"What are you two arguing about?" i asked them.
"Ummm. I don't think you really want to know." Jasper told me.
"Yes, if it's about me you better tell me now."
"Okay. We heard Riley talking about you in the boys room."
Riley was my boyfriend. So what was he talking about?
"And what did he say?" i pressed.
"That you were a stupid little goth who was looking to turn him into a goth as well. And he also said he was going to leave you for Brittney."
I took a deep breath. Whoa, i didn't see that coming. Why?
"Okay. Thanks for telling me." i whispered. My eyes glanced at Edward. He was staring at Riley. No, staring wasn't the right word. Death glares fit more appropriatly.
Then the strangest thing hit me. I suddenly wanted to get out of these black clothes.
I walked past the lounge and heard a strange noise. I opened the door and found Riley and Brittney... making out. I let a gust of air I'd been holding in.
Riley heard me. He looked up from Brittney and his eyes widened.
"Bella... I I'm..." i had tears brewing up in my eyes at this point.
"Whatever... Riley, i don't want to hear it. It's over." the tears were leaking over the edge and i ran down the hallway so i could get to the girls room before my mascara started running down my face. While i was running, i passed all three Cullen boys, who were looking at me curiously.
I felt Jasper's hands stop me and i was suddenly facing him. "What's wrong Bella?"
I just shook my head and tried to pull away from him. He shook me a little.
"Bella!" i heard Riley call after me. All three of them froze. I looked up to see something I'd never expect. Edward was blocking Riley from me.
"Will you guys get away so i can talk to my girlfriend, please!" he yelled. I tried to get away from Jasper but he put his arm over my shoulder and Emmett put his hand on the small of my back. They were the only guys in school that cared about me. At least they are now.
"Why don't you just go back to making out with your new girlfriend. You filthy scum." Edward sneered. Why was Edward defending me?
"Yeah." Emmett and Jasper agreed. Riley tried to walk past them but Edward grabbed his shirt collar and shoved him up against a locker.
"I don't think Bella wants to look at you. So why don't you do us all a favor and just LEAVE HER ALONE." He dropped Riley, who unwingly walked away. I tried to get out of Jasper and Emmett's grasp again, but they wouldn't let me go. I touched my cheek to see if my mascara had started to run, but came away with only tears on my finger. I guess I forgot I used waterproof makeup this morning. I shoved against Jasper again. He let me go i smiled at the two of them and stopped to glance up at Edward. He was gazing back me with anger and pain clear in his eyes.
"Thank you." i whispered to him. He looked at me intently. I knew he didn't like me. But it was nice of him to stand up for me.
"Your welcome, Bella." He whispered back. I nodded and walked off to my locker. I really needed to talk to Alice.
At lunch i saw Alice and Rosalie at lunch. I sat down next to them and they smiled at me.
"Alice?" i whispered to her.
"Yeah." she piped and cocked her head.
"How do yo think i would look... in some of your white clothes?" her eyes went wider than i thought they could go.
"Bella, are you giving me permission to give you a makeover?" he asked slowly. I nodded my head. She placed her hand on my forhead.
"Are you sick?"
"No Alice, I just. I just want to get out of these clothes really badly." i wined.
"I'm so proud of you!" she turned to Rose and started whispering in her ear. Her eyes grew wide and a huge smile spread across her face.
After school Alice took me shopping. We went to a lot of different stores and got tons of clothes. Alice has A LOT of money. We ended up getting 20 some shirts, 40 pairs of jeans (in the colors white blue and a few black), 17 mini skirts, and 6 leather jackets. She bought me a ton of pretty jewerly and makeup.
Once she payed for it all(by the way it cost over three thousand dollars) she pulled me out of the mall and into her Porshe. She jabbered about something on the way to her house. I was dreading going to her house. I don't usually, because it's the only place where Edward actually treats me decently, but now i was scared because he'd see me in these new clothes.
Once we got to her house she took all of my bags, which were alot, and hurried me up to her room to play barbie doll on me. We finally decided that tommorow i would wear a denim mini skirt, a black tank top, a white leather jacket, and white tennis shoes. When i looked in the mirror, i actually liked what i saw.
When i told her to do my hair in the morning she sqealed. She asked me to stay here over night so we could wake up early. I agreed. But i had to call my mom to make sure. She said it was fine.
In the morning Alice woke me up at 5. Rosalie ushered me into the shower, to clean up my untidy hair. After that, they took a blow drier to my hair. After they were done they took two straigtners to it. It looked really pretty too. Alice put a peachy color on my lips, and foundation all over my face. She put a light green eyeshadoow on me as well. When she asked me if i still wanted black eyeliner and mascara i nodded. At the end of our little makeover Alice gave me a mirror and i gasped. I was stunning. I laughed when she held a picture of my self as a punk and ripped it.
"I'm going to go and warn everyone." she went downstairs and the boys were arguing about something.
"Guys!" she screamed they all looked up at her.
"Okay. Bella's gonna come down and... she looks a little different, so be nice and give the respect you never gave me." she lectured them. She scurried back up the stairs and grabbed my hand. Rosalie had her hands on my shoulders. We walked down slowly, because of my protesting. But once we were down there, i opened my eyes to see Jasper smiling, Emmett eyes bugging out, and Edward was gripping the couch for support.
"Alice... you said she looked a little different, you didn't say she looked like a runway model." Emmett croaked. Jasper and Edward nodded in agreement. I blushed and looked down. Alice and Rosalie laughed.
"Yeah. Right." i blurted. I looked up and Edward was the only one in the room. The others had left. He was still staring at me.
"What?" whispered.
"I... you're..." he walked a little closer and looked in my eyes.
"It's nice finally see your eyes clearly Bella. They're beautiful." I blushed, again.
"Ah-huh." i mummbled. I felt him touch my hand.
"Shall we?" he asked gesturing to his Volvo. I took his hand, but caught his eye to make sure it was alright, he seemed fine with it.
"We shall, i guess." i replied. He laughed, who was this guy? He certainly wasn't Edward. We went outside and i started to walk toward Alice's porshe, but something caught my wrist.
"Where do you think you're going?" Edward asked me.
"I'm going to school with Alice." i answered.
"Nonsence. I am going to be the one to escort the most beautiful girl to school. Now get in." he demanded me as held his door open. I was still in shock from what he just said about me.
I slid in and buckled my seat belt. He sat next to me and started the car. Then he asked if we could play twenty questions.
"I guess."
"Okay... what's your favorite color?" he asked.
"Green." i blurted out without thinking. He sent me a puzzled gaze.
"Your eyes are green Edward." i explained. He considered that, then a small smile played on his lips.
"It's your turn."
"Hmmm..." i wondered. What was something about him i really wanted to know? Bing.
"Why do you hate me?" i whispered. The next thing i knew he slammed the brakes on and he was facing me. He looked furious.
"What did you just ask me?"
"Why do you hate me?" i whispered again.
"Isabella. Marie. Swan. I do not hate you!" he said feircly. I was more terrified of him at this point to notice.
"Yes you do."
He got out of the car and paced for about two minutes. We weren't even at the school yet. It looked like we were on some back rode. Anyway, it went through the forest. We were all alone.
He stopped pacing and walked over to my side of the car and opened my door. I unbuckeled myself and got out. He shut the door and shoved me up against it,
pinning me to it with his whole body.
"What. Are. You. Doing?" i asked. He looked at me intently. Very intently, i almost felt naked under his gaze. He didn't answer.
"Edward?"
"Bella... i can't believe you would think something like that." he said while shaking his head.
"Why? It's ovious."
"You're crazy."
"No i'm n-" i couldn't get the rest out because his hand suddenly gripped the back of my head, tilting it up while his lips crashed onto mine. One of his arms wound itself around my waist. WHAT THE HECK? I pushed agaist him. He didn't like me this way. And i didn't like him this way. Did I? No. Well, maybe.
WHAT?!No. NO. NO! I pulled away from him and pushed him away from me. He stumbled back. When i looked at him, he looked somewhat...hurt?
"What?" he asked inocently.
"What do you mean what? You can't just go up to me and kiss me and assume i want to." i shot at him. He blinked, shocked.
"Bella. I'm sorry."
"And you know i bet the only reason you even did that was because of this stupid makeover Alice did on me. Am i wrong?" i was pacing. I had the right to, i infuriated at him. His eyes blazed with anger and he pushed me up against a tree. The bark scratched my back and i gasped.
"Bella, you're absurd." he groweled. I couldn't speak. My back was hurting so bad. He shook me, tears came running down my face.
"Bella.. What's wrong, Bella." he shook me again, making my back go back up against the sharp branches sticking out of the trees. I cried out in pain and fell forward. Edward caught me. I heard him gasp and touch my back. I felt something being pulled out of my back and i screamed in pain.
"Oh Bella I'm so sorry. Shh. I'll take you to the hostpital." he gathered me up in his arms and carried me to the car. The leather seat against my back didn't help much either. I whimpered the whole way there while Edward held my hand. Why did he do this? We stopped at the hostpital and he craddled me to his chest and carried me inside the hostpital.
I opened my eyes to what was appearently a hostpital room. What was I doing here? Oh, right. Edward and the tree. I had already forgave him the second he apologized. I had to admit... i had started falling for Edward the second he looked at me after my makeover. I turned my head to the left to see him sitting there. He looked sad. His eyes were closed, he must be asleep. I moved my hand to touch his face. His eyes fluttered and caught mine. I quickly pulled my hand away, but he caught it and held it to his face. I smiled at him. He frowned.
"Aren't you mad at me?" he asked.
"No."
"Why not?"
"Because... of what you said."
"Which was?"
I took a deep breath. "When you said you didn't hate me, was that the truth?"
He leaned forward and rested his elbows on the edge of my bed.
"Of course it was." he whispered.
My breathing became shallow and I couldn't take it anymore. I wanted him. I needed him. I grabbed his shirt and pulled him so his lips were glued to mine. He seemed surprised, but he kissed me back. One of his hands went to the side of my neck and the other rested on my waist. I twisted my arms up behind his neck and pulled myself into the kiss. After what seemed likes forever i had to pull away to breathe. He didn't stop kissing me. His lips travleled to the skin above my collar bone and his lips sucked on it. I let out a low moan, he noticed but he didn't stop. I thought i was going to die from pleasure.
"Edward we're in a hostpital." i reminded him. He stopped his kissing and leaned away from me.
"When are they letting you out?"
"Tonight."
"Good."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Exactly what it says."
He got up then, kissed me (im not talking about a peck), and left.
"Edward!" I called after him. His head popped in and his eyebrows were knitted together.
"Yeah?"
"Don't leave me." i pleaded. He grinned and came to my bed and laid down next to me. He snaked his arms around me and i laid my head agianst his chest.
"I love you." I whispered.
