Hello! Savannah here. This is kind of a crappy chapter but I hope you like it. crys I did my best. Haha Dane Cook reference
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Angels and Demons (Edward Cullen)
Chapter 2: A Ride Home and a Midnight Encounter
After English, Anna headed to her Calculus AP class. "Poor Becca. If she didn't fail Geometry so many times, she wouldn't hate school so much."
She entered the classroom full of seniors who were already falling asleep. The class hadn't even started yet and many of them were already drooling on their desks. That's kind of sad. She made her way to the empty seat in the far back corner and stared out the window. The teacher came in and called role soon after. When he came to Anna's name, he stopped.
"There must be some mistake. Why is there a junior in this class?" He looked around. "Miss Anna St. Charles, where are you?"
Anna slowly raised her hand and all eyes locked on her small frame. She felt herself blush under their gazes.
"Are you aware that this is Calculus AP, right little girl?" the teacher asked, eyeing her with a heated stare.
"Yes, I am aware. I tested into this class and I was in it back home before I moved here. Just because I am a year younger than your other students does not mean that I am not capable of learning a more advanced math," she stated, leveling her gaze with the older man. He gave her a mean glare then turned around and began to write a problem on the board.
"Today we will be discussing…" the rest of the class was a blur in her mind.
She thought back to the time before she was a part of the St. Charles family. Back before she was an angel, she had been a pretty normal teenage girl growing up during the 1980s. She was living in Brooklyn with her abusive, drunk mother. Her father had left many years before. One day, after a particularly harsh beating, Anna snuck out and walked down the street to the local playground. She sat on the lone rusting swing for about an hour before she was approached by a group of maybe three or four people. One of them, most likely the leader, pointed a gun at her chest. Anna just stared at him. She hadn't cared if she died or not, she was already dead inside. She remembered saying something to the gunman but her words escaped her memories. The next thing she remembered was lying at the base of a large tree in central park bleeding from the new gun wound in her stomach and from the numerous cuts from her mother's beating. The last thing she really could see in her mind's eye from that day was the fuzzy outline of someone whispering to her and then an unbearable pain racking her body for days. During the transformation, she remembered trying to kill herself but the attempts were
in vain. When the pain finally went away, Anna's life was no longer the same. Her once frizzy red hair was now its deep reddish-brown color and was to her butt instead of ending at her chin. Her once scarred skin was now flawless and creamy white. Her boring pale blue eyes were now a dazzling golden brown. But to top off the transformation, two white wings had sprouted from her back. Her body had to grow the bones for the wings that could appear and disappear at will. That was the most painful part of the transformation and the longest.
The bell rang, signaling the end of second period. Anna blinked and looked around the room. Everyone was quickly hurrying out of the room and to their next class. She quickly wrote down her homework and calmly exited the classroom and headed to study hall.
She chose a seat at an empty table and began to work on her Calculus homework. She was ten minutes into it when the chair in front of her was filled by her new friend.
"Hello Edward. I didn't know you had study hall at this time," she said without looking up from her work.
"You're quick aren't you? How did you know it was me and not some complete stranger?" Edward asked, raising an eyebrow.
"You have a certain calmly air about you that can easily be identified." Anna answered finally glancing up at him before returning to her work.
Edward nodded slightly and was silent for a little while before noticing the huge textbook Anna was working out of. "What are you doing?" he asked staring questionably at the book.
"Calculus AP homework."
"Calculus…AP…why are you in such an advanced math? You are a junior, right?"
She gave a small laugh. "Yes, I'm a junior, but I'm smarter than your average girl." Their eyes met for a brief moment, but that moment sent her heart into a frenzy.
Edward smirked as if he could hear her heart beating wildly in her chest. "What's your next class?" he asked, eyeing her as she finished the last problem as but up the heavy book.
"Spanish, what's yours?"
He sighed dramatically, "Gym."
Anna let her musical laugh at the face he made. He smiled. I am I so happy I made her laugh. I just met her this morning. I can't possibly. No. That would be too dangerous for her and us…
"Edward, the bell rang. Let's get to our next class." Anna called softly to him. Edward's head snapped up, his eyes glanced quickly around the room taking in the fact that the other students were filing out of the room.
"Right. Sorry. I must have dozed off for a bit." He stated, wondering where the time had gone.
She gave him a reassuring smile. "It's alright." She, then, turned and left the room gracefully. Almost as gracefully as all the Cullen's move, but it was a different type of grace. While Edward's grace was one of a stealthy killer, Anna's grace as the same as a bird flying through the warm blue skies of the south.
At the end of the day, Anna walked from the gym holding her head. Some very uncoordinated person had tried to serve the volleyball but only managed to smack her in the back of the head multiple times. When she reached the parking lot, she noticed that her car was missing. Becca had stuck to her word and left her stranded. She sighed and looked up at the overcast, grey sky. "I guess I'll have to walk home. At least it's not raining."
As soon as the words left her mouth, a bright flash of lighting followed by a loud crash of thunder filled the air. Soon after, rain came pelting down from the heavens, soaking her to the bone. She sighed and began to walk to the road. Me and my big mouth. She thought, nearly slipping on the wet, slick grass.
A shiny, sliver Volvo pulled up next to the poor, soaked girl. Edward Cullen opened the passenger door, giving Anna his dazzling crooked smile. "Need a lift?" he asked, humor hidden in his voice.
She stood in the rain for a moment, pondering wither she should get in the car or not. In the end, she climbed in and shut the door quickly behind her. Anna was greeted by the warm heat the car put out. She shook her head sending water drops flying everywhere. Edward smiled and pulled out of the parking lot onto the highway. His car traveled smoothly on the poorly paved road.
"Thank you. It would have taken me forever to walk home in this rain." She said softly, clearly embarrassed.
"It's no problem. But if you don't have a car, how did you get to school?" he asked, glancing at her from the corner of his eyes.
"I do have a car, but Rebecca decided to leave school early. She must have taken my keys at lunch." Anna pouted.
Edward chuckled. "Yes, she does seem like the type of person who would do that."
Anna laughed. "You have no idea."
The two sat in a comfortable silence the rest of the way. She didn't even notice Edward's speeding. They arrived at the St. Charles house in about five minutes and in that time the rain had slackened.
Anna stepped out of the car and walked around to Edward's window. "Thanks again, Edward. This means a lot to me." She smiled.
Edward gave her his crooked grin back. "Maybe tomorrow I can take you to school, so your sister can take the car." His eyes held a somewhat hopeful look.
She blushed, but smiled wider. "I'd like that. See you tomorrow." She turned toward the pouch. She waved back at him as he pulled out of the long driveway.
She smiled as stepped back inside…but her peaceful mood didn't last too long…
"OH MY GOD!! ANNA!! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? I WAS SO WORRIED WHEN YOU DIDN'T COME HOME WITH REBECCA! YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO WALK IN THE RAIN, DID YOU? OHHHH, SHE'S SOO GETTING GROUNDED FOR THIS…" Eve had probably busted both of poor Anna's eardrums.
"Eve, I'm fine. Really. I got a ride home with a friend. He's going to take me to school tomorrow…as…well. Why are you looking at me like that?"
Eve's face now sported a sly look. "A boy, huh?" She got real close to Anna's face. "You got over poor little Damon pretty quick, didn't you?"
Anna turned her head, blushing brightly. "Edward is a friend and a gentleman. Nothing more!"
Rebecca, and her impeccable timing, chose this moment to enter the room. "Edward? You mean Edward Cullen? The boy from English this morning? The one who knocked you over?" she asked looking slightly confused.
"Yes, he was nice enough to bring me home after you left me to walk in the rain. But don't think about this too much or you'll hurt your tiny little brain." Anna replied while marching up the stairs to her room.
"Ouch, Annie's insulting my intelligence! She must be really flustered about something! Maybe she can't decide on who she likes more, Damon or Edward!" Becca shouted after her.
The only reply was the slamming of a door. Everyone in the house winced. Anna was not the type of person….angel….that got angry at someone else. Something really had to be bugging her.
Anna walked over to the large window in her room and sat on the window seat. Her thoughts hit her all at once. Why do I a feeling that everything is going to go terribly wrong? And I have this feeling that I am going to see someone I haven't seen in a long time tonight. I just hope it's not him.
Later on the night, while the others were sleeping, Anna jumped out of her window and landed soundlessly on the ground below. She then began to walk through the woods. She had a hard time keeping to the path, for the moonlight couldn't make its way through the dense leafs of the tree tops. After an hour or so of walking, Anna came across a clearing in the trees. The light from the half-moon filled it with its pale glow.
As she entered the glow of the moon, something odd happened…her creamy white skin began to glow as well. It appeared that her skin was reflecting the light of the moon. She stood in the center of the clearing for a few minutes before an unwanted visitor graced her with their presence.
"Well, I never thought that I would catch little Miss Brains out in the woods after dark. Shouldn't you be in bed, little girl?" a taunting voice sounded from a nearby tree.
Anna turned around quickly, surprised by the new, unexpected visitor. "What are you doing here, Ashton? Should you be back in England kissing up?" she retaliated.
A man around the age of 24 jumped down from a very tall tree, his powerful dark wings trailing behind. His long brown hair fell into his bright green eyes as he stood up. A smirk spread across his handsome face. "Normally, but ya see, I was sent here to give your family a message. Apparently, there are cold ones in this town. Watch your back. Oh, and don't forget to tell your family! See ya around, Annie!"
Anna just stood in the clearing until dawn, watching the messenger of bad news fly away, back to his perfect life.