AN-I know that this is a shorter chapter, but I want you guys to get a feel for it. I changed a lot of stuff. Please review!!!! I promise I will read them all and respond to all the ones I get before I leave for vacation and then when I get back I'll have a new chapter posted and I'll respond to the rest. I really count on the reviews to keep me writing. I can't really find the will to write if I don't get any reviews. So yeah. Sorry I rambaling. PLEASE COMMENT!
It was dark, as I walked through the forest. The trees around me were violently blowing in the wind. I wanted to get out. My hair was blowing in my face as I began to run. I couldn't find a light, a way out. I tripped over a tree branch fell right on my face. I tried to get up but I was stuck. I couldn't pull myself up. I saw something moving behind one of the tree's.
"HELP!" I screamed. No one came. No one ever did. A beast came from behind the tree's I tried to scream again but nobody came. The beast came at me and it jumped on top of me and started to rip me to shreds.
Beep! Beep!
I awoke with a start my hands shaking. I looked over at the clock. It was six o'clock. I had about ten minutes to get out of my house. I quickly arose from bed and pulled on a pair of jeans and I threw a sweatshirt over my tank top. Taking the cigarettes and lighter off my dresser I threw them in my bag and ran to the bathroom. I quickly brushed my hair and teeth. I ran back to my room and grabbed my guitar and backpack. As I ran down the stares I heard my parents bedroom door open.
"Bella?" my dad yelled. I quickly ran out of the house. Shakily I unlocked my truck door and set my stuff in the passengers seat. The front door opened and I jumped into my car and started it speeding off down the street as my dad tried to get over to my car. This is how everyday started. Thats the one and only thing I liked about the school year, I had a place to run. To run from the fear that my parents had instilled in me. I hated them, I really did. They seemed so perfect on the outside, but once you got behind our blue front door everything changed. They were angry people. Always yelling and fighting, and, I don't want to even think about it. My whole body was shaking. I had an extremely close call this morning. I probably should have stayed to take the beating though. It would be worse tonight. I tried not to think about it as I pulled into the school parking lot. I was lucky. Mr. Roberts always let me come in extra early to play guitar and piano in the music room before school started. I liked Mr. Roberts, he was a cool guy. I snook around to the back of the building and sat down against the wall. I pulled my cigarettes and my lighter out of my bag and lit a cigarette. I started to calm down a little bit from this morning. I kept inhaling, tears started to fall from my eyes. I wiped them away with the hand that wasn't holding my cigarette. My parents were smart they always stayed away from my face. I took one last drag on my cigarette and then extinguished it before I stood up and walked around to the front of the building with my guitar. I was always in the music room, whenever I could get over there I would. I soon reached the music room and walked inside sitting down in my usual spot. I pulled my guitar out of it's case and I started to just strum. I loved to goof around on my guitar. Just playing random riffs. The one I played now had a sort of slower, sadder feel to it. I just went with it. I would put words to it later.
"It sounds really good" I heard someones voice say behind me. I turned and saw an extremely good looking guy standing behind me. I blushed like an idiot.
"Thanks" I said looking down. He walked over to look at my guitar.
"Fender, Squier, nice" he said looking it over. "Fender is my favorite brand" he said looking back up at my face. His eyes were a beautiful bronze color, and his hair was a sort of auburn color. "I'm Edward by the way" he said holding a hand out towards me. I hesitantly took it and shook it.
"My name is Bella" I said. I set my guitar down in it's case and stood up pushing in my chair. I looked over at the clock. It was already seven forty-five. I must have really been caught up in my guitar playing today. It's funny how time seems to fly when you don't look at the clock all the often. The bell for first hour was going to ring in about ten minutes so I threw my stuff in my bag and buckled up my guitar case.
"I got to get my stuff back out to my car, but I'll catch you later" I said waving as I began to walk out.
"Yeah" he said as I walked out of the room. Edward was really cute. I had never seen him before so he must be new. My ex-friends Jessica and Lauren would be all over him when they got a look at him. They were so superficial, all they cared about was having the hottest guy in school. I better stay away from Edward, I didn't want him to get a bad reputation. I was pretty much disliked by the whole school. I moved here with my mom and dad in the tenth grade. I was really quite and stuff, Jessica and Lauren hung out with me for a while cause they thought I was rich as hell, but when I never invited them over or anything to bask in the richness with me so they turned the whole school against me. It really wasn't a big deal. If nobody got close, then nobody could find out the truth. Anyways I figured I'd best stay away from Edward, I really didn't want to make him really unpopular, that would suck for him. Plus like I said before, if nobody gets close, then nobody can find out the truth. It was best that way.
I reached my car and unlocked the door setting my guitar in the backseat and grabbing my book bag pulling out my copy of The Catcher and the Rye. It was a really good book, I had already read it but I enjoyed it a lot. I mean sure Holden's a bit of a hypocrite but he still seems like a pretty cool guy. I mean imagine just chilling in New York City for a few days. It would rock. I knew that wouldn't happen for me though. I did plan on moving out of this hell hole after I graduated this year. I had taken extra credits over the summer so I pretty much had to take Calculus, and European History this semester and I would be finished. I would not have to come to school at all for second semester. I had it all worked out. I had enough money saved up that I could rent a small apartment in Seattle and work as a waitress. I had a job down at a restaurant all set up with an old friend of mine. We met at a music camp I went to one summer. She was really nice and told me if I ever moved to Seattle that if she still worked there she would give me a job. I emailed her and told her that I was planning on moving down there at the end of this semester. She told me that there was a job waiting for me, and she was scouting out cheap apartments. I was all set. I would be eighteen in a few weeks too, so legally I could live on my own. Next fall I would be attending Seattle university too. I would be totally away from all the crazy, and unstableness of my house. Sure I could leave now, but what good would that do me. I need to stay till I'm eighteen. Then I can pull all the money in my trust fund,and put it in a bank account for college. I was still waiting for the letter about my scholarship or some finical aid. I tried not to worry about that right now though. I walked to European History, which was my first hour. I had that then music, followed by art, then free period. Then I had lunch, which was followed by Calculus, then a free period, then I had another free period. It was going to be an easy semester.
When I arrived in the class I sat in the back of the class room like I normally did. I opened up my book and began to read.
"Hey Bella" looked up to see a familiar face. It was Edward. He sat in the seat next to me.
"Hey" I said closing my book.
"So what classes you taking this semester" Edward asked.
"ummm, Calculus, and European History, music, art, and then free periods.
"Really, I'm almost the same except I'm taking Advanced Biology" he said.
"Aren't you worried about all the extra credits you'll have to take on next semester?" I asked him.
"I took a lot of advanced classes at my old school, they count for a lot more credits, it transferred over so I only need two more credits to graduate here, one science, one social studies. I'm done after this semester" he said. "Aren't you worried?" he asked me in return.
"I took classes over the summer. I only need two credits too, one social studies, and one math" I answered. He smiled. It was a crooked smile, and extremely adorable.
"What are the odds of that" he said with a small laugh. Then I saw Jessica walk over.
"OMG! Eddy! Hi!" Jessica said walking over and sitting in the desk in front of Edward.
"Why hello there Jessica" Edward said politely. You could tell by the look on his face that he really didn't like Jessica all the much.
"Why are you sitting all the way back here, with that loser" she said pointing over to me.
"Well Jessica, if by loser you mean Bella, then I'm sitting back here because Bella seems very nice to me. And if you want to know the truth, your perfume is sort of making me want to throw up" he said. I could tell that he wasn't a mean guy, he was just trying to stick up for me. I really wish he hadn't though. Now if he wanted any kind of friend in this school it would be me. I was not the best friend either.
"How Rude!" Jessica said, folding her arms across her chest, before walking away.
"I hope you know you pretty much just eliminated your chances of having any kind of social life around here" I told Edward.
"Oh what will I ever do" Edward said sarcastically. I laughed a little bit as he pretended to faint. "I could really care less about having a social life if it's with people like her. I mean what the hell is the matter with her" he said. I was about to answer him but the bell rang and the teacher walked in to start the lesson. It was boring. First she went on about how this semester we were learning about all the countries in Europe and how events that happened there effected us today. I was so happy when the bell rang. I was really excited for most of the rest of my day, well at least until I had to go home.
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