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CHAPTER - THINKING

EPOV

" BABY, I LIKE IT ..! "

I was jerked up from my peaceful sleep soo suddenly that in a few seconds later, suddenly as if by magic, I found myself sitting on my floor, disorient and dizzy.

" The way you move on the floor.."

I shook my head to clear my sleepy head and took a deep breathe before I turned around to search for the " MUSIC" that had royally ended my peaceful slumber so abruptly.

" Baby, I like it..!"

I groaned in frustration when that annoying music kept on playing from somewhere in between my bedcovers that I was unable to caught it in between my hands yet !.

" Come on and give me some more"

It kept on playing restlessly while I desperately fumbled on my bed, shaking my quilt and pillow cases to find that device.

"Oh yes , I like it"

I am hundred percent sure that my whole family would be up by now and would be marching down the corridor to my room to scold me off because I had disturbed there sleep soo deliciously at this un-godly hour.

"Screaming like never before"

I almost cried in relief when I lifted the last pillow from across my bed to find my phone was buzzing restlessly on the foot of my bed.

"I, I, I like it.."

It took me less than ten seconds to dive and snatched it up and touch pause button on my screenplay and sighed in acute relief. It was then when I was past my so called almost "Heart Attack" case did I noticed the time on the phone that flashed and glare at me soo sharply on my face.

6:00 A.M

1/03/2013

Tuesday

Well, I guess, it's NOT that early yet.

And certainly, no one is , apparently, MOM or Dad is coming on my door to scold me off because they probably be up and down in the diner room, eating breakfast already.

Well, that's a relief.

But still, my sleep…

I moaned in protest as I flopped back on my bed and slung my right arm over my eyes.

My mind swarm with blurry images and scenario's of last day before it slowly played it out for me.

New session …Schedules … Classes … tinkling laugh … Scarlet Cheeks …

Brown eyes…

My eyes snapped open as I moved my arm from my eyes and slowly set up on my bed. Thinking.

Isabella Marie Swan.

I shook my head.

"Bella." I whispered softly.

Her named bounce from my lips and echoed around my room. When suddenly, soft yellow beams slowly shot through the drawn curtain from the glass window that faces the view of the mountains.

I could feel the corner of my mouth curling at the end as I recalled how the grips on her books had loosen and how they slipped from her arms and dropped them on the ground as she stare at me with those brown eyes. Which had widened not two seconds later and how she bent down to retrieve them hurriedly in front of me.

I shooked my head again and chuckled in amusement as I remember how she took off from there as soon as she gathered them with a quiet " See you later" to Angelia.

I drew my right leg up to rest my arm on the top and run my fingers through the unruly mane which my mom say " tousled bronze hair" as I gaze into the wilderness of the forest, which was visible through the slight partition in between the curtains as they fluttered from the soft breeze that come through the open window.

I sighed heavily as I get up and marched towards my window sill and parted the curtain to let the sun rays shown throughout the inside of my room.

Because sun is very much rare phenomenon in forks, if you ask me.

I don't know why am I thinking about her soo much. Maybe it's the fact that she is new to me. Or maybe that she is the Chief Swan daughter that I never had the chance to see her personally and that now I had.

Or maybe the fact that she still had not came up to me and talked to me, like all the girl had done in my past before.

I honestly don't know what's the thing that was bugging me soo much.

But, right now, all I know and can say is - I cannot stop thinking about her.

" Shut up, dude and get dressed. Before the devil which you called your "Twin Sister" eat you alive before superman can even say "Kryptonite". " I chuckled at my own induced joke before I turned to get freshen up and get ready for today's school.

I hope it's worth it.

Well, … Maybe.

We were the first ones who were early to enter inside the school premises.

By "we", I mean to say- Me and Alice.

Emmet was obviously late 'coz he was busy playing his stupid video games last night and got up late in the morning. Which resulted him getting freshen up while me and Alice were having our breakfast. And so thus, me and Alice decided not to wait for the moron a.k.a Mr. Late riser called Emmet Cullen and left him to drove on his own to the schoolboy himself.

Me and Alice get out of the car with our bags and I locked my car before we trudged inside the entrance of the school.

" It's Him !"

" Oh my god! Am I looking good?"

" Do you think he will go out with me this time?"

" OMG! He is soo handsome!"

I chuckled quietly before I looked behind from my shoulder to see girls were playing peek-a-boo from behind the pillars of the school corridor. I was quite shocked when one girl's eyes rolled back and she fall back as she fainted right then and there. I really wanted to go there and check if she's ok but her friends were there who catch her before she can hit her head on the ground and fanned some papers on her face to wake her up.

But I guess, Alice had enough of this and "Fainting" was her last straw.

" What the heck do you think you all are doing here, huh? GET LOST!"

It was really quite amusing to watch how they all get petrified from someone soo tiny like Alice and scattered like scarred little fat bunnies like there life is depended on it.

" Tsk! Tsk! Alice!" I watched as she took a deep breathe before she turned to glare up at me viciously.

"Shut up! Ed. Just … Shut up!" She begin walking down the corridor as she hunched up her heavy bag on her tiny shoulder angrily. I chuckled as I followed behind her.

"But I didn't say anything." I said in an innocent manner.

"Edward!" She whined in protest and I laughed happily.

I stayed silent the whole time we walked to her class. But I couldn't stop the smile which was now seemed plastered on my face whenever I turned to look down at her scowling face. When we approached her class, I leaned down to peck on her right cheek before I turned to walked back the way I had come.

But her hand on my wrist stopped me, abruptly.

" Don't question anything, Ok? Everything happens for a reason." I turned to stared down at her face. Her green eyes, Identical to mine was trying to get me to understand something. But I don't have any clue what it is.

" Ali? What are you-?" I shook my head a little as I stare at her in question and in complete confusion.

" Just trust me. Everything will work out in the end. Follow your instinct. Good Luck!" Abruptly, she wrapped her tiny arms around my waist, not that I mind and hugged me tightly. Without a second thought, I hugged her back. But before I could question her further, she was out of my embrace and inside her class in a flash.

I shooked my head to clear my confused head before I turned to walked back the way I had come. With Alice words reeling in my mind.

It was some time later, when the class actually started to fill in. My friends joined me and we all high five or thumped on each others back in a way of greeting before we started to talk.

But a sudden un-noticed thud and a quiet curse made me to turn my head and stare.

I watched how Bella started to blushed as she steadied herself up with the help of the desk in front of her. Sebastian, always the helper one asked her if she's alright as we all watched her.

" I'm fine." That was her immediate response when she dusted her jacket mechanically and ignoring the rest of the class.

Sebastian frowned at it but he didn't continued further. Instead, he bent down to pick her bag up from the floor and walked forward to hand it to her. She looked up at him, her brows furrowed in confusion for a moment before her expression cleared and I could see the hint of small smile that was begging to break free from the corner of her mouth as she took her bag from him.

"Thank you. Sebastian." She murmured softly before she turned around to walked towards her usual seat. Unaware of Sebastian who still stood in shock on his spot, completely flabbergasted.

"Yo-you know … my n-name?" He stuttered in disbelief.

Bella turned around to face him, still standing on his spot. She raised her left brow at him in enquiry but he didn't say anything to explain himself.

I wish I could say that it was amusing to see this because I know what this is all about. But sadly, I had no clue what this is all about because truthfully, I'm as rightfully confused as Sebastian is right now.

Why is he asking her that? Is he mad? Does it really matter if she knows him or not? I thought, incredulous.

"Why? We had studied in earlier section. Why wouldn't I know your name, for that matter?" She asked him. This seemed to snapped him back to reality.

"Oh, Ye-yeah! You're right! I forgot. Apologies, Bella." He slightly stuttered but nonetheless, he shot her his grin in apology. His apologetic grinning made her smile.

She looks cute. I thought in approval.

Shut up! Are you insane? Had you utterly lost you mind? My mind screamed back at me angrily.

I blinked twice and frowned when she waved at him as if to say " It's ok." before she turned to marched to her seat and before anyone can say " Ka-boom!" , she was out of the class within a second to spare.

When all of my friends were talking to each other, I whistle at Sebastian to made him look up at me and beckoned him to come to me. He frowned for a second before he brushed it off and pushed his spectacles up on his nose uncomfortably as he come to stand beside my desk.

"What's up, Edward?" He asked me quietly. His blue eyes assessing me cautiously. I smiled up at him to make him comfortable and patted the desk just opposite to mine. In an gesture for him sit down. He complied hesitantly but he didn't protest against it.

" Ahh.. It's nothing, Sebastian. I was just.. curious." I murmured. He titled his head to his side as he scratch his neck in confusion.

"About what?"

" Why were you surprised when Bella thanked you by her name?"

I asked him curiously and watched in astonishment when his ears went red hot.

" Uhh..? Umm..? I.. It was.. you know.. umm…" He stuttered again as he work to find words.

Does he like her? I thought in suspiciously.

Oh, please. I thought as I cackled inwardly. Like Bella would even considered him in that way!

But what it is to you? My mind demanded. I frowned at this unpleasant thought.

Wait! Back up! Unpleasant? Really? I thought in disbelief.

" She used to sit alone all the time in our class. Just only speak when she is questioned directly. She always helped others when she thought they needed her. But otherwise, she kept to herself. Kiara and Angelia are her only friends with whom she felt comfortable to indulged. She does not talked to anyone unnecessarily. Even if Angelia and Kiara talked with her, she excluded herself from them and always sat alone. It is as if like, she like to be alone. No! She loves to be alone. You already saw her yesterday. She sat just behind them. But not beside them. I don't know why though. I was surprised when she called me by my name. I almost thought she wouldn't even know what my name is. But , I guess I was wrong." Sebastian stopped as he stared behind me, out of the class room window into the forest line. His words sort of… shocked me.

Surprise me even.

I thought she was everyone's friend. Who goes to party every other weekend. A leader of a group. A girl who is everyone's friend.

But I guess I was wrong.

She is extremely shy, utterly introvert and anti-social.

Yet still, she is a good girl.

" Does she has… any.. boyfriend? " I asked nonchalantly. My voice un-interested. But inwardly, I was dying to know the mystery who is know as "Bella Swan."

"Nope." He chuckled as as if enjoying an inside joke.

"What?" I asked curiously.

"Oh, it's just.. I remember a day from long time.. almost 2 years ago. I guess.. from 9th grade when we were in same class and section- 9th-C. It was summer and we were having an arrangement because Mrs. Filler, our Science teacher was absent due to some family issues. I was just sitting just beside them, third row in the fourth seat and talking to my friends. Our arrangement teacher, Mr. Walker goes out out of the class because he was called by the principal. Suddenly, I heard Kiara who was seated just in front of them in the second row, third seat asked Bella very loudly. " Bella, don't you have any Bf?" I turned to look at them and saw whole class suddenly quieted down as they waited for her answer. Anyone can tell how uncomfortable Bella looked as she sat there with her wide eyes and burning cheeks. She knows that she didn't have any choice but to answer Kiara's question. We watched as Bella swallowed loudly before she opened her mouth and whispered. Believe me, Edward - " Sebastian laughed as he continued," she was utterly know for her soo soft voice. You remember our Geography teacher, Mrs. Minevera Flocks? " I nodded at him. He continued again," whenever she questioned anyone and Bella raised her hand to answer. She always told her to raise her voice because she always quote in her old sickly tone, "Her voice is soo soft! ". Well, let's say, when we didn't her, Kiara tsked and encouraged her to be more louder. Bella opened her mouth again and said, " NO!" I could hear gasp and murmuring around the class. No one can even believe that in this era, Bella doesn't have any Bf. It was… shocking to know. Bella doesn't wasn't to talk about it anymore. It was clear on her face. But Kiara was not understanding it. Nor did she was getting that message. She continues.

" Have you even smoked?"

"No!"

" Drink?"

" Nope!"

" Late night party?"

" Never!"

"Drugs?"

That reeled up Bella and she abruptly stood up.

" Do you think me as stupid as you, Kiara?" Bella hissed at her. The sudden change of atmosphere started us all. We all sat in silence as Kiara stuttered an excuse to make it up to her.

"No! I.. it's … That's not what I meant!" Kiara said weekly. Bella was fuming in anger and no one dared to speak to her. Only Angelia did.

"Bella.. Calm down." She muttered in a soothing manner when she stood up to place a hand on her shoulder to calm her down. But Bella was too furious to even contemplate about it. She shook her shoulder off and Angelia hand slid off from her arm.

"Calm down? Really, Angelia? Why don't you tell her that?!" Bella pointed at Kiara.

"Bella? I meant no harm." Kiara answered but Bella snickered.

" Yeah. No harm. Kiara? Doing this things doesn't mean that you are cool or grown up. Be rational and sensible person. I don't do these things because I think these things as bullshit. I hate them. No! Loathe them. Period. But, if you think, me not doing these things made me not worthy of being your friend. Then, I don't think we should be friends anymore." Bella shook her head at Kiara mournfully as she get out of her bench to march out of the class.

"No! Bella! That's not what I meant. Look! I'm sorry!" Kiara shouted behind her as she rushed out of the door behind her with tears in her eyes. It was quite shocking and amusing to watch as how the mission "Let's humiliate Bella" turned into " Lets Break-up our friendship" in ten minutes."

Sebastian laughed and I joined him.

Yes, quite amusing, Indeed.

Just then, another sets of laughing fits echoed just near our class room door and I turned to watch Bella was laughing at Emmet mimicry. They both entered and walked to the place where Bella had stashed her bag earlier near the windows rows. But she stopped and turned to glance shyly up at Emmet. It was as if she was asking him silently " Is this what you want?" in her "Bit down and let's chew my bottom lip off " with those wide brown eyes. If it would had been me, I would have been pecked her on her cheek to assure her it's ok and sat down. But, I guess, I am clearly not that lucky.

Why doesn't she talks with me? I thought in question. Quite irritated.

Nevertheless, Emmet smiled at her and it seems to ease up her tensed postures and flopped down on her seat and patted the seat just next to him. She grinned at him and sat down. I continued to watch her interact with Emmet.

Why? I thought again.

'Coz I would love to be her friend as she seems to be as an awesome friend to have. I thought.

I continue to stare at them when I saw Emmet turned to say something to her, which made her pause and slowly, she raised her right hand to touch her cheek which was flaming at an alarming rate. She swallowed hard before she put her arms up on the bench and lean down to put her head in the cradle of her arms. Just a small portion of her face was visible to me. She muttered something to Emmet and I heard Emmet chuckled and nodded his head in approval.

I wonder what is that was all about? I thought, curious.

Just in time, Angelia and Kiara questioned there appearance and Bella looked up at them, startled. But I still can not look at her face.

Why is she hiding? I thought in frustration.

"Hey! Man! Your chick is waiting outside for you." I heard someone to my right side poked me in the ribs but I was not paying attention in that area. Nor did I care if someone faint outside of the classroom.

"Hey! Eddie!"

I winced but didn't turned around to look out of the class as I watched Emmet get introduced to Bella's friends. Although, I know who is outside, waiting for me right now.

Tanya.

"Eddie!"

I ignored her once again as I watched Bella rolled her brown eyes at Angelia. But I was getting irritated when Tanya continuously called my name and the fact that I still can't see Bella's face.

Go there! My heart whispered to me softly, as if it knows what I want.

But why?. My mind said in annoyance.

"Eddie! Look here, Baby!"

"Oh! Someone knock her head off for me. Please!" Peter hissed, irritated. Tylor leaned forward to buried his head in his hands and shook his head sadly. Mike, Sebastian and Eric staring them with their eyebrows raised soo high that it touch their hairline, frowning.

Just go. My heart said to me, encouraging me.

" Be my guest." I muttered, earning their amazed looks that clearly said " Has he gone mad?", Or "Look who's talking!". Before I knew it, I stood up to walked towards the windows lane.

"Hello, Bro." I murmured in a low tone when I reached them and stand just near Bella. My eyes kept on bouncing back from Emmet to Angelia to Kiara and Bella.

I hate to admit but I was sure nervous.

What would they think of me? I thought as I gulped lightly.

"Yo! Edward. Why had you left so early? I did told you to wait for me." Emmet demanded. I give him my glare that clearly said " Oh! Really?". Angelia noticed this and turned to hide her quiet laughter, which fortunately, goes unnoticed.

"I had to come for the Volleyball practice. I'm sorry, Emmet." I totally deadpanned. To everyone, I sound as if I was being sincere. But when in truth, my voice was dripping with bloody sarcasm.

Which naturally, Angelia was the one who could decipher the double meanings behind it and was in desperate attempt to choke back her hysterical laughing fits.

"It's OK man. I understand." Well…. I guess my brother is too much dumb to really realize what had I meant to say. To my utter bewilderment, he raised his left hand to curl it in a loose fist and bumped it with mine.

Dumb Emmet.

But my eyes slid of their own accord to stare at the object for which I had venture to took a greater risk unknown to mankind to come here in the first place. I was curious and at the same time confused when I stare at the girl who had captured my attention from the first day, sat frozen in her seat in mild horror.

Unfortunately, on my part perhaps, the bell rang to indicate the school had began officially and in cue, our class teacher enter.

Fudging fantastic. I cursed inwardly.

" See you later, Bro." I said to Emmet but my eyes kept it's unwavering gaze on the object of my affection.

Wait! What?

I blinked in surprise and my eyes went wide while my head went blank.

Bella didn't even spare me just once glance but turned to grabbed Emmet's bag, open his bag to took out his due period's book before she zipped it close and put it beside her's.

"Yo, Ed!" My eyes snapped up to Emmet and shot him my infamous glare.

But my glare slowly faded when I saw that small smile that was playing at the edges of her mouth slyly. I quietly turned away and walked back to my seat when I hear our class teacher calling out our roll calls.

" Edward."

"Hmm…" I turned to lean down and zipped open my bag to took out my English core book.

" …. Dude!, are you even listening ?" I look up just to see in time Mike glowering at me. I raise my brow at him.

"What?"

" Stop smiling and listen to this. Tanya just stomped away while you were having chat with them. Present Mam!" Mike called out to the teacher before he turned to saw me giving him a bemused look.

"So..?" I asked him. Mike tsked and put his hand up on her desk in front of us to emphasize his point.

" Dude, .." He said slowly, " she will ate you alive. She had looks soo angry. And - " I cut him off with my hand.

" I don't care, Mike. Besides, she'll come around. So, don't worry." MIke opened his mouth again but I beat him to it.

" Mike! Don't!" He shut up and turned around to scowl at his textbook as we all heard our class teacher began out lesson for the day.

First period had come and gone and I'm currently sitting in the Senior computer. The class has just started to file in as students from all the batches enter inside the class. But I don't why, I couldn't see Bella or Angelia anywhere. I turned to right to see, just next to my cabin sat Emmet, who was busy in switching on the computer.

But my waiting ends when I saw Bella entered inside the class with a -

Scowl on her face?

For a second, she froze where she was. But after few seconds later, she took a deep breathe before she stepped further inside the class and made a beeline to reach her cabin.

" Yo, Belly!"

It made her stopped in her tracks, where she stood just few fetes away from her cabin and look up at him in astonishment.

"WHAT?" She yelled in a whisper, still staring at Emmet in mild anger. But Emmet just laughed it off.

" Sorry, Bella. Just messing up with you. Here!" Emmet said in a apologetic tone. To me, which didn't sound that sorry at all. He stood up so that Bella could slid inside the cabin and settled down with a quiet but tired sigh.

And I don't know why, her sigh stirred something inside of me, which I didn't comprehend at all.

She looked up to stare something ahead of her and made a face.

And I have to admit, she looks quite cute doing that.

Suddenly, she looked at me with her furrowed brows and I watched how her breathe hitched up in her throat. But she quickly looked away from me and slid lower in her seat and I could hear muttering profanities under her breathe.

Did I look that bad to her? I thought, hurt and confused by her reaction.

Had I said or done something wrong to her?

" Whoa! Some one is furious." Emmet commented but she didn't answered but merely turned her towards him which made him to grin at her. She huffed as she turned back and scowl ahead at what I don't know.

" I wonder why though. " Emmet muttered as he turned to saw our Multimedia teacher entered inside to began our class. She just teaches us for like fifteen to twenty minutes before she let us have the whole period as free because she had some unfinished business to do.

The entire period, I occasionally turned to look at them playing "Counter-strike" on the computer but didn't do anything else as I come to an conclusion.

She doesn't likes me. I thought gravely.

But what had I done to her. I mean, we haven't even talked yet. But if you count our first interaction as "Conversation" and in that too, we hadn't talked that much. But, If she judges me by that conversation then I don't think she is doing justices to me.

But really. What had I done? I questioned myself for the whole period.

Our class ended and we all stood up to went to out respective classes. I noticed that Emmet and Bella was out of the door before anyone else. I decided to try and see what is the matter with her by my own hands and hurried to get out of the class first. Successfully ducking behind the pillars of the corridors when I saw Tanya just few steps away, walking with Jessica and her followers and fall in the steps behind them and listen to their conversation attentively.

"It was fun, wasn't it, Bella?" Emmet voice boomed in the crowded corridor, almost succeeding in scaring some of the junior class girls , who were just passing them by. I watched as how Bella raised her head graciously to look up at his grinning face and let out an amused giggles.

"Yeah. It was." She admitted. She turned to stare ahead of them.

" I hope we get it another time. By the way, what we have right now?" He asked her in enquiry as he tilted his head at one side.

Confused Emmet? I thought with a quiet snicker.

" Pol. science, Emmet." I watched as how Emmet turned to grin at me happily and how Bella froze again on her spot. She slowly turned around to look up at me very hesitantly. I share my fist punch while I stare down at her.

Tell me why you ignore me, Bella? I thought. My eyes seeking hers for an clear answer.

But Emmet fudging saved her.

SO much of being her brother. I groaned inwardly in frustration.

"Bella. Do me a favor and take my books with you. I'll meet you in the class. If it is O.K with you?" He looked down her with his best imploring look as he give her his pout. I want to roll my eyes but I resisted as I waited how she would react.

Would she reject him? Or would she accept it in a swing?

Her lips twitched, probably fighting a smile before she controlled her featured and extended her arms out with an delicate shrug. He grinned down at her before he put his books on top of her and she turned to walked away, not soo much sparing me a second glance.

" I owe you, Bella!" He shouted. I stared at Bella's retreating figure and seeing her shook her head, her long waist length hair shimmering delicately as she went away.

Whole day passed in a blur after that and soon we all were standing outside the school gate. I was standing with Tanya, my eyes restless as they scanned the crowd. But they come to rest on the person face for whom I had been standing here all this time.

Bella stare at me this time. Her attention undivided. No one is here to disturb her or me, for that matter. My lips slowly curved around the edges in a slow smirk as I watched how Bella's face twisted in a disgust before her expression as she saw how Tanya fiddled with the front of my shirt and then it shifted to horror as I continue to stare at her, completely avoiding Tanya and then in shock.

No! She do likes me. I thought with satisfaction.

She spin on her heels before she pushed her way desperately in between the crowd and I watched her until and unless she was out of my sight.

She do like me.

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