You Saved My Life Chapter 1, a twilight fanfic

Summary: Bella Swan and Eric Yorkie have been bullied by the Cullen Clan for years, Edward being the worst of the evils. One day, Eric snaps, and brings a gun to school, intent on killing Edward and ending all their problems. Locked in the cafeteria with a trigger happy Eric, Bella tries to talk Eric out of killing Edward and his family. Why? Even she doesn't know. With policemen and Dr. Cullen waiting outside the cafeteria doors, Eric pulls the trigger.

BPOV

I woke with a start as my alarm blared through my room. Ugh… another day of suffering. I reached over and turned the alarm off, before dragging myself out of bed and into the shower. I let the soothing smell of my strawberry shampoo calm my senses, trying to relax and not think about what was to come. Today was going to be a bad day. I could feel it.

I got dressed quickly, just a plain white t-shirt and a pair of jeans, nothing but ordinary. Making my way downstairs, I grabbed the last pop tart from the box beforit along a note to go to the store. I ran out of the kitchen, snatching my jacket and reaching the car door in rush. I do not like being late.

As I pulled into the parking lot, I got out of the toasty cab and started walking towards the school building, ignoring the light rain the hardly ever stopped in this dreary town. I sighed as I reached my locker, glumly putting the code in and opening it to grab my books.

"Well, well, well… what do we have here?" I froze as I heard the sinister voice of Rosalie Hale.

Great… and so the torture begins…

"Look who is it, Edward." added Jasper.

"My… If it isn't Swan- the Chief's little embarrassment." continued Emmett.

"Stop it guys, you're wrong. She isn't an embarrassment…" said Edward. Wait…What? He was defending me? "She's a mistake!"

Ouch. Well that was new. I felt tears pricking in my eyes. Already? The day is just starting. God, I need to toughen up. Today is going to be a long day.

The crowd that had gathered around us roared with laughter. I heard a round of compliments as everyone praised Edward on his new insult. I should have known he would just insult me. Edward Cullen…defending me? Right. Like that's ever gonna happen. He was the ring leader of them all. He picked on me, his family joined in, and everyone who didn't want to get picked on as well followed.

"What's the matter Swan? Cat gotcha tongue?"

Of course, this just made the crowd laugh even more, if that was possible. I looked down at my feet and could feel my face heating up. He smiled when he found the reaction he was looking for.

"Awww… She's blushing Edward. How cute." sneered Rosalie.

Alice spoke up. "Maybe Swan here has a crush."

As if. Sorry, but arrogant ass-holes are not my type.

"Look out Edward, pretty soon you'll have a stalker!" someone shouted from the crowd.

"Before long she'll be following you home!" added another.

"That's creepy Swan! I want to near my house! Stay away from me!" Edward screamed in mock terror. He laughed at his own cleverness as the herd of students cheered him on.

"I don't like you Edward!" I winced as I waited for his outburst. "Please just leave me alone." I whispered in a vain attempt to stop the harassment before it got out of control and he started a rumor that I was 'following him home.'

"Excuse me, Swan? Did you say something? No, I must be hearing things, right? 'Cause I specifically remember telling you I didn't want any remarks coming from you when I'm speaking… that I didn't want to hear that repulsive, raspy little voice of yours. Ever. You know, you aught to show me some damn respect around me here. I own this school; these hallways you walk through are mine. And you think you can backtalk to me? No! I won't put up with it! You're a nobody, Swan. No one loves you, no one cares for you, no one even likes you. Hell, I don't even think Charlie liked you!" That hit a nerve. Everyone in the town knew of the Police Chief's tragic death, and it brought me close to tears whenever someone brought him up.

"Are you listening to me Swan? When I talk to you I expect you to hear what I'm saying! I'm not just talking to you because I feel like it, because I want to, because we're friends. You should be glad I even speak to you at all. You have no friends, and here I am wasting my time talking to you, a complete loser, when I, someone who actually has a life, could be spending my time on things that actually matter. You're such a worthless waste of space. I don't know why I even bother. Get out of my face Swan, it's hurting my eyes. I'd rather look at something more pleasant."

I was nearly in tears at the end of his speech. He is so full of himself. That was the most he's ever spoken to me. I'd rather he ignore me than to go through this hell. I grabbed my books from my locker and scurried to Spanish class. Thankfully there were none of the Cullens in this class; I was not in the mood for any more shit from Edward and his posse.

As class began I started to think about what Edward had said, which was not a good thing.

It couldn't be true though, right? Charlie liked me… I mean sure, we never were that close, but that's just because he was a quiet person, right? He just wasn't a touchy feely type of guy…

The little voice in the back of my head chose to make its presence known.

But Charlie wasn't a quiet person. He hung out with his work buddies all the time. And he went fishing with Billy and Harry every weekend. Everyone in town knew him; he had no enemies, except for the few that were behind bars… he was a 'social butterfly' as my mother would put it.

But then… why were we never that close? Maybe he didn't like me. Maybe I was a mistake. Maybe he just wasn't ready for parenthood, wasn't ready for me… just like Renee. She couldn't deal with me so she left and got remarried. Except now she was dead. I wonder what she would have done if she had known she would have died a few years after leaving Forks. Would she have stayed? Been a part of my life? No… she would have left sooner, gone and lived her life to the fullest, not having to worry about some pesky little kid.

Edward was right. I was a nobody. No one cared about me, I had no friends. No one loved me. My own parents didn't love me for Christ's sake! I was nothing but a worthless waste of space, my life was so insignificant.

I sat there and pondered my purpose in life, or lack there of. What if I were to just disappear? Would any one even really notice? Maybe they would notice, maybe they'd be sad, even. Who am I kidding? They'd only be sad that they lost a little play toy… their little pushover they could torment every day. Maybe I should just disappear. It'd be for my own good. Ha. 'My own good.' It'd be better for everyone if I were gone.

But where could I go? I had no one left to move in with… Both my parents gone, no relatives, no friends that would let me crash at their place… I didn't have enough money to move somewhere… But what else could I do, I mean really? I'm not a fan of suicide, it just seems to be painful, no matter how I play it out… and thinking about getting out of this town soon doesn't help me any more…

I sighed as I tried to focus in class. Thinking was not good. Thinking was painful. The bell finally rang, and the day lugged on at a painful pace as I continued to bag on myself. I almost rejoiced when the bell rang, signaling it was time for lunch. I reached my locker, buying food from the vending machine without running into one of the Cullens. Hopefully I could just escape to the library and read a book or something.. maybe work on homework.

Luck was not on my side. The library was closed because the librarian was sick, and it was such a small school there were no 'spare teachers' to take her place. I groaned inwardly as I made my way towards the cafeteria.

I swiftly made my way into the cafeteria and quietly found an empty table without being noticed. It was a close to the doors, making for a speedy escape in case things took a turn for the worse. Maybe today wouldn't be so bad after all. I ate my food in silence as my eyes wandered. It was strangely quiet… something wasn't right.

As if on cue Edward and his family stood up and zeroed in on whoever had just entered the cafeteria, surprisingly not stopping to insult me. Perhaps they had just had enough for one day. I looked up and saw Eric Yorkie. He was the only other kid in the school who Edward picked on, besides me of course. Edward walked up to him and gave him grief for being late to lunch at 'his school' then started poking fun at his oily hair and bad skin problems.

I looked at Eric with pity, and then I stopped. I know how much I hated pitiful looks, although I only ever received them from the doctor or the school nurse. But as I stopped my pitiful glance, it turned to a more curious stare. Something was not right. Eric was sweating, and shaking. His eyes were frantic as he winced with every word Edward said. He clutched his bag furiously and his hand was behind it, as if he was hiding something. I could see he was getting more and more anxious. Something was definitely not right.

"What's the matter Yorkie? Are you tired of hearing the truth? Have you finally had enough?" Edward sneered. Bad move.

"SHUT UP! JUST SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!" Eric screamed. As he spoke he threw his backpack down on the ground and lifted his hand towards Edward's face.

I looked up in shock, and heard several blood-curdling screams. In Eric's hand was a gun, and he looked ready to kill. I jumped up and backed into the table, my heart hammering in my chest. Eric was mere feet away from me, shaking and screaming, and although it seemed he was out for the Cullens, mainly Edward, I was scared for my life.

Edward froze, his eyes going wide as he focused on the gun. He started to back up when Eric yelled.

"DON'T MOVE! DON'T MOVE OR I'LL… I'LL KILL YOU!"

I heard a small whimper from Alice, as she grabbed onto Jaspers hand and tears started falling from her eyes. Emmett looked terrified, something I thought I'd never see, and snuck a look at Rosalie, who for once didn't have an evil sneer on her face. Edward brought his hands up in front of him and went completely rigid. And as for me, I was silently cursing the librarian for forcing me to eat in the cafeteria today.

Eric slowly backed towards the cafeteria doors and shoved a table in front of them, never taking his eyes off Edward. We heard sirens from the speakers, and everyone that was not in the cafeteria quickly evacuated the school. Someone must have called the cops from their cell phone, because there were numerous officers standing outside the door, along with an EMT, and Dr. Cullen.

"BACK AWAY! BACK AWAY NOW! I'LL KILL THEM! I'LL KILL THEM ALL I SWEAR TO GOD!" Eric screamed, pointing the gun towards Edward's chest.

The police officers moved back slightly, but were still close enough that they could take down Eric if he pulled the trigger, before he had a chance to shoot another.

I stood up from my crouched position by the table looked towards Eric, who looked back with crazed eyes.

"Eric. Eric, what are you doing?" I said in my most calm voice, though I could hear it quiver with fear. All the Cullens looked over to me with half furious, half scared looks, but didn't say anything, which was very smart.

"What does it look like I'm doing, Bella? I'm solving all our problems! He won't mess with us any more! I'll be free! I won't have to deal with this constant shit anymore! He's just getting what he deserves. WHAT THEY ALL DESERVE!" he said. He pointed to gun towards Edward, then waved it around, earning a few more screams from the teenagers behind them. Everyone had huddled into the farthest corner, but Eric was blocking the only entrance.

No… Nonononono. He was going to shoot him. He was going to kill him. I didn't have a doubt. But maybe, maybe if I stalled him, the officers or I could knock the gun out of his hand.

"Eric. Eric, please. Just put the gun down, no one has to get hurt." The Cullens again looked at me with bewildered expressions, confused.

"WHAT ARE YOU SAYING BELLA? YOU'RE SIDING WITH THEM? AFTER EVERYTHING YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH? AFTER EVERYTHING THEY'VE PUT YOU THROUGH? THEY TREATED YOU WORSE THAN ME, AND YOU'RE HELPING THEM?"

He had a point. Why did I want to help them? What on Earth could possess me to help them? They deserve to be punished, but to die? No. It was crazy that I felt the need to save them, but all I could think about was Eric waving that gun around, trigger happy.

"I know Eric, I know. Edward's an ass-hole, he should be punished, they all should, but that doesn't mean they deserve to die, Eric." I had no idea if I was even helping at all, when Eric replied.

"BUT THEY DO! THEY DO BELLA DON'T YOU SEE THAT? THE ONLY WAY THEY'LL WILL STOP HURTING PEOPLE IS IF I HURT THEM!" he shouted, reaching volumes I didn't know were possible.

"No Eric! That's not true! Do you really want to go to jail? As soon as you pull that trigger, the police are going to barge in her and shoot you. Do you want to die? Are they worth dying for?" I had to get to him. Time was running out. I could see his hand shaking worse than before, his finger on the trigger twitching.

"I guess we'll have to find out." He whispered.

He brought his hand down from Edward's face and lowered it towards his chest. This was it.

"ERIC NO!" I ran towards him with all the speed I had in me and grabbed his hand and pushed it towards the ground. I heard the booming sound of the gun being fired and the screams of Edward and his family as we fell to the ground. I heard the yells of the policemen ramming through the door and grabbing the gun as it slid across the room. I felt something tingle near my stomach, and someone calling my name. The last thing I remember was thinking I'm too late. He's dead.

EPOV:

I woke up with a grunt and rolled to the other side of the bed. I let out a groan as my mother announced it was time to wake up for school. I love Esme, I truly do, but at this time in the I morning... I'm not in a particularly loving mood. I got up and walked down the stairs, scratching my stomach with my eyes half closed.

"Ew. Put on a shirt, Edward." Alice sneered from her position on the lap of a still half asleep Jasper.

"Jasper's not wearing one." I grabbed a plate and decided to get my food before Emmett came cleared the place out.

"Mother. Edward's half naked. Please tell him his indecency is unacceptable." she whined, whispering to me, " Jazzy is hot, you're not!" earning a chuckle from Jasper.

Esme walked into the room, and Alice played innocent, putting a pout on her face. That evil little pixie… "Alice leave him alone, he's tired. You're just provoking him." Ha.

Emmett walked into the kitchen, eyes closed, and his hand on his stomach. Is that what I look like..?

"I'm hungry." Did he really have to speak so loud?

"What's new Emmett?" Rose said from behind as she grabbed a plate.

"Morning baby." He smiled as he pulled her close to him, wrapping his arms around her waste.

"Ew, Em. I love you, really, I do, but you need a shower. And some deodorant."

Emmett pouted and went to grab a plate, piling it high with food. How he could eat that much just didn't make sense to me.

Carlisle came rushing down the stairs, grabbing a bagel from the toaster and kissing Esme lightly. Gross. Not something I want to see while I'm eating. Alice voiced my opinions for me.

"That's gross. Dad, go to work."

Carlisle just chuckled before ruffling her hair. "Don't like it, leave." He said, before kissing Esme on the forehead and picking up his car keys. "Goodbye everyone. See you after work. Love you all."

After eating we departed to our rooms, getting ready for school. I used to think about school as purgatory, but with my newfound popularity... well let's just say it makes everything better. I ruled this school. I was the most popular guy in school. The girls wanted me; the guys envied me, but were smart enough to act as my friends. Every one loved me. Well, everyone but Swan and Yorkie. They were terrified of me, and I liked it that way. I never really pictured myself being a bully. I wasn't a bully; I just picked on a few kids. It was their fault, really. Yorkie was just an easy target, and Swan, she was just such a pushover. She's too damn nice!

I got in the shower, grabbing the body wash as I continued my inner musings. I actually enjoyed school now. Picking on that dorky kid Swan was the best part of my day. It's the whole reason I was who I was. Mr. Popular. The coolest guy to hang around with. Of course I only hung out with my family. My parents didn't know we picked on kids, we made sure of that. It's not like it changed anything.. I'm still a nice person...

I got out of the shower, pulling a towel around my waist and drying my hair with another. I quickly got dressed, looking at the clock. 6:38. The bell rang at 7:00, so I was good on time.

I got to the garage door and went straight to the Volvo, waiting for everyone. Alice and Jasper filed in, holding hands as always, and patiently waited for Rose and Emmett. What could possibly be taking them so long? Ugh, I didn't even want to know.

We made it to school in about ten minutes. I gotta need for speed, ha. I walked into the hallway, my family trailing behind me, and made a beeline towards Swan's locker. She was there, of course, wearing a plain white t-shirt and pair of jeans. Ordinary. I don't know why she didn't dress nice like other girls.

Rosalie spoke first. "Well, well, well… what do we have here?" she spoke in a sinister tone.

Then Jasper, "Look who it is, Edward."

"My… If it isn't Swan- the Chief's little embarrassment." continued Emmett. We all knew the right words to say to make her break down.

I was hit with the perfect idea, this should be good. "Stop it guys, you're wrong. She isn't an embarrassment…" Swan looked up in bewilderment. "She's a mistake!"

I got several comments and high fives for that. Boy it couldn't get any better than this. Swan was standing there, not making a sound. This was the perfect opportunity. "What's the matter Swan? Cat gotcha tongue?"

And… cue the blush. There it is! She looked down to the floor, her cheeks blazing.

"Awww… She's blushing Edward. How cute." sneered Rosalie.

"Maybe Swan here has a crush." Oh, nice one Alice. This should be enough fuel for a week.

"Look out Edward, pretty soon you'll have a stalker!" someone shouted from the crowd.

"Before long she'll be following you home!" added another.

"That's creepy Swan! I want to near my house! Stay away from me!" I screamed as if I were afraid. I laughed. I was quite the comedian. The herd of students cheered me on.

"I don't like you Edward!" What? Swan just talked back to me? She winced as she realized her mistake. "Please just leave me alone." This was the perfect excuse to ake her more scared of me.

"Excuse me, Swan? Did you say something? No, I must be hearing things, right?" I acted angry. "'Cause I specifically remember telling you I didn't want any remarks coming from you when I'm speaking… that I didn't want to hear that repulsive, raspy little voice of yours. Ever. You know, you aught to show me some damn respect around me here. I own this school; these hallways you walk through are mine. And you think you can backtalk to me? No! I won't put up with it! You're a nobody, Swan. No one loves you, no one cares for you, no one even likes you. Hell, I don't even think Charlie liked you!" That hit a nerve; I could see it in her eyes. She looked like she was about to cry. So close Edward, come on!

I think that was the most I've ever spoken to her. I watched as she grabbed her books from her locker and all but ran to class. I didn't take it too far, did I?

The rest of the day was uneventful. I guess I was just out of it today. Maybe I used up all my 'greatness' on Swan. The bell rang, signaling lunch as I got to the cafeteria and sat with my family. No one really said anything until Alice spoke up.

"You guys, I have a really bad feeling. Like something is gonna go wrong today. I don't know… I just can't shake it…"She looked really worried.

"Alice calm down. Nothings gonna go wrong." Rose said while rolling her eyes.

"Seriously Rose, I'm not kidding. Remember last time I had a bad feeling? That's the day Mom and Dad said we were moving. It's like that but 10 times worse."

"It's ok Alice, everything will be fine. Don't worry." Jasper tried to console her. The cafeteria was eerily quiet, and Eric Yorkie walked in. Perfect time to get Alice's mind off of her bad 'feelings'.

We walked up to Yorkie, ready to break him down. As I got close to him I noticed Swan sitting at a table to my right. I didn't notice her before. Oh well, I'll get her later. I started on Eric, giving him grief for being late at 'my school' then decided to make fun of his greasy hair and pimpled face. He looked jumpy and held his backpack close to him. Something was wrong... Maybe this is what Alice as talking about. I decided to overlook it.

"What's the matter Yorkie? Are you tired of hearing the truth? Have you finally had enough?" I sneered at him. Bad move.

"SHUT UP! JUST SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!" Eric screamed. As he spoke he threw his backpack down on the ground and lifted his hand towards my face.

I froze, my eyes zeroing in on the gun in his hand. I heard several screams from behind me and saw Swan jump up. The gun was pointed straight towards me as Yorkie shook with rage and fear.

I stared moving backwards when Yorkie went off again. "DON'T MOVE! DON'T MOVE OR I'LL… I'LL KILL YOU!"

No... This can't be happening. I wasn't ready to die. I heard a small whimper come from Alice. I brought my hands up in front of me and went completely rigid when I saw Yorkie's eyes. He was going to kill me. I could tell. I was going to die. I couldn't die! I had a family, Esme, Carlisle, my siblings. This can't be real.

Yorkie slowly moved towards the cafeteria doors and shoved a table in front of them, never looking away from me. Why wasn't anyone helping us? Just as I thought that, policemen and my father came and stood outside the door. Whoever called the police must have told them that they would need an EMT and a doctor, because Carlisle had his medical bag. He also must have not been giving any details because when he looked up and saw the five of us in front of Yorkie he stopped talking to the officer and looked at us with wide, fearful eyes.

I faintly remember Yorkie screaming something before lowering the gun towards my chest. My breathing hitched. No, please God, no. I closed my eyes briefly and when I opened them, I saw Swan getting up and moving towards Yorkie. Great. She was going to help him. She was probably going to take the gun and shoot me herself. Eric looked over to her, as she began to speak in a calm voice that contrasted the loud shouts of Yorkie.

"Eric... Eric, what are you doing?" What was she doing? She was going to get us killed!

"What does it look like I'm doing, Bella? I'm solving all our problems! He won't mess with us any more! I'll be free! I won't have to deal with this constant shit anymore! He's just getting what he deserves. WHAT THEY ALL DESERVE!" he screamed, waving the gun around and earning a few terrified screams from behind me.

"Eric. Eric, please. Just put the gun down, no one has to get hurt." What? She was helping us?

"WHAT ARE YOU SAYING BELLA? YOU'RE SIDING WITH THEM? AFTER EVERYTHING YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH? AFTER EVERYTHING THEY'VE PUT YOU THROUGH? THEY TREATED YOU WORSE THAN ME, AND YOU'RE HELPING THEM?"

He was right, why she helping us? After everything she has been through because of us she should be angrier than him.

"I know Eric, I know. Edward's an ass-hole," wow. I wasn't expecting that. Maybe she wasn't trying to help… Although it was true… "He should be punished, they all should, but that doesn't mean they deserve to die, Eric." I don't know if anything she was saying was registering in his head, but she was doing a hell of a lot more than any of us were.

"BUT THEY DO! THEY DO BELLA DON'T YOU SEE THAT? THE ONLY WAY THEY'LL WILL STOP HURTING PEOPLE IS IF I HURT THEM!" I could see his finger on the trigger twitching. This was it. He was going to kill me.

"No Eric! That's not true! Do you really want to go to jail? Or worse, as soon as you pull that trigger, the police are going to barge in her and shoot you. Do you want to die? Are they worth dying for?" she had a point.

"I guess we'll have to find out." He whispered. He lowered the gun towards my chest and pulled his finger back slowly.

"ERIC NO!" I saw Swan run towards Yorkie smacking his hand towards the ground. I heard the gun fire and then saw it fly across the room, the two of them falling to the ground. I heard the screams of my family and saw the policemen and my father running into the room. I saw Yorkie being ripped from the ground and handcuffed as the dragged him from the room. I looked down at my stomach. I wasn't dead. I wasn't shot I looked up with relief until I saw my father kneeling over Swan, who had blood soaking through her shirt. She was lying on the floor unconscious.