Chapter 31

'I don't have much time, and I'll have to try to speak as quietly as possible, and even then I'm unsure if I'll be able to stay out of their hearing range, is this the right time?' Jack thought to himself before he waited a few moments just so they would be a bit farther away from the parking lot and just as Bella was about to head into her class, he touched her shoulder.

Bella reacted quickly as she turned around with a shocked and confused expression.

Jack quickly held his hands up and gave her a smile trying to ease her that he wasn't about to do anything bad.

"Hey there, I'm Jack. I wanted to talk with you for a minute, is that alright Bella?" Jack asked her quickly as he kept his distance.

Bella got ahold of her expression and nodded her head hesitantly.

"I'm with the Cullens, you could call me a friend of Edward's. I wanted to ask for your phone number and if we could meet another day at like a coffee shop or something to talk. I know this is very sudden but I wanted to answer any questions you might have for you know the thing" Jack said as he tried to be as vague about the entire thing as he could.

He didn't want to be the one to spill the beans to Bella, he just wanted to check out how much she knew about the secret, and also complete the quest that he had been given at the same time.

[ Charisma Check ]

[ Charisma needed 3 ]

Bella however seemed to understand what he was talking about as she took the phone Jack offered her and put her phone number in.

"All right, uhm just text me or something," Bella replied as she gave him a nod of her head.

[ Charisma Check Passed 4/3 ]

Jack felt ecstatic but also confused at the same time.

'She just accepted meeting someone who she doesn't even know? That easily too? Is she really that dense or just plain stupid? Either way, it works out in the end' Jack thought before he nodded, took his phone back, and started walking away.

Bella looked at his back for a moment before heading back into class, her thoughts were unknown to Jack or anyone else for that matter.

'With this, I've established a point of contact with her and will be able to slowly learn what she knows. By saying I will answer her questions then I won't need to divulge any information I know and could easily infer if she knows that we are supernatural beings. They turned me just by knowing that and not even knowing that they're vampires so I won't have to hold it against my morals.' Jack thought as he walked down the halls of Forks High School.

His destination was his first class of the day, Chemistry.

'It seems like the others didn't notice me talking to Bella but I shouldn't take risks like this again, I don't know what that bastard would have done if he knew' Jack thought as Edward's face flashed in his mind.

'The others would also undoubtedly support him rather than me on the matter as I have yet to build a relationship with them that is even close to the one Edward has.' Jack thought as the hour passed whilst he sat on his seat by the window.

The hours went by quickly with Jack contemplating his next actions.

As he sat on the third class of the day, Jack's thoughts moved back to Carlisle's library, it was enormous and had a large quantity of information that Jack could use.

'I need to learn more about these Voltury, they could be a useful ally but they could also be a dangerous enemy. The thing is that they're the ones maintaining the law that no humans should know about them and with Bella, Edward has most likely broken it. If I can determine that contact with them is safe and find the contact point itself then I should be able to turn the tables on the Cullens' Jack thought as he played with a pen in his hands.

The rest of the students were strangely remaining quiet as they seemed to be absorbed in the lesson the professor was giving however Jack could still see the constant glances they threw his way.

It was a bit jarring if he had to say so himself.

The hour passed and the bell signaling the start of lunch break rang.

*Riiinnngggg*

Arriving at the cafeteria, Jack went ahead and joined the Cullens at their table.

"What's up?" Jack asked them as he grabbed a chair and sat down.

"Nothing much, today was boring as hell, I can't wait to go back and play some games" Emmet answered him as he laid his head on his hands.

"Why do you guys even do this? Like repeating high school so many times?" Jack asked Emmet who seemed to be the only talkative one at the moment, however he received a reply from Alice.

"It's so that we could fit in and hide better. Five kids not going to school would be quite weird wouldn't it?" Alice said as she turned to face Jack.

Jack thought for a moment before shaking his head a second later.

"Not really, you could all just say that you're being homeschooled. It's an easy lie and that isn't something unbelievable, a lot of people are homeschooled" Jack said as he looked at her before his eyes wandered over the rest of the students in the cafeteria.

His eyes first landed on James who was busy laughing with some friends of his, then next they landed on Bella and her group of friends.

Jack had never felt the urge to go and make friends with anyone, he just wanted to stay at home and play video games but he at least had the chance and choice back then.

Now it was gone from him, for all of eternity most likely. He could never go to a random group of people and try to make friends, he would have to always lie about his life and what he did, who he was.

When you have the choice, it's freedom to not want to socialize.

But now he had no choice, it was almost like his freedom had been usurped from him.

'And I guess it has been' Jack thought.

[ System Update Notice ]

'Huh?' Jack's thoughts quickly came to a halt as he stared at the blue panel before his eyes.

'System Update?' Jack asked himself as he saw the panel change once more.

[ System will now be Updating. ]

[ There will be a new feature being added ]

[ For more information please wait after the update is complete ]

And at the end of the panel was a button with some small text engraved on it.

[ Proceed ]

'Yes' Jack thought and the button was pressed and the panels all disappeared from his eyes leaving only one loading screen before him.

[ System Update ]

[ 1% ] [ ETA: 7 Hours ]

'I guess I'll have to wait until tonight to see what's up with this'

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The reason why the Charisma check was so low was because Bella is a human, if Jack was one as well then that Charisma check would have been closer to an 8 or even a 9.

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