A/N: Hey, sorry this wasn't up sooner, but you guys were awesome with your reviews! I had 5 the day after I put up the chapter! But then you stopped…I just got alerts… :( Well, at least you five reviewed…

I am going camping this weekend, so if I don't reply to your reviews quickly, that's why. It'll also cut down on my writing time, so I don't know if an early update will be possible. I also have to work on my English project which, lucky for me, I can use fanfic for! I'm rewriting the poem, Beowulf, so that it is more modern. I'll be putting it up soon, so if you want to check it out, feel free to tell me how it is!

Anyway, enjoy!

Look After You

BPOV

The rest of the morning was pretty uneventful. Edward and I got through the rest of our classes without as big of an outburst as Bio. The teachers introduced me to the class, and I sat down. They went through the same senior year explanation in every class, emphasizing certain things like we hadn't already heard them. I made sure to be touching Edward in case something went wrong. Even if it was just his arm, I would know if something was bothering him.

We were sitting in our last period before lunch, and he was starting to fidget. We only had about ten minutes before the bell rang, dismissing us to the cafeteria, and his tapping and shaking only got worse as it got closer. I took his hand in mine and he squeezed it like he was going to be facing his execution. If I were human, he would have surely crushed my hand.

When the bell finally rang, his figure seemed to jump straight up out of the chair. He squeezed my hand tighter, which shocked me, and looked around frantically. It was times like these when I wished I was able to see his people's faces. It would have helped me to know exactly what he was feeling.

I squeezed his and gently, and his head whipped around to face me. All of the other students had left for lunch, leaving us alone. I reached over and pulled his bag to him, jerking my head in the direction of the door. He took a deep breath and let it out slowly before nodding his head. He hooked his bag around the handles of his chair and made his way to the door. I slung my bag over my shoulder and followed.

The hallways weren't as busy as they had been before, everyone probably rushing off to the social hour technically known as lunch. Edward wheeled down the hallway towards the cafeteria doors, not stopping for anything. But what I saw would have made me stop in my tracks if I hadn't unconsciously grabbed one of the chair handles.

Everyone parted as Edward made his way down the hall. The closer he got to them, the faster they moved away, if they hadn't already. Quiet whispering began as the thunderous conversations instantly died. I saw hands moving to cover mouths as the forms leaned together, soft words barely making it to my ears.

"…crashed…"

"…both of them…"

"…said there was no chance…"

"…dead when they arrived…"

"…so sad…"

"…can't imagine how…"

"…been depressed forever…"

I only got small sections of each conversation as we walked by. I felt a slight jerk in my arm and saw Edward's arms moving faster, trying to get his chair to move faster. I felt my eyes start to burn and blinked back the venom tears building there. I didn't need any questions right now. Especially from people I just met. They were vampires, and I didn't want them asking anything just yet.

I let go of Edward's chair slowly, so he didn't go flying without the extra baggage. He flew off in the direction of the doors, but suddenly stopped as they burst open. I could hear his increased heartbeat stutter as a girl rushed out.

"Oh, Eddie! Where have you been, you silly? I haven't seen you all day!" the girl said shrilly. I saw Edward's whole body tense as she walked over and put her hand on his shoulder.

"I wanted to talk to you this morning, but you took too long!" she whined. She sat down right on his lap and wrapped her arms around his neck. "Why were you walking with that…other girl?"

He practically convulsed as she said that, making her jump slightly. I could hear him grinding his teeth together, trying to keep himself from making another huge scene.

"I was with her," he ground out, "because she is my friend. Not that it's any of your business, Tanya." He practically spat her name out of his mouth. She leaned closer to his face, and I felt my hands slowly clenching into fists.

"Oh, but it is my business, Eddie. Anything about you is my business," she purred, turning her face into his neck. He flinched away, but he couldn't go far. She put one hand on the side of his face, keeping him from turning away from her.

"Tanya, knock it off," Edward said, trying to pry her arms away. Her arms dropped away, but moved to somewhere on his lap. He really jumped, then, but she didn't budge.

"No, I don't think so, Edward. I don't think I will," she whispered in his ear.

And that was it.

I rushed over and grabbed her upper arm, yanking her off him. She landed on her feet, barely keeping her balance as her high heels slid on the tiled floors. I was struggling hard to keep myself from fully snarling at her, since a whole hallway of humans happened to be watching.

"What the hell do you think you're doing? Get your hands off me!" she yelled, trying to break my grip on her. I let her go and stood between her and Edward.

"What are you doing?" I just glared at her.

"Bella, come on," Edward whispered from behind me. But I didn't move.

"This is that girl you were with, isn't it?" Tanya yelled at Edward.

"Yes. And, like I said, what I do is none of your business," Edward said, anger lacing his tone.

"Of course, it is," she said. "We're going out, aren't we?" she asked, trying to sound innocent.

"What? We've never been going out!" he shouted. I almost laughed. "Who told you we were? What made you think we were?" Tanya tensed, and even I saw the new target of her glare.

"What did you tell him, you bitch?" she said. I just continued to glare at her.

"She had nothing to do with us, Tanya! There was no us!" Edward yelled again. She didn't seem to pay any attention to him.

"Answer me, you dirty whore! What did you say to him?" She took two steps closer, trying to intimidate me. I saw her waver slightly when she got closer to me and could see my eyes better. She quickly covered it by coming at me again.

"Oh, I see now. You're the school's new charity case. Did you put on your pity-me face and make him melt in your hands?" she sneered. I heard Edward's chair move, but moved back in front of his one side, effectively blocking him for the time being.

I'm not the dirty whore, here. You're the one claiming a relationship with someone that doesn't seem to like you very much, I signed.

"What the hell was that supposed to be?" Tanya yelled.

"She was telling you exactly what she thinks about what you've said. And I have to completely agree," Edward said smugly. I felt him take my hand and play with my fingers. "It was something along the lines of you being the dirty whore and how you are trying to make a nonexistent relationship happen with someone who doesn't like you." He chuckled, lacing his fingers with mine. Tanya gasped.

"I cannot believe you just said that!" I held up one finger.

Here's some sign language you might actually understand.

Edward translated, and she looked at me. I smirked and glanced at Edward. I was guessing he knew what I was thinking, because he squeezed my hand. I turned back to her and put my hand out, my palm facing me. She put her hand on her hip and tilted her head to one side. I slowly lowered my fingers so that just one was up.

I flipped her off, standing there for a few seconds before turning to Edward and jerking my head in the direction of the cafeteria. I heard him laugh and he let go of my hand, following as I led the way. I saw the figures in front of the door move to either side and I pulled it open, stepping back and performing a sweeping bow, letting Edward enter before me. I saw what could have been a shake of his head and followed, letting the door close on the silent hallway.

EPOV

I couldn't have been happier about what Bella did in the hall. I went over to the lunch table, Bella stubbornly carrying my tray, with a huge smile on my face. Alice looked like she was trying to keep herself from cracking up, but Emmett boomed as Bella set my tray down. She jumped slightly, her head whipping to him. She relaxed when she realized what the sound was and smiled shyly. All I could think about was how this would have been another blusher if she could have.

"So?" Alice said.

"So…what?" I asked, confused.

"I think you know," she said, twining her fingers together in front of her. My eyes widened. She must have seen me take Bella's hand in a vision. I just shrugged nonchalantly.

"It was nothing." Bella turned to me questioningly, but I kept my gaze on Alice. She squinted at me, and slowly turned to Jasper.

I didn't know what the big deal was. I asked her to help me with Tanya, and she did. I just helped her while she was helping me. There wasn't anything to it. I mean, I just met her today.

I shook my head and started my lunch, watching as everyone conversed with their significant other. Well, everyone except Bella. She sat there resting her chin in her hands and looking out the window directly in front of us. She had a faraway look in her eyes, and the faint sunlight reflected off the gold there. Tiny rainbows shown in her mahogany hair where the light hit it. She blinked once, but didn't turn.

I hastily went back to my food before she could feel the holes I was burning in the side of her head with my stare. I saw someone turn and looked up to see Alice looking at me strangely, kind of like she was seeing the future, but she wasn't having a vision. She was using her imagination to do something, and I didn't know if I wanted to find out what about. She smiled slyly at me, cementing my fear of her thoughts. I did not want to know.

I finished my lunch and dumped the tray in the trash can behind me. I rolled over to the tray return and slide it up onto the pile that had already formed, and made my way back to the table. Bella jumped slightly at my approach, but smiled when she turned to me. Her face seemed to glow in its own unreal light…

"Edward?" Alice asked, waving her hand in front of my face. I blinked once and looked at her. She smiled that creepy grin again, and turned away. Now, I was actually curious, but not enough to ask. I'd probably regret it. I looked at the clock on the wall and nudged Bella with my elbow.

"Want to get a head start? We've got less than five minutes until the bell rings," I said, putting my bag on the back of my chair. She put on a small smile and nodded once, grabbing her bag and standing up.

We said goodbye and headed for the doors, the supervisors smiling at us as we went by. The bell rang just as we took our seats in class, and we watched as the rest of the students filed in, most deep in a conversation they had started during lunch. Each of them cast a glance our way, the looks varying in length, before starting to whisper to the person next to them. We just started talking amongst ourselves. Well, I talked. Bella signed, silently laughed, or smiled.

The rest of the day went on the same way. Each class was as productive as the last. The teachers went through what would be happening throughout the school year, and then gave us a free period. We talked about everything and nothing. Randomly laughing about something we had talked about earlier, or telling stories of our families, most of them embarrassing.

I hadn't opened up to anyone as much as I did with Bella. I never really talked to the others, not even Carlisle. They didn't ask, so I didn't tell. I was happy about the space after I had first come to live with them. Afterwards, I just got used to them leaving me alone. They never left me out of anything they did, except when it came to hunting. They would talk to me about things, but never about my other family or what happened. I was able to lock away my feelings and the memories and try to start over. I still had dreams about it every now and then, but they never said anything. I could tell Jasper knew, but he just looked at me. I nodded to him and he would nod back. That's as far as it went.

But it was different with Bella. I could talk about anything with her, even though I had only known her for a few hours. We hadn't touched that delicate subject, but I knew we would at some point. No, what had brought that up was the mystery of Bella's change, and how she managed to be mute and almost completely blind even though she had changed. I didn't know what happened, and I didn't know if I wanted to try to get her to talk about it. But, just like with my story, hers would be brought up eventually. Especially if we kept talking like we were already. One of us would build up enough curiosity.

The bell of our last class rang, bringing me out of my reverie. I put my bag in my lap and waited for Bella to stand up. She slung her bag over her shoulder and smiled at me, telling me she was ready to leave. We went out to the parking lot and were quickly joined by the others.

"So, was your day as boring as ours?" Emmett asked us. I just looked at him and Bella rolled her eyes. He raised an eyebrow.

"Should I take that as a yes?" I chuckled and shook my head. Bella leaned back on her heels and waved, saying goodbye.

"Where are you going?" Alice whined. "Edward hogged you all day! We didn't get to talk!" Bella smiled shyly, but raised her hands, palms up, in an apologizing gesture.

"You should come over! None of us have homework, so we can talk as much as we want!" I saw a flash of fear go through Bella's eyes, and Jasper chuckled.

"You should be afraid, Bella. When she says that, you know she'll be the one doing all of the talking. No matter if you're really listening or not." Alice slapped his chest and he chuckled again. Bella's shoulders moved up and down in silent laughter and she hesitantly nodded her head.

"I'll show you the way," I said, and we went over to her truck. Alice and Rose were talking animatedly, but I couldn't hear what about.

I stopped outside the passenger door and opened it. Bella's truck was short enough for me to lift myself into, but the running boards were proving to be an obstacle. They stopped me from getting right next to the truck. I put my hands on the floor of the truck and slowly lifted myself out of my chair.

All of a sudden, the chair started to tip and my thigh got stuck under the arm rest. I tried to ease myself back down, hoping the chair would stand back up, but it continued to fall. I felt my arms starting to give out, but another pair appeared under me, wrapping around my waist and under my legs.

Bella lifted me onto the seat of her truck and proceeded to fold up my chair like nothing happened. Which I was extremely grateful for. She set my chair behind the passenger seat and walked to the driver's side. She got in and started the truck, driving towards the exit.

I directed her all the way to our house, a slight beeping starting up every now and then, quickly followed by Bella slightly turning the wheel in that direction. We pulled into the driveway, Carlisle and Esme seeming to expect us…

A/N: Oooohhhh…What are they going to say?! And, Bella, way to go, girl!

So, as I said, I am doing a project, making Beowulf into a modern story. Many of you may or may not know, but it was actually a poem before it became a movie. Keep a look out for it if you're interested! It should be up…Tuesday? Some time around there…

Please review and tell me what you think! And I'm not just talking about the regular five! ;p