Storming Sky

SNOW

SNOW

The only good thing about today was that Edward was back. He spent the remainder of last week in Denali and came back last night. Apparently, he brought the arctic weather with him, because it was snowing outside.

Monday's were the worst. I didn't do much over the weekend except review a dance routine with Andrew over Skype and practice a bit of piano while Edward wasn't home to judge me. I played chess with Jasper – and loss. I did my homework. I ate. I slept. That's about it.

We all crammed into Edward's Volvo again for school this morning, ready to start a new week. Everyone was worried about what Bella said to people about Edward almost eating her last week. Alice kept trying to convince everyone that it would be okay, but even I could tell that she wasn't sure herself.

I said goodbye to my siblings, saying that I would see them at lunch. I didn't get more than a few feet ahead of them before a snowball was slamming into my head.

"What the heck?" I yelled as a turned around, looking to see who the culprit was. It was Tyler. I could hear my siblings laughing at me from across the parking lot. Even Edward had a small smile on his face. I just glared at them.

"Sorry, Dan, I couldn't resist. I got Ronna real good this morning too, didn't I Ron?" Tyler said, turning to Ronna.

"It's like his mating call, or something," Ronna choked out, a little disturbed at what she just said. Tyler blushed. I laughed.

"That was good, Ronna! Make more jokes like that, they're funny," I told her, giving her a high five. That's when I noticed Andrew and Justin walking into the Humanities building. Speaking of mating calls...I thought to myself.

"You know what, I'll catch up with you too later," I told them and ran off to meet Andrew.

"Hey, guys, wait up!" I called to the two boys.

"Hey Dani, how was your weekend?" Andrew asked, pecking me on the lips.

"It was alright. Pretty boring. I did change a few things to our routine though, babe after we skyped. Just to make it a little more dynamic."

"I wish you wouldn't do that without me. You and your crazy ambitions," he said, and I could tell he was a little agitated.

"You love my crazy ambitions," I responded, trying to butter him up.

"Alright you two," Justin said, cutting in. "I need Andrew for English, so if you don't mind I'm gonna take him now and you can have him next period in Spanish."

"Sounds like a plan. See you two later!" I called to them and started walking to my own class.

History went by like a breeze, and so did Spanish. I had been learning Spanish from Jasper since I was little, so I was technically a level higher than most sophomores, which is why I got to be in Andrew's class.

After Spanish, it was lunch, and everyone was eager to get out into the snow. I didn't understand it.

"What's your beef with snow?" Andrew asked me. We had lunch together today.

"It's cold, it's wet, it causes car accidents, and it makes people fall and hurt themselves," I stated. "Nothing good comes from snow."

"Not even snow forts or snowball fights?" Andrew laughed.

"Absolutely not," I confirmed. "It is so cold outside, I just don't understand how people are out here."

Finally we got to the cafeteria and sat down with Tyler, Mariana, Justin, Ronna, and some other chorus kids.

"When did your brother get back?" Andrew asked me, noticing Edward sitting at the "Cullen Table."

"Last night," I said, softly. I didn't know what details I should or should not share – there was never a briefing on this one.

"Must be nice to be able to take a vacation," he mumbled. I hit him on the shoulder.

"Be nice, he's my brother. He's going through some stuff," I said to him, throwing a worried glance at Edward. They looked fine, but that worry was still in the air.

"Yeah, like trying to figure out how to beat Mike to Bella," Tyler laughed, "It's all Mike talked about this weekend."

"He's not interested," I said, trying to shut this conversation down. Everyone at the table scoffed and gave me that look you give when you don't believe someone. I didn't blame them.

The rest of the day was uneventful. People talked. I shut them down, as always. I was the "normal Cullen," so people forgot that my siblings were my siblings and they just ran their mouths. It pissed me off, especially in times like this. I tried to keep track of where Edward was, but it was a lost cause.

I walked out of school after the final bell rang and walked to the Volvo. It didn't look like Edward killed Bella today, which was a good sign. I would die if we had to move away right now. In fact, Edward was watching Bella get into her car and pull away.

"You're a creep," I said, getting into the front seat of the Volvo.

"I am not," Edward said, clearly in a better mood than he was this morning.

"Every time I have seen you today, you have been staring at Bella. I thought you didn't like her?" I asked him.

"She's...tempting to me, but I learned today that she is very interesting," he trailed.

"What does that even mean?" I scoffed. Sometimes I was convinced that Edward spoke in tongues.

"I can't read her mind," he confessed. No one else in the car was surprised, they already knew. As usual, I was the last to know anything in this family.

"You can't?" I said, shocked, "That's not good! How do we know if she's a threat or not if you don't know what she's thinking?"

"I spoke with her today in Biology, she's very kind, selfless, and is not harmful at all," Edward said. I couldn't believe this.

"Great, so you go from nearly killing her to being her best friend. People talk, you know, Edward. You need to pick a side here. Humans aren't good with weird."

"I think we all know that," Emmett added from the back. I gave him a look.

At least I didn't nearly throw up in the car ride home today. Edward was a little kinder with his driving.

"I am sorry for that, Dani," Edward apologized. I shrugged.

"It's fine, I get it," Lie. The truth is, I would never get it, because I am not a vampire. I am a human, and I plan on keeping it that way.

"You don't need to be guilty of that, Danielle. Don't ever be sorry that you aren't one of us," Edward said, pulling me into a hug. It made me feel a little better. He then let me go first to walk into the house. Unfortunately for me, I took two steps and fell back, right into Edward's waiting arms. His rock hard arms.

"Son of a-"

"Don't finish that!" Edward said, helping me steady myself. Can I be sorry for being a human right now? I thought to him, laughing a little. Falling into you guys hurts like a bitch.

"Language," Edward chastised. They didn't like it when I swore.

"I can't get in trouble for my thoughts, that your rule," I said, poking him and quickly regretting it. Edward just laughed and we walked inside.