The Learning Curve: Chapter 8
Forks High School, Biology Lab
"Why, Angela, how you've changed."
"I'm not stalking you, I swear," I said immediately. "I just didn't want to sit with Mike today, so I asked Angela to trade this morning. I totally forgot she sat with you until after we...yeah."
"Don't worry about it," he said easily as he dropped onto his stool. His long-sleeved blue knit shirt rode up around the waist, and I found it very difficult to keep my eyes looking forward.
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw him push up his sleeves, exposing his sculpted forearms. I swallowed thickly and stared down at my biology book, praying for class to begin.
"Look, about your...proposal," Edward whispered, and I felt my face growing hot, "I think we need to talk about it in more detail. There's a lot to consider."
"After school?" I suggested before I could tell him I'd never meant any of it.
"Yeah. Follow me home to my house. No one will be there."
"Your house?" My palms went all sweaty. Alone with Edward in his house? With his arms and his mouth and his eyes? What was I getting myself into?
"Unless you have a better idea."
I thought about inviting him to my house instead, but the horrifying thought of Charlie coming home early changed my mind. "No, that's fine."
"Good." Mr. Banner walked into the room then, and I thought that would be the end of it. We were starting a lesson on mitosis, and I busied myself with taking notes so that I wouldn't have to look at Edward.
Edward had other ideas. Five minutes into the class, he slid a sheet of paper toward me.
Why is Mike looking at you like you ran over his dog?
I sighed and wrote out my confession.
I may have kicked him in the balls when I dumped him.
Edward tried and failed to cover his laugh with a cough, earning him a very dirty look from Mr. Banner.
Why did you do that?
I wondered if he was always going to be this nosy.
Because he called me a prude.
Edward's face contorted in a scowl which somehow made him look even more beautiful. "He's an idiot," he whispered.
I smiled at him, grateful that he didn't seem to share Mike's opinion of me. "I know."
A/N: The wide range of reviews I'm receiving for this story is cracking me up. I just...I love you guys. That's all.