Authors Note- I know, I know! It seems like when Friday's come around I am super busy and posting last minute. I am so sorry, next week it will be earlier, I promise!
Disclaimer- S. Meyer owns all things Twilight.
Chapter Song- Teenagers by: My Chemical Romance
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BPOV
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" What took you so long?" Leah whined as she got into the truck, slamming the door shut and adjusting her sweatshirt as she relaxed against the seat.
I rolled my eyes at her and put the car back into drive. I pulled out of the driveway and started weaving through the neighborhood streets carefully in the darkness. They didn't have any fucking streetlamps on, which made it harder to see.
" I was picking something up."
" Picking up what?"
" Just a few things. It's nothing."
She grabbed the grocery bag that I had sitting on the ground. Setting it on the seat, she looked inside and saw the pack of Amp Energy and the Fritos. I saw her glance at the other bag inside of it, with the condoms and the cigarette's.
When she grabbed for that bag, I tried to stop her. " Don't look at that."
Before I could grab it she had it. I couldn't very well do anything about it, my hands were on the wheel and driving was more important. I heard her gasp, and then she broke out into loud, obnoxious giggles.
" Condoms? Are you serious, Bella! Who are you having sex with? And who bought the cigarettes for you? Do you have a fake ID?"
" Leah, damnit...I have a friend who buys me the cigarette's, and he bought the condoms as a joke. Don't say a word about it."
" You are such a liar! You're having sex aren't you?"
" It was a joke."
" You said 'he' bought you them."
" Stop, just let it be. Forget about it."
She said nothing afterwards, seeing that I was clearly annoyed with her accusations.
When we got home I grabbed both of the bags and headed inside the house after locking the car. Leah went for the living room and I headed upstairs to my bedroom. I shut the door with my foot when I got in and set my things down on the desk, shedding James' sweatshirt, that he said to return to him tomorrow, and tossing it on my bed.
Making sure the door was locked; I started undressing myself and put on a pair of shorts and t-shirt to sleep in. I put James' sweatshirt back on and booted up my computer and flipped on my TV, putting on an episode of Friends. I opened up an amp and took a large swig, leaning back against my chair.
I heard a knock on my bedroom door and I looked back, seeing Leah standing by the doorframe.
" I'm sorry for looking through your things and making comments."
" It's fine."
She shut the door and sat down on the edge of my bed. " Don't be mad at me, Bella. I was just curious."
" Look, Leah, certain parts of my life are private to others, just like you have your own thing going on sometimes. We are both entitled to our own things that are a secret. Alright?" I said in a calm voice.
" Yeah...I won't say anything about the condoms."
I sighed, " Thanks."
" What are you both talking about?" I heard Sue say as she entered my room.
Shit!
" Nothing." Leah said.
" I heard a certain word in this conversation, something that I need to be knowing about, Leah?"
" That 'certain word' has nothing to do with, Leah. So don't worry about it."
I already have a messed up relationship with my father, so why not have Sue on my case also. I didn't want Leah dragged into anything. There was nothing for her to be dragged into.
Leah sent me a grateful look, glad that I was getting her out of it before Sue freaked out about her daughter having condoms. I wished James never bought me those stupid things; I'd definitely have to give him a good tongue lashing tomorrow.
" I'm just going to go to bed, night guys!" Leah exclaimed, hopping off of my bed and out of my room. I heard her footsteps down the stairs and Sue gave me a glance, as if to ask me whether or not it was alright to come into my room. I nodded my head and she took Leah's spot at the end of my bed.
Of course I forgot to hide the condoms, and they were still in the bag on the floor by the side of my bed. I sighed at my stupidity and hoped she wouldn't look at it.
" Mind my asking how the word 'condoms' in a conversation came up with my daughter."
" It has nothing to do with Leah, so don't worry about it."
She didn't say much, as usual, " Okay."
Without another word she left my bedroom. Sue has always been a nice woman, but we don't talk much at all. She's married to my father, and my father is basically done with me. I could see that she was in a hard place. At first she used to try and ask him why it was the way it was, but eventually she gave up.
I surfed around on the internet for a short while before using the washroom, washing my face and brushing my teeth. I headed downstairs, grabbing some water, not wanting to drink too much of the energy drink before bed. I headed back upstairs, set my cell-phone alarm and got into bed.
With a yawn I slumped against my pillows, closing my eyes. The last thing that flashed in my head before falling asleep was bright green eyes and bronze hair.
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Next Day
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I groaned and groped for my phone, turning off the obnoxious ringing noise. I rolled onto my stomach and sighed into my pillow, not wanting to get up today and start my routine. When I opened my eyes, the room was still mostly dark, making me sigh once more. My head hurt just a little. I wasn't sure why.
When I sat up, my back cracked slightly. I got out of bed and stretched my arms above my head, feeling my shirt slightly rise. Half asleep, I trekked to my bathroom and turned on the water. I was glad that I had my own bathroom in this house. There's one right next to my dad's room that they share with Seth, and then a powder room on the main floor, and a full bathroom in the basement that was installed.
I turned the water all the way on hot so it would warm up and I locked my bedroom door. I tossed off all of my clothes and stepped into the hot spray. I scrubbed my hair vigorously with my berry scented shampoo, and cleaned my body with my vanilla scented body wash. I shaved my legs nice and smooth, and turned off the water and wrapped a towel around my body, using a smaller towel for my hair.
I washed my face with a scrub, and brushed, flossed and swished around mouth wash in my mouth until the burning of the Listerine subsided. I went into my bedroom and rifled through my drawers, finding a matching grey cotton convertible racer back bra and panty set. I was a little above average in the chest area, but I never complained.
I finished putting on my undergarments and grabbed a pair of boot cut dark wash jeans, and an affliction tank top that's dark grey with a silver design on the front. It's one of my favorite shrits. I grabbed my hoodie with the pouch in front, dark blue and zips half down, and slipped on my white puma's. I wasn't feeling very in the mood to dress up today.
Every once in awhile I like to break out some of my more expensive pieces, most of it is things my mom has bought for me. She liked to send me a lot of designer jeans, dresses, and jewelry. Anything from rings to new things for my cartilage piercing. Recently I've been wearing a hanging blue star for my lower cartilage piercing, and the one above is just a silver stud.
Once I finished dressing I went to the bathroom, blow drying my hair and straightening it. It was pretty shaggy as of right now, mostly choppy. I straightened my side bangs and sprayed in a volumizer. I grabbed one of my black clip bows and used it to pull my bangs back and I clipped it to the top of my head, but gave it just a small poof. I slipped on my silver skull ring and my series of bracelets.
After messing with it for awhile I grabbed my makeup bag, a bit of silver sparkly eye shadow, black eyeliner and some over all mineral veil powder, I was basically done. I put on a bit of mascara to finish. My eyes looked a little shot today, but I had been tossing and turning last night. I grabbed my ray ban aviators and set them on top of my head for now.
I tossed my other clothes in the hamper, realizing I had to do laundry very soon..
I headed downstairs and entered the kitchen. As usual, my father and Sue were in the kitchen together.
I had a glass of orange juice and a piece of cinnamon toast before leaving. I grabbed my bag and made sure my books were inside, and said goodbye to Sue in response to her wishing I have a good day. I took the keys from the hook, and made sure to take James' hoodie with me. It wasn't raining this morning, which I was extremely glad for. I put my aviators down and got into my car.
The ride to school was quick, as it always is, and I hopped out of the car, making sure that it was locked when I did. I slung my school bag over my shoulder and walked across the parking lot, James was by his car, and Edward Masen was right there next to him. I draped James' hoodie over my arm and walked over to them hesitantly, not wanting to bother. The moment James saw me; he made a show of it. He let out a whistle and wrapped his arm around my waist, pulling me to his side.
" Still looking sexy in a hoodie and puma's. Congrats, Bella."
" Not today, James."
He passed me a worried look, " Everything okay?"
I nodded and leaned into him, enjoying the comfort of a friend right now, someone who cared honestly.
" If you weren't just a friend I might have to get into your pants, though, Bella. Bet you're glad you get to hang out with me, eh, Edward? This hot thing will be around."
Edward nodded his head at James and took a drag of his cigarette.
" Well, I'll leave you guys to it, If I am late for Trig then Mr. Harke will give me a fucking detention."
" We gonna have a blunt during lunch?" he asked quietly, but I knew Edward could hear.
Thanks, James. Now Edward probably thinks I am a pothead. I mentally cursed him.
" Maybe a cigarette, I promised my friends I'd sit with them at lunch. So maybe I'll head out ten minutes early at the most. I'll text you."
He nodded and I headed off towards the school, not looking back.
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By the time lunch had rolled around, I honestly didn't want to be there. Angela didn't meet me as usual, and instead was already sitting with Ben. I think she knew she'd been a bitch on the phone to me last night, and didn't want to face me alone. I realized that when I got in line to get something to eat that I wasn't hungry at all.
Jess walked up to me, flanking my side.
" Hey, you look sick. Something wrong, Bella?" she asked worriedly.
" Uh, I don't think I'm going to eat lunch with you guys. I'm sorry, Jess. I'm just going to get some fresh air, chill in my car for a bit."
" I'm not that hungry either, mind if I join you?"
" Yeah, that's fine." I told her.
We stopped at my locker really quick so that I could grab my keys. Once I felt the colder air, I started to feel better. I was surprised on how suddenly the nausea came on, and it was probably triggered because I'd been upset about Angela.
When I got to my car, I got in, and Jess climbed in also and leaned against the seat, I cracked my window and grabbed my pack of cigarettes.
" Is it alright if I?.." I asked her, taking one out.
" I don't care, Bella, it's cool." she said with an eye roll. " Hey, did something happen last night?"
" My dad."
" He talked to you?" Jess asked.
I lit one up and took a long drag, leaning back against the seat as I nodded.
" Yeah...For the first time in like two weeks now. He thought I was putting cigarette stubs on the front lawn and got angry about it or something...God, Jess, I can't wait to get out of here. On top of that Angela called me last night, and she was fucking shoving Ben in my face, in typical fashion. Ever get sick of it? I mean, I get she was a little insecure previously, but it's just getting fucking annoying right now."
Jess nodded, " I'm sorry about your dad, I wonder why he is such an asshole to you. And I totally hear you about Angela, I mean, it's stupid, you know? It's like, since we don't have a boyfriend we are not as cool. I don't know. Just don't let it get to you, because one day you'll be picking up some lucky guy and she'll shut up." she said, laughing at the end.
I chuckled quietly. " I suddenly can't wait for that day."
" Might be near, Edward Masen, or Cullen, is staring at y-"
" Bella!" I heard a voice say suddenly next to me.
I yelped and saw James leaning against the driver's seat of my car. Jess screamed even louder that I did, and jumped about a foot in the air. I smacked James' arm and glared harshly at them, taking a drag of my cigarette.
" Bella, what is James Grahm doing here?" Jess asked.
" We hang out." I replied cryptically
She quirked a brow at me. " Alrighty then...Well, I'm going to head back to the lunch room, girly. I'll see you later, okay? Keep your head up."
" Sure thing."
Jess gave me a huge all toothy smile and hopped out of the car, shutting the heavy door behind her. I leaned out of my window and smacked James again. Without warning, he had his arms around my waist and he fucking pulled me out. I stumbled and almost fell on my ass.
" Fuck you! I feel like shit today. Don't make it worse."
He chuckled and reached out to smack my ass, but only caught my hip.
" You are such an ass." I stated, finishing off my cigarette. I tossed it to the ground and pressed down on it, then picked it up and tossed it in one of the trash cans they kept every few parking lots or so.
" It's fucking cold out here." I stated, shrinking into his side.
James draped his arm around me, " Poor thing."
" I know, right?" I teased half-heartedly, leaning into him.
" Yeah, want to make out?"
He jokingly leaned towards me and I took his cigarette from his mouth. Before I could take a proper drag he stole it back and put it between his lips. I pouted at him and he laughed.
" Maybe if you are lucky later in life, that will work on some poor sucker."
" You bet. Fuck, I am so damn tired. Can we just fucking skip today; get our tongues pierced or something?"
" Go ask Edward over there, he has one. Bet he'll take you and hold your scared little hand."
" No way."
He shoved me and I almost fucking ran into Edward, who held his arms out to make sure I wouldn't fall into him. I steadied myself and he let out a nervous laugh.
" Watch out trippy." James called out.
" I'm sorry." I told Edward quietly.
" You guys are like an old married couple." Edward noted.
" More like he's a jackass and I have to deal with him."
He laughed, " Maybe he has a crush on you."
" James? No way. If he does, it's totally not mutual; he's cute but not my type. And he's like my older brother I never had."
" Do you have family?" he asked.
" Well, kind of. My dad re-married a little while ago, and she had three kids. But I'm not really...in the picture I guess one could say." I said, stealing James cigarette as he got closer.
" Not in the picture?"
" It's complicated." I replied quietly.
He had grabbed my ass, purposely distracting me for the cigarette. I smacked him away from me.
" James, just fucking take this and let the girl keep it." Edward stated, grabbing one of his and handing it to James.
" What about you? Family wise?"
" My parents divorced when I was like thirteen, mom remarried two years ago. My step-dad already had two kids, he was widowed, two kids. Alice is younger than me by two years, and Emmett is younger than me. It's kind of weird; I'll be nineteen this June."
" How does that?..."
" Well, usually It'd be a late Birthday if it was of the usual case. Like I should be seventeen turning eighteen because some kids have a late Birthday. But in my sophomore year I was going through some uh...medical shit...and I really wasn't doing too great. I basically decided to drop out, but my mom was just wanting me to get back into school once I was stable again, so I picked it back up, and now it's just all fucked up."
I nodded. " I'd imagine so."
Suddenly I saw Angela running towards me and she yelled out my name, catching my attention quickly. I sighed and looked over, wondering what in the hell she had to say right now. I wasn't going to settle whatever issue was going on here in front of them.
" BELLA! It's Leah." she said hurriedly.
" What's wrong?" I asked, handing James my cigarette.
" All I saw was her being escorted into the nurse's office with a bloody lip, and Rosalie Hale being escorted into the principal's office."
When I got into the school I headed for the office, ignoring the receptionist who was asking me mindless questions. I reached the nurse's office and I stopped in the doorway. Emmett Cullen was standing in there, standing next to Leah, who was sitting on the cot, and apologizing profusely to her.
I walked in there and her eyes shot to mine.
" What happened?"
" It's nothing, Bella..."
" Fine...Look, I'll have to get a note for you and call Charlie. You probably need stitches.
Leah looked down at her lap and sighed, hopping down. She walked in front of me, and I saw Edward walk in the office, giving Emmett a 'what the fuck is going on' look. Emmett sighed, mumbling 'Rosalie', under his breath. Edward rolled his eyes and his gaze went to Leah, and then locked on me.
His gaze was piercing, and I found myself frozen in my spot, staring right back at him.
" Bella! Sorry to ruin your moment but..ow!" Leah ground out.
" Sorry, I ju-"
I was cut off when I slammed into a body, a familiar one that belonged to James. I was already slightly ticked off, I didn't want to snap at James."
" Whoa, Swan. Just wanted to know what was going on." I heard James.
This office was getting way to crowded
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After getting us excused, being able to excuse ourselves because of the situation, I called my Charlie in the office and told him what happened, or at least what I knew from the situation. The conversation was short and awkward.
I took Leah to the hospital in Forks and we sat in the waiting room for a short while before being taken into an open exam room. She sat on the cot, holding a cloth that the nurse gave her to her bottom lip, swinging her legs back and forth.
" What happened?" I asked her.
" I swear to god, Bella, we were just talking. Emmett's locker is like three away from mine, and he was joking with me about how I have to basically pull the locker door off to get it open. And all of a sudden Rosalie Hale just came clicking down in her stupid heels and started yelling at Emmett, and I tried to tell her that we were just talking and then she just shoved me into the locker and punched me. Emmett grabbed her before she did anything else."
I sighed, " Okay, fine. Just watch out, Leah, or else it will be worse next time."
" What did she do to you, Bella?" she asked.
" Nothing that needs to be re-lived."
" Leah Clearwater, is it?" I heard a smooth voice say, I looked up and was met with a pair of shocking blue eyes.
" I'm Dr. Cullen, and what have we got over here?" he asked, looking over her chart.
Dr. Cullen looked pretty good being an older guy. His light blonde hair was slicked back completely, not a hair out of place or hanging loose. His face structure was perfect, sharp angles and perfectly symmetrical. His face was basically perfect, right down to his bright blue eyes that were piercing.
His body was lean, obviously someone who was a health freak, but he's a doctor so that's expected. He was dressed in a pair of perfectly pressed black slacks, an ironed button up with blue striped tie, and a lab coat hanging off his body, but fitting. His gold plaque nametag said ' Dr. C. Cullen' engraved into it, and his black shoes were so shiny I swear I could see my face in them.
I think Leah was drooling when she took one look at him. I smacked her leg and she glared harshly at me before looking at him. He asked her to take the rag off and he took a good look at her bottom lip.
" Definitely going to need a few stitches, most likely three. How did you get this?"
Leah's eyes down casted. " Fight at school."
" Ah, I see. Well, give me a second here."
He shuffled through some drawers for a few things, and just then my father came bursting through the doors, police uniform at all. When he spotted us he came over and stood next to Leah, not glancing at me for a second.
" What in the heck happened?"
" A girl at school hit me." Leah said monotone
" What? Why did she hit you?"
" Can Bella tell you?"
Dr. Cullen came forth, greeting Charlie before getting started on Leah's stitches for her busted lip. My dad turned towards me with an uninterested look on his face, and I looked back at him.
" Well, the situation had to do with your son, Emmett." I stated, looking at Dr. Cullen who immediately looked towards me, but didn't interrupt. " His girlfriend Rosalie Hale is very hostile towards other girls and, uh, Leah's locker is close to Emmett's, and they had just been joking and laughing about Leah's weird locker door and Rosalie took that as them flirting and hit Leah."
" What in the hell is wrong with that girl? I'm going to talk with the school about this."
Dr. Cullen said nothing, but he probably wanted to. This was his son's girlfriend, he must have known her, but I didn't know a damn about that situation, or how they must have knew each other before the move. Honestly, I didn't give a fuck. I gave a fuck that Rosalie messed with Leah. Yeah, Leah and I aren't exactly 'sisters' but I care about her if something were to happen.
When they first moved in Leah definitely made it hard not to like her. I might not be on great terms with my father, Jake doesn't seem to like anybody, Seth is lost in his own world and Sue loves Charlie and is polite and brief to me, but with Leah, we are okay to some extent.
Once I'd been done talking with my dad, he told me to get back to school, and at this point, I'd be walking in during Biology class. It was twice in two days we talked.
That was a record.
With Leah taken care of with my father, I headed off back to Forks High School. When I got there, I quickly skittered through the halls with my Biology book. I went to the office first to pick up a late slip and that I was excused for it.
When I walked into the class the teacher was right in the middle of the lesson. I walked over to his desk just as he silenced and handed him the note, after giving it a good once over, he nodded at me and I took my seat next to Edward.
The class was resumed as so, and I was not paying much attention today, I really just wanted to take a few hits of my blunt and be at James' house right now. The class continued on, and Mr. Malina was going on about Mitosis in detail, next class we were going to be using microscopes, so I guess that was going to be cool.
Once I was dismissed I headed off to gym, and noticed Edward Masen following me closely. When I entered the gym doors I went straight for the girls locker room. I changed my clothing and put on some deodorant. Once I finished I headed into the gym, and teams for volleyball were being set up again.
Unfortunately, I had this class with Rosalie Hale.
I wondered how she was still in school right now.
Great, now I can make an idiot out of myself in front of Edward, again.
When Rosalie Hale spotted me, she gave me one of her stupid smirks, as if to say she won.
I glared at her, and Coach Clapp stood us all up.
I was on a team with Edward Masen and Rosalie Hale, same side of the damn net. Some girl named Samantha was there, and she was in front, closer to the net, with me. The other team started it off good. I was fucking shocked how great Edward was with sports, he hit the ball hard enough to come towards me, but not far enough to pass right over. I jumped up and spiked it down, earning us a point.
The ball went back and forth for awhile, and at one point, Rosalie had hit me square in the back, 'on accident', but I kept my cool. And then she did it again, and Coach Clapp clearly was not pleased with her at the moment.
But no, it was the third time, when she smacked me straight on the back of the head that I had completely had enough of it, and I turned around and went up to her. Yeah, she was fucking taller than me, but she was a fucking marshmallow.
" What are you going to do, Swan? I already got a good hit on your sister, you next?"
" You're a fucking bitch." I spat at her.
" At least I'm not the most butch girl in school."
Before she could blink I knocked her down and clocked her right in the nose. Her scream bounced off the walls and I heard Coach Clapp use his whistle. A few awful names for her spewed out of my mouth and suddenly I felt two hands firmly grip my arms and pull me back after receiving a clear smack across my face. I struggled in the arms, and felt myself being pulled against a strong chest.
" Fucking bitch!" I screamed, thrashing violently.
" Miss. Swan! Calm yourself." Coach Clapp shouted just as Rosalie got to her feet, her hand covered her nose, and she was yelling out profanities in my direction.
" Let me the fuck go!" I yelled, struggling against the unknown arms.
" Cut it out!"
Fuck.
It was Edward.
I did my best and successfully shoved him off of me, and I stormed off towards the locker room, ignoring the Coach's yells for me to get to the principal's office. Once I changed back into my clothes, taking about five minutes, I walked out of the gym and literally ran into Edward.
Why was he everywhere I go?"
" Are you alright?" he asked.
" I'm fine. Now if you'll excuse me I have to escort myself to the principal's office."
I brushed passed him and down to the school's main office for the third time today. I knew this time that I probably wasn't going to be getting off without a hitch; detention was definitely in store for me. And I am most definitely not looking forward to it.
At all.
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