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Here's another chapter after a very long time :p

Also, I'm not very into the different POVs in one story so just telling you now everything will be in Bella POV unless I say so… I'm too lazy to put it over and over again hahaah :]

Can't Stop Thinking

I munched hungrily on the chocolate bar in my hand. It was turning dark outside already. I grabbed my bag and walked to the car park with my team mates, Carissa, Emma, May and Jennifer. I saw Carmen leaning on her car outside, waiting for us.

'Bella!,' I turned towards Emma, 'I just wanted to ask, what it's like being in National competitions. I wish I was as good as you, I really do. It must be amazing to be out there, knowing that so many people are watching you do what you love must.'
I laughed, 'Well, it's not really like that, with that many people watching me, it adds to how nervous I am. It's really more like knowing that thousands of people will be watching you if you make just one wrong move. But, yes, it is amazing out there, seeing the excited crowd,' I trailed off in deep thought of my many competitions and smiled.

Emma was enthralled with the thought of competitions, 'I've never actually competed in anything before,' she told me.

Jennifer laughed and joined our conversation, 'Emma! You don't have to worry so much, I'm sure you'll be able to compete this year!'

I turned to May, who had been listening, 'What happened last year?'

May sighed,' It wasn't a really good day for Emma on the day of the competition, she came down with the flu. She tried to come, but,' May shrugged, her hair bouncing off her shoulder, 'she couldn't.'

Emma scowled, 'I would have come and competed, everything would have been fine, it's all my mum's fault really. She forced me to stay in bed.'

Carissa laughed, 'Yeah, well, stop moaning Emma, our first competition of the year is coming, and with Bella on our team, everything will be awesome.'

I laughed and blushed of embarrassment.

Just then I felt my phone vibrating in my pocket, it was dad, asking me what time I would be home and if I would need a ride. I told him that Carissa and Carmen were giving me a ride home.

Carmen glanced at her watch, 'Hey, gymnast girls, time to end the conversation it's nearly six, let's go home.'

Everyone said their goodbyes and went into their cars, May driving Jennifer and Carmen driving Carissa, Emma and I.

Carissa gasped, 'Oh, Bells, I just remembered, you promised to come shopping with us one day, how 'bout we go tomorrow after school?'

'Yeah,' Emma cried out enthusiastically, 'I can show you the best bargains of all time, what do you like? '

I laughed shyly as Carmen pulled her car out of the carpark. Suddenly, a Silver Volvo sped past in a flash in front of us, causing Carmen to stop the car abruptly.

'What. Was. That?' I questioned.

Emma replied in a confused voice, 'I have no idea, wasn't that… Edward Cullen's car?'

I felt my heart skip a slight beat at that name, what made my heart to so, I had no idea.

'Yeah, I thought it was Edward's car as well,' Carmen said.

'It's definitely his car,' Carissa confirmed, 'the only people with nice cars are the Cullens, and Bella's family of course, but their car is Porsche, not a Volvo.'

'What's with the Cullens anyway,' I asked interestedly, 'Why did two of them just burst into the gym today? Do they normally do that?'

Carmen, having not been in the gym when they came in asked, 'They burst into the gym during practice?'

Emma laughed, 'Yeah, they made Jade land on her bum, after falling of the beam, it was hilarious!'

Carissa frowned, 'They claim not to be interested in any extra curricular at all. Don't know why they came in today. They usually go home right after school.'

'How come they don't seem to have any friends here? At lunch, do they just sit by themselves?' I asked.

'Well, they just don't talk to other people,' Emma explained, 'We try being nice sometimes, but they're… different.'

'They're just so cold,' Carissa shivered, 'and strange. And the way they look at you, it's so unsettling. I get this instinct, that they're dangerous somehow.'

'Just stay out of their way Bella,' Carmen advised.

'Edward Cullen sits next to me, in Biology. He turned away from me, like I smelled bad,' I explained.

'How rude,' Emma laughed.

So Carissa thought that the Cullens were dangerous, maybe they have some dangerous activities, like hunting in the woods. However, I thought that they were so perfect; they had no scratches that a hunter would have.

They were so strange, and so different from the rest of us, I just couldn't help thinking about what made them stick out so much. I couldn't stop thinking. And why did I react so weirdly to Edward Cullen. Just thinking about him… it gave me a funny, different, special feeling. I couldn't stop thinking. I just couldn't.

Carmen pulled her car into my drive way and I said goodnight to my friends. I started thinking again, about what I should do tonight. I didn't get much homework, and I had lot's of free time until dinner. I decided to do some more training, in my secret room, maybe ask my dad to teach me something new if he was home.

As I walked up to my room, I continued my trail of thoughts about the Cullens, expanding the trail. There was just so much about them that I didn't know. I made it my job to find out.

So… what did you think? I haven't written in quite a while, is my writing a bit rusty?

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