Oh, joy! Boarding school. Yeah, I'm really excited, as you can see. In one year I was sent from Arizona to Washington and now New York. Who hears it, thinks I'm a problematic teenager. I'm not. I lived with my mom in Arizona, and sent myself to Washington to live with my dad, while mom was traveling with her new husband. While in Washington I received a letter saying I was accepted in an Academy in New York. I read the letter a few times, checking if it was really addressed for me.
Charlie thought it was wonderful. I called Renée and she remembered me that before the beginning of junior year, I had a test, to a scholarship. Really, I just did because she asked me to try, and to test if I was smart enough. I didn't thought they would accept me. So the next week, Renée was in Washington with Phil, her new husband, talking to Charlie if I should go. Comfortable situation, Charlie, Renée and Phil in the same room. Queue to tension. The 'adults' – sometimes I was more grown up than them – decided that it was a good opportunity, but insisted that I didn't have to go if I didn't want to.
"But… But you'll be alone!" I whined to Charlie.
"I'm not a baby, Bells. Thank you for worrying but there is no need. You have to focus on your future" he said.
I looked at my mom, and Phil, they weren't much of excuse. What would I say? 'Let me stay and bother you guys on your honeymoon kind of trip'? I looked at all the papers the academy sent me, all the money I had the lucky not to pay, and looked photos on their website. It seemed nice. And it was just a year, and I would choose the university I wanted, where I wanted. Renée and Charlie were right. It was an amazing opportunity, study in a prestigious Academy in New York, meet people, a new place, live kind of my own, no parents to take care….
I accepted and they helped me pack. A quick goodbye to my acquaintances in Forks, and I was on a plane to NY. I took a taxi from the airport, and used the money Renée gave me to pay him. She and Charlie talked about financial things, and gave a credit card to use in necessities. I stumbled entering the office, with my four bags, and smiled at the secretary.
"Hello. I'm Isabella Swan, Bella. I'm new student"
"Oh, right!" she said grinning. "Here, dear"
She gave me an envelop, and I look at it, and back to her. She nodded encouraging me to open. I took a deep breath and opened.
Welcome to Holbrook Academy
Dorm information: MacArthur Building – Campus South. Room: 74 (7th floor) Roomates: Mary Alice Cullen and Rosalie Lillian Hale.
Curfew: 23h
Classes schedule:
08:30 – 09:30: English
09:30 – 10:30: Trigonometry
10:30 – 11:30: Spanish
11:30 – 13:00: Lunch
13:00 – 14:00: Biology
14:00 – 15:00: Politics
15:00 – 16:00: PE
Saturdays: Free – if any teacher plans an special activity
Sunday: Free
There was a identification card, with my name, my photo, and my id as student. I turned and realized the card was magnetic. I looked at the secretary confused.
"It's the building's key. There is an electronic lock by the door, and you can't enter without that" she said. "And if you want you can use as… tab. Put your lunch on it, but you have to pay it by the end of the week"
"Okay, thanks" I said.
I looked inside the envelop again, and there was keys, and a tiny paper. I took the paper.
PASSWORD: 4571
I took the keys and the password and looked again to the secretary.
"Password to your locker, and a few other things. In case your card doesn't work, for example… It's like a credit card, if the lock is forced more than three times, the alarm is set off, and the password will stop it" she explained, "The keys are for your dorm, and your room"
"Oh, okay. Thanks" I said, and looked at the map of the campus. "I'm really bad with maps, where should I go?"
"You have to…" she interrupted by a student entering, "Oh, Eric! Great! Can you show Ms. Swan where her dorm's building is?"
"Sure" they boy said.
He put a paper in her desk and picked up two of my bags.
"It's okay, I can carry…" I said trying to grab it back.
"It's fine" he said, "Let's go?"
I nodded, picked up my other bags, and nodded to the secretary. I stuffed the envelop in my purse, as I followed him out of the building.
"Welcome to Holbrook, by the way" he said, "My name is Eric Yorkie"
"Isabella Swan" I said smiling, "Call me Bella"
"So, Bella… What's your dorm's building?"
"MacArthur"
"This way" he said turning left and I followed him, "Where you came from?"
"Arizona, Washington" I sighed. He gave me a confused look, and I realize I sounded crazy. "I'm from Arizona, went to live in Washington, and before I spent three months there, I came here"
"Oh, well, I think you'll like the weather here then. Not too hot as Arizona, or too cold as Washington"
"It sounds great"
"Mrs. Cope explained to you the card and password?"
"Yeah" I said grabbing the card.
"You're a junior?" he asked.
"Yes"
"I'm too, so maybe we'll have classes together. I can show you around, help you, so you don't get lost"
"Thanks, Eric"
"You're welcome" he said and nodded to the building coming to view. "That's your building"
I looked at it, and was impressed. It looked okay. Not too old, though there was a hint the building was old. And not too modern, with big glass walls, and large balconies. I looked around, and I liked the place. I would live in the middle of a park. There was trees everywhere, benches, picnic tables, I could see a field in the horizon. Yeah, I could get used to this. We reached the building's door, and Eric gestured for me to open. I took a deep breath, and passed the card. It biped and a little green light shone, before the door unlocked. Good security. Eric put my bags in the elevator with me, and after a thanks, and see you later, I pushed the 7th floor button. The doors closed and in a minute I was facing a white and red hallway. I got out, dragging my bags with me. I stared at the wall in front of the elevator. There was a board with notices, and a few photos. I looked around and there was a sign "Dorms 71 to 74" and another pointing to the left, "Dorms 75 to 79" I looked around and didn't see anyone, so quietly I walked to the hallway to the right. I watched the doors, distanced from the other, showing the dorms were good sized. I stopped in front of my dorm. I had the key. But should I knock? Ring the bell? Or just enter? I hesitated, but knocked softly. I heard someone walking around.
"You're late, Jasper!" I heard an annoyed voice say before opening the door.
It was a short girl, black short hair, spiked, green eyes, and a excited grin.
"Hi!" she said.
"Hi" I said awkwardly, "I… I'm Isabella Swan. The new student and… your roommate"
"Of course! I know you!" she said and grabbed one of my bags walking inside, "Come in! I won't say 'make yourself at home' because it's your home. I thought you would come later!"
"Hm… I can come back later…"
"No, no! It's just… Rose isn't here; she'll be here in an hour or so"
"Oh, hm… Rosalie Hale?"
"Yup, that's Rose" she said putting my bag beside a couch, "I'm Alice. Forget the Mary, please"
"Nice to meet you, Alice" I said smiling at her.
"Let me give you a tour. The guys won't come to see you until later"
"The guys?" I asked uncomfortable.
"Yes! Rose's brother, Jasper, or Jazz, is my boyfriend, and my adoptive brother, Emmett, or Emm, is hers"
"Oh, okay" I said.
"Now let's get you that tour"
I put the bags down, and she dragged me around, showing me the kitchen, living room, her room, Rose's room door, the bathroom, the study space (a corner of the living room with a desk, lamp, a shelf with books, and a printer) and my room. I was a little impressed. It was a great room. It had a light pink wall, and a baby blue one, that I really didn't like, but could deal with. A double bed, a armchair, wardrobe, drawer and shelves.
"We'll paint the room, don't worry. Last girl was crazy to paint like a baby's room" Alice said.
"It's good actually. But I'll paint, definitely"
She giggled and helped me bring my bags to the room.
"You don't have uniform yet, right?"
"No" I said.
"We can go to the shop after you unpack"
"Good idea, thanks"
"Want help?" she asked.
"Yeah, sounds good"
She smiled and opened one of the bags. We quickly unpacked putting the clothes and shoes in the right place. I told her about how my day here has been so far, and she giggled when I said the envelop looked like a magician's hat, bringing more and more surprises. I put everything in its place. My mom said she would sent my boxes, all three, in a couple days, after I got settled. I put sheets on the bed, and looked through my schedule again.
"I usually had fewer classes" I murmured.
"Yeah, they put one more, and they last longer too. It's their higher, and improvised system of education" she said rolling her eyes.
"So, you have any classes with me?"
"Trigonometry. You have politics with Jazz. And Biology, English and PE with Edward. Though he usually skips the last one, because of soccer"
"Edward?"
"My brother"
"I thought it was Emmett?" I asked confused.
"It is. Edward is my biological twin brother. Emm is adoptive. You'll meet everyone soon"
"Okay" I said, "So, he skips PE. Can I?"
"No" she chuckled, "He skips because the coach loves him. He's the soccer team's captain. So he can do whatever he likes about sports around here, he just have to bring victories to our team"
"Soccer?" I asked amused and chuckled.
"What?" she asked interested.
"I played. When I was fifteen, I think it's my favorite sport"
"Oh, you and the boys will get along then. Emmett is sometimes in the defense and Jazz is the goalkeeper"
"Emmett is sometimes?"
"He usually plays football. It's more him, you will understand when you see him. He like to play soccer though, so he plays in a few games"
I nodded and grabbed my cell.
"I should call my parents"
"Of course. I'll leave you to talk" she said and got out.
I called my mom and told her everything, since she demanded. I called dad, said I was fine, and the only thing he asked was if I thought I would be happy here. I told him 'yes' and the call was ended. I got my purse, and was checking to see if I had everything, so we could go shop uniforms. I was getting out of the room, when I heard the door being opened.
"Alice! We should have cooked something for her! Emmett said we should have made a cake or something, welcoming her!" a woman said.
"Rose" Alice giggled, "Don't you see my stupid teddy bear brother just wanted cake?"
"But…"
"Doesn't matter she's here already" Alice said.
I got out, and stood uncomfortably. A blond girl in the school's uniform was looking me up and down. Behind her stood a mountain of muscles, and it had dimples and a goofy grin. In her other side, there was a lean, but muscular, blond guy. His blue eyes, and blond hair, were exactly like the girl.
"Hello" I said awkwardly.
"This is Jasper Hale, my boyfriend" Alice said taking his hand and bringing him closer.
"Hello. Nice to meet you, Isabella" he said shaking my hand.
"Call me Bella" I mumbled. "And it's nice to meet you too, Jasper"
"You can call me Jazz" he said.
"Thanks" I mumbled.
"This is my twin sister, Rosalie" he said gesturing to the blond.
She walked to me, and shook my hand.
"Nice to meet you, Bella" she said.
"Nice to meet you too, Rose" She arched an eyebrow and I blushed. "Sorry. Alice's been talking about you using your nickname and I…"
"It's fine!" she said smiling, "I just didn't know you knew"
I nodded and the mountain of muscles attacked me, pulling me to a bone crushing hug.
"Nice to meet you, Bella!" he said happily.
"And that's my goofy brother, Emmett" Alice said chuckling.
He put me down, and I smiled at him. I couldn't help it. His joy was contagious.
"Nice to meet you, Emmett" I said.
"And where's Edward?" Alice asked annoyed.
"Hm, practice, I think" Jazz mumbled.
"Practice? And why aren't you with him?" Alice asked.
"Believe me, Alice. You wouldn't want Jazz nowhere close to where Edward is now" Rose snorted, "Catching a STD from that whore for sure"
"Oh, Rose… Now I believe Bella thinks highly of Edward" Jazz said sarcastically.
"It's true" she muttered.
"Hm… I have to go see uniform…"
"Oh, before you do… Here!" Rose said giving me a package, "Mrs. Cope said she forgot to give it to you"
I took it and opened, it was a laptop.
"W-What?" I asked staring at it, "What's this?"
"Your laptop" Alice said.
"Hm, why I have one?"
"The school's rule. We use it instead of notebooks" Jazz explained. "You have scholarship?"
"Yeah" I murmured blushing.
"Well, in that case the school paid for half of that. Like me" Jazz said.
"Hm? You have scholarship?"
"Yeah" he shrugged.
"But… You seem rich" I said.
"I could pay for the school if that's what you mean. But why would I if I don't need to?" he asked.
"Edward tried to do the same, they didn't let him" Alice said.
I nodded and ran my fingers through my hair.
"Oh, right! Uniforms!" Alice said and grabbed her purse. "What do you think about dinner after?"
"Sounds good" I said and they nodded.
We left the building, and the couples walked hand in hand. I was squeezed between Alice, who had her arm linked with mine, and Emmett, who had an arm around my shoulders. I began to see that even if he did look like the biggest football player, mountain of muscles, he was just a goofy. A teddy bear really. We walked to the uniforms shop, talking about how I end up here. Once we were inside, I frowned. I hated have to use uniforms. Alice and Rose walked around, taking clothes from the shelves, and hangers.
"Okay, you'll need… pants. The social, and more casual one" Rose said extending to pants to me.
They were black. One looked like a business suit, and the other looked like a legging, with pockets. I nodded and she threw them at Emmett's shoulder.
"I think I'm a hanger now" Emm said shrugging.
"Shirts" Alice said. "White, light blue, dark blue and black" she said showing the shirts and I nodded again, this time the clothes were thrown at Jazz.
"T-shirts" Rose said.
"Polos" Alice said. "White, and dark blue" she said putting on Jazz's hands.
"This bill will hurt, isn't it?" I murmured to the boys.
"Probably" Emmett said.
"Shorts" Rose said.
She showed me a dark blue and a black khaki shorts, and threw in Emmett's hands.
"Skirts!" Alice said walking to me with ten skirts.
"Hm, Alice, I really don't like skirts, so… I'll take… two" I said, though I wanted to take not even one.
"Fine!" she said pouting, and put a black and a dark blue skirts in Jazz's hands.
"Ties" Alice said.
She put blue, black, red and white ties around Emmett's neck.
"Ties?" I said grimacing, "I hate ties"
"We all do" Rose said loosening the tie around her neck. "We're finishing…"
"Good" I murmured.
"Just… Tights, and shoes"
"I have shoes" I said frowning.
"Not the right kind of shoes" Rose said. "Here, you have to forget comfortable, or they will skin you alive"
I looked at her shoes, and it was four inches high black pumps. I sighed and ran my fingers thru my hair. I gave my number to the girls and they shoved me in the dressing room, to see if the clothes fit. The guys would pass me the clothes and I quickly put them, got out, spin for Alice, the guys nodded, and would change to the next. Almost two hours later, we were carried with bags.
"I think the skirt is still too short" I said as we walked to a dinner close to our building.
"It's not. Longer than that would be to a… nun" Alice protested.
"It's perfect." Rose said, "Shorter than that would be inadequate too"
"Yeah" Emmett agreed.
"Doesn't matter. I'll wear just the pants and shorts" I said.
"The hell you will!" Alice snarled.
"Okay, I'll wear skirts" I said suddenly afraid of the short girl.
We had three days until classes started. So we discussed during our dinner, what we would do. The guys had a practice tomorrow, training to the test, ensuring their place in the team in the second semester. The girls were planning to go, cheer for them, so I would join.
"Bella said she plays soccer" Alice said while we walked back to the dorm.
"Really?" Emmett said amused.
"Yeah" I mumbled.
"We should play sometime. Maybe tomorrow, see if you're good" Jazz said.
"I don't think I am. They didn't let me join the team in Phoenix"
"Sorry" Emm said patting my shoulder, "But we'll still play, right?"
"Yeah, maybe" I said smiling.
They left in our dorm, and went to theirs, that was in another building, not far away. I put my uniform in my closet, the laptop in my messenger bag, and went to sleep.
I woke up the next day and looked at my clock. I had almost four hours to the guys' practice. I got up, and walked out of the room. Rose was snoring from her room, and Alice was curled up in a ball in her bed. I smiled and went to take a shower. I took the opportunity to put my tiletries in the bathroom. Once I was finished, I put a denim shorts, black T-shirt, and dark brown sneakers. I went to the kitchen and started to make breakfast. I was with my iPod on, so I didn't hear the girl wake up.
"Oh my God! And she cooks! She's the perfect roommate!" Alice said.
I turned around and they sat in the table, putting coffee in their mugs.
"Good morning" I said.
"If you're cooking for me, then it's great morning" Rose mumbled.
"You know, the practice is in two hours…" I said sliding an omelet in a plate.
"Yeah, we're a little late. We got it" Alice said.
"No, I thought we had a lot of free time, so I was thinking to call the boys and see if they don't want to meet us earlier to warm-ups" I said.
"First, we don't have free time! We have to get ready!" Alice said, "Second, you really think that if you called the boys now, they would be awake? They sleep until half hour before the practice. Third, why would I do warm-ups?"
"Forth, what the hell are you wearing!" Rose said.
I gave her the plate and Alice frowned.
"I'm planning to have a quick little game with Jazz and Emm, so I put something appropriate to exercises." I said, "And calm down, Alice. Yours will be ready in a minute!"
"Thanks" she said.
I gave her another plate and eat standing, leaning against the counter.
"After our little soccer fun" Rose said sarcastically, rolling her eyes, "What are we going to do?"
"I called Edward last night" Alice said, "All of us will go out"
"Go out?" I asked.
"Yeah, dinner, club… There is a nice club people are talking about" Alice said.
"I… Don't dance" I said.
"What?" they both asked.
"I… I'm a klutz. Anything with feet, I trip. Except soccer and a few other sports"
"We'll work that out tonight" Alice said.
"Fine" I sighed.
They went shower, change, and I prepared a bag with snacks, water bottles, towels, a blanket, and another shirt for me.
"Let's go!" I called.
They hurried wearing skirts, and mini tops, with high heels. I rolled my eyes mentally. I pulled my hair into a ponytail in the elevator. I jogged to the door, while the girls walked slowly, talking excitedly about the plans for the night.
"Come on!" I whined opening the door.
I bumped into a muscular chest, and huge arms were wrapped around me in a bear hug. I already recognized who's hug it was.
"Emmett, you're suffocating me" I choked out.
"Ops, sorry" he said letting go of me. "Excited, I see"
"Yeah! But these girls are too slow!"
"Want race to the field!" Jazz asked, tying his shoes.
"Sure" I said putting the straps of the backpack in my shoulders.
"I'll take that. It will slow you down, more" Emmett said.
I rolled my eyes, and gave him the bag. The bag wouldn't slow me down at all, but it might bother Emm.
"Ready?" Jazz said ready to take off.
"Meet you in the field" Alice said quietly.
"Go!" I said and we both started running.
I forced my legs forward, stretching them as much as I could. I loved the feeling of the wind in my face. I look at my side, and I was tied with Jazz, Emm was a little behind. I chuckled and continued forcing me forward, and passed a little in front of Jazz.
"Ha! I won!" I said reaching the middle of the field, and jumping in victory.
"Wha – ?" Emmett started breathless and looked at Jazz. "Is she serious!"
"I've never seen someone as fast as her. Well, maybe Edward…"
I snorted and stretched my arms.
"No one is faster than me" I said smugly and looked at Emmett grinning, "Did the backpack slowed you down? More?"
"Oh, you'll pay for that!" Emm said with a mischievous smile.
My instincts took over and I turned around to run.
"Nooo!" I yelled.
"Yeeesss" Emm yelled behind me.
Jazz sat down, laughing, watching us. Emm quickly got me, I let him. He threw me over his shoulder, and started jumping, and spinning.
"I'll throw up!" I whined.
"Take back what you've said!" he said.
"Never!" I said.
"We'll see that!" he said.
He threw me in the ground, softly, pinning me down, straddling me and tickling me.
"Emm! Stop it!" I said squirming.
"Stop torturing a lady, Emmett. Esme taught you better" a velvet voice said, "And we have to practice. You're in the middle of the field"
"Oh, sorry, dear younger brother and brave captain" Emm said in mocking respect, and bowed.
I laughed and he got off me.
"Learn to be a good loser, Emm" I sat pushing him as I got up. "Tickling isn't fair!"
"Of course it is! It's your weakness" he said as I walked away.
"And yours is loosing a race to a girl!" I yelled turning to grin at him.
Everyone heard and were smiling at the scene. The velvet voice came from a gorgeous figure close to where we were. Tall, lean, strong. Bronze hair, green eyes, strong jaw, perfect nose… I recognized the eyes. Alice's brother, Edward. I smiled at him, and jogged to the corner of the field, where Alice and Rose were sitting in the blanket.
"Emm lose the race to you?" Rose said laughing.
"And Jazz" I said smugly, opening a bottle of water.
We watched the game quietly. Well, the girls were quiet. I cheer like a maniac.
"Go Emmett!" I screamed when he steal the ball from another player.
"Are you against Jazz?" Alice asked.
"No"
"But Emmett will try to make a goal on Jazz" she said.
"I know. I'm taking rounds. I cheer for one half the game, and the other half to the other"
"Oh" she mumbled.
"Go Jazz!" she yelled.
Emmett kicked the ball to the goal, and it hit Jazz's chest, hard.
"Ouch" I said standing up.
"Oh my God!" Alice gasped.
Jazz was in the ground gasping for air. Alice and I ran to him, Rose right behind us. They were in heels so I got there first.
"Oh my God! Jazz! Do you need a doctor?" I asked kneeling over him.
"Kill Emmett, please" he said couching.
"Are you okay, Jazzy?" Alice cooed patting his head.
"Yeah, just… catching my breath" he mumbled.
I sighed relieved and turned to glare at Emm. He was there standing, poking the grass with his toes, and a little guilty, little victorious, expression. I got up, walked to him, and smacked his head.
"What's your problem! You did it on purpose" I accused.
"I didn't! I just kicked pretty hard, I think" he said pouting.
"And accidently hit exactly his chest" I said with a 'I look stupid' look, "You moron, you could have hurt him badly!"
"Okay, the girls, please, get out of my field" the velvet voice said. "We have a game going on here"
"Fuck you, Edward. It's not your field, and your friend could have been hurt" Alice growled.
"Ali, it's fine" Jazz said getting up.
"See? It's fine. Now, go!" Edward said shooing us away.
"Careful, Emmett" I warned him before walking away.
"Who she thinks she is to demand my team to be 'careful'?" the velvet voice mocked.
I turned to glare at Edward.
"I'm a good, concerned and caring friend and person, unlike you, dick" I said and flicked him off.
The people in the bleachers, and a few of the team whistled, clapped and cheered at me. I grinned and walked back to the blanket where Rose and Alice were grinning. I sat smiling smugly at Edward. One of the players was grinning hugely beside Edward, and gave me a wolf whistle. I grinned and Edward turned to glare at him.
"Shut the fuck up, Paul" Edward yelled, "And go do something is this team for once"
I glared at him again. He was being an ass, just because Paul cheered me up. I was ready to get up and do something, but Paul just grinned at Edward.
"Edgy, Edward? Careful. You have to be a good loser, and accept she just made you feel like this" Paul said his thumb and index fingers with less than an inch apart.
I grinned at him. I liked his attitude.
"Yeah! Go, Paul!" I cheered.
Edward glared at me, and back at Paul.
"Why don't you sit back this practice?" he snarled to Paul.
I gasped at Edward. I looked around for a coach, but of course there wasn't any. It was as Alice said, in this campus, Edward could do whatever he wanted when it was about sports. Paul continued to grin and walked off the field, to us.
"Sorry. I didn't mean to get you out of the practice" I said getting up.
"It's fine. I'm so happy someone finally said something like that to Edward, that I couldn't care" he said, "I'm Paul"
"Bella" I said shaking his hand.
"Hey, Alice! Rose" he said waving to them.
"Hey, Paul. Sorry about my stupid, asshole, moron, dick brother" Alice said smiling.
"Are you sure you two are twins? You're too nice to be even related" he said to her.
"I dunno" she said.
"Sit with us"
I nodded and we both sat down, watching the game, and eating the snacks.
"So, you are the girl who won a race with Jazz and Emm" Paul said smiling. "Emmett, I'll admit, he is more strength, and that strength can push him forward, but… Jazz is fast"
"Well, I'm faster" I said grinning.
"Do you practice or something?" he asked as we watched Emm pass the ball to someone else.
"I did" I said quietly, the person kicked the ball to the goal, but Jazz grabbed it easily, "Go Jazz!"
"Cheerleading?" Paul asked chuckling.
"No. I hate cheerleading. They are normally spoiled and slutty"
"Hey!" Alice and Rose whined.
I turned to them and Paul laughed.
"You're cheerleaders?" I asked in shock.
"Meet the captain and co-captain" Rose said gesturing to her and Alice.
"Sorry" I said, "You're not what I've said. Just… In Phoenix was like this"
"Fine" Rose huffed.
"Anyway… Basketball, volleyball, hockey and soccer" I said to Paul.
"You played soccer?" he asked surprised and amused.
"When I was fifteen. But I didn't got to the team, so I quit"
"Oh, I want to see it" he said.
"You're welcome to. She'll be playing with Emm and Jazz after the practice" Alice said.
"Can I join?" he asked me.
"Of course! This way we can even the teams" I said.
"Great"
"Bella!" Emm yelled.
Before I turned to see him, he took me in a hug, pushing me against the ground.
"Help! Rose! Your boyfriend is groping me!" I said as he rubbed his forehead in my shoulder, I then realized what he was doing "No, Emm! Why did you have to get me all sweaty?"
"Because you are spreading the lie that I lost for you in a race!" he said pulling back.
"Great" I said pulling my shirt away from my body, disgusted.
"And you needed to hump her, like a dog?" Rose snarled.
"Come on, Rosie! Are you jealous!' he said grinning, "Bella is like my little sister"
"And you are my big, disgusting, annoying overbearing, brother" I grumbled.
"Oh, love you too, Bells!" he said ruffling my hair.
Paul and Jazz laughed. I took the towel that was in the backpack, and cleaned my face and shoulder.
"I'll need three showers after this" I mumbled.
"Come on! Let's play!" Emm said after kissing Rose.
"Paul is joining us" I said getting up.
"Great" Emmett said and patted Paul's shoulder, "Sorry about Edward. He's just a dick on the field"
"I don't know if this makes me feel better, because that's the place where I have to endure him" Paul said. "Anyway… Teams?"
"Me and Jazz, against you and Bella" Emm said, "This was we're even. They are both fast, and we are both strong"
"Fine" I said, "You start"
I said kicking the ball that was on the field to him.
"You defend and I attack okay?" I whispered to Paul.
He seemed apprehensive but nodded. Emmett said something to Jazz, and he nodded in agreement. He passed the ball to Jazz, and he kicked back to Emm. I ran to Emm, and stole the ball from him. I heard Rose and Alice cheering, as I ran to the other direction and kicked the ball straight to the goal.
"Fuck, she is fast!" Emm grumbled.
I high fived Paul, and we waited them to start again. Jazz and Emm exchanged a glance, and I translated as: switch. Jazz would attack now. Emm kicked the ball to Jazz, and Jazz back to Emm. I took a step toward Emm, eyeing Jazz. The moment I took the step, Emm kicked the ball back to Jazz. I ran as fast as the ball, and stole it halfway to Jazz, hitting it with my head, and throwing to Paul. He kicked the ball away from our enemies, and I ran, and as soon as I could I kicked the ball, straight to the goal again. Rose and Alice were cheering more vividly. A couple of people were watching, grins in their faces.
"Now, that you gave me the advantage, can we really play? I don't like people taking easy on me just because I'm a girl" I said passing Jazz and Emm.
They looked at me eyes wide, and to each other. I pumped my fist with Paul's and the game continued. Emm and Jazz never really played, going easy on me. After half hour, we had a big audience, most cheering for me. I had scored twelve goals, Paul three, so we were winning with fifteen goals. Jazz made five goals, and Emm one. I had just made the number sixteen, and was doing the victory dance with Paul, people laughing, when Edward came in ruining everything.
"For God's sake! You three are humiliating yourselves and my team. Losing for a little girl! Pathetic. Stop playing nice with her, play right, and win this shit like we always do"
I turned to glare at him.
"Did you see her playing!" Jazz asked.
"Yeah, so?" Edward said shrugging.
"We're not taking easy on her, Edward. She's fast and has talent!" Emm said.
"So you two are loosing to a little girl? Well, maybe you should drop the team, because that's just pathetic" Edward hissed.
"What did you call me!" I snapped walking to him.
"Little girl" he said looking down at me.
"What's your problem, dick! We're having fun! Fuck off!" I said and pushed him.
"Right now, my problem is you. A little pathetic girl, that dreams she can play like a man. And her dumb friends that let her believe in this. Open you eyes, you are not a soccer player. And I think you should leave my field. Go… paint your nails and talk about boys with your friends"
I had enough. I pulled my right fist back and in the moment it was going to clash with Edward's eye, he hold my fist in his hand, squeezing a little harder than necessary. He raised his other hand, his index finger dancing in a gesturing 'no, no, no'.
"Let go of her hand now" Emmett snarled.
"Stop being this asshole, Edward" Jazz said behind me.
"Touch her again, and I'll…" Paul started.
I put my hand in his chest, stopping him, but still glaring at Edward.
"You know what. I'm having a great day, and we can't let this scum ruin it" I said, "Ignore it. Let's continue the game"
I pulled my hand from Edward's. He was absolutely vivid, his face red in anger.
"Eddie!" a slutty, blond girl with nasal voice called from the bench. "Come on!"
"Yeah, go, Eddie" I said grinning, "You wouldn't want your friend to wait, right? I know my true friends wouldn't wait for me if I could. Oh, right. You don't have that. True friends, just the illusion of power, from a fabric in your arm and a letter in your shirt"
Paul smiled, and I heard snicker from a few people. He took a deep breath, his eyes in fury. For a moment I was worried he would hit me or something. He took a step back and smiled mischievously at me.
"My illusion is truer than yours. A little girl with the illusion that she could be good at soccer. Never!" he said.
He turned around, and started walking away. Alice was walking to us with the ball, threw it at his head. He glared at her and she put a innocent mask.
"Ops, slipped" she said a hand covering her lips.
And the Edward-Bella war had started.