In order to avoid answering the human's question I answered, "I do not know. But I do think that your dad would be overjoyed if you returned to the restaurant before he speculates as to where you have disappeared to." The distraction worked like a charm, for her eyes widened with realisation before she bid me a hasty goodbye and left. Although her speed may also have been due to the couple from the restaurant getting slightly too absorbed in one another to be suitable for their audience inside. Which is something that obviously registered in their small brains, for they were making their steady, or unsteady and drunk, way into the privacy of the forest. Deciding that it was time to leave, I hastily left the scene of what I am sure will be regretted the next day by the both of them. Stupid drunk humans.

…..

Arriving at school I was immensely pleased as to the progress that I have made so far. I was friends, or at least strong acquaintances, with the vampire Jasper, as is expected of a human under those circumstances. I have successfully avoided the wrath of lover boy and the clutches of his pet. But most of all, yesterday I had succeeded in conversing with my potential candidate for the mission, whose name I now know to be Jane. Simple, short and to the point, which fits her personality perfectly.

I was in such a good mood that even the news of three missing classmates did not damper my spirits in the slightest, although I had to make it look as if it had to keep up appearances. I managed to keep up my spirits for the first classes, up until lunch. Although all of my plans had indeed succeeded, I had not understood the implications. Mainly, I had not understood that I would be sitting at a table that included Lover Boy and his human. Oh joy.

As I approached the table I was once again passionately embraced by the pixie, who had taken an immediate liking towards me. Not that I find any solitude in that fact: she took a liking to just about anyone that she meets. I was only thankful that I had feasted not seventy-four hours ago, meaning that the scent that I was enveloped in was not nearly as overpowering, and that I was able to maintain control at my maximum capacity. I managed to find a seat between Jasper and Alice, meaning that I was as far away from the two of them as I could possibly get. In greeting, Jasper turned towards me and gave me a light smile while indicating with his eyes that he was annoyed at the Pixie's antics towards the one 'human' that he was able to claim as his. Talk about possessive. Not that I minded though: it meant that he would not allow the human or the love-sick puppy anywhere near me, or any of the other Cullens for that matter.

I disliked Barbie and her Newborn toy almost to the extent that I dislike shapeshifters.

I attempted my absolute best to ignore the two that I despised the most, but they made it almost impossible. The human, who still believed that I was in the same boat as her (as if) wanted desperately to conclude our conversation regarding how we were going to handle our knowledge of the clan's true identity, something that I have no interest in pursuing. The love-sick blood-sucker, on the other hand, had still not taken towards me and saw me as a threat to both the clan and his pet in terms of taking away their attention from him. I could see the caution in his eyes every time he attempted to glare me into leaving. Honestly, I would not be nearly that gullible even if I was just a boring human.

It is truly ironic that the one who hates me most is the only one to actually understand how much danger I really do pose to all of them if I ever lost my control.

In order to ignore the two of them I attempted a conversation with Jasper concerning academic progress, knowing it is a popular human conversation starter. He was eager to oblige, taking trash about his so called 'Spanish' teacher. So we were happily in a conversation, focusing absolutely on each other and showing earnest interest (purely so that I could avoid the others in the vicinity) when the sound of chairs scraping against the floor made me immediately use all of my senses to locate the source, which ended up being the pup and her blood-sucker. At first I truly believed that Edward had snapped and was finally going to drink the human, about time in my all so humble opinion. However, that opinion was ruled out when I realised that it was the human who had initiated the movement.

My first thought was good riddance to the both of them.

But then my mind began to wander to the reason for the two having a private conversation, which all lead to the inevitable conclusion that she was going to tell him that she knew what he was. Humans were never good at keeping to themselves, always getting mixed up in business that never concerned them in the first place. And, since humans can indeed never keep their mouths shut, I will undoubtedly become the topic of conversation at some point.

I hate many things in life. But, what I truly hate the most is when inferior creatures believe themselves to be above me. Many have ceased to exist when thinking along these lines.

Knowing that if I did not follow them I would likely end them instead, which would make people suspicious as to the nature of my involvement (as humans always are regarding entities that they cannot comprehend) and make me run when I am so close to achieving my goals, I grudgingly decided to follow. After bidding goodbye to Jasper and his clan, telling them I wanted to be early for the test I had next period so as to study (as good an excuse as any), I discretely followed the estranged soon-to-be-couple out into the woods. Honestly, all my experience in these woods have granted me is that it is guaranteed to make the vampire lust for his pet even more than usual. My mood now dramatically increased, I hid behind a tree.

And increased my scent.

One of the skills that I do not often utilise due to the wind's unpredictable nature, it is a sure-fire way to become instantly detected by any creature with a mediocre sense of smell, such as vampires. I often use it to lure in my prey, which makes the hunt that much more exciting, however it has often backfired in the sense that other creatures also pick up on it and alert anyone surrounding to my presence. Usually dogs. Which is an interesting comparison to make, between mutts and blood-suckers. Both can be aggressive to strangers and enemies, while staying fiercely loyal to family and partners. Perhaps I can indeed train Jasper after all.

In all honestly, I have begun to respect that vampire. He has suffered so much in his life that it is a wonder that he is still as composed and joyful as he is, showing his strong willpower. He has also been successful at changing his diet to vegetarian after many years of drinking humans, which I can say from experience is a very difficult, if not impossible, thing to achieve, showing that he is no coward. Anyone that can recover and change their whole outlook on life definitely earns my respect no matter what species they are.

I was so busy thinking about Jasper (which sounds majorly misleading) that I had forgotten about the two creatures I was currently hiding from. At least, I had forgotten until Edward roughly pulled me out of my thoughts by touching me. Which was not in the least bit okay, and caused me to give him my infamous death stare. Which resulted in a heated glaring match. I was only a few seconds away from victory when the human managed to tug the vampire away and explain to him that what she was about to say concerned me too. When the blood-sucker was going to argue she flat out refused to tell him anything unless I stayed.

I got to hand it to her, that did the trick. Personally I blame it on vampire hormones, but it is more likely to be curiosity. Either way…

"Fine. Rose…" He spat out my name as if it was ice. Which I totally understood, as I also have a complete and utter dislike of human food, making substances such as ice almost inedible. He continued, "…can stay. But she cannot say a word." It was obvious to all involved that the consequence of me opening my mouth would be sudden and instantaneous death, even if he was a vegetarian. I was fast learning that I was exception to many of Edward's moral codes, which would not bode well for me in the future. At least until he learns who I truly am, of course.

Now satisfied Bella began her explanation. "You're impossibly fast. And strong." So she is not going to beat around the bush this time round, which I am grateful for as it will wrap this up much faster. "Your skin is pale white and ice cold." Having heard all of this already, I began to get impatient. "Your eyes change colour. And sometimes you speak as if you're from a different time." Oh crap. Perhaps then she might actually notice that my manner of speaking is also old fashioned, which gives me an even better excuse to stay as far away from her as possible. "You never eat or drink." Now I definitely have to stay away, she is far too perceptive for her own good. Or, perhaps I could just kill her, which would make me far happier. Although I have a feeling she would have confronted me if she knew, which goes to show just how wrapped around the blood-sucker's finger she really is. Thank goodness. "You don't go out in the sunlight." Which has saved me many a headache, when the Cullens have not been able to attend school due to certain sparkling issues. Which, if I may say, is rather ridiculous. It also helps me to hate them.

"How old are you?" Curiosity killed the cat, and may also kill the human, if I am lucky. Though perhaps she will leave all of us alone when she learns that the age is over one-hundred. Ah… one can dream.

"Seventeen." Well he is certainly denying it. This conversation is getting more entertaining and disturbing as it goes along, which both thrills and haunts me.

"How long have you been seventeen?" At this point the human is not even looking at the vampire, which means that they may need couple counselling soon. In fact, they need it now, considering the fact it is a HUMAN with a BLOODSUCKER. Just goes to show how stupid love truly is, and makes me ever so glad to not have to deal with it or its repercussions. Plus, this conversation is beginning to become tedious.

"A while." Mindless chatter, it has now become. Not even worth my time. Or anyone elses.

"I know what you are." I wonder how tall the trees have grown in these passing minutes, and if they feel as much annoyance as I do.

"Just say it." Pushy much? "Out loud."

"Vampire." Well it took long enough to get to this point, I mused, waiting to see the outrage in his eyes. The anger.

I was hugely disappointed. "Are you afraid?" What sort of question is that to ask a human who has realised what you are? By this point I decided to block the rest of the conversation, realising that nothing they would say would be worth my time.

Until they confronted me.