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AN: Yay! Chapter 4 is down and done! I hope you guys like it. Please don't hate me when you get to some parts. I know it may look like it's going to end bad for you know who but trust me and keep an open mind! I want to thank you all who left me reviews. I absolutely love hearing from you!! And this story is going to be dedicated to all of you reviewers! Love ya! Enjoy :)
Chapter: 4
Eli and I headed to our seats and sat down just as the bell rang. I felt everyone's eyes on me and I was trying my best to ignore it. But, how could I? I felt like a deranged animal in a cage and everyone was looking at me, waiting for me to do something. I wasn't going to faint again people, so just turn away and leave me be! I felt Eli's gaze on me as well, but I knew she was probably looking at me concerned because she knew how uncomfortable I felt. Then, I heard someone's voice say something to me.
"Hey Bella." I turned slowly to my right and saw Eric looking at me. What the? Why is he talking to me? For the past two days I've sat here and he hasn't spoken a word to me!
"My name is Eric." He said smiling. Well, Duh! I know who you are.
"Hi." I said. I really didn't want to talk to anyone other than Eli at the moment. She wasn't the one who was looking at me as if I just died and came back to life. I heard a giggle come from my left and I turned to see Eli looking at her desk trying to hide the smile on her face. She looked up and just shrugged her shoulders at me as if she didn't do anything.
"So, how are you today Bella?" Eric asked. I turned back to him. Oh, so that's why you're talking to me know is it.
"I'm doing ok I guess." I said, a little not to friendly. Why does he care?
But the look on his face made a hint of guilt rush through me. He actually looked a little hurt by my tone and it did seem like he was trying to be nice. I dropped my hostile act and asked a little bit more friendly. "Um – how are you Eric?"
"I'm doing good actually. Did you read chapters one through five yet?" He asked. Immediately he seemed a bit more chipper. Hmm, maybe he really is just trying to be friendly.
"Yeah, I finished them on Monday. What about you?" I asked and gave him a little smile. Well, if he's going to be friendly to me, then I was going to be friendly to him I decided.
"Yeah, same here, finished them on Monday. So, what did you thi - " he was cut off by Mr. Renaldo who came bursting through the door.
I took a good look at him and was surprised to see his usually neatly combed black hair, a complete mess and disarray on top of his head. He looked like he was out of breathe and his shirt was only partially tucked in. I obviously wasn't the only one who noticed as I began to hear whispers and giggles come from around me. I turned and looked at Eli who was staring just as shocked as I was. She turned to me and just shrugged.
"Class, may I have your attention please?" He asked. Uh – dude, I think you got it. "I have an announcement to make."
What ever his announcement was - was obviously something exciting to him because he looked positively giddy. Like a little boy on Christmas morning who just received the coolest toy ever. I almost giggled to myself as I tried to picture him as a little boy playing with a toy train and saying, chugga choo – choo!
"Class, my wife had a baby girl yesterday morning! That's why I was unable to attend class." He said with the hugest smile on his face. Awwww, he had a baby! No wonder why he's so happy.
As soon as his news made it out of his mouth, the whole class erupted into a bunch of "Aww!" "How Exciting!" "Congratulations!" and "Way to go Mr. R!"
"So, does that mean you will go easy on us and we can have a free day again today?" Some boy named Mike Newton asked up in the front. Everyone in class laughed. Well, everyone except for me. What an idiot.
"I don't think so Mike. But, thank you all. My wife and I are excited to have her in our life and we can't wait to see what the future holds for us. Now, take your books out and turn to page 103. I presume you all read the chapters?" His voice was almost drowned out by all the groans.
Halfway through class I felt something hit my hand. It was a piece of paper. I turned and looked at Eli, who smiled back and shook her head encouragingly. So, I picked it up and read what it said.
Hey Bella! I was wondering if you were all right? I saw the look on your face when Eric talked to you so I better warn you. You will probably get a lot more people talking to you today.
I looked at her stunned. What the – what was she talking about? I wrote under Eli's neat writing:
Why are people going to be talking to me today? Did they just now realize that I am a human being and not an alien from some other planet who came here to steel all of their brains or something?
I finished and looked up at Mr. Renaldo. He was busy rattling on about something so I passed the note back. I watched her reaction and she smiled before she began to write a response. She seemed to take a while with it but when she was done she through the response back at me when Mr. Renaldo wasn't looking.
Good one, but no. Well, they know you're a human and I think yesterday proved how much human you really are to them. I wasn't lying to you yesterday when I said that half the school almost contacted me at the hospital. They were all seriously worried about you, and they still are. That's why you are getting so many stares today! But, just be prepared. Some people might ask how you are and stuff but try not to look so stunned. Wait, no, please do because you look absolutely hilarious when you do! :)
I looked back at her and glared, I was just about to write a response back when I heard my name being called by Mr. Renaldo. Oh crap! I've been caught!
"Miss Swan, can you come up to my desk please?" I looked up slowly. It was almost hilarious the way every single head in the classroom turned so quickly in my direction. I immediately felt the all to familiar burn in my cheeks as I stood up and walked slowly over to his desk. I almost tripped over some ones back pack but they moved it out of the way before I could. I would have thanked them if I weren't so scared about what was to come. I reached his desk all to soon it seemed and looked up at him.
His reaction to me passing notes was not what I expected. Shouldn't he be mad? Shouldn't he be writing me up a detention? Not sitting there smiling up at me. I was so confused.
"Good morning Bella. I called you up here to ask how you were doing today. I saw Elizabeth at the hospital yesterday and I asked her why she was there. She told me you had fainted at lunch. Are you doing alright today Miss Swan?"
I looked up at him in shock. Wait? What? Rewind. He didn't just catch me passing notes? He wasn't going to yell at me or give me a detention? He was asking if I was all right? Oh my, what a relief!
Mr. Renaldo was looking at me a little concerned as he waited for my answer and I felt every pair of eyes in the classroom, burning wholes in my back. Well, maybe if they all hear me they won't come up to me and ask me any questions later.
"I – I'm doing better sir. Thank you for your concern but I feel much better today." I said my voice a little shaky. Don't judge me people. I hate public speaking!
"Well, that's good to hear. I am glad you are better and if you feel any bit under the weather, you let me know right away and I will excuse you. Okay?" He smiled at me.
"Oh - okay, thank you Sir." I blushed and looked down. Why can't I ever get through a single conversation without blushing? Seriously, it's embarrassing!
"Alright Bella, I was just making sure you were ok. You may go back to your seat."
I sighed in relief and turned around. Everyone was still looking at me so I slowly made my way back down the isle to my seat. I sat down and looked over at Eli. Mr. Renaldo was busy explaining something to a girl up front so I spoke to her.
"Why didn't you tell me you saw Mr. Renaldo yesterday?" I asked accusingly.
"Must have just escaped my mind I guess." She said with a smile, and then looked back down at her notes.
I sighed. Today was going to be a long day. I wonder how all my other teachers are going to treat me today.
The rest of my teachers treated me about the same. They all asked if I was all right and if I wasn't feeling well, then I could go straight to the nurse. I still got the uncomfortable stares and heard the whispers in the halls and in my classes. Some kids I don't even remember the names of asked me how I was doing. I tried not to look shocked like Eli said but it was still too hard to believe that they were actually talking to me. I think I shocked everyone else though because they weren't expecting me to be back in school so soon.
Mike Newton, from my English class stopped me in the hall after I got out of math and was waiting for Eli. He was another popular football student here but he wasn't as popular as the Cullen's. He had short spiky blonde hair, blue eyes, and was about six foot something. He was pretty handsome, but not as handsome as my Edward. WAIT! REWIND! What did I just say? I need to stop thinking like that. Stop it Bella! Stop it!
"Hey Bella, my name's Mike. We have first period English together?" He asked as if I didn't know.
"Hey, Mike. Yeah, you sit up front right?" I asked playing along with his little game. He smiled as he realized I caught on.
"Sorry." He said smiling then his facial expression got serious. "I was wondering – I know you already said in English that you were ok, but I was just making sure that you really were."
"Yeah, I'm really ok." I said nervously.
"Oh, that's good. I'm glad to hear that." He said with a smile again, and to my shock he actually looked relieved.
"Uh - thank you." I said a bit awkwardly.
"So, what class are you headed to next?"
"Art. I'm waiting for Eli Perkins, we have it together." I said, and looked around the hall. Where was she by the way? Yesterday she was here only a second I got out of class.
"That's cool. With Mr. Warner right?"
"Yep, well, Kooky Mr. Warner." I said, and this made Mike laugh.
Wow, someone other than Eli laughed at my retarded joke? He must really be trying to be friendly. But, he was a nice guy. I don't really mind his company, unlike Eric. I don't know why but that boy just made me feel a little uneasy.
"Yeah, he is pretty "kooky" isn't he? I had him last year. I hardly did a thing in his class but he still passed me. He even said that I was one of his best students. And, he wonders why he never has any of my "amazing" work to show others." He said jokingly. It made me laugh though. Honestly, how could Mr. Warner not know why? Gosh, he wasn't just kooky, he was a plain nut! We were both laughing still when I heard a voice come from my right. .
"Hey, what's so funny?" I turned my head and saw Eli smiling at Mike and I. Then, My heart skipped a beat when I saw Edward standing right next to her. But, he wasn't looking at me, he was looking at Mike and he didn't look too happy. Hmm, what's got him so upset?
"Bella said you two have Mr. Warner next. I was just telling her my story about how Mr. Warner thought I was his most amazing student even though I didn't hardly do a thing in his class." Mike said with a grin. We all started laughing again, well everyone except for Edward, he was giving Mike the death glare. But, Mike seemed to not pay him any attention because he was still looking at me. Why was Edward acting this way? What's wrong with Mike?
"Well, I better head to class. I would walk you but my building is in the opposite direction. So, I guess I will see you later Bella and I'm glad everything's ok." Mike said and gave me a smile. He then turned to Eli and told her later as well and turned to take his leave.
"Later Mike!" Eli called out. I turned to her and there it was again! As noticeable as the freaking Grand Canyon, that annoying knowing smile she loves to wear so much was displayed across her pretty face.
"What now?" I asked with a sigh.
"Oh, nothing." She seemed to like to say that a lot too. "Its just, well, you and Mike looked a little cozy chatting with each other."
I glared at Eli and noticed that Edward was doing the exact same thing. What is wrong with him? This morning he seemed happy. He was smiling a lot, even at me. So, why now was he glaring at everyone and not even bothering to look at me?
Right on cue, it was as if he heard my thoughts. His head turned in my direction and his face softened into a calmer pose. My heart skipped more than one beat when his dazzling smile spread across his angelic face. It made me so dizzy I thought I was going to faint all over again.
"So, you ready to head to class?" Eli asked me and smiled. "Edward here has offered to walk us since his class isn't too far from the art building."
"Uh – ok." I managed after I regretfully looked away from his gaze and I finally broke out of the trance his smile put me through.
We made our way to class. Eli did most of the talking while I just nodded and smiled at everything she said, even though I wasn't paying attention. She could have said that Johnny Depp was hit by a bus or something and I would have just smiled and nodded at her. I was still puzzling over Edwards's reaction earlier. Obviously he wasn't in a bad mood. All of his hostility was pointed at Mike directly and I wondered why. What had Mike done to him? Weren't they friends? They were both popular and on the football team so, why didn't they seem to get along?
We were suddenly standing in front of the art building when I realized Eli was calling my name.
"Bella, earth to Bella." She said waving her hand in my face.
"Huh? Wha – what?" I stuttered out and looked up at Eli and Edward. Eli looked like she wanted to burst out laughing and Edward looked amused. Oh, great. Well, at least I know I could amuse him.
"Bella, are you sure you aren't from another planet? Cause it looked like your mind was far away some where else." She said with a giggle, which landed her with another glare from my end.
"No, I'm not from another planet Eli. Now, what were you saying?" I asked a little annoyed. I looked at Edward and saw that he was looking in a different direction with a grin on his face.
"I said, we should meet up with Edward after class and walk to lunch together. Sound good? Or, do you have plans to go with Mike Newton?" She said, and dragged out Mike's name taunting me. As soon as she asked about me meeting up with Mike, Edward's head spun from the direction he was looking in and stared right at me. It caught me by surprise at first but I managed to gain control and answer her.
"No, I don't have plans with Mike." Edward smiled after I said this. God, that was a beautiful smile. Control yourself Bella and stop drooling it isn't polite! "Uh - and sure. I don't care."
"Um, actually. I kind of have stuff to take care of before lunch. So, you two should probably head to lunch without me. I will see you guys in there though." Edward said, still not looking away from me.
"Aw, Edward you party pooper. I guess we will see you later then." Eli said and grabbed my arm and dragged me towards the door.
"Later Eli. I will see you guys at lunch. Bye Bella." He said and I turned around a little while Eli still dragged me. He gave me his crooked grin that almost made me melt.
"Bye!" I managed to get out before Eli got me all the way through the door. Jeez. What was with her? And how is this petite girl so strong? I probably couldn't stop her from dragging me if I tried. Then, it donned on me. Oh, yeah, that's why. She eats like a freaking grizzly bear and is as strong as one too!
We got to our seats just as the bell rang and we sat everything up. Kooky Mr. Warner was of course, fifteen minutes late and after he explained what we were going to be doing, we got busy. My mind was still on Edward and the confusion I felt towards him and why he was acting the way he was towards Mike. Then, I thought about lunch. God, I was dreading it. Eli said she had a "Few" friends who were dying to meet me, one of them included Edward's sister, Alice.
The bell rang a little sooner than I had hoped. I wanted the period to drag by so it would buy me more time before I had to face Eli's friends at lunch, and then eventually Edward. Oh crap! Edward! How on earth was I going to get through biology, especially now? What do I do if he starts to talk to me? Well, ah duh Bella - talk back. Eli and I cleaned are stuff up and put our finished pieces in our portfolios.
"You ready for lunch?" Eli asked excitedly as we made our way out of the art building towards the cafeteria.
"Uh – to tell you the truth, not really." I said looking down at my feet.
"Aw, how come? Bella, you have absolutely no reason to be worried! Well, I understand why you are but trust me, they are going to love you!" She said. I looked up and saw that we were a few feet from the cafeteria now. I could imagine if I were in a movie the sound effect of duhn duhn duhn, would fit perfectly in that moment. Or, the theme from Psycho.
"I don't know Eli. How about you give me one more day to myself?" I asked hopeful.
"Not uh. I don't think so. Everyone has their minds set on meeting you today and they will be disappointed if we flaked out."
Eli held the door open for me, waiting for me to step inside. She probably thought I would run the moment she turned her back and she was probably right. Running sounded like a good idea at the moment, but I stalked past Eli and went through the door.
We were in line getting our food. I really wasn't hungry. I was so nervous it felt like I was going through the first day of school all over again. My mind would wonder to questions like; What if they didn't like me? What if they all thought I was some hopeless geek and they were just trying to be nice to Eli and not hurt her feelings about meeting me? What if they convince Eli that I'm nothing but an outcast and belonged to stay that way?
"Hey Bella, are you going to get that sandwich or do you prefer to just stare at it all day?" Eli asked and giggled.
I hadn't even realized I stopped walking and was staring at the turkey sandwiches. Oh, well, might as well get one I guess. I grabbed a couple more things before I pulled my money out and paid the lunch lady. Eli was right behind me and I turned to see her tray was pilled with food, just like yesterday. I don't think I'm ever going to get over how much this tiny girl can eat!
I waited for her to pay and she walked in front of me. I was about to start walking and follow her but she stopped and looked at me.
"Bella, you don't need to worry ok? I will be there with you, and you never know. You might like some of them! I know they are going to like you. And, I told them not to mention anything about yesterday ok? Alrighty, you ready?" She asked me with a reassuring smile. Come on Bells, you can do this. Take deep breathes. Big deep breathes and you will be fine. After my third deep breath I nodded to Eli. She started walking again and I followed.
She led me to the table in the far right corner where all of the popular students were sitting. My mouth nearly dropped. Oh my, why is she leading me here? I knew Edward might sit with us, but I figured we would sit at another table, not with almost every poplar student! Deep breathes Bella, Deep breathes!
"Hey everyone!" Eli said as we approached the table. They all turned and smiled at her. Some said hey back but most were looking at me curiously.
"This is Bella Swan - the new student from Phoenix High!" She said excitedly. They all looked at me and smiled. I nearly toppled over at all of their beautiful smiles. Wow, they are smiling at me? They aren't looking at me like I have two heads?
"Hey Bella! Come sit over here!" The black-headed Tinkerbell said. She motioned for Eli and me to take a seat in front of her. I almost laughed at the way she was bouncing up and down on her seat excitedly.
As we were taking our seat, I barely had time to sit when the girl in front of me stuck her hand out in front of me to shake.
"Hi! My name is Alice, Alice Cullen. It's great to finally meet you Bella!" So, the black-headed Tinkerbell was Edwards's sister?
"Uh – thank you Alice. It's nice to meet you too." I said a little shakily when I let go of the pixies hand.
"Oh, Bella. You are going to love it here. We are going to have so much fun! You just wait until we take one of our shopping trips! Eek, I can't wait!" Alice squealed excitedly. I giggled at the way she was still bouncing up and down on her seat. Oh, wait a sec. did she just say…shopping? We were going to go…shopping? Me and…shopping? Oh my. Not good.
"Calm down Alice. You don't want to scare her away do you? We just met her!" The Terminator sized teenage football player said. He was sitting on Alice's left and he stuck his huge hand out for me to shake.
"Hey there Bella. My name is Emmett, Emmett Cullen. And yes, this little bouncing ball of joy sitting to my right is my sister. Don't let her scare you with the shopping thing. If she bugs you about it, then you just come to – " He stopped and looked at Alice. " – Or not." He finished. She was giving him the most evil glare I have ever seen. I saw Emmett shrink in his seat a little and I didn't blame him. I did the same thing and that glare wasn't even directed at me! He then turned to look at the beautiful blonde girl that I pictured as a supermodel on his left.
"Don't listen to Shrek over here Bella. You are going to have a blast! Oh, this is my boyfriend, Jasper Hale." She said and looked to the artsy blonde headed guy next to her on her right.
"Hi Bella, it's nice to meet you." He said and shook my hand.
"It's nice to meet you too." I said without stuttering or anything! For some odd reason I felt comfortable around him, almost calm. Hmm, that's weird.
"And, the girl on Emmett's left, is Rosalie Hale, Jasper's twin sister. Her and Emmett are going out." Alice said.
"Welcome to Forks Bella. I'm sure you're going to like it here." Rosalie said nicely and gave me one of her stunning smiles.
"Thank you, Rosalie."
"Oh, please call me Rose, Bella." She said and gave me one more of her beautiful smiles before she turned back to talk to Emmett.
"See, I told you. You have absolutely nothing to worry about." Eli said.
"Eli!" I glared at her.
"What?" She asked innocently.
"Why did you have to say that out loud?" I whispered to her so only she would hear.
"What are you guys talking about?" Alice said before she took a bite of her food.
"Oh, Bella here was worried that you guys wouldn't like her. But, I was telling her she had nothing to worry about." Eli Said. I stared at her shocked. Why is she doing this to me? This isn't something your suppose to blurt out! It was private and embarrassing.
"Aw, Bella. We love you! Ever since Eli told us so much about you, we couldn't wait to meet you!" Alice said. "Plus, Edward hasn't stopped talking about you since you arrived here. I assume you met Edward right?" What? Edward talks about me? Deep breathes Bella, deep breathes.
"Uh – yeah. I know him. He's in my biology class and he gave me and Eli a ride to school today." I said a little in a daze. He talks about me? He talks about me with his friends? His family?
"Speaking of Edward, here he comes now. Oh, and look whose with him, the wonderful Tanya." Alice said with sarcasm dripping in every word. Wow. This little pixie can be feisty.
Wait? Tanya? Whose – I turned my head and looked as I saw Edward walking to the lunch line, holding hands with the beautiful strawberry blonde that I had seen yesterday sitting in front of him at this table. Oh, so that's Tanya.
I looked back at my uneaten food with angry tears in my eyes. I didn't really have a chance to start eating because of all the introductions, and right now I could care less. So, I now knew what the stuff was he had to take care of before lunch. My heart felt like it had sank all the way to the pit of my stomach and all the acid was eating away at it. I knew it. Here comes the slap in the face, the "I told you so". I knew Edward would never see me as anything more that some plain geek. Why would he like a girl like me, when he could have that beautiful girl he was with now?
I felt a hand on my shoulder and turned to see Eli staring at me concerned.
"Bella, it's ok. He doesn't even like her that much. And we all certainly don't like her. I honestly don't know why he puts up with her and I can't believe that they are together!" she said angrily.
"Oh, we are so going to have a heart to heart chat when we get home." Alice said. Her beautiful green eyes were in slits as she stared at the new couple.
I felt sick to my stomach. I knew I shouldn't have let Eli talk me into keeping an open mind about him. Guys like him were all the same. They were perfect so they looked for girls that were perfect. Not some clumsy geek that faints or has a panic attack when she gets too "stressed".
"Hey guys, mind if I sit here?" I snapped my head up as I heard a familiar voice and turned around to look at him. Mike Newton was standing there with his tray looking at the vacant seat on my right side.
"Oh Mike, I think that's a good idea! Come over here and sit next to Bella!" Eli said excitedly. I looked at her as if she gone mad. Well, it wouldn't have been the first time I stared at her that way. But, come on. Can't she see I'm not too keen on having company right now? Her and Alice even winked at each other. What the heck was she playing at with that – oh – there it is again. Damn that annoying knowing smile of hers!
I turned and looked at Mike, his face seemed to light up like a Christmas tree as he took a seat next to me.
"Hey Bella. How are you doing?" Gosh, is he going to keep asking me that? I am not going to faint! Well, maybe. If, I don't have another panic attack because of Edward. Should I tell him that I honestly felt like my heart has been ripped out and someone has stomped all over it? Should I tell him that all the hope in my little bubble has burst into a million pieces? Should I tell him I felt like kicking and screaming like a little girl who didn't get her way? Should I tell him he shouldn't waste his breath on me because he was probably just like Edward? I decided to lie. Why would he care about my problems?
"I'm doing ok I guess. How are you Mike?"
"I'm doing good. Just had a test in my math class and pretty much aced it." He said with a smile and then began to eat his food.
I heard a hiss come from the girl in front of me and I looked up. She was staring at something with the same evil looking slits. Whoa. Seriously. This little pixie is scaring the crap out of me! How could something so small and beautiful turn into some evil creature?
But, suddenly, the evil look on her face fell and she smiled at Mike.
"So Mike, do you have our sweet little Bella here in any of your classes?" She asked just as I saw Edward and Tanya sit on his other side out of the corner of my eye. Oh great. My lonely little table over in the other corner looked awfully comforting right about now.
"Yep, I do. We have first period English together. I think we even have PE too." He said smiling at me. I looked up at him and smiled back. What a weirdo. Why was he so happy about that? As I was looking at Mike, I got a plain view of Edward and he was staring at Mike like he wanted to punch him. What the hell was he playing at? I looked away from Edward and tried to focus on something else.
"That's cool! So, are you still having your beach thing this weekend?" She asked him and then looked at Edward herself. Ok, something's going on here and I want to know what it is!
"Oh yeah! I almost forgot, thanks for reminding me Alice." He said slapping his forehead. After he was done abusing him self, he turned to me and smiled. "Hey Bella, I'm having a beach bon fire down in La Push on Saturday since we are suppose to have good weather. Would you like to come?"
Uh. If Edward and Tanya are going to be there, then NO! I really didn't want to be in the same cafeteria as the two right now but I didn't want to hurt everyone's feelings by just running away.
"Oh, please, please Bella! We will all have a blast. I will even come pick you up Saturday morning so you don't have to worry about a thing!" Eli asked me with pleading eyes.
"Um – I don't know." I said.
Then Alice joined in with the pleading. Both her and Eli were giving me puppy eyes and little pouts. Grr, how am I supposed to resist them?
"Please Bella!" They both said. Gosh, I better shut them up. As cute as it was, it was starting to get annoying.
"Ok! Ok! I'll go." I said with a heavy sigh. Both Eli and Alice squealed and started to make plans about car-pooling.
"Awesome Bella! I will see you guys later. I have to talk to the coach about something before next period." Mike said and got up. "I will see you in PE Bella." He gave me one last smile and walked away.
"Eeek! This is so exciting! I'm so glad that you're coming Bella. We honestly weren't going to go, but I think it would be great for you to meet some other people. Plus, my brother is coming." Eli said and winked at Alice again. Ok, they better stop that!
"Yeah, Bella. Oh my, I just had an epiphany! Brandon is single, right Eli?" Alice asked. I thought I heard what sounded like a growl come from my right and I looked and saw Edward glaring daggers at her. The smile on her face grew wider as she continued to ignore him.
"Edward honey, are you ok?" I heard Tanya ask him. I almost gagged at how sickly sweet her voice sounded.
"Yeah, I'm fine." He said. I felt his eyes on me, but I didn't bother to look at him. Why should I?
"Yes, he is single!" Eli said excitedly.
"Oh, tell Bella what he said about her!" Alice squealed out. What on earth was she talking about?
"Bella, you know how you met my brother yesterday? Well, when I got home from the hospital and he was done asking me questions about how you were doing, well he told me some pretty good things about you." Eli said with that evil knowing smile. Dam that smile to hell!
Oh my. The first day I came here, not one guy except for Edward – grr – ever looked at me. And when they did it was because I just fell flat on my but or tripped over thin air. But now, what's with them? My mouth was beginning to feel dry so I opened my soda and took a drink while Eli continued.
"Well, he said that he thought you were really pretty, well no he said beautiful and he thought you were - " I cut her off when I started to choke on the soda that was in my mouth. He said WHAT? He thought I was –beautiful?
"Bella, are you ok?" Eli said with a little laugh as she pat my back. After my little coughing fit I looked up and saw everyone looking at me with both concerned and amused expressions on their faces. Well, Tanya didn't even bother to look at me and Edward just looked plain concerned. I quickly turned away from his gaze. Stop looking at him Bella! He doesn't want you remember? So don't go getting your hopes up all over again!
"Yeah, I – I I'm fine." I choked out and tried to clear my throat.
"Ok good. Cause I'm not finished yet so don't go taking another drink or bite of food. I don't want to have to do the Heimlich maneuver on you." She said laughing.
"Oh come on Eli! Get on with it before the bell rings! I wanna see her reaction already!" Alice whined impatiently.
"Calm down Alice. Anyways, Bella, my brother thought you were beautiful and sweet. He also said that he really liked you and wouldn't mind to get to know you better." I was just about ready to say yeah, right, when someone spoke before me.
"When did he say that?" I heard Edward ask. He sounded a bit mad.
"I said yesterday, when I got home from the hospital." Eli replied with an annoyed tone.
"Well, I was there yesterday and I don't remember him saying anything about Bella, let alone ask about how she was doing." Edward said a little icily.
"Well, Edward. You were not there when I first got home; you got there a half an hour after. So, did it ever occur to you that he could have asked me between that time?" Eli asked, still annoyed.
"Whoa, you two. Calm down." Emmett said.
"Yeah, guys! I want to hear what Bella has to say!" Alice said enthusiastically. "Isn't it exciting Bella? Brandon is one of the cutest guys here, well except for my Jasper of course, but you two would look so cute together!" She said and clapped her hands together as if trying to give her statement more effect. Just then I saw Edward whisper something to Tanya, and then they both got up and left the table without a goodbye.
"I –I don't know." I said. I really didn't know if Eli was telling me the truth. Did her brother really say those things about me? Or was she just trying to get Edward mad? Before anyone could say anything else, they bell rang signaling that lunch was over.
"Aww man. I don't wanna go to English. I already know how to speak it for crying out loud! Why would I have to take a class about it?" Emmett whined as we all started to stand up and grab our trays. I laughed, for as big and intimidating as Emmett was; he seemed to be nothing more than a giant kid.
"Oh come on, you're just like a whiney little kid." I heard Rosalie answer. I laughed again when I heard that his own girlfriend thought the same thing I did.
"Oh, look whose talking miss "oh no, I broke another nail!" Sound familiar?" He answered back which earned him a death glare from all the girls around him. I just laughed again, poor Emmett.
"Yikes, ok lets go. Later guys and later Bella. It was nice to meet you." He said and came around and gave me a bear-crushing hug.
"Uh – you – too!" I squeaked out.
"Emmett, let her go! The poor thing can't breathe! I'm sorry Bella; I will take this big annoying oaf away. It was nice to meet you too." Rosalie said with a smile.
"Thanks Rose." I said after Emmett finally released me. They both went and dumped there trays and left. Eli, Alice, Jasper, and I walked over to the trashcans and dumped our trays as well and then headed out the door.
"Well, I guess we will see you guys later. Jasper and I are headed off to PE. Bella, I'm so happy we are friends now! I saw you on your first day and you looked so sad and alone. But, I didn't want to over whelm you so when Eli here told me you two were friends, I couldn't wait to finally meet you!" She said and then gave me a hug.
"Thank you Alice. I'm glad we met too." I said shyly.
"Alrighty! See you two later. And Eli, I will call you tonight about you know who. Tell Bella about what we are planning though. Bye!" Alice said. And her and Jasper started to head off in the direction of the gym.
"Planning?" I asked and turned my head towards Eli as we began making our way to building number four. "What exactly are you two...planning?"
"Um, well. You see, I think that Edward just made the biggest mistake of his life by getting with Tanya and I know why he did it. Hey, I know. This is probably going to take a little while to explain, and I really don't think that Edward wants to talk to me right now, so can I ask you a huge favor?" She asked as we approached my class.
"Sure Eli, what is it?" I asked. This girl did a lot of favors for me already.
"Do you think, well if you don't mind, do you think you could give me a ride home?" She asked.
"Of course Eli, I don't mind at all. You've already done so much for me, I feel a ride home won't even make up for it all."
"Aw, Bella, Thank you! This is perfect! Then you can stay over for a while and I will call Alice to come over too. Then we can explain everything to you!"
"Ok, that sounds good." I was getting really anxious and worried about what they had planned.
"Ok, I will see you in PE then! Good luck in class." With that she turned around and headed towards her building.
I sighed before going into biology. I really didn't want to have to face Edward. Being that close to him while knowing deep down that he chose to be with one of the most beautiful girls here in Forks, hell, one of the most beautiful girls here in all of Washington rather than take the chance with a plain geek like me. Well, it all really hurt. It was almost comical in a way though. How on earth could I have ever let myself get my hopes up? I knew all along this would happen so I should have been prepared for it. I shouldn't be feeling like I just went through the most horrific break up on the face of the earth, even though I wasn't even with that person.
I sighed again and walked into class. I didn't even bother to look at Edward. Why should I give him that satisfaction? The look on my face would probably make him feel very self satisfied as he knew that he just lead on the school geek into thinking that they could even possibly be friends. And then he got with someone who was the total opposite of me, as if to say "ha! You actually thought that I would have any feelings at all towards you?".
I sat down at my seat and didn't bother to hide my face. I looked straight ahead to the front of the class and felt Edward's eyes on me. Go ahead and look at me. I don't care anymore!
"Hey Bella." He said. Why was he talking to me?
"Hey." Was all I said. That's all I would give him. What else did he want me to say? Did he want me to congratulate him for being with Tanya?
"Are you –" Just then Mr. Banner came into the room, cutting Edward off much to my relief. As he was making his way up to his desk, I noticed he was carrying a rather large box full of supplies. Oh, great. We have to do a lab today which means I have to work with him.
"Class, may I have your attention please?" He waited for everyone to quiet down and look at him. "I was contacted by the hospital and they informed me that they will be doing a blood drive this Saturday afternoon and they wanted me to inform you all to go donate. So, I thought it would be great to have you all know your blood types." He said and began to take out supplies from his box.
And how on earth are we going to find out our blood types? I know one thing for sure, there is no way I am donating any blood. Not unless I was knocked out to do it.
I looked at all the things he began to lay out on a table up front. That's when I saw it. He had little kits; one for each of us, and in those kits was a little pointy thing that looked like a needle. Uh – oh.
"I am going to pass out all these kits to each of you and show you how to prick your finger. Once that's done you…." I started to drown him out once he said, "prick your finger". That meant that blood would come out. My blood. I hated the site and smell of blood. It always made me light headed and nauseas. I remembered when I had a bad infection, my doctor had to run some blood tests and when it came time to take my blood, I passed out right in the chair!
"Bella, are you alright?" Edward asked me from my left. Oh god. Of course I'm not alright! Don't pass out, don't pass out! You can't keep passing out; people are going to start to think something's seriously wrong with you. I closed my eyes. Deep Breathes Bella. Just take some deep breathes and then excuse yourself.
"Mr. Banner? Can you come here please?" I heard Edward ask. I kept my eyes closed, still trying to get my breathing to calm down.
"Yes Mr. Cullen?" I heard Mr. Banner ask.
"I don't think Bella feels good. Is it ok if I take her to the nurse?" What? You, don't need to take me anywhere. I snapped my eyes open and saw Mr. Banner and Edward looking at me concerned. I took one last deep breath before I was sure my voice would work properly.
"Are you ok Miss Swan? Maybe you came back to school a day too early." He said. By the look on his face, I could tell I probably looked awful. But could you blame me?
"Uh, actually sir, this has nothing to do with yesterday. I just really can't be around blood." I said a little weakly. I was surprised though to hear Mr. Banner chuckle.
"There's always one student who can't handle this assignment. You may go see the nurse Miss Swan. I will right her a note explaining what we are doing in class. Would you like Mr. Cullen here to take you or do you think you can manage to get there on your own?" He asked smiling. I almost shouted ON MY OWN!
"I think I can make it there by myself. No blood has been shed yet, so I should be fine."
"Alright, let me go get you that note." He said and the walked over to his desk.
I started to get my stuff together. All of a sudden I felt someone's hand grab mine as I was putting my book in my bag. The touch of the hand sent an electric current though my whole body and sent shivers down my spine. I turned and looked at a concerned looking Edward.
"Bella, are you sure? I don't mind taking you there." He asked in a low velvety voice that sent some more shivers down my spine.
"Yes, I'm sure." I said and tried to take my hand away. He let go when he realized what I wanted. The look on his face made me puzzled. He actually looked hurt.
"Ok, here you are Miss Swan. Tonight's homework is chapter sixes review questions. Do 1-20." Mr. Banner said as he handed me my note.
"Thank you sir." I said. I didn't waste any time. I got up and left before Edward could try to pursue me into letting him walk me. And believe me, if he gave me one more look of hurt like that again, I would have accepted his offer in a heartbeat. Why would he be so hurt if I didn't want him to take me? Urgh, this has been a long day already. I wish I could go home and crawl into my comfy bed.
After I sat in the nurses' office for the rest of the period, I headed off to find Eli. She was standing in front of my biology class and appeared to be having a heated conversation with Edward because they both looked mad. As I got closer Eli looked up and saw me. It was amazing how fast her face changed from anger to pure happiness.
"Bella! There you are! I heard about what happened. Good thing you didn't pass out again eh?" She asked and gave me a hug. After she released me, I looked up and noticed that Edward was nowhere in site.
"Yeah, I would have ran away before anyone could drag me off to the hospital again." I said. "You ready for PE?"
"Yep, lets go."
PE was so embarrassing. I can't even count how many times I tripped, fell, hit someone in the head with the volleyball, and hit myself in the head with the volleyball. How I managed to do that all in one period, I have no idea. I also tried to get Eli to tell me what her and Edward were arguing about. All she said was that she would tell me when we got to her house.
"To bad Brandon's sick. I bet he won't leave his room much so he won't get to see you." Eli said as we were walking in the parking lot to my truck.
"Oh, that's too bad I guess." I said as I dug my keys out of my pocket.
"Come on Bella, I'm telling you the truth! My brother has a thing for you." She said. Before I could get in another word, I was attacked from behind by a little bouncing pixie. She was squealing like a little girl.
"Oh. My. God. This is going to be so much fun! I can't wait to tell you everything about what we are planning Bella! You are going to love it!" The pixie girl said after she let go of me.
"Hey Alice." I said a little breathless. I'm sure she could give death grip hugs just like her brother.
"Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you. I ran into Alice in the hall when I was waiting for you to go to PE. I told her about coming over today and thought it would be better if she just came with us." She said a little worried. Why was she so scared? I didn't mind!
"That's fine! We might get a little cramped in my truck but I think if we put our stuff in the back it shouldn't be too uncomfortable." I said as I unlocked my door.
"Yeah! Okay, lets go!" I heard Alice say excitedly. I giggled at how enthusiastic she got over things.
We put our book bags in the back. Then, I got in and unlocked the passenger side door. Alice came in first and sat in the middle. Then Eli followed and sat in the passengers seat. Once we were settled and buckled up, I started the ignition and let the truck warm up a bit since it sat for a while. Soon enough, I pulled out of my spot and out of the Forks High parking lot and headed in the direction of Eli's house.
AN: Whoa O_O I could have kept on writing! But, I thought it best to stop here. I knew that last chapter was long and I'm sorry, I got kind of carried away :) So, what did you think? If you don't like the whole Edward and Tanya thing, don't worry. There is a really good reason behind it and it will be explained in the next chapter. Well, leave me some reviews please my lovely and wonderful readers. Your reviews help me a lot and I really really appreciate them! Love ya!