The rest of the nights were as plain and ordinary as the rest. I have never really been a người hâm mộ of the night, even though that's when we were forced to hunt when it was hunting season. All the humans got to hunt when they could just go to the supermarket, and we had to wait. I couldn't blame them though. Fresh meats tastes better than store bought. Charlie taught me that.

The drizzle didn't stop for the whole night, that I didn't even notice that it was 8:37. It didn't leave that much time to get to school, only 3 minutes. "Guys!" I called out, rushing to Nathan's room. "Nathan. Wake up!" He woke up immediately, looked at the clock, and zoomed to get dressed. I did too, and bởi the time we were all ready we left. We couldn't figure out which car we were supposed to take. We left Johnson's car at school. If we just ran, people would wonder how we got there bởi walking. And if we took another car, we would seem too suspicious, as to why we would have so many wonderful cars but live in a tiny town like Forks. Not to mention we'd be late.

"Isn't this smart? Arguing when we should get to school!" đã đưa ý kiến Serena, hopping into her car. We all followed and she drove like a mad woman, running every stop light in sight. I just happen to know from experience, that it is possible to go this fast but never crash in Forks.

When we got to school we were only a few phút late. I'm sure the teachers would understand. We all quickly hurried to class, which was math. I got in, and almost right after, I got out. Not like I left the class right away, because I didn't, I waited until the class was over, but it was SO boring. I was practically falling asleep, my head dropping down. The teacher ignored me, but it wasn't like I was actually going to sleep anyways. And I would've known any câu hỏi that she asked us.

I walked to my tiếp theo class, gym. It was so funny watching everybody in that class trip over their feet just to take a good look at me. The teacher sort of half glared, half drooled over me. "And Isabella..."

"Bella." I corrected right away.

"Of course, Bella," He looked a tiny bit annoyed. "Would bạn please like to explain to me why bạn weren't at my class at all yesterday?" I came up with the best lie with the 7.78 giây that I didn't speak for.

"Well, coach, my father, is a fireman." He kind of looked amused. What I wouldn't give to be able to read his mind. Hold on. I can't be going back down that road. I caught myself before I could think anymore and just blurted it out. "And there was an emergency in which led him to the hospital. His girlfriend hurried and came to pick us up and forgot to sign out, telling bạn that we weren't going to be here. I'm sorry." I bowed my head down in shame.

"Heh. That's pretty funny considering your brother, Johnson, told me that there was a family crisis over on your father's side, and bạn were planning on going, when it turns out it was just in Seattle, but because your father had such bad eye sight he couldn't drive at night, and they decided to use the best of their hotel. And he told me if you, Nathan hoặc Serena thiên nga were in this class, that would be their excuse." Wow. That teacher outsmarted me. First time in a long time. "So, when bạn find Johnson, could bạn tell him that I give him detention. And I'll also give you, and the rest of them detention too, for trying to pull one over on the coach... Now run!" One teacher I was going to dislike for this year.

I started running, not too slow, to make the coach hate me even more, but not too fast, because it wouldn't be believable. I was going to hiển thị the coach what I got!

I was very thankful this gym class. Not only was Jennifer in my class, but we were also playing volleyball. I disliked Jessica very much before. When class ended, I was forced to stay later. The coach told me I had to take everything down and help clean up because I was late, I ditched yesterday, and I lied. Wasn't one punishment enough?

Using my nhanh, swift vampire moves, I was done cleaning up before bạn knew it. I walked to the cafeteria. I already saw Johnson, Serena, and Nathan sitting down, with trays full of food, so I went to get my own food. As I would've expected there was a Cullen standing there, hoping to explain. But it wasn't the Cullen I thought it would be.

"Bella!" Emmett looked so happy to see me that he picked me up in a big chịu, gấu hug. I looked over at my table, where the guys looked like they were going to come here. I shook my head, hoping they would sit down. They did, but were still glaring at Emmett. "Oh my gosh, you're a vampire!"

"Emmett!" I sounded cheerful, and it wasn't fake. I was really happy to see Emmett again. He was one of the Cullens that I didn't strongly dislike. "I can't believe I'm see bạn again!" I looked over Emmett's shoulder at his table. All the Cullen's were staring at him, no doubt listening to our conversation. "Do bạn want to take this outside?" He turned around looking at his family. Jasper looked calm, Alice looked upset probably because she couldn't listen, Rosalie looked angry, and Edward... I just couldn't even look at his face.

My family, however, all looked angry. They were probably going to try and follow us to hear what we were saying. I hate the powers that they had. Johnson was probably going to change them into something small and follow me, Serena might make it sunny so we were forced to come back inside, hoặc Nathan might make ngọn lửa, chữa cháy light Emmett up. Either way, nothing was going to be pretty.

Before I followed Emmett outside, I walked to my family. "Don't do anything. At all. Just trust me." They all looked like they didn't believe it, but went along with it.

I walked outside in the rain, with Emmett on my tail. I walked really far, away from the school, hoping that neither families would be able to hear else. Alice would probably predict the ending already and Edward would just read Emmett's mind later, but I didn't really care.

"Bella! Look how much you've grown. Er, I mean aged. Like gotten older. Not physically, but bạn know what I mean." I was relieved he đã đưa ý kiến all that rumbling actually. It kind of felt like before, he was the big guy who just made everyone laugh. And was never serious. "So, how'd bạn change? Did those ma cà rồng bite you?" He got tensed. "I don't trust them bạn know."

"What? They aren't evil Emmett. They're my family. And I tình yêu them a lot."

"Well, I saw that one with brown hair burning Edward. I had to push him out of the way to save my brother." He shook his head, reliving that memory. "They aren't nice people bạn know."

That got me a little mad. "Oh, you're talking about my family, bạn know. They are the amazing people that I have lived with for 92 years. I think I would know whether they are nice hoặc not. And that boy that was burning Edward? That is my son you're talking about."

His jaw dropped. His eyes widened. He was obviously confused. "How could.. What do bạn mean?" He needed an explanation, right away. I probably owed him that much. He wasn't the one that did anything evil to me.

"After your brother left me, I moved out of Charlie's house. I got raped on the plane ride to Florida bởi a vampire. Had a child. And those mean people, as bạn may call them, saved me. If it wasn't for them, I wouldn't be here. I'll probably be somewhere under Florida." As I finished my short life story, as in human life, Emmett looked really mad. Like he could someone hoặc something.

"You were raped? bởi who? What was his name?" he demanded. He suddenly got super protective.

"Does it even matter? I've already told Lucas, my 'father' his name, and he says there was nothing that we are able to do about it. It's over. Done with. Even if bạn wanted to try to chase him there would be no use."

"But maybe we could-" He got cut off bởi the bell. "Talk about this later." He finished. He shrugged and started back inside.

"Emmett?" I called, and he turned back. "Could bạn please not think about this conversation?" I asked.

He grinned. "Bell, your secret's an toàn, két an toàn with me." After I thanked him for everything, I walked into my Spanish class. Nathan was there, eagerly waiting to hear about what happened with the conversation with Emmett. As much as he pleaded and begged, I kept my mouth shut. If Emmett could keep something quiet for me, then I could at least return the favour for him.

"Come on mom." he đã đưa ý kiến at vampire speed. Our mouths didn't even mouth when we were talking like that. They were just a big blur. "Tell me what happened." I didn't say a word. He finally gave it up and started to pay attention to the teacher. hoặc so I thought so before I heard a loud scream. It sounded like the scream from Emmett.

"Ow! Put it out!" I realized that it was coming from Nathan's hand.

"Stop it now!" He did, and looked at me like he expected a big reward for stopping the torture of one of the people I trust. "Why did bạn burn him?" I asked in question. I didn't know that my son would do something so evil. "Did Johnson put bạn up to it?" He looked down sheepishly.

"Johnson promised he'd take me up to the mountain that I like, in South Carolina." He shrugged. "And just so bạn know, Johnson đã đưa ý kiến that if my part didn't work, he'll get Serena to rain on him." Could Johnson be thêm of an idiot?

"Fine. I'll tell you. Just make Johnson stop it." I heard Emmett's shriek once again and I glared at Nathan.

"Well, Johnson đã đưa ý kiến two shouts was the signal that you're going to talk." He smiled and looked at me. Now I had to tell.

"There isn't much to tell. Normally I was the one telling the story. He called bạn guys mean and untrustworthy, but I told him otherwise. I was saying how bạn guys were my family after they left and how bạn were my son. If bạn wanted a big story about how he was begging me to accept Edward back but I was refusing the whole time, bạn don't have it. Oh and bởi the way, you're going to detention." I added the last part to keep it light.

"Señorita Bella, Senor Nathan, por favor traduce los siguientes frases en sus cuadernos." đã đưa ý kiến the spanish teacher, noticing we weren't paying attention. She read us the sentence and we wrote it down, while still talking.

"Why am I in detention?" he asked.

"For skipping gym yesterday." I guess he didn't have to go through it alone since we were all going with him. His first detention... I should be so proud of him.

"Funny, considering my gym class was first period, and I was pretty sure I was there." he said. I realized that Nathan couldn't have skipped yesterday, if both Johnson and I skipped.

"Oh great. So that means Serena couldn't have skipped either... Well I guess that works out great. bạn and Serena take her car trang chủ and Johnson and I will take his." Now we wouldn't seem like an unnatural family, except for the fact that we got detention on the một giây ngày of school.

"Well, I'll just tell Johnson to butt out of things that aren't his business. And tell me the tiếp theo time he bribes bạn because I know a place where the động vật taste way tastier than South Carolina. The beavers and moose are amazing." He smiled and bạn could practically read the expression on his face. 'Adults, what are bạn going to do about them.'