DISCLAIMER: Still not mine

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Here's Bella's POV but there's also some clues in here… important stuff so read carefully. Most of the book will be in EPOV but I thought this chapter would be fun with Bella so let me know what you thought.

-BPOV-

I took a deep breath, trying to prepare myself for the unavoidably long hour ahead of me; Biology. I suppose there really was no putting it off so I trudged to my seat. At least Edward wasn't here yet.

Oh Edward. I had no idea why he hated me so much; I hadn't done anything to him, at least not that I knew of. I was also confused as to why I cared so much that he evidently disliked me.

I heard a chair scrape across the floor beside me and I reflexively stiffened, my body preparing for the unrelenting task of feigning indifference. Because even if I didn't have a problem with him, he had a problem with me, which made sitting not even a foot away while pretending not to notice extremely awkward. I suppressed the urge to stare blatantly, which was my first instinct, and watched him out of the corner of my eye instead.

I saw his lips move rapidly but no sound came out. This wasn't the first time I had noticed him doing this and I wondered if had a song stuck in his head and he was mouthing the lyrics. I did that sometimes. I idly wondered what type of music he listened to.

"Hello Bella."

An angelically velvet voice shook me from my thoughts and my head snapped towards my normally mute lab partner. Was I imagining things again?

"Did… did you just say something?" I stuttered, sounding like an idiot.

"I said hello." He repeated, sounding uncomfortable. He was speaking to me! Why? And why now? I had been here for a month and the only attention he had ever showed me in all of that time had been a few very pointed, very hateful, glares.

Even when we had a lab he would simply silently hand me the beaker or push the microscope towards me when it was my turn. Although now that I think of it I hadn't received a good menacing glare in a while. Now he simply seemed frustrated. But why?

"I believe I owe you an apology." he said and I felt a blush creep up my cheeks as I realized he had been waiting for a reply. Sometimes I just got too caught up in my own thoughts.

"My behavior towards you has been reprehensible but I assure you it was nothing personal." he continued. "it's… complicated but I'd like it very much if we could begin again."

My eyebrows pulled together in confusion. He was watching me with great intensity as he awaited my response, seemingly anxious. I had to glance down at my hands to unscramble my thoughts.

Where was this coming from? His mood swings were giving me whiplash. He had seemed to loath me!

"Why did you hate me so much?"

I hadn't even realized I had spoken my thoughts aloud until I saw Edward's pained expression.

"I never hated you Bella."

His eyes shown with sincerity but I remembered my first weeks here. He had looked at me with frustration, anger, and revulsion.

"Did I do something to upset you?" I was once again voicing my thoughts aloud unintentionally but I couldn't find it in me to regret it, or even feel embarrassed by my straight forward questions. I wanted to know the answers too badly.

He was shaking his head before I had even completed my sentence.

"No!" he exclaimed and then he sighed, shaking his head, seeming to collect himself. "No. you didn't do anything. It was all my fault."

I had another thousand questions forming in my mind when he continued before I could decide which one to ask.

"So can we start over?"

His inhumanly beautiful eyes shown with hope and I found myself swimming in their exuberance, unable to do anything but nod.

He grinned.

"Hello. I'm Edward Cullen. You must be Bella."

Biology had just become much more interesting.

I walked to the cafeteria between Angela Webber and Tyler Crowley just like I always did; they were both in my last class before lunch. Tyler was usually fairly quiet as we walked between the buildings, only occasionally making comments depending on the topic that was being discussed at the time. I didn't think he was characteristically shy or soft spoken. I sat at the same lunch table with him and he was outgoing and talkative with his friends, sometimes even seeming arrogant or cocky. He usually didn't say too much to me since we didn't know each other too well but I sometimes saw him staring at me.

Angela would make most of the small talk on our walks together to the lunch room. She was quiet and seemed even more shy than I was but she was always very nice and we would talk about little things.

To my surprise it was Tyler who began a conversation with me today.

"So Edward Cullen's finally speaking to you?" he asked, not seeming too happy with that in the least.

I frowned. Had everyone noticed our awkward conversation?

"I guess so." I told him. I was still confused by my earlier meeting with Edward. Was he just apologizing for his rude behavior? Or was he trying to be friend me? That wasn't likely. I couldn't wait for Biology tomorrow so I could see if he had reverted to the same, cold, Edward again.

"I don't think you should talk to him."

"Why?" I asked, surprised at the icy tone Tyler's voice had taken.

"The dude is weird!" Tyler shuddered. "He even looks creepy."

I shrugged. I had no idea what he was talking about. I didn't think there was anything "weird" or "creepy" about Edward's appearance. That is if "weird" and "creepy" weren't code for "beautiful" and "godlike." if they were I just may have to agree with Tyler.

Yes. Everyone had most definitely noticed mine and Edward's conversation. I was just barely sitting down at the lunch table before Mike Newton started in.

"So what were you and Cullen talking about earlier?"

I shrugged. The conversation had seemed monumental at the time but I realized I still didn't know what it was all about. If I didn't understand how was I supposed to explain it to others?

"He just wanted to say hello." I finally said. That really is all he had said except for apologizing but something in his eyes when he told me it was "complicated" told me he didn't want that spread around so I didn't mention it.

"That was nice of him." commented Angela optimistically and I returned her warm smile.

"Yeah." I agreed. "It was."

Mike scoffed. He, just like Tyler, didn't seem happy about Edward and I being on speaking terms.

"I thought he hated you." quipped Lauren Mallory vehemently.

"I thought so too." I sighed, ignoring Lauren's cold tone.

"Great." Lauren mumbled sarcastically to Jessica Stanley. "Another addition to her fan club."

Jessica giggled.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: So what do you guys think? Next chapter will be some fun E/B fluff. Review please!!