Ok this is my first fanfiction so I really want feedback on my writing so please R&R. Hope you like it! Also, this idea came from reading the book Boys v. Girls so if you haven't read that book you should it's funny and totally shocking at the end. Rated T for some language.
"Bella you're going to be late for school," Charlie yelled up the stairs.
"I'm coming," I yelled back. I ran around my room grabbing all my school supplies and throwing it over my shoulder.
"Bye Charlie," I called towards the living room as I ran out the door.
The birds in the trees flew into the air as my trucks engine roared to life. I trying coaxing my truck to go over it's usual 60 mph limit but it started wheezing and I decided not to push it.
When I got to the school I raced down the hallways and of course ran into him.
"Watch it Swan," Edward sneered down at me.
"You watch it Masen, why the hell are you standing in the middle of the hallway?"
"Why the hell are you running down the middle of the hallway?"
Ugh, I hate him. He saw the anger in my eyes and started to smirk, but I just glared back at him and stormed off.
I slumped down in my desk fuming. Who does Edward Masen think he is? I don't even know why he hates me so much it just happened after I started coming to this high school. His sister Alice is my best friend which is weird considering I'm the social outcast and Alice is the girl everyone wants to be friends with.
I could feel her questioning eyes on my but I refused to look towards her. I mean seriously after two years of this she should automatically assume it was her jack ass of a brother.
"Miss Swan," the teacher said in an annoyed voice. Everyone was staring at me so I guessed he was trying to get my attention for a while. I blushed and said, "Yes?"
"Now that you're paying attention, where was I?" he asked, always forgetful.
"You were talking about our group projects," Jessica piped up.
"Thank you Miss Stanley. Ok class this project will be on any book of your choosing as long as it's school appropriate and over 250 pages. You will be working in groups of one or two, no exceptions." He finished just as the bell rang.
"Miss Swan, I need to talk to you," he called before I got out of the door.
I looked worriedly at Alice but she just shrugged and mouthed, see you at lunch.
I turned around and walked towards the teacher's desk.
"Are you ok Bella, you usually aren't spacey," he asked.
"I'm fine, I'm just not awake yet," I lied.
"Oh, ok. Well I wanted to ask you a favor," he said looking at me like I didn't really have a choice but to say yes.
"Um sure Mr. Gray."
"Well the principle says that since we don't have enough readers for our school newspaper, and she's thinking of discontinuing it, so I was wondering if you could help us out," he said.
"Um, well I'm not that good at promoting things. You should ask Alice she could help you get more readers," I suggested inching towards the door.
"No I meant could you write an article, or a few I guess, I want you to write the advice column."
I could feel my mouth drop open in shock and I quickly tried to close it. "You want me to give people advice?" I asked looking at him like he was crazy.
"Bella, you are one of the best writers in this class, and I think it will be good for you to get out of your shell," he said.
Yeah those are the words of a desperate teacher, trying to suck up by telling you how good you are so that you'll do it. "Fine I'll do it, but I wish to remain anonymous."
"Great and you only have to do it every other issue, because I have a boy who's writing also."
Great, I thought sarcastically. "Who else is writing it?" I asked.
"He wishes to stay anonymous also," he told me smiling.
"Ok," I shrugged and left the room. Now I was going to be late for my next class, thanks Mr. Gray.
I ran into the room breathless and went to go sit in my desk.
"Running again Swan? Tsk tsk," Edward whispered as the teacher started lecturing.
"Shut up Masen," I said under my breath.
He just chuckled and I glared at him again. Ugh, I was so pathetic was that seriously the best I could do?
"Swan, Masen, up here now," the teacher called.
I looked up shocked and I saw her holding two dry erase markers and pointing at the whiteboard.
"You guys will start off the test review," she announced.
Why me? Everyone knew Edward was undefeated, it was kind of pointless even trying to win against him.
"Ok first round I'll say the definition and you'll write the word on the board, are you ready?"
"Yup," Edward said smirking at me.
I just nodded my head once and faced the board listening for the definition.
"Ok here's the definition: A trait in which the blood lacks a protein that is essential for clotting."
I had the word up first, but only by a second. Edward looked shocked and my team was cheering. I looked at the word hemophilia written on the board twice, once in really neat cursive the other in my messy scrawl, and smirked at Edward. He gritted his teeth and went to go sit down. I smiled as the next person in his team came up, Mike. He totally didn't have a chance and he knew it, I could tell by his face.
"Ready?" the teacher asked.
I nodded practically jumping with giddiness. Mike just faced the board and pressed the tip of the marker to it. The rest of the class went on that way and I was kicked off by the teacher since I had been up there for most of the game.
I sat down and got high fives from everyone in my team and I looked up at the score. It was 17 to 4. I laughed and I heard Edward sigh in frustration as yet another team member got the answer wrong.
I know it was childish but when he turned towards me I smirked and pointed at the score. He just glared back and I swear I could see steam coming out of his ears. I just laughed and turned to watch the rest of the game with a smile on my face.
At lunch Alice was so excited about something and I was afraid to know what. She was jumping in her seat as I sat down and then she started talking in a rush.
"," she said and I couldn't understand one word she said.
"Alice slow down," I said laughing.
"You're spending the night at my house tonight, no exceptions, and Rose is going to be there too," she said slower.
"Alice," I groaned. Rosalie hated me and once again I had no idea why, I mean seriously she's like a beauty queen lowering girls' self esteem wherever she goes, why would she bother hating me?
"I said no buts," she pouted knowing I couldn't resist her once I saw her face.
Don't look, don't look, I chanted to myself. "Alice…" dang it I looked, "Fine."
She squealed and then she started giving me the details and everything else. Rosalie, Emmett, and Jasper came up to our table then and sat down. I avoided looking at Rosalie as Alice told her our plans for the weekend and instead I picked at my food.
"What's wrong Bella?" Jasper asked instantly sensing my distress.
"Nothing," I lied and he let it drop thankfully.
"Hey Bella, what's up?" Emmett asked smiling his goofy smile.
"The ceiling," I replied sarcastically and smiled back at him.
"How lame Bella, seriously are you in first grade" he teased.
"Emmett if I was in first grade you'd be in daycare," I teased back.
"True," he shrugged and put his arm around Rosalie.
Alice was talking to Jasper and I felt awkward being surrounded by couples. Once again I was the third wheel. "Hey Alice I'm going to go to class, I'll see you tonight," I said picking up my uneaten food tray.
"Bella we still have 15 minutes," Alice said shocked.
"Yeah well… I have to talk to the teacher."
"Ok fine," she said turning back to Jasper and rolling her eyes.
I dumped my food in the trash and walked outside to sit on a picnic table under a big tree. I pulled out my worn copy of Wuthering Heights and started reading.
I heard Jacob coming before I saw him and I was hurrying to leave but then he rounded the corner with his followers. They were so conceited and they always thought they were above the rules. Jacob had his arm around Leah, his girlfriend of the moment, and Quil, Embry, and Seth were following him.
"Hey nerd what are you reading?" Quil asked walking ahead of the others.
I just shoved my book into my backpack, but before I could sling it over my shoulder, Quil grabbed it and held it above my head. Everyone in Jacob's group was unnaturally tall so even if I tried jumping I wouldn't be able to reach my backpack.
"Quil give me back my backpack," I said calmly hiding my anger.
"Now you speak, I thought you were going mute," he laughed and everyone joined in with him.
I looked over at Jacob, my childhood friend. He was looking at Quil and ignoring my pleading glance.
"Come on shorty, jump for it," Quil said teasing me.
"Drop it Quil, Swan's mine to harass, she's too good for the likes of you," Edward said coming up. Jacob and Edward had always been enemies and all anyone knew about it was that they had been fighting since 6th grade when they first met.
I saw Jacob glare and him and he took the backpack from Quil.
"Oh yeah Masen, how about you come get it," Jacob said holding it above his head now.
"Just give me my damn backpack Jacob" I said breaking their glaring contest.
"Fine whatever," he said tossing it to me and I grunted under the impact.
I shouldered my backpack and stormed off. Why did Jacob turn into such a jerk? Why does Edward hate me so much? Why would Edward want to help me? Why do I always have to start crying when I'm mad?
My head was swirling with endless questions and as I sat in the bathroom willing myself not to cry, I thought of Edward. He actually helped me, and I didn't say thank you. Why should I? He's a jerk who hates me for no reason. I wiped my eyes and walked out of the bathroom and towards my next class, gym. I will not feel guilty, I will not feel guilty, I chanted.
When I got into the gym I was surprised to see the bleachers out and the principles podium in the center of the court.
"Today we aren't having class because there's an assembly," our gym teacher said. I was so happy I almost tripped over one of the fold out chairs as I headed to the top of the bleachers and saved the row for everyone else I sit with at lunch.
When the principle announced over the intercom, for the teachers to take their students to the gym, people started pouring in and claiming seats. I waved towards Alice and she was dragging Jasper, who was followed by Emmett and Rosalie.
"Hey Bella," Alice said sliding next to me.
"Hey," I replied and then I looked down where the principle was talking to some other teachers, including my English teacher Mr. Gray.
"Good morning students," our principle said.
There were a lot of grumbled replies throughout the gym and we got a glare from the principle.
"You guys can do better. I said good morning students."
"Good morning Mrs. McConachie" we all said with fake enthusiasm.
"That was better," she beamed. "Ok, well we've called this meeting together to tell you all about an exciting new fund raising opportunity."
The gym was quiet and when Mrs. McConachie glared at us again some of us clapped and one person gave a sarcastic woohoo.
She beamed and continued with her announcement, "We will be having a boys vs. girls competition to see who can raise the most money. Now remember this is to raise money for charity, not a reason to fight against each other," she said.
Yeah like she didn't know it was going to turn into a blood battle, that's probably why she's doing it this way to give us some encouragement to raise more money.
"Oh my gosh this is going to be so fun!" Alice squealed.
"Yeah," I replied sarcastically.
"Come on Bella don't be such a spoil sport," Alice said.
"Yeah Bella, don't be mad because you know the boys are going to win," Emmett said.
"Whatever, the girls are going to win, because not only are we smarter, but we are also better looking," Rosalie said.
"I can't argue with that," Emmett laughed, "but looks don't win a competition."
"What about a beauty pageant," Alice asked smirking.
"That's different," he pouted.
"Sure it is Em," Rosalie said laughing.
Emmett just grumbled and we all laughed at him.
"Ok now we need to pick the leaders of the two teams. Who wants to be the girl's leader?" Mrs. McConachie asked.
"ME! ME! ME!" Alice shouted.
"Um, ok Alice Masen come on down," Mrs. McConachie said.
Alice gracefully descended the steps and joined Mrs. McConachie by the podium.
"Ok now for the boys, Jacob Black how about you?"
I watched Jacob walk up and stand next to Alice and they shook hands with fake smiles on their faces.
Let the games begin.