I walked solemnly down the bus to my seat when Mike caught my attention.

"Bella, sit with me!" he said as he patted the empty welcoming seat right beside him.

I couldn't help but to smile which Mike took personally and encouraged him. I couldn't help but to smile because I didn't have to sit next to Edward awkwardly for the whole trip. Mike was annoying but it beat sitting next to Edward even though I was completely in love with him.

Then I remembered the seat beside Mike had already been taken earlier by someone and someone would have to take the seat next to Edward.

" Wasn't someone already sitting here? Wouldn't that throw of the bus seating chart everyone created on there own?"

"Tyler was sitting next to me earlier, but he decided to move to the second bus with his friends while we were on break. Some other kids changed seats too, or moved to the second bus to sit with other friends. So now there is more open seats on this bus because there was a lot more room on the other bus."

"Great, now it wont be so crowded either" I said smiling, but I was only happy I wouldn't have to sit next to Edward.

"I'll be right back, I'm going to get my bag from the back were I was sitting earlier."

"Okay."

I grabbed my bag from beside my seat and headed back towards Mike, that's when I noticed Edward boarding the bus. As I got closer to my new seat beside Mike, he got closer towards me, starring at me in confusion to were I was going.

I had to squeeze around him to get into my new seat. Time seemed to go slow as I watched him pass me by. Are faces were as close as they have ever been and we starred into each others eyes for what felt like forever but was only a few seconds.

He starred back at me still in surprise. As we passed each other by he looked at me funny, wondering what I was doing. Then as he saw my sit down, anger crossed his face as he saw Mike was sitting beside me. Then he looked at me, disappointment and sadness in his eyes.

He paused for a moment then walked on still looking back at me. I couldn't seem to keep my eyes of f of him. When I realized I was staring at him like an idiot I looked forward. Mike was looking at Edward too. Once he was out of hearing range he spoke.

"What was that about?" Mike asked confused.

"Ugh, I-I have no idea."

"He looked mad," then I herd Mike mutter the rest of the sentence to himself "especially at me."

The ride was yet, still uncomfortable. Mike chatted pleasantly next to me nonstop to the students around us and me about the trip. They talked about pranks they could pull on kids during the night. Quickly I took offense.

"If any of you dare pull a prank on me while I sleep I sure I will…" I spoke with growing anger, I feared they would take use of my weakness of being a klutz and the new kid in town as a gullible victim.

"Don't worry Bella, I got your back." Mike said chivalrously as he winked at me.

That was one of the few times I spoke. They talked about how boring the nature hike would be. That sent my stomach doing flops in side of me. I groaned at the thought. I didn't want to bring up how disastrous the hike would be for me. They began to speak of how exciting it would be to see a mountain lion or bear and how crazy it would be if it came after us. That idea only set me more unease. If something of that sort came after us, lucky for everyone else they could get away as I would probably trip over something and it would get me first. I moaned at the horror this trip was sure to bring.

"What's wrong Bella?" Mike turned to me as did the others.

"Great! I'm going to be mountain lion food!" They all laughed.

"What?" Mike asked as he laughed at me.

"You've seen me in gym! I run slow and I'm a klutz! If something were to chase after us I would be the first one down and probably be a good distraction for all of you as you all ran away!"

They all laughed. Lauren spoke next.

"She's right, I've seen her in gym. If anything comes after us, stay away from Bella, she'll be the easiest target and probably the first one down. And she is known to take others down with her in gym when she falls. For your own sake, stay away from Bella if we run into a bear or something if you don't want to be bear chow and vulture's left over's." She laughed at her joke that was very likely then they could imagine and everyone leaned away from me. I through a glare at Lauren.

"Shut up Lauren!" Mike defended me. "Don't worry Bella, I wont leave you behind." Mike said as if was a proud solider.

Lauren shrugged. "There your limbs. Bears are known to be hostile." Mike flinched a little at that but didn't change his mind.

"Thanks for being bear chow with me, Mike." I whispered to him, thanking him for his kindness.

"Your welcome, but promise me you'll try to run fast at least. To be truthful, I don't think Lauren is to of target about the first one down thing." He chuckled nervously. I laughed too.

"I promise."

A boy who sat in front of us was the next to speak.

"If what Lauren said was true, Bella, then I'll just trip you the moment we see the animal for a distraction while we all make a run for it to save our butts and I'll run of as the proud hero with my brilliant plan and quick thinking who saved all of our butts!" My mouth fell open. They all laughed aloud at his tease, even Mike. I looked away scolding.

But this wasn't the reason why the ride was still uncomfortable, and Mike chatting at me all the time, annoyingly, wasn't the only reason. I could feel Edward's glare bearing into my back all the time I sat there. At first when I felt it I had no doubt it was him then I thought I was imagining it but I made the mistake to turn back and look at him. His eyes locked mine to his for a long moment. I made the mistake of looking back frequently at him that Mike seemed to notice and didn't like it.

"What is it with you and Cullen anyways?" He said annoyed.

"What do you mean?"

"Will on the first day he acted like...he hated you or something. What did you do to him?"

"I don't know. I hadn't ever spoken a word to him" My voice grew gloomy memory, as the reminder of how much Edward must dislike me for no reason.

"Yeah, will then he's all friendly to you that day in Biology when he came back. That's as friendly as he's ever been to anyone. Heck, that's as friendly and nice as any of the Cullen's have ever been to anyone. Then he acts all to him self again even though he stares at you a lot from afar. What did you do to him?"

My eyes flashed to Mike when he said the part about starring.

"He stares at me a lot?" I said astonished.

"You haven't noticed?" He said surprised.

"No…" I was a bit afraid.

"Are you sure you never met him or talked to him before or something."

I looked back to Edward to see he was still starring at me. I swiftly looked away.

"No."

"Weird, then the guy must really like you or something."

I looked at Mike shocked. Like me? I doubt that. If he starred at me, it might have something to do with that I knew his little secret, whatever it is.

"I really doubt that." The way Mike was talking made me feel flattered but I knew better that Edward could never like me. I remember when he said it was best if we weren't friends. After over looking that a lot in my head I had come to the conclusion that he meant he really didn't want to be my friend at all and his stares only meant he was suspicious of me since I knew they had a secret.

" Then he must just be obsessed by you by the way he stares at you." Mike spoke sounding annoyed again.

"What way?"

"I don't know, he just looks at you really weird." He said.

I tried taking another glance at him, by turning my head slightly at trying to grab a glimpse of him from the corner of my eye. His head was still inclined to my direction then I quickly looked away.

"Like your something to eat sometimes."

I turned to Mike urgently.

"Like I'm something to eat?!" I squealed and my voice broke. I sank into my chair at the new thought. All feelings of what could be flattery were gone.

"Oh calm down, I'm just trying to describe what it looks like just sometimes."

"Your starting to scare me." I said as I peeked from the small opening in between our seats to stare at him with out being noticed, to see if he was still looking at me.

Nope, he was still starring at me with those eyes.

"Would you stop looking at him, its getting annoying." Mike said.

"Shhh!" I shushed him. "Not till I see that he looks away from me first, then I'll stop looking back at him."

He never did though and Mike rolled his eyes at me.

Mr. Banner & the our bus driver seemed to argue from time to time about the map and it grew frequently. We made another stop yet again. And this one took longer as the bus driver and Mr. banner argued about the map. I almost saw it comical if it was getting annoying that we had been here for more then 30 minutes. Everyone seemed to have got of the bus except for a few of us who stayed on, which included Edward and myself. Thankfully he had stopped glaring at me and I still liked that he gave me some kind of attention.

I finally couldn't take watching them fight from my window and I got up and got of the bus. Might as well use the restroom because there was no way I wanted to use the one on the bus, it just felt weird and it was to close to were Edward sat. As I got of the bus I though of how I must look after all this traveling. My hair must be a mess, most of other girl's hair were. As I got of the bus I felt someone get off behind me.

Calm down, Bella. Don't panic. It could be anyone. I told myself.

I couldn't help but to look back as I walked towards the gas station and peeked to see who it was. My fears were right, it was Edward not to far back. I almost froze there.

I just hoped I wasn't going be watched all of the time while I was inside by his family. I had enough of being stocked by them the last time.

I herd his footsteps get faster and I started to panic and rushed towards the door. He passed me by with out a look my way. I felt relieved but yet disappointed and hurt.

I watched as he opened the door but he didn't go inside. He pulled it wide open and held it there as he stood behind it. I looked at him curiously as I approached it.

He smiled. "Lady's first." I smiled shyly at him and looked down as I passed him by. I was no longer disappointed.

I walked into the gas station half expecting the Cullen's to herd my every step I took. But, thankfully, no such thing happened and there was no Cullen in sight other then the one right behind me, I kept my eyes down from looking for them around the shop.

I swiftly walked to find the restroom, but yet trying to be cautious not to trip over thin air as always. I walked a little quicker to avoid any chance for my fear to come true before any of them could spot me.

Though, walking fast with out tripping seemed to work out as a challenge for me most of the time and I almost tripped twice, once almost knocking over a shelf of chips while looking back to Edward, it made him smile which I was happy of getting the chance to see again.

On my hesitating way to the restroom, Edward passed me by. He was standing casually against the wall near the door when I half tripped, distracted by his still figure so close to me, before I could get to the door.

He pushed it open for me with one hand, not moving from his spot, as I tried to keep my balance. My mind was still consumed in embarrassment while thinking how he must see his act of kindness as helping the disabled.

Jessica and Angela were standing close to the door inside. They greeted me warmly when I walked in.

"Oh yeah, Bella, were going to move over to your bus with Mike, Lauren and you. And Tyler, Eric and Ben are coming with us too." Jessica informed me. "Isn't that great? Now we can all sit together." she said a bit to perky. Sounded more like she was excited to take my spot next to Mike. That was fine by me, there was now plenty of space on our bus since more students had moved to the second bus during the last trip because it was so crowded, I kind of wished to take a seat by myself as they talked about this dreaded trip.

"Were just waiting on Lauren." Angela said.

"Cool." I answered as I moved over to the mirror. I didn't look so horrible like I thought I would from the day of travel like I thought I would, at least not yet anyways.

"Yeah, are bus is getting so crowded. The last time we made a stop, bunch of kids moved unto are bus." Angela complained about the limited space.

Lauren was soon ready to go and we exited the restroom together. I was the first out the door and noticed Edward still standing near the door. The moment he saw me he smiled pleasantly and it looked like he was about to join my side but hesitated when he saw my friends exit following behind me.

We loaded on to the bus as Mr. Banner yelled at us students to stop shifting seats so much. Our group had grown and moved farther back towards the Cullen's but yet they were still a bit isolated as no one took any seats closer to them. I was about to take my seat when I saw Tyler sit there first. Mike picked up his head and saw me standing there.

"Ugh, Tyler? Bella was-"

"Oh, No! its okay I don't mind." I smiled pleasantly and took the chance to move away from Mike. I sat down in one of the next empty column of seats behind my friends, taking the window seat. I took out my book from my bag when I saw Mike heading my way with his backpack, mostly likely about to make my company. I sighed. That's when I noticed Edward right in front of him, with his eyes on me. I quickly looked down. I reached for my MP3 in my bag. As I picked my head back up, plugging them into my ears, Edward took the seat right beside me, right before Mike could.

I quickly looked away out the window pretending not to have noticed.

Instant panic ran right through me. What was he doing?

I noticed Mike glare at Edward before turning around the other way. As he left I swear I saw Edward smirk from the corner of my eye.