BPOV
A fresh start, a new beginning. That what Charlie kept telling me the whole ride to my new home in forks. I cringed when Renee, my mom, said I had to spend a year there while she and Phil Traveled. I am a Junior, I could have handled going to school everyday. But no, I was told I would be living here. Forks is in Washington, it's a tiny town. You know, one of those towns where everyone know everyone? Where nothing is private, everyone knows everything about you. It was going to be my own personal hell. My mom probably had her reasons for not wanting to leave me home alone. For example, she didn't like the way I had been dressing lately. Or for the past 7 months rather. She said it was so depressing. She was right, wearing a black sweatshirt and jeans everyday wasn't really extravagant. But, I was only dressing how I felt. I honestly did not feel like getting up and putting effort into my appearance was worth it. I didn't go out, and I didn't have friends. Other than my mom and Phil, I was alone.
Now I faced this small brick high school, with less than half of the kids I was used to. I parked the beat up truck Charlie bought for me in a parling spot that wasnt near anyone. I actually smiled when Charlie told me he had bought me this truck, I don't know why but I did. School had already been going for a couple of weeks. Right now my mom would tell me to go mingle, go find a boy. I always would roll my eyes. Boys weren't interested in me, and when they were? It was to ask me to hold the door while they lugged something in a building, or it was to make fun of me. I'd gotten used to it, built armor around myself. But now, I was going to be in a new school, that meant new bullies. I was going to be tormented by new people, people that I hadn't built armor from. I could cry just thinking about it, but what would that accomplish? I would just have to suck it up and deal with whatever hell I was put through here.
I sighed and pulled my hood over my head to hide my face. I walked into the school which seemed to be really cold. I felt a couple of shivers before getting to the Office. I walked in and was greated by the secretary.
"Hello dear." She greated me.
"Hi. I need my schedule. It's my first day here." I said softly.
"Name please?" She replied with a smile. I didn't return it.
"Bella Swan." I replied.
She took out the piece of paper, and a new school planner. "Here you go dear, have a great first day!" She said excitedly. I took the paper and handbook while rolling my eyes, she was a little too peppy. As I made my way down the halls, I felt eyes glued to me. Obviously they weren't used to getting new students often. I got the typical "you have 4 heads" stare, and some of the girls laughed at me. Whatever. Just put on the invisible "I don't care" shield. I finally found my class, Psychology. I walked in and discovered I was the first one there. I sat down near the window, I had a feeling I would be staring out of it most of the class. I watched the wind blow through the trees, and saw a couple of people running to get to class on time. I heard the bell ring for everyone to start going to class, and everyone began piling in.
The desks were filling pretty fast, and I looked to see who had sat next to me. A blond headed boy, wearing a varsity baseball jacket. He smiled at me, which once again I didn't return. The teacher began taking attendance.
"Isabella Swan?" He spoke out.
"It's just Bella." I replied. He nodded his head and jotted that note down.
"So, where are you from?" The blond headed boy asked me.
"Arizona." I answered quickly, looking the opposite direction of him.
"I'm Mike. I'm a Senior." He said.
"You already know my name, I'm a junior." I said then laid my head on the desk.
The class went on painfully slow, I had already taken half a semester of Psychology, but it was supposed to be a full year class. Here in Forks High School, they made it a half year class. So the first class I sat in, they were still on things I already learned. It was a relief when the bell rang, until mike started talking to me again.
"So, Bella. Have you had a tour of Forks yet?" He asked.
"No, actually. But its such a tiny town, how much can there be to see?" I said picking up my bag.
"Could I take you on a tour after school? I can show you La Push Beach, or we could go to The Lookout." He smiled at me this big white smile.
"I don't know." I replied
"Come on, I'll meet you right
outside this room at the end of the day. If you don't show I'll know
what the answer is." He said quickly before leaving the room.
The
day went by slowly. Lunch was worst, I was so alone. I sat at a
corner table, while everyone watched and whispered. This was a really
awkward day, and I still hadn't made up my mind about Mike when the
last bell rang. It was my first day there, and why would he want to
ask me out? I am sure he has a girlfriend, positive. So this must
just be him trying to help the new girl out. I suppose it couldnt
hurt to know where I'm going around here. So I made way down the
stairs to the first floor, I peeked down the hall. Mike was standing
there waiting just as he said he would be. I slowly walked towards
him, when he caught sight of me he met me halfway.
"Didn't think you were going to show." Mike said. He wrapped his arm around my shoulder.
"I figured it couldnt hurt to know my way around here." I responded.
"Oh and here I thought you might want to get to know me." He teased.
We walked out to the parking lot where Mike lead me to a beat up car, I think it was once a Jetta. He got in and unlocked the door, and then we were driving off. I had no idea where we were going, or what we were even doing. When were driving through woods for almost thirty minutes before we pulled over. There was a small shack, surrounded by really huge rocks. You could tell that no one lived there, that this place was inhabited by teenagers sometimes. Beer cans, vodka bottles, and used condoms. EW. Mike saw the look on my face and started laughing.
"Yeah, this is the lookout. Sorry some of the people that come here are pretty, promiscuous? We usually throw small parties here, or bring dates here. It's private and no one really know about it." Mike explained.
I made sure to step over any used condoms that came into my path. "God, this is really nasty. You guys should hire a maid." I said with a smirk.
Mike laughed. "Come on I'll show you the inside of the shack."
I shot him a look when he raised his hands over his head in surrender. "I promise to keep my hands to myself." He laughed.
"Yea Romeo, you better. The used condoms aren't a warm welcoming." I said before I went into the shack, which was smaller looking inside. There was a bed in the back corner. I cringed to think of how many people had sex on that bed. No way would I ever be touching that bed, if people were sloppy with used condoms outside, no telling what is on that bed. The walls had some small holes, the shack was actually really creepy. Like one a serial killer hides out in or something, and I was actually wondering how anyone gets horny in this thing.
Mike sat on the bed and patted next to him. "Wanna sit?"
"Um, no. I'll sit on the floor, that bed probably has so many STDs that no one has even heard of yet." I crouched down onto the floor, Mike slid down onto the floor next to me.
"You aren't like any of the girls around here, it's nice." Mike said while wrapping an arm around me.
"What happened to keeping those to yourself?" I asked.
He smirked. "Well, I was hoping you would forget that and let me do this." He leaned in to kiss me. His breath was hot and washed over my face. His hand moved to the small of my back and his other hand moved to lay on my stomach. When his lips touched mine, they were hot and tasted like sweat. I was regretting letting him kiss me, I was fighting the urge to gag. Then I felt like screaming when his hand tried to lift my sweatshirt.
"Mike, no." I said standing up and backing away from him. "Take me back to my truck."
He stood up and seemed really angry at first, then he smiled. "Okay, let's go. I'm sorry about that Bella."
The drive back to the truck was quiet, at that moment I was glad that I was used to being alone. If this was what it was like to be popular and liked, then I was happy to be an outcast. His kiss left a gross taste on my lips, my lips felt disgusting. It was starting to get dark out, so the parking lot was completely empty when we pulled up next to my truck. I opened the door to get out of Mike's car when he grabbed my arm for a second. "I had fun Bella." He winked.
Ugh. Creep. "Yeah, I'll see you around." I said before slamming the door. I was happy to be in my familiar truck. Some sort of normalcy in this really screwed up day. It was no surprise that Charlie wasn't home when I pulled into the driveway. I went inside and headed straight upstairs for the bathroom. I was in need of a shower, that kiss made me cringe all over. When I stepped into the hot water, it felt like it was burning my skin. I stayed under the water, scrubbing until the water ran cold. I did the little bit of homework I had, and went to bed. When the alarm went off the next morning, I was dreading school. I threw on my black sweatshirt and a new pair of jeans. Mike had better keep his distance, I dont think I could bare another close encounter. I couldnt think about his kiss, it made me sick to my stomach. Again.
When I entered the school, it seemed like everyone stopped talking. Weird. I made my way down the hall, and then I was sure. People had stopped talking, and started to stare at me. Guys whistled, girls laughed and one even shouted "slut." At which point everyone erupted into a loud rouring sea of laughter. What the hell did I miss? When I made it into Psychology, I wasn't the first one there this time. A short, beautiful, and I think bouncing, girl was in the seat Mike had occupied the day before.
"Hi." She smiled sweetly at me. This was the first smile I had wanted to return. I was so furious with the action in the hallway when I entered the school, that I couldnt bring myself to smile.
"Are you sure you don't mean slut? Or maybe another name?" I asked before taking my seat.
"No, I meant Hi. I wanted to introduce myself yesterday but you were talking to Mike, and then you didnt seem like talking when you had your head on the desk. I saw you leave with Mike yesterday too." She said.
"Well, I'm Bella. I hate my life, I was relocated here by my mom. I now live with my father who doesnt know how to talk to me so he avoids it. I had a moment of stupidity yesterday and took mike up on his offer to give me a 'tour'. However the tour he had in mind, was not what I was willing to see. So I ended the tour before it began, and I have a feeling he is was pissed about it." I rambled angrily.
"Well, I'm Alice Cullen. I have lived here my whole life with my brothers Edward, and Emmett. I'm dating Jasper Hale, He is on the Football team with my brothers. Emmett is dating Rosalie Hale, Jasper's sister. We all kind of hang together, like a big family. I had heard about your 'tour' with Mike, from Edward actually." She said the last sentence hesitantly.
My head shot in her direction. "What do you mean?"
"Well, Edward and Mike know eachother. Mike is always bragging about something, you should know that about him. No matter what, he will find something to brag about. We all dislike him, but we all just ignore him. The other night we went out for pizza, and Mike was there with a couple of his baseball teamates. He was telling Edward that he had taken you to his spot, and that you put moves on him."
"What?!" I shrieked.
"I didn't believe it, you just seem too shy. Mike has told everybody that you two had sex last night at the lookout." alice said with her head hung down.
"Are you kidding me?! Alice, we went to the lookout, and he tried to kiss me. He was pissed when I told him to take me back to my truck. Honestly the kiss was two seconds and made me want to gag it tasted of sweat." I was on the verge of tears.
"Bella, I don't know you but I didn't believe a word that he said. I never listen to Mike, neither do the people I hang out with. Listen, lunch is probably going to suck if you sit alone, trust me. Why don't you sit with me and my friends?" She offered with a sincere smile.
This was the first time since I got here that I returned a smile. I liked Alice. Something about her was comforting in a way. "Okay, if you're sure they dont mind." I replied.
"nonsense. Bella, you really should smile more. You have such a lovely one." She said before the bell rang.
I turned to face the teacher when he started talking. My face burning red from the embarassment of the lies mike was spreading, and from Alice's compliment. Damn blush. I inherited that from my dad, it was inevitable. The slightest bit of embarasment and my cheeks lit up like a tomato. During the class, I had girls pointing and me and laughing. The guy sitting in front of me turned around and gave threw a condom on my desk, which he wrote on with permenant marker. For future use. -Brett. To which I smacked him in the back of the head and yelled. "In your dreams." Just then the bell rang and I ran out of the classroom and hurried to my next class. I was thrilled when it was lunch time. I could talk to Alice, have 30 minutes of someone being my friend.
Alice met me outside of the lunchroom. "Bella! This is my boyfriend Jasper." She gestured to the tall boy next to her. He was thin, and pale complexion. His hair had some slight curls, and his eyes were big and beautiful. I smiled and shook his hand, he had soft skin too. Jasper was the opposite of his bouncing girlfriend. He spoke calmly, and his smiles were controlled. They were proof that opposites attract.
"It is really nice meeting you Bella. I want you to know that Mike is an idiot, and you don't have to feel uncomfortable around me. I don't believe a thing that guy says." He reassured me. Jasper was so nice, and I already adored his girlfriend. Lunch would most likely be the best part of my day. We went through the lunch line where a couple of remarks were made towards me. I shrugged them off, I just had to build new armor around this. I wouldn't let it hurt me. I did nothing wrong, I wasn't a slut. Mike was my second kiss for crying out loud. I was a virgin. How convenient that my nickname was now slut. A slut would know what to do in bed with a man, I was completely clueless.
My thoughts were interrupted when we reached the table and Alice began the introductions. "Bella, this is Rosalie and Emmett. This is Bella you guys." She gestured to me.
Rose was the first to talk. "It's nice to meet you Bella." she smiled and Emmett nodded.
"It's nice to meet you, Alice was telling me about all of you in Psychology." I said before sitting down.
"Good things I hope." She winked. I smiled.
Rosalie was absolutely beautiful, putting models to shame. Here she was in this small town, it was a shame the entire world didn't see her beauty. Her long blond hair, with light waves, looked so soft I had to keep telling myself not to reach out and touch it. Her skin was perfect, her body was perfect, everything was perfect. It was girls like that, that had me wearing sweatshirts all the time, how could I compete with that? Her boyfriend Emmett, was a very big guy. I could definitely see him playing foot ball, plowing everyone over. Muscular, and tall. His hair was short and had some gold highlights to his brown locks. His smile was goofy, but cute. Him and Rosalie made a really cute pair.
I heard someone set a tray down beside me, when I looked up I was stunned. He was beautiful, and not just beautiful. He was impossibly and unrealistically gorgeous. His hair was like a wild mane, it was golden brown with hints of red. I had the urge to run my fingers through his hair, just to see what it felt like. His skin was pale, and creamy looking, perfectly smooth. He had lips that teased my mind, and his eyes burned me. They were golden brown and shined brightly. I began fantasing what he looked like under his clothes. Did he have a muscular chest? Was there abs under that loose fitting shirt? What about lower, what did he look like under those pants. Was he--
"Bella?" I was shook from my daydreaming by Alice's bubbly voice.
"mhm?" Was all I managed to squeak out of my throat.
"This is my older brother, Edward. Edward this is Bella." Alice smiled.
I tried to say hello. I really did. But honestly my mouth would no cooperate with my brain. All I got to come out was a small mumble that no one could understand. I just decided to smile and nod my head. Then he spoke, and I thought my knees had turned into Jello.
"Bella, it's a pleasure to meet you." He said before sitting down and enjoying his lunch. I never watched anyone eat before, but I was stealing glance every chance I got. He had strong, smooth looking hands. I wanted to press them to my skin, just to feel him. The bell rang, and my dreams were smashed into the ground. Sweet fantasies.
"Bella, we should hang out after school! Do you want to come over? Jasper and Rose were going to stop by and it would be nice to get to know you more." She bubbled.
"Uh sure, Alice. But I'm really not good with directions around here yet." I admitted.
"Meet me at the front of the school and you can ride with me and Edward. We can bring you to get your truck later." She said before waving good-bye to me. Then my last couple hours of hell began, the stares reemerged. Name calling, whispering, torture continued. I was more than happy when the bell rang. I jumped up with my bag and ran out into the hallway. Smashing into someone's chest and knocking me backwards. When I looked up, I became outraged. A smirking Mike staring down at me.
"Back for more I see." He laughed.
"Screw you." I said before picking myself up.
"We already played that game Bella. Remember?" He winked at me. He had everyone looking at us, with their stupid laughter roaring around us.
Tears began to flood my eyes, making my vision slightly blurred. "You know that is not true. I never had sex with you." I glared at the ground.
His face was sympathetic for a moment, and then it changed to a smirk. "That's not what you said last night."
"Mike, you are such a douche." Emmett said while wrapping an arm around my shoulder. He turned us around to walk away.
"Oh, have you moved on to the Football team?" Mike raised his voice
I was about to turn around, enough was enough. I was going to say something. But then I heard it. CRACK! I turned around to see Mike skid across the floor. He was holding his mouth, blood was gushing out of it. I looked to see Edward holding his fist. I stared at him wide eyed. Did he just punch someone, for me?
