CHAPTER 2!

Disclaimer: If I owned twilight, I would be fucking Edward Cullen right now, not writing this.

AN: Uhmm…I'm just going to see where this chapter takes me (: haha. And just to let you know, for those of you who don't, I refer to "zunes" in this chapter. A zune is just like an iPod, only I prefer them over ipods.

Come up to meet you

Tell you I'm sorry

You don't know how lovely you are

I had to find you

Tell you I need you

Tell you I'll set you apart

Don't tell me you love me; come back and haunt me

The Scientist; Coldplay

BPOV:

I woke up completely exuberant; I had a feeling today would be a good day. I tried to dress better than usual, seeing as I would be staying after school to practice with Mr. Cullen. I had on a pair of jean shorts, a pink and red cami with flower designs, and a white cardigan. I scrunched my hair, dabbing on a bit of make-up, too. I was about to head off for the bus, when I realized I had a perfect necklace that would go with the outfit. It was silver, with a pink heart charm on it. I put it on quickly before going downstairs.

"Remember dad, I'll be home late so you might have to find something for dinner if you can't wait for me." I told him, grabbing a pop tart out of the pantry.

"You're not staying after to fool around with some boy are you?" He grunted from behind the paper.

I wish.

"No dad, I'm working on something for select choir."

"Oh, okay." He said, focusing back on his paper. I just rolled my eyes; it was like Charlie to think his innocent daughter would be fucking some kid behind the school after class.

I went to the key holder to get my keys for the truck, when I noticed that they weren't there.

"Dad, where are my car keys?" I asked, impatiently.

"Shoot, I knew I forgot to tell you something. I need to use your truck today; we're sort of going 'under cover' if that's what you want to call it." He made those obnoxious little finger quotes, making me groan. I didn't even tell him goodbye as I slammed the door.

I walked down the street to my bus stop, blaring music out of my zune. The bus came shortly after I got to the stop, opening its doors to the massive crowd of two people at my stop. It was really pathetic that we were the last stop, and the bus held only five kids total. It really shows how small Forks High School is.

I was a zombie through most of the day, anxious to have my after school practice with Mr. Cullen. I was really getting obsessed. I completely forgot about promising Alice to sit by me at lunch, until I saw her small frame gliding towards my lunch table.

"Hey Bella!" She said, sitting down across from me.

"Hi Alice." I replied, shutting the book I was reading.

"How's your day going so far?" She asked as she began eating her apple.

"Long, as always. How's Forks treating you?"

"It's so nice here. I just wish it was a little sunnier, you know?"

"That's Forks for you, though. Why did you move here anyway?" I asked her, taking a bite of my sandwich.

"My dad got offered a job here at the local hospital, and he said he couldn't just pass up the chance to work closer to his son."

"You have a brother?"

"Yeah. He graduated college last year. My mom was absolutely in tears when he left. I think it's easier for both of my parents to be closer to their first born." She smiled.

I knew exactly what that was like.

"I know what you mean. My mom was the same way with my older brother, Emmett. He was going to move out here with me, but my mom couldn't stand it if he was away from her like that. Of course, she still loves me, it's just not as big of a deal if I'm away from her than if Emmett is. Phil and Emmett have this manly man bond, that I'm sure Phil needs him, too."

"Who's Phil?"

"My stepfather. My parents got divorced when I was really little."

"I'm sorry to hear that." Alice said, and I could tell she was being sincere.

"It's okay. I think it was for the better. Things worked out okay anyway."

We continued to talk about random things throughout the rest of lunch. It was really nice to have someone like Alice around, she was always very cheerful. I could tell that we were becoming friends fast.

We parted after lunch; I headed off to biology whereas she was on her way to English literature. I detested biology for one main reason; Mike Newton. Mike was the lead scorer on and off of the basketball court. He thought that because he was such a 'brilliant' basketball player, he could get any girl he wanted. He also thought that this fact gave him full reign over the school, and the rights to ridicule anyone he wanted to. I was his main object of manipulation in biology.

I shuffled to my seat, careful not to trip on the way there. I pulled my book out and began reading, hoping that this would pretty much hide me from Mike. Of course, I couldn't get that lucky.

"Hey Bella." He said, winking at me as he leaned over my desk.

"Please don't Mike." I told him, getting annoyed before he really did anything.

"If you give me five minutes alone, I can guarantee you won't be saying that anymore. No girl has before." He licked his lips in an attempt to seem seductive. It didn't work on me.

I shut my book, slamming it on my desk.

"Fuck. You. Newton." I seethed, catching the teacher's attention.

"Miss Swan, there will be no swearing in my class room. Next time it's a detention."

I should have known that Mike could have raped me in the middle of the class room, and gotten into no trouble whatsoever, but if I did the tiniest thing, I'd get yelled at. Maybe I should invest in sports….it seems to be the free pass to getting out of trouble.

I was just glad that for the remainder of the class would be spent doing a packet of worksheets for chapter one, instead of a boring lab. I had the majority of the packet done when the bell rang, sending me off to my next class.

It seemed as if the rest of the day was a blur until the final bell had rung. My heart was racing in my chest as I got my things out of my locker, and headed down to the chorus room.

I thought my insides were going to explode when I opened the door. He was sitting on his little bench, playing the piano. The sun was danced across his face, his eyes sparkling like green diamonds. He smiled at me when I walked over to him, setting my things on the floor.

"Hello, Bella." His voice was warm and comforting.

"Hi, Mr. Cullen. How was your day?" I asked politely, shifting my weight back and forth on my feet.

"As pleasant as one can have in this school." He smiled. "How was yours?"

"It was alright."

He went over to his desk, got a folder off of it, and came back to his piano.

"Did you look over this piece at all?" He asked me, sitting down again on his bench.

"A little." I replied truthfully.

"Let's get started then, shall we?" Mr. Cullen said, starting the intro to the song.

I sang it a couple of times through, but it just didn't sound right not either of us.

"I was debating between this song, and another one for the concert. Would you mind trying the other one I wanted to do? It is actually a duet. I could sing the male's part, so that you can get a feel for how it goes."

I agreed, causing him to pull out a different set of papers. The song was "Falling Slowly", a modern song from the movie 'Once'.

I don't know you
But I want you
All the more for that
Words fall through me
And always fool me
And I can't react

We sang perfectly together; his voice was but a flow of silk, wrapping around my insides. I was almost reduced to tears at how beautiful the melody was. I was sad when we finished, but I knew the song couldn't last forever.

"That was amazing." I whispered, knowing that if I were too loud it just might end this wonderful moment.

"It truly was." He smiled at me.

Then all of the sudden, MC Hammer began blaring out of his pocket.

You can't touch this

You can't touch this

My, my, my music hits me so hard
Makes me say "Oh my Lord"
Thank you for blessing me
With a mind to rhyme and two hype feet

He seemed flustered as he reached into his pocket and pulled out his cell phone. I was trying extremely hard not to laugh at his choice of ring tone. After a few minutes he had hung up, looking at me as a started giggling.

"What are you giggling about? Is there something on my head?"

Not the top one!

"Nothing, you just have a very interesting taste of ring tones." I said, controlling my laughter.

"Oh, that." His cheeks became flooded with pink coloring, making him look adorable. "My friend from college had a "MC Hammer" phase, and ended up changing all of my alerts to that song. I'm sorry for the interruption."

I am, too, damn it.

"It's alright. I really think we should keep 'Falling Slowly' in the program. I like it a lot better than the other one." I replied, getting back into the music.

"Good choice, I'll have to try out different guys to duet with you. Unless you have one in mind….?"

"Well, Jacob has a nice voice, but I think that Ben would work best with this song." I gave him my opinion. Ben was one of our best male singers in the group.

"Ben's a good kid; I think he'd do well with this one, too. I'll have to check out a few others though, just to be safe. Please don't think I'm trying to kick you out, but seeing as it is four o'clock, I have to get home to teach my five o'clock lesson."

"You teach piano?" I asked, surprised.

"Yeah. Teaching doesn't make you that much money." He said, his lips forming the sexiest crooked grin I've ever seen.

"Okay, well thank you for picking me again. I'll see you tomorrow."

"Good-bye, Bella."

I gathered my things off of the floor, and was almost out of the door when I realized something.

"Shit." I said.

"Did you just say what I think you said?" He looked at me incredulously, and I couldn't stop the blush that was forming.

"I'm sorry, it's just, I forgot that Charlie took my truck today. I don't have a ride home."

"Why would your boyfriend have your car? If he doesn't have a car of his own, I think you should dump that deadbeat." He said, making me laugh.

"No, Charlie is my dad." I said, causing him to chuckle too.

"Well, in that case, I can always drive you home." He offered, making my heart pound heavily.

"Are you sure? I know you have a lesson to get to."

"It's fine." He smiled, gathering his belongings off of his desk, and walking with me to the teacher's parking lot.

"They probably think I'm kidnapping you." He joked as he opened my door for me.

You could keep me prisoner in your room anytime.

We spent the car ride talking about inconsequentials, and listening to his iPod. I must say, his music taste was a lot better than what I would have expected. The car, though, seeped sexual tension. Most of which, was coming from my part. I don't think he understood what just being alone with him did to me.

He pulled up in my drive way too soon for my liking. I stalled, trying to savor as much time with him as I could. He stared into my eyes intently, and I tried so hard not to lean in and kiss him.

"Your necklace is very beautiful." He said, brushing his fingers underneath it to examine the heart. When he set it back, I could see him staring at the exposed curves of my cleavage through the top of my camisole.

"Thank you for the ride." I told him, getting out of the car.

"Anytime." He smiled at me before I walked to my front door.

Today had been a total suc-cess.

AN: well…there's chapter two for you. I tried to make it longer than the other one to set the uhh…vibe? For the rest of the story.

Please leave your reviews, I love hearing your ideas and comments.

Love,

Jess

PS! That "not the one on top" comment actually happened in my class….i had to put that in there! Cause I had a dream about giving my teacher head and…it's a long story (: