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Chapter 7

Forks, Washington, 2096

BPOV

As his topaz eyes bore into my 'hazel' ones, I immediately dropped my gaze; a knee-jerk reaction. After a few seconds, I risked a glance in his direction. He was still staring at me, with a slight frown of frustration on his face.

"Eddie," the squeaky voice whined. "What are you looking at?" Then she followed his gaze to me, and smirked. She walked over, her sickly sweet vampire smell making me want to retch. I wondered how Edward or any of the Cullens could stand to be around her. She leaned down, fake pity in her eyes. "I'm sorry, but he's my boyfriend, and soon-to-be fiancé. Don't try to steal him 'cause you'll regret it." Her voice had dropped to a low, menacing growl. Then she sauntered back to the Cullen's table, seeming satisfied with herself.

"Bitch," I muttered, knowing that she could hear me.

EPOV

I was back in Forks, and it was the first day of school. I tried to forget all the painful memories I had here, but unfortunately, my vampire mind wasn't capable of forgetting.

I guess that I was glad that I had Jennifer in most of my classes; there wouldn't be countless girls trying to flirt with me. Though I knew that I loved her, I was sometimes annoyed with Jennifer. Sometimes I just wished that she was more…well…more like Bella.

Alice had met Jennifer at a shop at the mall a few years ago, and brought her over to our house. Carlisle and Esme had to drag to the living room, telling me that I should stop being a recluse, and be a gentleman again. But as soon as I saw her face though, for the first time in decades, I felt attracted to somebody. My heart didn't belong with her, though; it belonged to Bella.

We had progressed slowly, and it was kind of getting on her nerves. But she was convinced that I was going to propose to her this Christmas.

"Hey, I heard that there's a Marie Camry that's new here. Did you guys meet her?" Alice asked us. 'She seems somehow…familiar…though I'm sure I've never seen her before. I just have thatfeeling…"

"Oh, her," Rosalie answered sourly "Yah, she was in my first period English class. Why?" I saw an image of a beautiful girl in her mind. Wow, she couldn't be human, could she?

"It's just that I really wanna meet her, but she wasn't in any of our classes!" Alice scanned the crowds. "Or in this cafeteria."

"Why would you want to meet her? You don't need another shopping buddy, do you? Besides, she's almost inhumanly beautiful, though I heard a heartbeat. Why would you want to get to know a human, again?" There was a picture of Bella in Rosalie's mind. "We don't need the risk of exposure, again."

I gritted my teeth. "If you're talking about…Bella," it still hurt to say her name, "then you're wrong. She wasn't going to tell anybody," I defended her.

"How can you be so sure?" 'You can't even read her mind!'"Or are you just protecting her? Protecting the dead?"

'WHAT? Is he keeping something from me? Edward…' "What? Who?" Jennifer asked, her worry mixing with jealousy. "Protecting who, Edward?"

"Never mind, love, it isn't important." I whispered in her ear. I moved her onto my lap, rocking her gently.

"Oh yes it is, Edward. She needs to know that you spent decades moping around for her!" Rosalie was smug.

'WHAT? EDWARD! HOW DARE YOU!' "Decades?" 'Why didn't you tell me about this?'She took a deep breath, "Is that true Eddie?"

"Well, yes, it was true, but now I have you, love," I said softly, stroking her hair. 'Oh, I supposed that's OK…'

I noticed Jasper squirming in his chair. 'Edward, somebody is REALLY jealous, and it doesn't seem to be Jennifer…' I looked at him, and shrugged.

Jennifer turned around and kissed me. Her tongue requested entrance, and I granted it. Soon, I was almost lost in the kiss. (A/N: he wasalmostlost in the kiss because he wasn't kissing Bella. And if I had written that he wascompletelylost in the kiss, you guys would probably have killed me…)

Then suddenly Jasper fell out of his chair. 'WHAT WAS THAT? Wow, that amount of jealousy…' Alice immediately got out of her chair and began rubbing circles on Jasper's arm, murmuring loving words.

As my eyes swept over the humans in the cafeteria, I spotted the Marie Camry that Alice and Rosalie were talking about.

When my eyes met hers, she dropped her gaze, an instinctive human reaction. I tried to hear her thoughts, but was greeted by silence. Strange. I listened more carefully, but still, I could hear nothing. After a moment, she raised her head, looking in my direction nervously.

"Eddie," Jennifer whined. "What are you looking at?" She then followed my gaze, seeing Marie Camry. 'Oh, she's pretty, but she's only a mere human compared to me, a glorious immortal. And she's interested inmy boyfriend?' She thought it like I was a piece of property. 'Well, I'll show her!'

Jennifer's POV

How dare she? Fantasize about my boyfriend – and fiancé, I corrected myself. I walked slowly over to her table. How sad, she was sitting alone. I made my voice sound dangerous, "I'm sorry, but he's my boyfriend, and soon-to-be fiancé. Don't try to steal him 'cause you'll regret it." I walked back to our table, not giving her a chance to respond – not that she will; she's too pretty to be smart.

"Bitch." I heard her say. She probably thought that I couldn't hear her. Well, this was her unlucky day.

I turned around, my eyes black with fury. "What did you say?" I hissed.

She raised an eyebrow. "I said bitch. You. Are. A. Jealous. Bitch." She pronounced each word carefully.

BPOV

It felt good saying those words to her. She lifted a hand, preparing to slap me. But instead of recoiling, I just smiled, and decided to play a bit with her.

"YOU—" But before she could finish, she shrieked in pain.

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