Chapter Eight
Bella's point of View
During English I couldn't concentrate. I kept thinking about how Tanya could be flirting her way into Edward's heart right now while I'm stuck here. But, then I start to think about all the ways he's probably ignoring her and I feel happier.
The bell rang and I walked with my sisters to math class. I couldn't wait to see Edward. I walked in and noticed Tanya sitting in the seat in front of him. I sighed inwardly before sitting in the seat I sat at yesterday.
"How was English?" Edward asked.
"Boring, I had already learned all of this stuff in my old school." I replied.
"Imagine repeating high school every four or five years." He whispered to me.
"I pity you so much right now." I said.
He chuckled and I could hear the whispers of the trees outside. They were telling me that Tanya was glaring at me. I love having best friends that no one else, besides nature fairies, can talk too!
"What is it?" Edward asked.
"Nothing. The trees are whispering to me that's all." I replied in a whisper.
"What are they saying?" He asked.
"You probably already know about it." I said.
"Try me." He said.
I grabbed a piece of paper and wrote down : Tanya is listening. The trees told me that she was glaring at me.
He chuckled and wrote: You amaze me.
I wrote: Glad to be of service.
He chuckled again before we both started to concentrate on our work. The day continued that way. We would meet after class and he would walk me to my next.
It was lunch and everyone was still staring at the now, six, new girls. They stared mainly at Edward and me. It was as if they'd never seen a guy and a girl talk before! After the shock wore off on them, they stared in shock of my sisters taking to Edward's brothers. Is it that surprising we would talk to them?
"Edward, why is everyone staring at us and our siblings?" I asked.
"Well, we don't really socialize much so it's a shock to see us talking to you." He replied.
"Oh I can here the girls now, 'them? They talk to them?'" I said.
"That's exactly what the girls are saying. The guys are saying, 'Now the Cullen's decide to date?!?'" He chuckled.
"Yeah why is that. Why would you want to go out with me?" I asked.
"Because you're different. You stand out more from the others. You actually care about the world and everything that everyone takes for granted. I love that about you." I blushed as we kept walking to the cafeteria. "I also love the way you blush whenever I compliment you."
I blushed deeper and said, "Stop it!" and playfully hit him.
He opened the door and held it as I walked in.
"Thank you." I said.
"No problem." He replied with a smile. I saw my sisters with the Cullen boys and Kate at their table. I began to walk over but got dragged back by Edward, "Aren't you going to eat?" He asked.
"Yeah, I'm going to lay my things down and then I got to show you my way of getting food." I smiled, walked over to the table.
"Hey Bella, what are you doing?" Kate asked.
"Nothing, I just got to show Edward something." I said, grabbed his hand and took him behind the school. No one was around so I took out my packet of powder.
"What's that?" Edward asked.
"My powder. Watch and learn." I said before sprinkling it on the ground. Roots appeared and it grew bigger and bigger until I had an apple tree in front of me. I smiled at Edward's expressionless look.
I grabbed an apple and bit into it.
"Yum." I said before picking the couple I grew. I turned to Edward and he was looking at me weird, "What?"
"Is it really safe to leave a rare apple tree here behind the school?" He raised an eyebrow.
"Oh don't worry, it won't grow any more apples. I changed its structure so it would only grow those ones I wanted and none more." I said to him.
"You are different." He smiled.
"I'll take that as a compliment." I said before walking back to the cafeteria and to our table. Tanya and Irina were already there.
I gave Alice and Rosalie their apples and sat down.
"Where'd you get the apples?" Emmett asked. I looked at him with a look that said, 'Really?'
"She's the nature fairy Emmett." Rosalie reminded him.
"Makes sense." He said then turned back to Rosalie, bringing her into another conversation. I rolled my eyes and bit into my apple.
"So Edward, what class do you have after this?" Tanya asked Edward. She sat on the other side of him while I was on the left.
"Biology." He said, not paying attention to her.
"Same!" She smiled and smirked at me.
"Alice, fill me up?" I asked and pushed my empty glass toward her.
She looked around, no one, for once, was watching so she hovered her hand over the glass and it filled with water. I smiled and said, "thanks."
"Don't mention it." She said before turning back to Jasper.
"So, Bella, I'll pick you up at six tomorrow night?" Edward asked.
"Yeah, that's a good time." I smiled and took another bite out of my apple.
"Great." He smiled.
Tanya glared at me before turning back to Irina. Something told me I was not going to get along with her at all.