I keep forgetting disclaimers so here:

disclaimer: I don't own Twilight. Mostly because it's a time of day.


I woke up stiffly in the morning. I got ready, covering my bruises and hurrying downstairs to make Charlie his breakfast. He surprisingly didn't beat me this morning, leaving for another fishing trip. I breathed a sigh of relief as I headed out the door. Jacob met me in the parking lot again, wrapping his arm around my shoulders too tightly. I tried to smile, but I don't think it worked. He dragged me to English and nearly shoved me into my desk.

The morning went by slowly. After English I was free of Jacob until lunch, so I could at least look at other people without Jacob getting jealous. I noticed two new faces. They must be some Cullens. A boy and a girl. I wondered if they where one of the couples. They where both inhumanly beautiful. The girl was short, with spiky black hair and a pixie-like face. They boy took my breath away. He was tall, well muscled, and incredibly handsome, with messy bronze hair. I looked at him for a minute, before realizing that I was staring, and that Jacob would kill me for even thinking this way about someone else. I shook my head sadly, and looked at the front of the room.

The bronze haired boy was in all my classes after that until lunch. I tried not to look at him.

When lunch finally came, I went to my table and waited for Jacob. I noticed that the new family was sitting a few tables away from me. There was another girl and two boys. The girl was tall and curvy, with long blond hair. If I had any self confidence left after Charlie and Jacob, it would have been gone after seeing her. She was easily the most beautiful girl I'd ever seen. Her pale arms where around a tall guy with a lot of muscles and curly dark hair. I looked for the pixie girl and found her sitting next to a tall, lanky boy with blond hair. I guess she wasn't with the bronze haired guy. They where all pale, with the same inhuman beauty and complete stillness.

Just then, Jacob came in. He went straight to the food without looking at me. I waited patiently while he walked slowly toward me. He sat next to me, and began eating his food quickly. When he was done, he wrapped his arm too tightly around me, pressing his mouth roughly too mine. It was torture. He didn't take it too far, so when lunch was over, I walked quickly to biology, not wanting to be late.

When I walked in, the teacher wasn't there yet, along with half the class. I went to my desk. I was the only person without a lab partner. A while later the teacher walked in, and went to sit at his desk and wait for the rest of the class to show up. I stared at the front of the room. When I saw the bronze haired boy walk into the room, I stared at my desk intently. When he passed my desk, I swear I saw him tense slightly. When he reached the front, I heard him exchange some words with the teacher. Then went to sit next to me. The only available seat. Then class started. I payed attention, writing my notes and never speaking. When he set us an assignment, I finished quickly and began to doodle randomly.

"Hello," I heard a voice next to me say. "My name is Edward Cullen." I looked up into his dark eyes, slightly fearful. I haven't really talked to anyone in years.

"Bella Swan." I said, my voice threatening to break. He nodded, and I turned back to my pointless doodles. After a while I glanced at him again. He was staring at me. I frowned, confused, "What?"

"Why don't you just break up with your boyfriend. Turn in your dad?" He whispered so that only I could hear. I blinked, shocked.

"I don't know what you're talking about." I lied shakily. I'm a terrible lair.

"Yes you do." I heard him mutter. I wasn't sure if he meant for me to hear it. I ignored him, and kept doodling until the end of class.

Edward was in my next class too. He sat next to me, trying to make small talk. I responded politely, but for the most part ignored him. Jacob would punish me if he heard that I even spoke a word to anyone else, so I don't talk to people. I listen to the gossip. I know what everyone says about me. They think that I'm just stuck up. If only they knew the truth.

I met Jacob again in gym class. He pulled me around roughly, probably bruising again. I hate gym. I have to show skin. I manage to hide with makeup. When I got home, I did my homework, made Charlie dinner, then got my daily pounding. Today he whipped me with a leather belt, saying that it was for my own good. He always says that.


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