Chapter Nine
Bella's point of view
Edward and I walked to biology early so then Tanya would not disrupt us. Edward felt the same way I do about her, he was just too much of a gentleman to say anything to her. Although I probably won't have a problem if she goes too far.
Edward's arm would slightly graze mine every occasionally as we walked. I know I have only known him for a day, but I already love this man! He was sweet, caring, and not to mention, extremely gorgeous. He really seems to care about me. He could be with Tanya – who is rough around the edges – but she is way prettier then I, but there is no possible way that she could be smarter, I am drawing the line there. However, he chose me.
I smiled at the thought.
"What are you smiling at?" Edward asked.
"What? A girl can't be happy?" I replied.
"Yes, she can but you just seemed to get happier by the second." He said.
"Well, I'm just happy." I smiled at him.
"Uh-huh." He kept walking.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"I'm still not used to it yet. I can usually read everyone's thoughts but with you, nothing. It's almost like I'm human again, if not for the other voices around me, I would think I didn't have a gift. It's a little frustrating."
"Well, all of us are like that all of the time. Can't hear a single thought." I told him
"How do you live? Although, the thought of it being completely quiet, after hearing things for so long, it sounds kind of peaceful." He said. We had stopped now. We were next to a bench so I sat and he followed and sat with me.
"I bet. I don't know what I would do if I heard every thought in everyone's head. I would probably kill a lot of people because of what they think." I said with a little laugh escaping my lips.
"I sometimes want to just kill people, but I haven't thought about killing people until I met you." He said.
"That's comforting. I bring you to murder." I replied.
"That's not what I meant. I mean that I only ever want to kill someone when they have thought wrongly of you."
"I bet people do that often huh?"
"Not really, there are surprisingly very calm, good natured people here. However, I would love to kill some people. Many males at this school have vile thoughts. They make me almost go mad."
"I bet. I cannot imagine what the girls are thinking about you. I would probably die." I said, looking down at my hands.
"Really?" He asked.
"I wouldn't literally die now but, I wouldn't last long without puking, then killing them and I'm a fairy, I don't kill people. it takes a lot to make me mad." I replied.
"You mean like when someone insults your family or people?" Edward asked looking at me, straight into my eyes.
"Exactly. We have done nothing wrong except exist. We only use our powers for nature and protection. Nothing more. When Tanya insulted my mother and father like that, I almost lost it and I shouldn't have." I said truthfully.
"I get it. Moreover, existing is not wrong. If you didn't exist, I would be meaningless to this life." He stroked the side of my face with his fingers.
"No you wouldn't you'd find someone better. Someone who's smart, pretty and nice." I said.
"Bella, you aren't any of those things." He said. I felt as if I would cry. "Bella, you aren't pretty, you're beautiful. You are intelligent, not just smart and you are the most well hearted person I have ever met."
I smiled; our faces were only inches apart. I found myself once more leaning in. Our lips were a centimetre apart when the bell rang. We both sighed before breaking apart and quickly walking to Biology class.