The sound of the bell signaling the end of the lunch hour rang. The students slowly starting to get up from their tables as they gathered their leftover food or any random items lying around and headed off, either throwing the food into the trash cans first before leaving or waiting for some of their friends to finish.
Alan meanwhile got up almost instantly, as he turned to his three new friends.
"Well, I'll be heading off now. Got some stuff to do. See you guys later." Alan said as he gave a quick nod of his head before turning around and starting to walk away as quickly as he could from the cafeteria, without even waiting for the three to reply.
"Huh, wonder what got into him?" Jeanie muttered to herself as she watched the quirky boy walking away quickly.
"Maybe he needs the bathroom?" John replied with a shrug of his shoulders as he got up from his chair.
Adrian merely gave a nod, probably thinking it was something similar as the three of them dismissed his behaviour as nothing much besides a bathroom run.
Meanwhile Alan was already half way down the cafeteria hall, walking directly to the exit doors when he saw some people who had somehow gotten there even before him, having gotten up from their seats somehow almost instantly as soon as the bell had rung.
'The Cullens? These guys…' Alan thought as he quickly lowered his head and tried to pass by them only for him to trip just slightly and ending up brushing hands with the smallest of the group, Alice Cullen.
The feeling on his hand, it was stone cold, like a stone that had been under the shadow during the winter for a long time with no sunlight ever hitting it. No warmth, no softness, it felt completely different from how a regular hand was supposed to feel.
Turning his head slightly, Alan saw the girl looking at him directly in the eyes, a small smile on her face that looked almost teasing, however he didnt look long as he gave a quick nod in apology.
"Sorry, tripped." Alan said as he quickly moved away and out of the cafeteria, quickly walking down the hall and disappearing from sight behind a corner.
Finally alone and by himself, he gathered his breath. His heart was almost felt like it was about to beat out of his chest, he could practically hear the loud thumping in his ears.
'That… what was that? Cold, frigid as ice and so hard. It… it most definitely didn't feel human, thats for sure.' Alan thought to himself as his thoughts went back to the brief accidental interaction before he opened his status menu.
[ Luck: 10 ]
'Luck ten my ass, what is this bullshit.' Alan thought as he almost felt like sobbing tears right then and there.
The second bell rang, signaling that classes were about to start. Realising that he had been standing in the same place just thinking about that one small interaction for a few minutes that he hadn't even noticed passing, Alan quickly turned as he started heading towards his next class.
'Please let the rest of this day pass normally.' Alan thought to himself.
The next classes passed peacefully, something Alan felt grateful for, atleast until he entered his last class of the day.
Heading inside, he headed to his seat which was unfortunately close to a certain individual that he wanted nothing to do with.
Edward Cullen.
Thankfully, the man seemed to not be looking at anyone and minding his own business.
'Atleast it's better than that Alice girl.' Alan thought to himself as he started unpacking his biology books onto the table.
At that moment, a girl headed inside the class, Alan wasn't paying much attention, his mind still focused on the system and his new observation skill, however that changed not long later, infact not even seconds later as he felt a cold prickling feeling at the base of his neck, as if all the hair follicles on his body had stood up to attention at the same time.
Slowly but carefully, he turned his gaze to the left where he was met with the sight of Bella Swan, the new transfer student standing before the empty seat next to Edward Cullen.
And Edward Cullen who had seemed to be completely normal merely a few moments earlier, now looked like he was ready to rip someones throat out.
'I hope that's just a look, god I hope that's just a look.' Alan thought before his eyes went towards Edward's eyes, Alan's own eyes widened slightly almost imperceptibly as he realised.
'They changed colour, I am most certainly sure that they were dark bronze colour, not that. They weren't pitch fucking black, humans dont have pitch black eyes.' Alan thought to himself as he quickly averted his gaze once more and turned his entire body towards the blackboard at the front of the classroom, his head stiff as he didnt move it even a slight inch towards the left or right.
'If you kill her, please just kill her after class, or in the woods, or whatever place serial killers kill people. Don't do it here. I do not want any part in any of this bullshit.' Alan thought to himself.
For the next class hours, Alan didn't move a single inch, his entire back was drenched in sweat and his hands were clammy, his eyes fixed on the blackboard though he wasn't really listening to anything that the professor said.
Finally after what felt like an entire lifetime, the bell signaling the end of the final class of the day rang. Before Alan could get up, the sound of screeching metal onto the floorboards rang out as Edward Cullen shot out of his chair and stormed out of the classroom.
'Thank you, thank you.' Alan thought to himself as he slowly got up from his own chair, feeling his legs that had already stiffened from the unmoving position that he had kept for almost an entire hour.
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