The Adele Series
A/N So basically this will be a series of ones shots based on the songs on adele's CD "21". I will definately be doing one for every song on "21" and maybe some from her CD "19". We'll see how this goes. I do not own any of the songs, they are Adele's. And Twilight belongs to SM :)
Chapter 1
Rumour Has It
"She, she ain't real,
She ain't gonna be able to love you like I will,
She is a stranger,
You and I have history,
Or don't you remember?
Sure, she's got it all,
But, baby, is that really what you want?"
I smirked as I walked down the hallways of the shit-hole also know as Forks High. The clip-clip of my heels matched with perfect tempo to the swing of my hips. I internally rolled my eyes as nerdy freshman boys stopped and gawked as I walked past them. The sophmores, juniors, and seniors knew better by now. My boyfriend, Jacob, could get quite protective of me. Ah, Jacob. Pretty much the only good thing about this school. He was the star quarter-back of our school's football team. The team sucked balls, but Jake wasn't half-bad. Jake was funny, in the dumbass I-Don't-Know-What-The-Hell-I'm-Saying kind've way. He wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed, but he was sweet. We had been going out for about a year and 3 months . He finally got the balls to ask me out at the beginning of juniour year, But he admits he liked me long before then.
"Bless your soul, you've got your head in the clouds,
You made a fool out of you,
And, boy, she's bringing you down,
She made your heart melt,
But you're cold to the core,
Now rumour has it she ain't got your love anymore,"
I spotted my best friend, Alice's spiky hair across the quad and made my way toward her. As I was walking toward Alice and Rosalie, my other best friend, I dared a glance to the very corner of the quad. I was met by the peircing green stare of Edward Cullen. I found myself unable to look away. He was wearing black skinny jeans, tight enough to make his ass look all kinds of good, but loose enough to not look gay, a light green-gray V-neck with a leather jacket that he uses to ride on his Ducati to school over it, and his final accesory was a lit cigarette dangling from the corner of his mouth. Hot-damn. I gulped and ripped my stare away from , I couldn't deny it. The attraction I felt with Edward was on a whole other level than what I felt for Jake, but I couldn't cheat on Jake. That would be an asshole move. Edward had asked me to leave Jake and be with him, but I never took him for real. Edward had a habit of toying with girls emotions. I could just see myself breaking it off with Jake to be with Edward, and have him reject me and make a fool out of me. It's not the first time he's done it to girls. Edward Cullen: Heartbreaker/Badass extroardinair.
"She is half your age,
But I'm guessing that's the reason that you strayed,
I heard you've been missing me,
You've been telling people things that you shouldn't be,
Like when we creep out and she ain't around,
Haven't you heard the rumours?"
As I looked around, I noticed girls were staring, whispering and pointing at me. More than usual.
"What?" I barked harshly at a group of sophmore girls who happened to have the unfortunate luck of being by me when I snapped. Three of the four turned white as a sheet and looked like they wanted to sprint away. But one of the brave girls snickered and arched an eyebrow at me.
"Haven't you heard the rumors?" I gave her my most unnerving glare and her tone became less snarky.
"I mean, u-um. I heard that your boyfriend u-uh Jake, was erm..." She stuttered.
"Just spit it out!" Normally I wasn't this harsh, but my patience was running thin.
"I heard that he was cheating on you with Lauren Mallory!" She said so fast I had to struggle to keep up. When I did understand what she said I rolled my eyes and chuckled. I patted the girl on the head, feeling slightly bad for scaring her.
"That bitch hates me! She's always trying to start rumors about me and Jake." I laugh, feeling slightly giddy with relief. The girl frowned and said, "But everybody keeps sending me this picture." She toys with her phone and holds it up for me to see. The picture that I saw numbed my whole body and I feltlike I had been drenched with cold water.
Jacob had Lauren pushed up against a wall, the gym wall by the looks of it, with his tounge down her throat, and his hands full of her ass. I slowly felt my my numbness dissipate to anger. Jacob? Sure, I knew he was a dumbshit, but I never thought he was a cheater.
"Bless your soul, you've got your head in the clouds,
You made a fool out of me,
And, boy, you're bringing me down,
You made my heart melt, yet I'm cold to the core,
But rumour has it I'm the one you're leaving her for,"
"Thanks." I said cooly, trying not to loose my shit in front of some random sophmores. I quickly strode away and hauled-ass over toward Alice. She skipped over to me as soon as she saw me approaching. Before she could even say goodmorning, I beat her to the punch.
"Where the fuck is he?" I spat, my voice full of venom. Her face fell, and her eyebrows furrowed together.
"Who told you." She deadpanned.
"I had to hear from some nosy sophmores." I fumed "Oh, and they also gave me beautiful visual proof." Alice gasped
"You saw the picture?"
"Unfortunatley. Now, where is that stupid, son-of-a-bitch?" Speak of the devil...
"Hey Bells, look I've got something to tell-" I cut him short as I whipped around and slapped him square across the face. I vaguely noticed that Alice backed away, giving us some space. I put my now throbbing hand to my side.
"What the hell, Bells?" He touched his face where I slapped him and winced. I'd done some damage. Hell, yeah.
"All of these words whispered in my ear,
Tell a story that I cannot bear to hear,
Just 'cause I said it don't mean I meant it,
People say crazy things,
Just 'cause I said it, don't mean that I meant it,
Just 'cause you heard it,"
"What the hell? Your damb ass is the one who cheated on me, and your asking me what the hell? You know she's only doing this to get to me, right? She doesn't love you." Jacob pouted slightly and casted his eyes downward.
"I know that now. I'm sorry babe. Can you forgive me?" He looked up at me with big hopeful puppy-dog eyes. But that wouldn't work on me. Not anymore.
"Fuck you, Jacob Black. Go screw yourself." And with a final toss of my hair, I was striding back to the parking lot, and for once the entire quad was silent.
"Rumour has it, ooh,
Rumour has it, ooh,
Rumour has it, ooh,
Rumour has it, ooh,
Rumour has it, ooh,
Rumour has it, ooh,
Rumour has it, ooh,"
As I reached the parking lot and approached my decrepid truck, I noticed something was horribly wrong. My Goddamn tires were slashed! That bitch! She'd ruined my only dramatic, graceful exit from finding out that my boyfriend was cheating on me with my arch enemy. I groaned in frustration and kicked the side of my car. My toe squished painfully against the inside of my shoe.
"Ow, Fuck!" Never do that in heels. Never do that in heels. Never do that in heels.
"Need a ride?" A gruff sexy voice called from behind me. How long has he been here? Oh shit, that's embarassing. I was about to tell Edward to leave me the hell alone, but I decided against it. I really did need a ride. I heaved a large sigh.
"Sure, I guess I have no choice." He chucked and tossed me his helmet.
"Your welcome." He muttered playfully. I blushed,
"Thank-you" I murmur.
He staddled his Ducati and I oggled him for a moment before getting on behind him. I wrapped my arms around him tightly. He started the engine up and shouted over the noise.
"Have you ridden a motorcycle before?" Jake had taught me how to ride a dirtbike during the summer. I felt a pang in my chest, but pushed it aside. I'd wait till I get home for the sadness to hit.
"Yeah." I shouted back. He nodded and kicked the kick-stand up, before he revved the engine and peeled out of the parking lot. I glances back and saw everyone gathered in the parking lot staring after us in open-mouthed shock. Damn, I guess rumors do spread fast. But, on the bright side, I sure made one hell of an exit. Take that Lauren, bitch!
Much too soon, Edward pulled up smoothly to my house. Luckily Charlie had an early shift today so he wasn't home. I swung myself off of Edward's bike and took his helmet off, handing it back to him.
"Thanks for the ride." I said sincerely. I glance downward at my shoes.
"Anytime. And, hey..." I feel his calloused fingerd tug my chin up so that I'm meeting his gaze. His eyes were sincere when he said, "He was a fucking moron to do that to you. You deserve someone much better."
I grin. "And you think your deserving." I arch an eyebrow.
He smirks right back, sinking back into his bad-ass facade.
"Nope. But my offer still stands. And I promise to treat you a hella've alot better than he did."
"Hmph." I walked up the driveway to the steps of my porch.
"I'll take that as a yes."
"Hmph."
"Pick you up at 7 this Friday."
"Hmph."
"Love ya too, babe." He laughed as he revved his motorcycle again and sped away.
I chuckled but felt butterflies erupted in my stomach when he said 'love ya'. Sure, he was joking, but hearing those words from him affected me more than they ever had hearing them from Jake.
The next morning I sashayed my way over to Alice in the quad like nothing had ever happened.
"What're the rumors today?" I smirked. Alice grinned excitedly.
"Listen for yourself." We both stayed silent and eavesdropped on the conversation of the group of kids who were standing closest to us.
"Did you hear about Edward and Bella?"
"Yeah, someone told me they were screwing way before Jake made-out with Lauren."
"Damn, he must feel stupid."
"Well I think it's karma..."
I laughed joyously. "That's perfect."
Suddenly I felt a presence behind me and spun around to see Edward looking aloof, and sexy as hell. He grinned and wrapped his arm around my waist.
"Hey babe, I'll walk you to first period. We still on for Friday?"
"Sounds great." I leaned further against him as we made our way throught the halls.
As we passed the whispers got louder, but I coudn't find it in me to give a shit.
Rumors were overrated.
"And rumour has it he's the one I'm leaving you for."
Thank you so much for reading. Sorry it was so sweary, I promise they won't all be like that. This one just kinda called for it. So hopefully you liked it, and let me know if you want more :)
Love,
Give You My Heart