A Vampire's Love - Edward Cullen (Twilight saga)

Chapter 5 - Hot & Cold

Aiyanna

I had biology.

I sighed internally, as I walked slowly to one of the class I dreaded the most. I wasn't good at it, nor did I want to be. It should be an option, seriously. Why did I have to learn a subject I wasn't going to use later in life ? I understood that it helped with our common knowledge, but still. And to think that there were actually people who chose advanced biology as an option, and that they had to have biology three times a week. I would've felt pity for them, but if they chose that, it meant that they liked it.

As I walked in the classroom, I saw Edward already being seated on a chair near the windows. I guessed we both liked staring into the void in the middle of the class, since I've never seen him sit anywhere else but beside windows.

I actually had a moment of hesitation. Was I bold enough to sit beside him or should I sit in between Angela and Mike who were waving in my direction as I looked around the classroom. No matter how much I wanted to avoid Mike, I didn't want to be clingy with Edward when all we did was have a simple conversation.

That was how I found myself walking towards Mike, to sit beside him.

"Hey, Aiyanna. Haven't seen you yet. How are you ?" Mike said with a smile on his face.

"Now that I realize I'm in a biology class, I don't feel that good." I answered.

Mike laughed at me and lightly tapped my shoulder. "I heard we are going to do an experiment today. It's going to be fun."

Experiments were actually fun, compared to listening to one person talk about neutrons or cells or whatsoever for a whole hour.

"I hope so." I said, a little bit more convinced.

...

Wrong.

It wasn't fun.

How, out of all people in this class, could this happen to me ?

We had to partner up with the person beside us. Mike, being on my right, was my partner. We were doing an experiment that required boiling water first, and I was glad it was only water, because it spilled on my hand as Mike mishandled the boiling flask while I was putting on my gloves.

More than me, I felt like Mike was the one who panicked the most. At first, I thought it wouldn't hurt that bad. However, that was before I noticed how my hand was shaking.

The teacher made me rinse my hand with cold water in the sink, while all eyes were on me. How embarassing.

" I'm so sorry Aiyanna. Are you okay ? Oh my God, I should've been more careful. Does it hurt a lot ?" Mike started rumbling.

"It's not that bad. I'll be okay. Right ?" I answered while looking up at Mr Banner, our teacher.

"It shouldn't be that bad, but I'm sending you off to the infirmary. Any volunteer ?"

I wasn't even sure that Mr Banner had finished his sentence, when Edward volunteered. He was already standing up, and walking up to us.

"Thank you, Edward." The teacher told him before he looked at me. "Do you think you can handle it until you get there ?"

I stopped the water from running for a few seconds minutes and waited to see how I felt without feeling the cold water hit my skin. There weren't any visible marks on my skin yet, but my hand was still shaking. The water fell on my fourth and my fifth finger, the back of my hand and my wrist.