Ok, this idea's been stirring around in my brain. I finally got the first chapter finished tonight. So… R&R!
Oh, yeah!
I OWN NOTHING. NO-THING! GOT IT?
That was the previous A/N. Now I'm FINALLY going to get this re-written chapter up. Hehe. Enjoy.
P.S. Thanks to Just Another Dove, FiOnAFiO, TWILIGHTnmECLIPSEbd911, and runemagic for reviewing before this rewrite.
Yeah, I still own nothing.
It was the same routine every day, and it was getting tiring:
Get up, shower, put long, brown hair into ponytail, put on baggy clothes, and put on unneeded glasses.
Why the glasses and clothes? I don't want to be noticed. I just want to fade into the background, blend in. Sure, no one notices me, but no one picks on me either. Well, except Lauren and her lapdog, Jessica. I think it's better to be ignored than picked on, and not take chances. If fate wants it to happen, it'll happen.
Eat breakfast, grab raincoat, and go to school.
The same boring thing- I think I'm making a rut in the path that I take every day- to the bathroom, down the stairs, to the kitchen, to my truck.
Go to English, Government, Trigonometry, Spanish, Lunch, Biology and then Gym. Finally, home.
All of my classes were easy- I'd been in an advanced program two years ago when I lived in Phoenix, Arizona. I'd moved here right before my freshman year, so at least I didn't have to get re-adjusted to a new high school. Just adjusted to a new school, new peers. Now I was a junior.
Make dinner for Charlie, eat, get ready for bed, and sleep.
Charlie was my dad- I wasn't allowed to call him that to his face, though. Then it was off to bed to start the routine again the next day. Nothing changed, ever.
That is, unless Alice Brandon was involved…
"Hey, Bella…" Alice said in a sing-song voice. She bounced up to me, in all of her 4'11, pixie-like glory.
"Hey, Alice…" I matched her tone. "Whatever you're thinking, no!" I exclaimed, the word 'no' breaking my tune.
"But it's just one tiny, little complete makeover. It wouldn't even make you late for class; I could have you looking like a model in seconds!" She gave me the puppy dog eyes.
Must… resist… eyes…
"No…?" my resistance was crumbling, and I could see that Alice smelled an easy victory. She amped up the Eyes, making her lip tremble and her eyes water. Oh, crap.
Harder… to… resist…
"I- I-"
DING! DING! DING! DING!
The warning bell.
Alice growled. She actually growled, and it was actually menacing coming from her small figure. "You're saved by the bell. For now." She stalked off to her first class. Half of our classes we had together. The only three we didn't were first period, fifth period, and sixth period- my English, my Biology, and my Gym. Her classes were the same but flipped around- so she had Biology first, Gym fifth, and English sixth.
When she was out of hearing range, I let out the breath I had been holding. "Phew."
"Close one, huh?"
I jumped about a foot in the air and muffled a screech at the familiar voice in my ear. "Oh," I said, clutching at my chest, "it's only you."
"Only me?" Edward said, his handsome face disgruntled. "Only me? Only your best friend? I'm hurt, Bella," he pouted.
I laughed. "Oh, stop being such a big baby. You know I love you." If only he knew it was more than friendly love. Oh, how pathetic and cliché! In love with my best friend.
"Love you, too, BFF," he grinned a big, fat, cheesy grin.
I snorted. "You're lucky you're cute," I smiled slightly and pinched his cheek.
"Hey! Oww!" he said indignantly. "That's not nice, Belly." He came closer, a very, very known and dreaded (by me) look on his face.
The tickle face.
I backed up, laughing nervously, "Now, Eddie, dear, no need to get hasty. It was just a joke." He kept advancing.
"Well, if it was a joke, you would've laughed. I didn't hear much laughing."
"I was laughing on the inside." He raised a bronze colored eyebrow.
"No, I don't think you were."
"I think I was, because…" I cocked my head at something behind him, arranging a confused look on my face. "Is that an airplane?"
"Nice try, Belly, but I'm not falling for that one. You're a terrible liar."
I raised my hands in defense. "Okay, but you're missing the airplane." I knew it was killing him not being able to look. I could see it in his eyes: he didn't want to give his prey *coughmecough* a chance to escape, but he wanted to see what I was looking at, whether there was an airplane there or not. I knew exactly what to say to get him to look.
"Oh," I said, sounding childishly melancholy, "the airplane's leaving. Bye airplane!" I waved my hand at the sky. Edward had a pained look, and finally he turned his green eyes upward behind him. As soon as I saw that those emerald orbs were no longer watching me, I was outta there.
It was just too bad that he was so much faster than me.
One second I was running, blood rushing, heart pounding, and the next I was swept up into a pair of perfect, muscular arms.
"Stupid, long legs," I muttered to my 6'2 friend, playfully glaring. He grinned cheekily, but then turned sad at the sight of the clock.
"We'd better get to class. I don't want to make you late again," he said, and we started walking to my English class. He walked me to all of my classes every day without fail. "The first, second and third times were all right, and the fourth and fifth okay, but I dunno if the teacher would let you get away with it this time." I stuck my tongue out at him, and then sighed.
"You're probably right."
"I always am." I rolled my eyes.
I gave him a soft smile. "Bye."
"Bye. See you in Trig!" he was in all of my classes but English and Government.
I waved until he was out of sight, then took a deep breath and entered English.
"Cutting it a little close today, aren't we, Bella?" Mr. Mason greeted me. I smiled sheepishly and hurried to my seat. Right as I sat down the tardy bell rang. "Well, have a seat then. We'll start today's lesson. It's a new unit- Romeo and Juliet."
I groaned quietly from my seat; I had read this enough to have it memorized. I zoned out from Mr. Mason's lecture.
Edward probably knew it by heart, too. When I first became his friend, I was shocked that he hadn't read the classics. I know, I didn't get out much. So I made him read all of my favorites, like Jane Austin. He thanks me now; English class is a breeze.
Edward Cullen. He was one of a kind. He was handsome, generous, cheerful, athletic, chivalrous…
He was every girl's dream guy. Perfect.
Not to mention rich, too- not that that mattered. I only found out in my sophomore year. I went to his house for the first time, and met his parents, Carlisle and Esme and his older brother, Emmett. Emmett Cullen was a mountain. He was huge, taller than Edward, and muscled like a serious weight lifter- which he was. He had brown, curly hair and hazel eyes. Emmett and Rosalie Hale, my other best friend, were dating.
Coincidentally, her twin brother Jasper Hale was dating Alice. Jasper and Rosalie were tall, blonde haired, blue eyed, and gorgeous. Rose was like a swimsuit model right out of the magazine, with flawless looks and a body to die for. Jasper was the thinnest out of the three boys, and second tallest after Emmett. They were all connected to me and Edward. Oh, and one more thing:
I think they were trying to set us up.
I didn't want them to, and I wanted them to. You see, I wanted fate to run its own course, but a little help from my friends wouldn't be too bad either.
The bell finally rang, signaling the end of English, and I rushed to greet my companion. His stunning looks and velvet voice reached my ears, and his personality shone through his actions like the sun shone through the sky.
Man, I was smitten.
The day passed as it usually did. I met up with Alice, got threatened a few times by her, then off to Government with Edward and Alice by my side, but (sadly) leaving Edward at the door. Then we were off to Trig, then Spanish, and Lunch. Edward and I would say goodbye to Alice for the rest of the school day, until we met up later. Then my best friend and I would head to Bio and Gym.
Biology was okay, if a little boring. It was Gym that was interesting.
After all, who was the clumsiest person on Earth? Me.
Who constantly tripped over air? Me.
Who occasionally brought people with her? You guessed it. Me.
And for some reason, I had the five most graceful people on Earth as friends. Emmett, Jasper, and Edward were constantly catching me as I tripped over nonexistent things. Rosalie and Alice were constantly dodging me as I tripped and laughing if I fell when the guys weren't there.
One of the things was Emmett's jokes.
Don't even get me started. Klutz jokes, blonde jokes, size jokes, temper jokes, innuendoes- ones that could be considered sexual harassment.
Sexual harassment is, quote, "Harassment in a workplace, or other professional or social situation, involving the making of unwanted sexual advances or obscene remarks."
Our Gym teacher spent a whole day on that. Well, the school decided we needed Sex Ed., so the whole high school spent some quality time together in the Gym for a day. It was funny, actually, in the beginning, because right after he said that, every single student in the room turned and looked at Emmett (except said teenager, because obviously he couldn't look at himself without a mirrior).
We still laugh about it today. And when I got out of my car and unlocked the door, a smile still on my face, I thought that maybe, maybe things would change.
Then I saw Alice in my house and the smile dropped right off my face at her pure evil expression and her scarily calm tone.
"Hello, Bella. Have you heard about the dance?"
Well, there you have it! My first rewritten chapter. Personally, I'm a lot happier with this than what I wrote before. NU: the 23rd.
Anywho, please review. (hehe, that rhymed)
Lizzie out.