BPOV

I spent the next day focusing on homework and housework to distract me from the delusional thoughts of a potentially mentally unstable seventeen year old girl. On Monday, I woke up excited to see Emmett and his family once again. Even though, I hadn't got much sleep and was tired. I showered and changed into a pair of light wash jeans and a dark blue top. I grabbed my jacket, keys, and a banana before heading for the door. I got to school fifteen minutes before the bell rang. I stayed in my car for an extra five when I noticed Mike hovering around the cafeteria door. I got out and noticed the silver Volvo waiting in line to get into the parking lot. I smiled to myself when I saw five hands waving at me through the tinted glass. I giggled and shook my head as I got my bag out of the car. They had just parked when the back left door flew open, and Emmett jumped out yelling at Edward about how much he hated his car. Edward just laughed and got out of the car. Emmett's eyes met mine, and his angry face melted into a big goofy grin as he hurried over to me.

"Bella will agree with me, right Bella?" Emmett said as he wrapped his arm around my pulling me into his chest and stuck his tongue out at Edward.

"About what?" I asked turning my head to look at him.

"Wouldn't my jeep be a much better car to drive to school every day?"

"I haven't seen your jeep."

"It's black, three feet off the ground, and as loud as a monster truck." Edward said smugly.

I giggled and shook my head. "Boys and their cars." I mumbled before turning and walking towards the school. Emmett caught up with me in a matter of seconds with his family following behind. His arm draped over my shoulder once again, not that I minded at all. But the coldness of it brought back the repressed thoughts about what Jacob had said. Sighing, I tried to push the thoughts out of my head.

"Something the matter, Bella?" Surprisingly, Jasper asked me.

"Yep. Just peachy." I mumbled. I was going crazy. My stepfather was threatening to come get me and bring me back to Phoenix. And part of me thought the guy I'm falling for and his family were vampires. Just fucking peachy. "I got to go to class." With that, I walked a little fast to get ahead of them. I really didn't want to project my sudden bad mood onto them.

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EmPOV

"What was that, Jazzy?" Alice asked once Bella was gone. I stared in the direction she disappeared confused by the change in her mood before looking at Jasper.

"I don't know. She suddenly got confused and upset all at once." He said.

"Why?" I asked.

"I can't hear what she's thinking. That's supposed to be Edward's job." Jasper said.

"I've been trying. It keeps coming up blank." Edward sighed slightly shamefully.

"It's fine, Babe. We'll figure it out." Rosalie soothed throwing a glare at Jasper.

I sighed and turned to head to class without another word to my family. Bella certainly was a mystery.

My first four classes were painfully slow. I just wanted to see Bella again. When the dismissal bell rang, I headed to Bella's class in hopes to catch her before she headed to lunch. People filed out, but I saw no Bella among them. I peeked into the classroom to find her slowly putting her things away in a daze. I waited by the door until I saw her walking out. I smiled at her only to get a small one in return. "Sit with us?" I asked. She nodded but said nothing. "You okay, Bella?"

"Yeah, just got a lot on my mind." Where was Edward when I needed him? Except this would be the one time he would not be very useful. Damn it.

"What are you thinking about?" I noticed her cheeks flush a light pink color.

"Just… things." She shrugged.

"Well are you okay?"

She nodded. "Yeah."

"Okay." I said warily. What did the dogs say to her?

"I'm really fine, Emmett. No need to worry, I promise. I'm just tired. I didn't get much sleep yesterday. I might skip the last two periods." Damn, that'd mean she'd miss Spanish, the one class I had with her.

"Want me to come?" I asked.

"You skipped Friday for me." She smiled at me.

"I'd do it again for you." Her eyes sparkled with the happiness I had been waiting for her to show since I this morning. Her cheeks flushed red as she looked away from me.

"You don't have to. I'm probably just going to go home and sleep."

"Spanish won't be the same without you." I said as we walked into the cafeteria.

"You'll survive."

"Doubtful. It'll be boring."

She giggled rolling her eyes. "It's only for one day."

"Come on, let me come." I said playfully pleading as we approached the table.

"Come where?" Alice asked.

"Bella here is skipping the last two periods of the day." I told my family, who looked at her with interest in their eyes. "Don't you want some food?" I asked when she sat down without getting lunch.

"I'll have something at home." She answered. I shrugged and sat beside her deciding I might as well not 'eat' either.

"Why are you skipping class, Miss. Swan?" Rosalie interrogated.

"Not skipping. Just using my natural paleness to pretend to be sick." She said with a grin.

"Why are you going home?" Alice asked.

"Not in the mood for gym or Spanish. I didn't sleep well last night, so I'm tired as hell." She explained. "Nothing to worry about."

"And, Emmett, you want to go too." I could see and hear the implication that Alice was making. I glared at her and shrugged nonchalantly for Bella.

"Spanish is boring without Bella." Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Bella's cheeks blush again. I struggled not to chuckle. She was so cute when she blushed.

"Don't worry. I told him 'no.'" She assured my family sending me a glance to make sure I was in agreement.

"But Bella…" I whined.

"No buts. You skipped Friday for me." She said bossily. It was sexy. I saw Edward roll his eyes out of the corner of my eye. I kicked him under the table, or who I thought was him. Rosalie hissed instead and glared at me along with Edward, who was mad I hurt his mate. I said a quick apology in my head.

"Fine, but next time you skip, I'm totally coming." I told her.

"Fine, whatever." She rolled her eyes at me and I realized the slim chance of her ever agreeing to me skipping with her again. I chuckled lightly. "I better go now." Now? Damn. I didn't get to see her enough today. "See you guys tomorrow?" We all nodded. I pouted at her attempting to get her to change her mind. She leaned over and whispered, "What have I told you about pouting?"

I laughed loudly as she kissed my cheek and walked away. The place where she kissed me still tingled with warmth. My family stared at me with suspicion in their eyes. "What?" I asked still grinning like crazy.

"Oh nothing." Alice said looking away nonchalantly. I don't see what they had to be suspicious about. I mean, I've already admitted that I'm falling for her.

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BPOV

I couldn't stand being around the Cullens with all the thoughts rolling around my head. It wasn't that I was scared of the possibility, though I probably should be. It was just that I didn't want to say something stupid and make them think I'm crazy. So I skipped the last two classes of the day and headed home after convincing my dad and the clinic lady that I wasn't feeling well enough to finish out the day. I got home ten minutes later and headed up to my room. I turned on my computer and changed into a pair of sweats and a loose t-shirt. After I got onto the internet, I went to Google and typed 'Vampire' into the search box. I scrolled past all the information about vampire movies until I found a sight called "Vampire Myths." I clicked on that and read through the myths of vampires. Most agreed they'd be different for humans: cold skin, beauty, and such things like this. But nothing concrete to go on. Sighing, I looked through a few more pages of search results and turned the laptop off. I lied down in bed trying to root through my many thoughts until I drifted off to sleep.