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Chapter 3 - The Makeover Part 2
The second day of school was definitely...different.
With my new look, I got treated very differently. It was like I wasn't Bella Swan anymore. I kinda liked it, but it was so...weird.
I first realized I was going to get treated differently when I got out of my truck and out by the school builiding where everyone else was on Friday morning. I heard people wispering around me, "Is that Bella? Bella Swan?" I looked around for Angela and found her sitting with Ben, looking at me strangly.
"Bella? Is that you?!" she asked when she got a closer look at me. I nodded. "Oh my gosh, you look great! And your hair is so straight and pretty! Who did it for you?" I smiled, happy that she liked my new look. More than happy.
"Alice Cullen. She's really nice, have you met her?"
"Yeah, she's in my Calculus class. I can't believe how great you look, Bella, this new look is so...you. Alice must be very good at makeovers," she said, shaking her head as if she still couldn't believe it was me.
"She is. Although the contact thing kind of bothers be, it's hard to get used to." That was definitely true. Contacts were going to be an issue.
"Oh, but they look so good on you. You have very pretty eyes." I rolled my eyes; it was awkward getting told how great I looked.
"Thanks. I gotta go find Alice, but I'll see you later!" I waved as I set off to look for Alice. Along the way, I ran into a guy that I had never really talked to before, but had seen him around. Literally. I think his name is Mike Newton.
"Oh, I am so sorry! Are you alright?" I asked, helping him up. I guess my makeover didn't include giving me better balance. Dang. I grabbed his backpack that lay a few feet away. How embarrassing.
"Yeah, I think I'm -" But he cut off there. It was then that he actually looked at my face for the first time. His eyes widened, and he smiled slightly. Oh dear. He took a deep breath. "I'm Mike. I don't think we've met before," he said, holding out his hand to shake it. I debated on whether or not to shake it. Truth was, we had met before. We were partners during science most of last year. And he didn't even remember me. How sad. Well, I didn't remember him much either, but at least I knew who he was! I mean, come on!
I decided to go ahead and shake his hand. Why not? "I'm Bella," I said, just playing along. I didn't want to embarrass him. I started to walk off, but he stopped me. I turned back around.
"Have we met before?" he asked. I scowled. This guy was getting on my nerves.
"I was your partner in science last year. The whole year," I replied, and walked off. This time he let me. I wasn't surprised. I walked on a little farther till I spotted Alice's jet black hair.
"Hey, Alice," I said as I came up behind her. She turned around quick When she saw who is was, she smiled.
"Hi, Bella! I hear everyone likes your new look," she added.
"Yeah, I've been getting comments from people who I didn't think even knew my name. It's weird." Alice grinned even wider, if possible.
"Mission Socialize is just about finished before we even start it! Now, all we have to do is shopping, and a guy. Then the overall Mission Makeover is complete!" She basically jumped up and down with excitement. I smiled.
"So that's what we're calling it?"
"Yes." BEEP. The bell. "See you in first period," Alice said, turning to go to her locker. I went to mine, too, thinking how weird it was that I kept getting looks from people. Good looks. I never get those.
First through fourth period passed quickly. Alice and I talked about our shopping trip later that day when we could, and I kept getting asked things like "how did you do your hair?" and "can you do mine?" They were coming at me so fast I didn't have time to answer them. It was kinda cool, but at the same time very annoying.
"Hello, Rosalie," I said, sitting down at the lunch table that Alice told me to wait for her at. Rosalie was the only person at the table. She was currently looking into a compact mirror. I think she was fixing her makeup, but I couldn't be sure if she was just looking at herself.
"Hi," she replied. She didn't say anything else. Okay then...
"I can't believe this!" Alice set her tray of food on the table in front of me. She looked very angry.
"What's wrong, Alice?" Rosalie asked, though not looking particularly interested. Alice scowled as she answered.
"I spilled barbeque sauce all over my shirt." She spread out her shirt (which looked quite expensive, I might add) to show Rosalie the stain of barbeque sauce. Rosalie looked closer at it and shook her head.
"Ooh, tough luck," she said. Alice scowled.
"Not helping, Rose." I decided to give her the jacket I was wearing. She looked miserable. And angry. I had to save Rosalie, too.
"Here, you can have my jacket to cover it up." Alice looked at the jacket and sighed with relief.
"Oh, thank you, Bella. Your a lifesaver," she said, smiling as she put on the jacket. Jasper then sat down beside her, followed by Emmett who sat in front of Rosalie.
"What happened, Alice?" Jasper asked with worry. She still looked angry.
"I spilled food on my shirt. Rosalie and her comments didn't help. Bella gave me her jacket and then you sat down," she said with a hint of sarcasm. She was going to be okay.
"What did I miss?" someone said from my left. I flinched, startled. I looked over to find that it was Edward. He smiled a crooked smile that wasn't helping my near heartattack I had just had. "Sorry, I think I scared you again." I scowled, but it was hard when I was dazzled by his smile. It took a moment before I could speak.
"That's alright," I said, breathless, but not because he scared me. When I could think clearly, I said, "Alice got food on her shirt."
"Ah," he said, as if that made it all clear to him. It probably did.
"Where do you want to go when we go shopping, Bella?" Alice asked, already back to her regular, bubbly self. At the moment I wasn't sure if that was a good or bad thing. Shopping. I mentaly shivered.
"You two are going shopping?" Edward asked, one eyebrow raised. Emmett turned to me.
"I'm sorry," he said. He said it so seriously that I had to laugh. Alice frowned at Emmett.
"Shut up, Emmett, or would you like to join us?" Jasper held his hand to his mouth to muffle a laugh.
"No, thank you, I think I'll pass," he said to Alice, then turned to me. "See, Bella, Alice doesn't go shopping that often with us. But when she does, it's terrible...," his voice trailed off, as if remembering something horrible. Alice reached over behind Jasper and smacked him hard. He reached up and grabbed his arm, pretending to be hurt. "Alice! That wasn't very nice..." he said, rubbing his arm. Edward laughed.
"Okay, enough, people!" Alice shouted. "Bella, let's get back to discussing where we are going shopping. Where would you like to go?" I thought for a moment. I hadn't been to Seattle in a while, but then again, Port Angeles had some good stores, too...
"Uh, we could go to Seattle. There are some pretty good stores there." I had barely finished when Alice practically squealed with happyness.
"Oh, that's perfect! We will be out really late if we go to Seattle, though, will that be okay?" I was surprised she was making sure I wanted to go or not. But then, Alice is just full of surprises.
"Sure, that's fine. One question: is it just me and you going?" I asked. I heard Emmet mutter, "I sure hope so" followed by an "OW!" because Alice smacked him again.
"Does anyone else want to go with us? Keep in mind of Bella's sanity. I mean can you imagine just me and one of you going shopping alone? In Seattle? If you can't think of me, at least think of Bella," Alice explained. I could have cried. She was being so nice.
She waited for someone to crack. Jasper was the first. "I guess I'll go," he said, somewhat reluctantly. Alice smiled and kissed him on the cheek.
"Thank you, Jasper. Anyone else?" Alice waited again. This time I was surprised to find that Edward caved.
"Okay, I'll do it, but only for Bella's sanity. We can't let her go crazy," he said, smiling a crooked smile at me. I smiled back.
"Thanks, Edward," I said. "You too, Jasper. Really." I smiled at him and he smiled back, but it wasn't exactly a smile it looked more like a grimace. I felt sorry for him. And Edward. If I was worried about shopping with Alice, I can't imagine how they feel, especially when they've already been shopping with her before.
"Okay, Bella, after school we'll pick you up at your house, after you've taken your truck home, then we'll go straight to Seattle. Is that alright?"
"Yes, that's fine," I replied. The bell rang, and we went our separate ways. On my way to Biology, I thought about going to Seattle. I would be going with Alice, Jasper and Edward. The thought of going with Edward made me nervous. I was beginning to think I was growing a crush on him, and that was unacceptable. I was not right for Edward Cullen. He deserved the smart, pretty girls with long blond hair and a figure that belonged on the runway. Not me.
I walked into Biology just in time. When I sat down next to Edward, I turned to talk to him. "Why did you agree to go with Alice, Jasper and me? I mean, it couldn't have been just for my sanity, right?" But then, as I thought about Emmett's reaction, I thought maybe it could've been...
"No, I suppose it wasn't. I guess it was just because I wanted to spend time with you. You are an interesting person, you know. I would like to get to know you more," he said, smiling slightly. I blushed, almost wishing he would have told me it was for my sanity, instead of sort of embarrassing me. Almost.
The bell rang. Thank God, I thought. I didn't want to embarrass myself further. I smiled back at him and got out my Biology book, ready to start class.
It went by slow, and the whole time the feeling that I liked Edward was overwhelming. It didn't help that he was sitting two inches away. When the bell finally rang again I quickly gathered my things. "See you in P.E.," I said as I walked to my worst class of the day.
We were doing tennis in P.E. I was not good at tennis. You could say I am the worst at it. I have no hand-eye coordination, and my bad balance doesn't help at all. Today was even worse because we were splitting into teams, and (just my luck) I was with Edward. Another distraction to make me do worse than I already would, if possible.
"Okay, just so you know, I suck at this. And I am sorry you are being forced to be partnered with me," I said. He smiled.
"It's okay, I mean, it can't be that bad." Did he just say that? Boy, is he wrong. So very wrong.
"We'll see," I said, smiling at him. He smiled back and got into position to serve. He threw the ball into the air, and hit it perfectly. It was amazing. I had never seen anyone play tennis like that. For the next four seconds, I stood there, just kinda staring at him.
Bad move. Because I wasn't paying attention, I didn't realize that the other team had hit the ball back. In my direction. The next thing I new, I was on the ground with a throbbing pain on the side of my head. Great, just perfect.
"Swan! Weren't you paying attention?" Coach Clapp scolded. My face reddened.
"No, sir. I wasn't." I hoped no one realized that I wasn't paying attention because I had been staring at Edward. That would just be the icing on top of a perfect day in P.E. class.
"Well, go to the nurse to get an ice pack for your head. Can you stand?" I could tell he was getting impatient with me. I tried to stand, but ended up wobbling and almost falling over again, but someone caught me. "Okay, apperently not. Can you help her out and take her to the nurses office, please?" he asked as politely as he could.
"Yes," I heard my catcher say. It was Edward. Of course. He helped me out of the gym, and I sat down on a bench, waiting for the throbbing to go away. "Are you alright?" he asked. I nodded.
"Yeah, and thanks for catching me. That wouldn't have been pretty." I paused. "I told you I was bad at tennis, didn't I?" He laughed a musical, soft laugh. I realized I liked his laugh.
"Maybe, but it also might've been just bad timing. You could've had a lot on your mind," he said, glancing over at me. Oh great, I thought. He saw me staring at him. I decided not to mention it.
"Maybe. And thanks for coming out here with me. You saved me from the evils of tennis." He grinned and sat down next to me on the bench.
"Do you enjoy shopping?" he asked offhandedly. I grimaced.
"No. I never have, and probably never will. When I used to go visit my mom, she'd take me shopping at a huge mall, and buy me all sorts of clothes. I know some girls would like that, but I hated it. The only good that came out of going to the mall with my mom is that I got to spend time with her," I explained. He raised his eyebrows.
"Then why did you agree to go with Alice? If you don't like it, then I'm sure she wouldn't make you go."
"I don't know, I guess it's because I didn't want to dissappoint her. She seemed so eager to go, I didn't see how I could turn her down." She paused a moment. "And it's okay now because your going too, so I think I can deal with it, don't you think?" I smiled, not even nervous talking to him, for once. He smiled that crooked smile that I was beginning to love, and I stood up.
"Well, might as well go back in, shall we?" He nodded and walked with me back into the gym, where I had to endure thirty more minutes of tennis.
On my way home, I was getting excited. Excited because I would be spending time with friends. Excited because I was finally going back to Seattle, after having not been there for a few years. Even excited that I was going shopping, because I had not gotten new clothes in a while and could use a few new additions to my closet.
But I was mostly excited because I was going to be spending time with Edward. I knew that nothing would ever happen between us, but that didn't change my feelings for him. And I definitely liked him, no matter how much I denied it.
I was ready to leave about ten minutes before Alice got to my house. I wrote a note to Charlie saying where the food was and how to reach me. Finally, she pulled up in my driveway and I got in, ready for whatever tonight would bring.
A/N: Okay, there was chapter 3! i hope you liked it. I'll get the next chapter up as soon as I can, and it will be in Edward's point of view. REVIEW!!