A/N: Stephenie Meyer is the owner of the Twilight series and all its wonderful characters and plots and all that other stuff!!!
Chapter 5
BPOV
I knew he was hiding something, and I had a clue: the superhuman qualities. He was too fast and too strong to be normal. There had to be something I could get from that. I just had to think harder. I was formulating a plan, and I was hoping it would work as planned. I just needed a little time to foolproof it, that was all. I went to bed content, plotting, and glad for the rest.
I walked into school, searching. I knew they were here somewhere, but I was having trouble finding them. Suddenly, James was there, standing behind me and smiling as if the hospital incident hadn't happened. I guess female interrogation just doesn't move him. Oh well… "Hey, what's up?" James asked, jerking me from my thoughts.
"What?" I said, slightly confused.
He gave me an odd look, then smiled before his face revealed too much. "I just was saying hi!"
"Oh, hi!" I said, dazed. He was… different today. I tried to pay more attention, but for some reason I was fading in and out. Something icy touched my forehead and I was once again jerked into reality. I was sitting with my head on my desk in Biology, but I didn't remember getting there. James was frantically feeling my face and trying to shake me awake. His hands were like ice, and I shivered weakly.
"Bella?" James said. "Bella, are you okay?" I mumbled something I couldn't understand, but apparently James was able to figure it out. "Mr. Molena," James said as he raised his hand. "I think Bella needs to go to the nurse's office, fast!" Mr. Molena nodded his head and motioned to the door. I felt myself being lifted and carried out of the room. Not soon after, I drifted slowly into unconsciousness.
I woke up in the nurse's office, drowsy and lightheaded. I rolled over and searched the room. James was talking to the secretary, and Edward was right beside him. Weird, I didn't know he went to this school. I listened hard, trying to hear what they were talking about. I gasped as I heard them. They suddenly stopped, looking at me, wearing fake smiles and trying to trick me. "Bella," James said in a superfluously cheerful voice. "How are you? You fainted in class." He explained. I nodded my head to show that I understood. I examined each of their faces while I tried to regain my voice and ask the one question that was bugging me.
"One question," I said, after what seemed like hours of awkward silence. "Why were you talking about vampires? And werewolves? Why hide secrets from me? Come on, seriously! You don't expect me to just sit here and pretend I don't understand anything!" I paused, waiting for an answer. For a split second, James' face seemed scared and worried, but he immediately straightened himself and plastered on his cheesy smile.
"Extra credit. We have to discuss two to three mythical creatures with at least five people and write down everything we learned from them." He answered swiftly. He walked closer while Edward slipped out and the secretary went back to the main office. He smiled again, more genuinely this time. "Bella," he said sweetly. "Please. Don't worry about it."
I sighed as he turned to leave. "Wait!" I said. I had to get my answers, NOW. "Talk to me! Tell me! We are in all the same classes, so I know you don't have a project like that! Tell me what you are, because I know you are different! Your skin is like ice, your eyes change color, you're extremely fast, and you have superhuman strength and speed. I know something's going on, James! I just know it!" I found myself standing tall, five inches from James' face. He had an odd look on his face, a mixture of realization and fear.
"Bella," he began, "think. Think harder, dig beneath the surface. I left one more clue for you. I can't tell you directly what I am, but you can figure this out if you just think! I want you to know!" his breath smelled like mints, not the gross kind, but the deliciously sweet kind. It cleared my head and I sorted out everything I was thinking. I gasped as I realized the truth.
"Vampire," I breathed, taking a step back. He smiled, and nodded slightly, a tight smile spread across his face as he walked slowly towards me. What was going on?