A/N: So first off, thank you to littleauthorxxx for the review, you're the best! And second, I am sooo sorry it's been so long since I updated, Senior project and graduation coming up and all that jazz, but I'll try to get chapters in in a timely manor. See you at the bottom!

Disclaimer: I only own Ally and the plotline for FITS, Stephenie Meyer owns everything else.

Ally: Apple

Why was I always so jumpy around these four/ I couldn't fathom it. There was that voice in the back of my head, the same one from dodgeball, telling me something very urgently.

Run away!

Sitting in Algebra II with my four new—and only—friends, I decided to talk to my voice.

Why? I didn't expect an answer so I was surprised to get one:

They're interested in you.

So?

You don't want their attention.

Tell me why!

They're dangerous.

Dangerous how? I was starting to get nervous.

... silence.

Hello? The voice was gone, hidden away in the recesses of my mind having made it's point.

I suddenly became aware of someone's eyes on me. I caught a flash of movement to my left. I looked, Edward was sitting there, seemingly paying attention to the teacher.

Edward! I forgot! He probably heard every word of my internal conversation.

Um... Edward? His chin raised a fraction of an inch. I assumed that meant he was listening. Did you hear all that?

He flicked his eyes to mine for a fraction of a second, but that was long enough for him to give me a playback.

Damn! Are you dangerous?

His eyes flicked to mine again. Yes, he said.

My heart beat sped.

Nessie, behind Edward, gave me a concerned look. I was sure she could hear it. Bella and Jacob, on their other side, gave me what they obviously thought was a surreptitious look. They can hear my heart beat!

Dangerous, the voice said rather smugly. You should leave.

I gave Edward an apprehensive look. You're not planning to hurt me are you? I asked him.

He looked into my eyes long enough for me to see the complete sincerity of his next thoughts: I have no desire to harm you in any way and nor does any of my family. Then he looked away.

I relaxed. No matter what my instinctual voice told me, I knew I could trust the thoughts of the person sitting next to me.

After English, history and science, we went to lunch. I had brought a peanut butter sandwich and an apple for lunch today. Jacob and Nessie obviously took my warning about the school food seriously because they had brought lunches from home as well. Bella and Edward had no lunch.

"Don't you guys like, ever eat?" I asked. We don't really get hungry in the middle of the day," Bella replied.

"Oh, okay," I couldn't think of much more in response so I took out my retainer and started on my sandwich.

"Why do you take that out before you eat?" asked Nessie, curiously.

"Cause it's a pain in the butt to clean." I said.

"Why do you have to wear it?"

"I got my braces off in August so now I have to wear it for a year or so to make sure my teeth don't shift back out of place."

"Oh."

"Haven't you ever seen a retainer before?" I asked, incredulous.

She flashed two rows of perfectly straight teeth.

"Oh," I said. "I guess you don't need a dentist, huh?"

I shivered, for some reason, her perfect teeth made my voice scream Run!

Nessie seemed to notice my discomfort and looked away. Edward, however, continued to stare at me, but his eyes did not meet mine, they seemed, instead, to look at my forehead.

I avoided his eyes by looking around the gym/cafeteria. I noticed one kid, at the table next to ours, talking in a low voice to his friend. His eyes flicked to mine and suddenly the voice said Duck.

I ducked without thinking and a ball of mashed potatoes flew over my head and hit Jacob's shoulder. The kid turned bright red and hid behind his friend who was laughing.

"Nice aim," I heard him say sarcastically.

Jacob glared at him but did nothing except take a napkin and wipe off the mess.

"Good reflexes," Edward observed. "I was going to warn you, but apparently your voice was faster."

"Her voice?" Nessie asked, perplexed.

"I have this defensive voice in my head that tells me when something is coming at me. I wasn't usually able to avoid getting hit though, I wonder when my reflexes improved so much..." I trailed off, wondering that same thing.

"That's useful," said Bella.

"Yup," I took a bite of my sandwich as an excuse for not having anything more intelligent to say. Of course, Edward would know that I felt stupid right now.

Sure enough, a small smile was playing at the corners of his mouth.

Do I amuse you? I asked him.

He looked into my eyes. Yes you do, but don't be offended by that.

What exactly is so amusing?

You feel stupid, but you don't give yourself much credit; you are very intelligent.

I smiled proudly. The others seemed aware of our silent conversation and were staring at us with frustrated expressions.

Embarrassed by the attention, I looked back at my food. I suddenly realized I had finished my sandwich without noticing. I crumpled up the bag for something to do and then started on my apple.

It was a big apple and I made a fool of myself by taking too big a bite, and got stuck with it in my mouth, unable to bite the piece off or open my mouth wide enough to spit it out. I blushed scarlet while trying to yank it out.

"What are you doing?" asked Nessie.

I blushed deeper, I'm stuck, I thought, unable to speak.

Edward laughed. "She's stuck," he supplied.

I took hold of the apple and pulled hard. It won't budge! "Rrrr!" this was so embarrassing.

Nessie, Jacob, and Bella joined in laughing.

"Shtah ih!" I had meant to say 'stop it' but only Edward understood.

"I apologize," he said, while trying to hold in his laughter.

I turned to Nessie. "Elph ee."

"What?" she asked, smiling.

"She wants you to help her," Edward translated.

"How?" asked Nessie.

"Ull," I said.

"Pull," said Edward.

"Okay..." Nessie hesitantly took hold of the apple and tugged gently.

That's not going to do any good!

"You're going to have to pull harder than that," said Edward.

"I don't want to hurt her."

"Rrrr," I growled again, tugging hard and nearly pulling Nessie off the bench.

"Ull, ull!"

Nessie tugged harder while I tugged in the opposite direction until, with an audible crack, the apple broke and I was left with a piece in my mouth and Nessie was left with the rest of the apple.

I pulled the piece out and massaged my jaw.

"Are you okay?" Nessie asked, handing me back the apple.

"Yeah, I'm fine," but I'm so humiliated!

Everyone's eyes were bright with laughter but they had the decency to try and keep it in.

"You gonna eat the apple or what?" asked Nessie cheerfully.

"No way! Not after that!" I glared at the offending fruit as if it had personally offended me. "I've had enough humiliation to last me for the next week." I could feel my face continuing to heat up.

I noticed Nessie leaning slightly away from me. Did she think embarrassment was contagious?

She held her cheerful smile in place, though as she said "I guess you don't trust yourself to take normal-sized mouthfuls, huh?" and she laughed.

I blushed deeper and Nessie suddenly scooted away, closer to Jacob. I caught a look in Edward and Bella's eyes; it seemed concerned and wary at the same time. The look in Nessie's eyes were harder to read; it was like longing, desire, and hunger. It frightened me.

Run! shouted the voice.

I didn't run but I did scoot uncomfortably down the bench, further from Nessie.

The bell rang, cutting through our silence.

"Eep!" I squealed and jumped at the sudden noise.

A/N: I have this feeling that when I finally let you all in on what Ally is, you're all gonna stop reading :( So drop me a review and show me the love. What do you think Ally is? What could possibly be wrong with Nessie? How long till Ally figures out the secret (cause you know it's gonna happen)?

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