Beaten and broken

BPOV

I was walking on my way to class hoping not to run into anyone. I was going to have to go to gym, which was the worst part of my day and including that Edward and the rest of the Cullen's weren't here today. Then I heard people murmuring about a new student. Ha I wasn't going to be the new bee forever! I hoped the girl was nice, maybe I could befriend her.

I walked into the gym and saw the coach talking to students so I walked into the locker room getting ready.

As soon as I was done I headed out and out onto the gym floor. We sat down in our attendance spots waiting for the coach to tell us our activity for the day.

Then the coach walked over with someone I didn't know the new girl probably I thought to myself. She was tiny very skinny almost anerexit. She had brown eyes and brown hair just like me but she was really short maybe 4^8 really short. She was wearing gym shorts already to go for the periods activity like I was, and her hair was pulled back in a tight ponytail.

"ok class this is the new student, her name is Rachel Heart" The Coach announced

" Hi" the girl said all peppy. Oh great peppy no way I am going to get along with that girl way to much hyperness, I already get enough from Alice I don't need anymore. I thought about Alice meeting her and then them both turning out to be best friends and then her forgetting all about me, that would be great but a little sad for me.

"Ok today we are going to go run out on the track so get moving" the coach yelled and everyone jumped up to get moving.

I started to head out on my own when the girl caught up to me " hi I am Rachel who are you?" she smiled a really weird grin. It was kind of freaking me out.

"Um…….Bella!" I said reluctantly I tried jogging ahead to get away but the girl wasn't having it.

"Cool, so do you want to go out some time maybe go out to a movie…..oh we could see a really scary one doesn't that sound like fun?"

"Um…..I don't know…….I am really busy these days" probably trying to get away from you busy I corrected my self mentally

"Well are you sure?" she smiled evily at me then I felt a small twisting of my arm which I was sure wasn't supposed to bend that way, and in any case really hurt. I cried out but she stomped on my foot to tell me to keep quiet "would you like to rethink your answer Bella?"

I gritted my teeth "no thanks, now let go of my arm!" I spit through my teeth as nicely as I could.

"You'll agree to it at some point, I know you will" she smiled at me again and ran off to talk to others ahead of me on the track. Ok staying away from that girl. And by the way she gave me her 1 impression I wasn't going to be 1 of her first friends here. I think we were a long road away from that. If Edward finds out he is gonna freak! I thought again. Then I remembered the pain in my arm where she had twisted it and I looked at it on my arm, there was going to be an ugly bruise there from where she pushed her nails so hard into the skin. I don't know how I was going to hide this from Edward or even Alice.

I finished my 12 laps last in the class because I had walked them and was heading in the locker room when I spotted the new girl looking through my stuff. That little bitch!

"Hey" I yelled at her she looked up at me but didn't say anything. "what the hell are you doing going through MY stuff?"

"nothing!" but she kept rummaging through the bag otherwise then she pulled the necklace Edward had given to me it had a picture of me and him on it, that was my favorite necklace I would have never tooken it off if it hadn't been for the rule no jewelry in gym." Oh pretty, can I have it?"

I ran over to her and snatched the necklace out of her hand "No!"

"Oh come on, it can be a welcome present of you welcoming me to your school!" she smiled and ripped the necklace out of my grasp again and shoved it in her pocket without me responding " thanks for the necklace" and with that she ran off, with my necklace.

There is something totally wrong with that girl. I thought to myself while she walked away. I don't know how I am going to explain to Edward about the necklace. When he finds out he is going to go nuts. Well maybe I could hide it from him. But I think Alice has already seen her take t and probably reported it to Edward.

I left the school without my necklace and lot's of homework. I called up Edward while I started driving home. He picked up on the first ring.

"Hello?"

"Hey Edward."

"Bella!"

"I just called to say I was on my way home and that I have your missed school work, do you want to meet me their?"

"Yeah I'll be there when you get home!"

"Ok love you!"

"Love you too Bella, love you too!"

I hung the phone up after that. It seems he doesn't know because if he did he would be furious on the phone in case which he wasn't. So had Alice been hiding this for me or had she somehow not have seen it? Well I could debate that later.

I walked in my house and saw Edward waiting on the coach already. "Hey!" I smiled as I sat down next to him.

"How was your day at school?" he asked smiling back..

"Boring like usual, but it would have been less boring if you had been there." I teased him. He just smiled and shook his head. I decided I should tell them there was a new student at school ."Edward?"

"Yeah?" he asked back he turned so I was facing him completely and then put my legs on his lap. It was very comfortable.

"Um….." I bit my lip how could I put this "there is a new girl at school." I tried half smiling but it really didn't work the way I wanted it to.

"Ok……..why do you say it like it is a bad thing?" He asked seeing right through me.

"Well……she's kinda weird……she has this really weird smile like……..like she knows what you are going to do……and that she knows that she could control you………if she wanted to……it's freaky and kinda creepy…..it also scares me." I admitted. I looked at Edward to see his reaction. He was trying to hide a reaction from me and I was getting a little nervous, if this is the way he acted when I told him about the girl what was he going to say if he found out that she had my necklace?

"So, do you want me to talk to her see if I can get some info with the mind reading thing?" He asked politely. That was a bad idea because if she was thinking about the necklace he was sure to find out, and then probably make a scene of the whole thing.

"Um no thanks I think if I ignore her I think things will be ok and then I won't have to worry about missing time with you by trying to make a new friend!"

"Ok if that's what you want then ok, but if she causes any problems you will tell me

right?"

"Yeah, of course!" I smiled up at him but the smile didn't touch my eyes.

I smiled and got up and went into the kitchen to grab a snack, while I saw Edward follow me. I grabbed a bag of popcorn and I knew Charlie would eat it the left over's if I didn't eat it all. While it was in the microwave I sat down on one of the stools and put my knees to my chest and rested my chin on my knees, not really trying to look Edward's way knowing he would have a concerned look on his face with the way I was sitting, but it didn't matter I needed to be in this position. I hadn't been in this position since the time Edward had left. And I didn't know exactly why the reason was that I was in this position but it just felt right for the moment.

"Bella……?" He asked trying to get my attention. I didn't answer, what was I supposed to say that then new girl had took my necklace that he had given to me and had acted like it was no big deal and had snatched it out of my hand. No way! "Bella……please talk to me……what's wrong?"

"I don't want…..to talk about it" I told him. The beeper on the microwave went off so I got out of my position and headed to go get it. I went to grab it forgetting it was really hot and burned my hand "OW, OW, OW" I dropped the bag on the floor by accident and held the burnt hand to my chest, cradling it like a baby. Edward rushed over to me and tried to take my hand from me to look at it but I refused to see the burn on my hand I really didn't need to feel sick.

"Bella, let me see your hand!" he tried grabbing for it again. But I just walked out of the room forgetting the popcorn bag on the floor and walked into the living room. I sat down on the couch and put my hand underneath a pillow so I didn't have to see it. I really didn't want to see what I had done out of careless thought of forgetting how hot those bags could get. My hand really did hurt but I tried to ignore the pain. Edward sat down next to me and tried to pull the pillow that was hiding my hand away but I wasn't having it.

"Edward, stop, I'm fine ok?!" I reassured him not caring of his response this was my life and I really didn't want to ruin it by a simple burn..

"Bella don't be ridiculous." He tried grabbing at my hand Again.

"No, Edward, I'm fine ok, I'll just go…..go get some ice and let the swelling go down on it's own." I got up off the coach and walked upstairs to get a washcloth and then went back downstairs and put some ice in a plastic baggy then wrapped it up in the washcloth. I walked into the living room where I sat down again and just layed down on the couch with my head in Edward's lap and my ice on my lap with my hand wrapped up around it, which felt better already.

It was silent for the next couple minutes or was it hours?

Then Edward broke the silence. "Bella….does anything with this mood your in have to do with the new girl at school?"