Chapter 8
BPOV
The next morning, I woke up from a peaceful night's sleep. The first I've had in a while. I think it has something….no scratch that….I know it had something to do with Edward staying the night. When we came home, we tucked Sophie in and then I cuddled in his arms and fell into a deep, peaceful sleep.
I woke up having light kisses being placed all over my face. I opened my eyes to see 2 topaz pools staring into my brown ones.
I was relieved. I was scared that everything that happened yesterday was a dream.
"Morning, Sleeping Beauty," Edward said.
"Morning," I said, rubbing my eyes.
"We have school, so you should get up," he said, kissing my nose. I looked at him and saw that he had already changed clothes.
"Aw, do we have to go to school today?" I asked.
"Unfortunatly, yes. You missed 6th and 7th period yesterday. You have to go to them eventually," he said.
I sighed. He was right.
"But I won't be near you," I said.
"We have lunch, and what I'm told from Alice, we also have Biology together, which is straight after lunch," he said.
"Well, that sounds nice," I said, smiling. But then I thought of something. "Wait, what are you doing back in 11th grade. If I remember correctly, you were 1 year older than me, meaning you were in 12th grade when you were human," I said.
"Well, when humans make the change from human to vampire, their vampire memory is sharper than their human memory. My human memories are a little fuzzy, like I was seeing through muddy water, but their still there. The only human memory that is strongest for a vampire is the change because it's so painful. Except for Alice. She can't remember anything from her human years, not even her change. She woke up alone. But when I changed, things were a little fuzzy for me, so Carlisle suggested that I repeat the 11th grade so it can help some before I go back into 12th grade. Does that make sense?" he explained.
"Yeah," I said.
We heard a little voice, talking in giberish, behind us. We turned and saw Sophie looking at us. I giggled and got up to get her out of her crib.
"Can she talk yet?" Edward asked.
"Not yet, unless you count gibberish as talking. She hasn't said any words yet. I'm hoping by her birthday she will have at least said a small word like 'mamma' or 'dadda'," I said, rocking Sophie in my arms.
"I'll take care of her while you get ready," Edward said, suddenly at my side. I smiled and handed Sophie to him.
"Wait, what about Charlie?" I asked.
"He's not home yet," Edward said.
"He better hurry and get home. He has to watch Sophie," I said.
"Esme could watch her," Edward said.
"Oh, no. I couldn't do that to her. I'm sure she'll be busy with something else. I don't want her to have to worry about anything. Charlie can watch her. And if he can't I'll just have to stay home and watch her," I said.
"Nonsense. Esme loves children. That's why she adopted all of us. She can watch Sophie. She even volunteered last night and told me to tell you. She'll even do it for free," Edward said.
"I don't want to inconvience her," I said.
"Bella, you and Sophie are apart of our family now. We do things for each other. Charlie can sleep and Esme won't be bored while we and Carlisle are gone all day," Edward said.
I sighed. "Fine, but I have to insist on paying her," I said.
"No, she wants to do it for free. I'll call her and she'll pick her up here," Edward said.
"Wait, what should we tell Charlie?" I asked.
"What do you mean?" he asked.
"I mean, should we tell him about us or…."I trailed off. Edward sighed.
"I'm sure Renee's sent him pictures of us when we were little. He'll probably recognize me. Maybe we should just keep us a secret around him. We can't get him suspicious, because if we do, the Volturi will get involved and it will cause problems," he said.
"What's a Volturi?" I asked.
"The Volturi is a very powerful, very rich coven of my kind. They're royalty, I guess you could say, for vampires. Carlisle lived with them a few decades before leaving. He described them as very fine, with respect for the arts, but not for human life, which means they drink from humans like others do. They enforce rules for us," he explained.
"Vampires have rules," I asked.
"Just one. And that is that we should keep the secret, meaning don't tell anyone vampires exsist. But as you can see, I've already broken the rule," he said.
"What's going to happen to you?" I asked, suddenly scared for him.
He smiled, reassuring me. "Nothing is going to happen to me or you or Sophie. Now, get ready for school," he said.
He walked down the stairs with Sophie and I went to the bathroom to get ready. I got dressed in an off the shoulder, blue shirt that was three-quarter lenghted sleeves, dark skinny jeans, and some grey boots.
I walked downstairs to see Edward feeding Sophie. I made myself a bowl of cereal and sat down across from Edward to eat.
"Esme's on her way," he said, still looking at Sophie.
"I should call Charlie and tell him," I said, finishing my cereal and going over to the phone.
"Bella, I'm so sorry. I got caught up, but I'm on my way home now," Charlie said when he picked up the phone.
"Actually, Dad, you're fine. Don't worry about it. I got a friend's mom to watch Sophie. You can just sleep today," I said.
"Who?" Charlie asked.
"Umm….Emse Cullen. Dr. Cullen's wife. I met Alice Cullen and her siblings yesterday and they were nice. I went over with Sophie last night to their house and met her parents. Esme offered to watch her and I knew you would be tired so I told her yes," I said, not telling the full truth.
"Okay, Bells. I'll talk to you later," he said.
"Bye, Dad," I said hanging up.
There was a knock at the door.
"That's Esme," Edward said.
I grabbed Sophie's bag and followed Edward to the door.
"Hello, Bella," she said, smiling.
"Hello, Esme. I can't thank you enough for this. Here's her bag. If something happens, don't be afraid to call me," I said.
"Don't worry, Bella. She's in good hands," she assured me, taking Sophie from Edward.
"Okay, Sophie. Be good for Esme," I said, bending down to her eye level. Sophie smiled and giggled.
Edward leaned down and kissed Sophie's cheek.
"Bye, sweetheart," he whispered in her ear.
"Have a nice day at school, kids," Esme said.
We waved bye and Edward reached over to get my jacket. He helped me put it on then I got my bookbag. We headed out to his Volvo. He held my door open, then got in a millisecond later. He then drove off towards the school.
"So, are we going to tell people about our relationship?" I asked when Edward laced his fingers through mine.
"I don't see why not," he said, pulling into the school. He got out and came around to get my door.
He helped me out and held my hand. Everyone was starring at us. I blushed and followed Edward to my next class. When we arrived, I stopped, and turned to him.
"I'll see you after class," he said, grabbing my belt loops on my pants and pulled me closer to him.
I smiled, thinking about how he always did this back in Phoenix.
"I don't want you to go," I said.
"I don't want to go either, but I'll see you after class,"he promised.
I smiled again and he kissed me before untangling us and walking to his class. I went in and say down by Alice.
"Morning, Bella," she said.
Morning, Alice," I replied with a smile.
A blonde guy then came up to Alice and me. He had blonde hair and blue eyes. He was kind of muscular but not as muscular as Edward. He was wearing a football jacket so I guessed he played football.
"You're Isabella, right?" he asked, sitting infront of me.
"Just Bella,"I said.
"I'm Mike. Mike Newton," he said.
"Hello, Mike," I said, then tried to turn back to Alice, but Mike spoke again.
"So I was wondering if you would like to sit with me and my friends at lunch. There's me, Jessica, Lauren, Tyler, and Eric,"he said, pointing to a group of people who were starring at us.
"No, thank you. I'm sitting with my boyfriend," I said, trying to hide my annoyance.
"Are you sure? I mean, we would love for you to sit with us. Especially me," he said, wiggling his eyebrows.
I made a disgusted noise. "I said, 'no, thank you,'" I said letting my annoyance to leak through that time. I then turned back to Alice, ignoring Mike.
The teacher came in then and called the class to order. I had a hard time concentrating. I was too busy thinking about Edward. He was perfect. He took his role as a father really well. All the more reasons why I loved him.
Soon, the bell rang and I walked out with Alice to see Edward leaning against the wall. I greeted him with a kiss and waved bye to Alice. We departed the same way we did 1st period and I walked in and sat down by Angela. We talked until I saw Lauren and Jessica, the 2 girls that were in my 1st period that Mike had pointed out, walk by us. They whispered and stared at me, snickering.
"What's their problem?" I asked Angela.
"Lauren Mallory and Jessica Stanely? Their the snobs of the school. Also, the ones who gossip like old women in a nursing home. They're always bagging on people," she said.
"Why?" I asked.
"They like seeing other people's humiliation. And usually, they're the ones that cause it," she said, making a face as if she just thought of a bad memory.
"Did they do something to you, Angela?" I asked.
"Well, yeah….they're always picking on me because my dad's a pastor. One time they put a bunch of tampons in my locker because I sat in ketchup once and it made it look like I had an 'accident'," she said, putting air quotes on the word accident.
"Angela, don't let them get to you like that. They're just jealous of you. You're beautiful, skinny, have long legs some girls would die for, and everything about you is natural. Unlike those fake manquiens," I said.
"Thanks, Bella. I don't really understand. Jessica use to be my best friend, but when we got to high school, she met Lauren, and she just….changed," she said.
"Well, she lost a great friend," I said, smiling at her.
"Thanks. And just to let you know, they're probably jealous of you. They both have asked Edward out multiple times, but he's denied them both everytime. They still try to get his attention," she said, smiling. I laughed.
The teacher came in then and we all quieted down.
Sorry it took so long to update! I've been busy starting back to school! I hope you enjoy this long chapter! The next one is going to have some action in it that everyone will enjoy! Happy 2010!
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