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Chapter Two
Just then the bell rang, signaling the end of class. I jolted upward, forgetting to feign human slowness. Luckily none of the students saw me. I looked at Bella, she looked surprised by the bell too. She quickly gathered her things and started for the door, and I hurried after her. The fire was still raking at my throat, and I needed to satisfy it. It was frustrating to move at human speed, but necessary. I caught up with Bella at the door and stood in front of her.
"Hello," I said, working to make my voice sound as appealing as possible. I looked into her eyes deeply. Although my black eyes did not seem to work with humans as much as the golden eyes did, it would have to do for now.
"Hi," Bella squeaked out. Her face portrayed that she was clearly falling under my charm.
"I didn't properly introduce myself," I smiled, being sure to cover my teeth. "My name is Edward Cullen."
"Bella," she said a bit breathlessly. I smiled again and said, "Would you like a ride home? You must not have many friends here, being new and all."
"Uh well I really should-" I didn't hear the rest of her sentence, as Alice's thoughts intruded into my head. Her last class was on the other side of the campus, and she was hurrying towards me, trying to stop me from what I was about to do. "Edward, no! Don't! Control your thirst, get away from her NOW!"
I suddenly felt panicked. I would not let Alice take this delicious-smelling creature away from me.
"Nonsense," I cut Bella off. "You should get to know some people around here. Maybe we could be friends." I raised an eyebrow, waiting for her response. I tried to put her under my spell again, and I could tell it was working.
"Okay," she replied shyly. "Sure." She hitched her backpack up on her shoulder, and I started to lead her toward my car. I heard Alice coming towards me, shouting at me and showing me visions of myself standing threateningly over Bella, who was cowering on the ground. Then she sent me a shocking vision. I admit, the idea had been playing at the corner of my mind, but I didn't really consider it. It was me and Bella, kissing passionately. But Bella looked different. She had bright red eyes, sparkling skin, and was, if possible, even more beautiful. She was a vampire.
Alice, now in my line of sight, showed me an even more shocking vision. So shocking, in fact, that it stopped me in my tracks, causing Bella to stop and stare at me. Her warm eyes were filled with curiosity. But I wasn't paying much attention to her. I was looking at the vision in my mind. It was me and Bella, again, kissing. But this time she was human. We broke apart and looked at each other, our eyes brimming with love. Then Alice skipped up to her, giving her a soft mussing of the hair. Bella laughed and they hugged. The vision ended, and Alice's thoughts were wondering how I would take that. I watched, through her mind, as my face reacted to this vision. I first looked shocked, then curious, suspicious, and finally confused.
Should I spare this human girl? She was quite fascinating, with her silent mind and astounding beauty. I looked into Jasper's thoughts and sensed the feelings around me. Bella was confused, as was I. I was also still suspicious and curious and, sure enough I felt a faint feeling of love surrounding me. I looked again at Bella, and the feeling of love intensified. I was in love with Bella. A human.
As I acknowledged the feeling, the feeling of confusion almost disappeared and the feeling of love swelled again. Out here in the fresh air, it seemed difficult to imagine the wrecking ball scent. Barely 20 seconds had passed, and Bella and I were still standing in the middle of the parking lot. I stared at her a while longer and she blushed. I moved towards her slightly. I felt the urge to stroke her lovely cheek, but as I got closer I knew it was impossible. I could barely stand to be next to her, let alone touching or kissing her. But, at the same time, I could not kill her. I already loved her. I sighed. Her life would be best without me. I decided to just take her home.
"Sorry, I just thought I forgot to grab my notebook," I said to her. She still looked fairly confused, but I could tell she accepted my story as the truth.
"Oh, um, no problem." We started to walk towards my car again, and finally reached it. I opened the door for her then walked over to the drive side and got in.
I quickly realized how bad this idea was. We were now alone in my enclosed car, and the fire was roaring up my throat worse than ever. I felt the venom fill my mouth and my hand clenched tightly. I had to be sure not to break the steering wheel accidentally. But I couldn't just tell her to get out, so I started the car and pulled out of the parking lot quickly.
I tried to distract myself from the fire, thinking of Emmett and I's trip to hunt grizzlies about a month ago. Oh, how much Emmett loved grizzlies. But this made me think of thirst, which led me to this wonderful scent next to me. Suddenly she exhaled greatly, and the monster in my roared and unhinged. I felt the venom pooling in my mouth and could barely restrain myself from attacking her right here and now. I pulled off the road into a deserted side alley. I would not be able to stop myself from killing her this time.
"Where are we?" I heard the panic in Bella's voice as she noticed that we were in some desolate place she'd probably never seen before.
"I'm sorry Bella…" I hissed. I raced out of the car at vampire speed and was at her door in less than half a second. I wrenched her door open, and pulled her out of the car. I briefly registered the panic and shock in her eyes before throwing her to the ground and giving in to my thirst.
