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Chapter 4

I saw three of the Cullens at lunch today, the moment I heard their names, I knew something was off. I never heard the name Cullen before, yet I had an inkling I heard it from somewhere before.

Jessica went into a gushing fit of whispering squeals when she saw them walk in, but much to her dismay, the one she wanted to see the most wasn't there; still, she had no problem rattling off the names of the ones that were there.

Emmett and Alice Cullen, and Rosalie Hale; foster children of Dr. and Mrs. Cullen; apparently, there was five in all, but two were missing today.

Emmett was a very tall, very buff guy; he must've been at most 6' and a half feet, towering over me and Tyler. He had short slightly curly cut brown hair, with a set of wide dimples on his cheeks; though he wasn't really smiling, I could tell those dimples were there from lots of laughter from before. He seemed to like to wear form fitting clothing to show off his physique; if the tight shirt he was wearing was any indicator to that. He was far more than just "the dark-haired guy" as Jessica referred to him.

Walking beside him was a girl who was about half of Emmett's size, she just made him look all the taller. Alice was a beautiful girl, very beautiful; though she looked like a child. If I didn't know she was in high school, I would've though different, middle school maybe. She couldn't have even been 5' tall, she was so small. And so thin! If my sisters saw her, they'd pretty much invite her over to our house so they could get some food in her. She had short pixie-cut hair to fit in with her own pixie like features; everything about her was small. She was just described as the major oddball of the group; I couldn't have possibly known from the black Lolita ensemble she was wearing. Rachael wore something like that a couple years ago for Halloween; this Alice girl was wearing it to school in the middle of January. She twirled and pranced beside Emmett, somehow not spilling or tipping over anything on the tray she was carrying.

And then there was Rosalie, just looking at her made one single word raise in my head: BITCH! And she knew; it was clear she knew it, and it was obvious she was proud of it; without saying a single word. She was the most beautiful out of the trio, but I wondered how long that beauty would last as soon as she opened her mouth. She walked about three steps ahead of Emmett and Alice, obviously taking the lead of the little group. She was statuesque, for lack of better term. She was the kind of girl you saw on men's "special interest" magazines, only clothed. She had long golden waving hair going down to the middle of her back. But for me was combated all of that was that stuck up "don't even try to talk to me" look on her face; people like that annoyed me. I resisted the roll of my eyes when I heard Jessica sigh and said that she wished she had Rosalie's body.

I turned back around and looked at everyone around the table; there was Bella, Tyler, Eric, Angela, and unfortunately Jessica and Mike. I was thinking about what the Cullens had in common in their features. All of them were pale, deathly pale; but it strangely looked good on them. Their skin was flawless, as if they didn't even have pores; but I could tell that they weren't wearing makeup, except for the lipstick or lip-gloss that the women were wearing. And to top it off, their eyes; a cool golden color that just popped out from all of their other features; the kind of eyes that if I were looking into them directly, maybe I would feel them peering into my soul; but I might digress.

"And those are three of the Cullens." Bella said.

"Backtracking here…" I said. "You say Cullens, and yet that Rosie girl's last name is Hale?"

"It's Rosalie!" Jessica hissed.

I ignored her, wondering who was going to answer.

"This is what the common knowledge is." Eric said jumping in. "Dr. and Mrs. Cullen adopted some of them, and a couple of them are foster children."

"The other two are Jasper Hale, the twin brother of Rosalie; and Edward Cullen, the hottest guy in school!" Jessica gushed about Edward.

But I zoned out.

'Edward Cullen…' I thought in the back of my mind. 'That name, why does it sound familiar?' I thought.

The image of a simple silver ring came to my mind, it had a black crescent moon mark on it; it adorned the ring finger of a slim pale hand. Just as suddenly as the vision came, it stopped.

"Hey look!" Jessica said. "Alice is looking here."

Everyone looked back at the Cullen table, which was at the very back of the table; except for me. I had a feeling she was staring at me, I could practically feel her stare digging into the back of my head. I could barely keep myself from twitching in discomfort; I clenched my hands into fists on my lap to keep myself from turning to look back at whoever was staring at me.

Suddenly, everyone looked back at their own trays; blushes covering their cheeks.

"What happened?" I asked.

Bella's blush intensified.

"Emmett just flicked us off." She answered.

I pursed my lips together to keep from laughing.

"They're arguing now." Jessica said, trying her best to discreetly look at them.

Bella looked back quickly and turned back to everyone else, doing that so fast I thought she'd get whiplash.

"They're leaving!" Jessica squeaked.

I was getting tired of the play by play, as were Tyler and Eric who were obviously getting bored.

"I wonder where Edward is…" Bella whispered more to herself than everyone else.

A strange piano tune went off in my head, a pretty melody. I hated the piano, so why was I thinking about it?

After lunch, I followed Bella to Mr. Rule's class, the last class I had with Bella for the day. Following us was Tyler, Eric, and Angela, and unfortunately Jessica and Mike.

Mike was trying to talk to Bella, to which she refused to look at him let alone respond; then there was Jessica, who had taken it upon herself to grab my arm and hang on, despite my attempts to gently shake her off.

We walked down the hallway with Tyler and Angela trailing, quietly talking to each other. Tyler was just trying to make chitchat, Angela was trying everything in her power to keep her answers as short as possible; it was obvious that the girl was uncomfortable, but Tyler wasn't backing down.

Eric had gone off to some honors course on the other side of school.

We went outside onto the crosswalk to go to another building in the school where Bella said that the classroom was going to be; I was trying to think of a way to get away from Jessica so I wouldn't have to sit next to her in class. It was obvious from the ever tightening grip she had on my arm that she wanted me next to her for a while.

Turning to the first door in the next building, we were in Mr. Rule's Biology class and Mr. Rule was sitting at his desk. Mr. Rule was a slightly balding man with a slim body; he wore a simple shirt with a button up cardigan sweater that was unbuttoned at the moment. When he stood and walked from around his desk, I saw that he was wearing faded jeans and a pair of old boots. His hair was a sandy blond color and his eyes were dark brown; he must've been about 5' 10".

He walked up to me and stopped.

"You must be Jacob Black." He said.

I nodded simply; from the corner of my eye I could see that the others were headed to their seats, except for Jessica who was still clinging to me. Mr. Rule took notice of this and gave Jessica a stern stare; after a few seconds, she blushed, let go of my numbing arm, and finally walked away. I was going to like Mr. Rule.

He told me that he had the transcripts from my old school and that tutoring was available if I needed it. I nodded and told him that was good. The best grades I averaged in any science course in school was about a C. I just didn't get it for the most part, so I just sort of coasted by.

Mr. Rule went to the door to welcome in the rest of his students, before doing so he told me to help myself to any seat I wanted. I stood at the front of the class looking for an empty seat that wasn't by Jessica, who at the moment was calling my name pointing at the empty seat next to herself.

"Jacob, over here! Jacob!" She called out; she was seated at the very center of the class.

Ignoring her, I spotted a seat next to Angela and plopped down next to her. The girl just stared at me with wide almost frightened eyes; wow she was shy. I gave her a soft smile to at least try to comfort her; she barely attempted to return it.

"Jacob!" Jessica yelled.

"Your girl is calling out to you." Tyler said from behind me.

"Yeah right." I said simply, without turning around.

Tyler laughed.

The bell rang and Mr. Rule came into the classroom, closing the door behind him.

Jessica was still trying to catch my attention.

"Ms. Stanley, will you please!" Mr. Rule reprimanded her.

Everyone chucked and Jessica seemed to settle down finally.

"Alright everyone, we are going to do a special project today." Mr. Rule said as he opened a drawer in his desk; he pulled out a needle and glass sample disks. "Blood classification!"

Half the class groaned.

I was personally intrigued; though I felt sorry for Angela who turned a light shade of green.

While announcing instructions, Mr. Rule passed out the items needed for the project; he looked stopped to look at Angela, who didn't see him because she had her head in her arms on the desk. He gave me a little smile as he placed everything down and went on to the next table.

After about a couple of minutes, he back at the front of the class; with continued instructions and a demonstration, he finally allowed us to do our part.

I picked up the little needle, ready and primed to pick my finger; when I heard Angela groan again, along with a little belch that time.

Frightened, I jumped up and dodged away from her; everyone laughed at my reaction. I saw that she didn't throw up, but she had turned greener.

"Mr. Black, will you please take Ms. Weber to the clinic." I heard Mr. Rule said.

Angela slowly and wobbly stood up; I went to try and help her, but she jolted a little away from me. I jolted back in surprise, still afraid she was going to blow.

I hovered nearby her as she walked, Mr. Rule giving me a hall pass as I passed by him.

"Come back as soon as she's settled, you hear?" Mr. Rule asked.

I nodded to him and headed out of the room.

Angela walked at a slow pace; I heard that she was taking slow breaths. The only other sound in the hallway was the sound of our softly padding footsteps.

In an attempt to try and make up some noise, I spoke.

"So, you get queasy around blood." I said stupidly; I was willing to go to the mundane in order to speak.

Angela looked at me for a second before she nodded.

"And around the smell of anything burning, and around the smell of stronger perfumes, and several other things." She answered. "I have a weak stomach."

'Extremely weak…' I thought to myself.

Just as I was about to speak again, we heard a door open and close behind us, a cold gust of wind hit us from behind.

We stopped and turned and we were both surprised to see Alice Cullen standing there.

We all stood at a stalemate, neither of us talking. It was broken by Alice when she started walking towards us. Angela stepped back a few steps away from Alice as she got closer, I stood my ground, if she tried anything…

Alice stood in front of me, a little less than a foot away. She looked me up and down as I just stared down at her, then she started walking around me in slow circles; hands clasped behind her back, making an emphasis on her steps to make sure that there was a loud clear click with each step of her heeled boots. After about five rotations around me, she stopped in front of me, that time she gave me a beaming smile.

"Nice to meet you Jacob." She said simply; then she turned and walked away.

I watched as she walked back down the hallway, towards the door, she opened it cold wind gusting at her, she gave me another soft smile, and left, the door closed with a loud bang that time.

Silence for another minute.

"What was THAT about?" Angela said.

I turned back to her and shrugged, a little too stunned to talk.

To be continued…

Bonus chapter! What is Alice up to? I hoped that you enjoyed this as much as I enjoyed writing it!