upset | edward cullen

three

Do not be afraid; our fate
Cannot be taken from us; it is a gift.

DANTE ALIGHIERI

Despite my insistence on being a strong independent loveless woman I was inexplicably giddy at the prospect of speaking to Edward Cullen today. I told myself it was the endless possibilities of a new friend not his alluring brown eyes. I bounded down the stairs and made myself a quick breakfast, my mom having left early for work, I played my favorite music on the drive to school. I was greeted with Anthony and Tori leaning against his car which was parked next to mine. I was practically skipping on my feet as we went inside.

"What's gotten into you?" Anthony asked and I just deflected saying I had had a bit too much caffeine. AP Calculus could not have gone any slower as I awaited for the class to end so I could talk to Edward in English Lit.

I tried to calm my heart as I walked to the class, no luck, and when I entered it was as if he had heard my thundering heart because he looked up as I stepped through the door. Today his face was uncovered and Reina was right he was annoyingly attractive. God that didn't help my heartbeat. I calmed it down as I sat next to him. If by some weird phenomena he could hear my heartbeat he would probably think I was about to have a heart attack.

"Morning, did you do the homework?" I said nonchalantly, great I was making myself look like a square. Well I guess that cat is out of the bag since apparently everyone knows how many AP classes I'm taking.

"Yes Inferno is one of my favorites it was quite easy." I was shocked to hear him say that.

"Me too. This will be my third reading of it." And as I said that Edward's eyes lit up impossibly more. We delved into conversation about the book and I had to stop myself from gushing too much about my love for it. I was telling him my favorite part and Edward was smiling and oh God I had forgotten we were in a class full of people.

"Amelia do you want to share the answer with the rest of the class?" The teacher called me out, rightfully so, and I just took one look at the question on the board. How does Dante insist God's benevolent force in Canto 1?

"I was just telling Edward how the sun and stars, attributed to God, symbolize the hope and light that Dante brings with him as he travels through Hell." I sound as innocent as possible as I hear Edward snicker next to me I keep a very naive expression as the teacher looks shocked in response.

"Right, next time raise your hand and answer." He turns around and I finally let out a sigh of relief and Scott gives me a thumbs up, Edward continues to snicker. I can feel myself blushing in response to the class's attention being on me.

"For once I'm glad I'm a nerd." I whisper to myself but mostly to Edward.

"Being a nerd can't be that bad if you're that clever." It was a compliment and it definitely didn't help my blushed cheeks. After that we had only ten minutes of class left so we didn't talk as much mostly due to me being mortified by the attention still.

Edward walked me out of class, to the dismay of Scott who seemed ready to escort me.

"Okay so you clearly have good taste in books what about music?" Edward challenged and I prided myself in my music taste if nothing else.

"Oh I'll listen to everything but country music, my favorite genre is definitely indie rock."

"Who do you listen to? I like The Marías, Phoebe Bridgers-"

"No way I love them!" I was practically jumping on my toes and then we launched into another short but rushed conversation as he walked me to my next class. Edward must have been as disappointed as I was.

"What is your phone number? I can send you some recommendations." I didn't hesitate in rattling it off as he pulled his phone out. Oh God was I being too forward? Would he get the wrong idea? Did I want him to get the wrong idea? Was it the right idea? It didn't matter as the bell interrupted my thoughts and he finished adding the contact. He smiled before leaving me to get inside the classroom.

Unknown Number
It's Edward

Amelia
pls tell me you've listened to HUNNY

Edward
Texting during class that's not very nerd behavior

Amelia
I'm trying a social experiment where I don't act like a nerd for 24 hours

Edward
okay I have admittedly not listened to HUNNY but I will as soon as school ends

It turned out Edward's old man dialect extended to texting but it was quirky, better than overusing emojis and weird acronyms I guess.

At lunch I didn't get weird looks from the Cullens just a smile from Edward which immediately garnered questions from Reina.

"What the HELL?" Her shrill voice caused me to wince and Scott to whine.

"Uhm we're kind of friends?" Even Anthony was in shock.

"You can't be friends with Edward Cullen, you can be in love with him sure!" She was almost yelling now it surprised me that Edward didn't hear her, at least he didn't seem fazed.

"Well I'm not...it's only my third day here lest we forget." Anthony was squinting at me as if trying to get the truth from staring at me.

EDWARD'S POV

"You're telling me the new girl is your singer, doesn't think you're freezing cold, and you can't read her mind?" Emmett looked at me incredulously. It made sense to be in disbelief, I still was.

Despite my best attempt in distancing myself from her it seemed there was an invisible pull to her that I didn't understand, maybe it had to do with the addicting smell of her blood. However I found myself less affected by it than I was days ago, I seemed to be getting used to it the more time I spent with her, of course seeing her for the first time every day was always difficult but after that it eased back into bearable.

Carlisle did not understand the phenomenon either. Alice and Jasper found me and Emmett in the garage as he worked on his newest project, a Ford Bronco.

"It's true Emmett I can't see her at all and Jasper can't feel her. I can't confirm the other thing but I haven't touched her either." Alice spoke for them. Emmett got out from underneath the car and set it down.

"Well I don't see the problem, ask her out if she's cute?" Trust Emmett to find humor in the destruction of my life. Except it didn't seem he was joking at all.

"You cannot be serious?" Alice smiled then, somehow enjoying the idea.

"Oh come on Eddie you need some romance plus she's pretty and smart and she dresses well which I haven't seen in this town in years, besides me of course." Alice was positively bouncing on her toes at the prospect.

"I don't think I even care about her let alone want to date her. Right now I just know I like the smell of her blood." Alice rolled her eyes and bounded off with Jasper by her side.

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