Emmett and I walked quickly to our fourth block class—gym. I hated it—we could never do anything to our full potential. Still, Em and I were the most athletic in the class. We were doing a volleyball unit, and since we were on opposing sides, it was basically the two of us hitting the ball back and forth. Nobody else was very good. Most of the guys on my team just spent class staring at me run around in my gym shorts, which were quite small. I thought about what Alice had said…but how could this be? I had so many questions that I knew couldn't be answered. Not by Alice, or anybody else. I just had to wait. As we exited the gymnasium at the end of class, Edward's voice came from the end of the main hallway, the office. He sounded pained, afraid. I couldn't be sure why…but Isabella Swan must've had something to do with it. I started to wonder if he would lose control, or if she would become immortal by somebody else. The office door flew open, and Edward stormed out. I had expected him to look angry, but he looked sad, pathetic. This was a rare occasion where I actually felt bad for him…
"Edward—what is it?" I asked, smiling sympathetically
"I'll tell you in the car" he gestured out to the parking lot, and we followed him, looking at each other confused. I was relieved to know he didn't "mess up" and we didn't have to move, but I wondered what was plaguing him…maybe he had seen Alice's vision? When we got out to the car, where Alice and Jasper already sat, Edward starting to tell us, everything, practically choking on the words.
"The new girl, Bella," why did he give her a nickname? ", she's in my biology class…we're lab partners…she smells better than any human I've ever encountered. I honestly don't know what to do." He sighed…poor Edward
"Switch classes" Alice tried
"I tried…I can't, no room…" it's so strange, that he was going to switch classes. If he had, Bella wouldn't be downstairs; watching LOST, in our, her, living room, her skin as cold as any of ours. If he had, Renesmee wouldn't be in the next room. If he had, everything would be different, but not for the better.
"Hold your breath…it's your only choice…"
"I know…" he replied wistfully. I hated Bella at that point. I liked Forks. We could go out most days, it had that 'small town feel' I like. Certainly she would end up forcing us out. Hiding from the world, from her. Not to mention the fact that if Edward ever lost control in school, or god forbid, in class, the Volturi would know. She had ruined our peace. I was always on edge for a while after that. We drove home in complete an utter silence, not a sound, driving relatively slowly, eighty miles per hour or so, back to our house. I looked at Emmett with a look of worry clear on my face.
"Don't worry…it'll be fine" he sighed, kissing my cheek. But really, he didn't know…none of us did.