(WARNING: If drugs, sex, and occasional violence bothers you, then turn back now. Like right now, because this story is not for you.)
(Disclaimer: Stephanie Meyer owns all except Nate)
(A/N: So I know I'm in the beginnings of another story too, and rest assured I will update it. I was just getting to the end of the third chapter when this little story idea popped in to my head, and I REALLY wanted to start it so I wouldn't forget it. I'll be working on both stories simultaneously.)
All heads turned as a roaring, ancient red pickup truck all but screeched in to the parking lot of the high school. The driver was none other than Isabella Swan, or Bella as she preferred to be called, and her boyfriend Nathan Andrews, who always swung a ride with his girlfriend to school seeing as he didn't own a car of his own, which was surprising considering his line of work. Bella pulled in to her usual parking spot that was decently clear of most of the students and their cars; she all but loathed the majority of the students there.
"I fucking hate school." Bella moaned, slamming her head on the steering wheel.
"Oh shut up, Bella, it's not going to be so bad. First day and all, chin up Belly-button!" Nate chirped, using his usual nickname for the irritated girl.
"Naaaaaate," She whined, glancing his way, "I almost didn't sleep at all last night."
"Beeeeeella," He returned, imitating her tone, "You almost never sleep anyways."
The brunette girl groaned once more in frustration before hauling her bag over her shoulder and climbing out of the red monster, slamming its heavy door behind her. Nate bounced up beside her as she walked towards the building, and it didn't take long for her to notice his overly hyperactive nature for it being eight in the morning. With a quick glance around, Bella hooked on to his arm and dragged him to a more discreet spot around the corner.
"Alright, you dumb fuck, what have you got." She demanded.
Nate grinned impishly at her direct approach. He was never put off by her insults, because in Bella's own way it was a term of endearment. The tall, muscled boy wrapped her in his arms and smiled down at his girlfriend, his pupils dilated.
"Addeerrraaallll" He crooned softly, letting go just long enough to dig a small baggie containing two pills. He very carefully slid them in to her jacket pocket, making it look like he was just having a couples moment with his girlfriend, and then whispered, "I figured you'd be grumpy, so I brought you a present. Make sure to take them in the bathroom before 1st period."
"You spoil me." Bella pulled him in for a searing kiss before bounding away, laughing as he gave chase.
Bella and Nate as a couple were an infamous among Forks High School, even though Bella had just moved at the end of the previous year and only attended the last few months before summer arrived, but everybody knew her simply because nobody did, at least not intimately or even in a friendship sort of way. The only reason Nate had even met Bella was because she went looking for trouble over the summer and he happened to be the one to take her under his wing. The whole school knew of her because she was the former police chief's daughter; "former" being because he'd suffered a tragic accident just at the beginning of May that caused his death. Bella then began living alone in the large house that her father had left, the only person ever showing up there being Nate, and secluding herself from most of society
That's when she went looking for trouble. Bella was so torn over her father's death, and so consumed in loneliness, that she turned to the one thing she knew would take all the pain away; drugs. She met Nate because she'd gotten involved in a bad deal that he happened to be a part of as well, something went awry and a fight broke out, but thankfully Nate was there to push her away from the chaos and calm everyone down. He always said that night was the best night of his life because he got a huge payout and a beautiful woman at the same time. The two became practically inseparable at that point, wherever Nate was, Bella was there too, the only exception being that they didn't live together, but with as much as he was at her house they might as well have. It didn't take very long for word to spread through the town about what Isabella Swan and Nathan Andrews were up to in their free time, and although nobody seemed to acknowledge them as more than rumors, it didn't stop the kids at school from whispering behind their backs.
"You great lug, you couldn't catch me if you tried!" Bella called over her shoulder as she ran the length of the parking lot to the front doors.
"Watch me Belly-button!" Nate yelled ahead.
Bella snorted in contempt at the nickname, having hated it since he made it up one day when they were a little too strung out, and he was a little too hyper. She continued running, looking back at him one more time and then effectively running in to what felt like a brick wall from the distraction, causing her to fall back with a painful thud. The girl looked up in shock, truly believing she'd hit a wall, and her breath hitched at the sight before her, because right there, towering over Bella, was none other than Alice Cullen.
"Oh my goodness, are you alright!?" Alice cried, reaching out a hand and pulling her up.
"U-um. . ." Bella stuttered for a minute, stunned by her musical voice, her ice cold skin, and her sheer strength, then quickly covered it up with a cough, "Oh, yeah I'm okay"
"I'm so sorry; if I had seen you coming I would have moved." The little pixie squeaked.
"No, um, its okay, I should have watch where I was going." Bella replied, shaking her head.
She stared at the tiny girl for a moment while she tried to get her bearings. Bella's throat went dry when she took in all of Alice's features; the small, but shapely body, the beautifully pale skin, and the full pink lips turned up in to a knowing smirk . . . wait.
Oh shit. Bella thought as their eyes met. I was staring. Fuck, fuck, fuck me.
Nate chose that moment to finally catch up, breathing heavily as he leaned over with his hands on his knees and taking in enormous gulps of oxygen. It took him a few minutes, but when he was finally able to he stood up and threw his arm around Bella's shoulders, peering curiously at the Cullen family. Alice's smile suddenly seemed less friendly, her lips tightening to a thin line as she tried to maintain her composure. Rosalie also seemed to pick the most interesting time to but in, breaking away from their family.
"Watch where you're going next time." The bombshell blonde gritted her teeth in anger, jabbing a finger in Bella's direction.
"Hey now Rosie, no blood no foul right?" Nate smiled, but even Bella could hear the underlying threat in his tone. "Bella didn't mean it, right Bells?"
"N-no," She stuttered at being put back in the spotlight, "I'm sorry, I'll be more careful next time."
"That's Rosalie to you." She snapped before storming off.
"I'm sorry about my sister," Alice giggled, "She can be a little over-bearing sometimes, but your friend here is right, no blood, no foul."
If either of them noticed the emphasis she put on the word blood, they didn't say a thing about it. Nate opened his mouth to speak again, but Alice cut him off swiftly.
"Well, Bella, it was nice to finally meet you, even if our first meeting was less than graceful. I can only hope our next meetings will be much more . . . stimulating."
Bella's jaw dropped as the petite minx danced away to join her family. Had she heard that correct? Was Alice actually flirting with her? She shook free of the lewd thoughts that swarmed her brain as Nate began to drag her in to the school, spouting something about being late on the first day.
Shame on you, Bella She mentally scolded herself. You have a boyfriend.
The couple had somehow made it to class on time, with Nate dropping her off at her first period, giving her a chaste kiss and then taking off for his own classroom. The lesson was painfully uneventful; as most first days went the teacher introduced herself, and then proceeded to hand out packets to each student with a list of things they would require and her behavioral expectations. At some point Bella managed to make an excuse to run to the bathroom, using the class "ladies issues" excuse that most teachers immediately fell for.
She hoped her next two classes would go a little smoother after she had taken the Adderall that Nate had slipped in to her pockets, but oh how terribly wrong she was. As it happened, her next two classes were Science and Math, which might not have been so bad except she had a very persistent and annoying boy named Mike Newton in her science class, and two very overly bitchy air-heads in her Math class. Her Adderall buzz almost instantly took a turn for the worse, as it always does if something bad happens at the beginning of the high, because by the time lunch rolled around every little thing was pissing her off. Every noise, every student chatting, every scraping of trays, and tables, and chairs was making Bella cringe and clench her fists in anger.
"Belly-button!" Nate called as she entered the cafeteria for lunch, running over to spin her around in a crushing hug. Normally she would've laughed and hugged back, but now was not one of those times.
"Nate," She ground out, "Put me down."
"Oh no, don't tell me . . ." He said, setting her to the floor gently.
"Yeah, fucking classmates! First I get this flirtatious, over-cocky jock in my second hour that wouldn't stop hitting on me, then in third period there were two bimbos who wouldn't shut the fuck up."
Nate knew full well that Bella normally was a force to be reckoned with, and the boy felt guilty that he hadn't remembered what Adderall would do to her if she was around the wrong people. With a sigh of defeat, he simply led his girlfriend to their empty lunch table where a few bottles of water rested. He knew that neither of them would be eating while on their high, and Bella wasted no time in plopping down in to a chair and chugging the contents of one of the bottles, relishing in the feel of the cool liquid sliding down her parched throat. Nate sat in the chair next to her and scooted close, mindful that even he was on thin ice with Bella in this kind of mood.
"Do you want to go home?" He asked, his voice lowering to a whisper, "I'm sorry, I forgot that Adderall can make you irritable, I guess I don't think of it because it doesn't have the same effect on me."
Bella turned in to the sorrowful and apologetic face of her blonde man-child, sighing when she realized that she should have been smarter about it, and that it wasn't fair to blame him. After all, she chose to take the pills despite the risks of her getting angry.
"It's okay, Nate." She flashed him a smile, "I should have known better, but yeah, I'd like to get going. I keep getting this feeling that I'm being watched anyways."
"You aren't imagining it." Nate's pout slowly morphed in to a grin of delight.
"Excuse me?"
"You aren't imagining it, Bella. I've been paying attention since you had your funny little accident this morning."
Bella scrunched her brows together in confusion and looked around the cafeteria, scanning the large room for anyone who might be looking their direction. She barely managed to contain her gasp of surprise when she met the smoldering black eyes of Alice, suddenly feeling as if she could drown in their depths and barely registering that the look on her face was actually one of pure rage, or that Rosalie's hand was tightly gripped on her shoulder as if to restrain the pixie.
"Alice Cullen has been staring at you all day. I think she likes you." He snorted, pulling her out of her stupor when his arm snuck around her waist.
As soon as Nate said it, it was as if a switch went off because Alice instantly broke their stare down and looked away as if nothing had happened. Bella wondered idly if she'd heard what he said, but decided that it wouldn't make sense given how far across the room they were. The couple sat there a while longer, chatting a bit and finishing off the water bottles while they waited for the end of lunch bell. It would've looked too obvious that they were skipping out if they left mid-lunch, and someone might notice, so they chose to blend with the crowd as everyone went to leave at the same time.
When the bell echoed around the school, Nate jumped up and lost himself with the flow of traffic, making sure he was tugging his girlfriend along behind him. As they duck and wove through the students, Bella managed to lose grip on Nate's hand and for the second time that day she ran smack straight in to Alice, although this time the smaller woman managed to keep Bella upright.
"Hey Bella!" She chirped happily.
"Oh, hey Alice . . ." Bella replied, trailing off and trying not to look in to the black orbs of the pixie. "Um, well, I have to find Nate; I lost him in the crowd."
She tried to turn and walk away but a steel grip spun her around by the arm.
"Bella, wait," Alice said, her eyes narrowing when she did, in fact, notice Bella's dilated pupils. "You seem kind of on edge today."
Fuck, she knows. I need to get out of here NOW! Bella thought desperately.
Thank god that Nate chooses the best moments to come to her rescue, because he was suddenly next to her and putting his arm across her shoulders. Alice dropped her hand from Bella's arm, and Bella could have sworn she heard a faint growling sound coming from the tiny woman.
"Hey Alice! Thanks for finding my girl," Nate pressed a kiss to Bella's temple, "She always has a way of getting swept along with the current of crowds."
"No problem." Alice barely managed to keep the snarl from her voice as she turned heel and took off after her family.
"Right, so now that our cover is blown, let's go." Nate stated, dragging the stunned brunette all the way to her truck.
It took them about fifteen minutes to get home, and in the end the two of them just watched television. Nate was so absorbed in the T.V. show that he never noticed his girlfriends silence or that she was staring off in to space, completely lost in thought. Bella rubbed her hands on her face, trying to get the distracting thoughts to leave her be as she snuggled in to Nate's side, listening to him laugh and poke fun at the T.V. show characters. The couple stayed like that the rest of the afternoon, saying their goodbyes and parting ways with a kiss as Nate climbed in to her truck to go to his home. No one ever got the privilege of driving Old Red except Nate, and only because he had proven himself trustworthy with her baby.
Bella sighed for the thousandth time that day as she got ready for bed and climbed in, all of her thoughts and concerns returning with a vengeance as she settled under the comforter.
Why was she staring at me all day? And weren't her eyes gold when we met? Bella mused, thinking back to how they had seemed pitch black during and after lunch, Fuck, she also knows I was on something. She purposefully looked me in the eye, and when she did I heard the anger in her voice. She couldn't have over heard me and Nate, could she?
As she gradually drifted off, Bella could have sworn she saw golden eyes just outside her window before sleep claimed her.
(A/N: Alright guys, let me have it. What do you think?)
