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[chilicd]

afrect:

her initial comment explained why he was drawn to her in an instant; she was smart and intelligent which wasn’t something he was used to seeing in humans. and then her comment about her dad explained a bit more about her personality too—she was one to try and see the brighter side of every situation instead of spending her time complaining over things she couldn’t change. it was nice, finding everything out about her slowly and through actual conversation instead of through segments of her thoughts. “i like the cold though,” he said, looking behind him put the window and at the trees covered in snow. he could see the tiniest details of every snowflake, and he smiled to himself at the beauty of it all before turning back to bella. “on the one hand, snow is absolutely beautiful,” he said, “and on the other hand, there comes a point where heat just gets way too hot. you can always put more layers on if you’re cold, but there comes a point where you can’t take any more clothing off without getting shunned from typical society.” he chuckled to himself as the bell rang. “well, nice talking to you, see you later,” he said as he ran out of class, not wanting to risk anything for a moment longer. 

bella watched as he commented on the snow outside, part of her thinking that should could listen to him talk about something as mundane as the weather for hours and never get bored. but she definitely disagreed, the heat always won out against the cold for her. she was already sick of the snow and it had only been a few days of it sticking to the ground. she would have responded, but the rest of his sentence caught her off guard, her face burning brighter at the idea. she tried to form a word, any kind of answer to it, but instead her mind kept flashing to the literal idea of it being too hot for edward. that only caused the blush to grow. “b-bye.” she managed to force out at the last possible second, staring as he rushed out of the room.

the rest of the day past by in a blur, her mind still trying to sort through everything that had happened during biology. she still couldn’t get a grasp on just who edward was, on what had been wrong the week before that made him so cold.. and how he could be so warm to her now. she felt a bit more at ease heading home, knowing that at least for today, edward didn’t hate her. and she would definitely be riding that wave for as far as it would take her.

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afrect:

edward nodded along to her story, listening thoughtfully. it was kind of her to put her mom’s comfort before her own, there had to have been a reason that bella moved in with her mother after the divorce, and having to move back in with her father must have been difficult for her. “that’s got to be hard,” he said, leaning his head on his palm and his elbow on the table. “moving so far halfway through the school year.” his eyes flickered to mr. banner walking around the classroom, checking in on the other slower pairs still working on the assignment. “do you like it here at least?” he asked, genuinely curious. he wanted her to be happy, wanted her to feel comfortable in forks, but he wasn’t sure why. “have you found some reason to enjoy it despite the bad weather and the brooding boys in your biology class who regretfully refused to give you the time of day?”

the conversation didn’t seem as forced as some of the other ones she had to sit through when she was first meeting the other students in their year, in fact, edward seemed genuinely interested in her story. in how she was adjusting to the new school. “it’s not too difficult, most of my classes are covering things i’ve done already.” she responded, eyes jumping between his face and her books. she wanted to keep her focus on him, but the longer the looked, the more the blush grew on her cheeks. “it’s nice to see my dad again, i guess.” she answered after a moments thought. in truth, she hadn’t found too much to enjoy about forks yet. it seemed more like an obligation to be here than anything else. his words rung in her mind for a moment, her gaze returning to his. ‘regretfully?’ she wanted to question. he had to be talking about himself, didn’t he? “well the weather definitely brings things down in my book.”

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rcsaliehcle:

“do you like him?” she asked bluntly, never looking away from her mirror, “he is going through a thing at the moment and refuses to talk to many people but if i hear from him, i will let him know you are dying to talk to him. but again i say, his departure has no return date.”

bella felt her breath catch in her throat at her question, the back of her neck heating up as the blush crept to her cheeks. “i don’t know him.” she shot back quickly. “no, just, i’ll find him when he gets back.” no, edward couldn’t know about this. she shouldn’t care what edward thinks, but she couldn’t stop thinking about him, about why he hated her. rosalie couldn’t tell him.

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afrect:

edward watched her hands fiddle a bit with the books in front of her before realizing that going back to sitting in silence would be even more awkward than trying to drum up some sort of small talk for the remainder of the period. “so, i’m assuming that you didn’t come here for the warm and inviting lab partners in biology,” he said, a smirk on his face to try and soothe the tension. “if my assumption is correct, then why did you move?” he crossed his arms and angled his body more towards her, hoping that whatever the reason was provided them enough material to talk about until the bell rang to release them from the classroom.

bella had usually hated small talk, she was terrible at it. but with edward, she almost couldn’t complain. almost. she knew she would stumble over her words, lose her train of thought if she looked at him too long. at least she didn’t have to worry about him hating her anymore. maybe he was just having a bad week? especially with the complete one eighty that was his personality today. he was charming, his smile was intoxicating, and she felt a bit of the tension release from her shoulders at his joke. “it wasn’t high on my list of reasons. but my mom wanted to travel with her husband. he plays minor league, and she wouldn’t go if she was still worried about me at home. so i moved in with charlie.” there was more to it, more information that she could have gone into, but she didn’t want to bore him with the extra complications that went into her change in address.

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afrect:

as the answer rolled off her tongue, edward nodded, trusting that she had gotten the answer right and writing it down on the line designated on the worksheet in front of him. as he placed the pencil down, his hand brushed hers, and an electric current was sent through him. he paused everything for a vampire moment (small enough for humans not to notice) and looked at her, did she just feel that too? and then he asked for the microscope, continuing to alternate as they went through the lab like clockwork, the only pair in the room finished with a significant chunk of time left. as he wrote the final answer down on the paper, he placed his hands on his thighs, tapping his foot on the bar attached to the bottom of his stool. that was normal, fidgeting was normal.

when they touched, she felt as if she had been shocked, pulling her hand back quickly to her designated side of the table. he was cold, as if he had shoved his hand in a freezer and only just now took it out. how could he be that cold? she almost wanted to ask if he had a jacket, or if he was sick. there had to be some reason for it. but instead, she kept her mouth shut, moving to push the microscope towards him, being sure not to brush by him again. despite the very rough start last week, they seemed to work well together, finishing far ahead of everyone else in the class. mike and his partner still debating over different slides, other people reading through the instructions over again. she almost wished they had taken longer, then they wouldn’t have to worry about filling the extra time together. she feared that one wrong move of hers and he would go right back to hating her. so instead, bella stayed quiet, playing with the edge of her textbook.

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afrect:

edward realized his mistake again. not only was it weird that he knew her name, but it was odd that he had referred to her as a nickname she constantly had to remind people of. normal people who weren’t mind readers didn’t do that, and he was beating himself up on the inside for slipping up on yet another level. “i just heard around the rumor mill that you like being called bella,” he said, accompanied with a nonchalant shrug. “figured i’d stick with the name you prefer.” and that was it, he had run out of air. he was doing a good job of not being too weird, but if he remained silent, still and not breathing for the rest of the period, she would probably think that something was up. he took a small breath as mr. banner told the class to get started on the lab, and he nudged the microscope towards her. “ladies first,” he said with a nod, trying his hardest to hide the pain he was feeling with a smile.

it made sense, most of her new friends had started to only refer to her as bella now, so it shouldn’t be surprising that edward had heard it around school. it wasn’t like there were that many people to get her confused with. “thanks.” she replied, not without a sense of awkwardness. she shouldn’t have been so defensive about her name, especially not when he was at least attempting to talk to her. she could make the effort as well. luckily the conversation was dropped as their focus turned to the lab at hand. she took the microscope with a nod, having already done the lab back home in phoenix, she didn’t have to look long before knowing the answer. “prophase.” she told him with confidence.

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afrect:

fuck, edward thought, quickly racking his brain for an excuse as to why he would’ve known her name. and then he remembered, she was still technically a new student, new students always got talked about at small high schools like this one until the entirety of the student body knew who they were. he laughed in an attempt to calm her down, his eyes wide and his sharper teeth hidden behind his lips. “i think that everyone around here knows your name, we all grab on to whatever gossip we can in such a small town.” nice save edward, she’ll never know you read minds.

the image bella had of edward in her mind was the complete opposite of the edward that sat next to her today. last week she could feel the hatred radiating off of him, the anger was so clear in his dark eyes but now? now he was laughing and joking with her, his eyes no longer the dark onyx they were before. how was that possible? she distinctly remembered their color as almost black, not a warm gold. no, she would have remembered this color. she had to take a moment to bring herself back into his response, focusing hard on what he was saying to avoid being distracted again. “no, i just mean, everyone called me isabella when they first met me. i figured charlie went around calling me that behind my back. no one has called me just bella.”

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afrect:

the drive home from alaska went by in a flash, and suddenly he was back in the high school cafeteria, his coven reassuring him that everything would be alright. and he was sure that it would be. he was prepared this time, ready to be bombarded by the scent instead of being taken by surprise. it would be different this time, he was sure of it.

as he got to the classroom, he sauntered in, people’s thoughts flooding his brain as they normally did. the scent was there, the scent would always be there, but it hit him slowly instead of all at once. this was already more manageable than before, and when he sat at his seat, he was ready to put his big plan into action.

“hello,” was what he had settled on during his walk over. “i’m edward cullen, sorry i didn’t get a chance to introduce myself last week, you’re bella swan, right?” it was perfect; cheery, unassuming, the most perfect introduction for a normal guy who was totally not a vampire.

he added a small smile just in case.

bella took a moment to register the scene in front of her. her mind was reeling, edward cullen was speaking to her? an actual normal conversation was being started by the boy next to her that she completely convinced herself hated her every fiber just last week. and now he was smiling at her. she stammered for words, trying to process the twilight zone moment that she had found herself in. so many questions came through her mind, thoughts flashing a mile a minute as her name rolled off his tongue in the most breathtaking voice she had ever heard. she tripped over her words, finally forcing out. “how’d you know my name?” smooth bella. really smooth.

[chilicd]

the rest of the week without edward, after her confrontation with rosalie, seemed to pass by without too many incidents. sure the snow now appearing on the group was cause for concern, but only for bella. she was not good in winter weather, ice didn’t agree with her, and usually caused her to take a spill. and when she overheard the rumors of a snowball fight possibly breaking out in the school parking lot, bella decided to avoid her friends at all costs. that included walking to biology alone.  but as she turned the corner to walk through the doorway, she stopped dead in her tracks.

he was back, sitting in his usual seat at their table, and bella felt her cheeks flush. she needed to move, she couldn’t just stand in the threshold and stare. dropping her gaze, she walked to their table, shrugging her jacket off and placing her books down, as if to build a barricade between them. she wouldn’t acknowledge him, she didn’t want to see the anger that radiated off of him last time they sat through this hour together. // @afrect

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rcsaliehcle:

“well, i am not edward so i am not really in tuned with the reasonings behind his unexpected departure but it seems to be that the departure will be indefinite. he has never been one to give a straight answer,” rose commented vaguely as she begun losing interest in the girl in front of her, already whipping out her compact mirror.

“you’re his sister though. you all seem close, i just assumed you would know at least when he’d be coming back.” bella replied, confusion clear in her voice. it couldn’t be normal, for someone to hate someone so much that they run away from their family. why wasn’t rosalie more concerned about her brother’s absence? she just seemed bored with it all. “is there any chance you’re going to talk to him before he comes back?”

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rcsaliehcle:

rose’s eyes narrowed slightly as the girl in front of her explained who she was before the blonde crossed her arms over her chest, “i would say it is nice to meet you but you seem to be the reason edward has decided to take a personal vacation,” she spoke clearly with a tilt of her head, “i would love to pass on his message but he can’t. personal vacation means no messages from girls he really doesn’t know that well.”

rosalie’s words did nothing but upset bella more, her anger flaring up even more at the idea. edward had left town because of her? they hadn’t even spoken! “we never said two words to each other, why would he run off because we have to sit next to each other?” bella was frustrated, running a hand through her hair. what kind of drama queen ran out of town because he didn’t like his lab partner? “and apparently no messages from the reason why he left. fine, if you won’t pass it on, when will he be back, i’ll tell him myself.”

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rcsaliehcle:

rose had been fixing her make up in the mirror of her locker when she heard some random girl begin to address her. looking over her petite shoulder, her signature raised eyebrow was present as she looked the girl up and down, “excuse me, but do i know you?” she asked bored, before slamming her locker door shut, “and secondly, what do you have anything to do with my brother?”

bella felt her heart skip a beat as rosalie turned to her, her bravery wavering for a second but she needed to get this out, she needed it all to stop eating at her at night. “bella swan. i just moved here, your brother, edward and i are lab partners.” she explained, her face set in a hard line as she spoke. “and i didn’t move to forks to make enemies on my first day, so if he has a problem with me, tell him to come confront me about it, instead of avoiding me.”

[chilicd]

bella had always had a bit of a temper, something that she tried her hardest to keep under contorl, but there were some days and some people that would set her off. sometimes things built up for too long taht she couldn’t hold it in any longer, and after everything that happened after lunch on her first day, after seeing edward absent from school because of, what she only could assume was her, she couldn’t hold her tongue any longer. her courage was at it’s highest and when she finally saw her, bella stormed up to his sister, the blonde that jessica had pointed out as rosalie. “hey! i don’t know what your brother’s problem is, but if he has an issue with me, tell him to come confront me about it, instead of avoiding me like this.” // @rcsaliehcle

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amesceur:

sitting at his deck at the police station, charlie frowned as he looked through the case files of murders in the next few towns over. he shook his head as he set his files down and rubbed his face. “i miss the days when the biggest crimes around were someone stealing candy from the store and people breaking into cars for some cash.” charlie muttered.

“i’m sure the rest of forks misses it too.” bella said as she sat across from her father, waiting for him to finally call it in for the day. they had plans for the diner once more this week, and when she drove past the station on her way there, she saw his cruiser still in it’s parking spot. she didn’t think too much longer on it before she pulled in and sat down in front of him. “but i also think the town of forks needs a police chief who doesn’t over work himself. why not come back to these tomorrow?”

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quiluctc:

NOT MANY PEOPLE COME DOWN HERE.    their house isn’t near enough to the beach that anyone would venture down there on a whim,    which meant that, even when he hadn’t looked at her face yet,  she had to be the newly-returned PRODIGAL DAUGHTER.   despite the words that fall from her lips,   and then tone in which she says them,   he can’t help but let a grin bloom on childish cheeks.  ‘  you know,  i’d be a bit nicer to the GUY responsible for making you dinner,   BELLA SWAN.  ’   ‘cause he sure as hell wasn’t planning on letting his dad make mac n’ cheese and presenting it as a gourmet meal.   his plan wasn’t much better,     but he was at least planning on something a little more like burgers and fries.   ‘  been a long time since you’ve been spotted around these parts.  ’

despite the ups and downs that were already coming from being in forks, and her reluctance to come down for dinner, it felt nice to be far away from everything that happened in school. she wouldn’t think about edward cullen, or biology or anything that jessica had told her. no, she was here to thank the blacks for her truck, to humor her father, and clear her mind before she went back to school and faced another day of unrelenting hatred from him. “or what? you’re gonna drop it in the dirt first? there might be a law against trying to poison someone. and you wouldn’t want to the chief of police to see that.” bella grinned, walking away from her truck and closer to jacob black. he was familiar enough, definitely different than the last time they saw each other, but still some resemblance that it didn’t feel too much like starting over. “yeah, well, it felt like it was time for a change.”

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acqvier:

words traveled quickly among the town && forks high school was no exception.  sophia had just moved to forks last year, but she was moving   back   so the student body did not get as excited.  pretty much everybody already knew who sophia was && vice versa.  so she could never imagine what bella was going through on her first day here.  but that did not mean she couldn’t try to make things the slightest bit more bearable.  she walked up to her, a soft smile stretching across her lips.  “ hello, i’m sophia.  ”  she held her hand out towards the other female.  “  i’m sure you’ve gotten this quite a bit, but welcome to forks high.  ”

the day was bad enough after biology without the welcome wagon to forks still rolling through, and bella’s patience was wearing thin for those on it. she wanted to be nice, to make friends, or at least be friendly with the people who stopped her but her mood had dropped. she just wanted to get through her last few classes, to get home and put all of today behind her, but there was no such luck. people were still trying to get in good with the new girl, and bella had to fight hard to put a smile on her face. “uh, hey. bella.” she said, taking her hand with a nod. “yeah, i probably could fill a novel with each time i’ve been told that today but thanks.”

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