Lilliana Swan (Unedited)

Chapter 3

"Ladies first." he says

She glances at him but he just leans away, his face tight. She looks back into the microscope.

"Prophase." She said

She begins to remove the slide.

"May I look?" Edward asked

She slides him the microscope. He glances through the lens.

"Prophase." Edward said

"Like I said." I said

He writes it on the worksheet.

"Enjoying the rain?" Edward asked

"Seriously? You're asking me about the weather?" Bella asked

"It appears." Edward said

"No. I don't like the cold. Or the wet. Or the gray. Or parkas. Or turtle necks." Bella said

A small smile plays on his lips.

"What?" Bella asked

He shakes his head and turns to the microscope, switching out the slide. She looks at him and keeps looking.

"Anaphase." Edward said

"May I? (she looks through the lens) Anaphase." Bella said

"Like I said." Edward says

She glances at him, and this time sees a smirk. She holds out her hand for a new slide which he gives her.

"If you hate the cold and rain, why did you and your sister move to the wettest place in the continental U.S?" Edward asked

"It's complicated. And my sister is happy anywhere..." Bella said

"I think I can keep up." Edward said

"Our mother remarried." She said

"Very complex. So you guys didn't like him." Edward said

"Phil is fine. Young for her, but nice enough." Bella said

The school bell rings and strangely enough, I stayed watching my sister. They both get up and head towards the door, I follow after them. Bella and Edward were walking down the hall continuing their conversation.

"Why didn't you guys stay with your Mom and stepdad?" Edward asked

"Phil's a minor league baseball player, so he travels a lot. My mother stayed home with us but it made her unhappy. So we decided to spend time with our father." Bella said

"But now you guys are unhappy." Edward said

"No, my sister is happy to be here, I on the other hand...." Bella says as she turns away clearly embarrassed.

"I'm just trying to figure you out. You're very hard to read." Edward said

They look at each other, their eyes meet and she looks more closely at him.

"Did you get contacts?" Bella asked

"...no." Edward said

"Your eyes were black before, now they're this golden brown or  --" Bella didn't get to finish

"It's just the fluorescents." Edward says

He turns and walks away. Then I am pulled back into the library I quickly get up and head towards Bella. I made it to the truck at the same time she did. We both look over towards where the Cullen's are standing. We all turn towards a high-pitched screeching noise, it keeps getting louder. Bella and I turn to see a van skidding on the ice going out of control, heading directly towards us. I look towards the Cullen's both Edward's and Jasper's faces are filled with horror. The van is about to hit us, when something knocks Bella and I down I hit my head on the ice. I look up to see Edward before everything goes black.