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Chapter Seven

Routine

BPOV

Laying in Edward's arms in our meadow had been something I had been dreaming, if that's what you call it when you don't sleep, since we had left Forks. He had led me into the meadow differently than before and I hadn't a clue to where he was taking me. I should have known that my Edward would make it some place that would remind me of the past lives we had lived here. Being home was melancholy in some ways. So much had changed since we had left Forks. My best friend had become my son-in-law, my parents had both passed away. I had managed to keep my father in my life, seeing him regularly as his human time had allowed. I didn't see my mother after my wedding and she never knew that she had become a grandmother. It had been hard every time she had mentioned wanting grandchildren to not scream into the phone that I had given her not one but two gorgeous, wonderful, and intelligent grandchildren. But I had known that it was best for her sake to not let her know. Every time she had asked to see me, I had came up with a reason that made it impossible. If Edward and I had been out of the country a third of the time that I had told her we had, we would have been to every country the world had to offer. Since arriving home, I felt a part of my human life return.

Edward and I left the meadow not long after twilight. It was time that we go to prepare for our normal routine as we settled into home once again. I told him it was my turn to lead the way and that is what I did. I had an urge to go home. To my home that I had shared with Charlie. Edward was a bit reluctant when we first arrived, "Bella, are you sure you want to go in there again so soon?" he had asked. I know that Edward had noticed how being there had shifted my mood from utter happiness to a bit of despair. I assured him that being in Charlie's house was what I wanted. What I needed. Edward, one to deny me nothing, agreed. I wanted to stay in my old bedroom.

Edward and I drifted around the house throughout the night. I sat in Charlie's bedroom and sifted through the clothing in his closet. He had kept all the gifts that I had sent him as well as Alice. Charlie had loved Alice and I was certain she was by far his favorite Cullen. As time had went on, Charlie had become great friends with Edward, and even though Charlie knew that Edward made me happier than any man on this Earth ever could have, Charlie never forgot how I handled the situation when Edward left me. As a parent, both Edward and I could understand his feelings. It had taken some time for Charlie to accept Edward fully, but he had. Charlie and Edward loved one another and I knew that when Charlie passed away, it had hurt Edward as much as it had hurt me.

Morning came on us quickly and it was time to go to school. Edward had always said that the mundane frequent attendance of high school was the worst part of existing as we did, but I had disagreed. My first stint of high school had not been the best part of my human life and in my immortal life, it had been very much the opposite. Probably cause I had Edward with me always. Once Edward came into my life, nothing could be wrong in any sense.

We bounded off to our family's home to meet the others. We ran in and quickly changed and had been waiting for the rest when they came outside. "Little sister, you kept Edward out all night, eh," Emmett said as he started wagging his eyebrows up and down at me.

Emmett would always be Emmett. Even after I had won our arm wrestling matches repeatedly and the deal had been he would quit making snide comments about mine and Edward's private life, it had done no good in the end. Emmett would forever try to torture me. "Ah, Emmett, only if you knew," I laughed. I gave Edward a wink. Although Edward and I had basically just sat in my old house last night, it was best to cater to Emmett's thoughts. If I gave it back to him the way he gave it to me, he would tire and let the teasing rest until another day. "I'm surprised my old house still stands, Em."

Emmett made a face and covered his ears as we climbed into the car. Rosalie started laughing at Emmett, "I told you, sweetheart, one day, you would tease just a little too much, and Bella would…"she couldn't finish her sentence for laughing.

Alice was as cheerful as always. "Today will be an okay day," Alice chimed in. "But there is something that is slightly fogging my view. I don't know what it is. Or who it is, but its something that is distantly familiar. Maybe that's why I cant see. Its unsure to happen."

Jasper was his usual quiet self, not speaking a whole lot. Jasper was an immortal of few words. He sat silently in the backseat with his Alice, smiling and staring into her eyes. Edward had told me that Alice had helped Jasper through one of the most difficult times in his life, was there for him when he was all alone. Alice had seen Jasper coming and had waited for him.

We arrived at school before all of the others, which was nothing new for us. I had often wondered before I became immortal and before I knew their secret why they always got to school so early. It wasn't so much as they left early but the fast driving. Edward and human Bella could have left the same place, same two vehicles, at the same time and Edward would have beaten me every time. It was a perk to having unparalleled senses.

After finding out that Edward's gift was to be able to hear all the thoughts around, I had felt bad for him. As we got out of the car, I could feel the tension that was growing in his muscles as his grip around me tightened. We had done this same thing more times than imaginable and he still reacted the same way every time to all of the thoughts that the males surrounding us would have. I couldn't imagine having to hear the thoughts from all of the female population about my husband. I allowed his tightened grip and even chose to tighten my grasp on him, letting him know that I'm right where he was and always there beside him. I smiled at him and did my best with my eyes to reassure him that I was with him completely.

We made our way throughout the day fairly well. Our lunch hour in the cafeteria was as normal for us. We sat with our uneaten trays of food, talking so low amongst ourselves that those surrounding us would never even notice the utters coming from our lips or even the movement of our lips. Alice was always choreographing our conversations and laughter at just the right time, when the onlookers stared too long or came too close for our liking. Edward had been right about human contact with us, the humans kept their distance from us. They came closer to us girls then the guys but I think that had to do more with being macho than anything else. Edward and I spent our days in school having mental conversations and holding hands. Class work had become mundane even to me as we had repeated high school so many times together already. I believe that myself, Edward, and any one of our siblings could do a better job than any of the teachers we had come across so far.

As lunch ended, I lifted my shield to Edward and let him know how special he was to me. I didn't allow him in my thoughts very often, but I tried often enough that he knew my love for him was stronger than any bond between two any other mates in the world, mortal or immortal. He grasped my hand and we walked side by side until we reached the Biology lab. We took our seats as we always had. A blonde haired girl came prancing over to our lab when Mr. Anders had told us that today would be a free day, meaning we wouldn't be doing any work, we would be socializing. I looked to Edward and he informed me that the teacher had left his day planner at home and was unsure of the course he had planned for each particular class that day as he was a bit of a scatterbrain so that was his plan in the end, free days for all.

I brought myself closer to Edward as the girl approached. I mumbled just so that Edward could hear, "Biology seems to be the doomed class for us at Forks," I smirked.

Edward nodded his head in agreement and smiled. I could see his face tense and become uncomfortable as the girl approached us. "Hi," the girl started. She was very pretty, very similar to Rosalie in appearance, but still there was no comparison between the two. I still believed Rosalie to be the most beautiful woman I had ever seen. "I'm Jerrica. And you must be Edward and Isabella?"

Edward brought his arm and placed it around my shoulders and pulled me close to him. I knew if he was already making a public display of our love and feelings just by her introduction that her thoughts were less than pure. "Bella," I corrected her. "And this is Edward."

"Hello," Edward nodded.

The girl looked confused that we were not feeling social as we were the new kids and should be social. "Well, like, I was wondering Bella, if your sisters and yourself would be interested in joining the cheerleading team. I'm head cheerleader." She winked at Edward.

I was right. She wanted to speak to Edward. "No thank you," was all I answered. I stared at Jerrica. What a name. Too close to Jessica and I knew what kind of person she truly was. I knew from prior experience I needed to step up my game from the beginning. "We prefer to spend our time with our boyfriends doing more important and meaningful things." I kissed Edward's lower jaw. "I'm sure you understand."

Jerrica stared at me in utter disbelief and looked to Edward who I could feel holding back his laughter. "Yea, sure," Jerrica mumbled as she walked away.

I turned to Edward and he began guffawing in a way that would have made Emmett's bellowing laughter seem as that coming from a baby. "Bella," he laughed even harder. "I have never, in all of our years together, seen you behave in such a way." His laughter increased until all the students in the room began looking at him as well as Mr. Anders. "But it worked great as you do not want to know what she was going over in her mind."

"That bad," I asked.

Edward nodded, "she made Jessica Stanley a saint just now."

My mouth fell open, trying to imagine anyone being more obtuse about Edward than Jessica. It was unimaginable. The rest of our day went about as usual and it wasn't long before we made our journey home. As we got closer to home, I looked at Jasper and he nodded. "Jazz, you want to hunt?" I asked him.

I would have normally offered to all my siblings but everyone's eyes, including Edward's, showed no signs of thirst. Jasper and I hadn't hunted together in awhile and I enjoyed hunting with him. He and I had very similar methods much like mine and Edward's. It was with Jasper who I felt comfortable with hunting the most next to Edward of course, when I was a newborn. Jasper understood without my having to say it that I wanted to be as far from humans as possible. The first time I hunted with Edward had taught me a huge lesson on making sure that no humans was anywhere nearby. Jasper had already made sure to go so far into the forest that humans would not be able to venture that far so he and I had hunted together a lot during my first immortal year. As a result of all our hunting, I learned his habits of thirst even better than Alice. Jasper had confided in me more so than any of the others, verbally anyway. Nobody could help but confide in Edward, nobody but me. Jasper's position relaxed and he grinned, "that is a very pleasant offering, Bella. I accept."

I nodded at Edward and he pulled in to the home of our family. I opened my shield to let Edward know that Jasper was thirsty and that I could tell he was hiding it. Even though Jasper had been what we call vegetarian for a long time, he still had the most difficulties as he had once fed only on humans. He didn't want to admit to the rest of our family that he needed to feed more now that we were back in school and around humans so much more. Edward grinned and slid his hand to my leg and gave a small pat to say thank you. He knew that I would look after our family in every way possible. Edward parked the car and I bounded into the forest with Jasper following as the others went inside.