Twilight: Disrupted

That Monday felt like going to a movie premiere you’ve been waiting a year for. At least, that’s what I said. Kennedy told me to stop being so dramatic about it, but I knew she was equally curious. Bella hadn’t talked to either of us since yesterday morning and had been eyeing us all through lunch.

“Man, you think if she really had a problem she’d just walk over and tell us.” Rose said while she split her mediocre school lunch brownie in two for Kennedy and I to share. I love that girl.

“Don’t judge her, she has anxiety, she can't help it.” Kennedy fired back, earning a smirk from Jasper and Emmet.

“She’s giving me anxiety every time she shares at this goddamn table.” she muttered, finally getting up to throw her tray away and stalk out of the room, Emmet slowly following. I shrugged and continued eating my brownie. Lunch wasn’t even halfway over yet, and I still had 3 more trays to steal chocolate baked goods from.

When biology rolled around after lunch, Kennedy and I traded in our usual table at the back of the room for the table directly behind Edward and Bella. “What do you think you two are doing?” Edward asked, slightly turning his head towards us, while also trying to act like he was ignoring the fact that we were there.

“Come on Edward, even you know the best seats for the show aren’t the front row but just slightly behind.” Kennedy stated. “Oh, we should have brought popcorn.” I nodded in agreement.

“I have never been so excited for biology in my life.”

As Bella walked in, Kennedy and I pretended to pull out our homework and check it with each other. Edward rolled his eyes at us. We didn’t look in their direction again until Edward finally made a move--I mean, if you could even count that as a move. “Are they really just going to have a normal conversation without bringing up the fact that he straight up gagged at her?” I passed the microscope back to Kennedy. She ignored me, opting to actually get classwork done instead of complaining about the front row seats to the shitty movie we got. “Oh look, they’re both geniuses! They’re halfway through the page already!”

“So are we.”

“They’re three questions ahead!”

“Can you stop stalking my paper, Sophie?” Edward turned around, causing Bella to also turn her attention towards us.

“I wouldn’t have to if you just helped us.” I shot back. Bella grabbed my paper and looked it over.

“You’ve got them all right so far.” she said smiling. I thanked her and stuck my tongue out at Edward.

Kennedy and I returned to our work as their attention was pulled back to their own assignment. “Oh, and I’m sorry for your loss.” Kennedy and I snapped our heads up to look at each other. “I mean, I know you guys were broken up but it doesn’t make losing someone any easier.” Kennedy and I try not to laugh, failing miserably.

Edward snuck a glare at us. “Oh yeah, it was a bit hard, but I’m doing a lot better now. I apologize if I was rude to you that first day, everything was still new.” Edward may have hated us, but the more he told Bella, the more thankful he looked for this lie we came up with. He may be a 100 year old vampire, but he can’t come up with a lie to save his undead life.

Jasper and Alice waited for us outside the classroom, letting us tell the story of what happened, despite Alice already knowing it. I had my next class with Jasper and Jessica. We were working on a group project with Jessica, while Jasper got to be with Angela. Normally, I would be excited for this class, but working with Jessica was a nightmare. Every part of the project had to be better than everyone else’s or it needed to be redone. Jasper wrapped his arm around me, feeling my frustration as we got closer to the classroom. After a while Jasper and Alice abruptly stopped in the hall and started laughing, turning away from Edward and Bella who were a few feet in front of us. “What?”

“Edward just blamed his eyes on the fluorescence.” Jasper said.

“Really? He thinks the fluorescence in the biology room is going to be different from the fluorescence in the hallway?” Kennedy laughed.

“He has as many brain cells as Bella.” I mumbled, earning a slight finger jab to my side from Jasper. “Hey! Okay you can’t deny that them speaking isn’t the smartest thing!”

“It will all work out in the end,” Alice smiled. “I can see it.”

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I was tired, I was grumpy, I had just spent over an hour with Jessica, and it was way too cold out. I was with the Cullens, waiting for Kennedy and Alice, while using Jasper’s non existent body heat as a placebo for myself. “Finally.” I said, watching Kennedy and Alice approach the car. I moved away from Jasper and went to pull on the door handle until someone unlocked it. Jasper laughed and reached into his pocket for the keys.

“Edward, don’t.” I heard Alice’s voice. Then I heard the tires skidding, and I heard Kennedy scream. Looking up I saw Tyler’s van up against Bella’s red pickup. Kennedy was already running towards them, and I quickly followed behind. When we got to the other side, Edward was already there.

“I was right next to you, Bella.” Kennedy shrugged off her backpack as Edward tried to make up excuses for his zoom zoom powers, and found a travel pack of tissues. She handed them to Bella once she stood up.

“Here. You should make sure your head isn’t bleeding.”

Just before more people started coming over, Edward pushed past us and walked away. Kennedy was already on the phone with 911 and I went over to check if Tyler was okay. After everything was situated, Kennedy and I walked back to the Cullens cars and they drove us home. I was not helping Edward out of this mess.

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“Come on, sleepy head!” I hear Alice shout and she flings open my car door. I laughed at her and sleepily climbed out of the car, planning to spend the rest of my day stress free knowing that all my homework was finished over the weekend.

Walking into the house, Kennedy and I went to the kitchen to make hot chocolate and grab some snacks while Alice and Jasper made themselves comfortable in the living room. “It makes me so sad that they can’t appreciate the amazing flavors of hot chocolate.” I sighed, adding whipped cream to the top of my mug.

“I have literally never thought of that before and it makes me so sad.” Kennedy said. We walked back into the living room. “Jasper, did you ever have hot chocolate while you were human?”

“Of course. One of the best hot drinks to be made.”

“Oh, thank god.” Kennedy exclaimed, taking her seat next to Alice.

We spent the next hour in silence, occasionally reading each other news articles and sending each other buzzfeed quizzes. Apparently, Jasper is Challah bread! I don’t know if it counts though because half the questions were food related and he kind of had to just guess.

“Bella’s here.” Alice stated, “She’s going to ask you about Edward.” The doorbell rang. Kennedy walked over to answer it and invited Bella in. She looked shocked when she noticed Jasper and Alice in the room.

“Oh um, I’m sorry for interrupting. I just...” She was hesitant. “Was Edward standing next to me? When Tyler’s car slid down the parking lot?”

“Um kinda.” I stated, “He was walking right towards you.” I state casually.

“Yeah, you’re so lucky the back van bounced off the back of your truck.” Alice said coming up to Bella and giving her a hug. “I’m so glad you’re okay. Oh, I’m Alice by the way!”
“Okay, I just thought that Edward…” She seemed a lot less confident than when she first walked in. I noticed Jasper watching her, he was making her uncertain of her own memories. “Never mind, the adrenaline must have gotten me all confused.”

“It happens. Better than being hurt.” Alice chimed in.

“Yeah. I guess. Again, I’m sorry for barging in. I’ll see you at school tomorrow?” We all nodded and said our goodbyes as Bella left the house. Alice had a way-too-happy face on, which told me it wouldn’t be long until we started seeing Bella around the Cullen family more often.