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Eight years later and I'm standing under the door frame watching him sleep. *sigh* I turn around and go to the nursery room where little William is sleeping. He looks so much like his father, dark skin, although not as dark as Jacob but not as pale as me, I think it's a good mix. He has my brown wavy hair and brown eyes. I can't believe how time flies, he is now a little over a year old and I feel as if I just had him yesterday, my little baby. I went to the kitchen to make myself some coffee and made some breakfast for when Jacob wakes up before I left for work. Work, I'm glad I'm back at work. I arrived at the high school around 7:15am, classes were going to start at 7:45am so I had around 30 minutes to prepare. I went to the chalkboard and wrote 'Mrs. Black' "English III" "Today's topic: test your knowledge, SURPRISE TEST! I laughed while writing because I knew they were going to hate me for it, I pulled down the projector sheet to cover it until I was ready to tell them; this was going to be fun.
7:45am and my students were ready and waiting.
"All right class, I hope your weekend was great. Now, remember the assignment that I gave you last Friday, which was to read the remainder of The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. Now, I know everybody read it ALL, right? Because the book is really easy to read and it's a fairly small book…. Now, does anybody have any questions regarding its contents?"
"Mrs. Black, The House on Mango Street was really interesting to read, I'm not sure if I am saying it right but, the way that her neighborhood and its people are described tells me that there are a lot of differences to what I am used to, there are different races here but since it's small it's not much. I was just curious by the different kinds of women that she talks about, it's interesting really," said Jane.
"Yes, thank you Jane, you are right. There aren't that many different races here since it is really small, however, I grew up mostly in Arizona and I can tell you that in my life I have come across women that are similar to those on The House on Mango Street. I like that you noticed that difference, and…." The door opened and in walked the principal:
"Mrs. Black I'm sorry for the interruption but we have new late students enrolling this year. I want to introduce you to Alice and Edward Cullen," I just stared and could not believe it; THEY were right in front of me, with the same facial expression of disbelief. How did she not see me here? HOW? WHY?
"Mrs. Black, Mrs. Black, is everything all right?" the principal asked me.
I slowly turned to the principal, assessed my thoughts and replied, "Yes, of course, I apologize, I just had a long night, William couldn't go to sleep so that means I couldn't as well, I'm sorry again. I'm just a little out of it today," or the rest of my life, I noticed how he had a questioning look when I mentioned William, no doubt he knows now and read the principal's mind, and… yes, his eyes got wider, I guess filled with more questions.
"Of course Mrs. Black, well, here are your new students, you can go back to your discussion, have a nice day." Yea, right, like that was going to happen, what am I going to do, they're both staring at me with disbelief, waiting for me to say something, oh yes, we're in class, dang it….
"Mr. and Ms. Cullen, there are two available seats behind Jane and Patrick. Please raise your hands to let them know who you are, ok thanks. Please come see me after class ends so I can give you the syllabus for the rest of the semester. Now, back to our discussion, does anybody have any questions or any input before I tell you the great surprise I have for you?" I looked around the room and nobody had anything to say, I just needed to breathe a little bit and just think, my heart felt like it wanted to explode out of my chest. Alice and Edward were having their little discussions, I could almost always notice. They are really surprised to see me here, I wonder why Alice didn't see me here….
"All right then, since everybody knows everything there is to know about The House on Mango Street…. We…" I started pulling up the projector sheet up and reveal the board, while behind me I heard from all different directions:
"Aw Mrs. Black! No, but why. Dang it. I knew I should've at least read the beginning…" I just smiled and chuckled a little bit.
"We will have a surprise test regarding the material that we ALL read, well, with the exception of our two new students, you don't need to take it," yea, like they don't already know it…. When I turned around Edward had his hand up, I breathed in deeply and pointed at him….
"Mrs. ….Black….. Alice and I read the material already in our previous school; we can also take the test if that's all right with you, Mrs. Black…." He stressed the 'Mrs.' and the 'Black'… of course he did.
"Of course Mr. Cullen, you can also take the test if you wish, Joshua, please pass out the exam to the whole class. Thank you." I went to my seat and concentrated my thoughts into William so I can calm down while watching Joshua pass out the exam. Edward would not stop staring and it was making me feel uncomfortable, what should I do? Oh I know…
"Jane, can you do a big favor for me and come up here…ok, I need to step outside for a little bit, thanks, I'll be right back. Ok kids, I need to step out for a couple minutes, Jane is going to be my eyes and ears so don't try anything funny….." Oh crap, crap, crap! Ok, breathe in deeply, and exhale. I pulled out my cell and called Jacob, what am I going to say?
"Hello? Bella, is everything all right? Aren't you supposed to be teaching right now?"
"Hi, no, everything is all right I just wanted to know how William was because he was having trouble sleeping last night and you know me, I over-worry about everything, especially little Wills, I miss him," he knows that's totally me, I can't tell him right now.
"Oh, ok. I just thought it was weird you were calling me at this time when class is in session. Well, Wills is doing fine, he's still sleeping, thank god….. " He chuckled.. "I'm still contemplating if I should just stay here with him or just go to work," I see Jane's head pop out of the classroom door and tells me that they're almost finished.. "Jake, I'm sorry but I have to let you go and go back into the classroom, they are almost done with their exam, see you later. Oh, and let me know if you're going to stay or go to work, bye." I hung up before he was able to answer, I took another deep breath and went inside the classroom.
"Ok, 2 more minutes and our time is up." I started getting everything set up for the next class, although I was seriously thinking of making an excuse and just leave but I would have to still get this over with so I might as well do it sooner than later.
"Time is up! Jane, pick up the exams and set them on my desk please, thank you."
Everybody started to gather their things and leave the classroom, until only Alice and Edward remained. "Here Mrs. Black, I put mine on top, see you tomorrow!" Jane said, "Thank you Jane."
"So….. Mrs. Black, you are married with a baby boy?" after 8 years, that little pixie's voice was soothing; I have missed her just like all of them.
"Yes, Alice, I am married and have a baby boy named William, he's my life now. And now that we're on the subject, how did you not see this? All of this? How did you not see Jacob, William or I here? I've been going through this in my head and I can't seem to figure it out…"
"I know, I've been asking myself the same question, I don't know why, maybe because you are human and have been apart from you for so long and am not attuned to you as before, or…" when she was suddenly interrupted by Edward
"Wait, Black, Jacob Black? Black from the reservation Black, from the tribe, from La Push?"
"Yes, that Black. How do you know about the Blacks from La Push?" ok, now this was interesting…
"I can explain, or rather Carlilse can explain in further detail later today, your next class is about to start."
"I can't today, not right now, please go. Good bye." I dismissed them. They both left the room with sad looks on their faces; I needed some serious thinking and figure out how to tell Jacob. I placed my index fingers next to my temples…
I finally arrived home after an extremely stressful day and could not believe my life. I realized Jacob didn't let me know if he went to work or not, but it looks like he did because nobody is home, I decided to call him…
"Hey Jacob, where are you, where is William?"
"Oh, sorry Bells, I had to come work for just a little bit, I have William with me don't worry. We're already outside the house, bye."
We finally settled William down in his bed and I was in the restroom getting ready for bed. Jacob was in our bed waiting for me. *sigh* it's now or never…
"So Jacob, I have something really important to tell you. But I don't know how I should tell you. I think I am afraid of your reaction. You are going to have to control yourself, think that William is in the other room , ok." He was staring at me with questioning eyes and waited for me to continue.
"Today we received new students, I was extremely shocked because never in a million years did I ever think that they were going to walk through those doors…." He still didn't fully understand what I was trying to tell him…. Uggggh, how frustrating… "Jacob, Alice and Edward Cullen passed through those doors…" his eyes almost popped out of their eye sockets and screamed "WHAAAAAT!"
"Shhh, Jake, you're going to wake up Wills! Calm down!" whispering to him.
"How the hell do you want me to calm down after what you just told me? I can't react as if I received the most happy news of my life!" lowering his voice. I sat in front of him in the bed and put my hands on his shoulders, I started rubbing them so he can calm down.
"I know, believe me I know. I couldn't do anything because everything was in front of the classroom and the principal. I briefly spoke to them after class and Alice told me that she didn't see me in her visions, nor you or William. They had no idea that I, we were here."
"So what's going to happen no? why are they here? Are they going to leave soon? Bella?" I know that he's getting sad and is starting to question everything, if I loved him or not, if I regret this life with him, he said my name as if he was pleading….
"Jacob, please calm down, I don't know why they are here. They offered to explain everything to me, they want me to go to their house and….. Jacob! Let me finish! You need to hear this from me right now. I love you Jacob, and no I will never regret this life with you, you have given me William, he's my angel sent from above. I just want to know why they are here and for how long, after that you and I will decide what to do, ok?"
"Bella, I don't know what to do or say, I appreciate you telling me that, I really needed to hear it. I love you too. So you're going to go talk to him, them?" I nodded, "when are you going to talk to them?" I thought for a little bit and answered, "I think tomorrow will be fine, I'll take William with me."
"I can't have Wills next to those bloodsuckers Bella!"
"Jacob! Don't call them that! And they will not do anything to him, trust me on that, remember they don't live like others of their kind. And I can't go alone, and I can't take you. I need to talk to them without you there. Don't worry Jacob; everything is going to be fine." Well, I hoped everything would be fine, I leaned in and kissed him softly on the lips.
He responded just as I thought he would: with a hungry out of control response. He turned off the lights and kept kissing me without reservation, he always tried to make me feel loved, and I did. But like always, I could never let myself go completely, but I wouldn't tell him that, I loved him too much. I put my hands on the sides of his face and said:
"I love you Jacob, never doubt that." That made him crazy and kept telling me that he loved me and always will until he finally fell asleep with a grin on his face. I sat up and went to the restroom and wash my face, I walked to the window in our bedroom and I thought I saw movement…. Oh crap!