Previously: Mike took Bella on a terrible date, with the impression he would be getting another.

Sorry little kiddies but this fan fiction contains bad language. Run away now.

(Wrote as Bella's Point Of View from here on out)


Chapter two- Kiss attack!

Oh god, Mike asked me on another date, apparently I owed him since I bailed early. No! How did he not understand how bad it went? The entire time I was begging for the roof to fall inwards and crush us both to death.

If only. No, I had to sit through the world's worst jokes and pretend to like them, and then he decided to pull a romantic movie out on me. What respectable guy shows you a movie like that on a first date? If I had any sort of control I would just say no and shove him off a cliff. Doing the entire female population a favour.

But he was still human, and despite having endured torture from him I didn't want to wish ill on him. Nor did I want to see him hurt. I just had to tell him straight out that I didn't like him that way, and that it was a mistake. Yeah that wasn't so hard.

Almost immediately an arm snaked around my waist. Mike's lips were at my ear. I looked up from my trance.

Oddly, I first noticed that there was a guy leaning against the wall staring intensely at me. I looked down blushing and then turned my attention back to Mike.

"Hey Bella" he whispered. "I'm so looking forward to our date. It's going to be epic. I've got this whole thing planned out…" he prattled on while I held the vomiting reflex back. He wasn't welcome, even his touch burned, and not in the exciting first crush way. This was a searing ache forcing me to push him away. I needed to tell him.

1…2…3 deep breath and…

"That math homework looks hard doesn't it?" 'Chicken' my brain clucked. I mentally encouraged myself during his monotone one sided conversation.

"Actually Mike…" 1…2…3…deep breath and… "I don't think we should go out again." Whoop! Yes, I did it!

"Sorry, I didn't hear that. What did you say?" he asked. Damn, maybe I had got the words out, but volume was needed. Oh well, I said it once. I can say it again.

"I don't think we should go out again." His face dropped like an injured puppy. Oh god, what had I done?

"Oh…you don't….why?"

Because it was terrible and I prayed for my death multiple times. No I can't say that, that's too cruel…hmm, I need an excuse. I scanned the ground looking for a sign…anything. That guy was still staring at me. Freak. I looked back to Mike suddenly inspired.

"I have a boyfriend." Oh my god, as soon as the words were out I panicked. Oh no, I had no evidence or nothing. Shit, I was in very, very deep shit right now.

"Oh, who is he? Do I know him? When did that happen anyway?" Nice one Bella.

"Uh…" I cast my eyes out again to the guy on the wall, he was still staring. Unluckily for him, he became my model. I hadn't seen him before so I figured he was in the year above. And hey, if things got too bad I wouldn't have to see him again, so that was good. And as an added bonus, he was super hot. Not like your jock type, more secretly an angel cast down as a human sort of hot. His eyes seemed to shoot right down into my soul.

"He's tall, light-ish brown wispy hair. He's clever." He was carrying a few advanced textbooks I recognised. "He's caring" …In a stalker-ish way (He was still staring) "And, the only reason I didn't tell you was because we had a tiddly bit of an argument and as payback I used you." I blushed and looked down. Maybe I wasn't so bad at lying as I though. "I'm sorry Mike, that wasn't fair to you."

"But, you only just moved here, how can you already have a boyfriend?" Quick, think Bella.

"Well, we….. dated long distance for a while and whenever I came to visit my dad we hooked up." Shit, now I sound like a slut. Oh well, too late to go back now.

"Oh, so you're pretty serious then…what's his name?" SHIT! I need a name, but I can't just make one up…what if he knows the people around here and asks around? Ummm, avoid the question Bella. HOW?

"Actually he's over there" I nodded my head to the stalker guy, still staring intently. "He's waiting for me." Oh god, somehow lord let this work. If you care for me at all, please let this work. I said bye to Mike and slowly walked across to the smiling god. I turned back but Mike was still watching me. Crap I can't just de-tour off. Oh no, and I was getting closer. He started to push off the wall. Oh crap he was leaving. No, he wasn't…he was walking towards me. Oh no…this is bad…or is it good? I don't know. Suddenly the distance had closed and we were centimetres apart.

Stuff it, I said internally. I may as well doom myself now. I wrapped my arms around the stranger's neck and rose on my tiptoes for a kiss. I almost fainted when he kissed me back. Oh my, he was good as well. Even as his arms wound around me igniting trails of passions where we met I felt completely safe and secure.

I looked back when I broke for air. Mike had walked off, his car gone. I breathed out. Then realised I was still clung to a stranger.

"Oh my god. I'm so sorry. It's just…and he thought…" my face flushed fire engine red… "I'm sorry." I ran off, still mentally panting for breath and dove for my truck. My mind played tease with me, tormenting me. Oh, if only the world would open up and swallow me now. At least I didn't have to see him again.

The next morning…

I groaned as yet again the rain slammed against the window. So much for a chance to wear a dress. Mom wouldn't be too happy that I wasn't wearing them.

I settled for jeans and a blouse adding a simple necklace with a heart on. Another gift from mom.

Yet again I was soaking when I entered the classroom for first period. It was biology. I took my seat and stared out the window. Mike sat far away from me, already having an assigned seat. To which yesterday he was unhappy about, but today. He looked a little more relieved. Then the chair next to me scraped across the floor. Weird, I was alone yesterday. I had to work in a three with the other table. I turned around at the noise then flushed and stared at the desk, hoping he wouldn't recognise me. Okay, so remember those textbooks I recognised the stranger holding the other day…well it turns out there was reason I knew the covers…because they were the same as mine. And he was in my class, and my year. And sitting next to me. Holy moley, shit on a stick. Just shoot me now. I prayed silently he wouldn't recall the incident. Yeah, that's highly unlikely unless he cracked his head open on the way home. I pulled the hair from behind my ears creating a curtain between us. I could sit through biology like this I told myself…sure I couldn't see the page when I wrote because of the wall of hair gravity claimed. And I couldn't work as a pair, or see the board all that well. But I could teach myself everything again when I got home. It was only for two years…oh shit. Thank god I didn't have a swear jar, I'd be dirt poor.

"Hello, my name is Edward. You must be Bella" I cringed internally. I didn't look up.

"Hey, yeah. Nice to meet you"

He laughed. It was so musical and light.

"I'm not that scary, you can look up at me…I promise not to bite" he added quietly and chuckled.

"Um, hi" I looked up, somehow wishing my face to re-configure. His face lit up.

Crap!

"Oh, I see we did meet before. It's nice to greet you without tongue" CRINGE! Please ground, just swallow me up now. His hand rested on the small of my back and I almost flew into the desk at the contact.

"I'm guessing from your little scene yesterday that I'm your pretend boyfriend you made up on the spot so you could break it off with the idiot at the back" he nodded toward Mike. "If that is true, I'm thinking you shouldn't be throwing yourself forward at my touch. It might make him suspicious." he chuckled again.

"You're actually taking pleasure in my misery aren't you? Look, I'm sorry I used you, what more do you want? If anything you staring at me like that were just inappropriate, as far as I'm concerned, we're even." I nodded my head and grabbed his hand moving it back to his own seat. It was freezing cold. He noted my shock.

"I have bad circulation in my hands" he explained. I nodded but didn't believe him.

"You should see a doctor about that, they're ice cold."

He apologised and pulled at his sleeves.

"We are not even though… you did assault me!" he continued.

"I heard no complaints from your end!" we had turned it to a whisper argument as the lesson started.

"You didn't really give me an option and besides I felt sorry for you"

"So it was a pity kiss then"

"I don't know, you were the one that started it"

I moaned silently. God, he made me so mad. "But, if you want to make it up to me. You could let me take you for a real date."

I blinked. Okay, this had gone from embarrassing to weird in a matter of seconds.

"And what makes you think I even want to make it up to you?"

"Well…if we did have another fight here, the doofus who you were trying to escape from might just think we had broken up and ask you out again. That, or he would get a message in his locker saying you were free and single and had a huge crush on him"

"You wouldn't! I can't believe you're blackmailing me!"

"You did assault me" he justified and scribbled some more notes down in his elegant script from the board.

"Fine, I'm free Saturday."

"Are you not free tonight?" he probed. I copied a few more notes before responding.

"I'm free, but if you want more time to plan…" He laughed a whisper.

"Bella, you don't need to plan a date unless you are stupid. The impulsive improvised ones are always the best anyway."

The teacher pressed play and the video came on. It was about cell division and my advanced placement at the old school had already covered this thoroughly. I jolted awake as Edward curled his suddenly not so inhumanly cold fingers with mine. They were still cold though, refreshing to my sweaty palm.

He leaned across. "Just making sure your ex doesn't get the wrong idea" he grinned like a Cheshire cat and I squeezed his hand tight, he didn't even flinch. Anyone would think he was made of stone.


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