Edward's first few classes of the day went pretty smoothly, with either Emmett or Rosalie by his side he realised that not that many questions got asked of him and a lot less people were staring by the time it reached lunch.
He stood up from his desk as the bell rung for lunch and stretched, that had been one long English lit class. Not his favourite subject if he was honest. Rose was gathering up her things.
"So new boy let's get some lunch." She smiled at him waiting for him to pick up his bag. He was really surprised by how welcoming these two had been, they seemed to be pretty popular here and that didn't usually flow with the most welcoming of people. Perhaps this place is different, could have something to do with small towns. He grabbed his bag and made his way out in to the hall following behind Rose, falling in to step beside her as they began to make their way towards what he assumed was the lunch hall.
"So, how long have you known you were gay?" Edward stopped in his tracks, he stared at the woman beside him who had also stopped. He could feel his heartbeat begin to pick up in his chest, he was feeling restricted. He could feel his breath begin to shorten, oh Christ he felt like he was having a heart attack. Rosalie sensing that he was in some discomfort pulled him in to the closest empty classroom.
"Come on, breathe. It's ok. I didn't think the question would quite get that reaction, though I'm guessing I'm right in my thinking." Rosalie said, rubbing soothing circles on his back. He gathered form this that she was at least not disgusted at him, and wasn't asking questions to make him feel uncomfortable. He wasn't aware that there were people out there who just asked questions like that, so offhandedly. But then, he supposed, it's not like it was something to hide or be ashamed of so he supposed that was the reason why she asked so randomly.
"Urm, yeah, sorry. I just never really expected to be asked that on my first day by an almost total stranger. I mean… do I give off a vibe? Is there something about my personality that gives me away or something?" He was genuinely curious to know the answer to this question, he felt like he wasn't a particularly effeminate guy. He felt he played his cards pretty close to his chest and he was surprised that anybody had figured him out already, perhaps if they spent more time with him but certainly not straight away like that.
"Well, just call it a woman's intuition. Honestly, I just noticed you haven't looked at my chest once today, not at all. Most guys would have at least snuck a little peek. I mean I don't mean to sound big headed but I know how guys think around me. You seem different, reserved. So I figured you cant be interested. So either you're just not interested in anybody full stop or you're interested in guys." Rosalie shrugged. Well that was very matter of fact, and it gave him some good insight. Perhaps he should feign interest in women at least a little, might make him a little less obvious. The more he thought about it and looked at Rosalie he could understand how she had figured this out, she really was beautiful. Like super model beautiful. He had noticed it but it just didn't matter to him.
"Well you've got me figured out. You were right, I'm not interested in girls full stop. So.. what now?" Edward asked, nervously chewing on his lip.
"Well now, we go join everyone for lunch before Emmett thinks I've been kidnapped." She laughed as she said that last part, heading towards the door.
"I just meant tha-" Edward began.
"I know what you meant, nothing happens now with that information. That's between us, but just know you have a friend you can trust, who is willing to talk about hot guys." Rosalie winked at Edward as she walked out of the classroom, dumbstruck he followed after her. Well he supposed it was nice to know there was somebody in the school who he didn't have to hide from, that would make a nice change. A friend who knew all about him, and still wanted to be his friend. He left the classroom actually thinking that perhaps Forks was a move for the good.