Full summary: Edward is the shy, adopted guy with a dark past. Bella is the sweet, loving girl who everyone adores. Will sparks ever fly between these 2 that are supposedly opposites? ExB, JxA, RxE
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EPOV
Why I was treated like this, was beyond me. It seems like nobody will ever understand me, wherever I go. First, with my parents. And now, here in school.
"Why are you such a nerd, Masen? Huh?" Mike Newton shouted at me as he walked passed my locker. He was the school's "It" guy. Captain of the football and wrestling team.
Almost every girl wanted him, and almost every guy wanted to be him. Except me.
Isabella Swan didn't want him, though. And, he wanted her. He wanted her bad. And, so do I. She is without a doubt the most beautiful girl that I had ever seen in my entire existance. She has long, mahogony hair that is always shiny and perfect. Her warm brown eyes invited everyone in, and her smile was the icing on the cake. She has a perfect body, and a perfect personality. She's sweet, funny, nice, smart, and caring.
There was nobody that didn't like her. Nobody had a reason not to like her. She was nice to everybody, even me. The guy who nobody else likes: Edward Masen, yours truly.
Isabella, though she prefers Bella, is best friends with my sister, Alice. Well, Alice's parents adopted me 2 years ago. Alice and Bella hang out with 3 other people, Emmett, Rosalie, and Jasper.
Jasper and Alice were a couple, and everyone knew that Rosalie and Emmett liked each other, they were just too afraid to admit it.
Kinda like how I am with Bella.
The group usually asks me to go places with them when they all hangout, but I always say 'no.' They most likely don't want me there, they probably only invite me because I'm Alice's brother, and because they feel bad. Nobody talks to me, I don't have one friend. I used to sit with Alice, Bella, Rosalie, Emmett, and Jasper at lunch, but they always sat with other people, too. This made the table too crowded every day. I realized that I didn't belong there, so I offered the one person who always had to find another seat, my seat. Forever. Now, I sit by myself. I don't mind the quiet. It's a change from the way things used to be,
when I lived with my parents.
*flashback*
I was only 9 years old. I was sitting on my bed in the quiet, just reading a book that my grandmother bought me, when my parents suddenly burst through the door.
"Edward Anthony Masen! What kind of shit are you reading now?" My father screamed in my face, then picked up my book, throwing it across the room with full force.
"N-nothing, Dad. Just something Grandma thought I should read." I answered quietly, my body frozen with fear. I was scared to death of my parents. I was abused by them every night. And every night, as I would fall asleep, I would just wish to die.
"Well, you need to learn how to be a man! No man reads books. Stand up, now!" He yelled, clearly frustrated, while my mother smiled evilly.
I stood up obediently. My father then proceeded to lift up my shirt, while making me face the wall, my back to him. He then hit my back with a belt, as hard as he could. He repeated this for what seemed like hours. I didn't cry. I knew that if I did, the abuse would just enter a new level. He then told me to turn around and put my shirt back down.
Him and my mother left my room, and I prayed that that would be it for the night.
I hope my prayers will be answered.
* end of flashback*
I sighed under my breath as I thought of the horrifying time of my life. I walked to biology with happiness, though. I would get to see Bella. She was my lab partner, and we talked a lot in biology. Well, when I wasn't babbling like an idiot or acting too shy to say anything.
I entered the room and was the first one there. My teacher smiled at me, and I smiled back as I headed to my lab table near the window. Students then started filing in, and Bella and Mike were a part of the flow.
He was talking her ear off, and she didn't look interested.
She cut him off by saying "Okay, bye, Mike." And then hurried over to our table.
"Thank god, I couldn't wait to get away from him." She mumbled to me. I couldn't think of anything to say, so I just smiled warmly at her. The fact that they guy who wanted her repulsed her, made me happy.
Mr. Banner was getting supplies ready for a lab at the front table, so we had a few minutes to talk.
"So, what's up, Edward?" Bella asked as she smiled at me.
"Nothing really, yourself?" Wow, that's all I could think of? You're such the charmer, Edward.
"Same. Just hating Mike. He really irritates me, doesn't he irritate you?" I smiled to myself.
"Um...y-yeah he's not the nicest person. I didn't know you hated him that much."
"Don't even get me started with that!" She giggled as I laughed with her. She was just too adorable.
Mr. Banner called for the class' attention. Bella sighed under her breath and faced front. I wasn't exactly paying attention to him. I heard a few words about microscope and onion root cells.
"Okay, get to work! You have a half hour, then we're going over your answers as a class." Mr. Banner announced, then started handing our microscopes with slides.
I gave Bella the microscope and mumbled "ladies first."
She smiled and looked into it observently. I could look at the smile forever. It was perfect.
She was perfect.
Bella was looking at the same slide for about 5 minutes now, and she wasn't moving.
"Bella?" I called, and gently tapped her shoulder.
She jumped at the sound of my voice, then after realizing who I was, started blushing.
"Sorry, I was just daydreaming."
I asked "About what?" Before I could stop myself. Now she must think I'm nosy. IDIOT, IDIOT, IDIOT!
"Why don't you ever hang out with us. Edward?" She asked with concern. Crap, what do I say?
"Um, well, I...I don't know." I lied. I didn't want to tell her it was because they probably didn't like me.
"Is it because you don't like us?" She asked, sounding upset.
"N-no, that's not it at all. I'm just shy." I said quietly. But, around Bella, I seemed to open up.
Sometimes.
"Well, I really think you should start hanging out with us. We really want you to." She admitted. I was shocked, they wanted to hang out with me?
'No, they don't.' I thought to myself. Again, Bella was only saying this because she felt bad, I knew it.
After biology, Bella went to her locker, and I went to mine. Of course, our lockers weren't near each other's, so I didn't get to walk with her. This upsets me, but what am I supposed to do?
I got to my locker a few minutes after walking through the noisy hallways. People ignored me, I was nothing in this school.
In a way, I liked it that way. I didn't want a lot of people to know who I really was. They would just think I'm a freak. But, I would like to have some friends. And, I know that Bell, Alice, and their group were offering that chance to me. I just knew that they didn't like me. I wanted someone to hang out with me for who I was, not because they felt bad for me.
I took out my history notebook and textbook, and shut my locker. As I started walking to my history classroom, a foot cam out from the right and it went straight inbetween my legs, tripping me.
I fell to the dirty ground, my books being thrown all around me. I looked up to see who tripped me, and it was, of course, Mike Newton.
Mike was laughing, and it looked like he was about to say something, but I heard a loud voice yell "What the hell, Newton?"
I looked down the hallway to find out that Emmett McCarthy was the one who was screaming at Newton. Emmett walked up to Newton, and got into his face.
"Can't you find something better to do with your worthless life, Newton? All you ever do is pick on Edward, and it needs to stop. Now, leave him alone!"
Mike muttered a "whatever," then walked away with his friends.
Emmett bent down with me, and helped me pick up my books.
"You okay, man?" He asked me as we both stood up, and he handed me my books.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Thanks." I said quietly.
He looked at me with a curious expression on his face. "Tell me something, why don't you ever stick up for yourself?"
I didn't know what to say, so I just shrugged.
"Edward, just because he tortures you doesn't mean he's stronger than you." He told me, then patted my back once, and walked away.
I pondered the statement, and realized that Emmett was very wrong. He was stronger than me. He had the guts to talk to Bella about anything, to put his arm around her, and hang out with her.
Not that she let him do any of these things, but he was strong enough to try.
And, I wasn't.
I waited by Alice's car at the end of the day. She's my ride to and from school. I always offer to give her gas money, but she slaps my arm and tells me that I'm family.
"Hey, Edward!" She called out, a few cars away from me.
"Hi." I said quietly. Why did I have to be so damn shy?
"Did you have a good day?" She asked.
"Yes." I lied. My day was nothing but good. All thanks to Newton.
"Don't lie, Edward. Emmett told me about Mike."
I just looked down as we both got into the car and she drove away.
"It's fine. I'm used to it." I mumbled.
Alice gave me a dissaprooving look. "No, it's not fine, Edward. Emmett's right, you gotta stick up for yourself, or he will never stop."
I shook my head. "No, he'll just beat me up then."
"Edward, you worry too much." She said while chuckling. I just smiled at her attempt to tease me, then stayed silent the rest of the ride.
We pulled up to our house a few mintues later. Alice skipped inside, and I walked behind her.
Esme gave Alice a hug, then gave me one.
"How was school, Edward?" She asked with concern.
"Fine, I guess." I lied.
"Good." She said, though I knew that she wasn't buying it. I trudged up the stairs into my room, and thought about my day as I sat in my computer chair.
This was a normal day for me, and it is never going to change. I will always be the laughing stock of the school, I will never have one friend, and Bella will never like me. This frustrated me. I knew all of this was true, so why did the little voice in the back of my head tell me I was wrong?
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