I woke up the next morning with a smile on my face. Today was the day! I dressed in a cream cashmere sweater, some skinny jeans, tied a black belt around my waist, and placed a bow necklace and some bow earrings. I put on some cream ribbon boots, placed on my Burberry scarf and gloves, stuck my knit black hat on, and pulled on my black pea coat. When I walked outside, I noticed that there was ice on everything and I thanked my lucky stars that I had thought to put chains on my tires before I went to sleep last night.
I sang along to "Creepin' Up the Backstairs" by The Fratellis on the way to school and smiled when I saw the Cullens waving me down from across the lot. I couldn't wait to tell them my secret! I had been worried that they wouldn't be trustworthy but now that I knew they had a secret, I was sure of my choice.
"Hey guys!" I waved at them.
"Bella you're back!" Alice enthused and she bounded over to greet me. I was passed around to everyone and ended up in front of Edward.
"I'm glad you're back."
"It's good to be back" I answered back. Soon, the bell rang and we all groaned.
"I don't want to go! I want to catch up and find out what you were doing!" whined Emmett.
"I know! I wish I had super speed so I could talk to you guys and still go to class on time." I joked. I was baiting the Cullens and was a bit smug when they all froze.
"Yeah us too" Jasper chuckled awkwardly and thy all laughed nervously.
"I'll see you guys at lunch" I waved and headed off to English. The day went by quickly and I decided to tell the Cullens at lunch what I had discovered about them. When lunch came around, I met the Cullens at their table.
"Hey guys, it's pretty crowded in here, want to go eat outside?" The Cullens looked at each other, shrugged and followed me outside. We sat at a picnic table that looked fairly clean before Alice pushed Rosalie a bit off to one side. Rosalie thaked her when she saw that she had almost sat in some bird droppings.
"That was close wasn't it Rosalie? It's a good thing Alice pushed you away in time. It's almost like she's psychic." I elbowed ALice as I laughed to myself. The Cullens forced a laugh and played with their food.
"You guys aren't hungry?"
"Uh, No! We just had a big breakfast." covered Rosalie as she faked eating an orange.
"Oh. Well, if you don't want that, I'll take some food from you guys. I'm so hungry, I could eat a grizzly bear!" This time, the Cullens didn't bother with polite laughter and just eyed me carefully.
"That's an odd saying. Isn't it normally said 'I'm so hungry I could eat a horse'?" Edward said carefully.
"What's the fun in eating a horse?" I goaded him as I looked steadily at was about to say something but I sprang up from my seat. everyone looked at me strangely.
"I have to get something from my car!" I blurted out and I walked over quickly. I collected myself as I pretended to look for something. Why couldn't I just tell them? I slapped myself, rubbed my cheek, squared my shoulders and closed my door.
I was about to walk over when I heard a screech from the side. I whipped my head toward the table to see Edward's panic stricken face meet mine and I hear Alice scream "No!"
I whirled in time to see that a blue van had driven over a patch of ice and was heading right towards me. All my years of training had kicked in and I planted my boots in the gravel. I sunk down, mustered up my strength and launched myself in the air as the van came close enough. A blur passed underneath my feet at the same time I made contact with the front of the van and when I turned my head, I saw Edward a few feet away from where I had been. I kicked off of the van's windshield, flipped backward and landed next to the van.
