A/N: So here's lovely Chapter 2! I really liked writing this chapter, so I hope you like reading it! :]
Chapter 2:
As Edward gets his lip checked out by the nurse, I sit on the floor outside the clinic. I hear the nurse mutter about boys and how they fight. I snicker and Edward's head pops out from the door inside the room. He smiles.
"What?" I ask with a half an awkward smile.
"Nothing. Just making sure you're still there," he replies, winking. I shake my head and roll my eyes. His head disappears at the request of the nurse and the door slams close. Maybe he's not as terrible as I thought… I think to myself. Suddenly I hear heavy foot steps coming from the direction of the cafeteria. I look up and see Emmett marching down the hall, a worried expression on his teddy bear face.
"Don't worry. He's fine," I tell him as he gets closer.
"Whoa, Bella! I didn't even see you there!" he bellows. His worried expression immediately fades to a joyful smile. He comes and sits down next to me on the floor.
"So you and bro, huh?" he asks, nudging me with his shoulder and snickering. I let my head drop to my hands, letting it rest their for a moment before lifting it back up again.
"Yeah. He wishes," I say jokingly. Emmett unleashes a booming laugh. A few seconds pass before I speak again. "But hey. You and my sister…" I muse jokingly. Emmett laughs again.
"Yeah, she's… great," he tells me, a warm smile on his face. Wow, he must really like her already. I think to myself.
"How'd you guys meet?" I ask. He turns his body toward me.
"Well, we have first period Calculus together and she sits kind of diagonally from me. I saw her in there and I was just like 'whoa'." I laugh and Emmett continues. "So I went through all of my second class thinking about her. I mean, I could not get her out of my head. And I didn't even know her name! All I knew was that something, I don't what, but something was just…drawing me to her." I look at him suspiciously, thinking he is just covering the fact that he thought my little sister was hot. He registers my look. "And no, it isn't because she's 'hot'!" he explains, reading my mind. We both laugh. "But don't get me wrong, she's the most beautiful…" A face of total admiration and adoration dances on Emmett's face. "Anyway, so I couldn't stop thinking about her. I mean, I just have never felt this way about anyone… It's almost like we are meant to be…" he dozes off for a moment. I smile and he realizes that he had stopped talking. "And, um, I went to PhysEd third period and she was there. I was just so happy. So I went over to her and introduced myself, yhatta yhatta and the rest is history," he concludes with a smile. I nod and smile at him.
"Just, please do one thing for me, Emmett," I say. He nods. "Please take care of her. She's gotten hurt… bad…" I roughly explain. He makes a confused face and I force myself to go on. "She went out with Jasper Benson for, uh, almost three years."
"Jasper? Eddie's best friend? What happened?" he asks, seeming sincerely interested.
"Yeah…well, apparently she went to the movies and found him there with Alice Jay… you know…" I explain, awkwardly getting the point across. Emmett still looks confused as I watch him think. "Emmett, they were hooking up and Rose saw," I put frankly. Emmett looks up in realization.
"Ohhhhh. Wow, what a jerk. I can't believe that my brother's… why he would… it's so not worth it… she's too much to lose…" he mutters in astonishment. Suddenly, he asks, "So, how did you and Eddie meet?" I am thrown a little off guard, not sure how to answer.
"Lab partners in biology," I explain straightly. Emmett waits and I shrug.
"What? That's it? Lame…" he jokes.
"Emmett, we aren't even together!" I exclaim. Emmett cocks his head to the side.
"Yeah, but he might not feel that way," he tells me with a smirk, climbing to his feet.
"What do you mean?" I ask anxiously. "We just met two hours ago!" I cry out. Emmett laughs.
"Hey, I'm his brother. I can see things in him, and he loves you Bella."
EPOV
I gasp.
"Keep still boy!" the nurse shouts at me as she tries to tape some gauze on the corner of my mouth. I say nothing in apology. Did Emmett really just tell her that I love her? OH, he's SO going to get it later! I mean, I do love her and all, but now she's going to think I'm a total psycho! I listen to myself think and roll my eyes. What am I talking about? 'I love her'? I just met her. I'm crazy. But… it just feels like we are… meant to be. It's weird. It's like I've loved her since the moment I saw her. Oh, God, I really am crazy. "Okay, you're free to go," the nurse announces. I get up and head for the door.
BPOV
"Hey, I'm his brother. I can see things in him, and he loves you Bella." I stumble back as Emmett says this. That's impossible. He laughs as the door opens. Edward steps out, a kind of uncertain look on his face. "Hey, bro!" Emmett calls to him, waving. Edward smiles wryly back, turning to me.
"What class do you have next?" he asks. I try to recover from Emmett's last statement to respond.
"Uh, Calc," I respond. A smile illuminates Edward's face.
"With Lowden?" he asks. I nod. His smile grows wider. "Me too." To my own surprise, I smile back.
"Emmett? Bella? Edward?" I hear someone call. I look down the hall and see Rose walking toward us. She sees Edward's bandaged lip. "Oh, God, Edward! Are you ok?" she chirps in a worried tone.
"Yeah, Rosalie. I'm fine," he tells Rose, not looking away from me. I don't think for a moment that she misses that tiny detail.
"Well, Emmett. How 'bout we leave these two to themselves?" she says to Emmett although she looks directly at me. I roll my eyes at her.
"I couldn't agree anymore!" Emmett exclaims. He walks over to Rose and wraps his arm around her shoulders.
"Oh, wait! Rose!" I cry. She turns her head to me. "Where did Jake go?" I ask worriedly. She thought for a moment, biting her lip nervously.
"Well, he, uh, stormed off after you left," she calls down to me. I bite my lip like her and she and Emmett walk away. I feel something across my shoulders. I look to my left to see a hand hanging there. I look in the other direction and see Edward smirking, his glance straight ahead. I roll my eyes, but find myself moving closer into his body. What am I doing? I scream at myself. After a few seconds of deliberation, I think Screw it and move into his side. I feel so remarkably at home with him. It is the strangest thing.
"And she doesn't fight back!" he shouts. I laugh and a smile covers both of out faces. We walk in silence toward Lowden's classroom, when my arm snakes around his waist against my will. Okay, now I'm just crazy I tell myself. He looks down at me, smiling as wide as a football field. "Well that's more like it!" he shouts winking.
"I don't know what I'm doing…" I whisper.
"Yeah, but I do," Edward explains. I look up at him cynically.
"And what's that?" I ask doubtfully.
"Well, if I were not mistaken, I would say that you're falling for me!" he shouts jokingly… I think. He jumps in front of me keeping hold of one of my hands and smiles a tormenting smiles. I go to 'punch' him in the jaw when he cries, "Careful now! I already got a right hook there today!" I laugh as he drags me by my hand into the Calculus room. Am I falling for him?
Ah, the first day is over. I leave last period and walk to my locker. I gather what I need and close the door. I gasp. On the other side of my locker is Edward.
"Oh, gosh! You scared me!" I exclaim. He laughs.
"Bella, you are so easy to scare, it's ridiculous!" he jokes.
"Ha. Ha," I laugh sarcastically. He places his arm on my shoulders and I cuddle into his side as if I have known him all my life. He breaks off his arm at the elbow and lets his hand rest on my hip, his arm on my back. I wrap my arm around his waist instinctively. I feel him lean down and kiss the top of my head.
"So, do I have permission to claim you for myself or is this just a one day thing?" he asks half seriously and half jokingly. I decide to play with him a little bit.
"Well, I'm not really ready for anything right now…" I act. A hurt expression crosses his face and he pulls his arm from my back, sticking his hands in his pockets. "Edward. Kidding!" I cry, laughing. He looks at me in relief, placing his arm back where it rightfully belongs. Mine corresponds and wraps back around him.
"God, Bella! You had me heartbroken there for a second!" he shouts then draws back as if he had said too much. Would he really mind that much if I rejected him? I ask myself. Suddenly Edward is speaking again. "So are you mine or what?" he asks with a wink. I look at the ground then back at him.
"Yes, Edward. I. Am. Yours," I respond dramatically. He laughs I rest my head right where his arm separates from his shoulder.
"So do you want to drive with me, or what's the deal?" he asks smoothly.
"You know I'd love to ride with you, Edward, but Rose can't really drive confidently yet, so I'm afraid not. But, hey; I'll make it up to you," I tell him. He looks down to me in confusion.
"Friday night, eight o'clock," I state simply. Edward's mouth twitches with a smile.
"I'll pick you up at 7:30," he says. I nod and he asks, "What do you want to do on this particular Friday night?" I smile.
"You can surprise me." He smiles back at me. He then reaches down and gently touches his lips to me. He loosens his arms around me and I twist so that I am facing him I grab both hands around his waist and he does the same around my shoulders. I close my eyes in absolute, insane bliss.
"Bella," I hear someone call, interrupting my ecstasy. I turn around. Jake is standing in the middle of the hall. I look up at Edward who reluctantly loosens his hold on me.
"I'll see you tomorrow, Bella," he says to me, keeping a steady glare at Jake. I wave and he walks away. I turn to Jake who's returning Edward's ice cold glare across the hallway. I decide to go with the innocent, ignorant play this time.
"Hey, Jake!" I wave naively. He says nothing until I am in front of him. He raises his hand to pinch the bridge of his nose. He obviously sees directly through my little play.
"Bella, what the hell are you doing?" he asks as calmly as he can. I shrug, unsure what to say.
"Jake, it just… it just happened," I try to explain.
"Bella, he kissed you an hour after he met you against your will and now you are snuggling up in his arm, letting him put his arm around you and making out with him in the middle of the hallway. Explain to me how that makes any logical sense?" he asks, frustrated. I know he is right. Anyone could see how right he is, but there is something in me. Something that tells me to follow Edward and never let him go.
"Well, I guess that there isn't always logic in… in…" love I finish inside my head. I choke off at the end of the sentence.
"Love, Bella? Really?" he shouts angrily. "What's gotten into you?" I shrug, ready to apologize when I realize something. I don't need to apologize to him. So what if I… love… Edward? That's not up to him.
"Yes, Jacob, really. Now, you know that I love you but you really need to lay off. Okay?" I tell him backing away.
"Bella, you don't know what you're doing…" he tries although he knows that nothing he says will make a difference. I ignore his last comment and go out to the parking lot. I walk up to my Volvo and see Rose in there… but she isn't alone. Emmett is inside the car with her… making out with her… my little sister… I gag a very tiny bit then pull the driver seat open wear Emmett's sitting. When the door opens they pull away and both look at me guiltily.
"Do you mind, Emmett?" I ask jokingly.
"Uh, yeah! I was just, uh, leaving!" he shouts, half laughing. "Bye, Rose…" he says sweetly. She waves and they both look up at me pleadingly.
"I just won't watch," I state. Then he ducks in, gives Rose a quick peck then pulls back out, thanking me. I laugh as he runs over to his car where Edward is leaning against the driver door. He looks over at me and smiles, flipping his sunglasses down off the top of his head. I smile a real, genuine smile back and climb into the car.
Rosalie and I just giggle in true happiness all the way home.
A/N: Well, there it is! Please review, add to favorites and subscirbe! Thanks! :]