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I sighed and leaned back in my seat. I watched the teacher as she continued to read the passage from the book. It would've been interesting if I hadn't read the book, but I had, and this was just boring. I had spent the last 45 minutes watching the clock with rapt attention, urging it to move faster.
I sighed again as I thought about lunch. Alice's voice was still clear in my head, promising to pick me up at the door. Now I wanted the time to move slower, even if that meant I would have to endure this pain forever. My options were death by boredom or death by a cafeteria full of people…some choice.
Alice was… different. A lot different than I was used to. Her eagerness baffled me, so did her sweet nature. I didn't understand her at all. Overall, she scared the shit out of me
She was too kind, it made me suspicious. People weren't always what they had at first appeared to be, they usually had ulterior motives, as I had more than enough experience in.
If Alice terrified me, I could only imagine what her friends would be like. I cringed at the thought of sitting in a table, next to all of these strangers. I could almost hear all of the questions that would be thrown my way, the confused stares and the noisy whispers. I shuddered immediately. Even the mental image was enough to make my heart beat drop.
I jumped in my seat when the shrill bell sounded. I would have to get used to that. I tensely waited for the people around me to get up and leave. I curled my fingers into fists as multitudes of retreating footsteps slowly dissipated. I'd had enough of their burning stares, I didn't want the attention.
I sloppily slung my backpack over my shoulder, walking towards the door in my silent steps. The teacher ignored me, which I was glad for. Most of my teachers had forced me to stay after class to have a very awkward conversation about my past education. This teacher didn't care about any of that, I liked that about her.
It was terribly tough to miss Alice. This meant that I couldn't sneak off without her noticing. She stood right in front of the door with a smile on her face. Her hands were on her hips and her head was cocked.
"Bella! How's your first day of School going?" Alice asked me excitedly, looking like she genuinely wanted me to answer.
"Its fine," I winced as I answered. Her attention made me afraid of saying something wrong.
"Do you like your classes?" she asked. I shrugged.
"Were your teachers nice?" I shrugged again.
"Did you make any new friends?" I was getting a little annoyed by her questions. I shook my head curtly, not wanting her to speak again.
"Oh," Alice said, sighing in defeat. The spark left her eye as she realized she wouldn't be able to get me to talk. Unfortunately, she brightened yet again and opened her mouth to speak.
"Well, now at least you'll get to know some people. I'm surprised that nobody approached you during class, you're the hot gossip this week!" Alice said, making my eyes drop.
I sighed. So my plan of disappearing hadn't worked. Apparently people still took notice of me. Alice chatted happily about her friends as we walked towards the cafeteria. My nausea grew with each step we took, but Alice's voice was a nice distraction.
I felt my anger and annoyance wear off as we walked. Alice wasn't a bad person; she was just trying to make me more comfortable. If only she would stop. I didn't deserve to have her as my friend. Her animated expressions and gleeful laughter made me feel bad for the way I had acted, but she seemed to have forgotten about it completely.
I was lost in my thoughts when Alice stopped walking. I blinked and my eyes went wide as they rested on the cafeteria door. I felt myself swallow.
"Ready?" Alice asked me. It was like she could feel my emotions. I wanted to roll my eyes at her question.
"As I'll ever be," I whispered so softly I was sure that Alice hadn't heard me.
Alice gently opened the doors to the cafeteria. My breath hitched in my throat as millions of eyes turned my way. They seemed to just know it was the new kid who entered. It was like a scene from a movie. I stood there, wide eyed as my heart continued to race in my chest. The room was silent, there was no chatter. I almost looked down to see if there was a platter of food I had dropped to make them all stare at me, it was more like they were waiting for me to enter, holding their breath until I showed them my face.
Alice, sensing my nervousness placed her hand on my shoulder. I instantly tensed at the contact. I wanted to wiggle free of her grasp, but I was already trembling from all this attention. Alice gently squeezed my shoulder and I held in the growing panic.
"Come on," She whispered. I felt her tug at my hand and instantly followed her, keeping my head down and letting my hair hide my face.
Alice thankfully removed her hand from my shoulder blade and I immediately relaxed. I breathed a sigh of relief that I didn't know I had been holding. We stood in line for lunch and my hands continued to tremble.
"Why are they all staring?" I hissed to Alice, who was acting like this was completely normal.
She glanced my way as she continued to pick out her lunch. She put some salad on her plate and shook her head. An amused smile crept up her lips. She thought this was funny? I was on the verge of a heart attack.
"Just ignore them. They're just curious. It's rare for a new student to join this high school, so they're all just excited. Apparently their mama didn't teach them that it was rude to stare," Alice said, happily adding fruits to her lunch.
I peeked out from my hair and scanned the room. They still hadn't lost interest. Eyes of brown, blue and green watched me like hawks, waiting for me to do something so they could jump me. I shuddered at the thought and looked away quickly. I wished I was invisible.
"They're watching me like they want to eat my brains out," I said dryly. Alice chuckled softly causing my cheeks to warm at her laughter.
"Come, let's sit," Alice said. I hesitated, but followed her anyway. I so did not want to be left alone in this toxic environment. I had no idea what these hooligans were capable of and I did not want to find out.
I walked behind Alice, keeping close by her side. She happily hummed as she danced across the room to her table. I didn't know who Alice sat with, but I just hoped they were semi-normal unlike Alice. I doubted it though, if they were friends with her there wasn't a chance in hell.
Alice halted and I looked up. In front of me sat six girls. I felt my eyes widen as I took them in. Apparently, Alice ran with the cool kids. The girls stared back at me, their eyes unblinking. They didn't smile, but they didn't glare either. I didn't know if that was good or bad. I felt myself blush.
"This is Bella. Bella, these are the girls," Alice introduced. 'The Girls' didn't look away; their eyes were trained on me.
Alice grabbed a chair and held it out for me. My instincts kept on telling me to run and get the hell away, but I resisted. With fear, I sat lightly on the edge of the chair; the perfect position if I needed a quick get away. Nobody talked for a minute, the thick tension rolled out in waves. I jumped when I heard one of the girl's speak.
"What the hell is your problem? Mind your own goddamn business and stop staring!" At first I thought she was talking to me.
I felt my heart stop as I looked up. I followed her gaze and saw that her glare was set on the hungry crowd that was watching my every move. I sighed in relief when I noticed that she was not talking to me. If looks could kill, they would all be in their graves by now.
I watched in awe as everybody's prying eyes snapped back to their food. They all quickly looked away and obeyed the girl's orders. Loud chatter immediately burst out in the cafeteria, it was obvious that they did not want to upset this girl. She was clearly the queen bee around this school.
The girl turned back around and settled down in her seat with a smirk. She crossed her arms across her big chest and took a long, hard look at me. I squirmed under her gaze.
"It always amazes me how you do that" Alice chuckled softly and shook her head in amusement. The girl didn't look away but, her smirk got larger.
"Seriously. It's like you control them or something," A brunette piped in. The other girls at the table nodded in agreement.
Her smirk turned cold and she ever so slightly narrowed her eyes at me. She was sucking away my soul with those pale, blue eyes. I couldn't look away, even though I desperately wanted to.
"Well. They know that they're totally at my mercy." She spoke, looking directly at me with a dangerous glint in her eyes.
The rest of the lunch, I sat there. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. 'The Girls' weren't as terrorizing as I thought they were. Except for the blond one.
I knew all their names by now. There were two brunettes. The first one was called Angela and she was pretty nice. She had kind warm eyes. She had smiled and told me she liked my hair, and I smiled weakly in return.
The other brunette was Jessica. She smiled too, however kept her distance. She looked like she wanted to talk, but kept on shooting worried glances towards the blond chick. She kept on biting her lip and glancing towards The Blond, debating if her talking to me would anger Her Highness. Jessica didn't approach me but, smiled every time my eyes met hers.
The girl seated next to Jessica had cropped black hair and was named Jane. She simply pretended I didn't exist and ignore me. I liked that. Jane had the body of a 10 year old boy; she was extremely tall and lanky, with no curves what-so-ever.
Kate and Tanya were seated opposite of me. They looked like they were sisters with their strawberry blond hair and pale, milky skin. Kate gave me a stellar smile and introduced herself pleasantly. She didn't mind that I didn't talk back; she was all smiles and sunshine.
Tanya on the other hand seemed like the serious one. She nodded when she saw me and that was it. She was quiet and spoke every now and then, making everybody laugh with her sarcastic remarks. I liked her. She looked like she didn't put up with people's crap.
And then there was 'The Blond'. She was obviously the leader of this little pack. She was breathtaking. Every girl who sat on this table was flawlessly beautiful, not including me of course (and maybe Jane until she developed a body), but this girl took it to a whole new level. Her beauty would make someone gasp out loud.
She had blue eyes that twinkled with humor or glared in hatred. She was tall and curvy in all the right places. She put me to shame and made me wince when I glanced at myself. She had a body that every girl would kill for.
They called her Rosalie. All the girls looked up to her and listened to her with rapt attention. She was indeed, the queen bee. Rosalie didn't seem as bad when she was with her friends, talking and laughing. But, sometimes when I would glance her way, I would find her glare set right on me. It was obvious that she didn't like me, and I had promised myself that I would stay away from her at all costs.
Alice spoke to me, keeping up a conversation. I would nod with rapt attention, urging her to go on. She would slide in and out of conversations with her other friends, while making sure I didn't feel left out. Alice was one hell of a girl.
When the bell rang, the girls all scurried to get their backpacks and belongings. I stood and waved a timid goodbye to Alice. I turned to leave, but a voice stopped me cold.
"Bella," A voice like music called out to me. I looked back to see Rosalie standing up. She was smiling cunningly and watching me like I was her prey. I shivered.
"I'm glad Alice brought you here today. Sit with us tomorrow." It was a command. I froze for a second, my mouth dry.
"Yeah, you totally should. We're like so excited to like meet you. Like-" A cold look from Rosalie stopped Jessica short. She shut her mouth, and smiled instead. I felt myself gulp.
"Sit with us tomorrow." Rosalie commanded again, this time a little more forcefully. When I didn't answer, Alice jumped in.
"Rose, of course Bella will sit with us," Alice's voice tinkled. When I didn't protest, Rosalie took it as a yes.
"Good. I'll see you tomorrow. Alice let's go, I don't want to be late." With an apologetic smile, Alice walked over to Rosalie. She waved enthusiastically and blew me a kiss.
I walked away from them, wondering what the hell I had gotten myself into.
The cold air bit my cheeks when I walked out. It was raining again. I ducked into the building and walked slowly to my classroom. The hallway was empty since the bell had already rung. I was pretty sure I was going to be late, but hell if I cared.
I sighed as I thought about Alice. I mentally yelled at myself for not saying anything when Alice said I would sit with her crew tomorrow. That was the last thing that I wanted to do. I knew girls like Rosalie. They were all bitches, and I had always steered clear of them. Now, it seemed, I had agreed to enter the Tiger's cage willingly. I was an idiot. I didn't know what Rosalie wanted from me, but I knew it couldn't be something good. She-
I was lost in thought and not paying attention while I walked. I slammed into something hard, and an 'oof' sound escaped my mouth. My shoulders collided with a person and I found myself falling down. I landed on my butt with a painful thud and winced.
"Who the hell are you, and are you fucking blind?" An angry voice yelled.
So- who the hell is this angry, yelling man. Ponder, ponder ;) Thanks for reading folks. What do we all think of Rosalie? How is she going to make a impact on Bella?
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P.S- Does anybody else find Bananas awkward?