Bella's POV

The next morning when I woke up it was sunny. All I could think was Edward wouldn't be in school again and that Mike could get to me. I will just stay with people today and not be alone. I got out of bed and walked over to my window. I opened it to see how hot it was. It was warm enough for Capri's so I went to my bureau and put on my favorite denim Capri's. I also put on a baby blue shirt and went downstairs. I went into the kitchen and got my cereal and bowl and milk and spoon.

I sat at the table and ate in silence. I ate like this every day because Charlie was always gone when I got up. As I was washing my dishes, the phone rang. I dried my hands and picked it up.

"Hello," I said dully.

"Hey, Bella. It's Angela. I was wondering if you could pick me up today. My car has a problem with it and it won't run."

"Oh, sure Angela. I'll be there soon. I'm getting in the car in, like, two minutes."

"Okay. Thanks Bella. Bye."

"Bye." I ran upstairs to the bathroom. I didn't want to spend time with my hair so I threw it up in a ponytail. I brushed my teeth and ran downstairs. I grabbed my bag and ran out the door. It only takes 3 minutes to get to Angela's house so I arrived fast. I went up to the door and knocked. The door flew open and Angela stood there with her bag on her shoulder.

"Hey, Bella. Thanks for picking me up."

"No problem Ang." On the way to the car I stumbled and luckily I was close enough to the car to steady myself on the back. I walked to the other side of the car and got in the driver seat. We drove to school in silence and when we got there we went our separate ways. I ran to English and took my seat next to Jessica.

"Hey Jess. What's up?"

"Nothing. The strangest thing happened before you came in. Mike tried convincing me to move so he could sit next to you because you were "secretly dating" and I didn't believe it because you and Edward are always together and you would have told me."

"Definitely not. Don't ever let him sit next to me. Ever. Okay?" I said with as much urgency as I could. As I was talking I saw Mike staring at me.

"Okay Bella. Just calm down." Bang! It turns out that the teacher had walked in and had dropped a pile of textbooks of her desk. The nerdy kid that sat up front got up and picked them up for her. All I thought was "suck-up". This kid did everything for the teacher. He offered to wash her car, take care of her dogs when she was out of town, and to baby-sit her newborn babies.

"Alright class. Good morning. Thank you for picking up those books Eugene. We are starting a project and I am picking your partners. I will call you up one by one and tell you who your partners are and then you can talk about it after everyone has their partners. As I Am doing this please read the next chapter of Romeo and Juliet. If you have already done so then you can do as you please but quietly. Thank you," said the teacher.

"Have you ever noticed that she says the same thing every time she assigns a project," whispered Jessica. All I did was mumble a yes and take out my notebook. I had already read the next chapter so I just doodled Edward's name all over a piece of paper.

"Isabella." Ugh. Couldn't the teacher ever call me Bella? Everyone else did. Before I walked up there I hid the paper with Edward's name on it away because it was alittle embarrassing.

"Miss Swan. Your partner is Edward but he is not here. And neither is Mike's partner Alice. So you two can either work together or wait for your partners. Mike said it would be easier for him if you two worked together. What do you want to do?"

"I would like to wait for Edward. I think it would be unfair for Alice and Edward to be partners since they are brother and sister."

"Alright. Very well. Mike, start working and you will have to wait for Alice to come back. Okay Bella, you and Edward will write an essay on whether Shakespeare favors men, women, or neither in Romeo and Juliet." Yes!! I have already done this exact question. And I have the essay at Charlie's house.

"Okay." Ring!! As all the kids rushed out of the classroom, I went to the back of the room to retrieve my books. As I was walking out of the classroom, I caught Angela and decided to walk with her incase Mike was around. Angela's next class was right next to mine so I walked with her. Although we didn't talk. All of my morning classes went by fast because all we did was book work. Finally it was lunch so I ran outside and found Angela just coming out of her class. I was about to yell to her when I was pulled behind the building. (The lunch building is separate from the class building.)

"Hey Sweetie. Where were you yesterday? I didn't scare you off did I?" I didn't need to look at the face to know that it was Mike.

"No. I was sick. Which is how I feel when I look at you. Now do you want me to punch you again or are you going to let me go?"

"Tsk tsk tsk. Is that any way to talk to the person who has you pinned against a wall?"

"Well, I am talking to you like that and I would appreciate it if you took my face off the wall."

"Fine but if you run, I will catch you."

"Well why would I run? Oh ya, because a creep is stalking me and doesn't get it when I say that I have a boyfriend."

"Ya. Well I am starting to think your boyfriend is fake because I don't recall seeing him in the past 3 days. Is he fake or does he just ditch school every day?"

"He is not fake and when the weather is nice his parents take him and his brothers and sisters hiking and camping."

"Do they use my mom's store?"

"No. And I assure you they never will." I balled up my fist and swung at his face as hard as I could. As I was running I could see the shadow of him following. Don't fall. Don't fall. Don't fall. I sided to a stop in front of the building and fell to my knees. I couldn't run anymore. Luckily a group of kids in my class ran over to me to see if I was okay and they took me to the nurse.

"I really don't need to go home. I am fine," I protested to the nurse.

"No. We think she should go home. She didn't look to good when we saw her," fought back a boy named Ben.

"Alright Bella. If Ben says you should go home then I am going to listen because he obviously wants you to be okay. As does everyone. Can you make it to your car okay? Actually, Ben will walk you to your car." Ben picked up my arm and helped me to the car. I was actually relieved to be going home so I wouldn't have to go to Gym or Biology.

"Thanks Ben. See you tomorrow."

"No problem Bella. I just want you to be okay. But I do want to ask you a question. If I asked out Angela, do you think she would say yes?"

"Probably. Thanks again and good luck." I remembered Angela saying she liked Ben a week ago and I hoped she would say yes. I wouldn't want to get Ben's hopes up and then see them crushed. I drove home in silence listening to the sound of my engine. When I got inside I put on a movie and lay down on the couch. I fell asleep before the credits were over.