Chapter two: Introductions, Lauren & Jessica Mike
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Bella's point of view
English class seemed to go by so quickly. I barely paid any attention to Mrs. Carry thanks to a certain gorgeous Edward sitting next to me. I was resisting the urge to grab his hand.
He and I whispered constantly talking about his life in Chicago. I couldn't help but to hear more about his life. I was so interested in him!
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"So how long have you been in Forks? Like it so far?" I asked attempting to make small talk.
"We've been here for almost a week now. I like Forks. I haven't seen anything I don't yet." Was it just me or was there an other meaning to that last part? A part of me hoped for it. "What's your name?" he asked.
"I'm Isabella, I go by Bella though. Welcome to Forks, I'm glad you like it." I said, trying to be welcoming.
"Thank you," he replied.
"Where're you from? We don't get many new kids." I said. Wow, what a great opener. Make him feel like the new kid. Smart move, Bella.
He just chuckled.
"I'm from Chicago, my dad's a doctor and he was asked to transfer here." He said.
"That's cool." I smiled at him. "How 'bout I show you around?" I offered.
"That sound awesome, thanks" he replied gratefully with that beautiful, uneven smile.
We talked about his life in Chicago, his dad the doctor. He lost his mother when he was twelve so it's just been him and his father for years.
"I'm sorry," I said, sympathetic and understanding.
"That's alright; it's been a while so it's fine really." He half-whispered, obviously not comfortable with discussing this subject.
I hated seeing him sad.
"My mother's in the hospital right now too" I whispered.
"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. I know what you're going through." He said, his voice now sympathetic.
"Thank you Edward. Though I wish she'd get better soon. The doctors said that they'd be flying in another doctor with more experience from Chicago…" I trailed off. Hold on…from Chicago? Realization hit me, hard.
"Oh! …Your dad… Your dad's the doctor!" I looked back at him, only to find him smiling.
"Yes I just realized that too." He laughed quietly. That was the most beautiful sound in the world.
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We went on talking about everything about him. If I had the patience and the time, I'd be able to write a short biography about him.
I really would.
I don't know why, but I hoped that I would see Edward again today. I kind of… well…
Never mind.
Edward's Point of view
After English, Bella showed me the way to my next class. She said she'd meet me in the cafeteria later and we'd head off to biology together. We have English in the morning and Biology and Calculus in the after noon together.
For an odd reason, I felt suddenly saddened by the fact we had to go different ways. Well, saddened no, more…ugh. I don't know how to explain this to even myself. A voice broke my reverie.
"Hi," a bleach blond girl said to me with a sickeningly sweet sing-song voice.
"Uh, hello," I replied, not wanting to be rude even if I got a feeling of disgust towards this girl.
"My name's Lauren, this is Jessica" she introduced herself and nodded toward the girl next to her.
"Hi" she said. Jessica had long, brown, curled-up hair. She was wearing way too much mascara. It was almost frightening to look at her. But, regardless, I had to see what they wanted. "Hi, I'm Edward."
"Well Edward, it's nice to meet you," she said while extending her hand, okay, it doesn't look like there's anything wrong with them. Maybe they're nice people, I thought positively.
"If you need anything, and I mean anything, at all, while you're with us, Edward, please don't hesitate to ask us." She said while pulling me with her to a desk next to hers.
"Oh. Well, thank you." I said simply, sat down and took out my books.
While I was in there, she kept on winking at me and smiling widely. It was scary.
Okay, there is something wrong with her…maybe she has a compulsive disorder, yeah that would explain the constant flirtatious smiles and winks. Has to be it.
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Well that was the most sickening moment of my life. Now I have French. Okay. That's easy enough.
As I walk down the hall I saw the person I was most longing to see.
Bella.
There she was, just walking down the hall. Actually she wasn't alone. She was accompanied by two girls and one big guy. Wait! I recognized one of them…
The small one…
-Flashback-
"Eddie!" a small pixie-sized girl sang as she wrapped her arms around my neck and hung on.
The little girl and I were walking through a forest in Oak Pine Park.
"Alice I told you not to call me that." I replied, annoyed that she still called me that.
"Awww! C'mon Eddie, we're friends! Pleaaaaase!" she pleaded.
"Ugh! No Alice." I said, un-amused.
"Fine!" huffed the little girl. She pouted as we made out way to the front porch of my cottage house.
Then my mother cam out the door and greeted Alice with one of her famous motherly smiles. Right away, Alice beamed at her. She could never be mad at anyone for that long.
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We were 6 now and Alice was leaving for the school elsewhere. I was staying here.
"I'll miss you Edward," she whispered, a tear escaping her eyes.
-End Flashback-
The girl beside Bella had caught my eye. I recognized her; she was in English this morning, for sure, and was sitting beside Bella.
The girl greeted my gaze with a smile, like this morning, only she seemed to be thinking fairly hard on something. Remembering something, I guessed. Almost instantly, her look went from thoughtful to shock.
"Edward?! Is that you?" she yelled, astonishment painted in her voice.
Some people looked back, others stared. Lauren and Jessica, coming out of the classroom looking for me, glared.
Then it hit me. I knew her. I remembered her from somewhere just now.
"Alice?" I replied, equally stunned, "Alice Brandon?" Bella was looking from me to Alice. "You know him?" I heard her ask. Alice nodded slowly her eyes wide. It was all coming back to me, no doubt to her too.
A huge grin spread across her face and her small figure speeded towards me. She was ready to leap and cling to my neck but I held my hand up in front of me to stop her; which did exactly that.
"Alice, I still have a mark from the last time you did that and made me bump into a tree. I'm scarred now."
"Oh, c'mon Eddie, pleaaaaase!" she begged.
"Not now. I need to get to class." I told her. I also glared at her for calling me Eddie, in front of this whole class.
"Okay fine then. What do you have next?" By this time, the two big guys and Bella came over.
"Uhh," was the only thing I could say.
"Oh, sorry Edward, this is-."She was started but was interrupted. "Emmett." the biggest said with a smile. "Bella's older brother." He clarified, patting me on the shoulder.
"Hey, Jasper, Alice's boyfriend." The other guy said, while he extended his hand. I shook it.
"I'm Edward, nice to meet you." I introduced myself. "What class do you all have? I'm heading off to French." I told Alice.
"OH! I have French too!" she clapped her hands together real quick.
"Oh, we'd better get to class, Jazz. See you Emmett, Alice." Bella stated, leaving for class with Jasper down the hall, but stopped before she took a step.
"Oh! And Edward, lunch. Kay?" She said with a shy smile.
"Yeah." was all I could say. Am I ever bad at saying something back! I can be an idiot sometimes. Why couldn't I think coherently with this girl around?
"Cool, later guys." and with that said, she walked away while Alice and I when to French.
I stared after her, once again bewildered by her beauty.
What was wrong with me?
After that horror of a class, I had gym with Jasper, Alice's boyfriend. Was I nervous? No. Well, maybe a little. Hey, I never met this guy before.
About the gym part? Nah. I was a pretty good athlete. I had the right build for it, but I didn't want to seem like a show off, so I decided to tone it down a bit. Just chill with the other guys and not make a scene.
So maybe that wouldn't be bad. I think I can be friends with him easily. I hope.
As I walked through the locker room, I heard Jasper call my name. "Oh, hey man what's up?"
"Nothing dude, I have gym now. You too?" I asked, knowing the answer, but making conversation.
"Yep," he simply replied.
"Sweet," was the only word I could think of saying.
Short and simple. Guy conversation. Pretty easy compared to talking with girls.
Especially THE girl.
The coach blew his whistle and we all lined up to get ready for gym.
It was twenty till lunch and the coach told us to run a few more laps around the gym as last minute exercise.
"Don't want any pansies in my gym." was what he said, or more appropriately, yelled. I had to laugh at that.
As we were beginning to stop running and start jogging, I noticed Bella, Emmett and Alice walking into the gym along with plenty of other people. Lauren and Jessica walked in too and eyed my bare chest flirtatiously.
I tried to seem like I didn't notice them and looked toward the other side of the room. I found Bella smiling at me, and when I looked her way and grinned back, she blushed, thinking I caught her ogling my body.
Surprisingly, I didn't feel violated like I had with Lauren and Jessica. I liked that Bella was looking at me.
Mike, some guy running next to me, thought she was smiling at him and sprinted to about a half a dozen people in front of me.
Uhh, hell no. I thought and darted past him, and soon double lapped him.
Mike gave me a glare and I grinned.
By the end of gym class Mike was panting, I however was fit this summer so I can endure this any day. I walked around proudly, hoping that I had impressed Bella.
I met Jasper while walking through the changing room doors, and I told him about Mike and mine's little competition and how I completely PWNED him.
He laughed so hard he was holding his sides and gasping for air. He knew all about Mike's little antics and his obvious crush on Bella. The whole school knew about it, and how Bella felt.
Well, the whole school except for him.
"Bella, you SO have to hear this," Jasper began telling Bella about how Mike and I were running; he edited, for my convenience, and told her that I was running at normal speed while he was trying to outrun me. She saw it, but didn't know the reason for which it was happening. She told Jasper that she thought Mike just snapped. Jasper and I laughed simultaneously.
She also laughed, and it was music to my ears. Probably the most beautiful sound I've ever heard. When she turned her back around to face Alice, I took the opportune moment and mouthed thanks to Jasper. He simply nodded.
"So, Edward, how do you like Forks?" said Emmett.
A/N: Okay I know I took forever but I had MAJOR writers block and I was totally clueless…Lol. I'm so so so so so so VERY sorry about that!
Procrastination is my friend… Okay, so if you want me to keep on going then I suggest you give me some ideas for this, and don't forget to review! :D