Author's Note: HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYBODY!!! I was very excited to get this chapter up quicker than anticipated. It is also one of the longest chapters I've written yet! 13 pages in my notebook!!! Anyways, hope you like it!

Disclaimer: Sadly, I do not own Twilight nor New Moon. The wonderful Ms. Meyer does.

Chapter 6

"Complications"

"Hi." I choked out in surprise. But before I could even smile nervously I was being hugged fiercely by the spiky haired girl and the blonde girl. I probably would've suffocated if I were human. The two girls finally let go of me a few seconds later, only to be replaced be the muscular and blonde boys.

"Ummm…" I smiled nervously at all of them when the two boys let go. Thankfully, the spiky haired girl was the first to stop smiling at me and talk.

"Sorry, Bella. We all just kind of forgot that you couldn't remember us. I'm Alice Cullen and this is Jasper Hale, my husband. That's Rosalie Hale and her husband Emmett Cullen. This is Jacqueline Cullen, the newest member of our family, and of course, you already know Edward." She gestured first to herself, then the blonde boy and girl, the muscular boy, and finally the girl with long dark hair and Edward.

"Weren't you at the junior high school?" I asked Jacqueline, remembering Peter's little speech from yesterday after school. "My brother was in one of your classes."

"Yes, but I asked the principle to raise me up a grade." She answered in the British accent Peter had also mentioned.

That made me laugh. "So did he." I replied and since my family had perfect timing and all, they decided to drive up to the school directly then. I bit my lip, wondering what would happen if my family saw me talking to the Cullens. The outcome didn't look very good; it was probably going to start with Jasper trying to calm Henry with his power so he wouldn't try to kill Edward and Christiana probably asking more questions after…

My mind abruptly stopped talking then.

How did I know what Jasper's power was? I asked myself. But out of the corner of my eye I saw Christiana, Henry, Simon, and Peter stepping out of Christiana's car and start looking for me. I shook the questions out of my head, I'd think about them later.

"I have to go. I'll see you in Theatre, Edward." I smiled at them and ran over to my family, making sure their heads were turned so they wouldn't know from which direction I came from. I stopped running a few feet away before I started walking in a casual walk toward them.

"You guys took forever, you know that." I said in the most bored voice I could muster up. The questions my subconscious was asking was slowly breaking down the barrier I had put up before I had left Edward's family.

"We left on time, thank you very much. You were the one who left fifteen minutes earlier than us." Henry said as he walked over to me. Kissing m jaw to my forehead. When he stopped and put his forehead to mine I was finally able to speak.

"Oh, really?" I said pulling away and folding my arms across my chest. "The way I remember it, you guys like to be at least ten minutes early to school." The bell rang then, signaling we had two minutes to be in our seats. I laughed and grabbed Henry's hand, "Well, it seems you guys were layer than you presumed. Come on, let's get to class before we're late."

As my family and I walked toward the school, I glanced to where the Cullens still stood. I didn't notice any of them except one. The one who was gripping a school railing and leaving large hand indents in it.

Edward.

I quickly looked away, then, and headed to class.

Class was very boring. We were covering something I had covered more than five times, leaving me to daydream. Which automatically lead to all of the questions I had asked myself earlier this morning. How had I known what Jasper's power was? I asked myself yet again. Well, maybe it was just a guess. I'd ask Edward later today, he'd be able to tell me if I was right or wrong.

After four more hours of pretending to listen during class the lunch bell finally rang. I let out a sigh of relief as I slowly got out of my seat and left the classroom. Henry was waiting for me just outside the door and I watched with amusement the number of girls who were staring open-mouthed at him.

"Stop torturing the poor human girls, Henry. It's hardly fair." I told him, trying to sound as if I disapproved the subject. But it was very hard to say it and keep a straight face at the same time.

"You're telling me not to torture them." He said with an amused voice, but his eyes showed hate. I wondered if he was showing a hate of me, but when he saw my expression, he signaled his head over to a group of people. Half of the group was male, who were also staring open-mouthed, but at me this time, and the other half was female, who were throwing me glares and looks of hate.

I gave a small laugh before I answered, "Well, I bet a lot more people have centered their attention on Christiana." Christiana was very beautiful, she had about the same amount of beauty as Rosalie, though she would never admit it. At the thought of her, I noticed that neither she, Simon, nor Peter were there too. "By the way, where is Christiana and the others?"

He chuckled, "Oh, she does have her own fan club; she went to the lunchroom with Simon. I came over here to wait for you. Haven't seen Peter yet, though."

Just then, Peter decided to make his opportune entrance, "This place is so much better than the junior high they have! And guess what? The same vampire girl that was in my classes yesterday is here today too! She's in three of my classes."

Peter and Henry then started a conversation about the Cullens. I walked ahead of them, not wanting to be a part of this particular conversation. I started looking around the school then and noticed that Peter was right. It was a really nice school, the building painted white and the doors, building numbers, and a covering on top of the sidewalks to keep the rain off were painted green and outlined in a golden yellow. Lots of trees and grass, all nicely cut and trimmed. A lot better than the last school we went to, which was messy and almost covered with spray paint.

When the three of us actually walking into the lunchroom, I was suddenly aware of how many people were looking at us. It still felt strange to me; the way people looked at me and my family. I never got used to it, and something told me I probably never would.

The whole cafeteria seemed to stop talking abruptly as the three of us walking in, all staring at us and some shifting their heads so they could glance at Christiana and Simon, who were sitting in the far corner of the large room, giving us a small signal to come over.

Nobody stopped us when we made our way to the table. Something of which I was grateful of, but I could still perfectly hear all the whispering that circled around us.

"She's so hot!"

"Dude, check out her sister, too! The one at the lunch table."

"Oh, that Henry boy is so cute. I'll definitely have to go out with him."

I quickly tried to block out the rest of the whispering after those few seconds of annoyance. The three of us then got to the lunch table, and Christiana seemed to be a bit relieved and pleased.

"Finally! I swear, I was going to scream if someone came up to you too, Bella. People have been bugging Simon, Henry, and me all day. They wouldn't stop looking at us. I'm just so used to your power that it feels weird to have them staring at us again."

"Well, you're the one who insisted I be a year younger than you this time." I reminded her. I was usually in the same grade as Christiana, Simon, and Henry, but Christiana insisted that I looked a year younger than them and that I should become a sophomore instead of a junior.

I didn't mind much, though. At first I did, but now I was rather pleased. I mean, can you imagine if Henry walked into my Theatre class and discovered Edward Cullen and me talking? Of course, after a while of explaining he would believe me when I said that he and I were just talking. I hope. I wouldn't really be able to tell with Henry, he had never acted this way before, unless he was mad at someone for upsetting me.

The lunch period was quiet and I left as quickly as I could without my family becoming suspicious. I walked to my English class, already expecting Alice to be in the room. She motioned me to sit in the empty desk next to her when I walked in. I could see the curiosity raging in her eyes. When I finally sat down she finally burst. "Bella! When are you meeting Edward? Where?"

"Umm… probably after school and I don't know where. I'll discuss it with him in Theatre." I said, but I had a feeling she already knew this.

Her face then changed from happy and giddy to other emotions, serious, sad, and… angry? She then asked, "And who was that boy you were kissing this morning?"

"Oh, that was Henry. My boyfriend." I answered simply.

Her eyes widened at what I had just said and I tried to hold back a laugh. She was afraid that Henry and I were serious. It was obvious, her expression gave it away in an instant. I let a small laugh escape my lips before I reassured her. "And, no, Alice, we're not that serious."

She visibly relaxed and let out the breath she had been holding in. "Well, that's good. I was afraid I would have to tell Edward, he'd be heartbroken if…" Her eyes widened as she realized she had spoken something she probably shouldn't have. She gave out a high pitch squeak – that was still fast and low enough that only the two of us would hear – and slammed her head onto the table. She was most likely hoping that she hadn't just done that and that I would just drop it. But she had just gotten my curiosity to raise a few levels.

"What did you just say, Alice?" I asked, seeing if she would just tell me, or if I would have to force it out of her.

"Nothing!" She squeaked and sat up, keeping her eyes straight onto the teacher, not even glancing back at me. She was acting as if we hadn't just had this conversation, but I was going to get her to talk even if it took me all period.

The bell rang a half an hour later and I was having very little success on trying to get the answer out of Alice. She was much more stubborn about not telling me than I thought she would. I waved goodbye to her as we went separate ways.

I only took a few steps out of the classroom before a boy stopped me. He had messy brown hair and green eyes.

"Hey my name's Neil. You're Isabella Swan, aren't you?"

I gave a forced smile, "Yeah, that's me."

"Yeah, well, I was wondering if you wanted me to show you around town sometime." He said, running his hand through his hair.

"Actually, its okay, I think I'm fine. I have a good idea of where everything in this town is." I replied. I turned around and was about to walk away when he grabbed my arm. I pulled it away easily and stared at him with cold, hard eyes. He opened his mouth to say something when out of the corner of my eye I saw Edward walking toward us.

He stood right beside me and greeted Neil. "Miller."

"Cullen." Neil said, glaring at Edward. "I'll see you later, Isabella." And with that he stalked away.

"Thank you." I let out a breath, I could've easily gotten rid of the boy, but it would probably include me giving away our secret.

"No problem." He said with a grin. "It was rather enjoyable."

We walked the rest of the way in silence, tangled in our own thoughts. When we entered the Theatre classroom, we were almost late. We took our seats quickly just as Ms. Garson walked into the room, lugging a large TV and an old DVD player behind her, the DVD player looked as if it had been purchased around the first decade that I had been a vampire. The class started to buzz with excited whispers about how we didn't have to do any work now today, even if we didn't do much work in this class anyways.

"We will be starting Romeo and Juliet today." She said lightly as she turned the lights off and pushed play. I heard Edward chuckle beside me and I threw him a questioning look.

"She forgot to make a lesson plan for today. She's only letting us watch the movie because she wants to finish some romantic novel she's reading." I gave him another questioning glance and he understood almost immediately about what I was confused about. "I can read minds." He answered simply.

"Oh." I said quietly. "Can you read my mind?" I asked, curious. Surely he wouldn't be that interested in me if he couldn't read my mind.

"No, you're the only exception to my abilities." He said lightly again. I gave a small nod and the rest of the time was quiet.

The bell rang a while later and I slung my backpack over my shoulder. "SO, where do you want to talk about my past?" I asked, interested. I didn't know where anything in this town was – even though I told Neil differently – and I was slightly curious of what was in this town.

"Well, we could take a walk in the forest. It's just next to the school grounds."

"Sure." I said smiling brightly. "Just let me tell Christiana that I'll be home late." I flipped open my silver phone and quickly dialed Christiana's number.

"Hello?"

"Hey, Christiana, I'm going to go hunting for awhile. I'll be back late."

"Okay, Bella. Do you want Henry or me to come with you?"

"No, it's ok. I'll see you later tonight."

"Okay, later Bells." The phone went dead then. I flipped my phone shut and turned back to Edward and smiled again. "Okay. Let's go."

We left the classroom and he led me to the west end of the school, an excited smile on his face. It was obvious he had been looking forward to this. I gave out a laugh and his smile widened.

"So, do you have the wallet?" He asked happily after we had walked a few steps deeper into the forest. I nodded and pulled it out of my bag.

I handed it to him and he opened it quickly. His face fell and his eyes widened.

"They're not here."

Author's Note: Cliffhanger!!!! And 8 pages on Word!!! Hope you liked it! The next chapter should be up soon, I'm planning it all in my head, I just need to put it all down on paper. Hope you liked it! Review!!! Press the pretty purple button!! 60 Goldfish! Yes, I know I'm being very hyper right now… See ya later!

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