It was nearly lunch time and I was skipping 4th period with Jessica. She was using the mirrors in the bathroom to apply makeup and in the meantime complain how crap school is. I didn't really like her, but, she was the only one of my friends going on the school trip with me next week, so I was being friendly. She was obsessed with the trip and I thought I knew why…
"Mike is on the trip, you know that?" she asked, popping her glossed lips in the mirror, the question came from nowhere, five minutes ago we had been talking about Edward the fat geeky kid in our year.
"hmm" I nodded not very interested in what she had to say, I knew Jess fancied him like mad, all she would talk about was his football players body and tousled blonde helmet hair.
"hmm!" she nearly screeched, her eyes bulging a little "Bella, Mike is the hottest guy in school and he wants to sleep with you! Why aren't you excited?" I rolled my eyes at her, she constantly ended anything she said with a string of questions, it made her look desperate and needy but, I guess that wasn't too far from the truth.
"Jess, no I am not excited and yes I am fully aware" I answered a little pissed off with her, what did she want me to say, I'm not bothered the hottest guy in school fancies me, so you can have him.
Her eyebrows raised and she looked at me intently, her brow rising in concern. She was so nosy sometimes.
"I know you like him Jess, sorry he finds me fitter and wants to fuck me instead of you, maybe Jasper will have pity sex with you" I howled with mirth at my joke. Jasper was awful looking; he had hair that looked like he had stuck a finger into a plug and braces that he couldn't talk through. He also was the smallest kid in our year and didn't talk to anyone; Jasper just played pokemon on a nintendo with his only friend Edward Cullen.
Jessica fell silent and sulked , stung by my mean comments. She had always had a crush on him, ever since she was 8 and he was 11. But, Mike liked me, like a lot of boys at Forks did. I didn't particularly like Mike, but, who would turn down the most popular guy in school.
I was slim with slight curves and had long brown hair which curled past my shoulder blades. I had a pretty face and my mum let me throw any party I wanted. I was one of the most popular girls in my year, par from Vicky who was always the centre of attention, like today…
Because I had just hurt Jess's feelings and I guess I did feel a little sorry for her even though she was annoying, I decided to cheer her up and ask what she was wearing to the spring formal. We were walking to the cafeteria when Jessica was in deep conversion debating between a baby pink dress and gold gown and suddenly I could hear Vicky's howling laughter.
I looked up to see Vicky and Tanya sprinting down the hallway. Vicky bounded towards us, swinging her arms around my body childishly as she stopped running. Vicky couldn't stop laughing, her mane of fire red hair nearly touched her toes as she bent double in fits of giggles.
"Vicky, you really shouldn't have done that" Tanya scolded her, but, her mascara was smudged with some tears of laughter "I do feel for him a bit"
Vicky stood up and shook her hair back, her chest pushing against the thin tank top she wore most days. Vicky was the sexiest in our group. She was a little older than all of us by a year and acted like it. She would turn 16 soon, while I was waiting to turn 15 but, she had already had sex with a few older men. Tanya was the prettiest with long blonde hair which touched her bum and pale skin and a tall, model like frame. She had transferred from another school 4 years ago and we had instantly been friends, but, she had drunkenly slept with her ex-boyfriend named Eric at the start of this term when she was making a film with him about the cheer squad. Me and Jess hadn't slept with anyone and if I hadn't lied and said I had slept with Jacob a family friend last summer Vicky probably wouldn't hang out with me and make fun of me behind my back like she did with Jess. But, in fact, though I had spent a lot of time with Jacob that holiday, we were basically family, and the furthest I had gone with anyone was when my mum made him peck me on the lips to say goodbye one Christmas 3 years ago because there was mistletoe. Even then he avoided my lips and kissed next to my mouth.
"It was so funny though, you should have seen it Bella, so eggy Eddie was in the gym with us" Vicky began. I knew it was going to be funny anyway as eggy Eddie was the most unpopular guy in our school. Forks is a pretty small place and since starting school, I had grown up with Eddie like everyone else. He had always been really overweight and it didn't get better with age. He was a bit too short and wore really awful clothes, like sweatshirts and joggers with stretched out elastic waists and t-shirts with geeky mathematical equations on. His hair was clipped short to his fat, round head and he was covered in acne. He wore glasses and had a thick set of braces. Because of his weight, Eddie sweated a lot and so the nickname began from 12 onwards of eggy Eddie. Edward Cullen had a huge crush on Tanya, he had sent her tons of messages and texts till she had to block him and asked her out multiple times. Today was no different as Vicky told us "and James and Mike were leading volleyball with me and Tanya on their team and Eddie, Jasper and Mike's mate Laurent and the PE teacher Emmet on the other team. Anyway, Eddie was useless as per usual and sweating like a bitch in heat!" Vicky exclaimed in absolute glee "and it was all going to plan, you see James and his mates had planned to pelt Eddie with eggs at lunch because of him sweating so much, anyway, as we are going into the changing rooms, Eddie asked Tanya to the side and we all heard him apologise about harassing her and sorry if he had hurt her feelings. He had a necklace in his pocket and he gave it to her and asked to take her out to dinner next week, so it was the perfect opportunity, I had to take it Bella. You would have had to do it too, wasn't it funny Tanya" Tanya shook her head but I could see she was biting her lip.
"so.." Vicky carried on "just as he finished, I saved poor Tanya having to let him down and asked 'Will you be ordering eggs?' and smashed an egg on his head!" She broke down laughing again.
It was then that Alice, Eddie's older sister, came storming down the corridor. She had egg on her eccentric outfit and her face was flushed with anger.
"You absolute bitches! Do you think it's funny to ruin someone's life like that?" Alice seethed at us.
"Back of dike" Vicky snarled, squaring up to her "it was just a joke, we all know that"
"Yeah, it's real funny to bully someone like that" Alice titled her head up. She was absolutely tiny, with a cute pixie cut, nothing compared to the fierce Vicky.
"He is a weird, fat little perve who stalks my friend, I was just protecting her" Vicky laughed.
At this point we were getting a crowd gather around us and at the end of the corridor I saw Edward, soaked in eggs. James and Mike must have followed through. Over his arm he had Alice's bags, she must have been driving him home to clean up and waiting for her.
I don't know what possessed me but, I felt my arm lift up before I saw it and my mouth open and the words come out before I heard it but, I screamed "ITS EGGY EDDIE!".
Suddenly, it was mayhem, everyone had raced down to where he was, they were throwing whatever lunch food they had at him and chanting eggy.
Edward was begging Alice to leave and take him home, but, she was screaming at Vicky and Tanya. Then Vicky slapped Alice and all went still.
Alice recovered herself and as she straightened up she said "I expected it from you Vicky, but, Tanya, Edward really likes you, stop fucking leading him on and toying with his emotions you bitch" even under all the sludge of food, everyone could see Edward turn beetroot in mortification before Alice snapped "come on Edward, we're leaving".
We all stood in shock till I couldn't hold it in any longer and burst into a fit of howling laughter.
