The alarm went of with a loud piercing ring. I grabbed my iBook and shoved it into my bag. No way was I going to leave it behind. I grabbed Matthew's blue iBook and shoved it into his bag. Grabbing Matthew by the hand, I dragged him out of the room. It was simply really, all I had to do was thank my vampire strength. Mr. Fleming was trying to get everyone to calm down, so he didn't see us walk out of the room. I would take him a couple minutes, when everyone was outside and in their fire emergency meeting places to notice that we where missing. By then, we would already be back, I hope.
We where going way to slow, and trying to avoid hectic people running in different directions wasn't helping. I stopped and picked Matthew up, catching him by surprise. I raced out of the school avoiding crashing into people. I finally stopped when we reached the parking lot. I picked a random car, one with tinted windows, and opened it, making sure to turn the alarm off first. "Get in," I told him as I held the door open. He hesitated, but got in without question. I followed and closed the door behind us.
"So, are you mad?" he whispered. I turned to look at him, his dark green eyes looking worried?
"No, I'm not mad, relived a little. You, know? Not having to pretend being something I'm not, to just one person, besides my family," I said. He shifted a little as if deciding whether to tell me something or not.
"I kinda know that feeling," he whispered. I tried to look surprised, but it came up as a smile. He looked at me, quizzically. "You know don't you." That wasn't a question it was a statement.
I nodded, "Yeah, I know," I told him quietly.
He looked at me surprised, "And you're okay with it?" I nodded, suppressing a smile.
"As long as you're okay with me being a vampire," I teased.
I smiled, I could see his eyes lighten up, "Half vampire," he reminded me.
I looked at my watch, three minutes had passed since the bell rang, "We better catch up with our class," I told him as I opened the door. He hopped out and I closed the door.
I stretched my arms out, "At least you asked this time," he mumbled as I lifted him up. I laughed and raced back towards the school.
We weren't missed at all. I put him down before we reached our class, so it wouldn't look awkward. He headed of to his friends, but not before giving me one of his rare smiles. I smiled back before I headed of to the girls. They where waiting patiently by the tree where we where supposed to meet. Liana was the first to spot me. "Emily! Oh my gosh, where were you? The alarm sounded and you like disappeared. I was so worried!" she said as she gave me a hug.
"I told you she was okay," murmured Victoria. I glanced at my friends, we where quite an odd group.
Liana was average height and had dark brown/black hair that curled at the bottom. Her long eyelashes went really good with her big brown eyes. Victoria was the same height as Liana, only she looked a little I don't know, emo? Which she wasn't but her super long and straight mid-night black hair against her smooth pale skin and dark eyeliner, told you something different. One other person was with them, Rebecca. One look at her and you automatically thought an artist, which she was. Rebecca was as tall as me, and I was pretty tall for my age; 5ft 6in. already taller than Alice, but the same size as Esme. Her hair was straight and reached to her shoulder. It was red, not that orange red, but a true red. "Where are Maggie and April?" I asked as Liana let me go.
"Oh, Maggie accidentally bumped into April on our way out and broke her glasses. April had to take her to the nurse," said Rebecca who was staring up at the sky. I nodded, that was totally comprehendible, considering that Maggie was kind of a klutz. "So Emily, what were you up to today? We saw you walking in with Matthew Cunning, I thought you couldn't stand him," Liana said. I groaned she really wanted to talk about something that I didn't want to. Fortunately for me, Mr. Fleming called my name.
"Ms. Cullen, your sibling wants to have a word with you," he said. I turned around to find Edward, not looking very pleased.
"Mr. Fleming, we have a little family situation, would it be okay if Emily missed the rest of homeroom, she'll be back by the end?" he asked, never taking his eyes of mine.
Mr. Fleming looked appalled, but recovered himself, "Of course, I hope everything works out alright," he said, and continued trying to get everyone organized in a single file line. I waved bye to the girls and ran to catch up with Edward.
"So Edward, what's the big family emergency?" I asked him as he led me towards the parking lot. Everyone else was already there, waiting for us. Everyone looked as mad as Edward, except for Alice, who looked pleased; and Emmett who looked confused. He ignored me and held the passenger door of his Volvo open. I got in, not knowing what to except. Bella, Jasper and Emmett got in the back. Alice and Rosalie took her convertible.
It was a really long and quite ride back to the house, even for me. I decided not to say anything, for fear of snapping something. There was an eerie tension, which not even Jasper tried to calm down.
Edward stopped the car in front of the house. He opened the door and got out, slamming the door behind him. I opened the door and got out, Bella, Jasper, and Emmett behind me. I followed him up the stairs and into the house, where he lead me to the kitchen. I was surprised to see Esme and Carlisle there. They where seated at the kitchen table, Carlisle at the head and Esme on his left side. Edward went and sat at his right. I knew what was going on know.
When ever someone did something bad, it was put to trial. Carlisle, the
Judge' was always at the head, Edward on his right, Esme on his left. After that it went in deciding order of entrance to the family, right, left, and right, left, until Bella was seated as the last one on the right. Normally, would have sat across from her, but today I was the one being held to trial, so I had to sit in front of Carlisle, at the very end of the table. "Emily Kathleen Cody Cullen," started Carlisle. I cringed as he used my full name, which only meant one thing, trouble.
"Do you know why you're on trial," he asked me, keeping his cool. I shook my head.
Edward, responded, "You used your powers to pull the fire alarm, used you email during school hours and carried a human all the way out side, while using you super speed," said Edward simply. Oh, I understood then. Good thing he didn't mention breaking and entering into a car with tinted widows and with a guy under no supervision. He snapped he head towards me and glared. Opps, I must have thought that, "And for breaking and entering into a car with tinted windows and with a guy under no supervision," he added. Everyone turned to look at me then; I bet they hadn't known about the car incident. I bit my bottom lip, something I did when I was nervous.
"Emily, explain yourself," said Carlisle. I could tell he was getting impatient. "Okay, so I did pull the fire alarm, but that was for safety purpose. See, Matthew sent me and email, which I was forced to reply to, asking if I was mad about him knowing our secret. I told him I wasn't, but Mr. Fleming was coming and I wouldn't of have time to shut of the email and erase the memory, even with my powers, so I pulled the alarm. Then, I did carry Matthew, cause we needed to talk and everyone was running hectically everywhere. I broke into the van, so that we could talk privately, but nothing happened, I promise. Then, I had to carry him back towards school, but dropped him far enough so no one would see," I pointed out. Alice giggled, as if she knew something we didn't. I glanced at the clock; I hadn't noticed how much time had passed. Homeroom would finish in three minutes, and Edward had promised I'd be back at the end. I looked at Edward, thinking this in his direction. He glanced at the clock, surprised as I was. "Emily needs to go back to school. I'd promised her teacher she'd be back for the end of class," he said as he started to stand up.
"Oh don't worry Edward, I'll take her," said Alice, "I'll take her." Before he could say anything, Alice was already pulling me out of the house.
As we got into her Porsche, she giggled once more. "Alice, will you please tell me what you're laughing about? It's driving me insane!" I told her agitated.
Alice shook her head playfully, "Nope, you'll find out when you get back from school. All I can say is that it has to do with you're punishment. Oh I can't wait, it will be a huge help!" the last part she mostly said to herself. I tried thinking of things that would suit as my punishment, something that Alice would love. I looked out the window, the trees where a green blur as we past. I loved Alice's car! It was totally built for speed.
Alice got me to school with minutes to spare. I had to race up to homeroom, to get the last minute of class. I slowed as I neared the door, not wanting them to know I had been running. I turned the sliver door knob, being as silent as possible. As I entered the door, I could feel everyone's eyes on me as I walked up to Mr. Fleming and handed him my pass. He nodded and I went to go take my seat, not worrying about taking out the computer. "Remember class, the test that will be held on Saturday is a placement test, meaning that it will tell us if you are really suited for the classes you're taking," he said in his British accent. The bell rang and the chairs scraped against the floor, as student got out of their seats, to go to their next class. Matthew passed by me as we got out of our seats, "See ya next class," he said as he winked at me.