Disclaimer- I don't own Twilight or New Moon.
Sorry for the delay everyone, but I was busy and things were going on. My editor was also on a school trip. If I forgot to mention the lyrics that are in all of this story are by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. This is when everything starts to get good. Thanks for all of the reviews! Also thanks to Talia (Talz16) for editing this and making it better. I just realized that some things don't match up. So let's just say that Bella started her junior year in Forks, so that the story will make more sense. Here's chapter 6! So review and enjoy!
Cover up with makeup in the mirror
tell yourself, it's never gonna happen again
you cry alone and then he swears he loves you.
I woke up on Thursday morning, to see that it was raining. I slowly got out of my bed and headed to the bathroom. I stripped down and got into the hot water. I slowly scrubbed my head with my strawberry shampoo. When I was done, I climbed out of the shower and slowly got dressed. I headed into my room and grabbed my backpack and looked at the clock. I realized that I was running late, so I flew down the stairs. I headed into the kitchen, grabbed a granola bar and headed outside. I locked the front door and headed towards Mike's car. I climbed inside the car and Mike took off.
"Hey babe." He said grabbing my hand.
"Hi sweetie." I said, glancing over at him. His pale blond hair was spiked up as usual and his blue eyes were sparkling. "What are we doing tomorrow?"
"Well, I was thinking that we could go out, since it'll be our 5 month anniversary." He said, glancing over and smiling at me.
"Sounds good. Do I need to dress up?"
"Yep. We are going to a nice restaurant in Port Angeles."
"Guess I have to go shopping." I mumbled.
"Don't worry; we'll have a lot of fun." He said as we pulled into the parking lot. I hopped out of the car and walked over to him. I gave him a kiss on the check and headed off to my first class.
"See you later." I called over my shoulder.
My morning passed by in a blur. As we headed into the cafeteria, I glanced towards the Cullen's table. It was a habit that I picked up and couldn't seem to get rid of it. I noticed Edward staring at me so I quickly turned my head. I had also picked up some sort of crush on Edward and whenever I saw him staring, I turned red. Mike paid for my lunch and his and we headed towards our table. I sat down next to Jessica and Angela as Mike sat down across from me.
"Hey Bella." They greeted me.
"Are you two doing anything tonight?" I asked them.
"Nope." Jessica replied.
"I don't think so. Why?" Angela asked.
"Well I need to go dress shopping and I was wondering if you guys wanted to come with me."
"Of course I'll go." Jessica said smiling.
"Sure, I just need to call my mom." Angela said.
"Why do you need a dress?" Jessica asked.
"Well, tomorrow is Mike and mine's 5 month anniversary so he's taking me to some fancy restaurant."
"That's so romantic." Jessica said as Angela nodded.
"I'm gonna go call my mom. I'll be back in a few minutes." Angela said.
"Ok. What new movies are playing this weekend?" Jessica asked. We spent the next 5 minutes talking about the new movies coming out. Angela came back and said that she could go and then lunch was over. Mike, Angela and I walked to Biology in a comfortable silence. We all went to our tables and sat down. I started drawing on my notebook when I heard someone sit down next to me.
"Hello Bella." Edward Cullen said. I glanced at him and smiled. Edward was confusing. Sometimes he talked to me and other times he ignored me. Whenever he talked to me, he usually asked me lots of questions.
"Hey Edward." I replied. We spent the rest of the period in silence. At the end of class he stood up and quickly gathered his books.
"Bye Bella. See you tomorrow." He said walking out the door. People stopped what they were doing and stared at me. I felt my face growing hot, so I looked down and gathered my books.
"I really don't like him." Mike said as we headed toward gym.
"He's perfectly harmless, Mike."
"There's something about him though, that just bugs me." He said and I could see jealousy in his eyes.
"Mike, stop worrying. I want you and not him." I said and kissed him. I pulled back and headed to the locker rooms.
Gym passed by very slowly. We were playing basketball and I managed to injure half of my team. Needless to say, most people stayed away from me. Once class ended, I headed toward my locker and got my books out. I went to the parking lot and stood by Mike's car, waiting for him to come out.
"I'm going with Jessica." I said as he walked to me.
"Why?"
"So I can go get a dress for tomorrow."
"Have fun." He said and leaned closer. He started kissing me, but I pulled back after a few seconds.
"See you tomorrow." I said and walked off to Jessica's car. I climbed into the car as Jessica pulled away.
"Do you guys need anything?" Jessica said.
"I'm good." Angela said.
"Can we go by my house real quick?" I asked.
"Sure." Jessica said and headed towards my house.
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Jessica pulled the car into a parking space and cut the engine. We slowly got out of the car and stretched.
"Let's go shopping!" Jessica shouted.
We slowly made our way toward the largest department store in Port Angeles. Inside, Jessica quickly led us over to the junior's section. She quickly walked past the aisles and rows of jeans, skirts and shirts. She finally made it to the dress section with me and Angela trailing behind her.
"Do you know what kind of dress you want?" Angela asked.
"I'm not sure."
"Well there are different types of halter dresses, strapless dresses, spaghetti strap dresses, sleeveless ones and some dresses with sleeves." Jessica said. "Do you know what color you want?"
"Why don't you let her pick out the styles she likes before she picks the color." Angela said.
"I don't want a strapless dress, sleeveless dress or a dress with sleeves." I said. "The halter dresses can't be that revealing though."
"Hmmm…" Jessica said.
"Well, let's start looking." Angela said.
We spent the next half hour picking out dresses. When we were done I had a total of 10 dresses in my arms. There were 2 blue, 1 green, 2 red, 2 black, 2 pink and 1 purple dress in my arms. They were a mixture of halter and spaghetti style dresses. The first 5 dresses I tried on were immediately cut. The next 3 were gone and then there were only 2 dresses left. There was 1 purple dress and one blue dress left. I quickly put the blue dress on.
"Well?" I asked twirling around, the soft silk material floating around me.
"The color looks good on you but the dress makes you look a bit fat." Jessica said and Angela nodded her head in agreement.
I sighed and headed back into the dressing room. All that was left was the purple dress. I slid the dress over my head and pulled it down. I made sure everything was where it belonged before I stepped out. This was by far my favorite dress. It was a halter dress and below my breasts was lace. I didn't like the lace that much because it showed part of my skin. The back of the dress was open. The dress fell a few inches in above my knee and was slightly longer in the back. Jessica and Angela gasped in surprise.
"Bella, you look great!" Jessica said.
"You have to get that one." Someone said from behind me. I saw Angela and Jessica's eyes widen in surprise. I quickly turned around and felt my mouth drop. Standing in front of me were Alice Cullen and Rosalie Hale.
"You look great." Alice said.
"Thanks, Alice." I said. Rosalie just rolled her eyes and glanced away.
"If you don't mind me asking, what's the dress for." Alice said.
"Oh. It's my boyfriend and mine's 5 month anniversary. He's taking me out somewhere special, apparently." I said flushing red.
"Well have fun I guess." Alice said as Rosalie snickered.
I briefly heard Rosalie mumble something under her breath. It sounded like 'better not tell Edward', but I wasn't sure.
"See you tomorrow Bella. Jessica, Angela." Alice said turning and dancing away with Rosalie leading her.
"Wow. That was totally random." Jessica said. "Now you have to get that dress."
"Hurry up and get changed so we can go get some shoes." Angela said. I nodded and went back into the dressing room. I came out a few minutes later, fully dressed.
"To the shoes." Jessica said and snickered. We quickly left heading towards the shoes.
"You should get a small heel, Bella. Since you trip a lot." Angela said.
"What about these?" Jessica asked, holding up a pair of white kitten heel shoes.
"These should work." I said as I sat down. Jessica handed me the shoes and I put them on.
"Walk around in them." Angela said. I got up and walked around the store, stumbling only a few times.
"I'll get these." I said and slipped the shoes off. I quickly paid for the shoes and left. We walked over to Jessica's car and took off. Jessica pulled up to a fast food restaurant and got in the drive-thru line. She ordered our food, paid and took off. We spent the drive eating, talking and listening to music. We didn't pull up to my house until 8.
"Night guys. See you tomorrow." I said as I climbed out. I went inside and glanced into the living room to see Charlie watching some game.
"Hey Bells. Did you find anything?"
"Yeah, I got a dress and shoes." I said and held up my bag.
"Did you have fun?"
"Yeah. I'm tired, I'm gonna go to bed."
"Night sweetie."
"Night dad." I said and climbed up the stairs to my room. I hung my dress up, put my pj's on and climbed into bed.
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I woke up in the morning, feeling excited and a bit angry. I knew that today was going to change my world, but I just didn't know how it was going to. I climbed out of my bed and headed to the bathroom. I quickly showered and changed and headed downstairs. I slowly ate my granola bar, waiting for Mike to show up. I glanced out the window and saw his car pulling up. I grabbed my stuff and headed outside. I climbed into the car and it took off.
"Hey baby." Mike said as he grabbed my hand.
"Please don't call me that." I said as I leaned my head against the window.
"Why?" Mike asked, sounding confused.
"Because I don't like that name." I said.
"Ok, I won't call you that any more." Mike said as we pulled into school. I hoped out of the car and started walking away. "Wait." I turned around and saw Mike running to me.
"Yes?"
"Is something wrong?" Mike asked.
"No, I was just thinking about something and I guess I got mad. Sorry." I said. Maybe I was just pmsing. The bell rang and I began to walk away again, but Mike grabbed my arm. I spun around, but Mike squeezed my arm tighter and tighter. "Hey! Let go, your hurting me!" I yelled. Mike instantly dropped his arm.
"Sorry."
"What's your problem?" I asked.
"Nothing. Just forget that even happened." He said and leaned down. He kissed my cheek and walked away. I stood there staring after him until the final warning bell rang and then I headed off to my class.
During lunch Mike acted like nothing had happened and he talked about what we were going to do.
"That sounds sooo romantic!" Jessica squealed. "Just wait till you see Bella's dress!"
"Yeah, she looked really pretty. I bet you'll look even prettier tonight." Angela said as I felt myself growing red.
"Is that so? Well I can't wait for tonight." Mike said and grinned at me. I just smiled and looked away. My eyes fell on the Cullen's table were I saw Alice watching me and talking to Edward. I quickly glanced away and took a sip of my water.
"We should go." I said standing up. Most of the cafeteria was deserted, and we were one of the few people still left inside.
Biology went by slowly and gym seemed to go even slower. By the end of the day, my bad mood was gone, replaced by excitement. I walked to my locker and got out my books. When I shut my locker, I noticed Alice Cullen standing next to it.
"Hi Bella." She said.
"Hi Alice. Did you need something?"
"Well, not really. I just wanted to say that you should curl your hair tonight." She said smiling at me. She must have noticed my confused expression because she continued talking. "For your date. It'll make you look even prettier."
"Oh, thanks for the advice." I said and started walking away.
"Oh, Bella!" Alice called and I turned around "Be careful." She said and walked away.
I shook my head and headed to Mike's car. He was sitting inside and as soon as I was in, he took off.
"What took so long?" He asked glancing at me.
"Oh, Alice Cullen was talking to me." I said. He drove the rest of the way in silence.
"I'll pick you up around 5." Mike said as I hopped out of the car.
"Ok." I said and shut the door. I went into the house and walked up to my room. Great, I thought to myself, I have to figure out how to do my hair and make-up. Just then my phone rang. "Hello?"
"Hey Bella, its Jessica."
"Oh, hey. What's up?"
"Well I just realized that you don't wear make-up and you don't usually do much to your hair. So I was wondering do you need some help."
"That would be great." I replied.
"I'll be at your house in 10 minutes." She said and hung up.
Jessica and I spent the next 2 hours getting me ready. By the time she left, I was ready to go. We had curled my hair and left it down. Jessica had put lip gloss, black eyeliner, mascara and some pink eye shadow on. Then I put on my dress and shoes and I was done.
"Have fun." She said and then she let herself out. I walked downstairs to see that Charlie was home.
"Oh. Hey dad. I didn't know you were home." I said as I went go sit down next to him.
"Well, I just got home. I came in as Jessica was letting herself out."
"Do you know what time it is?"
"It's almost five." He said, glancing down at his watch. Then he looked up, looked at the TV, and looked at me again. "Are you and Mike going somewhere tonight?"
"Yeah, it's our 5 month anniversary." I said and then the doorbell rang.
"I'll get it." Charlie said and got off of the couch. He stalked to the door and opened it.
"Hey Chief Swan." Mike said to Charlie.
"Hello Mike." He said and smiled. "Bella." Charlie called. I slowly stood up and walked over to the door.
"Hey Mike." I said as I grabbed a jacket.
"Be home before 11." Charlie said.
"Will do." I said and shut the door. As soon as we heard Charlie's footsteps fading away, Mike pushed me against the house.
"You look great, Bella." Mike said.
"Thanks. Are we going to go?"
"Just a minute." He whispered. He leaned his head down and pressed his lips to mine. I slowly drew back and looked at him. I ducked down and slid out of the way.
"Come on." I said and ran out to the car. Mike ran after me and we slid into the car. He started the car and sped off. We spent the car ride talking about lots of different things. We finally pulled into Port Angeles sometime after 6:30. "Italian?"
"Yes. You do like Italian. Or have you been lying to me?" He asked raising an eyebrow.
"Well, I could have been lying, but I didn't. Just teasing you." I said and got out of the car. We walked hand and hind into the restaurant.
"Do you have a reservation?" The girl at the front desk asked.
"Yes. It should be under Mike Newton." He said.
"Yes. Table for 2." She said. She grabbed 2 menus and led the way into the dining section. "Here you go. Your waiter will be out shortly." She said and disappeared. A few minutes later our waiter appeared. He was 5'8, had brown hair that was curly, dark brown eyes and it looked like he worked out a lot.
"Hi, I'm Sebastian and I'll be your waiter tonight. What can I get to drink for you?" He said, turning his attention to me.
"I'll have coke." I said.
"I'll have the same." Mike said.
"Two cokes." He murmured to himself. "Do you want an appetizer to start with?"
"No thank you." Mike replied.
"Ok, I'll be right back with your drinks." He said and disappeared.
"What new movies are out?" I asked Mike.
"There are a few new thrillers out, and a new comedy, I think. And then there is the stuff that's been out for a while." Mike said.
We continued talking about movies until the waiter returned. He set down the drinks and we ordered our food. About 20 minutes later our food came. I ordered raviolis and Mike got steak. Every time that our waiter came, he focused his attention on me and ignored Mike.
"Our waiter is really starting to annoy me." Mike said while we were eating.
"Stop being jealous. I'm with you. Not him. You have nothing to worry about." I said and continued eating my food.
We finally finished our meal after what felt like hours. As we were walking out, our waiter walked right by us. As he was passing by me he stuck out his hand. He grabbed my hand and placed a note inside. I smiled at him, amused. While, he winked at me and walked on. I opened the note to see that he had scrawled his number on it. I sighed and shook my head. As we were walking to the car, I could feel Mike's rage and jealousy radiating off of him. Once we were inside the car, he let his anger out.
"What the hell was that back there?"
"What was what?" I asked confused.
"Our waiter slipping you that note. And you were smiling at him and he winked at you."
"That was nothing. He gave me his phone number."
"Damn it Bella. Don't lie to me!" He yelled.
"I didn't do anything! I thought it was funny!" I yelled back.
Mike yelled some profanities and then it happened.
The start of my world crashing around me.
The very beginning of all of the problems he gave me.
The end of my somewhat happy life.
He raised his arm and slapped me. And then he did it 2 more times. Tears were streaming down my face. My body hurt from the strength he used.
"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING!?!?" I shouted.
As he raised his arm again, I opened the door and rolled out. I got up as fast as I could and I ran. I ran and ran and ran. Pretty soon I was lost in the streets of Port Angeles. I started wandering around and pretty soon I found myself outside of the department store where I bought my dress. I sat down and started crying all over again. I felt someone approach me, but I didn't look up.
"Bella?" Someone asked. I glanced up and saw Edward.
"Oh, hey Edward."
"Are you ok?" He asked.
"No I'm not." I said slowly. And then to my embarrassment I burst into tears again. Edward seemed a bit confused, but he ended up patting my back and saying soothing things.
"Do you need a ride?" I nodded my head.
He helped me stand up and then I fell over. Running around and getting beaten had drained the energy out of me. He picked me up and cradled me to his chest. As we passed by the rows of cars, I stared into their windows, seeing my reflection.
My make-up was smeared all over my face and my hair was a mess. My dress was dirty and torn in a few places. My brand new white shoes were dirty. I glanced at us in the reflections now. I wondered what we looked like to people. What did they see? Did they see a couple in us? Did they think I was drunk?
All I saw was a dirty, average girl in a fancy dress. A boy who was inhumanly pale and beautiful. A boy that was dressed casually. That same boy protecting and taking care of the frail girl in his arms.
We made it to the car and Edward placed me into his silver Volvo. I never in a million years would have thought that this would be happening. Edward acted like I didn't exist. He sometimes said hello to me, but that was it. He didn't like me. And here he was, taking care of me. A part of me was wondering if this was a joke to him. But the other part was grateful that he was here.
"Why are you here?" I asked as we left Port Angeles.
"What do you mean?" He asked startled.
"I mean why are you in Port Angeles."
"Oh. I had to pick up something for Alice."
"That's nice." I murmured and then it was silent. After driving in silence for a while I glanced outside. We were halfway to Forks already and we had only been driving for a short amount of time.
"If you don't mind me asking, why were you crying and all alone."
"It's…complicated. I'd rather not talk about it."
"That's fine." He said and stopped talking. We rode in silence the rest of the way. As we pulled up to my house, I started to panic. What was Charlie going to say once he saw me? Edward must have noticed my nervousness because he started talking again. "Don't worry. The lights are off."
"Ok." I said and opened the door.
"Bella?" Edward said. I turned around. "I have a feeling that you were upset because of Mike. I think that you should stop seeing him. I know it's none of my business but you might want to look at your arms. You should probably put your jacket on too." Edward said and his hands tightened on the wheel. He started to get angrier and angrier.
I glanced down at my arms. Sure enough, there were bruises starting to form. "Thank you Edward. I don't know what would have happened if you weren't there."
"Your welcome. You should probably go." He said. I nodded and exited the car. As I got out, I noticed that Edward looked like he could kill something. When I was more then halfway to the house I heard the widow roll down.
"Bella. Please take my advice." Edward called. I nodded and kept on walking. I went inside and locked the door. All of the lights were out, but Charlie was sitting in the living room watching TV.
"I'm going to bed dad." I said.
"Ok. Did you have fun?" He asked.
"I'll tell you about it tomorrow." I walked up the stairs and into my room. I flung my shoes off and took off my dress. I threw my dress to the floor and put some pjs on. I curled into my bed and let the tears fall again and before I knew it I was asleep.
I just wish that I had taken Edward's advice. If I did I wouldn't have had to go through what I did.
Do you feel like a man when you push her around?
Do you feel better now as she falls to the ground?
Well I'll tell you my friend, one day this world's going to end
as your lies crumble down, a new life she has found.
There you go. I finally wrote about her getting beaten. Now the rest of the story will be really good. So if anyone would like to know, this was 12 pages long on word. This is the biggest chapter I have ever written, so I'm really happy right now. I don't know when the next update will be, but it should be soon hopefully. There are like 3 or 4 chapters left I think. The link for the dress is in my profile.
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- Alicia
