Sparks Fly Chapter Three: Distracted

"Bella? Bella? Your nose is bleeding!"

I jerked violently and shouted, "My nose is bleeding? How?"

Of course it took my stupid self 4 seconds to realize that my nose was clearly not bleeding. Embarrassed, I glared at Angela, who had been the one to trick me.

"Do you constantly have to make me feel like a fool?" I muttered.

She glared right back at me. "If you had been listening to me instead of drifting off to la-la-land, I wouldn't have had to make you feel like one."

I sighed. "I'm sorry. I'm just feeling a bit preoccupied right now."

"I can tell," she said wryly.

"I said I'm sorry. Can you get off my back?" I snapped.

Her eyes widened. "What's gotten into you today, Bella?"

For the second time, I felt guilt course through my veins. "Nothing. What were you saying before?"

She shook her head and let it go. "Right. Did you hear? Mike Newton and Jessica Stanley split!"

"And why is that so surprising?" I asked, confused.

"Can you guess why they broke up?" she prompted.

I shook my head slowly in response. "No, why?"

"Because of you."

I was appalled. "What did I do?"

She soothingly replied, "Nothing, it's just that Mike has a huge crush on you, and he was only dating Jessica to make you jealous. Since it was obviously not working, he just broke up with her."

I groaned. "Why do these things have to happen to me? Jessica already hates me enough as it is. I don't need this right now!"

Angela looked at me sympathetically. "Just talk to Jessica and explain that you had nothing to do with his dumping her. Despite what everyone's saying, she's convinced that you were plotting something diabolical with Mike in order to hurt her."

I couldn't believe it. What an idiot. However, although she was an idiot, I valued my life, so I needed to talk to her.

My life.

Somewhat uneventful, but it can't only be centered on Bella and Edward. We've got to have some high school drama there, too, right?

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