"Come on, you are the best because you're the calmest out of all of us and we've watched enough of their ridiculous tv."
I sighed.
"What are we going to do about Kyle and the rest of them?"
Chapter 3:
IPOV:
My heart was ready to burst out because I was so nervous as I stepped into the large classroom. Jared and I followed his Melanie to the University and discovered that she worked as a teacher there and taught about the other worlds. Jared somehow managed to convince the others that he and I were going on our own raid and managed to get them to return home without us. How he convinced Kyle is beyond me.
I was so lost in thought that I failed to realize Melanie began to speak. She was talking about the See Weeds' planet and how there were two suns and had an elliptical orbit but her eyes told that her mind was far from the subject that she was teaching. There were bags under her eyes that indicated that the night before she did not sleep much. I didn't realize I was staring so intently at her before she looked at me curiously. As our eyes met, she quickly moved her eyes away as she continued her lecture. She occasionally answered a few questions about the See Weed's planet. Sometimes I would catch her eyes flicker to me.
I wonder why she's so upset. Parasites are supposed to always be unnaturally happy. She looks like Jared does whenever—Jared! I thought as I remembered my purpose. The object of my attending this class was to somehow get close to Melanie and here I was thinking only about what was going on in her head behind those beautiful hazel eyes. Beautiful?! What am I thinking? For one, she's Jared's, my best friend! Two, she's a parasite. I started thinking of ways to start a conversation and become her friend. I could ask her for help on an assignment but we didn't have one. After a lot of thought and being incapable of finding out something more original, I settled for asking her more about the See Weeds' planet. I figured it wouldn't be overly difficult as I was curious about it.
After class, I took my time getting up from my seat and waited until everyone was almost gone.
"Mel- I mean excuse me, professor," I managed to stutter out. Calm down, Ian. She'll suspect something, I told myself. "May I ask you a question about the planet that you spoke of today?"
"Certainly," she said as she looked at me. She suddenly looked at me with a confused face. "I'm sorry but I just realized that I've never seen you in my class before."
"Oh. I'm sorry. My name is Ian and I just started attending this school. I only recently moved here from Massachusetts."
Jared and I had made up my story the day before and had decided it best if I said I came from across the country to make it difficult to find out more about me. I was to say I moved here because I preferred a warmer climate and California seemed like the best place for a new start.
I told her why I "moved" while watching her face to watch for any disbelief at what I told her. Instead of the disbelief that I expected, she smiled at me warmly. I couldn't believe that she actually did not suspect me of lying and did not see past the mask that I had so much trouble keeping on.
"Perhaps another time though as I have an appointment that I must keep today. I am supposed to be there in about 5 minutes," she told me. It looked like she was silently debating with herself before
she had a glint in her eyes. "After the appointment I will be free. Would you like to have coffee at about 5:30 and I could answer any question you have?"
Taken by surprise, I managed to nod my head. She told me where to meet her and I quickly responded, "Goodbye, Professor."
"Call me Wanderer." Then she turned around and left.
WPOV
I closed my eyes and took a deep breath before reluctantly stepping into the classroom. It wasn't that I did not like to teach but I was not in the mood today because of the vivid dream I had of Jamie last night. It was just him and me in the desert with the moon hovering above us. He was standing 10 feet away from me and was yelling at me. It was one of those dreams that Melanie always seemed to see in movies where someone was running toward something but each step made the path appear to be longer. Each attempt to run to Jamie made him go further and further away. After that dream, I couldn't go back to sleep because I was so worried about him. I had no idea how I was going to concentrate.
I greeted the class before beginning to talk about the See Weeds' planet. Halfway through the lesson, I noticed a student that I had never seen before looking at me with intense eyes. Kind of like someone trying to decipher a riddle. I looked at him curiously before our eyes met and he knew I was looking at him. I quickly turned away and continued with what I was discussing. I couldn't help but glance at him a few more times.
After class, the new student approached me and asked me if he could ask me about the planet. I said he could and brought it to his attention that I did not know who he was. He told me his name was Ian and he just moved here from Boston because of the warm climate.
I realized that I was due to see my Comforter in a few minutes and told him I would see him but I needed to be somewhere.
Good. I don't think I like him. I saw him look at you with interest during the lecture. It seems as though Melanie will never render her body to me.
That's not the reason. You don't like any of my kind.
That may be but I especially don't like any of the males of your kind. I wish they would stop looking at me.
You mean me. I said with my voice filled with venom. I looked at Ian again as I took in his appearance. He had black hair, fair skin, and vivid blue eyes. He was perhaps the most attractive man I had seen besides Jared. Melanie growled at the thought. Suddenly an idea popped in my head. Something that would infuriate her more than anything.
"After the appointment I will be free. Would you like to have coffee at about 5:30 and I could answer any question you have?"
He looked surprised but nodded his head. I told him to meet me at this little coffee shop close to my house.
"Goodbye, Professor."
"Call me Wanderer."
AN: I read Breaking Dawn. I liked it unlike a lot of people. It wasn't quite as good as I expected but it was still pretty good. Anyway. Hope you liked this chapter.