as she came around her desk and gave me a huge hug. I didn't even return the hug. I just stood there, frozen. My eyes hardly even blinked from the shock. How could... Jeremy couldn't be dead. I had just seen him two days ago! And he was perfectly healthy! Who could have killed him?

She stopped hugging me and looked at me straight in the eyes. She saw that I was in complete shock and just returned to sobbing to her desk. I couldn't stay in here any longer. I had to get out of here somehow. So, I did the only thing imaginable. I ran for the door and got out of the school. He can't be dead! He just can't! I already lost someone I cared for many years ago and it was happening all over again! Why did Jeremy have to die three weeks before Christmas! NO!

I got to the parking lot and ran towards the trees. I sat against one and just started crying. I knew I'd have to miss a few days of school because of the funeral. Why now? I didn't care if anybody found me right now. I'd rather stay here right now. Nobody should see me cry right now. It was embarrassing. Right now, I wanted to be alone. I had just lost my brother and he was the only link that I had to staying in Olympia. Without him here, I just felt… lonely.

Maybe I should go back to Chanel in Seattle. There was no point in staying here anymore. I kept sobbing in the dark forest for hours but I didn't care. It was hard enough accepting this. I stopped crying and just stood there in the cold. I completely forgot to bring a coat but it just seemed useless at the time. I was now shivering and decided that I might go home. It was past four o'clock so everybody probably left. Edward probably left too and he was my ride!

Great, just great! The school was closing soon and all my stuff was in my locker. My car was at home and Edward probably left with Alice and his siblings! Just my day today! I walked for quite some time but I finally arrived to the parking lot. And to my surprise, Edward was leaning against his Mustang, apparently waiting for me to show up. He had my school bag right next to him. Wait… how the heck did he get in my locker?! Oh, what did it matter now?! I was sort of glad that he got my stuff. Now, I didn't have to get it myself.

Edward looked at me and his face lit up with happiness. I looked up at him and he ran at vampire speed in front of me. "Jules! Thank goodness you're alright! What happened?" He took my shoulders and was shocked for some reason. "Jules, you're freezing cold! Let's get you inside the car." He said, placing his coat on me so that I wouldn't get any colder. I didn't know what to say at this time. I was still so shocked about what happened but my voice didn't want to make an appearance.

He opened the door for me and I got in as fast as I could. He closed the door and I realized the heating was on. It felt good on my cold skin. He walked at vampire speed to the driver's seat and came in the car in an instant. I was still shocked by his speed. It was so incredible. He started the car again and started driving out of the parking lot. He tried talking to me but I just stared blankly out the windshield.

"Jules, please say something. I'm losing my mind over here. What's wrong?" Edward asked when we were halfway to my house.

"It's… nothing. I just… I just have to miss school, that's all… It's upsetting…" That's all I could say. I couldn't tell him that my older brother died and that I'd probably have to move back in with my mother. That… that would probably hurt him, and probably Alice.

"Is there a certain reason? If there's anything that I can do to help, I'd be glad to." He said with a sincere voice. I think he really meant it.

"I don't think there's anything anyone could do about it…" I said as he drove up into my driveway and stopped the car. I unbuckled my seatbelt and started reaching for the handle but I at least wanted to get someone to take my stuff from school. Maybe he could do it. "Um… Edward?"

"Yes Jules?" He asked me, now looking at me.

"Could you do me a small favour?" I asked, still not turning to face him but looking down now.

"Of course."

"Could you take my homework while I'm gone for the next few days?" I asked sadly.

"Where will you be going Jules?" He asked again.

"I'm… I'm going to a funeral." I said coldly.

"Oh Jules, I'm so sorry. Whose funeral are you attending?" He asked sadly.

I didn't know if my voice would come out if I tried to tell him but I had to say it sometime. "My brother's."

"I am so sorry. When did he…?" He couldn't finish his sentence. I guess it was hard for him to say something. I think he might have thought that saying that he died might have upset me. I was already passed upset. I was devastated. The funeral would be in four days but we'd have to do the flowers and the coffin arrangements and stuff like that before.

"Today…" I said but I started to feel like more tears would come out. I didn't want him to see me full of tears. It was bad enough that he saw me in this state. I didn't want him to feel bad for me at all. That was the last thing I wanted. I had to get out of here before the tears really came out. I reached for the back seat to grab my bag and opened the door to his car. "I'm sorry but I have to go." I said as I ran for the door and opened it to go inside the house.

I knew that the tears were already falling down badly. Jeremy was dead and I was going to probably miss volleyball tryouts. Maybe if I explained to the coach that I was missing school to go to a funeral, maybe he or she would give me a break. Or maybe not… I ran up the stairs and didn't bother to stop to say hi to Henry and asked how he was holding up. I knew he probably felt as bad as I did and maybe even worse.

As I opened the door to my room, the first thing I saw was my guitar against my desk. The last time I played it was for Jeremy and now, it had caused me nothing but misery! I slammed the door behind me and walked at a fast paste towards my guitar. I picked it up roughly, rushed my wardrobe open and slammed the guitar in it. I couldn't even look at it anymore. That guitar caused me too much sorrow for many years that I should even get rid of it. But it caused me too much money and if I tried to sell it now, I'd get a fortune out of it. I closed my wardrobe hard and went to my desk. I sat in my chair and put my head in my hands.

Why? Why was this happening to me? I opened my window to get some fresh air but didn't care if I daydreamed at this point. I looked out the window and saw that Edward's Mustang was still in the driveway. What was he still doing there? But wait… He wasn't in his car. I went back to putting my head in my hands and just staring blankly at the desk. I wanted to cry but the tears stopped after I came in the house.

"I'm so sorry Jules." I heard an angelic voice say from above me. He sounded in pain and in sadness.

I looked up and saw Edward was in my window frame. He just sat there and looked at me with sad eyes. How did he get up here? I mean, I had a tree in the back yard but that was it. I guessed he used some vampire superpower to get up to my window.

"Edward…"

"I'll accompany you to the funeral Jules. You won't be able to handle this all on your own. You need someone there with you, to comfort you." Are you serious? He wanted to come with me at the funeral to help me? I knew I needed help through this but I couldn't ask something like that to him.

"You don't have to. I mean…" I started saying but was cut short by Edward, who was now in front of me, his face inches away from mine. His golden topaz eyes were locked into my sea blue eyes.

"No one can deal through this without help. Let me help you Jules. I want to be there for you." He said with sad eyes.

"Edward… I can't ask something like that from you. It's too much."

"It's no trouble at all Jules. And besides, I know everything there is to know at school. I'll ask Alice and Emmett to take the notes for you in all the classes. It's no trouble at all. I will come to your house in two days to help you with the arrangements." He said as he put his cool hand on my cheek. It felt good to have him so close to me. I never wanted his hand to leave my face but he put it down soon afterwards.

"I'll be back in two days Jules. You won't have to go through this alone." He said as he went towards the window but I wanted to say one last thing to him before I wouldn't see him for a few days.

"Wait! Edward!" I said quite low but I know he heard me with his vampire skills. He turned around and looked me in the eyes again. "Thank you. I owe you one."

"You owe me absolutely nothing Jules. I want to help. I will see you in two days. Get some rest. It will help also." He said before leaping out the window and going towards his car. I closed the window and decided that I might take his advice to take a little bit of a snooze. I put the alarm on my watch for two hours later for supper and placed my head on my arms. I closed my eyes and thought of Edward before drifting off into a nice slumber.

Alright people, how evil do you think I am for killing Jeremy? Pretty evil I know. I didn't want to kill him but it was the best thing to do at this time in the story. So, what did you guys think of the chapter? Well please Review!!! I'd love to hear from you guys!!!

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