༺butterflies | twilight༻

iii.

i reached the history classroom, still linking arms with ares. i once again had to wait out the front for the teacher, mr salisbury, to turn around and sign my class slip.

mr salisbury, after writing today's class objective on the whiteboard, finally turned to me, not asking any questions, signing my slip and turning back to writing. i stood there for a short moment, surprised by the lack of questions but nevertheless turned to look for ares, who was once again sat at the back of the class. this time however, he was sat at a table row of four, next to two blondes, one male and one female. now looking at all three of them, there were some similarities, their pale skin, their unnatural beauty, and their eyes. their eyes were a similar colour to ares', however, theirs were more of a dark yellow gold, much different to his bright amber.

i made a few steps toward the back of the classroom, hoping to sit with ares. the blonde girl who sat next to ares, leaned over to him, it looked as if her lips were barely moving however he subtly nodded his head as if replying to a whisper. i awkwardly sat down at the desk next to ares.

"he didn't ask any questions. why didn't he ask any questions?" i asked ares, slightly worried the teacher already hated me.

"mr salisbury is a man of very few words, unless he's teaching history. there's no need to worry, he just needs to know you're actually here, he doesn't care who you are." i sighed in relief.

"so he doesn't hate me?"

"no, i don't think he's capable of hate, too quiet for it."

"well that's a relief."

ares was about to speak again when the blonde girl beside him spoke up.

"you must be one of the swan sisters. i'm rosalie hale, this is jasper, my twin brother." she introduced.

"yeah, i'm gwendolyn, you have a beautiful name rosalie."

"as do you gwendolyn." she replied, smiling.

"you can just call me dolly." i said smiling at hopefully another friend.

ares then spoke up, whispering in my ear and bringing shivers to my spine.

"they're two of my adoptive siblings, i have five of them."

"wow, that's a lot. i don't think i could live with five siblings. bella is enough." i said sighing.

"they're annoying at times, but oh well." he said smiling at rosalie and jasper as they both rolled her eyes.

"what's your favourite animal?" i asked him, continuing the game from last period. rosalie and jasper joined in. jasper was a lot more quiet compared to rosalie who could probably chat for days about her favourite things. there was just something about her that made me feel instantly close to her.

i had the next period free, and so did ares. i asked to see his schedule, realising our timetables were exactly the same. and so we continued our game of 20 questions that had gone well beyond only 20.

the next class was visual art with miss shore, where i met another one of ares' brothers, he told me he had three. i got the pleasure of meeting the bear, emmett. he liked the graffiti art style and showed me that most of his artworks were spray painted or stencilled, they were surprisingly good, considering the boy looked like he could be a part-time bodybuilder on the down low and that he spent most of his time pulling weights at the gym.

ares liked painting in 18th century style, his artworks were delicate and detailed, the style suited him well. his art seemed experienced, like he had been painting for several years. it was all beautiful.