Chapter 4
The news came crashing on me. The second participant for the competition was none other than Edward Cullen! But I decided to ignore the fact because I wouldn't ever let him spoil this in any way for me.
Finally the day of the competition arrived. I was seated in the car with Prof. Jocelyn and Edward, making our way to the institution where it was being held. I had made sure that I was seated away from Edward. I was very excited about the day as I was going to meet scientists and astronomers who would be judging the competition! But at the same time I was freaked out about my speech! It was the first time I would be talking in front of unknown people and the unknown people in this case were all geniuses! I wondered if the other brilliant head in the car felt the same too. I looked at him and found him looking at me! Was he thinking exactly what I was thinking?No! I bet I looked really funny with the scared look on my face. I couldn't blame him for having that amazed look and was it concern in his eyes? Yeah he was concerned. Damn! We were staring at each other for quite some time now! My brain send signals for me to turn away and before my body obeyed, He smiled at Me.* what the hell in the world was happening?*I smiled back at him. *what the hell was wrong with me?!* At last I looked out of the window and kept my eyes there for the rest of the journey.
But I couldn't keep my head there though. Edward Cullen who never even looked at girls smiled at me. And I hate him! Did I? Of course I did! He was the reason for the state of my class! The reason for jasper not talking to me anymore! But he smiled at me. So what? Why am thinking about it when I hated him so much? I hadn't realized that we were already in the seminar hall because of the crazy thoughts that had engulfed me in them. Oh my god! I started freaking out again. Before I knew anything else I heard my name announced and I was called upon on the stage. I didn't even know the topic of my talk. I didn't know where I was. I closed my eyes. Edward was smiling at me from the other side of the car. This time I didn't care why that was the scene that came in front of my closed eyes. In an instant I knew what I had to talk.
Many others from the other schools started coming too. I felt that mine was by far the best. It was Edward's turn now. I couldn't concentrate on a single word he was saying. I started staring at my feet. That was the best I could do without embarrassing myself. What was going on? Why was I acting so weird?
The results were announced after a while. The first position was given to Edward *obviously* and surprisingly I stood next and I didn't care who was third! Prof. Jocelyn was extremely happy! The rest of the day was nebulous. Naturally Alice and Jessica had called to know about everything except I didn't have the courage to tell them 'everything'.
Nothing else about school days had changed. The "friendly" exchange that had taken place between Edward and me never found a chance to repeat itself. *shit! I was noticing* But I had changed according to Alice and Tanya. One of our very famous hobbies had always been bichting about Edward. But recently I was showing less enthusiasm in it. Until recently I had held the record for saying the maximum "I hate Edward's "but not anymore. *One f**********g smile!*