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Day Two and Then Some

The next day was better. Bella was a little sulky, but not overly so. Probably because she didn't know Edward tried to switch out of her class.

As soon as we pulled up to school, I said a quick goodbye to Bella and made my way to art. Emmett was already there, grinning widely and waving. We spent the entire class period discussing the merits of cats vs dogs. He was on team cat because you could feed them and forget about them, whereas I was a dog lover. I was thinking of getting one soon, but was unsure if Charlie would allow it or not.

The rest of the morning passed similar to the day before. I spent Gov talking with Mike, Trig avoiding Jessica's questions, and English helping out Angela. Bells and I sat with the same group as yesterday for lunch, I spent it ignoring Lauren's snide comments and trying to cheer up Bella.

Spanish with Jasper was fun, we just had to talk to each other for the entire class period in Spanish. I could tell Jasper was surprised with my fluency in the language. I can't wait till he finds out I can speak several other languages as well.

During gym, I managed to dodge Bella's misfires while we played volleyball. Other were not so lucky, and Mike and I spent the class laughing at whoever was unfortunate enough to get hit by one. Bella just glared at us each time, which caused us to laugh even harder.

After school, we made a quick stop at our house to grab the money from the jar labeled 'FOOD MONEY', before heading out to the grocery store. Bella was taking over cooking duties, seeing as both Charlie and I have limited skills in the kitchen. I spent the entire time we were shopping trying to talk Bella into buying various junk food items that we didn't really need, that giant gummy bear was practically calling my name. Eventually I managed to talk her into a tub of rocky road ice cream and a bag of lollipops.

Once we got home, I helped Bells unload and put away the groceries. I helped Bella with dinner, then we separated to do homework. Bella went upstairs to her room, while I stayed in the living room and turned on the tv to have some background noise.

After about an hour and a half, Bella came back downstairs and joined me on the couch. I was watching reruns of Buffy and relaxing after having finished my homework. She plopped down on the opposite end of the couch with her favorite book, Wuthering Heights.

"Mom is freaking out. You haven't emailed her back yet." Bella told me as she flipped through her book.

I sighed, "She knows I never look at my email. If she wants to talk to me, she can pick up a phone."

Bella rolled her eyes and continued reading her book. Around forty minutes later, she quickly jumped up and ran to the kitchen shouting, "Oh no, the food!"

I jumped up behind her, curious to see if she burned the food or not. When I walked into the kitchen I heard Bella's sigh of relief, she was pulling out potatoes from the oven. Guess we got lucky, they looked a little on the well done side, but not burned.

Somehow during our inspection of the meal, we missed Charlie arriving. "What's for dinner?" he asked warily.

Bella gave a small smile, "Steak and potatoes."

Dinner was a pretty quiet affair, until Bella started asking questions about the Cullens. Charlie was pretty surprised when I mentioned I was friends with the two boys, and he kept giving me these little glances. Like he wanted to tell me something, but he let it go. When we finished, I cleared the table and washed the dishes while Bella dried. Dad went to watch tv in the living room. When that was finished, we took turns showering and then headed to bed.

The rest of the week was boring. I had established a routine and stuck to it, for the most part. To try and actually use my brain for something, I decided to take up the task of learning every students name and face.

Apart from the boredom, Bella's anxiousness was starting to grate on my nerves. By lunchtime on Friday, she finally cracked and asked me if I could ask Jasper or Emmett if they knew when Edward would be back. I couldn't take any more of her side glances and jumpiness so I told her I would ask, if only to get her off my back.

So when Jasper walked into Spanish that day, he found me already there, my face squashed down into the desk. I was probably radiating annoyance and misery. I felt him slide into the chair next to me, and could feel him staring, probably trying to get me to look up. I didn't.

After a few moments, he finally cracked, "...should I be concerned?"

"I. Can't. Take. This. Any. More." I said, punctuating each syllable with a bang of my head onto the desk.

"Take what?" Jasper asked, gently catching my head before it hit the desk again. He then turned my face toward him and pulled his other hand up to massage the spot on my forehead.

"It's Bellsy." I pouted. "She's obsessed with your brother. Something happened between them and it is driving me up the wall dealing with her mood swings."

"Edward?" Jasper asked as he removed his cold hands from my forehead.

"Yes," I replied. "Do you happen to know when he'll be back? If it isn't soon I might murder him the next time I see him for putting me through this."

Jasper chuckled and shook his head, "Sorry Penny, he's been really sick all week. He should be better by Monday though." He turned to look at Mrs. Goff, who was now teaching. I swear, that lady must be almost deaf or Jasper must be doing something because she never notices us talking during her lessons.

The weekend passed by quickly. I mostly hung out with Bella and alone in my room, moving things around and making it look more 'me'. Bella and I talked about the beach trip our classmates were planning to La Push. I wanted to go, but Bella was still iffy about it. Charlie worked this weekend so Bella and I deep cleaned the entire house, top to bottom. The house really needed it. Renee called, finally getting fed up with me not replying to her emails, we talked about how she and Phil were doing and I told her of the friends I made.

On Monday, multiple people said hello to me in the parking lot, they were surprised when I greeted them with their names. That memorization paid off!

Emmett was in the middle of describing the time he turned Edwards's hair pink while we made sculptures when I noticed the snow falling from the sky. I gasped and quickly made my way to the window. I tried following each little fluff that fell from the sky to the ground. This was the first time I had ever seen snowfall, in both my lives.

"Pip?" I heard Emmett call, and when I didn't move from the window I felt him come up behind me. Looking up, I saw him staring out the window, trying to see what I saw.

"What are you looking at?" he asked softly.

"The snow." I replied. "I've never seen snow before."

"Never?" Emmett asked unbelievably.

"Nope." I said sadly. "Never had a snowball fight or built a snowman either."

"Emmett, Penny, why aren't you at your desks?" Ms. Wilson asked as she walked toward us.

"I wanted to watch the snow and Emmett was nice enough to keep me company." I answered brightly.

"I see." she stated while giving me an odd look. "Well, just make sure you finish the assignment dears."

She turned around and let us be. I spent the rest of the class period watching the snowfall, Emmett kindly letting me know that he'd do both of our assignments so I could enjoy the view.

-EMMETT-

I was walking to the cafeteria, caught up in my conversation with Edward about the latest video game, when I felt something wet hit the back of my neck. A snowball, most likely. I reached out to touch my neck, when I heard a giggle. Turning quickly, I grinned when I saw who it was.

"Oh, this means war." I said. "You better run, Pip."

She squealed and ran toward Jasper as I began collecting snow. Jasper let out a deep laugh as Penny darted around him, trying to use him as a shield. He caught her 'round the middle, holding her still while I hit her with a snowball. In retaliation, she smashed some snow in his face; causing me to laugh and Jasper let her go in surprise.

She ran toward Edward next, laughing all the while. He gave her a funny look, I wonder what she was thinking to gain that look. She winked at him.

We all paused when Edward was hit in the chest with a snowball, Pip turning to look at a smirking Rose. Pip smirked back, and carefully went on her tip toes to smash some snow in Edwards's hair. That caused us all to laugh as Edward threw her a betrayed look. That started a full blown, snowball fight; Edward, Alice, and Jasper against Penny, Rose, and I. Although, Alice only joined in once I dumped a large handful down her shirt, targeting me in retaliation. We continued our snow fight for a few more minutes until we were interrupted by a fierce stomach growl, at that we all turned to look at Pip.

"Damn Pip, what kind of monster are you hiding in there?" I asked, looking at her in awe. That thing was loud.

She rolled her eyes, "It's an irritable grizzly, just woken up from hibernation. Careful, I might bite if you poke me."

"Really?" I asked teasingly, "I think you'd react more like the Pillsbury Dough Boy if I poked you."

Penny puts a mock offended look on, "Wow Rose, you really have quite the catch here. Did he win you over with his silver tongue?"

Rosie's eye lit up with amusement. "Well, he does have a wickedly talented tongue, but not when he uses it for talking."

I waggled my eyebrows at Pip and she scowled, a bright blush covering her cheeks.

"Alright that's enough." Jasper butts in, "Penny's hungry, let's go inside."

We make our way to the cafeteria, Edward and Alice leading the way. Rose and Penny next, making small talk about sandcastles vs snowmen, with Jasper and I bringing up the rear. I liked this, Pip was bringing us closer together, well most of us. Edward hasn't gotten to know her yet, and Alice seems to have taken a dislike to her because she messed up her mojo.

We grabbed our food and sat down at our usual table. It was when I felt a warmth to my left that I noticed Pip was making herself right a home between me and Jasper.

"What are you doing?" Alice asked baffled. Looking between Penny and where she usually sat over at Jessica's table.

"Sitting Alice, its lunchtime." Penny replied with a mischievous smile.

Rose raised a brow, "Yes. I can see that."

Jasper, Edward, and I watched in rapt fascination ad Penny and Rose had some sort of girl stare-down. Finally, it seemed Rosie was satisfied with what she found because she gave a genuine smile.

"Want some of my lunch?" Rose asked, "I don't think I'm all that hungry, we did have a big breakfast today."

Penny smiled, "Sure Rose, pass me your fruits would you?"

With that, we fell into a nice conversation, with Penny eating off of our food trays. Rose was keeping most of Pip's attention by talking about all the good places to visit in Seattle. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Edward sneak a glance at Penny's sister.

"Edward Cullen is staring at you." I heard Jessica Stanley whisper.

"He doesn't look angry, does he?" Bella whispered back.

Edward looked slightly offended at that, and I couldn't help but think. It's your fault really. You glared at her for a whole class period, Penny said you came off as an ass.

He glared at me for that, but I was totally right.

"I don't think he likes me." Bella divulged to Jessica, looking a little sad.

"The Cullens don't like anybody, well they don't notice anybody enough to like them. Your sister seems to be the exception though." Jessica remarked snidely.

Oh I bet she's just bursting with jealousy. Edward nodded, confirming my thoughts.

"You know Edward, stare any harder and I just might think you're interested in my sister." Penny remarked with a raised brow.

Edward just looked at her with a flustered expression. Rose and Alice smiled while Jasper and I laughed.

"By the way," Penny continued, focusing on Edward, "I hope you don't plan on upsetting my sister next period. If you do, things might get...unpleasant for you."

"I think that was the sweetest threat Edward ever received." remarked Rose.

Edward glared at her, "It was not my intention to upset her. I wasn't feeling well. Rest assured, it won't happen again."

"Mhmm, if you say so." replied Pip as she grabbed a bag of fruit snacks off my tray.

Edward nodded, as if that was proof enough for her. Actions speak louder than words buddy.

"Well it was a delight having lunch with you all. Bye Eddie, Ali, Rosie, Em" she said, nodding at each of us in turn.

"Come on Jasper, give me a piggyback ride to Spanish." Penny said with a pout. "I am not feeling it today. Your longer legs will get us there faster."

Jasper rolled his eyes and chucked, "Climb aboard little lady."

Penny jumped on his back, and they made their way out of the cafeteria with everyone's eyes on them.

Alice huffed, "I hope she isn't trying to steal my Jazzy away from me."

Edward rolled his eyes as he got up to leave, "She isn't interested in him at all. In fact, she thinks of both Jasper and Emmett as siblings."

I grinned at hearing that, "Aw yeah, I've got a new little sister."

Rosalie rolled her eyes, "She's okay for a human. Just be careful Em, she's a smart one."

I nodded, "Of course Rosie, baby. I wouldn't hurt little Pip. Now come on, we have five minutes to get to class."

-PENNY-

After Spanish, which I spent listening to Jasper talk about why I should trade Bobby in and get a newer model, I walked around to see if I could spot Bella and Mike making their way to gym.

When I found them, Bella and Mike were talking about how Edward did a 180 on his personality today. I asked them what had gone down in their Biology class, and Mike regaled me an amusing tale about his horrible adventure with a microscope. Bella let me know about her much friendlier conversation with Edward while we were getting dressed in the locker room. I couldn't help but to remark, "So he finally pulled the stick out of his ass?" Bella elbowed me in retaliation, but she was smiling.

Gym went by quickly, Mike and I got put on the same team as Bella. He managed to skillfully dodge most of her misfires. Two of Bella's shots ended up hitting Jessica Stanley in the face, something that Mike and I snickered about while Bella and Jessica glared at us.

It was starting to rain a little by the time Bella and I made it to the Bobby. I personally liked the cool misty air after getting out of gym, but apparently Bella didn't because she turned the heater on full blast. As I was pulling out, I noticed Bella freeze in her seat. Looking around I noticed Edward staring, and she was staring right back. Jeez, could they be any weirder, they've literally only spoken for a day.


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