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COLD MOON

Chapter 2 Picnic

"Are you ready Jasper?" I asked getting into the drivers seat of my Ferarri. Jasper came slowly out of the house and joined me.

" It's all right, Bella. I could go alone." He offered.

"No, I promised that I would be the one helping when it came to doing the papers." I insisted. Four years ago when I thought we were all going to die in a battle against the Voultri, I had papers done up for Reneseme and Jacob. The lawyer, . requested me for any other transactions we might do. It was plain that Jasper scared him. I didn't want to break my promise, but I didn't like going down there alone. So would have to settle for a half truth.

"Wait!" Alice cried and she came running down the car. She quickly pecked Jasper on the cheek and looked up at me. "You might want to get Jake some papers saying that he is seventeen." She smiled. "I have a feeling he might want to visit Reneseme and not be picked up for being a child molester." I forgot that Jacob was twenty now. I nodded.

I quickly started the car and drove off.

Jasper and I sat in comfortable silence. After four years, I learned that Jasper perferred silence. Due to my life with Charlie, I perferred a lot of silence also. We quickly made it to Mr. Jenk's office. Jasper and I walked through the door. Jasper quickly sat down and I walked to the receptionist.

"Tell Mr. Jenks that Isabella Cullen is here for him." The receptionist, a young girl just out of her teen years nodded. I tried to act like I didn't notice her staring. She paged Mr Jenks.

"What is it Karen, I have an appointment in twenty minutes. Surely they are not here."

"No, Mr. Jenks." She blushed, then looked up at us. "There is an Isabella Cullen in the waiting room." I could sense the air change.

"Isabella Cullen? Let her in." He sounded almost excited. The receptionist looked spooked and ushered me in. I noticed just a tint of envy in the way that she looked at me. Jasper dashed in behind us, before she could even notice that he was there.

"Isabella Swan. Isn't that the name we had put on your birth certificate?" Mr Jenks smiled, at ease. He then noticed Jasper standing in the room. "Oh! Mr. C-cullen, What a surprise. He studdenly straightened up in his chair. "I thought Mrs. Cullen was going to be in charge of the papers from now on." He looked suddenly nervous. "There wasn't anything wrong with the papers were there?" Jasper glared at him, menacingly.

"No, there wasn't. We just need to change the age on one of them." I answered, reassuring Mr. Jenks. "I also want to have you make another one for me." He looked quickly to me and then nervously back to Jasper.

"A-another one?" he looked scared.

"Yes." I pulled out a picture we had taken of Jacob and Reneseme last week.

"Reneseme Swan. I need her age changed to 14. That would make her birthday September tenth, 1994. I also need a drivers liscence made for a Jacob. T. Wolfe. Age 17. You can make up the birthday." I smiled and looked over at Jasper, who gave me an approving smile.

"Okay, Jacob T. Wolfe, and Reneseme Swan." Jenks repeated. "W-when do you want them?"

"We would like them before Monday morning." Jasper replied cooly. Mr. Jenk's eyes darted between me and Jasper.

"That should be fine. Same resturaunt as always?" He asked. Jasper nodded.

"Okay, Seven o'clock, Saturday night." I smiled and nodded.

"That sounds perfect." I added.

"May I request a favor?" Mr. Jenks added. Jasper glared at him and you could sense shrink. "I have a new partner, he will be taking over the business in a few years, may I bring him along? He has yet to meet you and I want him to understand how our business transactions work." I looked to Jasper for an answer. Jasper smiled evily.

"That sounds permittable."

"Thank you." Mr Jenk's heart was pounding so loud that I thought that the receptionist could hear it in the waiting room. Jasper stood and I stood to follow behind him. "Same price as usual." Jasper looked behind him and gave Mr. Jenks a menacing smile. Mr. Jenk's heat continued pounding until after we had shut the door and were in the car. .

Once we were in my car and a mile away from Mr. Jenk's office. Jaspers face softened. He then started to laugh.

"What is so funny?" I questioned.

" Mr. Jenks' mood changed the second he noticed I was in the room. That was not me changing the atmosphere." I laughed. Poor Mr. Jenks. "That's how you keep people from stepping on you." He added.

"I thought the fact that we could dismember a person before they could even think to scream would do the trick." Jasper laughed again.

"That too."

" Jasper, may I ask you a question." I hoped he was in the mood for talking, or it was going to a really long ride home.

"Sure." He said, but he looked wary.

"Are there any other fictional characters I need to worry about? I know there are vampires, the voltri, werewolves, shapeshifters. Are there any others?" Jasper leaned back into the seat and thought for a moment.

"What does Edward say?"

"That I shouldn't worry about it." I paused. I consitered letting the subject drop there, but Jasper looked willing to talk.

"All stories have a basis somewhere." He started. "So all the characters of human nightmares have some basis. There are werewolves, and I have even met a banshee once. There are also witches. But not to the extent that the movie, "The Wizard of Oz" portrays. They are more attuned to nature and have an uncanny way of getting things to go their way."

"So it's all real?" I felt a bit foolish asking this question.

"Yes. But I wouldn't worry. We have no real enemies. The Voltri try their hardest to live in harmony with the others. Or they destroy them completely. Like the werewolves." The rest of our drive was silent.

It was nine o'clock by the time we got back to the house. We walked in and Edward and Alice were dressed in black with dark black paint smudged on their cheeks. The black paint made their white skin look almost translucent. Jasper and I stared at the two of them, bewildered.

"While you were gone, we went spying on the Ogdons." Alice sang, bounding up to us. Alice and Edward looked like the most out of place burglars in the world. Both were dressed in name brand black outfits and Alice was wearing high heels, and had her make up done. Their 'camoflauge' black streaks were placed perfectly on their cheekbones, making them appear to be actors in a teen version of, "Charlie's Angels.

"What did you find out?" I was a little disappointed that I had missed out on the mission.

"That the boy, Mike, is probably going to get mauled by a vampire." Edward said darkly. "I don't like the way that kid talks." Edward frowned obviously remembering what the boy had thought. Alice rolled her eyes.

"The big point is that Mr. Ogdon was in desperate need of a lead doctor. No one wanted to move here and take the job. People would rather have driven an hour to the next hospital than risk their lives at the St. Mark. To them, Carlisle is a God send." Alice had skipped over to the couch, and we had all followed her further into the house. "Mr. Ogdon is making sure that we like it here. He is forcing Carol to befriend us and invite us to all of her sleep overs. And he is going to have her follow us around." It was my turn to be annoyed. I didn't like being the new shiny toy in Forks, and I know I didn't grow an affinity to it here. "It's strange," Alice mused. "We have always been ignored. People usually try to avoid us. Here we are going to be in the center of popular crowd." I could almost hear Alice thinking of what clothes to wear. "Oh and Carol insists on referring to us as the Adam's family." I could feel my mouth twitch, fighting back a smile. That was a new comparison for me.

"So we're not in for any big suprises tomorrow?" I looked from Alice to Edward. "They aren't planning on beating us with garlic and shoving stakes into us." Edward shook his head and laughed.

"You know that's a myth. The stakes would shatter or hurt the person's hand more than it would hurt us."

"But the garlic has some truth to it." Jasper added. "It smells really bad. Would you eat anything that was doused in garlic?" I thought this through. Jasper was right. Almost every story does have some tidbit of truth in it.

"Where is Reneseme?" I asked, noticing that she wasn't mentioned.

"She went hunting with Esme and Carlisle." Edward answered. "They didn't want her even the slightest bit thirsty when we go to dinner tomorrow." Edward looked at me. "And that goes for you too. We'll go hunting after Reneseme is asleep." I decided that it was time for me to straighten up the room and unpack from the move. I went upstairs to see what room was reserved for me. I saw the first room, it obviously belonged to Reneseme. All of her artwork and books were all ready organized on the shelves. Her bed spread was allready laid out on the plush mattress. Since Reneseme was the only one that slept, her bed was going to be the most comfortable bed within a five hundred mile radius. At least, that was Edward's view. The second room was opened. Dresses piled on the couch, waiting to be put into the closet. This must be Jasper and Alice's room. The next room had the door shut and loud music was playing. I knew better than to open that door. It had to have been Emmet's and Rosalie's room. Finally, near the end of the hall was a corner room. I looked in the doorway and saw that most everything was organized. There were a few outfits thrown on the bed. But all of Edward's CDs were organized and my books were on the book shelf in alphabetical order. Our room lacked a lot of clutter. There were no real sentimental trinkets, or photos plastered on the wall. There were no traditional teen idol posters plastered on the walls and ceilings. Our room was mature. Far too mature for teenagers. I had never really had a 'teen' room, but I had seen Jessica's room. It was covered with some rock band's paraphenalia. Our music wasn't really the type that screamed, 'rock idol'. Edward would surely laugh if I even suggested putting up a poster in our room to help us look 'normal'. That's when it hit me. I quickly turned and rushed downstairs to Alice. She was standing near the couch joking with Jasper. Probably about the way he treated . Edward was putting a CD into the player in the living room.

"Alice. If Carol invites us to sleepovers, won't we be encouraged to do the same?" Alice's eyes lit up.

"That sounds like fun! I've never had a human sleep over before. Well, except with you, but you know what I mean, Bella."

" If they sleep over here, they'll notice that we only have a few bedrooms."

"Bella, We all sleep in the same room. It wouldn't be fun if we all stayed in separate rooms." Alice giggled. It was apparent that she was all ready thinking of all the fun slumber party things she could do.

" That's not what I meant. I mean, 'normal' teens do not share their rooms with their adopted 'brothers'" I used the dreaded air quotes on the word brothers. Alice scowled.

" I never thought of that before. We also don't have beds. Except for you and Reneseme." Alice added thinking it through. "I suppose, if we had a sleep over we could have everyone stay down here."

Just then Carlisle, Esme and Renesme walked in.

"Ma-Bella, You'll never guess how big the deer I caught was!" Reneseme beamed. A pang of hurt rushed over me when she said my name instead of, 'momma. But I knew why she was doing it. She looked at Edward and smiled. "And Edward, you would be happy with me, I was extremely careful." She emphasised every word. Esspecially, Edward. Reneseme looked so proud of herself.

"She's been practicing saying your names throughout the entire hunting trip." Esme said with much satisfaction. "She's done a fantastic job."

"That's wonderful hunny!" I gushed. She will blend in perfectly at the new school. I then saw a picture of Reneseme and me in the meadow at Forks. I was carrying her, and Edward was not too far in front of us. She looked to be about four. "Don't worry, I'll always think of you as Momma." I heard Reneseme's voice ring perfectly clear. Her ability to share her thoughts with others was growing, just as she was. She had gained control of it and was able to project her thoughts into anyone's mind. She didn't even have to touch them anymore. She merely had to be around them. Her memory was such a sweet reminder. It was what I needed. I scooped her up in a hug.

"Come on, Reneseme. Let's get ready for bed."

"You mean, let me get ready for bed." She squirmed away from my hug. She dashed upstairs . A few minutes later Edward and I went upstairs to check on her. She had washed her hair, brushed her teeth, changed and was waiting for us in her room. She might have looked fourteen to most, but to us; she was our four year old daughter.

"Do you want us to read you a book, or do you want to read one tonight?" Edward asked sitting on the side of her bed. I sat on the other side. We had done this ritual every night since Reneseme was a year old.

"I want to read one, Edward." She smiled.

"I like it when you call me Daddy, Reneseme. Just remember not to say that while we're in school." He sighed. Hearing Reneseme call him Edward must have hurt him as much as it hurt me to be called Bella.

"Okay, Daddy." She grinned. She picked up a book of stories and opened it to the Tall Tale Heart. She read the Title aloud.

"Don't you think that's a little scary for a bed time story?" Edward scoffed.

"Edward, she lives in a house full of vampires." I pointed out. He nodded and gave a heart melting smile.

"As I was saying, The Tall Tale heart." Reneseme started reading the classic aloud. She was beautiful. She was just barely shorter than I was, With dark curly hair. She loved it long so the curls fell past her shoulders. Her eyes were like mine, yet her features were a lot like Edwards. She was pale, with just a hint of blush. And luckily, she was graceful. She finished the story and curled up under the blankets. Edward and I kissed her goodnight and left the room.

The following afternoon was hectic. Carlisle was trying to make sure we knew how to act human. The others grumbled and recited the reminders for the hundreth time. Reneseme and I agreed. We were going to have to keep working on it.

"I trust everyone here to keep us safe. But everyone knows that the first public meeting is very important. One slip up and we might have to move." Carlisle reminded us. Rosalie and Emmet appeared out of the forest. Their eyes shining a light honey brown. They were the last of the family to hunt.

"Now, we need to go pick up ingredients for the dessert we are supposed to bring." Rosalie stated.

"Yeah! Trip into town!" Emmet cheered. I felt a vision of Reneseme pouting and I heard her voice. "Can we go too, Momma?" I looked at her, she was staring at me, same pouty look.

"Of course we can go." I said, "If it's okay with everyone." I added. Alice quickly joined us, and Jasper followed her.

"Perhaps, it would be better if all of us went." Esme suggested. "We should start showing our faces in public. Maybe this will keep the rumors of us being recluses down." We had all decided on taking Edward's Volvo, Rosalie's Mach 3 and Carlisle's Mercedes SUV. We traveled down the windy road to the main road and headed to Main Street. Marks was bigger than Forks. But not by much. There are probably just a little more than ten thousand people in Marks. That would put a few extra kids in the high school. Maybe we wouldn't be the only new kids.

With very little trouble, we found the Wal-mart. It was one of the largest buildings in Marks. It wasn't even a SuperCenter. The store closed at nine o'clock. Which was fine with me. I had seen the people that would go into a Wal-mart after midnight. I was a mostly indestructible vampire, and Wal-mart after midnight still gave me the creeps. We all parked and walked into the store. As soon as we walked into the store, we knew we were being watched. The people greeter was too stunned to greet us and one of the cashiers did a double take. We walked past, acting as if we didn't notice anything.

"Is it always like this the first time you go into a store in a new town?" I mumbled, too quietly for any human to hear.

"Always." Was Rosalie's whispered reply. Esme grabbed a shopping cart and began walking down the aisles. She reminded me of a Stepford mom. Only much prettier. Rosalie and Emmet quickly excused themselves. Emmet was going to go look at sporting goods and afterwards Rosalie was going to drag him to the cosmetics department. Alice and Jasper made a show of asking Reneseme if she wanted to join them in finding a CD. Renesme agreed and they walked off in another direction. This was, of course, all planned. We were supposed to look like a normal family. Normal families would split up and find things they could not live without. Emmet had every sporting good thing known to man, and Rosalie did not need another hair product, but it looked natural to go buy some of these things. Edward and I offered to stay with Carlisle and Esme and help them shop. As the newest vampire and the one with the best memory of what food tastes like, it was my job to figure out what desserts we were going to bring. I had decided on brownies and a cake with strawberries on top. It was late August, and there was still time to bring summer goodies to a picnic. We wandered up and down the aisles. Carlisle and Esme were having a nice time. They were trying real hard to look casual and smile and wave at all the people. We all stole quick glances at the people as we passed them.

"Yes, they are all staring." Edward mumbled. We went through and started picking up the ingredients needed. Soon, Jasper, Alice and Reneseme came back, Reneseme, holding a CD she had found. As we made our way to the checkout stand, Rosalie and Emmet came running up. Rosalie was carrying some hairspray, shampoo, and a styling gel. Emmet was carrying weights. I checked the numbers on the weights and quickly looked around for people watching Emmet.

"Emmet, make those look heavier!" I whispered. "You're carrying almost two hundred pounds." Emmet quickly looked like he was straining.

"Bella, could you move all that stuff in the cart and make room. These things weigh a ton!" He said, sounding strained.

"That's better." It took us a while to get out of the store. The Cashier was brave enough to ask us if we were the new family in town. We introduced our selves, and the cashier looked as if she was getting secret information about a spy. No doubt, she would run to the break room and dish to every associate back there. We quickly made it to our vehicles and were heading back to the house when I got a phone call from Alice.

"I THINK Jacob is going to visit today. Stupid dog." Alice was still a little miffed that Jacob's future couldn't be seen. It gave her a headache trying to see visions around him. Edward found it amusing that, for once, someone was annoying Alice. It was Friday, so it made sense that Jacob would visit. Once we reached the house, we could see Jacob's motorcycle in the drive. Reneseme was almost out of the door before we stopped. She dashed out to find Jacob, who was not far from his bike.

"Jacob!" She cried. He grasped her in one of his bear hugs.

"Hey, there, Nessie, I missed you!"

"How were you sure you got the right house?" I asked, getting out of the car. Jacob gave me one of his trademark looks.

" I could smell you guys from MILES away." He said making a face. Reneseme pushed away from his embrace and looked up to him.

"Do I smell badly?" She asked.

"Of course not! You smell wonderful." Reneseme turned away from Jacob and looked at us. Jacob made a face and shook his head, covering his nose and acting like she smelled of rotten eggs.

"Jacob! I do not smell." She protested. Jacob ignored her.

"I was coming to see if I could take Reneseme to see a movie." He didn't quite make it sound like a question. Edward stepped forward.

"We have to go to a picnic tonight, Jacob." Jacob looked like he was trying to supress a laugh.

" I didn't know the blood banks had picnics." He was the only one to laugh at his joke.

" No, some neighbors are welcoming us into town and it would look bad if the only one of us that actually ate, didn't show up." Edward had grown a little fond of Jacob. As long as Jacob didn't think of any future plans with Reneseme, and kept his vampire jokes to a minimum. Jacob was still allowed to make jokes about Rosalie. Edward liked hearing Jacob try to make a new blonde joke that Rosalie had never heard.

"How about after the picnic we ALL go to the movies." I suggested. Jacob looked a little uncomfortable with that.

"He wants to take her to see that vampire movie!" Edward growled. Jacob looked up and smiled.

" I didn't think that!" he defended.

"No, I just know you really well. That movie has no truth in it! It just makes vampires look like blood thirsty monsters." Jacob coughed back a laugh.

"Okay," I said stepping in before the argument could get out of hand. "We'll go to the picnic, then we'll ALL go see this movie. How bad could it be? But first, we will all go get ready for the picnic. You too Jacob." I gave Jacob a glance.

"Won't they wonder why we named our dog after Jacob?" Reneseme asked.

"Human's don't have that good of a memory, love." Edward comforted her.

"What?" Jacob asked wearily. Reneseme looked at him, we could see that the memory of yesterday was playing in her mind.

"You called me the family dog?!" Jacob bellowed.

"Family stray is more like it." Rosalie shot. Emmet gave her a pat on the back as Jacob glared at her.

"Rosalie, do you know why there are no brunette jokes?" Rosalie turned and growled at Jacob.

"I don't want to hear it!" her voice held a hint of a threat in it. Jacob acted like he couldn't hear her.

"Because the blondes would have to think them up!"

"I've already heard that one." Rosalie rolled her eyes. "It wasn't even that funny." But Edward was holding back a laugh and Emmet wasn't even trying to hold back a laugh.

"Good one Jacob!" He laughed. He noticed that Rosalie rolled her eyes and turned to walk away from him. "Awe, come on, Babe, even you have to admit it was a little funny." He pled as he followed her.

After a bit of arguing and cooking, we were ready to drive to the Ogdon's. We had agreed to let Jake drive Reneseme, Edward and myself in my Ferrari. I was still, 'officially' fifteen for a few more weeks, so I couldn't drive my car. We pulled in behind Rosalie, Emmet, Jasper and Alice. Esme and Carlisle were right behind us. I couldn't help but note that we were perfectly on time, and there were all ready a lot of cars here. I could see Carol and her clique in a corner and Mike and he group near the food table. No one had really noticed us yet. We all walked towards the house. Rosalie, Esme and I all had a dish in our hands. It was Gina Ogdon that noticed us first.

"There's our guests!" She beamed. She liked all the attention she was getting for inviting us to her party. " Look at the wonderful desserts you brought."

"Thank you." Esme smiled. " We were all so excited that we made a few desserts." It was apparent that Gina was going to talk to Esme the entire time.

"Kids, don't be shy, grab a plate and dig in!" Gina motioned us to the buffet. We took little samples of the dishes. Between Jacob and Reneseme taking food off of our plates and our ability to move faster than humans can see. It will look like we ate most of our meals. Mike caught sight of us and brought his friends over.

"You made it." He sounded a little too relieved to see us. I couldn't help but feel like his friends didn't believe we looked as weird as he had claimed. By the looks on their faces; we were as weird looking as Mike had claimed. "Who is this?" Mike gestured to Jacob, who had switched his empty plate with Edward's mostly full one.

"This is our friend, Jacob." Edward replied. I tried to hide my surprise. Edward just announced Jacob as a friend. Jacob was obviously just as shocked as I was. " Jake is from our old town and he came to visit." Mike nervously shook Jake's hand. He talked for a brief second and then excused him and his friends. Edward glared at Mike as he walked off and turned to sneak a peek at us.

"Wow, Cullen, even though you're cold bloodsucker, you look almost red. What is it with Bella that attracts human boys named Mike?" Jake was enjoying the sight of Edward fuming. Edward grinned.

"He was thinking of Bella for a bit." Edward said through clenched teeth. "But it seems, Mike prefers thinking of Renesme." It took what Edward said a minute to sink in. Slowly Jacob stopped grinning, started frowning and then started to lightly shake.

"Mike is going to get mauled." Jacob whispered . Edward nodded. Reneseme looked at Jacob, clearly concerned.

"Reneseme, why don't you go make sure Auntie Alice and Auntie Rosalie's plates' are empty." I suggested, trying to get her out of Mike's view, and hopefully, mind. Renseme made a face. I could see an image of her chasing down a deer. Her lithe body lunging and taking the deer down in a second.

"I know, the food isn't that good, but please do this for me?" I asked. Renesme sighed.

"Okay, Bella. I will." And she left to go hunt down Alice. I turned to see that Edward had Jacob calmed down a bit.

"It will be fine, Jacob, we will watch Renesme. He won't get near her." Edward reminded him. Jacob still snarled.

"We should still rip his arm off, just in case." He whispered.

"That would cause people to stare." I joked. Jacob relaxed. I patted Jacob's arm and noticed that his shaking had calmed down. "Now, let's go meet people. We need to see like friendly people." I whispered. Jacob laughed and Edward wrapped his arm around my waist.

The people of Marks are just about as exciting as the people of Forks. The kids were all separated in to cliques. Some kids genuinely looked intrigued by the ten new people walking around. We met the other new family. A man and woman with two little boys. The man was going through some financial troubles, and wanted to get away from the fast paced Phoenix area. His wife wasn't as excited about the move, but was reassured by the fact that Marks was a temporary stop. The boys looked to be about two or three. I smiled. Technically, Reneseme was only a year older than the boys. Carol and her friends were still avoiding us. I noticed that they all looked strangely darker. I then noticed that one girl was wearing flip flops and her pale toes stuck out from under her jeans. They were all wearing bronzer, to help them look darker. Their faces, arms and necks were covered. Their darkend skin made ours look almost white. I could see that the girls were watching us. There were six girls total. Cheerleaders, obviously. Carol was the one in charge of the conversation.

"They are all strange." She grumbled.

"But look how pretty they all are." One girl marveled, "The brown haired guy is hot." Edward smiled as he noticed my annoyance.

"Now you know how I felt." He whispered. I nodded and looked up at the group of girls. Mrs. Ogdon had walked over to the girls and insisted that they go talk to us. Carol led the way.

"Hello, again." She said, trying to sound like she wanted to talk to us. "These are my friends," She began naming them, but I didn't care to remember their names.

"My name is Bella." I replied, trying to be diplomatic. "This is Edward, and Jacob." I pointed off toward the others. "That one is Emmet, and there's Rosalie. Alice is the dark haired girl and Jasper is the blonde next to her, and the girl over there is Renesme." I looked around, I had pointed out everyone. One girl had become brave and she stepped out toward us. She stuck her hand out to shake, and I took it.

"Are you okay? You're hands are freezing." She looked suspicious.

"Oh, I was holding a soda just a minute ago." I pointed toward the table. She seemed to accept this answer.

" So are you all, like related?" A different girl asked.

"No, Jasper and Rosalie are siblings and Bella and Reneseme are cousins. But other than that, we are just adopted." Edward had spoken up. The girl's face flashed green with envy for a second when Edward took my hand.

"I don't remember you from yesterday, are you adopted too?" Carol asked looking towad Jacob, who looked like he wanted to go to Reneseme.

"Oh, uh. No. I'm visiting them from Forks. I uh, wanted to see them before they started school up." The girls seemed to enjoy Jacob acting nervous. I was enjoying Jacob squirming a little too much. That's when I smelled it. It was a smell that reminded me of Forks. I had a flashback of my old high school in Forks. The scent over powered me. It made me homesick. Maybe someone had on a perfume that someone in Forks had. I had the urge to seek out the smell.

"I am going to go get a drink, all right?" I dropped Edward's hand. He looked up puzzled.

"Would you like me to accompany you?" He asked, trying to sound conversational, yet worry showing through.

"No, it's fine. I wanted to also check on the others." I tried my hardest to sound like there was nothing wrong. He nodded and joined in in the conversation with Carol and the others. I walked toward the drink table and noticed that the smell was getting stronger. I tried not to look like I was hunting. I did not want my family to think that I was going to pounce on a human. I saw Mrs. Ogden talking to a lady with brown hair. She had her back to me. She was the smell. The smell was so familure and alluring. I must know her from somewhere. Maybe she was related to someone in Forks. I slowly made my way to them.

"Carol is such a wonderful student, you will love her in your classroom." Mrs Ogdon was telling a story of Carol. Mrs. Ogdon noticed me. "And here comes another student of yours. She's going to be a sophmore, like my Carol. This is Isabella Cullen." Mrs. Ogdon beamed.

"It's Bella Swan." I corrected. The lady kept her back to me.

"Bella?" The voice held a tone of recognition. I knew that voice as well. The lady turned her body around to face me. I knew that face. It was…

"Angela?"

Thanks again for all the suportive reviews. I will try to get the third chapter out in a week.