03- Attention

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(Before Bella came to town)
I stare at the golden haired boy in front of me. I smile as I hold my ear and I glance away from him. I can tell that my face is red, but he doesn't bring it up as he chuckles with me.

"I guess we are doing the Civil War then?" He asks and I nod as I look at him again
"I guess we are" I respond
"Perfect, would you mind if I come over to your house to study? My family... can't always control themselves around new people" He says and I raise an eyebrow "They will want to Bombard you with questions" He adds as a look of relief crosses his features

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After class finishes, I exit the classroom into the busy corridor, instantly loosing Jasper as I make my way to the lunch hall.

Smiling, I see my friends table as I plop myself down in between Jessica and Mike

"Sorry to split you up love birds, but I need to talk to my best friend" I say as Mike opens his mouth to protest and Jessica just blushes, before her ears hear that there might be drama
"Now I'm excited, what's happened?" She asks as I instantly regret saying anything

"You know the new family?" I ask, knowing that she does "Well I got moved to sit next to Jasper in History and now we are partners for a Civil War project" I explain

"You mean that you've spoken to a Cullen?" She asks as she looks at me, shocked

"A Hale actually" I correct and she shakes herself out of whatever shock she was in

"This is huge! Everyone has been trying to talk to them all day and non of them have said more then a word in return!" She says

"Shhhh! Keep your voice down! The only reason why he's even talking to me is because i'm his partner for the History project, trust me" I say as i cross my arms and sit back in my chair

"Yeah, you keep telling yourself that" She say as she laughs and then turns to Angela to butt into her conversation.

I relax my arms a bit as i think about what she said and i unknowingly let my eyes wander over to the Cullen's table. I glance at Jasper as he mutters something to the girl sitting next to him with short hair and then, as if he senses me looking, he glances over at me and i quickly look away.

Maybe she's right, maybe he did want to talk to me...

Nonsense, why would he want to talk to me and no one else?

Hearing the bell go off takes me out of my thoughts and i shake my head, as if to try to clear it of its thoughts, as i get up and walk out the hall, not missing the second of eye contact Jasper and i hold as he walks past me

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The next day is the same as always, waking up, stealing Dads breakfast and rushing out the house and into Jessica's car... all while late

We manage to pull up into the school parking lot at exactly 9:15... after the start of first period.

We both rush into the building and we climb the mountain of stairs to get to our English class, where we basically end up barging into the room.

"Sorry, we're... *Panting* late miss, we *Panting* were late, because-" I cut Jessica off

"We were stuck in traffic" I say and she glares at me as we have a silent argument with our eyes.

"Very well" Our English Teacher says after a minute of watching us, rolling her eyes knowing what a pathetic try at an excuse we used and i glare at Jess for the final time before she tells us to sit in the only two available seats in the whole classroom. And, of cause, they happen to be miles away from each other.

I glance at them and notice that one of them is next to who i think is Edward Cullen and the other is next to Mike.

I smile as i head to sit next to Mike, only to have Jessica squeeze into the seat just before i could.

I sigh angrily as i mouth 'i'm going to murder you for that, just you wait until after school!' Then i walk over to the Cullen, who's putting his entire focus on trying to stay as far away from me as possible, and i sit in the chair next to him with a groan as the teacher, finally, starts the lesson.

After about 20 minutes of awkward glances at each other, Edward and i are forced to talk to each other when we have to compare analyses of texts.

The whole class gets to talking and i slowly turn to find the Cullen already looking at me, intensely.

"Edward Cullen and you must be Leah Swan?" He asks and i nod as i hesitantly shake his hand that he held out. "Sorry if i sound like a creep, my Brother, Jasper, was talking about you last night" He tells me as we drop hands and it makes me smile.

The rest of the lesson was spent working with Edward, i noticed a few times that he seemed a bit snappy, but over all he seemed alright.

Walking out the lesson, i see Jess waiting for me and i walk over to her

"There must be something different about you" Jessica says, suddenly, as we start walking down the school hall

"Why?" I ask, not knowing what she is on about

"The cullens just seem to be attracted to you, like flies on shit" She says and i cringe

"Next time, try the phrase like bees on honey instead of calling me a shit, please" I say as we both chuckle "And i have no idea what you are talking about" I finish

"Just look at them" Jess tells me as we pass them standing by a set of lockers in the hall way and they all look at me as we pass

"They're just being friendly" I say as i smile back and catch eyes with Jasper

"Right... because they've shown so much friendliness towards everyone else since they arrived" She says as we turn a corner and i start to think.

I have to admit, the Cullens didn't talk to anyone else besides themselves.... and me, but why?

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