The next day passed in the same fashion, with Eleanor riding to school with her sister and her morning classes dragging along. Eleanor was so happy that her junior year was almost over, meaning she was one day closer to leaving Forks. Eleanor thought that once she left Forks, she wouldn't have to worry about losing control of her powers around her loved ones. She hated the thought of hurting one of her friends or a member of her family.

Bella dropped her tray down next to Eleanor, making the girl jump and look up towards her. "He's not here. After biology yesterday, I saw him in the office trying to change his classes so we wouldn't have class together."

In their biology class the day before, Bella had been paired up with Edward Cullen. While the boy was usually closed off from other students, Bella claimed he was rude and tense throughout class. El couldn't believe that he would actually go as far as to change his schedule just so he could sit alone.

"He keeps to himself, just like the rest of his family. I had classes with him last year and I don't think he ever spoke to anyone even if he was paired up with them." Eleanor attempted to comfort her new friend, but she had a feeling she wasn't very convincing.

Because she had never seen Edward Cullen - or any member of his family - work with anyone outside of their little circle. That didn't give him a reason to be rude to the new girl, of course.

"Did he ever ditch school after?" Bella asked, throwing a look to his family's table, where Edward was the only one absent. Alice's eyes snapped up to meet hers but El looked back to Bella soon after.

Eleanor raised her shoulders, trying her best to look apologetic, and Bella sighed. "I didn't think so."

Eleanor turned her head back over to their table, feeling a chill run down her spine when she saw Alice and Emmett staring at her. She raised a brow at them, hoping they'd look away once she caught them staring. When they didn't, Eleanor focused her gaze on both of them and moved both of her hands beneath the table before waving her fingers in their direction.

She watched as the siblings blinked, looking mildly confused before turning their gaze elsewhere, obviously feeling the effects of Eleanor's scarlet whirls. El sighed and looked down at her tray, feeling bad that she had to use her abilities on someone. She peaked up atBella, who was poking around at her food and nudged her shoulder. "Look, don't worry about him. Maybe he's going through some stuff right now. If you're really that upset about it, wait until he gets back and then confront him about it, okay?"

Eleanor stood with her tray and backpack, tossing Bella a small smile before leaving to meet Angela.

Later that night as Eleanor sat in her bedroom with her back against her wall, she moved her fingers slowly, watching the waves of scarlet roll around her fingers. Her powers were pretty, at least, looking like a red mist that belonged solely to her hands. El jumped when a knock sounded against her door and she quickly put her hands down before calling out. "Come in!"

Mrs. Stanley opened her daughter's door, looking anxious as she twisted her hands together. El sat up, worried that something was wrong. "I just got a call from the hospital. Jessica was in a car accident."

"Oh, my God!" Eleanor said, feeling another rush of worry shoot through her as she stood up.

The teen pulled on her shoes and jacket quickly before following her mom down the stairs and climbing into the car. "What happened?"

Eleanor's mom sighed as she started the car. "They didn't tell me much over the phone. They said she was okay and she wanted me to come down there."

"So she's not hurt, right?" Eleanor chewed on her nails, looking to her mother, who shook her head.

"They just told me she was fine, El."

Eleanor and Jessica weren't as close as some siblings were but, no matter what, they did care for each other. Eleanor hated to see her sister or her mom get hurt. She hated even more that she could possibly be a reason they did get hurt.

When they finally arrived to the hospital, Mrs. Stanley parked her car in the first spot she could find. The two rushed out of the car and headed into the emergency room. Eleanor walked quickly, following her mom to the room they were told to go into.

Relief flooded her body when she saw her sister sitting up in the bed and El smiled as she rushed to her side. She pulled her sister into a short hug, shocking the girl who returned the hug after a moment. "What happened?"

Jessica scoffed as let go of her sister, rolling her eyes. "Some idiot crashed into my side of the car. They did more damage to my car than me but they insisted that I had to come here and have a 'thorough' check over."

Jess' face lit up suddenly and she sat up before leaning close to her sister. "I'm totally not complaining though. My doctor is Dr. Cullen."

Eleanor laughed at her sister. It was just like Jess to try and gossip about men no matter the situation. "Sounds like you were really lucky to be a car crash then."

"No kidding, I should do this more often."She joked before turning to look at their mom, who looked amused at the both of them. "Dr. Cullen should be in a few minutes to give you papers to sign."

"Sounds good." Mrs. Stanley said, sticking up two thumbs. "I'm glad you're okay, Jessie."

El smiled at her mom. Sometimes she felt bad for her - she had to raise two girls on her own after their father left her when they were only eight years old. Sometimes El wished that her father hadn't left them, but other times, she was perfectly content with just the three of them.

After another few minutes, there was a knock on the door and Dr. Cullen walked in with a smile on his face and a clipboard in his hands. "Mrs. Stanley! Nice to meet you - I'm Dr. Cullen."

As El looked over to him, she instantly decided that he was the most beautiful man she had ever seen. His hair was blonde, nearly as bright as Rosalie's was and his skin was just as pale as his adopted children's. She noticed they all shared the same amber eyes as well, placing a thought towards the back of her mind which she ignored.

For as many years as the Cullen family lived in Forks, Eleanor had never seen this man this close before. She remembered Jess' words earlier and found herself glad that she had tagged along with her mom... just so she could be sure that Jess was okay, of course.

El jumped when Jess poked at her back. She turned to look at her smirking sister and glared at her. Dr. Cullen turned his attention over to Eleanor and Jess, opening his mouth to speak before he locked eyes with El. He stammered for a moment, looking between his clipboard and Eleanor before clearing his throat and snapping out of his trance.

He stuck out his hand, flashing El a bright smile. "I'm guessing you're Eleanor."

The girl eyed his hand before slowly raising hers and placing it in his, almost flinching away from how cold he was. "You'd be correct."

He flashed another wide smile at her and, although she was sitting down, she suddenly felt dizzy. Dr. Cullen looked at Jessica. "So good news, you will be perfectly fine. You do have a small concussion from hitting your head when the other car hit you but other than that you're all good. I just need you to sign these papers and then you'll all be good to go."

Mrs. Stanley thanked the doctor and began to sign the papers he had given her., Eleanor found her eyes had strayed to him once more and felt her face heat when Dr. Cullen met her eyes.

"Okay, we're all good." Her mom snapped her out of her staring and El watched as she handed the papers to Dr. Cullen. "Thanks again, Doctor."

"You're welcome. Have a good day, everyone." He turned to Eleanor and smiled at her again before leaving the room.

"Oh, my God Eleanor." Jessica busted into loud laughter, not even trying to be quiet. "You couldn't stop staring at him!"

El glared at her sister, her face feeling hot, leaving her to cover them with her hands. "Shut up or I'm going to give you something worse than a concussion."

"It'd give you another reason to stare at Dr. Cullen." Jess teased, laughing louder as she stood up from the bed.

Eleanor rolled her eyes, her blush spreading down her neck and she quickly left the room with her sister and her mom giggling behind her.