I was sitting on the school bus along with other people who spent their Saturday mornings helping younger children with their schoolwork. The bus had a bad stench, probably due to the large amount of rubbish that was on the floor, and the seats were torn and tattered. We were heading to Charleston College, our sister school. I have been helping out for several years; I loved helping others as I felt I was doing my bit for the community. There weren't many people on the bus, about 8 including the driver. Not many people volunteered. There was Sarah, Louise, Angela, Kim, David Edward and myself. I noticed that on the back of the bus was Edward Cullen. There was a rumor going around the school that last night he had got in trouble with the police and with the school principal. Apparently he and his 'gang' were at the Forks Factory last night and this resulted in Chris, another boy in my grade, to end up in hospital. I wasn't sure if it was true or not as many rumors pass around school were incorrect.

When we arrived at the school we were assigned to grade four children. I was paired up with a girl named Talia, who had dark skin and black hair. I noticed that Edward was paired up with Thomas, a boy who was very demanding and had the attention span of a toddler.

"Do you have any questions about your school work?" I asked Talia.

"I don't know."

This was going to be harder than I thought. We first went through some maths questions. I liked maths, it was easy to understand and it was fun. I spent about an hour and a half explaining algebra and bodmas to Talia, but she finally understood. I looked up at Edward and saw he was having trouble controlling his buddy. His buddy had a basketball in his hand and was bouncing it against the wall as Edward talked. I stared at Edward for some time not realizing.

"Do you like him?" Talia teased, obviously noticing me staring at Edward.

"Huh…What… No. Of course not."

At that exact moment Edward turned around and smirked. Oh god, this couldn't be happening. I could feel my face heating up and turning a pink and red colour.

"Then why are you blushing?"

That girl was starting to annoy me now.

"I'm not.' I quickly piped back at her.

We continued our work until the bell rang signifying it was time to go.

On the bus ride home I sat near the back sitting two rows in front of Edward who was sitting by himself listening to music. I built up the courage that I found inside of me and stood up and plunked myself on the seat next to him.

"Hello."

He turned his volume up of his MP3 player so he wouldn't have to talk to me.

"You know you should try some other tactics when teaching your buddy."

He continued to ignore me, still listening to his MP3.

Fine.

I clutched my green bible and my school books in my lap.

"Why do you always carry that bible with you?"
I looked down at my lap.

"I like to read it sometimes,"

"Whatever."

"Why are you wasting your Saturday mornings helping these kids? You obviously don't enjoy it." I asked.

"I have no choice? Why do you do it? Wait let me guess. You feel popular and older compared to these grade fours and you think your so much 'cooler'. And what is with that cardigan that you always wear? Don't you own anything else?

I looked at my green cardigan that I was wearing. I did own other things, but this was what I liked to wear.

God. He was such a jerk. I do not know what I saw in him.

I stood back up and returned to my seat forgetting that whole conversation I just had. As if I thought I was 'cooler' and felt empowered compared to the kids.

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