Chapter 6

JPOV

I smiled as I walked toward her, but she looked scared and backed away. I had no clue why, I was only going to congratulate her. I stopped, and just looked at her. She was shivering, not because she was cold, but because she was freaking out. What is he doing? She thought. I saw my face in her mind and smiled. Not only was this one of the rare times I could hear her thoughts, it was also one of the frequent times when she blushed. It made no sense, because she looked scared, but she was blushing furiously, and I could smell her delicious blood, but I held back the urge to consume it.

I walked toward her still, and still she backed away. I frowned, confused. Was she really scared of me? What could I have possibly done to scare her?

Oh yeah… I'm a vampire…

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BPOV

He was staring at me, that menacing smile on his face. Suddenly, his smile turned to a frown of first confusion, then realization. He was a vampire. Wasn't it obvious that I was entitled to be afraid of a mythical creature? I stopped moving, took a deep breath, and then started to talk.

"Vampire? How? Why didn't you tell me? I-"

"Bella, I didn't tell you because I didn't want you to freak out, but that is what you are doing, so you might as well just forget about this and just fall into that stupid trap!" James yelled, cutting me off.

"Trap?" I asked as he left the room. "WAIT! Trap? Who? Why? How? Please, talk to me!" He turned around, sighed, and then came back.

"Bella, your life is at stake if you act like this, if people find out that you know. There are more vampires here, and they only hold back so they can hunt later. If they know you know then they will just kill you sooner. So just forget it!" He turned away again, but I grabbed his arm before he could go far.

It was like carved marble, soft and cold. I hesitated for a moment, and then ran in front of him.

"James! Wait! You can't just walk out on me! Seriously!" I felt like crying, but there would be another time for that.

"Bella, I can't! Right now, you're life is in danger, and if I can help protect you, I will!" He said. He turned around to face me, his eyes red and his cheeks wet. Apparently this was the time for crying…

"So you're leaving me alone so you can protect me? I would think that ignoring me would make me vulnerable, but hey, just leave; I won't get in your way!" I said, trying to control the anger in my voice. If this didn't work, I was out of options.

He stopped suddenly, turning around to face me again. "You are seriously a very problematic girl!" he said, chuckling. I tried to laugh along with him, but I was too excited at his answer, because now I knew it wasn't over. I knew he wouldn't leave me helpless, especially now that I knew there was danger.

"One question. What danger? I mean, sure vampires and werewolves, but aren't the vampires here nice?" I asked him. I had to know the answer to at least that question.

"I'll explain it later," he said. "C'mon, let's get back to class!" We walked back together, and I couldn't help but smile, even though I was extremely worried about the outcome of the situation.

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Sorry about the short chapter! I'm sick and at home, so maybe I'll have another chapter in awhile... and thanks for all the comments!