Chapter 8
The day progressed rather slowly, I had pondered over changing into all of Alice's classes but I knew that it would be far more difficult to get anything done if I did so I chose logic over my heart.
My angel had invited me to join her for lunch though she hadn't told me whether she sat alone or not.
Entering the lunch room, my nerves hit me like a wrecking ball, there were so many people here it almost made me sick. Glancing around I found her, she sat at a table at the back with four other students, and this did not help to calm my nerves.
I pushed on, clenching my fists together tightly.
Her table chatted animatedly as I walked towards them. Alice was smiling beautifully and emitted the most beautiful laugh in response to something. I already liked these people; anyone who could make my angel laugh like that was good in my books.
Conversation stopped as I arrived at the table and I could feel my face heating up as they all began examining me.
Alice smiled, "guys, this is Bella, Bella these are my siblings." I gave them all a small wave and a smile and took the empty seat Alice was pointing me to.
So they're all siblings? I thought. I glanced round, apart from Alice there were three boys and one girl.
The other girl was gorgeous, the kind of girl that would make any girl envious of, the kind that would attract male attention anywhere she went. She had long blonde hair and the brightest blue eyes, her skin was smooth and a golden brown and considering the climate of Forks it had probably been done artificially.
The boys at the table were all rather handsome; they could probably attract female attention wherever they went.
The largest of the three was rather intimidating at first glance but the large grin that sat on his face and the dimples on his cheeks told me otherwise. He sat with his arm around the beautiful blonde girl, and on his other side was a smaller blonde boy with a lazy grin on his face. The last boy was tall with reddish-brown hair and unlike the others at the table who stared at me, his gaze was focused on the food in front of him which he was picking apart with his long pale fingers.
"Bella, this is Rosalie, Emmett, Jasper and Edward" Alice said bringing my attention back to her, "although we've grown up together most of us are adopted."
My angel and I spent a couple of minutes just smiling at one another. What had I ever done to deserve such good fortune?
I turned back with a smile to Alice family but instead found three unsmiling faces staring back at me. Edward, with the reddish hair, continued staring at his food but Jasper, next to him was staring at me curiously, almost as if examining me. It was the looks I received from Emmett and Rosalie that threw me a little, Emmett looked almost as if he was sizing me up but Rosalie was glaring at me. Confused I turned my attention back to my small angel next to me who was watching me.
Suddenly, Rosalie pushed her chair back and stormed out of the lunch room, Emmett trailing along with their bags behind her. Jasper, left soon after.
I could feel the sting of tears as the rejection I just felt hit home. I had done nothing to them and yet they reacted to my presence as if I had done something wrong.
Edward then reached over and squeezed Alice's hand that lay on the table, offered me a small smile then like his siblings, left.