I walked to my next class avoiding Bella's eye. I don't know what was wrong with me. Being scared of some girl who happens to loath me all of a sudden. I mean I know she can't do anything to me but there's something about her pasty skin, her topaz eyes and the way she had such a hungry look on her beautiful face that just creeps me out.
I was silent through PE. Mike was trying to get a word out of me about what was wrong but he had no luck. What was I supposed to say 'Um yeah… you know the new girl Bella, well she gave me a dirty look and now I'm afraid of her'? I don't know why this should bother me so much. So what, some girl happens to hate me the first time she saw me. So what, some girl happens to avoid wherever I go. Maybe I'm just being paranoid, I mean who says that it was me she is angry at? Yet I can't escape that feeling.
"My house this afternoon Edward," Mike called out to me after school over my roaring engine.
"Yeah man, I'll be there at 5," I called back.
I slowly made my way home, greeted Charlie as I walked through the door and went straight to my room. This girl is ruining my life. I think about her all the time, her face, and her eyes. I mean why did she have to hate me so much?
Knock knock.
At that moment, Charlie walked through the door.
"Hey Edward, Um… so how was your day?" He was obviously talking about my unusual unsocial and silent behavior.
"Fine," I said. Now I know he suspects something, I never give a one-word answer.
"What's wrong Edward? I mean you come home, you don't say hello, you didn't even notice that the football game was on?" He questioned me.
"Nothing dad I swear and woo! Would you look at the time? It's 4 o'clock all ready I got to go to Mike's. See you dad." I quickly ran out of the room and started the car and drove off to Mike's. I'm going to be in for a talk when I get back.
"Hey man, I thought you were coming at 5," He questioned. Gees! Why does everyone have to ask me questions today?
" Yeah well… I thought I'd come early, I had nothing better to do."
" Okay that's fine I'm just watching the game." Mike said suspiciously. Why must everyone question my weird behavior? You know sometimes people go through weird stages in their life, that's what was happening to me, yet this didn't feel weird. This felt right. I think, I'm not sure, but I think I might be falling in love with this girl.
Bella Version" I don't know what to do Carlisle? He just smells so good. I don't know if I can hold myself together any longer. That's why I have to go for a while okay?"
I saw Esme's face as I said the words aloud. She knew I had to leave yet it broke her heart that I had to go. She didn't want me to leave.
"I'm sorry but I have to leave, it's just something that I have to do for me, for the family. I don't want us to start over again, to restart our lives, all because I happened to slip up and kill this boy, Edward." I apologized to everyone. I could see all of their torn faces. It hurt me to leave but it was the right thing to do. "I'll come back when I'm ready."
When I was finished talking, I kissed everyone goodbye. And with a last look from the doorway, I sprinted into the frosty night air. If I could cry, tears would be spilling down from my face. I breathed in the air and thought about where I was heading, but all of a sudden, out of the blue, his face popped into my head. The one called Edward. I've never met this boy before but there was something about him. Something about him that made me want to see his handsome face one more time.