Bella gets her period: And she thought it sucked before.
The persistent beeping of the alarm tore her from her troubled sleep. Bella groaned as she slapped at the hateful thing. She felt bloated, and utterly exhausted, but she had a test she couldn't afford to miss. Grudgingly she got up, showered, swallowed the last of her Advil, and rushed out the door.
Once at school she sought out Edward, and found him standing alone leaning against a wall. She moved toward him, a smile touching her lips, but before she reached him he shot away from the wall covering his mouth and nose with his coat.
"Damn it," she whispered to herself, "I thought we were past this."
She hurries over to him not allowing him to get away.
"Bella!" he says frantically, "you have to stay away from me."
"I thought we already worked this out."
"No, please don't come any closer at least until the end of your menstruation. The smell is too much!" Bella stood there mouth agape, wanting to die of embarrassment. Edward turned and left her standing there, which was just as well because what could she say to that?
The rest of the day went down hill after that. She couldn't concentrate on her test, and of course the freaking Advil wore off right before gym. All Bella wanted to do was curl up in the fetal position, and sleep for a week, but wound up hobbling up and down the basket ball court taking several balls to the gut before she was finally allowed to leave. Edward was doing his best to avoid her, and she was doing the same. After the last bell Bella stopped by the library to finish up a project so that when she finally arrived home all she had to do was bury herself under the covers, eat chocolate, and watch mind numbing television.
The parking lot was empty by the time she got out., but she saw that Edward was standing by her truck. She looked at him expectantly. He took a deep breath before beginning. And, she knew that all the frustration of the day would evaporate with just a few sweet words from her loves lips.
"This isn't easy to say. I know I told you to stay away from me until your period was over, but this is just going to keep happening."
"Well until menopause anyway, what's your point?" She asks annoyance entering her voice.
"My point is there's so many reasons we can't be together, and I think we should call it off right now for good. It's the best for both of us I think. You smell like food, and I sparkle for God's sake, and seeing as I'm three times your age we really have nothing in common anyway. In fact I'm not even sure it's legal"
Shock and anger filled her. Who in the hell did he think he was? Damn it, she wished she were in the vampire diaries, Damon and Stefan were way hotter than his scrawny ass, and they didn't sparkle like a Disney fairy. She pushed past him, and told him he could bite her. A stupid thing to say to a vampire as it turns out, because he lunged for her and Bella screamed.
Of course, the haunted mansion reject could never pull off something so monstrous as killing the protagonist. So, it was no surprise to her when Jacob appeared and held Edward off while she scrambled into the truck. A moment later Jacob climbed into the passenger's seat minus his shirt. She was about to ask, but decided against it.
"Thanks," she said instead. He just shrugged, muscles flexing with the gesture.
"How did you find me anyway?" She asked only moderately interested.
"Oh, that was easy. A wolf can smell a female coming into heat miles away." Mortified she tried to change the subject.
"So, it's pretty late should I drop you off?"
"Are you kidding, I'm not leaving your side until you become receptive."
"Receptive to what?
"To mating of course." Bella felt her stomach cramp up, and she realized she was still out of Advil.