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Dusk and Dawn: Chapter 5

You Dazzle Me

I looked at my alarm clock—four thirty A.M. I flipped side to side, twisted and turned; I didn't feel a speck of drowsiness. The endless stare at the ceiling also didn't seem to have any effect at all. Alice laid fast asleep, her body facing the wall, and Rosalie was lying with a sleeping mask over her eyes.

I hastily grabbed the towel that hung on my chair and headed to the bathroom. I wouldn't mind an early bath. After dressing into a white shirt and jeans, I grabbed my brown jacket and headed outside.

The cold summer morning made me put my jacket on as I walked towards the huge pond not too far from the swimming pool. The sky was dim and the sun wasn't going to rise until another hour.

"Can't sleep?" a velvet voice greeted me. It was Edward, he sat under an apple tree, smiling.

"Not really", I squeezed my jacket tightly against my body.

Edward threw a pebble, making it skip across the water. A long, awkward silence surrounded the area.

"Can I ask you something?" Edward stood from under the tree. His visage was finally clear. He didn't let me answer his first question, "Why are you different?"

"What do you mean?" He had me clueless.

"How would you let me put it?"

"You've lost me." I was different?

"You're not like other girls – you don't act like most girls. Lauren is…"

"Ah", I smiled. "You've actually noticed her then." Did he mean to say I was weird or did he mean it as if I had an uncouth behavior in comparison with the other girls?

He laughed mutely. "I haven't finished my sentence yet. Lauren is…" he searched for the right term, "clingy."

I chuckled. "Did she introduce herself?" I smiled. – I wouldn't introduce her myself. It's difficult to find other compliments that would suit Lauren.

"Yes. Quite interesting, actually; she's the squad captain at your school", he sarcastically replied.

I giggled.

"She's a vegetarian", he teased. I slapped my hand to my forehead.

The sun finally rose; I checked my watch – six o'clock.

"Maybe you shouldn't dazzle people", I replied.

I heard him laugh. What did I just tell him?

"You have that effect on people", I added. He had the same effect on me as well.

"It's mind-boggling", he said.

"Why would dazzling people be mind-boggling?" I didn't understand on how bewildering it must feel once you can charm people.

"It's not about dazzling people, Bella", he pressed. "It's mind-bottling when I always inevitably wonder if I have the same effect on you."

Would I tell him? I looked at him, wide-eyed. His expression was sincere. He must ask other people the same question—it would be superficial for me to think that he felt the same way I had felt for him.

"Would you tell me?" he smiled hopefully. His eyes were soft as he flashed me a crooked smile.

I need to leave—before I babble something I might regret. I pretended to look at my watch with a vexed look. It was only six thirty; breakfast isn't until seven A.M.

"I'm sorry, Edward", I 'panicked'—my way out of the conversation that I, apparently, started. "Alice will be looking for me. She'll be worried." I reluctantly walked away; he's going to be crestfallen.

I rushed to the cabin with thoughts circling in my head. What should I have said? I shouldn't have words slip so easily.

Alice was on her bed, legs crossed, with her laptop. Rosalie was probably in the shower.

"Good morning, Bella", Alice's perky voice was audible.

"G' morning", I sat on my bed and sighed from exhaustion.

"Where'd you go?" Alice asked.

"I – I – Iwasout", I stammered.

"Out where?"

"I just had a stroll outside."

She smiled mischievously at me. "What?" I asked.

"You were with Edward, weren't you?" The smile on her face seemed to grow even wider.

"Why would you think that?" I covered my face with my pillow, not wanting her to see me smiling.

"You're blushing, Bella", Alice giggled. She's right; I felt the intense heat in my cheeks. I tried to escape the pictures of Edward in my head.

"Why would you say that?" I peered from under the pillow.

"Why wouldn't I?" She replied as she went back to her computer.

Rosalie walked out of the bathroom with her hair in a towel. She wore a blue cashmere sweater and clean, white pants.

"Breakfast", she said after combing her hair.

I closed the door behind me after I stepped out. The sun shined brightly, slightly blinding my eyes. Other students were in a rush to head to breakfast, Lauren walked with two other girls. Their matching outfits said enough – the blond and the brunette girls both wore pink clothes. Lauren wore a darker shade of pink as she strutted in between both girls. Her hair shinned in the sun as she flipped it. Some students turned to look at her, awing.

The cafeteria had students running everywhere; most of them were making a long line for the soda machines. Alice, Rosalie and I grabbed trays from a rack and took are place, at the end of a line.

"Rose!" Emmett called loudly. His hand was in up in the air as he waved for us to walk to him.

"Bella", it didn't seem like Edward was greeting me, but I smiled anyway.

"We'll let you girls cut in", Jasper said as he gestured for us the take the position in front of them.

"Thanks", Alice replied as we lined in front of them. We found a table not too far and took our seats, as usual, Rosalie was having a conversation with Emmett while Alice and Jasper were talking about their schedule today. I didn't want to pry in their conversations, but I wasn't comfortable with the fact that Edward and I were always left out when it comes to discussions.

I looked at Edward, he had started eating his lunch, and I also fell into eating mine.

"Bella", his said my name smoothly.

I didn't do anything except look at him.

"You're utterly absurd", he spoke.

"What?" I didn't understand what was so absurd about me eating my lunch.

"You haven't fully answered the question I asked you earlier today", he replied.

"So, you were with Edward this morning!" Alice exclaimed loudly, making other people look at the direction of our table.

"Of course", Edward replied. He looked at Alice innocently, "Didn't Bella tell you?"

"No", she simply replied.

There was silence the midst of our table. Edward casually went back to eating his lunch, and everyone followed on cue as well, making short conversations. Edward didn't ask anymore about my answer. He kept silent for the entire twenty minutes.

Alice, Rosalie and I headed back to the cabin. We gathered all our books and Alice hung her camera on her shoulder.

"Bye", I called to Alice and Rosalie as I stopped and enters my classroom.

I took a seat in the fourth row, hardly recognizing anyone at all.

"Bella", a velvet voice greeted, making me turn to my left.

"Edward?" I grabbed my time schedule making sure I didn't belong to this class—Creative Workshop, great. "You're in Creative Workshop, too?" my eyes kept blinking at my schedule.

The list of classes said that Creative Workshop was for any talent in the arts. I was here for singing and piano lessons. My next class was on computer science though. But—why Edward?

"I play the instruments", he smiled.

"I see", I turned my attention towards the teacher as he wrote his name on the whiteboard. Mr. Welsey introduced the class to music notes before giving us hands-on exercises with the piano.

Edward was not entirely attentive to the discussion; he flashed a smile at my direction while I was looking at him.

I grinned, but keeping my teeth hidden; Edward shifted his eyes to the whiteboard again.

The bell rang and I clutched my books into my arms as I headed towards the door. I later realized the Edward was walking right behind me, taking the same path of steps I passed.

"Don't you have another class to get to? Class is in five minutes, Edward."

"On the contrary, I thought you were the one who was trying to follow me—I have computer science next as well." What?!

I had another class with Edward?—one that would take another hour for today?

"I'll head there with you." He said. Didn't he understand? I wanted to be away from him. I didn't want to feel any more of these feelings like butterflies in my stomach or pain when I see other girls are interested in him. I just wanted everything to fall back into place, like it used to be. Perhaps coming to camp was a mistake.

We finally reached the next class, with about two minutes left to pass.

"Bella", Edward took a seat, beside me again.

"What?" I couldn't help it, I was irritated.

"Are you mad at me?"

"No", I put both my arms crossed on my desk and looked straight at the computer monitor.

"I can tell that you're furious. Are you?"

"I'm not mad, I'm not furious", I said. "I'm infuriated!" I tried not to make my voice too loud.

"I'm sorry", that statement made me look at him. "It's just that, I've finally given up trying to stop seeing you."

I was speechless.

Did I feel the same way?

"I've quit trying to get over you. Every time I do, I only get more anxious to see you."

I just looked at him, my heartbeat raced faster; it pumped like a heavy engine.

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