Chapter 18
At lunch the Cullens sat alone at lunch.
"So Will stood up for you against Dean Blackman?" Bella said.
Haley nodded. "I could have done it by myself but Will did it for me."
"Haley you have biology next right?" Alice said.
Haley nodded. "Yes what about it."
"There doing a blood type next."
Haley stiffened in her chair. "Bl….. Blood type?"
Alice nodded.
"I'll skip that class then. I don't think that I'm ready to control myself if I smell the blood around me." She said as she looked down to the table and tightened her fists.
Jasper nodded in agreement. "You don't have to be so down and out about this Haley. We are all here to help if you ever need it."
Emmett nodded. "That's right."
She saw Dean glaring at her from where he sat with the jocks and returned his glare.
When the bell went off Will walked over to Haley.
"Haley are you going to Biology next."
Haley shook her head. "No I'm going to skip that class."
Will frowned. "Why?"
"It's healthy to skip class now and then." Jasper said as he smiled.
"Ok. Very well. See you later than. Don't forget that were going over my house after school."
Haley smiled. "Don't worry I won't forget. I have a very long memory." She said as she titled her head and tapped her temple.
Edward rolled his eyes as Will laughed.
"I'll meet you by your car after school." He said as Will walked away.
As he left a girl was packing her stuff into her bag when she cut her hand on a sharp-edged book.
"Ouch." She whispered as she looked down at her bleeding hand. "Oh man."
Haley hissed when she smelt the blood coming out from her hand.
Jasper gasped and ran over to Haley and held her down on the table.
He held her arms behind her back.
Haley kept hissing as she smelt the blood.
"Let me go." Haley said between clenched teeth. "I want her sweet, sweet blood."
"No." Jasper said calmly. "Calm down Haley. Then I'll let you go."
Edward turned to the girl who was staring wide-eyed at them. "Don't worry were just playing a game."
"Well it doesn't look that much fun. She looks like she's in pain." The girl said as she tilted her head. "Maybe you should loosen your grip on her before you hurt her too much."
"Trust me she's fine." Bella said. "They do this all the time at home."
'Smile Haley.' Alice said. 'She has to believe that Jasper is playing with you.'
Haley forced a smile to over her face and Jasper nodded in return.
"Well alright then." The girl smiled slightly and walked away.
'I gotta go to the nurse for my hand now.' Haley heard the girl think.
She gave them one last look before she walked out the room.
Edward turned back to Haley and said. "Haley are you sure you can control yourself now?"
Haley gulped. "Yes."
"Jasper let her go."
Jasper nodded and let her go.
"Thank you Jasper."
Jasper smiled. "We are all here for you Haley."
"Edward maybe you should stay with Haley until school is over." Alice said.
Edward nodded. "Follow me Haley."
Haley nodded as she followed Edward out of the cafeteria.
Haley and Edward sat in his car.
Haley took a deep breath. "Edward thank you for helping me back there. I'm not sure what came over me."
"You're still a newborn Haley." Edward replied. "You still need to control yourself around humans and blood."
"I wanted her blood." Haley said. "I wanted her. All I could think about was her and having her blood to satisfy my hunger."
Edward put his arm around her. "Of course you did baby. That's part of being a vampire."
"Does it get any easier?" she asked. "The urge to kill. Can you control it over time?"
"Sometimes it does get easier for some vampires." Edward replied.
"What about you?"
Edward shrugged. "It took me a while to control myself. When Bella came to Forks her scent was so strong that I had to run away."
"But you came back." Haley said.
Edward nodded. "Yes because I knew that this wasn't something that I could just run away from. I had to confront it straight on."
The bell went for the end of school.
Haley sighed. "I'll see you later. I have to go and meet up with Will."
Edward nodded. "Call me if you need any help."
Haley nodded. "I will."