Chapter 8

Emmett POV

Rolling his massive form over and slamming his hand down to shut off his blaring alarm, Emmett let out a groan of annoyance. He hated mornings. Monday mornings in particular were always a real bitch. It was probably due to the prospect of having an entire week of school ahead of him as soon as he ventured outside of his room.

Flinging the covers off of himself, Emmett felt the cool sting of a Forks morning start him from his usual morning bleariness. Dragging himself off of his mattress and over to the small pile of cloths that had been flung carelessly over his chair, he picked out some jeans and a black shirt and pulled them on before strolling out of his room and down into the kitchen.

Bouncing over to the cupboards above the sink and pulling down a bowl and pouring himself some overly sugary cereal, Emmett spared a glance over at the two other occupants in the room. Alice was sitting in her usual spot at the kitchen island with her customary bowl of fruit and bubbly smile in place. Edward, on the other hand, almost seemed to be drowning in his half empty bowl of milk with how far he was hunched over, angst vibes coming off him in waves.

"Yo bro, I know it's Monday but you don't have to look like you're thinking of committing suicide by cereal," chuckled Emmett as he strode over to the island and pulled out a seat between his two siblings.

Watching as Edward snapped up at his comment, Emmett let out a little chuckle. It was not often that Edward was off, and today he seemed a lot more jumpy than normal, even more so than he had during the later half of the past week.

Watching as Edward shifted in his seat again and glanced up at the clock that hung above the kitchen door, Emmett smirked slightly.

"What's the matter Eddy? You know that burning sensation below your equator will go away if you get some antibiotics."

A low growl echoed through the kitchen as Edward sent a death glare at Emmett.

"Leave him alone Emmy, he has a lot on his mind today,"

Turning in his seat to look at his sister, Emmett felt a frown fall over his face.

"Like what? What do you know that I don't know?" he wined, "I wanna know what's going on in Eddie's head!"

"Nothing," snapped Edward and he shifter in his seat again, before getting up and taking his bowl over to the sink and rinsing it out. "Eat your food and move your ass, we have to get to school."

Slightly shocked and very confused over Edward's reaction, Emmett turned back to the still grinning form of his sister. Glaring softly at her, he spoke while starting to shove his breakfast into his mouth.

"Why do I get the feeling that that I am the only one that has no idea what the hell is going on?"

"Probably because you are the only one," giggled Alice, as she too cleared away her breakfast mess and made to follow Edward out of the door. "But don't worry big brother, I doubt you will stay out of the loop for long."

Letting out a huff of confusion, Emmett drained the remaining food from his bowl before grabbing his school bag and making his way out of the front door.

The ride to school was not any better than breakfast had been. If anything it seemed to Emmett that Edward was even more on edge and that the tension within the car seemed to be mounting the closer they got to the parking lot. It seemed that every three seconds, Edward would wriggle around in his seat and by the time that they pulled into the half empty lot, Emmett had never been happier to actually get out of the car.

Dragging in a breath of fresh air as he slammed the car door closed, Emmett looked once again over at his brother. Edward was still acting strange, but now he seemed to be gazing around the lot looking for someone or something.

Watching as Edward let out a huff and headed into the school; Emmett reached up and scratched the back of his head, confused.

'What the hell is going on with him?'

Edward POV

Hearing the final bell before lunch ring through the halls, Edward let out a sigh of relief. Today he had been more on edge then usual, but he also felt some strange sense of relief. Last night he had come to a realization.

He liked Jason Swan.

Collecting up his things from desk, Edward shoved them haphazardly into his bag before making his way to the cafeteria and sat down at his usual table. Pulling an apple out of the front pocket of his bag and taking a large bite, he cast a glance over at the other tables littered around the cafeteria. Most of the tables were already starting to fill up with happy, chatting students, but the one person that he was looking for was nowhere in sight.

Hearing the chairs around him pull out and his friends and family join him, Edward sank low into his seat while he took another bite out of his apple. It really was like a weight had been lifted off of his shoulders when he came to his realisation last night. At the time, he almost passed out from the sock of admitting it to himself, but now, he felt better and more at ease than he had felt from the first time he had laid eyes on the little swan.

Feeling a sharp jab in his side, Edward turned his head to look at Alice, who was seated next to him. Growling a little in anger and moving a hand to rub the now tender spot on his side, he noticed that Alice was not looking at him; instead she was still talking animatedly to Jasper while nodding slightly at the middle of the cafeteria.

Turning his head in the direction his sister was nodding, Edward felt his breath rush out of him. There, sitting with Mike Newton and his 'buddies' was Jason Swan. It was amazing how much better he seemed to look, now that Edward didn't feel totally wrong with letting himself take in the sight. Jason just had this softness about him, from the lightness of his hair to the slight engorgement of his bottom lip.

As he was starting to get lost in his studying of Jason Swans face, he saw another person come and stand behind him. Edward watched in slight annoyance as Jason turned slightly to nod at the person behind him, effectively cutting of Edwards's view of his face.

It was surprising to Edward when he felt a small bubbling of jealously at the bottom of his stomach as Jessica Stanley slid into the seat next to Jason and started fawning over him and petting his arm.

Sucking in his breath and turning his attention back to his now half eaten apple; Edward found that he had lost his apatite. Leaning back into the stiff plastic chair and closing his eyes, Edward let out a breath and tried to push down the jealousy that was now starting to climb.

'At least I have him all to myself during Biology,' he thought to himself as he opened his eyes a little to peak across he room at Jason, who was shoving food into his mouth.

A.N. Hi all! First of all a big thankyou to all those who have taken the time to tell me what you think of my story and a special thanks to my Beta Silversmile (who is totally awesome btw) not much to say here except asking for you all to tell me what you think! Oh and I am having like this mini celebration in front of my computer because for the first time one of my stories has reached over 20,000 words! Go me! Oh and sorry about the short chapter I have not been very well lately and when I am sick all my ideas seem to fly straight out of my head! And I have a special announcement... the next chapter will be written by the wonderful Silversmile herself! We have talked over it for a while and I thought I would pimp my story out to her for a chapter, (don't worry I will have the final cut so it will say true to the story line!)