A/N Ok, so this chapter is going to finally start revealing the premise of the story! Thanks to my readers! You guys are awesome. Although, you should all leave me comments to tell me what you think :) Thanks for reading!

Chapter 8

Two days at my new high school and I had managed to slip up twice! Once with a teacher, and the other with the principal…Emmett would definitely never let me live this down. Not a second had passed since Principal Berrett had asked me what I was doing out in the hall without a note, so I quickly turned around to answer him. Charming human men came easy enough to me, but not remotely close to the ease I had using it against females.

"Oh I'm extremely sorry Principal Berrett, you see I was confused with one of the classes on my schedule so I was visiting Mrs. Delany to see if she could assist me in changing it. Unfortunately, she wasn't at her desk, and I decided to return to class so I wouldn't receive an absence."

"Schedule changes should be taken on your own time. What was your name again? You're one of the new Cullen kids that just moved to town right?" Principal Berrett was kind and calm enough that I didn't have to read his mind to know he was going to let me off the hook easy. Shame for Emmett, he would have gotten a kick out of me receiving a detention.

"Yes sir, my name is Edward Cullen. We just moved in last weekend. It's still a weird transition being in a new school, but I have my family here as good support."

Jacob's thoughts rose to my attention. Not to mention good ol' Mister Black as your new history teacher. Ya know Edward, I may give you a detention just for the heck of it. It's about time someone punished you for butting into other people's thoughts all the time. Jake's snarky comment nearly made me growl in front of the principal, and I forced my facial expression to relax before he could notice. He was going to pay for that later.

Principal Berrett continued, "Well son, best not get on your teacher's bad side before the quarter has even started. Where are you headed?"

"History sir, with Mr. Flemming."

"Is that so? Well what a coincidence, Mr. Flemming is actually moving on to teach college level courses, and this here is Mr. Black. He will be taking over Mr. Flemming's position starting tomorrow. We were heading there ourselves to introduce him to his new class."

I awkwardly held out my hand to shake Jacob's, maybe a little too hard on purpose, but just enough to see him wince. "Pleasure to meet you sir, I look forward to learning what you have to offer this year. History is one of my favorites." This gesture was so ironic being that I was most likely going to be writing his lessons the entire school year.

"Nice to meet you Edward. Well we best not keep the class waiting, would you like to accompany us there?" I could tell Jake was on the verge of a laughing breakdown. He better get his thoughts in control, or I would be schooling him at the end of the day.

"That sounds great, I was just heading there now anyways."

We passed through the empty hallways, finally approaching a door with Mr. Flemming's name and title. Principal Berrett opened the door and ushered me forward. Every student's head popped up, and I spotted my Bella in the middle row, saving me an empty seat. Her face broke into a beautiful smile and I had to make a conscious effort not to fly into my empty seat next to her at inhuman speed.

"Please excuse Edward Mr. Flemming, he was working out some schedule changes in the administrative offices." Principal Berrett quickly covered for me, and I couldn't help but like the man. Perhaps if his kind actions continued, I'd have to make sure his two daughters had a hefty college account set up.

"Oh it's not a problem sir. Thank you for bringing him back to class. Is there anything I can help you with?" Mr. Flemming responded while eyeing Jake curiously. This was the first time I had seen him in person. Carlisle and I crossed paths with his school photo online, but nothing else. He was a tall and lanky man with jet black greasy hair, and flushed cheeks. His wardrobe was terribly out of fashion and too big for his skinny frame. He seemed a little skittish, but outwardly eccentric. What an unusual man.

"Mr. Flemming, if you don't mind, I'd like to announce to the class what we discussed last night. But first, I want to introduce you and everyone in the class to Mr. Black."

"Oh, umm, of course… if you feel it's necessary. Thank you for joining our class today Mr. Black."

Jake nodded, and I could already hear several thoughts of the girls in the classroom.

Jackpot. Not only do we get the good looking bronze haired kid, but mister tall dark and handsome is joining us as well.

A short red head girl in the front row made a comment. Would you look at him, he looks like a modern day Professor Jones. Look at those muscles, I wonder if he travels the world looking for treasure like Indiana too. MMmmMmm.

I snorted at that last remark. Picturing Jacob as Indiana Jones was just about as ridiculous as it got. He may have the muscles, but the brains he has not, at least not when it came to entertaining children.

"Well everyone, I received a quite unexpected call last night from Mr. Flemming. For years he has had a dream to move on and teach college. There were never any openings in the area, so it's been very unlikely for him to get a job in that field for a while. By some chance, the history teacher at Washington State University requested a sabbatical and Mr. Flemming will be taking his place. By some miracle a few hours later, I received an email from Mr. Black here wishing to teach history at this school. Everyone, I'd like you to meet your new history teacher."

"Hello everyone," Jacob muttered embarrassed.

Helloooo Professor, the redhead overjoyed in her head.

"Mr. Black here is a Washington native quite literally. He grew up on a reservation near the coast, and graduated from Harvard. I can assure you that you are in good hands."

"Wow really, Harvard?" Mr. Flemming responded. He kept his enthusiasm in check.

"Yes, I graduated a few years ago, and I have always wanted to teach history. I suppose it's the right time because this job opened in the nick of time. Congratulations on your new job opportunity by the way."

Mr. Flemming nearly skipped out of the classroom at the announcement of his replacement. This meant he could start packing his things almost immediately.

"Well Mr. Black, if you would like to stick around for this class period, I can inform you of what we have outlined on the syllabus this year and answer any questions you have."

"That's a great idea you too. Mr. Black, how about you accompany Mr. Flemming for this period, then return to my office for some paperwork." Principal Berrett gave Jake a slap on the back and began to head towards the door. "Nice to see you all, and welcome back to school!" With that, he shut the door behind him, and we were left with the awkward teacher and a full grown werewolf to educate our class.

I quickly looked to my right to see Bella exchanging silly faces with Jacob. He stuck his tongue back to her as the other children filled out a paper that had just been handed out. I kicked her foot, and she turned quickly at me with a menacing stare. "We're not supposed to know him, remember?" I whispered to low for human ears.

Sorry, I couldn't help myself. He just looks so ridiculous with that part in his hair.

He really did. Alice had succeeded with the gel and part. He looked utterly stupid.

The rest of the class went by fairly quickly as we went over the syllabus (which I would have to change later), and Jacob sat in the corner examining everything he possibly could. His thoughts for once were somewhat boring. At least they didn't involve my daughter. However, I did have to continue to endure all the girls ogling over myself and Jacob, the new "hot" history professor.

When the bell dismissed us, several of the students went to introduce themselves to the new teacher. Bella had to suppress another face as we left Jake to the torturous girls.

Lunch came soon enough, and we were reunited with our whole family. I had occasionally checked in with Alice to see if she saw anything strange. So far, there was nothing out of place today. Of course, Jake wouldn't be joining us at our table, but he did make an appearance to the lunch room. Whisperings of the girls spread again as he joined a couple students in line. We had already gotten our lunch (food props) and were sitting at the table. I caught a spare thought leave Jacob's mind.

What is this crap? He thought looking down at the revolting food on the counter. I looked down at my plate to see what was on the menu today. Some sort of processed meat completely covered in a puke colored gravy. It was accompanied by some runny mashed potatoes and overcooked vegetables. As a vampire, it smelled revolting, but I guessed it wasn't too appetizing to humans either because Jake skipped out on it and just took an apple and milk. I suppose I should give Esme a heads up on the hungry wolf that would be joining us for dinner. She would need to cook twice as much for his grumbling stomach.

As he walked out of the lunchroom, most likely joining the other teachers in the teacher's lounge, he glanced over to our table to lock eyes with Nessie. She had history right after me and Bella, but unfortunately that's when Jake was called back to the principal's office for paperwork. I tried my best to dismiss her longing look to the dog.

When lunchtime ended, we all headed to our next classes. Sixth period was pretty boring, but it was eighth period I was looking forward to. Eighth period was P.E. I was dying to see how Bella would fare with her new vampiristic abilities. Sadly enough, there was even a syllabus lecture in that class, but we were given our gym uniforms and lockers before being dismissed.

"I bet you look sexy in those little yellow shorts Mrs. Cullen," I whispered over to my wife.

"If you're thinking of dazzling me into losing Mr. Cullen, you have another thing coming." She was as witty as they came, but I could see that the smart alec comment she gave was just another suppressed urge to jump me on the court.

"Get a room. Gross." Renesmee muttered walking past us. She continued out of the door after collecting her things as she yelled her thoughts in my direction. It's bad enough that I have to go to school with my parents, you don't have to sugarcoat it with your public displays of affection. Yuck.

I chuckled, and Bella glanced up at me confused. "What is it?" she asked.

"Oh Renesmee is beginning to regret attending high school with her affectionate parents. And here I was thinking I was being romantic. I didn't embarrass you did I?" I joked.

"Oh gosh, we should go apologize." Before I knew it, Bella was headed out the door to console our "scarred for life" daughter.

When we arrived back at home, Carlisle was still at the hospital, but Esme was there to greet us.

"Well how did it go? Did he get the job?" She asked.

"Yes, everything went perfect. As a matter of fact, he should be done filling out paperwork by now, so hopefully he'll be rolling into the garage any minute."

Fifteen minutes later, I could hear the Mercedes pull up to the front of the house while Jacob bolted from the drivers seat. His thoughts were so jumbled, I had a hard time deciphering what he was trying to figure out. As he flew through the front door, I finally caught it, and gasped.

"It's the teacher," he panted out. "Ms. Alvarez is a hybrid, just like Nessie."