Bab 25: Rumors
Alice's expression turned slightly downcast as she nodded.
"I understand, next week then, right?" Alice asked, her voice colored with hope.
Alex nodded, a smile on his face as he answered.
"Of course, Alice. We're friends, and I don't like lying to my friends," Alex said as he nodded his head towards Alice.
Turning towards the rest of his table, Alex said.
"Well then, I'll have to be going now. See you guys next week!"
Alex waved his hand goodbye and started heading back toward Bellas's table.
Emmet, Jasper, Edythe, and Alice gave their goodbyes as well, with only Rosalie staying silent throughout.
As he was going farther away, Alex's super hearing did its work as intended as he heard Rosalie talk in what he thought was the vampire speech shown in the movies.
"Why are we associating with a human?" Rosalie said, her brows furrowed as she looked at the others at the table.
"Human? From the fact that Alice can't seem to see him in any of her visions, then I seriously doubt that he is human," Edythe said towards Rosalie, her voice equally cold as Rosalie's.
"That's right. You and Edward can't hear his thoughts either, but you also can't hear his sister's thoughts, but Alice said she can see Bella in her visions," Jasper said as he nodded in the direction of Bella.
"That's true," Emmet said; his voice sounded much more severe than Alex thought he would ever hear him be.
Alice then spoke for the first time since the conversation had started.
"He has done nothing strange since he arrived here. We aren't even sure if he isn't human or if it's just the evolved form of the gift his sister has." Alice said, her voice just as serious as the others, though it still carried a somewhat soft tone, or at least Alex thought so.
'Being able to escape Alice's visions is both a boon and a danger. It means that she cannot gather information about me from the future or predict my actions, but that also means that I'm abnormal. No regular human should be able to escape her vision. However, she shouldn't be able to see Bella in her visions either if she's around me. I wonder...' Alex thought as he arrived at Bella's table.
"Hey guys!" Alex said as he sat down on his usual seat next to Bella.
"Hey Alex, what's up," Mike said from the other side of the table.
The others also greeted Alex, though they didn't talk to him much. They had learned that Alex didn't like to talk much over the last week.
'It's not that I don't want to talk. The gossip you guys talk about isn't interesting or something I care about. Why should I care what Cassey's boyfriend did to her?' Alex thought as he shook his head lightly.
'It seems like the conversation over there has also ended,' Alex thought as he looked at the Cullen table from the corner of his eye.
'Either way, it's going to come out into the open sooner or later. I just need to build a better relationship with them so that nothing out of the ordinary, like me getting exposed to the Volturi, happens, even if the chances are so low. I don't want to take any risks, ' Alex thought.
"So what did Alice talk to you about Alex?" Jessica, the greatest gossiper of humankind, asked Alex.
'Ahh, and here I thought I had escaped her notice. The godly gossiper truly is unbeatable,' Alex thought to himself as he turned to face the young woman.
"Nothing much. We became friends during art class, and she asked if I wanted to sit with them for lunch. But I didn't want to just leave you guys randomly, so I told her we could sit together next week." Alex explained what had happened, hoping to God that he wouldn't hear some random rumors going around school next week.
'It would be amazing if the rumors didn't start today,' Alex thought as he remembered how fast gossip would spread around the school.
'Yeah, right. I'm telling Jessica some random gossip is going to start rampaging around. After all, in high school, once someone knows something, it will spread like wildfire, and almost everyone saw me go and talk to them at the table. It's guaranteed two hours max before I hear them talk about it in the halls, ' Alex thought, releasing a small sigh as he tried not to think about it anymore.
"Oh, it seems like they can talk to someone else, huh? I thought they were so caught up in themselves that everyone else was simply bugs in front of their eyes," Jessica said as she turned to continue her chat with Angela.
"You shouldn't say that, Jess," Angela said softly. However, Jessica just rolled her eyes and continued her conversation.
'Ah, dear Jess, have you perhaps ever tried to be friends with them and not just ask them out on a date? Even then, you decided to pick Edward, the hardest one to talk to. If you had talked to Alice, I'm sure she would have accepted you as her friend easily,' Alex thought as he drummed his fingers on the table while he listened to the others talk around the table.
Lunch ended as soon as the students got up and headed toward their classes.
Alex stood seated momentarily as he watched the students walk out of the cafeteria.
"You coming, Alex?" Mike said as he got up from the table.
"Yeah," Alex said as he got up.
Alex looked at the Cullens, who were now leaving the hall as well. They all went to the trash can and threw everything they had gotten for lunch in it.
'Isn't that way too conspicuous? Are you even trying to hide at this point if you do that? No one will think you're a vampire, but they will think you guys sure are bad mannared bastards for wasting food every day.' Alex thought as he shook his head and followed Mike.
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Bab 26: Hooligan
Alex followed Mike out of the cafeteria hall because he had stood absentmindedly for a while. The halls weren't as filled with students as they were right after or right before lunch.
"What do you have this hour?" Alex asked Mike as they walked side by side.
"Oh," Mike exclaimed, startled for a moment, and then turned towards Alex.
"I've got biology."
Alex nodded and then asked him.
"What's got you so deep in thought?"
Mike's eyes opened wider as he turned to face Alex again and asked in a bewildered tone.
"How did you know?"
'What do you mean, Mike? How did I know? You literally got startled when I asked what class you have this hour,' Alex thought, shaking his head lightly at his friend.
"Well, what's up?" Alex said, deciding not to answer Mike's question at all.
Mike didn't talk for a few moments, but he turned to look ahead of him as he walked.
"You know I like Jessica, right? But it just doesn't look like it's ever going to be a thing, not with how she keeps looking at the Cullens as if they're some god-sent deities or something," Mike said, his voice low as he walked.
Alex looked at the man momentarily and then slapped his forehead loudly.
Mike turned to look at Alex, confused as he asked, his voice clearly showing his surprise.
"What?"
Alex huffed as he put his arm around Mike's shoulder.
"Mike, my guy, Jess likes you. She might have looked at the Cullens and thought it would be cool to be with them as they were the most famous people in the school, but after they rejected her, she just gave up. She had no feelings for them. She actually likes you, Mike. I've seen how she looks at you," Alex said as he tried to bring up Mike's mood.
'I know that they had a brief relationship after the prom, but that is in the future. I honestly don't even know if she likes you right now, Mike, but being confident is better than not, right?' Alex thought as he nodded his head, trying to make his words to Mike more logical in his own head.
Mike stood silent for a few moments and then said, his voice still clouded from what Alex thought was sadness. However, it was complicated to say exactly what emotion it was.
"I don't know, Alex. Thanks for trying to cheer me up, however," Mike said as he smiled and raised his fist for a fist bump.
Alex smiled and met the fist with his own.
"Look, man, I still think Jess likes you, but even if she doesn't, I'll always be here if you need to open up or just go play some basketball or something, maybe even go watch some movie and get a few drinks," Alex said as he patted Mike's back.
"Thanks, Alex," Mike said as he smiled and patted Alex's back just like he had done to his.
"Of course, anytime," Alex said as he walked with Mike until the bell rang, that is.
"Uhm, is that the first or second bell, Mike?" Alex asked as he froze suddenly.
Mike turned to look at Alex as he laughed at Alex's stumped expression.
"Afraid it's the second Alex," Mike said, a grin on his face.
Alex's shoulders slumped as he sighed audibly.
"Well, it seems like I won't be going to class then. What about you, Mike?" Alex said as he faced Mike.
"I would love to keep you company, Alex, but I really have to go. See you later!" Mike said as he waved his hand.
"All right, see you later, Mike!" Alex said as he waved his hand and turned to walk towards the outside of the school.
'Dumb math teacher says that im not allowed to come in if im behind the second ring of the bell, ' Alex thought in annoyance as he opened the school's front doors and went outside.
Looking around, he quickly found some wooden benches where he could sit.
'I used to skip class almost every day when I was in school. Now that I think about those times, it's not something to be proud of. I wish I had more time to have fun and joke around with my friends instead of running away so much,' Alex thought as he remembered his past life.
His expression took on a sad undertone. It was doubtful if anyone could even notice it if they looked at him, however.
"Hey, what got you in such a slump?" A voice was heard as someone sat on the bench next to Alex.
Alex turned his head, startled that someone could possibly sneak up on him.
'I should be able to even hear their heart beating. It should be impossible for them to sneak up on me,' Alex thought, at least until he saw who had talked to him.
Seated right next to him was Alice Cullen.
'I see, no, I don't. How the hell did she walk so quietly? Is she a cat or something? And most importantly, what's she doing here?' Alex thought as he looked at Alice for a few seconds, no words leaving his mouth as he remained startled.
"What's wrong? You decided to become mute, or did a cat eat your tongue?" Alice said, her expression showcasing her everpresent smile, though Alex thought it looked more mischievous than happy at the moment.
"No, I'm just wondering what you're doing out here and not in class. You shouldn't be with some hooligan who skips classes now, should you?" Alex asked, his expression also turning into the same mischievous smile.
Alice looked at Alex for a moment, made a thinking pose, put her index finger on her chin, and then acted as if she suddenly had found the answer.
"Ah, what if I'm the hooligan, though? You're the son of the police chief. Shouldn't you follow his example and uphold the rules?" Alice asked, her voice making it sound as if she were some innocent child asking an obvious question.
Alex's brow started twitching as he looked at her.
'Life is unfair. How can you make an expression like that when you're hundreds of years old."
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