Chapter 19: "A Cullen?"
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"She's just so sexy," Mike sighed as he spoke, causing Vlad and Eric to laugh at his words. "I mean, I get she's 40, but…"
"I get you," Eric shot back. "Teacher, sexy, divorced, and has three kids for 'who knows' are older than us. Trust me, man, she's a liability."
They laughed after his words, which felt rather insignificant considering that they were seated in the cafeteria, where a large number of students surrounded their figures.
"Vlad," Mike brought Vlad's eyes to his attention, "what about you and Bella? You dating?"
"Nah." Relief could be seen coming out from Mike's very soul. "We are just friends. Fuck—me belly, don't even know each other that well."
They all brushed off Vlad's words as if failing to hold belief.
"Well, can I have her?" Eric, one who always considered himself an opportunist, spoke fast, his body slightly rising as if he had gotten a chance he feared would disappear.
"What?!" Mike slightly arose from his seat. "Nah, bro, she's mine." He lowered his body and decreased his voice, perhaps noticing the number of glances that had turned their attention on him.
"She's not an object," Vlad laughed, amused by the actions of the lads that sat before him, lads controlled by hormones like a parasite. "And as for who she wants?" He shrugged his shoulders. "I have no idea."
They sighed as if in disappointment, voices so in sync that Vlad would swear they sounded like one.
Turning his eyes, he saw them: Bella, Jessica, and Angela, all walking towards their table.
But unlike the usual, Bella's expression seemed distant, somewhat resembling depressed, thoughtful, and maybe one of uncertainty.
"Hello," Jessica, with her usual enthusiasm, greeted, sitting down as she grabbed a seat. "Sup, Vlad," she gave him a separate Greeting, which immediately caused both Mike and Eric to shoot their eyes at him.
Vlad only laughed, clearly understanding the situation.
"So, tell us, Angela," Vlad remarked softly, looking at the girl with glasses, who was slowly sitting in her seat. "What's today's daily gossip?"
"Nothing much," she fixed her posture, placing her bag on the floor and positioning her food near her seated body. "Jordan was found having sex in the girls' bathroom. Apparently, bullying still exists, and… oh yes, turns out the rumors about Miss Rose grooming students for pleasure are… false." Mike's expression turned disappointed at her last words. "So yeah, the usual."
The table giggled at her words, but Vlad couldn't help but notice Bella, who, for some reason, didn't find the joke amusingly funny.
He ignored her, perhaps understanding that everyone needed some space.
Who was he to judge?
How could he, when he needed it the most?
He, who was given the most by fate.
By fate forced.
So he left her with silence and the pleasures of nothing but her fake, pretentious giggles.
Something was bothering her, he had noticed.
But at that moment, at that second, he simply didn't care.
Not because of the failure of being a good friend.
Or the inexperience of human compassion.
But because, at that moment, when time needed him to care about her most, the dead walked in.
Corpses, bringing only silence with their entrance.
They looked at him.
Even if it was only a flicker.
Even if it was only for a second.
Each and every one of them placed their gaze on him.
He felt uncomfortable.
Disgust.
As if his blood was screaming for retaliation.
As if it was screaming for a fight.
But she walked in.
Alice.
Unlike her family, she didn't stare for a second or for the motion of a flicker.
She kept her eyes interlocked with Vlad's from the very beginning.
Maybe that's why he didn't run to the bathroom or leave to his house.
So he remained seated, as they took their seats not far from him, close enough for their faces to stare at him, and him to stare at them.
A balance.
"Bro, you know a Cullen?" Eric panicked.
And only then did Vlad finally notice that Alice wasn't only looking at him, but she was smiling while doing it.
Bella, as if broken from her curse, shot a look at Vlad, who was now scratching the back of his head in acknowledgment.
"A Cullen?" Jessica was also stunned, her eyes fully widened, disbelief washing her whole. "But they don't talk to anyone!" she unknowingly loudly uttered, causing everyone in the cafeteria to look in her direction.
So she buried her face on the table in an attempt to escape the most attention.
Bella's face was neared, as if fully focused on Vlad, who was the only one who knew that those who were seated not far, acting oblivious, were actually listening.
How could he reply if he knew they heard everything?
What could he say?
How would he say it?
So the only words, the only words that could slip out of his silent mouth, the only tainted words they could utter:
"Fuck," in a faint whisper, "fuck me."
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