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Chapter Three
Things That Go Bump in the Sun

I almost toppled out of my stool. I stared at the boy and he stared back at me.

"You can see me!" he gasped, and then disappeared out of sight.

Vampire? Surely he meant metaphorically…if there was double meaning to saying someone was a vampire. I froze in my stool, staring at the spot the boy vanished.

"Bella? Bella are you okay?" Edward asked from a distance. Vampires…he and his family were way too pale to be normal, they are all very beautiful…but being beautiful didn't mean they were vampires! It doesn't mean you automatically suck people's blood because you are exquisitely beautiful. Then there was the sun too! He would burn in the sun, so he can't be a vampire…wait, it had been cloudy and raining all day….would they be able to come out during the day if there was no sun? Is it only direct sunlight that affects them?

Vampires couldn't be real, though, surely! But ghosts are very real, I reminded myself. I saw all them all of the time, so why couldn't other paranormal things be real too? I spent ages explaining to the people that need to know about the dead. I had to try and convince them that ghosts do actually exist, they live - poor choice of word, I know - among us. But vampires? They are myths, legends, and old scary stories which go back hundreds of years…

"Bella! Please speak to me; you look ill or…Something." Edward touched my hand and I almost fainted. Ice cold.

This could not be happening. It was one thing to be constantly haunted by ghosts, but to meet real live vampires? Again, poor choice of words.

"I…I…yeah, I do feel a bit sick," I muttered, lying to get out of here.

"Maybe you should go see the nurse?" Edward said softly, concern tinged in his voice. Why would he be concerned about me? He more than likely wanted to eat me!

"Uh-huh," is all I managed to say as I hopped off my stool. "Um, sir? May I be excused? I don't feel well." I gained Mr Banner's attention.

Mr Banner looked up from his desk. "Sure Bella, you may go see the nurse."

"Do you want me to come with you? You look as though you are on the verge of fainting," Edward offered. I backed away a little.

"No that's okay," I said, a little too quickly, then dashed out of the class room. I made it outside, then I sat on the side walk to calm down.

Vampires, freaking vampires? I mean what next? And they, or at least he, are in a school amongst innocent children. The ghost must have just used the word loosely; he couldn't have meant real vampires.

I got out my cell from my pocket and I noticed a missed call. I press call back. It rang until someone answered.

"Hello?" said the voice of my friend, Alex.

"Hi Alex, it's just me returning your call," I get off the side walk and wandered out of view of the building in case anyone can saw me.

"Oh hey, Bella, I got your text last night, welcome back to Washington! How is your first day of school going?" he asked me.

I laughed quietly to myself. "Oh you know, same old same old; getting haunted by three ghosts and vampires - the usual."

Alex spluttered on the other end, as though he had been taking a drink whilst I was talking.

"What? Vampires?" Alex knew about ghosts, but apparently he didn't know about vampires either.

"Yeah, well no. I dunno. It's just something a ghost said…well to himself more than me. Know anything about blood suckers?"

"Uh…no. Hang on, I am coming over, we can talk more then. When do you finish school?"

"Just over an hour away."

"Well that gives me time to drive over. Be there soon….don't let anyone bite you in the mean time!" He laughed then hung up.

I was over reacting, vampires weren't real. But I could feel that I was lying to myself - ghost are real, I saw them, so why was the un-dead such a big step to believe in. I had never really had any guidance to the supernatural world and apart from Alex and my mom; I didn't really have anyone to talk to about all of this. My dad preferred to remain in the dark, when I had a ghost needing my help he liked to leave me to it, no questions asked. Alex loved all the supernatural stuff, but he didn't believe it all at first and my mom had always accepted that I was…different. She loved to hear about all the ghosts' problems and helped me help them. Now I had bigger problems, or at least I thought I did and I wanted someone to talk to and Alex was a good listener.

Maybe I should have looked the ghost boy again, I needed to see what he meant by 'vampire' before I started digging into old myths and legends.

Mr Banner thought I was at the nurse; I still had half an hour before the bell rang so I was free to wander the grounds to see if the ghost showed himself. I startled him when he saw that I could see him, a lot of them take a second to process that someone can actually see and hear them. Most of them have been dead for a long time, and have had no interaction with a human since they were alive so I didn't blame him for being shocked.

As I wandered past the parking lot, I bumped into someone for the second time today. "Sorry, I really should start paying attention to where I am going," I said automatically apologizing, but then I saw who I bumped into.

"That's okay, I wasn't paying much attention either," said the small pixie like girl, Alice Cullen. I managed to form a smile, but my mind went wild, screaming vampire at me. I shoved those thoughts away, even if she was a vampire it didn't mean to say she would hurt me.

"Seems I am bumping into your family a lot, I did the same this morning with Edward," I said, trying to sound casual.

Her tinkling laugh echoed around us. "Yeah, he said. Aren't you supposed to be in class?"

"I was but I felt ill so I was on my way to the nurses' office…" I trailed off as I hear a voice from behind me.

"So you can see me huh?" The voice said. I tried to smile normally while listening to Alice.

"Oh, are you lost?" she asked at the same time the ghost said, "I wouldn't go with her; she is a blood sucking leech!"

I didn't know what I looked like, but I was guessing I looked odd; I was frozen on the spot, trying to listen to two conversations at once. I could tell Alice must have said my name, but I didn't quite hear it.

"Um, hello?"

I blinked then smiled again. "Sorry, went off in a trance," I mumbled. "Did you say something?"

She looked unsure of herself but said, "Yeah, I said I would take you to the nurse's office if you are lost."

Darn, I would have to go now. "Okay, that would be great thanks."

Alice led the way to the main office. I looked behind me as I follow her.

"So how long have you been able to see us then?" the boy asked. I hated when ghosts talked to me in public, especially within hearing distance of other humans…or vampires.

"All my life," I whispered as quietly as possible. "How long have you been dead?" I asked, trying to sound curious but it came out sounding rude.

"Excuse me?" Alice turned round, raising her eyebrow.

Oh crap! "Uh, sorry…I…um..." I was what, talking to myself? A ghost? I just escaped from cookoo land?

There is a long pause, then she turned around, opening the office door for me, shrugging off my odd question.

"Don't worry, she will just be curious, they seem to know something is not right about you. And I would watch, because they really are vampires, they hear everything," ghost boy added. Great, they already suspect I am a freak. Well, at least I was not fully in the dark about them, I had a slight advantage.

Alice led the way to the front desk where the red headed secretary was on her computer again. "Excuse me, Ms Coop, Bella is not well, is the nurse back there?" Alice nodded to the door at the side.

Ms Coop looked up at Alice, then she spotted me. "Yes dear, she is through there. Are you okay Bella?"

"Uh…yeah, just feel a little sick," I said walking to the nurse's office. Alice followed too, as did the ghost.

"So you are settling back into Forks? I heard your mom died, I am sorry," said Alice with a small sad smile. I had always wondered why people say they are sorry after someone died, as if they somehow did something to contribute to their death.

"Thanks," I said as I enter the room. I would have wondered how she knew my name, but in a small school like this then knowing the new kid's name is not exactly hard to remember.

In the nurses room there was an older woman with salt and pepper hair and a kind face.

"Hi, Mrs Temple, this is Bella, she hasn't been feeling well," Alice told the nurse before I could open my mouth.

Mrs Temple placed the book she was reading on the table and gestured for me to sit down. "You can sit here for a few minutes; I will get you a glass of water." She went over to the sink, fumbling around the cabinets. "Hold on just one second dear, we seem to have run out of plastic cups."

Mrs Temple eased past Alice and walked through the door back to the main office. I sat quietly, watching the ghost boy as he sat on the nurses' chair. I decided to ask him a question but aim it at Alice.

"Sorry, I didn't catch your name before," I said, giving the ghost a side look then turned to Alice. She squinted her eyes for a second as if trying to remember something.

"Alice, Edward's brother," she replied while the ghost tells me, "Ryan Alexander." I nodded to acknowledge both of them.

"You have been here for two years?" I asked Alice, hoping Ryan would get my double meaning.

"Yes, we moved here from Alaska, it's been great here," Alice said sincerely while Ryan shakes his head. "I have been here for five years but I agree with her, it has been great here, I love it!"

Okay, that was a surprise, normally spirits want to move on - they get sick of floating around with no purpose.

"I bet it's been a big change from moving out of the sun to live in the rain," said Alice conversationally.

"Yeah but I have lived in Forks before, I used to come here during the summer for a week then my dad and I would go somewhere else together. Then my mom got sick two years ago and I haven't been back, until now that is."

"It's hard to lose someone, but they say time heals."

Before I could reply, Ryan interrupted. "Well I am off, got some haunting to do, but keep an eye out for the vamps, they won't hurt you because they are so called veggies but still, you can't be too careful." I turn to the desk but Ryan was gone. At least his words are reassuring.

The nurse came back with a glass of water and handed it to me. She turned to Alice, not saying anything but with an unspoken question about why she is still there on her face.

"Oh, well, I guess I will go back to class," Alice said, smiling at me. "I will see you later Bella."

Mrs Temple allowed me to sit in her office until five minutes before the bell. I hurried back so I could retrieve my things but before I could enter, the little boy from this morning blocked my path.

"Hey," I said softly. "Do you need help?"

The little boy just stares at me, it's kind of eerie but I am used to all sorts of things by now. "I can help you if you just talk to me," I told him.

Children were the hardest because they don't spell anything out; they liked games so I had to be patient while I followed their clues.

"Well, I have to go but you know where I am if you want my help, okay?"

The boy nodded before he vanished. At least he knew someone could help him, he couldn't have been more than five.

When I get home I planned to research local kid deaths, plus Ryan's. If he was at this school then he would more than likely would have gone here when he was alive, so it should be easy to track him down but the child would be harder, he was too young to have gone here, but then again who was to say he even lived in the town. Then there was the woman I first saw, she hadn't come back to me but it wouldn't be long. I had more ghost homework to do than I did of actual school homework.

I slipped into the biology room while everyone was packing up. I let Mr Banner know I was back then went to my table to collect my stuff and waited for the bell.

Edward looked up when I approached the desk. He was looking at me funny and I suddenly wondered if he had heard me outside…if he was a vampire that is.

"How are you feeling?" he asked me as I sat down.

"Fine, a lot better, thanks," I said as I packed my bag.

"Good. You looked quite ill before, I was worried."

"Oh, you shouldn't worry about me, I am fine. I met your sister, she is nice." She probably thought I was off my rocker but still, at least she was nice.

Somehow this whole vampire thing didn't seem to bother me anymore, ever since Ryan said they wouldn't hurt me, it dropped from my mind to go running around screaming about the un-dead. Besides, who was am to start talking about the unnatural. Vampire or not, I didn't see why I should hold it against them if they are nice to talk to.

It made sense that they didn't get close to people, I mean friends would notice if they were different, I bet they were able to keep a safe enough distance without people noticing anything strange. Which struck me as odd since I knew straight away that there was something not quite right about them, I just didn't know what.

Edward was giving me an odd look, and I realised that I went to a daze. As if talking to ghosts was not bad enough but my brain zoned me out when people talked to me.

"Oh, sorry, I tend to get lost in my thoughts," I said quickly, blushing scarlet in embarrassment.

Edward laughed softly. "Don't worry; I do that all the time."

The bell rang to signify end of class, so I hurried out of the classroom and headed to the gym. I had been so dazed that I didn't even say goodbye to Edward, which is very rude since we were in the middle of a conversation but hopefully he doesn't think too much of it.

I hated gym, it was my worst nightmare but this school required four years of it. I am my own enemy when it comes to participating; I am more than likely to cause myself an injury than any ball, although they could be lethal to me too, especially to anyone within a two feet radius of me. I would love to blame my horrifying accidents on ghosts who were playing tricks on me, making me miss the ball, but I was born with very little hand eye co-ordination. Instead of volleying the ball to a team mate, I was more than likely to miss and end up whacking myself in the head, or knocking people the ground because I hit the ball in the complete opposite direction. My fellow gym students would soon learn to avoid me like the plague while in gym, but hopefully I didn't cause any serious damage, especially on my first day.

Thankfully today was not a practical lesson, as we had to spend the whole period listening to the fundamental rules of basketball. Who knew there was so much involved other than just running up and down the court, trying to dunk the ball into a hoop? At least I didn't have to show off my excellent skills in ball passing or my marvellous aim when I threw the ball.

While we sat on the bleachers listening to Coach Clapp give us a talk on great players, before showing us a demonstration video, I saw my new ghost friend, Ryan, appear.

He walked over and stood by Coach Clapp, who was getting setting up the ancient television and video set. Hasn't this school heard of DVD players?

The coach popped in the video, twiddling the buttons on the television to find the correct channel. Ryan looked up at me, grinning mischievously. I couldn't do anything but watch; otherwise everyone will really know that I had a few screws loose.

Just as the video began to play, the television cut out. "Darn thing, it's always doing that, it's about time they upgraded this pieces of…" The coach thumped on the TV, switching it back on.

The video was still going, so he stood out the way to let us watch. Of course Ryan has other plans and the TV switched off again.

This happened several times; by the eighth time the coach gave up, cursing to himself about the old television set. Ryan came to sit in the empty space by me. "Fun huh?" he grinned.

I shook my head slightly. "Not really," I muttered.

"Oh come on, it was just a laugh!"

"Yeah, but not if you are mucking about with the lessons," I whispered, trying to not move my lips.

"But gym is b-o-r-i-n- g!"

"Still doesn't mean you should muck about with things."

Ryan gave me a look I used to give my mom when she wanted me to take up one of her new hobbies.

"Spoil sport!" He said huffily before vanishing. I sighed. He would be back, but in the mean time I had to find out why he was still here.

After the final bell of the day rang, I felt myself sag with relief. What a long day it had been - meeting new people, getting used to classes, seeing three more ghosts, and learning vampires exist – or at least could exist. Ghosts like to lie sometimes.

The more I thought about the vampire thing, the more I realised how naïve I have been. I began to realise how obvious it was, and I should have questioned it a long time ago. But I never speculated if other supernatural beings were real, I guess ghosts didn't seem farfetched because I could see them, and they were human, only…well, dead.

But now I thought about it, vampires are, according to what I have learned from the movies and books, just human, only they are dead too, they just live differently than ghosts and humans. All this thought was so confusing; my head was going to explode with all this speculation.

Maybe that's why I kept my eyes shut to everything else bar ghosts, learning about others things could be too much. I had been sitting next to a vampire, something that I didn't believe in before, but somehow it didn't worry me anymore. And that was what really scared me.

I headed towards the parking lot, to look out for Alex. I saw a bright shinny light blue Mazda parked in the pick-up area, with someone leaning on the hood.

I smiled brightly, finally a face I wanted to see. Alex didn't seem to notice me, so I walked slowly over to him. I had known him for as long as I could remember, but for the past year we have only been able to communicate via webcam and Skype. He used to visit when mom first got sick but school caught up on him so he stayed put in Port Angeles. He had grown some stubble since I last spoke to him online; his dark brown hair is flopped over his forehead and styled to the side. I had always had a connection to Alex but somehow, despite being totally gorgeous, it was never a romantic connection.

Finally he saw me. He stood from his hood and gave me his brightest smile, and suddenly I felt emotional, as if I haven't seen his face in years, but instead of crying I ran into his waiting arms.

Miraculously I didn't trip, and he wrapped his arms around me, holding me tight. "Oh, I missed you!" Alex breathed into my hair.

"I missed you, too!" I murmured, trying to keep my emotions in check as I pulled back.

Alex pulled my chin up to so I met his eyes. "You're not going to cry on me are you my little Bell?" He grinned at the nick name but I scowled a little, pulling away.

"No," I huffed then smiled. "Come on let's go somewhere so we can talk."

Alex let go of me and walked to the driver's seat of his car. "Hop in."

"I can't, I have my own truck - Charlie bought it for me," I said, nodding towards the big red monster. Alex's eyes light up.

"Wow, that's yours? What a classic, does it run okay?" he asked, in awe. I forgot he was a car geek among other things.

"Yup, but I have only had the ride to school to test it. I'll follow you to mine, are you staying for dinner?" I asked.

He gave me a look as if to say I was out of my mind. "Since when do I pass the opportunity to miss out on your cooking," he grinned getting in the car. I took that as a yes. I moved back so Alex could pull out and he joined the queue of students waiting to leave the lot.

As I made my way to my own truck, I felt as if someone was talking about me. I scanned the parking lot to see Edward Cullen watching me, with an odd look on his face. Beside him was Alice and Jasper. I was not close enough to hear what they are saying but I got an odd feeling that it was about me. Paranoia is never a good thing so I tried to erase that thought out my head. Edward's eyes never left me while I walked to my truck. I got in and started the roaring engine. By the time I started to pull out, Emmett and Rosalie arrive by the Cullen car.

I too joined the line of traffic, it was getting smaller but I still had to wait. Of course the car to join the line directly behind me was the shiny Volvo. I tapped my fingers on the wheel while I waited for the traffic to move on, but I couldn't help but glance in the rear view mirror. If looks could burn holes in glass, then my back window would be shattered. Edward's intense eyes seemed to be staring through my truck, as if it's the only thing that mattered. When our eyes met through the mirror, I turned red but I don't know why. I begin to worry that he knew what I know - or at least what thought I knew – that he is or could be a vampire. It didn't take a rocket scientist to figure that if he was a vampire, along with his strange family, then it was not something they wanted people to know. In fact, I would bet my life on it that no vampire would want to be outted.

Finally I was able to leave the school premises and I was relieved from the feeling of being watched by the intense eyes that seemed to be scrutinizing my every hair flick from the back of me.

I drove home, wondering how I should approach this vampire thing - real or not, I have to know, but how do you ask someone if they drink blood to survive? I knew there was something about the Cullen/Hale family. I had been given an indication from my newest ghost, Ryan, but whether or not what he was saying is the truth, I would find out.

My eyes had been thrust open to the supernatural, I saw things that others didn't, and I knew straight away that there was something off with the Cullen's. I just need to find out what. But first, I have ghosts to deal with. At least I have Alex to help me solve that problem.