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Thanks again to my big sis, Caitlin, or Gotta Dance 88 for being my beta.

Chapter 10: Confrontation with Edward

'It's such a hassle being a vampiric fairy, sometimes, but I am glad that I am one and that I can still eat human food. It's all so different from my day and age… Hmm, Carlisle's talking to someone. I wonder who it is. Maybe it's someone I know.'

Johanna danced into the living room and came to a sudden stop. Edward was in front of the closed front door, talking to Carlisle. They both stopped talking and looked at her. She narrowed her now navy blue eyes and spun on her heels back into the kitchen.

Carlisle sighed as he watched Johanna's lithe body disappear from view. He turned back to Edward, who looked guilty and slightly ashamed. "Esme told or rather showed me what my words and actions did to Johanna. I don't blame her at all for her reaction to seeing me again."

"Well now you know. Johanna absolutely loathes being reminded of her human husband. It's one of the triggers for her temper. She'll talk about being married and all the plans she and Jacque made. She'll even casually talk about Jacque, but one mention of Grégoire, and she's gone." Carlisle looked from Edward back to the opening to the kitchen. He knew full well that his relationship with Johanna was complicated. She had been his friend first, and it was not until after her change that she became like a daughter to him. Even now, they were best friends, constantly bickering playfully. He became her father figure during moments like when Edward reminded her of Grégoire. His mind went back to the day when Johanna told him what Grégoire was really like and couldn't help wishing that he had done something more to help Johanna.

"You did what you thought was best for both of you. She knows that and doesn't blame you for waiting." Edward said, pulling him out of his thoughts.

'How do you know that Edward? Did she lift her shield?' Carlisle thought. Edward shook his head. "No, she told me and, oddly enough, she said that was extremely glad that you waited. She wouldn't tell me why though."

Carlisle smiled sadly, knowing exactly why Johanna had felt that way. His mind was about to reply that crucial scene when Johanna started to sing in the kitchen. Carlisle had never been more grateful for Johanna's fairy voice, then now. Edward groaned, causing Carlisle to chuckle.

"It's a very deep scar that hasn't healed yet, and I don't think it ever will. She'll tell you when she's ready."

They listened to Johanna's enchantingly otherworldly voice for a while. During what they supposed was a musical interlude, Johanna danced out of the kitchen, a sub in one hand and her thermos-like water bottle in the other. She had one of her nail polish painted earplugs in her ear while the other just hung limply at her side. She started singing along again as she climbed the two flights of stairs up to her bedroom.

(Tomorrow by Andrea McArdle)

The sun'll come out
Tomorrow
So ya gotta hang on
'Til tomorrow
Come what may
Tomorrow! Tomorrow!
I love ya tomorrow!
You're always
A day
A way!

Alice walked in as Johanna started to sing-along to "Head on Collision" by Hawk Nelson. Johanna stood in front of her window, and didn't turn around when she heard Alice enter. "You told zem last night when I was 'unting zat 'e was coming back today." Johanna stated in a voice that left no room for arguing.

"Your reaction was awesome." Alice said. Johanna spun around so fast that Alice experienced whiplash from her braided hair.

"My reaction was awesome! Mon Dieu!" Johanna said in a deadly calm and yet terrifying voice. " 'Ow would you like eet eef someone reminded you of ze absolutely 'orrible person you were forced to marry when you were 'uman. Zen someone you care about tells everyone but you zat zat person es coming back, just because you zought zeir reaction was 'awesome'. Did you even stop to consider 'ow I would feel about seeing 'eem again without prior knowledge of 'eem coming back?"

Alice hung her head. "No, I'm really sorry, Johanna. Everyone was glad that he was coming home, and I didn't want to ruin their happiness."

"I forgive you. I also understand why you did eet. I wouldn't ruin Carlisle's happiness for anytheeng en ze world. Please at least tell me next time" Johanna said softly as she hugged Alice.

"I forgot to mention it yesterday, but I really liked the locket you were wearing." Bella said as she and Johanna sat at the table nearest the exit to the parking lot again. "I also like the one you're wearing today as well."

"Zees locket?" Johanna asked pulling her locket with the Cullen crest on it out of her tote. She flipped it so Bella could see the engraved crest. Bella nodded. She slid her fingers across the locket feeling how cool it was. "Is this your family's crest?" she asked.

"Yep, eets ze Cullen family crest. Everyone en ze family 'as one, but en different variations."

"Like what?" Bella asked curiously.

"Well zeir crests are silver with a black background. Uncle Carlisle 'as a ring. Aunt Esme 'as a bracelet. Alice's es on a choker, while Rosalie's es on a pendant. Ze boys all 'ave zeir's on leather cuffs zat zey wear on zeir wrists." Johanna said and then finished up the last bit of her sub. She looked up at the clock.

"I really 'ate to 'ave to leave you like zees, but I promised someone zat I would meet zem before class and as you know, my 'estory class es on ze ozer side of ze school from 'ere. I am really sorry." Johanna said apologetically.

"It's alright. It'll probably take me awhile anyway with all the snow and ice." Bella said. Johanna smiled. She picked up her tote and left the cafeteria.

Edward was waiting just out of sight of the cafeteria doors.

"You 'eard." Johanna said as she leaned against the wall next to him. Edward nodded. "Everyone heard you invite Bella to sit with you when put Lauren Mallory in her place. Now they all want to be invited to sit with you and Bella. They think it'll make them more popular, sitting with the foreign French girl and the new girl."

Johanna laughed. Boys and girls alike gave them envious glances. "Maybe ef you get your act togezer, I'll invite you to seet with us. Zen people will really want to be a part of our elusive table." Johanna pushed off the wall to stare at Edward. Her face turned serious. "I really like Bella and I would very much like to keep 'er friendship. Could you possibly try to be nice and polite to her s'il vous plait?" Johanna spun around, but then completed the spin by facing Edward again. "On anozer note, I try not to remember Grégoire, so ef you would stop reminding me of 'eem, I'd be very grateful."

"I'll try my hardest." Edward said. "I would like to apologize for my behavior on that day. I was stressed, but I didn't mean to offend you. Could we possibly start over?"

Johanna smiled her rare eye twinkling smile. It was the first time she used it around Edward. "J'adorerais que. I'd love zat." Johanna then reached up and kissed Edward on both cheeks. "Bonjour, I am Madame Johanna Jacqueline Pierre D'Abney." She curtsied.

Edward looked at her curiously. Johanna shook her head. "Zat es my married name. Only Carlisle's allowed to use eet and 'e only uses eet, when 'e mad at me or es trying to get a point across."

Edward nodded. He brought Johanna's tiny right hand up to his lips and kissed it. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Madame. My name is Edward Anthony Masen Cullen." He said.

"Ze pleasure es all mine, M'sieur. I shall see you after class, no?" Without waiting for an answer, she walked off to class singing "Beau comme le soleil" under her breath.

Using his vampire speed, Edward got to Biology before Bella and was ready when her scent hit him as she sat down next to him. He turned his ochre eyes towards her.

"Hello, I'm sorry that I didn't get the chance to introduce myself. I'm Edward Cullen and your Bella Swan."

Bella nodded. She probably would have asked how he knew she liked to be called Bella, but then she figured that Johanna had told them about her and her preferences. Beside that little fact, Bella was shocked that he was even talking to her, much less being so polite. Edward smiled at her. "How do you like Forks?"

"It's too cold and wet for my liking." Bella replied honestly. She wondered why he was being nice to her all of sudden. She would have to ask Johanna later. 'Johanna! That's probably it. It was most likely him she had to talk to during lunch. She did say that Angela and myself were her only friends outside of her cousins.' Bella thought as Mr. Banner began class and told them about the lab they were doing today on the stages of mitosis.

"Ladies first." Edward said. Bella nodded and looked into the microscope. "It's Prophase."

"May I?" Edward asked. She started to push the microscope over to him, when their hands touched Bella felt an electric shock run threw her body. She wondered if he felt it too, as he pulled the microscope towards him, repeated her answer and then wrote it down.

He switched the slides. This time Bella, asked if she could see it after he called it. Edward smirked as she said he was right. He wrote it down, as she switched the slides and called out the stage.

"So why are you in the rainiest town in the continental U.S., if you don't like the cold and wet?" he asked.

"It's complicated." Bella replied.

"I'm sure I can keep up."

Bella looked at him for a moment then answered. "My mom got remarried."

"And you don't like the guy?" Edward asked interrupting her.

"No, Phil is fine, but he's a minor league baseball player, so he's away a lot. My mom has always stayed with me, but I know she wants to be with him."

Edward noticed that Bella's deep chocolate eyes were very much like Johanna's. They were both very expressive. "So she sent you here?" Edward assumed.

"No, I sent myself." Bella said slightly indignant. She had no idea why she was even telling him these things.

"That doesn't seem fair." Edward asked puzzled. Bella looked at him. "Haven't you heard life isn't fair?"

Edward smirked. "I do believe I've heard that before."

Bella was about to ask why he cared, but Mr. Banner chose that moment to check up on them. "So, you didn't think to let Miss Swan do the lab, Mr. Cullen?"

"Actually, she identified three out of five of the stages." Edward told him politely. Mr. Banner turned to Bella. "You've done this lab before, Miss Swan?"

"Not with onion root."

"Whitefish blastula?" Mr. Banner asked again. Bella nodded. Mr. Banner nodded and moved on.

"Good thing their partners. Gives everyone else a chance to learn something." He said under his breath making Edward smirk broadly.

"Do you wear contacts?" Bella asked abruptly as she got her gym clothes out of her locker. Edward, who was standing near her was about to answer when they heard a familiar French lilt. "You wear contacts, Edward? Why didn't you tell me?" Johanna asked with mock surprise. She leaned against the locker next to Bella's. Edward glared at her, but she merely stuck her tongue out at him.

"You very well know that I don't wear contacts." Then he said too quiet for Bella to hear. "Thank you."

Johanna nodded minutely. "Come on Bella, I'll walk to ze gym with you, eet's on my way to ze library."

"Don't you have French class?" Edward asked.

"Nope, dropped eet. Déjà, je parle français."

Edward and Bella stared at her. Johanna giggled, which caused people, mostly boys, to stop and stare. "I already speak French. Quite fluently at zat." She said as she and Bella walked away.

"Find out anyzeeng interesting?" Johanna asked as she polished off her deer later that night. Edward had found his own dinner before her, but wanted to talk to Johanna, so he waited patiently for her to finish.

"I did in fact. Her eyes are like yours, very expressive. Their like bottomless pits."

Johanna smirked at that comment and Edward pretended not to notice.

"She's extremely kind and selfless. She moved in with Chief Swan, because she knew her mother wanted to be with her new husband."

"Wow! Zat's really neat and uncommon, which I like."

Johanna hid her kill and slowly headed for the house with Edward.

"I can't read her mind either." Edward said after a while. Johanna stared at him for a long moment then gasped. "We 'ave more en common, zen I zought. Friendly, kind, expressive eyes, book readers. We both came from sunny places. We both love ze sun, and we're both mental mutes." She said listing them on her finger. Edward just nodded in agreement.

When they reached the house, Edward headed for his piano. Johanna squealed loudly.

"Vous jouez du piano? C'est merveilleux! You play?"

Carlisle chuckled up in his office and thought. 'You found a way into her heart now, Edward.'

"He composes as well." Esme said as she came in from the dark yard and seated herself next to Alice on the couch.

Johanna was awe struck. 'He plays and composes his own music? I like him a lot better now. Good piano players are hard to find these days.' Johanna thought.

Everyone didn't have to be Edward or Jasper, to know that Johanna had a new level of respect for Edward.

"Play for her." Esme said. Edward played Esme's favorite. Johanna stood in the middle of the room with her eyes closed listening to the music. Every now and then a body part would twitch, begging to move to the music. Once he finished, Johanna clapped loudly.

"What else can you play?"

"Practically everything and all by memory of course." Alice chirped. Jasper came down and scooped Alice onto his lap. Johanna let out another high pitch squeal and dashed up stairs. She came down a second later wearing a tan leotard with darker embellished top, light pink tights, light pink ballet shoes and a light pink filmy dance skirt that hung lightly at her sides. Her long braid of hair was wrapped up in an elegant bun inside a fancy bun holder.

"Can you play Chopin's Waltz #7 in C Sharp?" Johanna asked happily. "Certainly." Edward replied with a slight smile. Johanna walked to the wall and pretended there was a ballet bar, like up in her room. "Whenever you're ready, maestro." Johanna said slipping into the prima ballerina inside her. Everyone watched Johanna go through her exercises and by the end of the song, she was in the middle of the room again.

"Very nice 'ardware floors 'ere as well." She said softly to no one in particular.

"Any other requests, Johanna?" Edward asked. Johanna thought for a moment. "Chopin's Nocturne." She said as she got into position. The next song was slower and longer than the one before it, but it was no less beautiful. Edward played flawlessly while Johanna's lithe dancer's body moved in time with the music: Slow, graceful and elegant.

Edward played all night, while Johanna danced to different kinds of music; classical, contemporary and some of Edward's own music.

Well Edward and Johanna's relationship is getting back on track. Coming up next is the car crash.

Translations:

"Mon Dieu!" = "My goodness!"

"Vous jouez du piano? C'est merveilleux!" = "You play the piano? That's wonderful!"