The next day, we weren't as lucky. It was raining in the small, cloudy Forks. Carlisle kissed me, and then left. I meanwhile, left the room to check on Edward. "Good morning, Esme." Edward said as I entered his room. "What do you want to do, when Carlisle's at work and I'm at school?" Hmm…that was weird. I'd been thinking about exactly the same thing.
"I-I'm not sure." I replied, wondering if he could read minds.
"Yes, I can 'hear' minds. I already know what you think of me - as your son. No, I don't have a crush, nor girlfriend, nor do I intend to get one as far as I can tell." Edward said, as I in response to my thoughts. Actually, it probably was in response to my thoughts. My vampire "son" (as I thought of him), smiled and turned around when I started mentally wondering what he looked like. HE had a beautiful face, a casual, slightly handsome disarray of hair, and the same amber eyes as Carlisle. As Edward brushed past me on his way to school, I noticed that his skin wasn't as warm as Carlisle's, but merely the same temperature as mine. I heard Edward's quick footsteps going down the stairs, then out the door. I heard the garage door open, and two cars start up, Carlisle's then Edward's. I turned to face my son's room, and carefully evaluated it. There were CDs everywhere, although the room still managed to look neat. The racks were along the walls, which were hung with a dark, heavy fabric. Hmm. I wondered what that was for. "GOOD ACOUSTICS!" I heard Edward yell as he followed Carlisle's car out of the garage. Well, that problem solved, then. There was a modern stereo on a table against one of the two only walls without CD racks, and a sofa against the other wall. There were a few books scattered on the floor, and I assumed he'd been reading or studying them at night. From the distance I was standing at, I could clearly read every tiny word on every page. I was surprised when I learned the titles of the books. They were textbooks on Arabic, German and Portuguese. Well, that was what Edward did at night, I guessed. Now I had to figure out what I was going to do during the day.
