Okay, I understand my story changed midway through and it's hard to follow. So, I'm cleaning it up a bit and writing it the way I intended. I hope you enjoy! Ali- Cat
~BELLA'S POV~
This is the time I detest most: high school. My name's Bella Swan and at school, I'm a nobody. Oh, and I have the biggest crush on the school star. Jasper Hale. He is so perfect that I can't even to tell you. He has gorgeous green eyes and blonde hair you could see a mile away. He's the school's all- star basketball player. I, on the other hand, am plain. I have dull brown eyes and brown hair. I'm nothing special. Definitely nothing that will hold Jasper's interest. I don't look like Tanya Denali. With her strawberry blonde hair and ocean blue eyes, she always has the best clothes and all the guys. Currently, she's with Jasper.
I was sitting at lunch with my best friend, Alice Brandon. I was watching Jasper and Tanya and their posse. The "posse" includes Edward Cullen- Alice's boyfriend, Rosalie Hale- Jasper's sister and the most beautiful girl in Forks High, Emmett Cullen- Rosalie's boyfriend and Edward's brother. That's Jasper's part. Tanya's part includes Mike Newton- although he did talk to us, Jessica Stanley, Lauren Mallory, and Eric Yorkie.
Our little group- I can't really call it a posse- included Angela Weber- Eric Yorkie's girlfriend, Tyler Crowley, Alice and I. Right now, it was just me and Alice. Angela is with her boyfriend and Tyler's out sick. I was wearing a long sleeve white shirt and skinny jeans with brown cowgirl boots. My hair was straightened. Alice was wearing a black miniskirt and a black ruffled dress shirt. She had a tie- dyed looking belt. Her black hair was the pixie style it normally is. She had black heels and she looked fantastic.
My eyes never left Jasper's form until I glanced at Alice, who was grinning. "What?" I asked. "Why don't you just ask him out already?" she asked. "Because, Alice, people like me can't just ask people like Jasper Hale out. It's against the code." I stated to my friend. "Code? What code?" She eagerly asked, flipping through the Code of Conduct. "The code of High School." I told her, grabbing the booklet out of her hands. "And enough with the booklet already. We got it four months ago and you kept it. Just throw it away. Does Edward like it?" I quizzed her. "No, I guess not. Oh I have an idea. Next Thursday is the masquerade ball. We can go shopping tonight and get the best outfits and find Jasper. It'll be perfect. He'll fall in love with you and we'll all be friends again!" she planned excitedly. I shrugged. It was a good planned and I hoped it would work.
The lunch room was crowded and loud. Sometimes he looked over and our eyes met for a few seconds. The last time, I saw him sigh and stand up and walk out of the room. I saw him take Tanya's hand. I felt my heart break. Why not tell him how you feel?The little voice in my head was telling me. Shut up voices, or I'll poke you with the Q- tip again. I swear I will. Alice shook me. "Bella. Wake up." I zoned in, not knowing I zoned out. "Huh?" I asked. "The bell rung. Come on." The pixie grabbed my hand and pulled me from my chair. I had Biology next. Alice had Chemistry with Edward. I was stuck with Jasper. With no Tanya. In fact, we're lab partners. That's why I love Biology.
I walked in and took my seat next to Jasper and no less than four minutes later, a note landed on my desk. Jasper.
You going to the ball tomorrow?
I smiled.
Maybe. I think the pixie they call Alice is dragging me shopping.
Yeah, you got to watch out for shopping pixies. I hear they're everywhere now.
Lol. Why are we passing notes? Class hasn't started.
I don't know. Just wanted to act like a second grader
Ahhhh, those were the days.
I took the note and stuck it in my pocket, like I do with our other notes. Mr. Banner walked in and class started. Blood typing. Today. Great. Mike handed out the needles and slides. Jasper grabbed my hand and my breathing hitched. "Now, Bella, I'm just going to prick your finger. Don't freak out on me." he joke. I swatted his shoulder. I closed my eyes and after a second Jasper told me to open them. I looked down and there was a bead a blood. That was funny, I didn't feel anything. I looked up and his green eyes were shining. I grabbed his hand and pricked his finger. He smiled and I had to look away.
After class, I saw Jasper talking to Mr. Banner. Jasper nodded, looked at me, then left. "Ms. Swan," he called. I walked up to his desk after collecting my books. "What is it, Mr. Banner?" I asked sweetly. "Well, You know you've managed a perfect A in my class, but Mr. Hale isn't quite up there with you. In fact, I fear he's on the verge of failing and, as you know, he'll have to quit basketball. Now, I've suggested that you tutor him and help him raise his grade," he explained. I nodded. "I understand. I have no problem tutoring Jasper. We have been friends since elementary school, so I know how to get him to understand. Thank you," I told him. "Ms. Swan," he called me back as I turned to walk away. I turned to him again. "Yes?" I asked. "I wanted to thank you for this and to tell you that you will receive extra credit for this." I shook my head. "Mr. Banner, I don't want extra credit. I'm just helping a friend," I said a bit sharply, then left.
The rest of the day was slow. All I remember was arriving home. At home again. I thought to myself. As I walked in, I heard my four year old sister, Bethany, crying. She was so pretty. She had shoulder length brown hair and hazel eyes. Today she had on a light rose dress that when knee length. Her hair was slightly curled. She is so sweet and I love her. When she saw me, her cries turned into laughter. She really liked me. We were close. I then heard my oldest sister, Elizabeth, come downstairs. She's nineteen and a senior at Forks High. She had shoulder length dark brown hair and hazel eyes. She wore a forest green t- shirt with blue skinny jeans. She had a yellow necklace with a yellow bracelet. "Mom, Amber and I want to go to the mall." She yelled to my mother who was cooking dinner. "Honey, we're broke and you know it." That reminded me. "Mom, I'm going shopping with Alice tonight." I told her before I forgot. "Oh honey. Good luck." She knows how crazy Alice is when she's shopping. "She's taking me dress shopping. Help." My mom knows best that I don't wear dresses. With that, my other older sister, Emily, bounded downstairs. She was pretty like Elizabeth, but Emily was only eighteen. She had long brown hair and brown eyes. She wore a red tank top with blue Spartans skirts. She is a Forks High cheerleader. She's a step lower than Tanya on the squad. She's told me so many times that she's wanted to throw Tanya off the top of the pyramid and that she hates the way she runs the squad. That makes two of us. "Oh no." I whisper. Emily jumped on me. "Did I hear you were going shopping?" She asked in one breath. She reminded me so much of Alice. That's how we met. Through Brenda.
FLASHBACK!
"Bella! Come here." Emily yelled through my window. I opened my eyes. Noon. I groaned. What did she want? "Bella!" she yelled again. I climbed downstairs and outside. "What?" I asked, irritated. "This is my bestie, Brandon." she said. I wanted to scream. She woke me up for this? I looked at her. She was barely even five feet tall, with short black hair that stuck out in all different directions. Huge golden brown eyes peered out from a beautiful face, and she looked as if she had just stepped off of a runway in Milan. I smiled. I gave her a hug and I knew we would be friends.
FLASHBACK ENDS!
"I wanna go!" She yelled so loud right in my ear. "Um... I'm going with-" I was interrupted by Elizabeth. "Oh, so she can go shopping, but I can't? Ugh. I hate being the oldest!" She stormed up to her room and slammed and locked her door. All was silent for a few moments. "So, can I go?" Emily asked again." Well, I'm going with Alice Brandon." I told her. She got off me and smoothed out her skirt. "Oh. Never mind." She said, walking away. She and Alice had a falling out after Alice won Emily's spot as "Quirkest Girl In School" title. They haven't spoken since.
FLASHBACK!
"And the winner of the "Quirkest Girl" award is..." The drum roll started as Emily and Alice leaned forward in their seats. "Alice Brandon!" Mr. Banner announced. "What?" Emily shouted. "What!" Alice screamed. She jumped up and down and ran to the stage. Emily stormed out and never spoke to Alice again...
FLASHBACK ENDS!
~JASPERS POV~
I sat at lunch with Tanya and our friends. Well, I guess some people would call us a "posse". Life isn't easy as the basketball star. Everyone expects you to be dating the head cheerleader, have some of the worst grades, and avoid the nobodies of Forks High. Well, two out of three isn't bad, but they don't know I'm one short. Only one nobody I noticed, and she wasn't a nobody. She had flowing brown hair and deep, chocolate brown eyes. Her name is so sweet, I don't deserve to say it. Isabella Swan.
Across the lunch room, there she sat. I kept my head down, but watched her out of the corner of my eyes. She watched me. Tanya sensed this. "Jazzy." Tanya called. Tanya was pretty, but wasn't the one I wanted, the one I needed. She had strawberry blonde hair and piercing ocean blue eyes. She, of course, was head cheerleader. Why, oh why, couldn't it have been Bella? "Yeah?" I asked, not peeling my gaze from Bella. "Are we still going to the masquerade ball together?" she asked. Unfortunately, we are. I thought. I pushed that thought aside, but another one came. Why not ask Bella? Because I shouldn't talk to her. "Yeah, Tanny. We are." I told her, forging adoration and hiding my disappointment. She grabbed my hand and held it close to her. "That's great. I've already got our costumes picked out. We'll be matching." she said. Great. Instead, I smiled. "Come on, we'll be late for class." She said, looking over at Bella. I looked over at Bella. Her head was bent into a book. I stood up as Bella looked over and smiled.
We walked out, Tanya grabbed my hand once again. I walked her to her History class and I kissed her goodbye. "See you after class?" She asked hopefully. I needed an excuse to get out of seeing her. "Actually, I have a feeling Mr. Banner's going to hold me after. You know how he is." I lied. She nodded. I walked toward my Biology class with the wonderful Bella.
After the final bell told me that class- and school- were over, I gave Bella a shy smile and walked out before my face could tell her how I felt. "Mr. Hale?" Mr. Banner called. I turned. "As you well know, you're dangerously close to failing my class, yet your lab partner is managing to pass this class. I hate to say this, but if you cannot bring your grade up, I'll be forced to remove you from the basketball team," he warned. I nodded. "So, I'm assigning Ms. Swan to tutor you." My heart skipped a beat. Bella will be my tutor? It is awesome. "I understand," I replied calmly. "I'm okay with her helping me." I turned on my heel and left, stopping outside the door when I heard him call Bella to his desk.
"What is it, Mr. Banner?" she asked, voice sweeter than sugar. "Well, you know you've managed a perfect A in my class, but Mr. Hale isn't quite up there with you," he said and I growled quietly. Jerk. "In fact, I fear he's on the verge of failing and, as you know, he'll have to quit basketball." At this point, I heard her slight intake of breath and I nearly ran back in to explain to her why I'm failing, to tell her that her eyes get me lost, her smile blinds me, and her blush looks so warm that I want to reach out and touch her face. I listened again. "Now, I've suggested that you tutor him and help him raise his grade," he explained. She was silent. "I understand. I have no problem tutoring Jasper. We have been friends in elementary school, so I know how to get him to understand. Thank you," she said. I cringed. No one besides her, Alice, and myself knew we were friends and When I started becoming popular, I pushed her away to keep her out of the spotlight, knowing she'd hate me for it. "Ms. Swan," he called again. "Yes?" she asked, sounding slightly annoyed. I smiled. That's my Bella. "I wanted to thank you for this and to tell you that you will receive extra credit for this." I sighed. Of course I'd be an assignment. "Mr. Banner, I don't want extra credit. I'm just helping a friend," She snapped quietly.
A second later I saw her emerge from the room. I grabbed her arm. "You know, you don't have to do this. Coach will talk to him and force him to raise my grade," I lied. I don't know if I can be around her without telling her how I feel, and that thought scared the hell out of me. She turned to me and smiled. "I want to. We were once friends and, despite the fact that you left me to fend for myself in junior high, I don't want you to lode the one thing you've had since then, your fame," she replied curtly. "Meet me at my house, tomorrow after school. You still remember where that is, right?" She asked. She turned, shrugged away from me, and walked away.
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