Hey guys, thanks to those of you who are reviewing and to everyone who is reading, it is nice to know that some people like what I am doing. I just got back from a camping trip to New Forest (It's in the south of England) so the chapter is later than expected but updates will be more frequent from now I hope. Enjoy.

Chapter 6 Observations and conversations

(EPOV)

I couldn't believe it, I had already upset Bella and we hadn't even arrived in the damn building, I saw the cloud of sadness shade her deep brown eyes as soon as the first keys of the music played. I had a strange urge to ask her what was wrong, about why she spoke of her mother in the past tense but I refrained, hoping that she would tell me herself someday.

I had spoken to Carlisle last night about Bella and her seemingly impenetrable mind, we had concluded that it was both unfortunate and strange, the one human who's blood I thirst for more than any other, is a human that is immune to my mind reading skills. I hoped he was looking in to it right now because I was determined not to hurt this girl, she intrigued me more than any human, she acted in ways which I did not expect, she was unpredictable and strangely clumsy and I was drawn to her.

"I'll see you at lunch Isabella." I said politely then headed to my first class thinking about lunch much more than I should be.

(BPOV)

The first 3 classes seemed to drag by at a ridiculously slow pace I swear if time had been ticking any slower it would have been going in reverse. In English, I barely followed the lesson and I had read Romeo and Juliet at least 6 times on my own pretences. When the bell finally rang for lunch I practically jumped out of my seat and rushed off to the cafeteria, I had no idea why I was in such a hurry to sit with Edward, it wasn't like we were friends or anything but there was time.

On the way to the lunch room I was stopped by Jessica, an ordeal I had been hoping to avoid. I had never been very good at saying no to people and found it very difficult to tell her that I would be sitting at the Cullen's table today. She took the news better than expected and I couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief as I made my way over to Alice.

"So Bella how were your classes today?" Alice asked as we strolled slowly to the table.

"Okay I suppose." I lied, I didn't have a clue how class was, I wasn't even paying attention.

"Good. What did Jessica want, she seemed confused about something?" Alice asked politely as we sat down.

"Oh she just wanted to know if I was eating with them today."

"Okay Bella." She replied simply with a sweet smile and then flicked her head around to look behind her.

I followed her gaze into the bustling lunch room and saw the rest of the Cullen's walking toward us. Emmett, tall and burley was walking with his arm neatly around Rosalie's waist and she just glided along next to him. Jasper looked intently at Alice and Edward walked next to him, a small smile gracing his lips. They were the most magnificent family I had ever laid eyes on and I found myself oddly intimidated yet completely captivated by them.

They all took their seats at the table, Jasper sat on the other side of Alice and Emmett and Rosalie sat to the right of me. Edward was the last to reach the table and slotted perfectly in between Jasper and Rosalie, and it took me a moment to realise that he was directly opposite me too....

"Hello Isabella," He said in his melodic voice.

"C...call me Bella please." I stuttered in response.

"Are you looking forward to biology this afternoon?" He asked.

Yes, Yes, Yes, "I don't really know.... I haven't made my mind up on that subject yet." I replied.

"And why might that be Isabella?" He asked with a glint in his eye.

"I just haven't okay Edward and I told you to call me Bella." I bit back aggressively he was so infuriating it was unbelievable.

Emmett and Alice let out a chuckle at my little outburst but Rosalie just seemed to be giving me daggers, the way she was staring sent shivers down my spine, the look was so similar to the one Edward had given me yesterday and it was creeping me out.

"I er.. I have to go the bathroom... I'll see you next period Edward." I stuttered and ran out of the room to escape the death glare Rosalie was burning into my back.

Once I was outside the cafeteria I took a huge gulp of air and then exhaled loudly, my back pressed hard on the wall for support. I had no clue what the hell was wrong with me or what I had done to upset Rosalie, I only hoped that she wouldn't come looking for me because I was 10o percent positive that I could not take her in a fight!

I was still leaning against the wall when I felt someone approach me and my heart sped up dramatically, the only thing going through my mind was 'please don't let it be Rosalie'. Eventually I plucked up the courage to bring my stare off the floor and was startled by the presence of the one and only Edward Cullen.

"You know this isn't the bathroom." He said with a small smile, so he had a sense of humour.

"I...I know it's just... I don't think Rosalie likes me very much." I mumbled in embarrassment.

"Oh don't worry about Rose, she doesn't really like anybody."

I looked up to meet Edward's eyes and was startled by the change in colour, the onyx caves were now a beautiful topaz colour and I almost couldn't look away.

"D...did you get contacts?" I asked nervously.

"Um no." He replied abruptly just as the school bell rang.

I looked to the side of me as people began bustling into the corridor but when I turned back to Edward, he was no longer there. As I walked to biology, I couldn't help but wonder if I had managed to upset him and if he was going to be mad at me again.

I reached the classroom just before Mr. Banner and felt relief wash over me when I noticed that Edward was sitting at our desk looking surprisingly normal. I rushed over to my seat and embarrassingly tripped right in front of Edward. Great my Klutziness couldn't take a hike for just one hour, I felt my cheeks burning as I sat down and I made a conscious effort to evade eye contact with anyone in the room.

It was 5 minutes before Mr. Banner finally started to teach. We were doing a lab today, which left me and Edward free to talk as much as we wanted, but after my embarrassing fall I was in no hurry to strike up a conversation.

"Bella do you want to go first or shall I?" He asked gesturing toward the microscope and box of slides, truth be told I wasn't even sure what we were supposed to be doing.

"Erm... what is the lab on, I wasn't listening." I admitted finally brining my gaze back up to Edwards.

He chuckled a little and then pulled the microscope closer to himself.

"We are supposed to use our books to identify the plant species on these slides, shouldn't be too difficult." He replied simply, handing me the textbook so I could turn it to the relevant pages.

I watched intently as he adjusted the lens, slid one of the slides under the microscope and gazed into the relevant area. It seemed to take him less than 10 seconds to look at the slide and identify the relevant plant from the book.

"Do you mind if I check?" I asked unsure if his quick observations had been accurate.

He pushed the microscope in my direction and I was surprised to find that Edward's quick glance had proved correct, the plant was in fact the one Edward had said it was.

We continued passing the microscope to each other in silence, we had almost finished when I had the urge to ask him about his disappearing act earlier.

"Edward why did you just disappear earlier when we were talking in the hallway?" I asked curiously.

He looked at me intently before answering my question.

"I don't like crowded places." He said simply but his eyes were telling me something different.

I pondered his answer for a little while but decided to let my suspicions go, I didn't want to scare him off again when we were actually talking.

"Okay." I mumbled trying not to show curiosity in my tone.

"So why did you move to Forks Bella?" He asked casually, the one question that I didn't really want to answer.

"Can you um... can you ask a different question?" I replied, just the thought of telling someone about my mother, the accident, Phil made me feel dark inside and I didn't like it.

He looked confused but didn't press the issue further and just started asking me about trivial things like the weather, my favourite colour and the music I listened to. By the end of the lab I had discovered his favourite colour was blue, he liked the cold and he listened to a wide range of different music. If biology lessons continued on this road then I am sure my curiosity of Edward Cullen would be fed sufficiently.

(EPOV)

The bell for the end of class rang and I knew that Bella had gym, I had her timetable memorised already and I had only known her 2 days, this was getting out of hand but I didn't have the heart or the strength to make myself stay away from her.

I enjoyed our conversation today in biology a little too much and all I could think about through 5th period was the way the light had drained from her eyes when I asked about her reason for moving to Forks. I wandered what had happened in her past to make her move here, what could be so bad that she wouldn't share it with me. It infuriated me that I couldn't just pull the thoughts from her mind and yet I was glad that I couldn't because it gave me a reason to stay near her, to get to know her, to keep her breathing. I was still pondering the reasons when Mr. Jones called on me for the answer to a question I had not heard, this wasn't a problem as his mind was easy to read. I pulled the answer right out of his head and he gave me a satisfied smile before returning to teach the rest of the class.

What the hell was I going to do?

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I know I took too long and I am sorry but I am getting some inspiration for music, my next few chapters have been inspired by You me at six and their song Always attract, if you haven't heard it give it a listen, it's amazing. Also check out Elissa Franceschi, she has also influenced my writing.