Chapter one, Instant messenger.
Bella's POV
I was sat at my desk doodling on my note book, waiting for the next message on my MSN from my friend Haldir01. I knew exactly what it was going to say, it would be the same as the last one and I still intended not to answer him. I mean how could I?
(Haldir01)So are you going to tell me which classes
you are taking?
He asked me for about the fiftieth time, I assumed he was just copy/pasting it over and over again.
(Galdriel93)Why do you want to know that?
I typed in the MSN message window.
(Haldir01)I'd like to know if you are in any of my classes,
after all, we go to the same school, we have
been chatting on MSN for the last five months,
you won't send me a picture and you won't use
a web cam. So tell me. :'(
He insisted.
(Galdriel93)Well Mr, I'm not sending you a picture of myself
until I see a picture of you. :P I have enough problems
without inviting more, thank you very much.
I typed, avoiding the subject yet again.
(Haldir01)What problems? And why would telling me create more? You know me better than that.
He asked, oh shit!
(Gladriel93)Never mind, forget I said anything.
(Haldir01)WHAT PROBLEMS!?
He typed again, obviously annoyed, going by the shouty capitals. I sighed and wished I hadn't brought it up.
(Gladriel93)Well... you remember that stalker problem I had a few
months back?
I asked.
(Haldir01)Yes. Grrrrr... I do.
He wrote, I know how angry he got when I told him about it before.
(Gladriel93)Well... It came back. I said simply.
(Haldir01)WTF..!? But the restraining order, you told me you had
a restraining order on him.
(Gladriel93)Yes I do.
(Haldir01)And have you reported him to the police?
(Gladriel93)Yes, but they can't do anything
unless he comes within twenty five feet of me.
So far that hasn't happened.
(Haldir01)Gladriel, please tell me which classes you are in, I would
hate for something to happen to you... and I can't do
anything unless you tell me. PLEASE... please, please,
please, please, please, please...
I intend to carry on saying this until you
give in, please, please, please, please, pretty please with cupcakes on top...
(Gladriel93)Fine! Here...
I typed and attached a copy of my class schedule.
(Haldir01)Thank you... see, that wasn't so difficult now was it?
Hey, you are in my English, Spanish and Biology
classes. Hell I could have sat next to you all term
and not known it.
Okay, tell me what clothes you'll be wearing at
school tomorrow.
(Gladriel93)No!
(Haldir01)You have to give me something, all I know is that
you use an old Mac lap top and you own an Ipod classic...
I need more!
(Gladriel93)We agreed to nothing personal. I typed but he didn't respond, his silence was unbearable, I think I lasted a full two minutes before I gave in... well sort of gave in.
Fine, I will be wearing jeans. Lmao. :P
I typed and laughed to myself.
(Haldir01)Haha.. very helpful.
(Gladriel93)Okay... black jeans.
(Haldir01)And?
(Gladriel93)no, that's it... I will be naked apart from the black
jeans XD.
(Haldir01)In that case, I'm really looking forward to school
tomorrow (drool)might be difficult getting passed
all the guys who will be surrounding you though.
(Gladriel93)Well if you see lots of people running for their lives
with terrified expressions on their faces, you will
find me in the direction they are running away
from. :P
(Haldir01)Stop that! I have warned you about putting yourself
down, now... tell me what else you will be wearing
or this boner you have given me will never go away.
You'd think I'd be used to him talking to me like that after all this time, but it still made me hot every single time.
(Gladriel93) (blush) probably my black hoodie, I will be no doubt
hiding from you after that comment.
(Haldir01)It's your fault, you are the one that caused it, must
change subject and stop thinking about you naked and sweaty
and beneath me again. (Sigh) so what else will you be wearing?
(Gladriel93) (blushing harder)you are pushing your luck Haldir.
(Haldir01)Stop complaining and tell me then Gladriel!
And please stop saying harder or I will be.
(Gladriel93)OMG! Fine, I have black nail polish on.
(Haldir01)You never said you were a goth.
(Gladriel93)Does that bother you?
I asked teasing, but he wasn't to know that.
(Haldir01)No, I've gotten to know you well enough on the
inside, it's only fair I get to see the outside too, I would
like to see what you look like, as I have to spend so
much of my time defending you.
Wait... there are no goths in any of those classes.
(Gladriel93)Roflmfao. That's true :D
(Haldir01)Stop being such a tease beautiful, it would be so much
easier if you would just tell me who you are.
(Gladriel93)I have given you far more than ever before!
So, It's your turn to give me some info, just to be fair.
(Haldir01)What do you want to know?
(Gladriel93) Who do you sit next to in English?
(Haldir01)That gives much to much away on my part.
I will tell you... if...
(Gladriel93)If what?
I asked, but I had a feeling I knew what was coming, 'if you tell me who you sit next to,' I would put a bet on it that, that was what was coming next.
(Haldir01)If you tell me who you sit next to, or... you guarantee to me
that I will know who you are by the end of the night.
I smiled to myself knowing I had been right, but then I sighed deeply, after keeping it from him for five months was I really ready to have him know who I was? I had to admit that I really wanted to know who he was, but still, what if he was someone I knew, or worse, didn't like? But I knew I liked him, I liked him a lot, because he was open about his feelings and not a total jock like all the guys in school seemed to be.
(Gladriel93)I suppose that is only fair... but you first.
(Haldir01)I sit next to my sister in our first hour English class,
it's the only class we have together apart from gym.
His sister, hmm I thought. English, the only brother and sister in that class was...
(Gladriel93)Your twin sister...? Alice?
(Haldir01)Yes.
(Gladriel93)OMFG! NO WAY! I don't believe it.
(Haldir01)What..? What is it?
(Gladriel93)Your kidding me... right?
(Haldir01)No, why would I do that?
(Gladriel93)You expect me to believe that you are..? No it's just not
possible.
(Haldir01)WHAT!?
(Gladriel93)You're... Edward Cullen?
(Haldir01)Yes, I know I am.
I stared at the words, this couldn't be possible, I couldn't believe it, I was probably the only person in the entire school that did not openly worship this guy. He was basically a god, no, I didn't and never had worshiped him openly, but inwardly that was a very different matter. On my very first day at the school I walked into class and he had been the first person I saw. I stared at his face as I walked into class, shocked that any one person could be so utterly perfect. Yes he needed a shave but unlike all the other boys the look actually suited him. As I had walked up to the teachers desk he looked up and caught my gaze, so lost was I in his penetrating gaze that I wasn't watching where I was going and I ended up tripping and I landed face first in his lap. To be perfectly honest I might not have minded finding myself in that position. But not under those circumstances and realizing what I had just thought was almost as embarrassing as finding myself in that position in the first place. Embarrassingly enough I'd fantasized about it a fair few times since too. Though by using a lot of self control I had not thought about him in weeks. Anyway, after finding myself in that position I had spent the last five months trying to avoid being anywhere near him.
'Buzzzzzzzz' the nudge buzzer on my MSN went off.
(Haldir01)Glad?
Gladriel?
Are you still there?
Gladriel?
Okay, I don't know what I expected but I did not
expect the silent treatment.
Glad, whatever you think of me.. you know the
real me.
Gladriel..?
(Gladriel93)I'm still here.
I eventually plucked up the courage to type.
(Haldir01)What's wrong?
(Gladriel93)Edward, you don't want to know me, I'm...
well, not good enough to be friends with someone
like you.
(Haldir01)What!? That's crazy, we have been practically best
friends for the past five months, we've done some pretty personal stuff together and now you know who I am you want to stop?
That really sucks Gladriel and you know it. Surely it's my choice?
You can't do this to me.
Have you any idea how many true friends I have in that
school? Well it's just one... and that is you.
So don't you dare desert me now, I need you and you
need me.
Glad?
(Gladriel93)Yes?
(Haldir01)Don't desert me, okay?
(Gladriel93) (sigh) okay, fine... but you are so not going to want to know
me once you know who I am.
(Haldir01)We'll see... Have we spoken?
I had a brief flash back of myself looking up at him from his lap, my face an inch from his, um... pants zipper. Well I'd mouthed the words 'I'm sorry,' he had replied with, 'I'm not' and grinned as he helped me to my feet. Probably the most humiliating moment of my life.
(Gladriel93)Only once.
(Haldir01)And what did we say to each other?
(Gladriel93)I'd rather not say... our first and only meeting didn't go
so great.
(Haldir01)Why not?
(Gladriel93)I have to go, I have to finish this paper on MacBeth or I
will be in trouble tomorrow.
(Haldir01)No... wait... what about this stalker?
(Gladriel93)What about him?
(Haldir01)Will you be safe getting to school tomorrow?
(Gladriel93)I will get a ride to school with my brother and he
will walk me into school, okay?
(Haldir01)I suppose, you realize I now know you have a brother, right?
(Gladriel93)I guess the whole no personal details is moot, now that I know who you are.
I will see you tomorrow then.
Goodnight XXX
(Haldir01)That is not how you say goodnight to me, now say it
properly.
Say it!
I'm still waiting...
Say it!
(Gladriel93)Fine!
Goodnight.
Much love, hugs and kisses. XXX
(Haldir01)Thank you xxx Goodnight my sweet Gladriel.
Much love hugs and kisses to you too.
I switched off my MSN and brought up my MacBeth paper, I had pretty much finished it but it did need reading through to check it. It wasn't an overly long piece of work so I was done with it quickly. I left the printer, printing it out and I went down stairs to get a drink and a snack.
"You still up Bella? Shouldn't you be in bed by now?" My brother Jasper said.
"Oh, haha you're so funny Jazz." I said, rolling my eyes at him.
"You were chatting to your boyfriend on MSN all night again weren't you?" My sister Rosalie asked.
"Maybe." Was all I could say.
"Haven't you found out who he is yet?" Rose asked, almost mockingly.
"Actually Rose, I have."
"Oooh, dish the goods... you know you can tell me." She said grinning.
"Funnily enough, he is the younger and better looking brother of that senior that you have the hots for, if you must know." I said, then walked quickly into the kitchen, grinning to myself, I didn't often get to leave Rose speechless, she often had a quick sarcastic wit that I usually did my best to avoid.
"You have been online dating Edward Cullen?!" She shouted. "The girls on the squad would rip you apart if they knew that, they all fancy him like crazy. Mind you, I have seen him with his shirt off and he is certainly something to look at, too much of a man for you to handle Lil Sis."
I rolled my eyes at her, it wasn't like I would ever really date the guy.
"Did you know that he hasn't dated anyone in three years. The last time he did, the other girls tortured her and he hasn't dated since, so good luck with that." She said, I just grimaced at her.
We were pretty much polar opposites Rose and I, though she was only my half sister. Rose and Jazz were twins, Mom had them after getting pregnant on the night of her school prom. That's why they still had her maiden name. Mom had met the love of her life not long after and I was born seventeen months after the twins. They were both beautiful, tall and blond, I was short average and brunette. Mom and Dad never married but I was given Dad surname, just to make it more obvious that there were leagues between my siblings and myself. Mom and Dad had been killed in a traffic accident two years ago and we had no other family, so we just took care of each other, we were all that we had.
~F~
The following morning Jasper drove us to school as was usual, I looked down at my hands and cursed myself for forgetting to clean off my nail polish. I was too much of a coward to meet Edward, so I didn't want him to know who I was. I didn't have another hoodie, my closet was pretty limited and I needed to have a hood I could pull over my face. I almost considered borrowing something of Rose's but being that much taller than me, not many of her clothes would fit me.
As Jasper drove into the school lot I automatically scanned it for the silver Volvo I knew was Edwards. There he was leaning against the door of it, looking like he was waiting to do a photo shoot. Damn that guy is so fine, I sighed, then I realized that he was watching our car pull in, I ducked my head and pulled my hood further over my face.
As much as I desperately wanted to meet him properly, I knew I was much too much of a coward, I did know him well, we had talked a lot on MSN, heck, we had even sext and text each other. He had my cell number! I grabbed my cell from my pocket and switched it off, if he did not know who I was, all he would have to do was phone my cell and turn to see who's cell was ringing, I would not make this that easy for him.
As we walked passed his car on the way into school I deliberately walked on the other side of Jasper so that I could hide, silly I know, but I was too embarrassed. So I cringed into Jasper as we walked into the school. Jazz and Rose left me just inside the door, it was only a few yards to my English classroom. I said I'd see them at lunch, I swallowed hard and started to walk towards my class, I was surprised by the sudden and unexpected fear I felt.
Thanks for reading
Syren xxx
