Hello my wonderful, fellow bookworms or fanfictionworms in your case! I love you guys so much right now! Your reviews are so wonderful! I love reading them; they make me feel all warm and toasty on the inside. And I appreciate all the Favorite Stories and Story Alerts. They also make me feel good :) Thank you so much for everything guys! Anyway in this chapter, you meet someone new. Who he or she is you'll find out later. Just lemme know what you think of him or her! And if you want *cough* to end up with *ahem*. Read and you'll find out what exactly I'm saying here. Keep reviewing people! This is my longest chapter so far! And now the story continues….
DISCLAIMER:
As I have said before. I do not own Twilight. Though my name is Stephanie, it is not Stephenie Meyer. My name is spelt with an A; hers is spelt with an E. Big difference. Besides if I were Stephenie M., Jacob would see Edward and Bella riding off into the sunset, he would fall his knees and start crying and then the Volturi would pick him, torture him and then slowly kill him. (Yeah I know I'm mean but I'm a Jacob hater! ALTHOUGH I LIKE TAYLOR LAUNTER AND WOULD NEVER EVER TO THAT TO HIM)
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Chapter Four
I got early for school the next day. I had to reach in the office for seven thirty since school promptly began at 8:00. I took out my outfit for the day, a mini jeans skirt that ended probably three inches about my knee, a fitted red t-shirt with gold metallic patterns and boots that ended just under my knees. I tried on the outfit and added a gold belt to the outfit. It suited me well. I put on a little makeup, adding a lip gloss and some dark eye shadow make the brown pop. I also added a little blush to give me some color although I was sure I wouldn't need it the way how I blushed. I curled my hair and added a gold head band to it and looked in the mirror. I looked good. Definitely a different Bella, I thought. The old one would never wear something this formfitting and this hot. I already knew I was going to be the topic of the school. There was no way to avoid being a new kid. I might as well give them something to talk about with this outfit. But at least I knew one person and was guaranteed someone I could hang out with. Alice told me that I would love Rosalie when I met her. I just hoped she wasn't as hyper as Alice. I could barely handle one let alone two.
By the time it was 7:00, I was done. I checked my black and silver shoulder American Eagle bag for all my books. Once I knew I had everything, I set down stairs. I was immediately engulfed in an aroma of bacon and eggs by the time I reached into the kitchen. Mason was already up and was cooking by the stove. He had donned an apron as well and looked like an elderly Bobby Flay.
"Morning, Bella," he called as he emptied the pan into the plate, "Here's your breakfast."
"Aw...grandpa, you didn't have to all this for me!" I groaned. I didn't want to eat but my stomach disagreed. Despite my mental protest, my feet began to move and before I knew it I was gulfing down the hot food. Grandpa was a great cook. He could probably beat Mom in the cooking department. He laughed as I started wolfing down the food.
"Where's Mom?" I said, my mouth full. "Your mother is still sleeping actually. I didn't have the heart to wake her up," he said, grinning.
"Oh Bella, by the way, I think I forgot to tell you this. In your new school, you have to choose two performing arts subjects in addition to your five other subjects. The choices are Music, Dance, Drama and Art. You should probably choose in advance so that you know what carry since you'll need extra clothes for Dance and an instrument for Music," he explained. "So what'll it be?"
I thought about it. "I think I'll probably choose Music, since I already play two instruments, and well I can't draw so Art is definitely out, and Drama sounds like a bit of a bore, so I'll most likely choose Dance," I sighed. Mom had put me in ballet classes when I was six. I loved dancing but like with guitar and piano, I stopped when I began dating Jacob. Hmm…maybe I would like it again. I went upstairs and grabbed a black tank top, black leggings and a black mini skirt for Dance. It was the best thing to dance in. I also grabbed my guitar. I backed the guitar in my trunk and stuffed the clothes in my bag.
After breakfast, I hopped into my Ferrari and drove to school. Mason had showed me the school on Saturday. It was quite big and it was only a few blocks away from the house. In a matter of ten minutes I reached since it hardly had any traffic this early. It was almost 7:30 so I parked in front of the office. I would have to move my car after I was done. I walked into the little office at the side of the building. It was a little away from the school itself. The car park wasn't very full yet so I didn't get much stares or whispers.
The office was surprisingly spacious despite how it looked from the outside. It looked like a normal school office, similar to the one back in Forks except much bigger. I walked over to the desk where a middle aged woman sat, typing away on a computer. She looked up when I walked to her.
"Hi, I'm Isabella Swan and I've come to pick up my schedule," I said in a cool confident tone.
She smiled. "Ah yes Ms. Swan, Mr. Mason contacted me last week about you. Yes I am Mrs. Webbington. I have your schedule right here," she said. Her voice was soft and smooth.
"You do know that you have to pick two performing art subjects right?" she asked. I nodded. "So which ones will be it?" she asked again. "Dance and Music," I said. "Fine choices," she said before typing it into the computer and printing out the schedule.
She handed me it and gave me a map of the school which had been color-coded to show where each of the subjects were held.
My schedule didn't look half bad.
Isabella M. Swan
1st Period- History
2nd Period- Spanish
3rd Period- Dance
4th Period- Calculus
5th Period- English
=====Lunch=====
6th Period- Biology
7th Period- Music
"Thank you," I said before walking out of the office. I went back to my car and had to circle the car park before I found a decent parking spot. The car park was almost full and students were standing or sitting by their cars, talking. As I got out, I felt stares on my back and whispers. And so it begins, I thought. If I were the old Bella, I would have been intimidated and just wanted to die but instead I felt confident and strong.
I grabbed my bag, shut the door and locked the car. I turned around and sure enough everyone was staring at me. I held my head high and was walking towards the school when I heard a familiar voice, shouting my name. I turned towards the voice and smiled. Alice, Jasper, Emmett and a gorgeous blonde were standing next to Jasper's Mercedes. Alice waved and gestured for me to come over. I walked over to them. Everyone was still watching me.
"Bella!" Alice squealed, before hugging me. "Hi, Ali," I said. "Hey Bella," said both Jasper and Emmett. "Hey guys," I said back. I smiled at them all before turning to the blonde.
"And you must be Rosalie," I said, holding out my hand. She was beautiful to say the least. Her luscious blonde hair was waist length and was curled. Her figure belonged in a high fashion magazine as well as her gorgeous face that had high cheek bones and flawless skin. Her ocean blue eyes were similar to Jasper's and they looked alike so I assumed they were brother and sister.
She looked at my hand and laughed. "That's way too formal!" she said, hugging me. I laughed. I had a feeling I was going to like Rosalie a lot. "I feel like we've been friends forever after everything Alice told me about you," she said in a musical voice.
"Yeah well you know Alice. She's like the Spanish Inquisition," I laughed. She giggled and Alice pouted. "The two of you are just gonna stand there and insult me when I'm right in front of you?" she yelled. We snickered at her mad expression. "Sorry Ali," we apologized at the same time, causing Alice to burst out in a fit of giggles. "You guys sound like robots," she chuckled. We continued talking amongst the three of us. The guys were talking about cars or something like that. The conversation had just turned to shopping when a silver Volvo raced into the parking lot. It screeched and the driver showed off by making a dangerous turn before settling into a parking spot.
"Who's the idiot showing off?" I asked, inkling my head in the direction of the car.
Alice rolled her eyes and said in a fake happy voice, "That's the idiot player I have for a brother and his bitch girlfriend. Did I forget to mention that he likes to show off a lot? It apparently increases his popularity." She had a disgusted look on her face as she watched people cheer for Edward. I was pretty sure that I wore a similar expression. Suddenly I was struck with a stroke of inspiration. "Hey guys, come here!" I said excitedly, gesturing to Alice and Rosalie. I whispered the plan into the ears. Evil smiles spread across their faces. "Brilliant!" Rose whispered excitedly.
We watched as Edward came out of the car, a stupid idiotic smile plastered on his face. A blonde stepped out of the car, obviously trying to be seductive as she walked over to Edward shaking her butt as hard as she could before hugging his waist. Edward put up his hands in the air like a sprinter crossing the finish line. Ugh…idiot, I thought watching the sickening sight unfold as they started making out right there in the middle of the parking lot. Acid overflowed in my stomach and I wanted to vomit. The sight had obviously sickened Alice and Rosalie as well. Emmett and Jasper just looked disgusted.
"Okay guys, let's do this," I said. They kissed their guys' on the cheek and then whispered into their ears, obviously sharing the plan. They smiled. Rose was dressed in a short black formfitting dress that reached just before her knees and had a shirt underneath. It hugged her curves and she had a gold band around her waist which accentuated how tiny she was there. She looked hot. Alice was dressed in a short black skirt that reached middle thigh and underneath she had pink knee length leggings. She wore a black and pink striped tank top which showed off her tiny figure. She completed the out fit with cool pink and black converse. She also had a pink hoodie that was tied around her waist. Alice looked really good too.
All three of us, looking smoking hot, started walking towards the school, swaying our hips, not as much as Tanya but it had the same effect. Soon every boy's eyes were on us, especially me. Even Edward who was still eating Tanya's face pulled away to look at us or more specifically, me. The parking lot was dead quiet. We walked closer and closer towards him. "Hair flip on three," I whispered. "One, two, three!" We flipped our hair at the same time, looking confidently hot. It was like a movie.
Just as we passed near Edward, he did something I didn't expect. He grabbed my hand and pulled me toward him. "Now…who are you, honey?" he whispered, nuzzling my neck, "I'd like a name this time please." Rosalie's face was stunned whilst Alice's face was somewhere in between mad and really mad. His hand was slowly making its way down to my butt.
I was shocked at his cockiness. How dare he just pull me so! I pushed him away and he fell right on his butt. He was shocked to say the least. "Don't ever touch me again, you ass!" I screamed at him. "Come on, girls, let's go," I said, glaring at Edward. Rose nodded but Alice didn't move. Before I knew what was happening she launched herself at Edward, nails out to scratch his face.
"I gonna rip your head off, you bastard!" she screamed at him, clawing at him. Edward yelped and tried to shield his face. Jasper appeared out of nowhere and grabbed Alice. He dragged her away. She tried desperately to get away, still screaming.
Rose was glaring at Edward. She hissed menacingly, "You're going to pay someday Cullen. You will soon get everything that's coming for you." Emmett appeared and steered her away from Edward. I glared at him again.
"Touch me again and I'll castrate you," I hissed at him, glaring. I stormed away, leaving him stunned. "Eddie!" I heard a shrill female voice gasp. It was horribly fake and disgustingly sweet. "Did that bitch hurt you?"
I whirled around at the last part. "Your so-called 'boyfriend' just messed with a girl right in front of you and you don't say a thing? You're unbelievable!" I hissed. She flinched at the venom in my voice. "And don't call me bitch, bitch," I said before storming into the school before I could rip her head off her body that looked as if she had way too many plastic surgeries.
I found the gang inside next to the door. Alice was whispering furiously, "Jasper why the hell didn't you let me rip his head off?" I walked over to them saying, "Because you would've gotten in trouble with your parents, Alice. I'm sure Esme prefers a son with a head, especially since she has one without a brain." I glanced at Emmett who pouted. "Hey! That's not true! I have a brain you know!" he shouted. Rose smacked his head.
"Ow! What the hell was that for?" he shouted again. Rose shrugged, "I felt like doing it." He glared at her.
Alice looked at him and the murderous expression disappeared. She laughed. "Fine, I won't do anything to me but I'm never gonna speak to him again."
"That would be a service to me," sneered a voice behind me. I jumped and turned around. Standing there leaning casually against the wall was Edward.
"Ugh, do you ever go away?" said Rose disgusted. He smirked at her. "I-," he began but Alice cut him off.
"Edward, if you value your life you'll disappear from my sight," she hissed, her green eyes narrowed into slits.
"I didn't come to talk to you," he sneered. He looked at me, "I came to talk to you."
Alice gasped. Jasper cut in before she could say anything else, "Edward you might want to leave before Alice really hurts you."
He glared at Jasper. "I want to talk to the girl, Jasper, not you."
"Excuse me," I said, "but the girl does not even want to see you."
He smirked at me. "Of course you do, now can I get a name?" he asked. Why was he so intent on getting my name?
"Uh…no, how many times will you ask me that? Go away Edward. I don't like you, I don't want to talk to you, I don't even want to hear you," I sneered. He closed his eyes at the sound of his name and seemed to block out everything else that I said. "Say my name again," he said, leaning in.
"Emmett, get him away from me!" I said. Emmett dashed in front of me. "Dude back off," he said, "Accept defeat. She doesn't like you; she's different form the rest of the bimbos. Accept that."
Edward's eyes snapped open and he glared at Emmett. He looked at me, "You'll be mine, Mystery Girl. Someday you'll be mine. That much I promise you," he whispered. He turned on his heel and stormed away. I was shocked. I began to shake. Oh God, oh God, I thought. Jacob. I shuddered at the thought of the name. Edward had just reminded me so badly of Jacob.
Bella, get a grip; I thought fiercely, you're different now. Edward is just a stupid player jerk. He's not Jacob. Jacob nor he can't hurt you.
Emmett noticed my shaking and wrapped a protective arm around my shoulder. "Bella you okay?" he asked. Rose, at his voice, looked at me. Alice looked at me too. "Jazz, Em, go away, girl emergency," Alice said, her voice urgent. She grabbed me and started dragging me. Rose followed as she dragged me into the bathroom. They checked all the stalls before confirming that we were the only ones in the bathroom.
"Bella," Alice said. I didn't answer. I could only see Jacob hitting me over and over again. "Bella!" she shouted, shaking me. I blinked and looked at her. "Bella, Edward is not Jacob okay? Understand that? He's all talk; he would never hurt you! He's just miffed that you're the only besides us that see through his charm! Remember what I told you? I said he'd come after you because you were pretty. He wants you as one of his toys but trust me: He will never hit you like Jacob. Never because if he did, he'd be dead. Carlisle, Esme, Emmett, Rose, Jasper and me will never let him hurt you. Understand?" she said, shaking me again. I nodded slowly.
Just then a freshman girl walked in. Rose glared at her and she looked terrified. "Use the other," she hissed. The girl nodded and was out of there before you could say, "go". Then she turned back to me and her face was sympathetic. The change was funny and I laughed. I glanced at Alice and I could tell she was wondering if I had gone mad.
"Thanks, Alice. I'm okay now, just a little mental breakdown. Don't worry, I'm okay now," I assured her. She smiled and we hugged. "Hey why am I getting left out?" Rose grumbled. We laughed at her expression and pulled her into the hug.
The bell rang. "Hey lemme see your schedule!" Alice said, grabbing my bag. She pulled out the schedule and examined it.
"Okay you have History with Rose, Spanish and Dance with me, Calculus with Jazz and English with Emmett. You don't have any evening classes with any of us though," she said, sad at the end. "Do I have any with Edward?" I asked. She'd know since she was his sister. She looked again, frowning.
"Yes, unfortunately, you have Dance, Biology and Music with him. I can protect you in Dance but you'll have to defend yourself for Bio and Music," she frowned. I laughed, "Don't worry, Alice, I think I'll be able to handle him."
She looked assured. I looked at Rose, "To History?" I said. "To History, we go," she laughed, hooking her arm through mine. We walked to the classroom and talked about clothes till the teacher entered the class.
"Good day, class," he said. "Good day, Mr. Kahn," (A/N: *wink-wink* this is one of my actual teachers except I didn't use his actual name) the class said obediently. The rest of the period was spent with Mr. Kahn talking about World War I, something I'd already studied in Forks. I found that everything that the teacher said was in the text book so I guessed that when I needed to study I could just use the book instead of listening to him talk. The rest of the class had already seemed to know that which is why most of them were either passing notes or scribbling in their books. Rose was filing her nails under her desk. Mr. Kahn didn't seem to realize I was even there. I crossed my legs and slipped off into a day dream. Unfortunately my mind went to Jacob and I thought of all the things he'd done to me. A song started writing itself in my head and I opened my notebook and wrote it out. Before I knew it, it was done just as the bell rang for the next period. As I grabbed my bag, I felt something hold my arm. Rose curiously asked, "What were you writing?" I showed her the song and as she read it her eyes bulged. "Wow, Bella, this is really good, I can't wait to hear you sing it!"
We walked out of class and Alice was there to escort me to Spanish. We bade goodbye to Rose and walked to Spanish. Alice and I sat down and began talking until our teacher entered. The class passed without any events and soon it was time for dance. I was excited for this class. Alice led me to the locker room where we had to change. I changed into my black tank; leggings and mini skirt and Alice changed into her tank and fitted pants.
"Wow, Bella, you look hot," Alice said. I laughed. "Thanks, Alice," I said, rolling my eyes. We walked out of the locker room and into the dance studio. It was like a normal gym except that one of the walls had a row of mirrors.
"No she's right Bella. You do look hot," I heard a voice. I groaned internally and turned around to have my fears confirmed. Leaning casually against the wall was of course…
Edward Cullen. The sight of him wanted to make me puke. Yes he was good looking but he was such a pig-headed idiot.
"Ah, so your name is Bella. Hmm…quite suitable. You are beautiful, you know," he asked smoothly. I mentally gagged at his smirk.
"Right so you know my name, now will you leave me alone?" I said, my hands on my hip, glaring.
"Not until you grace me with your beauty on a date tonight?" he smirked.
I gagged again but this time for him to see. His smirk disappeared. "EW…hell no! Why on Earth would I do that?" I shuddered. "Edward, was me threatening to castrate you if you touched me again not enough to show you that I DO NOT LIKE YOU AND I WILL NOT DATE YOU? Really how dense are you?"
"Oh I'm not dense, I just know that you'll come around someday," he smirked again. I wanted so badly to wipe that smirk off his face but just then the teacher entered.
Alice pulled me away from Edward. She smiled, "You were right I don't need to protect you! You put Edward in his place!" she said. We high-fived.
"All right, class, time to start so shut your mouths," called the teacher. Man, she was blunt.
"Okay…" she said looking at her registrar, "we have a new student today, Isabella Swan. Ms. Swan where are you?"
I mentally groaned and raised my hand. She smiled at me, "Welcome to Dance, Isabella." I smiled back at her.
"Okay so we're going to have some fun today," she said and the class cheered. "We're going to have a dance off okay? I'll call your name randomly, one boy and one girl, and a song will play and both people have to dance but there's a catch for the second chorus, they must pair up!" I was excited.
"Let's start, Garrett and Alice," she called. I wished Alice good luck as she stepped up to face Kate. They danced to "Dirty Dancing" by New Kids On The Block and Alice won though closely. The two of them were evenly matched but Alice pulled a really great combo of moves at the end so Ms. Nebsit named her winner.
Zafrena and Caius were next. Their song was "Circus" by Britney Spears and they were really good but Caius won when he executed a cartwheel in the end. After was Kate and Marcus. The song was "Jai Ho" by the Pussycat Dolls and A.R. Rahman. Together they were awesome and it was declared a tie.
"Edward and Isabella," Ms. Nebsit called. Ugh…trust me to get Edward. "Let's get this over with," I groaned. Alice gave me a sympathetic look whilst Edward was smirking and being cheered on by the guys. "Here is your song," Ms. Nebsit said and pressed the CD player. "Let's Dance" by Miley Cyrus started playing. I smiled. This was a song I could dance to. Edward and I faced each other and began to dance. He was pretty good but I could beat him, I thought. I danced my hardest and he wasn't able to keep but then it was time for the partner part. I would have to touch him. I shuddered at that part. Then the second chorus began. So far I was winning and I could tell Edward was getting impatient. We paired up and began dancing together but something weird happened. An electric charge seemed to pull us together and we locked eyes. I forgot everything. I forgot that we were in Dance class and that there was a whole class watching us. I forgot that Alice was right there watching us. Edward seemed to forget to. All that seemed to matter was that it was just the two of us. Nothing else mattered. But then the song ended and we snapped out of it. The class was cheering so hard but no just for Edward. The stupid smirk returned to his face and I grimaced. Whatever happened was gone. But whatever it was, it was…great.
Bella! What is wrong with you? Nothing happened; you just got lost in the heat of the moment. There is nothing between you and Edward Cullen, the biggest idiot in this school, I thought, N-O-T-H-I-N-G.
"Well!" said Ms. Nebsit, "That was wonderful! I think Ms. Swan is the winner! Isabella, have you ever danced before?"
"Yes, when I was younger," I answered, blushing slightly.
"Well, you are quite good. Edward, Isabella, can I see you two after school?" she asked. We nodded as the bell rang.
"You're good Bella," Edward said, kind of breathless. He smirked, "I bet you're even better in be-"
Alice cut him off before he could even finish his sentence. "You were great Bella!" she gushed. "Ignore the idiot," she said, glaring at Edward. "Come on, Bella, we gotta go change. We have to go to class." She pulled me into the locker room and we changed. She walked me to the Calculus room before heading off to her History class.
The rest of my classes until lunch passed in a blur. Lunch came and I walked into the lunch room with Emmett. The room went silent as everyone turned to stare at me. "Ignore them, Bells," Emmett muttered under his breath. We walked over to the cashier to buy our lunch. I took a ham sandwich and Coke whilst Emmett on the other hand picked out three ham sandwiches, a huge boat of fries and two slices of pizza. I laughed, "Save some for everyone else!" He pouted as he paid for his food. I paid for mine and we headed over to where Rose, Alice and Jasper were already eating. We sat down and I was talking to Jazz about music when a chair was pulled out next to me. Edward sat down and instantly we all stopped talking.
"What are you doing here?" sneered Alice.
"Sitting down with my family and their friends," he said nonchalantly. He casually draped an arm over my chair. I stiffened.
"Why aren't you over there with the rest of your fan club? They're obviously dying to have you there and we're dying for you to leave," Rose hissed, pointing over a table where Tanya sat with two other girls who looked as fake as she did and that Mike kid who had harassed me the day before as well as two other guys. They were all glaring at our table.
"They'll survive," he said before turning to me. "So… Bella, you dance, you sing is there anything else I should know about you?" he was obviously trying to dazzle me.
"Yeah you should know…" I whispered, leaning in as if to kiss him, "That I hate you and I'm leaving." I got up, leaving him looking stunned for the second time in the same day. "Sorry guys, it's a little too crowded. I'm going," I apologized.
"You know Bella's right. Let's all go," said Alice, getting up. They all got up and walked away from the table. We all went outside and sat under on one of the benches outside. We finished our lunches without anymore interruptions by Edward and then the bell rang.
"Bye, Bells," they all called as they left to go to their individual classes.
Great…, I thought, I had to see Edward again. I groaned. The teacher, Mr. Banner, handed me a textbook and directed me to a table at the back of the class. I sat down. My partner hadn't reached yet. Maybe he was absent. I noticed that Edward wasn't here yet. I looked around for any other empty seats but found none.
Oh please dear God no, I thought. Please do not let Edward be my Biology partner!
Just as I was praying, he entered the class. His bronze hair was windswept and he seemed to be out of breath. His eyes glanced at his table only to see me there and do a double take. The idiotic smile was once again on his face. He was obviously trying for the smile to be slow and sexy but it just looked stupid from my point of view. "Sorry, Mr. Banner," he apologized smoothly. Mr. Banner nodded at him and announced, "Please work on these worksheets with your partners for the rest of the class."
He passed the worksheets to Edward who handed them out.
Argh! No! I thought. Now I couldn't depend on Mr. Banner to make sure he didn't talk to me. After handing out the worksheet, Edward sauntered over to the table. I wanted to knock some sense into his evidently empty head.
"Hey Bella," he smirked. He handed me the worksheet. "Ugh! Just don't talk to me!"
I took the worksheet and finished it in a matter of ten minutes. I could feel Edward's stare. He was watching my every move. I handed him the worksheet and pulled out Pride and Prejudice from my bag and began reading.
"Pride and Prejudice? Really? Hmm…you're very different from the girls here," he commented.
I looked at him disgusted. "Obviously, I have better taste than them. They like you; I don't," I said with a roll of my eyes.
He glared at me and shut his mouth. He didn't speak for the rest of the class but I could still feel his stare. Soon the class was over.
Alice had shown me where the Music class was so I headed over. No one was there yet so I picked up a guitar and began strumming the song I had written earlier.
Little
girl terrified Every day's the same Today
she's turning-
She'd leave her room if only bruises would heal
A
home is no place to hide
Her heart is breaking from the pain that
she feels
She fights to find her
way
She hurts, she breaks, she hides, and tries to pray
She
wonders why, does anyone ever hear her when she cries
I stopped playing. I felt someone's stare on my back and turned around. A guy stood there, watching me. Whoa…he was gorgeous. He had jet black hair that hung in his eyes which were ice blue. His figure was tall and lean. He was pale like me and looked like a model. He was better looking than Edward.
"Wait no, don't stop," he said in a musical soft voice that had a hint of an accent. "You sing really well," he said. I blushed at the compliment.
"Thank you. I'm Bella," I said holding out my hand.
He took it and kept it there. Warm shivers ran all over my body. I didn't know who this guy was but he was so perfect that I liked him already. Wait like?
"I'm Demetri, Demetri Volturi," he said.
"Nice to meet you," I said pulling my hand away despite the protest of my body who wanted him to hold me in his hands and never let go. Wait. What the heck is wrong with me?!
"That song," he said, shaking his head, "I-it was amazing."
"Thanks," I said. "Do you play guitar?"
"Yeah and like you I make up songs too. Though mines aren't nearly as good as yours," he said, his ice blue eyes solemnly looking at me. I walked to drown in those deep eyes. They seemed endless. I couldn't control myself. This guy had some kind of hold on me.
"I'm sure that's not true," I laughed, "play something for me." I held out the guitar.
"Normally I don't play for people but for you I'll make an exception," he smiled. My heart melted. He started playing. Wow this song was good already and he hadn't even started singing yet. The music was so beautiful. Then he started to sing.
And
time stands still beneath the air of waiting hours At
night I dream that you were sent to me from heaven Beautiful--- like the summer rain to wash away
the winter stain
To touch, just
to feel a love that seems to overpower me
She's all I'll ever
need
And you know
her love just hypnotizes me
Till All I see is beautiful
My Life, it
seems so lonely here without your presence
You could change my
everyday
And I could never think of love without your name
As
you remain---
Beautiful--- like the morning sun inviting the
dawn to break
Beautiful--- like the joy that comes when the love
you've longed for has just begun
Beautiful--- making everything
brand new
As he finished, I was stunned. That song was so…beautiful. It was like a poem and his voice just improved it.
"Wow," I said, "That was really great. Now I feel so little." He laughed and held out the guitar.
"I wanna hear the rest of your song," he said, smiling. He had dimples! It was so darn cute. I just wanted to stroke them. I knew this guy for less than five minutes and already I'm like this!
"You made an exception for me so I'll do it," I said before I started singing again.
Little
girl terrified Today she's turning
sixteen This
is the dark before the dawn Every day's the same Every
day's the same
She'd leave her room if only bruises would heal
A
home is no place to hide
Her heart is breaking from the pain that
she feels[CHORUS]
Every
day's the same
She fights to find her way
She hurts, she
breaks, she hides, and tries to pray
She wonders why, does anyone
ever hear her when she cries
Everyone singing, but she can't seem to smile
They
never get past arms length
How could they act like everything is
alright?
She's pulling down her long sleeves
To cover all the
memories that scars leave
She says, "maybe making me bleed
will be the answer that could wash the slate
clean"
The storm before the peace
Don't be
afraid 'cause seasons change and
God is watching over you
He
hears you
She fights to find her
way
She hurts, she breaks, she hides, and tries to pray
She'll
be just fine, cause now he hears her when she cries
She fights to find her way
She hurts, she
breaks, she hides, and tries to pray
She'll be just fine, cause
now he hears her when she cries
She'll be just fine, cause now he
hears her when she cries
I looked at Demetri as I finished the song. We leaned in as our lips were getting closer and closer…
And then thunderous applause began. We looked at each other confused and then turned towards the noise.
The entire class was behind us, cheering and clapping like mad.
"Well-Ms. Swan I believe?" a woman, who I assumed was the teacher, Mrs. Jones, asked. I nodded. She continued, "I must say you are an unbelievable singer my dear!" I blushed at her compliments.
The teacher smiled and then turned to the rest of the class. "Settle down, class, and take your seats," she said her voice ringing with authority.
I saw Edward's face in the crowd looking anything but happy or excited. His eyes were narrowed and he looked really mad. He glared at Demetri when he sat next to me. Edward took the seat directly in front of me.
Oh so the player is jealous, I thought. But then I remembered how me and Demetri had just been about to kiss when the class interrupted. I blushed. How could I just kiss some guy that I didn't even know? I shook my head disappointed in myself. I swore to myself that I would never trust another guy. But Demetri wasn't just some guy, I thought. He seemed nice and sweet and not to mention he was absolutely gorgeous. But so had been Jacob. My internal battle continued. I tried to focus on what was going on in class.
"So for this semester, you will be paired up with a partner and the two of you will work on songs each week and present them to me? Everybody got it? Any questions?" asked Mrs. Jones.
Edward deliberately turned around and looked at me before raising his hand. "Can we pick our partners?" he asked.
Oh no, I thought, please say no.
"No," she said. YES! "I will be assigning partners. I shall start calling out names of your partners now."
"Let's see Mr. Anthony you will be with Ms. Lively," she started off. She kept calling names. Most of the pairs were boy and girl. Some boys cheered whilst others groaned and the girls, excluding me of course, whispered excitedly amongst themselves. I sat next to Demetri, praying that I didn't get stuck with Edward.
Then she reached Edward's name, "Mr. Cullen you will be partnered with…Ms. Gilbert."
YES! I thought. Edward's shoulders that had been perked up in anticipation slumped and I smirked. I leaned over and whispered into his ear, "Nice try but no."
Finally she reached my name. "And Ms. Swan you will be with Mr. Volturi." YES!
I smiled at Demetri and he smiled back. I was so going to enjoy this project. The bell rang after she finished paring off the last couple.
"Okay class, you should start working on your assignment as early as possible. Good afternoon," she dismissed the class.
"How about we meet up this afternoon at your house?" Demetri whispered into my ear.
"Sure," I said smiling. I gave him directions, my number and we arranged for him to come over at six. I was looking forward to it.
"It's a date," he said in that beautiful accent of his, smiling. He kissed my cheek before heading of to his car. I stared after him holding my cheek.
Someone cleared their throat behind me. I turned around and found Edward watching me his eyes narrowed.
"Making dates?" he attempted to sound nonchalant but you could hear the anger and jealousy underneath.
I glared at him. "That's none of your business," I hissed. "Now why were you spying on me?"
"I was waiting for you. Remember Ms. Nebsit wanted to see us?" he asked. Oh right.
"Right, I forgot. Well then shall we go?" I gestured ahead. "Lead the way."
We walked to the dance studio in silence. I could tell Edward was seething because of Demetri but I didn't comment. He just had to understand that I didn't like him.
We reached the studio and inside Ms. Nebsit was waiting for us.
"Edward, Isabella," she called.
"Bella," I corrected.
She smiled. "Okay then, Bella, Edward, I wanted to talk to you about a dance competition this summer. You two are my best dancers and I would like for you to enter."
"I'm up for it," I said. "Me too," Edward said, smirking once again for some reason.
"Yes! I am so glad you agreed! Well then you two have to practise. I'll coach you myself. Practice will be every Wednesday and Friday from 6:00 to 8:00, every Saturday from 2:00 till 7:00 and every Sunday from 12:00 to 5:00. Is that okay?" she asked.
"Sure," I said shrugging. Edward nodded.
"Oh I'm so happy you two said yes! Ooh with you two as a pair; I'm sure you'll win! You should practise together when you can in your spare time too," she gushed excitedly.
"W-wait p-pair?" I asked horrorstruck. Please let me have heard her wrong, I chanted in my head.
"Yes dear, as a pair. You and Edward are dance partners now!" Ms. Nebsit said elatedly.
I realized why Edward was smirking now. I knew I should've told her right there and then that there was no way in hell I would dance with Edward but I couldn't. She looked so excited that I could see her hopes dashed. Resigned I nodded and attempted to smile.
"Okay you two can go ahead. See you Wednesday," she waved us out of the studio.
"Wednesday," Edward smirked.
I attempted to be cool about it. "Edward, it doesn't matter that we're dance partners. It still won't make me go out with you."
His smirk vanished. "Enjoy your date," he sneered, before turning on his heel and storming away.
I perked up. I have a date!
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Ooh…Edward is M-A-D! And Demetri is H-O-T!
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Oh yeah and I do not open any of the songs mentioned in this fanfic:
Get Over It belongs to Avril Lavigne.
When She Cries belongs to Britt Nicole.
And Beautiful belongs to Trading Yesterday.
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