Disclaimer: I don't anything. Twilight and its characters all belong to Stephenie Meyer & song belongs to the lovely Katy Perry. But I do own this story and the plot so that's good enough for me. Wahaha! Anything that happens in this story, that happened to you in real life is just pure coincidence. LOL.
Full Summary: Bella Swan has always been "One of the Boys". She also happens to be in love with her best-friend, Edward Cullen. Too bad Edward only sees her as a friend or at least that's what she thinks… So what happens when after one summer, she decides to trade in her jeans for miniskirts? Inspired by Katy Perry's One of the Boys. Rated M for future lemons.
Chapter 4:
BPOV:
Normally people would go "Oh! Thank God It's Friday! Hoorah!" but that wasn't the case for me. Today was Friday and it was also the last day school. But more importantly, it also signifies that this was the last day Edward would be here before he goes away to football camp. I'm trying my best to take this in a positive way by telling myself that I have Alice and Rose to keep me company. Sure, I will definitely miss Edward but I have Alice.
Speaking of Alice where is she?
I'm standing my locker waiting for her to "magically" appear because her locker is just next to mine. I heard that Edward went out with Lauren last night and I wanted to know how Alice took it. She's not a big fan of Lauren exactly and I assume she's flying into mad rage as we speak. I guess she took longer than I expected for her to appear so I decided to clean out the stuff in my locker. I looked at that locker door and saw the picture of me and Edward back in middle school. Soon enough, decides to appear. Finally!
"Morning Bella!" She says before pulling me into a bone-crushing hug. Ouch. Who knew she could do that. She was nothing like Edward or Emmett. She was such tiny little thing! But I guess strength runs in their family. I see Jasper behind her, leaning against her locker.
"Hey Bella. Great game last Saturday." he said with a smile. Jasper was tall, blonde and had that southern-gentleman type of look. Like Edward and Emmett, he was also good look. But of course, I only saw him as a friend.
"Hey Jasper and thanks. You did a great job too!" I complimented despite the fact that Alice's hug is cutting off my circulation. Alas! Alice lets go and I can breathe again.
"Alice? Are you ok?" I ask her.
"Of course Bella! Why wouldn't I be!" She said as joyfully as she can.
Something is up.
I expected her to throw a fit because Edward went out on a date with Lauren but she's acting like Heidi Klum just told her she won Project Runway cycle. Strange….
"Uh… Because I heard Edward went out with Lauren last night?" I reminded her.
"Oh that... Haha! Well, after their date, Edward said it was probably the worst date ever and besides I-" she trailed off when Mr. Banner walked by.
"Hey Mr. Banner!" She exclaimed.
"Oh hello Alice. Bella. Jasper." Mr. Banner said giving all of us a nod.
"Hi Mr. Banner." me and Jasper greeted simultaneously.
For some reason Mr. Banner seems pretty... down right now. I wonder what happened to him…
"Are you alright Mr. Banner?" I inquired.
"Oh I'm fine Bella. Thank you for asking. But there just seems to be a small little problem in the Bio-Lab…"
"What happened?" I asked curiously.
"Well it seems to me that Arachne is missing from her tank…" Mr. Banner said in a depressing way.
Arachne was Mr. Banner's pet Tarantula that he kept in at tank in the back of the Biology Lab. Mr. Banner would always hold Arachne in his hand and he would go around the lab and ask everyone if they wanted to touch her from time to time. All the boys would touch her but the girls would start screaming their heads off and tell Mr. Banner to put Arachne back in her tank. Except me of course. Arachne was a sweet and gentle spider but to Mr. Banner, she was more than just a pet.
She was also Mr. Banner's love, his life, and his best friend. How sad.
"Do you happen to know where she is?" Mr. Banner asked hoping that one of us does.
But before I could say anything, Alice beat me to it.
"Um. No. Nope. Not a clue. I think you should try the air vent. She might have gone there. She is a spider after all." She said quickly.
OK. Something is DEFINITELY up.
"Maybe your right... Thanks kids. If you see her, kindly inform me. Now if you'll excuse me." he said before heading down the hallway.
I look at Alice skeptically with an eyebrow raised.
"What?" She said innocently. She is such an amazing actress sometimes but I can see right through her.
"Cut the act Alice. I know you had something to do with this."
"OK. Fine" She confessed.
"I may have something to do with Arachne's disappearance..."
I'm about to tell her off but before I can, she cuts me off.
"I know this may seem wrong, but I promise, she will be returned to Mr. Banner by the end of this day." She guarantees me.
"Ugh! Fine I groan." Whatever Alice is up to, I just hope for Mr. Banner's sake, that Arachne will be returned alive with all eight legs.
"Alice, whatever you're up to, please, stop. This is childish." Jasper pleaded.
But pleading won't work. Not with Alice it doesn't. Want Alice wants, Alice gets.
"Oh stop it Jasper! And don't call me a child. If I'm a child you wanna know what that makes you?" She questioned Jasper.
"What then?" Jasper said incredulously.
"A Pedophile" Alice stated with a Cheshire-Cat-Wide-Smile.
"Well maybe I am." Jasper teased with a smirk and leans down to give Alice a kiss.
Ugh. Must they get so mushy in the morning? Oh who am I kidding? They're always like this. And if you thought they were bad, just wait until you see Emmett and Rose. They're practically animals! It wouldn't surprise me if they were getting it on in Joe the Janitor's closet right now. They can't keep they're hands of each other's. But thank goodness Alice and Jasper's kiss only lasts a few seconds. I am this close to losing my 20/20 vision.
"See you at lunch darling." Jasper tells Alice then gives her one last kiss.
We then all head to our next class. Me and Alice have English with Mr. Mason and Jasper has Spanish with Mrs. Goff. As soon as we reach class, I see a TV in front of the class which I'm guessing was borrowed from the AVR-Room. Since today was the last day of school, Mr. Mason lets our class choose a movie to watch. And it seems to me the whole class picked, Ferris Bueller's Day Off. How I love this movie. I take a seat next to Alice and everyone has they're eyes glued on to the TV screen. Every now and then, we would laugh and giggle.
After English it was it was lunch so me and Alice headed into the cafeteria. For some reason Alice a mischievous and cunning smile on her face. Her smiles were always somewhat scary but this one was exceptionally creepy. Oh no. Why do I get the feeling that something bad is going to happen?
We made our way through the cafeteria towards the table that we usual sit in. Emmett's already seated with an arm around Rose who was sitting on his right. On Rose's right is Jasper and next to Jasper are two empty seats which I assume are meant for Alice and me.
I take a seat next to Alice who takes the empty seat next to Jasper. But before I say anything, I notice that the seat on Emmett's left is empty. Where's Edward?
"Hey guys, where's Edward?" I asked.
"He's sitting over there." Emmett points to the table across us, pointing at Edward. Edward was sitting with Lauren Mallory and, as Alice refers to as her "Army of Skanks" which consisted of Jessica Stanley and Tanya Denali.
"The poor kid was on his way to our table until with sea-witch lured him in and into their cave" Emmett adds.
Poor Edward indeed. Everyone at the table was looking at him. And while Lauren and her friends laugh about something, Edward turns his head towards our table and I swear, I can see him mouth the words, SAVE ME . Everyone at the table just laughed including me.
"So Alice, is Project-A a go?" Emmett asks impatiently.
Project A? What the hell are they talking about?
"In a minute. I just want to take a good long minute look at Lauren's face before it's covered in Sloppy Joe." she told Emmett.
Wait, WHAT? I give Alice a serious look "Alice! What on earth is going on?"
"Well Bella, as you may know today is the last day of school and as all of you know, I'm still not over the Neiman-Marcus-outfit incident. It's time I take my revenge." she said.
OK? So what was she going to do exactly?
Soon Alice stands up, looking ready to announce something as though she was some sort of circus ringmaster.
"Ladies & Gentleman, in a few minutes you are about to witness one of the most outstanding events that will have taken place in Forks High School in-" She takes a look at her watch on her left wrist.
"three… two… and one." she counted.
As soon as she said one, Emmett got up and off of his seat. Alice then walked towards a guy from our biology class named Eric Yorkie while Emmett approached Lauren's table before heading towards the cafeteria line with Jessica Stanley. I look back to Alice to find Eric Yorkie handing her a brown paper bag. Alice then opens the paper bag and quickly takes out something that looks like a brownish black ball of fuzz and quickly stuffed it carefully into her the pocket of her hoodie and looks over to Emmett, who was at the line, to give him a nod. She then made her way towards Edward's table. It was only then I realized that that ball of fuzz that was in Alice's pocket was Arachne.
HOLY SHIT.
My jaw just drops as see Alice approach Edward and give him a quick hello from behind, while her other hand reaches into her hoodie to pull out Arachne, and places her on the back of Lauren's hair.
Unbelievable.
She then quickly makes her way back to our table and takes her rightful seat next to Jasper. Not long after Alice sits down, Emmett takes his seat next to Rose.
"Prepare to be amazed Ladies… and Jasper." Emmett told us.
I see Jessica on her way back to her table with a tray filled with Sloppy Joes before I turned my attention back to Arachne who had crawled onto Lauren's shoulder. As soon as she does, Lauren sees her and just starts screaming her head off. She then gets up and tries to run away…
Only to run into Jessica and her tray full of Sloppy Joes. Soon, both Jessica and Lauren are on the floor completely covered in Sloppy Joes. Everyone just starts laughing their heads of and pretty soon I find myself laughing with them. Alice is laughing so hard that she's crying already! I can see Arachne on the floor and crawling towards Edward. He picks her up and I can see Edward trying so hard not to laugh. But he fails. Everyone keeps on laughing and once Jessica and Lauren get up from the floor, Lauren lets out a high-pitched scream and marches out of the cafeteria with Jessica and Tanya trailing behind her.
Mr. Banner then appears in the cafeteria with a sad face. But his frown soon turns into an expression of happiness and relief when he sees Arachne in Edward's hands.
"Arachne! Oh thank heavens she's alright! Thank You Edward for finding her!" Mr. Banner exclaimed and ran towards Edward.
Edward then gave Mr. Banner a look of confusion for a minute then his expression changes and soon he just smiles. He then hands Mr. Banner Arachne.
"Sure thing Mr. Banner." Edward says smiling.
Mr. Banner then walks out of the cafeteria with Arachne in his hands and Edward makes his way back to our table. Luckily, the laughter has died down and everyone was back to eating, or whatever they were doing before the incident happened.
"What was that all about?" Edward asked.
"I have no idea." I just said.
"This has got to be the greatest day ever!" Emmett shouted before doing a fist bump.
"It sure is…" Alice said with a mischievous smile.
After lunch, everyone was talking about the whole thing. Seriously, I don't think people will ever get over this until next school year.
Later, Me and Alice had the same class again which was gym with Coach Clapp. It was the last day and we were playing soccer. And I don't mean to brag, but, I dominated the whole game. Alice and me were on the same team along with Angela Weber, Ben's girlfriend and my friend. It was us and a bunch of other girls against the team that consisted of Lauren, Jessica, and Tanya. From the looks of it, Lauren was still enraged with what happened earlier. But thank god that she doesn't know that it was Alice who did it. We ended up winning with a score of 7-3.
Accompanying out victory was smelling like a mix of sweat, grass, and sun so afterwards, we headed towards the showers. I finished taking a shower before Alice and Angela so I made my way towards the Girls Locker Room to get dressed. But as soon as I got there I soon found myself alone with no one except Lauren, Jessica, and Tanya.
Shit. I'm outnumbered.
As soon as Lauren sees me she gives me a death-glare.
"If it isn't Bella-the-ugly-duckling" she said in the most nasally voice possible.
God I hate her. No wonder Alice wanted to claw her eyes off. But unlike Alice, I don't pick fights with people if I'm offended.
"What do you want?" I asked trying my best to hide my irritation.
I guess it didn't work since she started grinning.
"Oh nothing. I was just telling Jessica and Tanya here how awesome my date was with Edward last night" She said as a matter-of-fact. T
oo bad that's not what Edward thinks, I think to myself. I chuckle at the thought of this. I guess she saw me laugh because annoyance has crossed her face.
"Find something funny Swan?" Lauren sneered.
"Nope. Not at all. Good luck with Edward." I tell her.
I honestly don't want to try to pick up a fight with her. She's not worth it.
"I don't need luck. I have everything Edward can want. I'm pretty, smart-" she went on and on.
For the record, Lauren Mallory has the IQ of a Dinosaur which is equal to DIMWIT. And I saw her test papers in Biology. Not exactly what you would call "smart".
"...popular, a cheerleader, and most of all, A GIRL." she emphasized on the last part.
OK. I've had enough of this. I really don't want to slap the living daylight out of her but she isn't really giving me that choice now is she?
"What the hell is that suppose to mean?" I asked in annoyance.
"What it means Swan, is that you're just too much of a boy for Edward to go out with."
As soon as she says this Jessica and Tanya starts laughing their heads off.
"What are you talking about? Edward and me are just friends-" but she quickly cuts me off.
"And its going to stay that way. You see Swan, you're not exactly what I would call "feminine". I actually find it weird that you're not being confused for boy by everyone else. Edward needs a GIRLfriend. Not a Guy friend like you. "
I can feel the tears forming. I try not to cry but what Lauren said just really hurt. In a way, she was right. Edward needed a girlfriend and I just wasn't her. I could never be...
Lauren, Jessica, Tanya all follow her as she heads out of the locker room but not before Lauren gives me one last glare.
"Happy Summer Loser." She said as she passes by me.
As soon as she leaves I find myself leaning against the locker with both my hands covering my face as I weep. I continue to weep until I feel a hand on my shoulder. I take my hands off my face only to find Alice looking at me with a worried expression on her face. I continue to cry but instead of saying anything, Alice just pulls me into a hug. I can feel her right hand pat my back. After a while she finally lets go.
"Listen,-" She says quietly
"I heard the whole thing and let me just say that she is wrong. Edward is my brother and he likes you as you are. He wouldn't change anything about you. If he didn't like you as you were, you wouldn't be his best friend now would you? "
Best friend. For some reason, I hated that word. I wanted more. But I knew that was close to impossible.
"Thanks Alice. Thanks for being such a good friend to me." I said as I wiped the tears off my eyes.
"No problem. I know you'd do the same if the roles were reversed."
Of course I would. I'd back her up any day. She was also my best friend.
"Now, Bella, I'm going to ask you something but you promise to answer with honesty ok?" Alice said carefully.
"Uh… ok?" I said in confusion. Why is she being so careful?
"Bella, do you like my brother and I don't mean, he's a great friend and stuff. I mean, LIKE-LIKE?" she asked.
I look at her face, waiting for her to burst into laughter or something. But all I saw was her eyes locked with mine and her face had no hint of humor. She was serious. Oh crap… how do I tell her this?
"Uh…well… um… you see… I… uh" I stammered.
"Bella! Just answer the question already! The suspense is killing me!" She practically screamed.
"Okay!" I shout.
"Okay, I'll answer your question or Okay, I like him!" she screamed impatiently.
"Ok, I LIKE HIM!" I shouted. And as soon as those words slipped right out of my mouth, I quickly covered my mouth with both my hands.
I assume that Alice would make run for it to find Edward and tell him, but instead, she just stares at me with her as so wide and a Cheshire-Cat-Grin appears.
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
"Oh nothing…" She face goes back to normal. She then puts both her hands on my shoulders and changes the topic.
"Look Bella. I know that boy comment Lauren said offended you. Believe me. I'm just surprised she came out unscathed…. The point is, if it hurts you so much, then… " Alice is choosing her words carefully before continuing on.
"Look, I know you always say no but Bella, would you like a makeover from me?" I look into her eyes and it looks like tears are about to fall. Plus she had that pout on. Damn it! No wonder her parents have a hard time saying no. I carefully think this over. Was I really going to do this? I know I want Edward to like me but was I really going that far? Was I going to do all that and possibly, or in the case, most likely, get nothing in return?
"Bella, its not for Edward. It's for you. And it's not like I'm asking you to start loving make-up, fashion, and all that… You can still be you. The same Bella that everyone knows and loves. "she adds. I guess she took my silence as skepticism.
But she was right. I didn't need to do it for him. It was for me. And I wanted it. I'm tired of being Bella, Edward's friend. I'm tired of being "one-of-the-boys." I just wanted to be Bella Swan. No title.
"Alice, I think its time" I told her.
And she just looks at me as though the messiah has been spoken. She has been waiting for this since we were kids.
"Don't worry Bella. You won't regret it!" she assures me before she then pulls me into a hug.
I was ready. This is the summer that will change everything. While Edward's away, little Bella will come out to play. And by the time Edward sees me next fall, I'm not going to be Bella "one-of-the-boys" Swan. No.
I was going to be Bella Swan. THE GIRL.
What an interesting last day of school. Don't you think? And who would've thought Alice is as mischievous as she looks? Haha. Again, REVIEWS. Don't just like the story. Review. The more reviews I get, the more I'm eager to write the next chapter. Not even my friend can distract me. Lol. Again, criticisms are welcome. :D