Disclaimer: Storyline is mine, characters belong to Stephanie Meyer.
Chapter 2- Class Assignment
"Bella. Join me for lunch?" Jessica offered. I rolled my eyes walking away. "Look I'm sorry. I promise it won't happen again." She swore. I bit my lip as Jessica's plea sounded sincere. "Fine. But you need to respect me. You're not the only one living in that room." I reminded her. "I totally understand." Jessica squealed as she dragged me into the cafeteria.
I sat next to Jessica looking around the crowded cafeteria. "Looking for someone?" Jessica winked. "Yeah. I mean of course not." I said nervously. "James is captain of the football team. Which means he sits with the team and cheerleaders." Jessica informed me. My eyes scanned the entire area until a pair of blue eyes locked on mine.
James smiled and winked. I looked away as my cheeks began to burn. "Bella, are you blushing?" Jessica asked surprised. "No its just really hot in here." I lied quickly. Jessica turned around spotting James. "Oh, so you don't think James is like totally gorgeous?" Jess asked raising her brow. "He's cute for a football captain I guess." I shrugged. Truth was James was incredible handsome but I couldn't let Jessica know.
"So that means you'll be able to have a full conversation without blushing or stuttering." Jessica challenged. "Absolutely." I said confident. "Here's your chance to prove it." She grinned. "What?" "Hey, Jess." James greeted. "Hey, you've met Bella right?" She asked innocently. "Yeah. Hey." He smiled. "Hi, James was it?" I asked trying to convince Jessica that I wasn't into him.
"Mind if I join?" James asked as his eyes locked on mine. "Sure." I mean it's not like I own this table or anything." I mumbled like a complete moron. Jessica giggled as James sat down. Keep it up Bella. "So what were you girls talking about?" James asked curiously. "Nothing you'd be interested in." I answered quickly. "I was just giving Bella the 411 on the students here." Jessica grinned sheepishly as she stared in my direction.
"So what's the scoop?" James teased playfully. "Well that Ms. Swan here has her eye on someone." She revealed. My eyes were wide with shock as James became interested in what Jessica had stated. "I was explaining to Ms. Stanley that she had the wrong impression and should let it go." I glared. "So James do tell. What kind of girl are you into?" Jessica inquired.
"Well she has to be sweet and I want to be able to read how she feels when I'm around. I also have a thing for brunettes." James admitted. His eyes flickered to mine and then back down to his tray. My cheeks burned as it was obvious that James had literally just described me. "Hmm sounds familiar." She hinted. I was going to murder Jessica. The bell rang saving me from another minute of Jessica's matchmaking schemes.
I sat down thrilled I didn't share this class with Jessica. I waited patiently for the professor to begin the class. "Is this seat taken?" A boy asked. "No." I responded kindly. He sat down as my eyes remained on my notebook. I was debating about writing a death threat and then handing it to Jessica. "Good afternoon Class." A man greeted. "Good afternoon." We chimed back. "I am Mr. Davis and I will be your English professor for the rest of the year." He stated.
"Now I'd like to get to know each one of my students. So with that being said I am going to assign everyone a partner. Then you will get to know one another and write a paper on who your partner is." Mr. Davis informed us. A blonde haired girl raised her hand. "So we have to write a paper on our partners instead of ourselves?" She asked. "Yes. This assignment will be due in two months. So please wait patiently as I assign partners." He explained.
He began to call students up to his desk. I doodled on my binder thinking about James. My thoughts were interrupted when the student next to me tapped my shoulder. I looked to the front of the room to see Mr. Davis staring at me. "Sorry." I apologized. I walked to his desk hoping he wasn't mad. "Ms. Swan please pick a number between ten and seventeen." He demanded. "Seventeen." I responded.
"OK, you're partner is Edward Cullen." He announced. I smiled politely as I walked back to my seat. Great a guy was my partner. I sighed taking my seat; "Why couldn't I get a girl." "Probably because then my name would have to be Emily. And I do enjoy being a man." He chuckled. "Are you Edward Cullen?" I asked timidly. "You must be my partner." He smiled.
My cheeks turned red as he faced the front of the classroom. He was the bronze headed boy from this morning.
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