" Who are you and what have you done with Bella?"
Jake and Charlie stared in horror and shock as I stepped into the kitchen. Jake who was drinking a glass of water at the time,spit out in shock and choked on some that escaped down his wind pipe. Charlie's eyes were popping out of his head. I smiled. I changed out of my blue jeans and gray sweatshirt into a pair of faded blue jeans ripped at the knees,a studded belt,a white tank top with a black half sweatshirt. Not to mention the black eyeliner and my hair tied back into a pony tail. I didn't wear earrings. Or let my hair down. There was a reason for that. That made me smile bigger.
Jake was terrified. He didn't think I looked bad. But he was very terrified about why I was dressing that way and what I was going to do when I got to school. And why I put a roll of duct tape and two miniature buckets of pink paint in my backpack. I didn't answer him on that one. I just jumped back into his car and stared out the window as he drove me back to school,his hands shaking with worry.
His car screeched to a stop in front of the school. There was no one in the parking lot. I was an hour late to school,of course. I grabbed my heavy back pack and jumped out. He got out too and began following me over to the door of the school. I raised one eyebrow and turned to face him as I saw him pull the door open.
" What are you doing?" I asked him,rolling my eyes.
" Bella,you've lost your mind." He grumbled and he took a few steps into my school,following me. " Just don't do anything stupid. You know whatever you do,they are just gonna strike back."
" Then so will I."
" Thats war."
" Exactly what I said. This means war."
I watched him sigh and walk back towards the door. He ran outside back to the car,the doors swinging shut behind him. I smiled. He wasn't going to stop me. No,I didn't need his hand this time. I'd save myself. It wasn't Edward's fault. He wasn't here to save me anymore. It was all in my hands. I wasn't going to change who I was inside. I just needed to take action. As soon as I was done I would stop dressing punky.
I walked into my first class. As soon as I stepped one foot into the room,I could literally hear their mouth's dropping and their eyes popping out of their head. My math teacher even stared in horror. I just smiled politely and handed him the late slip I got from Mrs. Cope. Well,forged. Who has time to get late slips when you are making pit stops at Jessica and Lauren's lockers?
" Sorry I'm late." I said apologetically.
He just nodded,still not fully recovered from the shock,and gestured for me to take a seat. I nodded back and walked down the isle to my desk in the back of the class,avoiding eye contact with any of my worried class mates. But when I looked at Mike Newton,he wasn't quite scared. He was drooling. I cringed. Ew. As I walked past one of Jessica's friend's desks,I heard someone whisper,
" Hey klutz."
I ignored them and sat down in my seat,still having the same smirk on my face that I had on all day. It didn't matter. They would soon know the taste of their own medicine. I looked to the side of the room. There was four new desks there that never used to be there before. I raised my eyebrows at that and turned to the front of the room.
" Class,since Ms. Swan wasn't here for the announcement,I would like to inform her that we are going to be getting new students in this class tomorrow. In other classes in this school,as well. With the new exchange student program that we set up." He smiled and continued after taking a sip of coffee. He smiled grimly. " Unfortunately,three of the students that will be in this class have a terrible disease. A skin disease,actually. So please try not to stare. Or ask them why they have the cloaks over their heads."
A few people chuckled. It wasn't that funny. I shrugged. The bell rang. I grinned. I missed most of my first class. I stood up and grabbed my backpack from next to my desk. As I walked towards the door,someone tripped me. I stumbled forward a little,but caught my balance luckily. I turned around and saw Lauren. Snickering. I smirked again. She would soon learn her lesson.
I walked down the hall innocently whistling,pretending to be going to my next class. I turned my head briefly to see Jessica and Lauren standing in front of their lockers that were next to each other. I turned around completely. I had to watch this one.
They were fumbling with the locks..
They were yanking the handles...
They opened the lockers.
" Eeek!" They both shrieked.
Lauren and Jessica jumped backwards in horror as the tops of their heads,their hair,and their face was coated with a bright pink color paint. I tried to stay inconspicuous,but I couldn't hold back the laughter. I fell to my knees and started laughing hysterically as two mad valley girls stomped their feet in anger,pink paint staining their clothes.
" Bella!" Jessica screamed.
I could see tears of embarrassment streaming down Jessica's cheeks. I suddenly felt terribly guilty. But they did something bad to me. Right? Wrong. Jessica was always there for me. She was my best friend. Well,emphasis on the "was". Except for when Edward left. She was no help at all. Her and the rest of my friends kinda dropped me when I fell into my depression.
Lauren began storming down the hall towards me. I had to laugh about that. Lauren was never really my friend. So I couldn't feel sorry for her. She stood directly in front of me and ran her hands through her pink hair. Her cheeks were pink with paint,and red with fury. She balled her fists at her sides.
" Oh,Bella. You won't know what hit you." Lauren threatened through gritted teeth.
" Hm. Sure about that?"
" If you do anything like that ever again.."
" Is that a dare? Or a double dare?"
