Author's Note: I do not own Twilight. Twilight and all of the characters are the creation of Stephenie Meyer. No copyright infringement is intended.
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Unfortunately, Monday morning rolled around and I could barely get out of bed. Being able to sleep in every day for the past two weeks messed up my normal school routine.
I slowly and carefully made my way down the stairs to the kitchen, where Esme was by the stove.
"Good morning Alex," she said cheerfully. "I made French toast."
"Sounds good," I said with a yawn. "You haven't made French toast before."
"I figured I would try something new," she replied with shrug.
Alice walked into the kitchen, already dressed, made up,
and ready to go.
"Morning, Alex!" Alice said, skipping into the kitchen. "I picked you out an outfit. I hope you don't mind."
"Thanks, I don't mind. I'm tired this morning, and it's good to have one thing out of the way."
"Yeah, you seemed a little behind this morning," Alice said with a wink, and skipped out of the room. Esme chuckled and placed my plate of French toast on the counter. I grabbed a glass, went over to the fridge, took out the milk, and poured myself some.
"Are you sure you are feeling alright enough to go to school today?" Esme asked me as I started to eat. "Because if you need one more day to refresh..."
"I need to go back to school Esme," I said. "It will be even harder to get up if I put off going to school until tomorrow. I might as well go to to school today."
"I see," she replied.
I quietly finished my breakfast and stood up to clean up.
"I'm going to get ready," I said as I put my dish and glass in the sink.
"Alright, dear," Esme said.
I slowly but surely made my way up the stairs. After a minute or two, I made it to the second floor. As I walked in the hallway, I passed Rosalie.
She frowned. "How long did it take you to make it up the stairs?"
"A minute or two," I said.
"Why didn't you ask anyone to help you?" she asked. I shrugged in reply. She chuckled and gave me a kiss on the cheek. I hugged her in reply then walked into my room to get ready.
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Seats in Rosalie's car got swapped around. Of course, Rosalie drove, but I sat beside her in the passenger seat. Alice and Bella sat behind us.
"I feel as if I have been replaced," Bella said, dramatically placing her hand on her heart.
"Sorry," I said, a small smile forming on my face.
She chuckled. "I'm just messing with you. I honestly don't mind at all."
"Oh, I thought you were serious for a second," I said.
We pulled into the school parking lot and Rosalie got the closest space to the front doors as she could. She turned off the engine and picked up my backpack from the floor of the car. She helped me put my backpack onto my shoulders and Alice walked around to open the door.
"Are you sure you don't want me to carry your backpack?" Rosalie asked me.
"Stop pampering me. I'm sure," I said with a chuckle.
We stepped out of the car as the boys got out of Emmett's jeep. Everyone was walking together and I sighed, knowing I was going to be holding everyone back.
All of the students seemed to stare at me as I walked towards the front doors. It was weird having everyone's eyes on me and not my siblings. Even with me being the only one in casts, it still didn't seem right. I stared down at the ground to try to avoid everyone's eyes.
Edward came and put his arm around me as his other hand was linked with Bella's.
I smiled. Thanks, Ed, I said mentally.
We eventually made it to the doors, but the stares didn't stop there. As we walked inside, even more students' gazes fell upon me and all my casted glory. This was going to be a long day if everyone kept staring at me.
Somebody seemed to be pushing through the crowd of students. It was Macey, and she rushed up to me.
"I'm so glad you're back!" she squealed, and wrapped her arms around my neck for a hug. The force of her hug caused me to stumble backwards into the waiting arms of Alice.
"Careful, please," Alice said sternly.
"Oops, sorry," Macey giggled.
"It's great to see you too, Macey," I replied, gently hugging her back.
"Mind if I walk with you and Alice to math?" she asked.
Alice walked next to me and we linked arms. "We don't mind at all."
Macey smiled. Our family members exchanged our goodbyes, and we made our way to math.
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Finally, the morning had passed and it was lunch time. Now I could just focus on my food and family, not all the students who would not stop staring at me. I was used to the rest of my family get the attention, not me. Sure, people still looked at them, but now they were looking at me, too.
I munched on my chicken salad, not speaking. There was no need to speak. Macey didn't make a sound as she ate her turkey sandwich she brought from home.
"You ladies are quite quiet today," Emmett said teasingly. "Is there something on your minds?"
I glared at him and Edward chuckled. If anything was on my mind, Edward would usually be the first to know. Whether he would be the first to say anything or not is a different story.
"There's no need to talk," Macey said with a shrug, finishing up her last bite of her sandwich.
"Enjoying all the attention, Alex?" Emmett cooed in a sickly-sweet voice.
I stabbed a piece of chicken.
"Having all eyes on you is interesting, isn't it?"
I took a sip of my apple juice.
"Now you're just ignoring me, aren't you?"
"Please stop," I said, blushing. I looked up at him and he was frowning.
"Sorry," he said. "That went too far."
"S'okay," I mumbled, and took another bite of my salad.
After an awkward silence, Alice said to me, "C'mon, Alex. We can leave a little earlier to get to Science."
I nodded. I picked up my tray, and gave Macey a hug.
As I stood up, I looked Emmett right in the eyes.
"My answer is no."
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Hey-llo. I know this has nothing to do with this chapter, but I have a new story out called Running From Everything. If you would have read my blog, you would have known about it a bit earlier... Anyway, if you have time, please check it out!