Chapter two: Holiday from real.
APOV
Stupid Edward was ruining all my hard work. As soon as I found out from Esme that Bella was coming to live here, I was ecstatic. Not only was I going to be getting a new best friend, I was finally going to stop Edward from being alone. I hated it when we all went out together it was always: me and Jasper, Rose and Emmett, and then Edward, the fifth wheel, the gooseberry. We try not to flaunt it in his face and even though he keeps his cool and he denies it I can tell he's jealous and wants to share what the rest of us have, with a special girl and not his floozy of the week. So naturally I couldn't wait to meet Bella, she was going to change everything for the better, and the only flaw in my plan however was, Edward. Edward, my brother, the arrogant, patronizing, womanizer. I loved him dearly but sometimes I just wanted to hit him, take tonight for example. I made sure he was dressed nicely and looked acceptable for meeting his future wife, but I realised as soon as he came down, he wasn't in the greatest of moods, huh, I wonder if it's 'cause one of his floozies, Lauren I think, cant get him off. I made certain we all rode together in Emmett's truck, while mom and dad took their own car. I slowly had to explain to Emmett about why we were going to the restaurant to meet Bella when I turned round to look at Edward imagining what he would think of Bella when he interrupted my scheming with a rude
"No freaking way"
No, I'm determined not to torture Edward any longer by being alone with all of us couples. He stayed quiet for the rest of the journey brooding quietly, whereas I was just desperate to get to the restaurant and finally meet Bella. As soon as we were sat down, I spotted her, she was being dragged towards us reluctantly and when she finally looked up, I inwardly cringer, she looked a mess, inwardly and physically. In no way was she ugly, quite the opposite, she was beautiful but did nothing to show her beauty. She kept her body covered and hair was obviously dyed black by hand. She had deep dark purplish rings around her eyes indicating she hadn't had a good nights sleep in forever and her eyes looked guarded. She hadn't said anything yet and Betty had disappeared, when I realised I wasn't the only one looking Bella over when I heard Edward snort
"What is she, a depressive emo gone punk?"
That ass! I watched in horror as Bella just simply walked away before I kicked Edward in the shins, hard.
"You are the biggest dick in the word, Edward." I hissed
He looked up at me a cocky grin on his face and before I he could send me a smug remark, I got up from the table and walked the way Bella went, hoping we could at last salvage a friendship. I stood in front of the door leading to the staff room, when I felt two hands grab my shoulders roughly and drag me inside. Before I could even scream out, their hand was placed over my mouth silencing me; I felt their hot, heavy breath on the side of my neck and a gruff voice murmur in my ear.
"So, what do we have here then?"
BPOV
Who the hell does he think he is? The freaking Queen?!? Now I remembered the reason I kept to myself, because of arrogant jerks like him, that's why. I walked away – as calmly as I could – from their table and stomped into the kitchen, venting off a little, where I decided to go tell Betty to get someone else to wait on the Cullen's. As I stepped out of the kitchen, I saw the staff room door slam shut and a voice whimper out in pain. Instead of walking away like I knew I should have done, curiosity got the better of me. You know what they say, curiosity killed the cat. If it was a couple fooling about all I'd have to do is apologize and leave and if it wasn't, well I'll come to that if it's needed. I opened the door and felt anger course through my veins as I saw what was happening, one of our waiters, Tyler, I think – he was an absolute horn dog – had a death grip on one of the Cullen girls and she looked absolutely terrified, being held in a death grip by Tyler. I grabbed the closest thing next to me, which happened to be a food tray and without thinking, I swung it towards Tyler's face, cheering internally as it caught him full in the face making him stumble back while effectively letting go of the Cullen. As I was caught up in the triumph of my hit I failed to notice Tyler's hand slam back and hit me in the eye. This time I was the one to stumble back and my head snapped back against the wall painfully. I slumped to the ground, my head growing painfully heavy, when I heard the Cullen girl squeak. I snapped open my eyes quickly to see Tyler gripping on tight to the girls upper arms no doubt leaving bruises. Within a blink of an eye, I was up off the floor as my shoulders hit Tyler's midriff pushing us both towards the door at an intensifying speed and force. The door splintered into a thousand pieces as we sailed through it, both landing on the floor, me pinning him down. Before I had a chance to breathe, his knee slammed up into my solar plexus. I rolled off him clutching my stomach, as I Rose up slowly from the ground. With a quick smirk on my behalf, I swiftly kicked him in the groin causing him to shriek like a two year old girl. If people hadn't heard the door, then they definitely heard Tyler. I staggered back into the room, to find the girl pressed up against the wall, breathing deeply. I cautiously walked over to her, when she surprised me by wrapping her arms around me tightly. I flinched and she immediately pulled away, her mouth open to say something, but she got cut off as a chorus of "Alice!" rang through the room. The rest of the Cullen's ran over to who I guess was Alice and started to fret over her when she explained.
"Hey, I'm okay, Bella saved me."
Suddenly all eyes were on me when I heard Betty shriek
"Bella!"
She ran into the rook at an amazing speed and surprisingly wrapped me up in her arms tenderly. She pulled away to look at my face and frowned. One of the Cullen's, the father I'm guessing, was in front of me cradling my face while looking at the side of my face where I got hit. After what seemed forever but was probably only a few moments, he moved away and muttered something in Betty's ear, before moving back to his own family, where my gaze collided with Edward's, his eyes burning with some sort of intensity. I closed my eyes concentrating on the pain rolling throughout my body, and not on the fact I could feel Edward's eyes on me. When I fought it felt safe for my eyes to open, I saw Edward pinching the bridge of his nose. I started to walk out of the room when I heard Alice say timidly
"Bella, thank you."
I turned around and saluted once, before leaving the room and trudging upstairs to climb into bed and sleep the night away. Halfway through the night, Betty came in to check up on me and when she was assured I wasn't going to die in the middle of the night, she left me to try and capture sleep.
AN: and on with the story we go, next chapter, first day at school.