When Eyes Meet

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Edward-POV

I trapped her between myself and the lockers. She was blushing. Her skin was a very pretty color.

"Hi there" I said, grinning.

"H-hi" She stuttered. Did I really have such effects on her??

"So, ..." I was about to say something, when someone interrupted me. I was ready to slap that person in the face, but when I saw who it was, I refrained from doing such... Instead I considered breaking every bone in that person's body.

"Eheh, Hey Bells. Let's go. Class is about to start"

Mike Newton grabbed Bella's hand and dragged her away from me. All the time her eyes on me. All the time my eyes on her.

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I was waiting for the perfect time to trap Bella. Being so close to her made me feel right... Complete in a way. I wanted to ask her to prom. I knew every boy in school would have the same intentions. So I had to be the first. Because Bella might say yes to someone other than me. And that would murder me. In more ways than one.

Finally it was lunch and I knew I would have a chance. I waited for her. And waited. And waited. She showed up, finally. 15 minutes late. Why was she late? What had happened? Was everything alright? Was Bella ok? Questions flooded my mind... I waved them away and concentrated on Bella. She walked towards her usual table and sat there. Looking very very glum. Something was deffinately wrong.

I couldn't wait any longer. So I walked up to her table. And stood there. Everyone sat motionless. Even my family a few tables down, looked shocked for words. I smiled at Bella. and said

"Bella, can we talk please?"

"......sure...?" She answered hesitantly.

Mike and the other boys were all looking at us both suspiciously. I smiked and said

"In private" I emphasized on the word "private". I knew they would all be going mad by now. I didn't care. This pleased me.

Bella and I walked towards the more empty corner of the cafeteria. She looked around nervously, biting her lip. Did she do that often? Was that a habbit of hers?? I thought I should finally reak the tention. I said:

"How are you Bella?"

She looked at me like I had said something in another language. After a few seconds she finally spoke

"Good..Thank you.."

"Is something wrong?" I cocked my head to the side, acting very innocent.

Bella looked down, biting her lips, blushing deeper. I wanted to lift her chin with my finger, but I heald back from doing that.

"Come on Bella, you can tell me" I said with an encouraging smile. She sighed and looked away from me and started saying very quickly

"today has been so akward and so annoying every male in the student body has been asking me to prom and I don't want to go and this is just so unfair cuz I hate it and Mike is annoying and so are all the other boys ..." She stopped to take a deep breathe and looked at me feeling embarassed.

"Oops" She mumbled. So this "oops" was also a habbit,.... I smiled and said,

"it's alright Bella. Maybe we could skip lunch. If you like, we'll go have a walk, away from everyone else, would that make you feel better?" She thought it over for a while and finally smiled and said:

"Yes. I would like that very much. Thank you Edward" When she said my name, I .. I, simply lost it.

So we went for a walk, talking and talking, about interests and hobbies.

The bell rang and we walked to class. Biology. Where I knew Mike would be waiting for Bella. We enterred the room to find Mike sitting on the edge of his seat, looking -no, staring- at the door, when he saw Bella, he relaxed in his seat, when he saw me by her side he tensed up more than before. This made me feel a hidden pleasure. Haaha! Newton was jealous... But ofcourse he was. Huh! Just to ham things up a bit, I lead Bella o her seat, guiding her way with a hand aorund her shoulders, gesturing to her seat politely. I pulled out her seat for her and gestured at the seat once more. Smiling kindly as she sat. I left to sit at my own seat behind them. I listened to what Newton had to say.

"Eheh, hey Bells... soooo. What's up with Cullen? Huhh... what'd you guys do?" He asked, very poorly covering up his curiosity.

"Ummmmm, we just... uh, talked. A little. About ... stuff "

I felt like Mike had been really gotten back at, for his behaviour with Bella the other day. But not quite. So...:

"Bella, would you like to sit with me today?" I asked.

She looked at mike nervously and said: "Sure... " She gathered her stuff and came to sit beside me. She blushed even deeper, never looking up. I had to know more about her. I needed to hear her voice. I just shot a random question.

"So out of all the invites you've gotten, have you made a dicissoin yet?" She tensed. So did Mike. Obviously curious to know.

She turned crimson this time and I heard her mumble . "No........." Hmmm, but why not? Did she like someone else, was she waiting for him to ask? If so, Who?

"Why not?" She didn't answer.

"I don't know...." She mumbled in a small voice. I realized that I was making her uncomfortable, so I dropped the subject.

It turned out the teacher hadn't been able to make it that day due to illness and there were no substitutes available. So I spent the day talking to Bella, I was, for once, flawlessly happy.