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Chapter Three
Edwards POV
Bella Swan was the strangest person I had ever met. She seemed to have the uncanny ability to make me do stupid things, like pass notes and get her in trouble, insult her, and etc. I was determined, however, to apologize to her and make things right with her-no matter how many pencils she used to stab me. "Bella," I called to her as I walked down the hallway after class, trying to catch up with her.
She was ignoring me, walking incredibly fast to her next class, whatever that was. I should have been headed to my own, given how little time I had until the bell rang, but she was headed in the right direction, so I figured I could follow her and still make it on time. "Bella," I said, finally running and closing the small gap of space between us.
"Bella," I said, "come on, say something."
"Die," she replied.
"Okay, that's something," I said, "but seriously…you can't just not talk to me."
"Die twice," she said, "there, I talked to you. You can go away now, Cullen."
"No, I can't, because my class is in the same direction as yours," I said, "besides; I've got to apologize to you. I shouldn't have been passing notes in class. I'm sorry that Miss Dent took it out on you though. Let me make it up to you."
"Edward," said Bella, "please leave me alone. You just tick me off, and I'd really like to get through this day without-"
"Is there a problem here?" The familiar voice of Mike Newton said. Mike Newton was nice enough, a typical jock, and not exactly smart. I didn't have a problem with him, but I just really wanted to talk to Bella, not him.
"Yes," said Bella at the same time that I said, "No."
Mike looked confused, but it appeared that Newton was going to try and be chivalrous and help Bella out. "Hi there," said Newton, looking at Bella, "you're Bella Swan, right?"
"Yeah, that's me," she said, tucking a strand of her brown hair behind her ear.
"I'm Mike," he introduced himself, and then he looked at the two of us and said, "so what's going on here?"
"Cullen here," said Bella, "won't leave me alone."
"Okay, see, that's not exactly it," I said, "I'm trying to apologize to her for something that I did, that's all."
"Look Cullen," said Newton, "it seems to me that the lady doesn't want your apology, so you should just leave her alone."
"Yes," said Bella, "you should just leave me alone."
"Bella," I said, "come on-this is silly…can't you just forgive me?"
"Cullen, leave the girl alone, okay?" said Newton.
Bella was walking away at this point, only I noticed that she had gone into the same classroom that I was supposed to be in. "I can't," I said smiling, "I've got class with her. You however should really be going. You've got Science or something, right?"
I brushed passed the confused looking Mike Newton and headed into my Spanish classroom, which also happened to be Bella's classroom, thanks to my luck. I purposefully took a seat next to her, much to her annoyance.
"What are you doing here, Cullen?" hissed Bella.
"We have the same class together," I said.
"You've got to be kidding me," Bella muttered under her breath.
"I'm not," I said, smiling at her. "So do you accept my apology?"
"No," snapped Bella.
"I'm not going to leave you alone until you accept my apology," I said.
"Why are you so determined to get me to accept your apology?" said Bella.
"Because," I said, "I'm a nice guy, and I'm not used to having people think that I'm not a nice guy. So c'mon, accept my apology. I'm begging you."
"No," said Bella.
"Why?" I asked.
"Because, frankly, I don't think you deserve it," said Bella, "now can you please shut up?"
"No because-"
"Class is about to start," Bella said, "and I already got in trouble with one teacher because of you, and I would really like not to get in trouble with another teacher because of you, so can you please shut up?"
Class had actually started and I decided that if I didn't want to get stabbed again, I was going to have to sit there and be quiet. I thought about trying to write her a note again, but I couldn't. That hadn't exactly ended up well the last time that I had done it and I didn't want her any madder at me then she already was.
I took notes during class, looking at her all the meanwhile. She however kept complete and total focus on her notes, ignoring me the whole time. It was the most irritating thing ever.
Class went by slowly, but eventually the bell rang. I turned and she was up and out of her seat faster than I would have liked her to. I tried going after her, but she was headed in the opposite direction then the one that I had to go in.
I headed to my class with reluctance, knowing that this was going to drive me crazy. I had to get her to accept my apology, someway, somehow.
I headed to History class which I shared with Alice and Emmett, and I took a seat down next to them. "What's wrong with you?" said Emmett when he saw me. "You look like someone ran over your puppy or something."
"I can't make that Bella girl accept my apology," I said, "she refuses to, and it seems that every time I'm around her, I end up doing something stupid, and she ends up hating me more."
Alice let out a sigh. "Oh no," she said, "what'd you do this time?"
"I tried apologizing," I said, "for yesterday, obviously. I bought her The Great Gatsby as a gift, thinking it would be funny, because that was what the whole thing was about, only it seemed that she was insulted by it. Then, I tried apologizing for that, only we got caught writing notes to each other, by the teacher, and the teacher called her out about it in front of the class, causing Bella to hate me even more."
Alice's eyes widened. "My god, Edward," she said, "You really have been doing some stupid things around this girl."
"Heh, heh," said Emmett, "I'm kind of hoping you keep it up. Then Rose can stop ragging on me for some of the stupid stuff I do. I'll seem like a perfect saint to her."
"I don't intend on it," I said, "I have two classes with this girl. I would at least like things to be civil between us."
"Well, you said you tried to apologize to her, right?" said Alice.
"Yes," I said.
"And she didn't want your apology, I take it?" said Alice.
"No, she just wanted me to leave her alone," I said.
"Maybe that's what you should do, then," said Alice.
"What?"
"That's what you should do," said Alice, "just leave her alone. It might be easier on the both of you. Your apologies to her clearly don't work; they just make the situation worse."
"I don't want her to think that I'm a bad guy though," I said.
"I know," said Alice, "but why don't you let her find that out on her own, huh?"
"What if she doesn't find it out on her own?" I said.
"Then, she's not very bright," said Alice, and then her eyes danced suddenly and she asked, "Why do you care so much if she accepts your apology or not, hmm?"
"Because," I said, "I don't like people hating me."
"Are you certain that's all?" said Alice.
I groaned as I realized where Alice was going with this. "Alice," I said, "just because I'm paying attention to this girl does not mean that I like her like that, okay? Besides, she stabbed me with a pencil."
"And it completely and totally made you attracted to her," said Emmett, joining in on the conversation and giving me a smile. "Admit that the stabbing thing turned you on. You're addicted to the pain. Isn't there a word for that?"
"Emmett," I said, "please shut up-do not encourage Alice. You know how Alice is once she gets an idea in her head. She won't leave it alone-and I don't think I can stand it if Alice tries playing matchmaker or something again with me."
"Oh, come on," said Alice, "I only do it for you. You know, Tanya's not the only woman for you-you have to get back out there sometime."
"Trust me, Alice," I said, "I'm not trying to date Bella Swan. I just want her to accept my apology, and not hate me, so that I can refrain from getting stabbed by her-because it still hurts." I pointed to my bandaged hand that was, indeed, still throbbing a little from yesterday.
"Okay," said Alice, "if you say so. But you know, I really do think, that if you aren't romantically interested in her, you should just leave it alone. After all, she did stab you with a pencil, and you don't seem to have the best of luck when it comes to her-"
"I'm going to get her to accept my apology," I said determinedly, "and she will like me, and we will be civil to one another and everything will be fine, and I won't get stabbed again in the process."
Alice gave me a suspicious look.
"What?" I said, blinking.
"Are you sure you don't-"
"Alice," I said, "I'm positive."
"But it's just so weird that you want her to accept your apology so badly and-"
"Down, girl," I said, "now class is starting, pay attention."
"Fine," said Alice, "but the first sign you show any romantic interest in this girl, I am going to help you. I don't care what you say. You have no say in the matter. I know people have said you are an old soul and a gentleman and that you would make the perfect boyfriend, but even with all that you could still use help."
"Okay Alice," I said, "but I can guarantee that I have no romantic interest in this girl. I just don't want her to hate me or to keep stabbing me with pencils-and don't even think about meddling." Alice frowned at me, but nodded.
The bell rang then, and it was time for class to start.
Bella's POV
It was official-Edward Cullen was going to drive me CRAZY. I couldn't stand it. It was like he was doing everything on this planet to try and annoy me. Even worse, he simply couldn't understand that I didn't want anything to do with him-he just kept on apologizing, over and over, and he didn't seem to get that I didn't want his apologies; I just wanted to be left alone.
If he kept on doing it, I was probably going to kill him. I wouldn't have minded the apologies normally, except that every time he apologized, he did something annoying.
I sat in my class, not really paying any attention to the lecture, and dreading when it would be over, having a feeling that Edward would come looking for me again.
I realized the Mike guy that I'd met earlier was sitting next to me and smiled at him. Mike leaned over and whispered, "Hi."
"Hi," I said.
"So, how are you liking Forks?" asked Mike.
I hated that question, and I'd already been asked it several times since coming here. What was I supposed to say? It's too green, cold, and wet and I missed Phoenix? Somehow I didn't exactly think that would make people happy. "Its fine, I guess," I said simply instead. Lying seemed to be the easiest thing to do when it came to questions like that.
"That's good," said Mike, "I'm sorry to hear Cullen's giving you a hard time. That's weird, because he's usually so nice to everyone."
I rolled my eyes. "I have yet to see it," I said.
"Don't worry about it," said Mike, "just ignore him."
"I'll try," I said, although considering how persistent he was when it came to the smallest of things, I was fairly certain that it was going to be hard to do.
"You're not missing out on much by not being friends with Cullen," said Mike, "trust me. But um, we should definitely hang out sometime, you know."
"Sure," I said, just to be polite, knowing that nothing would come of it. It was just nice to have someone to talk to though-someone other than Edward Cullen, who wasn't rude to me and was actually civil. At least there was someone at Forks High School that didn't feel the need to annoy me.
A/N: Oh, Bella…if only she knew. So, I'm glad you guys like it, because I don't really have a clue what I'm doing. I haven't read much Twilight Fanfiction to know what's good and what isn't, and this is my first one, so I'm just kind of winging it. Hopefully you'll enjoy it because I'm enjoying it. Edward is going to attempt to apologize to Bella yet again. He is very determined to have her not hate him. Unfortunately, insults will come rambling out….and there may or may not be another incident with a pencil being used to stab him…. And there will be some Alice meddling eventually…
