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"ooooOOOOoooo Alice is going to be pissed at you..." Jacob was telling me after I explained the story to him when we met up after third period to head to lunch.
"Shut up Jake! Don't you think I already know that?!"
He shrugged. "But I don't understand. If you had the chance, why didn't you just give it to her?"
"Because she was with Jasper." I replied.
"So what?!?!" he asked back confused.
"So I don't like to interrupt either one of them when they're with the boys."
"Why not?" He asked back with the same tone as before.
Now at the bottom of the stairs, I turned on him. "You know what Jake? For a smart guy, you're asking a lot of questions." I continued walking towards the lunchroom and left Jacob standing there.
"Yeah well, I became smart by asking questions!" He ran to meet me and we walked in together. For the rest of the day, there is only one objective: Stay as far away from Alice as possible. Entering the lunchroom, I didn't even bother looking towards their usual table. I didn't want to look at any of them, especially after my encounter with Edward in the hallway. I still don't get what all that was about.
Jacob and I went to get our lunch and proceeded to sit at our usual table. The small circular one in the corner with the unbalanced table and old seats. The only reason we had that one was because everyone else took all the good ones and that would normally be the only one left. I usually sat with my back to the window for a full view of the room. And the perfect view of the Cullen table. But this time, I demanded Jacob switch with me.
"Jacob sit here." I said tapping the back of my seat.
"Why?"
"Please!"
"But Bella, I don't see why-"
"JUST DO IT!" I yelled as I pulled his shirt in the direction of my seat. He plopped down on the chair. I sat down on his seat calmly. I bent my head down and started eating. Jacob looked at me weirdly.
"Would you mind explaining what's up?"
"I just don't want to have a view of their table."
"Because of Alice?" He asked.
I nodded. "And... other things."
"What happened?" He asked with a worried/anxious look on his face. I decided to tell him about my meeting with Edward. It wasn't that important but I figured, as my friend, he should know.
"Well, after you left for your class, as you know, I stayed at my locker." Jacob nodded, signaling for me to keep going. "Well, I stayed so long that the late bell rang and as I was walking towards the stairs I tripped and-" Jacob burst out laughing.
I gave him an angry look.
"Sorry!" He said in between laughs. "It's funny."
I sighed and continued with my story. 'Well, anyway all of my stuff fell and I was reaching to get them when...someone came up to me." Jacob looked interested again. I spoke again.
"Edward Cullen came up to me."
Jacob's eyes widened. "Edward Cullen came up to you?" I nodded, not seeing what the big deal that it was. Then Jacob looked at me like I was making it up. "Yeah okay! One of the most sought after guys at Summit High came up to you?!"
Suddenly, I understood.
"No Jacob, it wasn't like that!" I told him.
"Oh!"
"No! He didn't come up to me because... No, he wanted to help me with my stuff."
"Okay..." Jacob said just as confused as I was when I was living it.
"Yeah. He picked up my pen and then started asking me how come I never hang out with him and his brothers and Rose and Alice. It was weird."
"What the hell...?"
"I know."
"Well, what did you do? What did you say?"
"Well, I couldn't just walk away. That would be rude. I just stood there answering his question and then left."
"Did he say anything else?" Jacob replied.
"He said, 'See you around Isabella.' and I went up the stairs. And that was it."
"I've always thought that kid was weird. I mean, he's related to the boys dating your sisters." At that I had to laugh. "But.. tell me the truth." He said suspiciously. "You liked it didn't you?"
Now it was my turn to be confused. "Why on Earth would you think that? I barely know him!"
"Because the majority of girls at this school want Edward Cullen. And you know that deep down inside you want him too."
I shook my head. "Well Jacob, I'm not like most other girls at this school."
"Ha!" Jacob exclaimed. "Don't I know it!"
The topic of Edward Cullen ended there and we moved on to talking about our finals and how much we had to study for them. Or at least, that's what Jacob was talking about. I wasn't really paying any attention to what he was saying since I would end up studying whenever I had time. I was just thinking about what Alice would say when we get home. I know for a fact that the first thing she'll do is go straight to Esme and tell her about what I did, or better said didn't do. And the second I enter the house I would be yelled at. And now I just remembered I was due to wash cars as soon as I got home. Hand washing cars. How lovely.
"...but it's the History final I'm really nervous about, because if I don't-. Bella? Bella? Hello? BELLA!"
"What? Oh, sorry."
"Have you been listening to a word I said this whole time?" I asked me. I could feel the pain in his voice.
"Um. Sorry Jake, no."
He sighed. "Typical."
"I'm sorry Jake, it's just that... I'm worried about what will happen when I get home."
"See, if you weren't doing all of this for them you wouldn't be worrying about stuff like that."
"I know."
"Woah!"
My head shot up. "What?!"
"Alice looks... woah!"
"Jacob, you're not going to tell me you think Alice looks hot in her outfit again are you?"
"No." He replied, shaking his head. "But if I were you, I would sleep with one eye open from now on."
"Why?" I asked him as I turned in my seat to look in the direction he was looking at. He was looking right at the Cullen table. Specifically at Alice. He was right. I should watch my back from now on. Alice looked absolutely livid. As if she were going to kill someone in the next few minutes. I could tell it took all the power in her small body to keep her from getting up and wringing my neck right now. I saw her tiny hands curled up into tight fists and her knuckles turned ten times paler than they normally were.
She was sitting in the middle of the five of them, right next to... Edward. With his golden eyes and lightly bronzed hair and his defined arms. He looked so... calm in comparison to Alice who looked like she was about to lose control.
I turned back around to face Jacob. "Okay listen Jake, right after the final bell rings, you have to run for your car okay? Because I just know that Alice will want to confront me as soon as possible. I'll need you to take me home as fast as you can. I know I'm in for it when I get home, but let's try to delay that for as long as possible, okay?"
"Sure thing. I'll help you out Bella." He agreed.
"Thank you." I said to him, now looking really nervous.
Once school is over, things are going to get very difficult.
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The final bell rang. And sure enough when I got outside Jacob was waiting with the car running for me to get inside. I jumped into the front eat and told him to drive.
"Go, go!" I glanced to the side and saw Alice and Rose saying bye to Emmett, Jasper, and Edward, and get into their cars. Jacob in his old Volkswagen Bug with be no match against Alice in her Porsche. Her and Rose were going to get home before I did, there was no doubt about that. Let's just hope I got there before she got the chance to explain anything to Esme.
As fast as Jacob's car could go, we made it to my house in fifteen minutes. I saw Alice's and Rosalie's cars in the opened garage and prayed Esme wasn't home. I got out of the car.
"Good luck!" I heard Jacob wish me from the driver's seat.
"Thanks!" I yelled back.
I ran up the front steps and stuck my key into the knob, turned it and went in. I was going to go upstairs to see if they were all gathered in Esme's bedroom. But before I could take a step in any direction, I heard my name.
"Isabella!" I heard the sound of Esme's voice.
"Yes?" I replied as confident as I could.
"Could you come into the dining room for a second?"
"O-okay." I walked across the front hall and turned left at the plant and entered the dining room. There with a glass of wine in one hand and her fingers tapping the table with the other sat Esme. And, as if they were her cronies, stood Alice and Rosalie on either side of her. Alice looked pleased, the total opposite of how she looked at lunch today. Rosalie looked bored, and you could tell that she really didn't want to be here.
"Hello." Esme spoke to me with an expressionless face.
"Hi."
"How was school today?" She asked in the same tone as before. I was shocked by her question. She never asks me how my day went.
"Good. It was fine."
"Good, that's good." She said, taking her eyes away from my for the first time since I entered the room. The tension in the room was grand.
"So I heard there was an... issue between you and Alice today." Oh no. Here we go.
"Do you want to tell her? You know, get your made-out story out of the way." Alice spoke to me.
"No that's okay Alice. I'm informed enough of the story myself." Esme told her daughter while tapping her hand. "So let's just get to the point, shall we? Isabella, why didn't you help Alice with her report?"
"Well, I just have to say and Alice can't deny this because it is the truth, Alice had forgotten that her paper was due today so obviously she didn't get to do any of it." With each word I spoke, the smirk wiped off Alice's face. And surprise grew on Rosalie's. But it wasn't surprise for what Alice had done. It was for standing up for myself, something I rarely did. Out of the three, Rose was the one who truly underestimated me. She didn't think I could do much with my life.
"So this morning when I went to check if she was up, she asked me if I could do it for her. Despite the short amount of time, I agreed. And then went about the rest of my time before going to school. Once I get to school, my first period is free period and I took that time to go to the school library and do what Alice asked of me." I took a breath to keep going but Esme took this time to interject.
"So this paper does exist? You did do it?" She asked.
"Uh huh. I have it right here." I pulled the report out of my backpack. Rosalie went around the table to snatch it out of my hand. Anything to get this over with for her. She went to hand it to Alice. She skimmed it quickly and flipped through the pages. I could tell she was satisfied it was done, but still angry she couldn't have had it in her hands earlier. She dropped it on the dining table.
"But this still doesn't explain why you didn't give it to me as soon as it was done." She said sharply. The three of them turned on me waiting to her my response to this one.
"As soon as I was done, it was second period. And as you two know," I pointed at Alice and Rose. "we have five minutes between each class. Three of them were spent looking for you Alice. And then when I finally found you, you... you were with Jasper." Alice looked down. She must have remembered this moment of her day. "And I just didn't want to interrupt. I know it sounds stupid now-"
"Really stupid." I heard Rosalie mumble.
I went on as if I hadn't heard her. "But I just didn't want to interrupt you two." Alice's expression was difficult to understand. It was like a mixture of guilt and annoyance.
Esme raised her eyebrows. She was upset with both Alice and me. Rosalie just looked happy that her name wasn't mentioned at all in this story. Now that I was done, I just felt relief.
"Well, I think that a punishment is in order for the two of you." Esme finally spoke. For Alice, she might take away her car or her credit cards for a few days. For me, she would give me some chore that she knew I would not like at all. Who has it worse? You be the judge.
"Alice. You won't receive allowance for two weeks and you won't be allowed to use your credit cards for one. But you may use cash. So hand them over." Alice looked upset but she knew it was fair for making me do her work for her. She reached into her bag, pulled out her wallet, and handed Esme her credit cards.
"Thank you. As for you Isabella... you can clean the attic. Spotless." My mouth dropped. The attic was probably the worst place to clean. I hated it up there. Since the attic is the size of one of the floors but is not split into rooms, it would take forever to clean all of it. Because let me just say, our house is BIG! Up in the attic it's also cold and dark so you can tell way I hate going up there.
But I would have to do it. The bright side is that once it's done, I won't have to do it for another year. That's how often I clean the attic. And I haven't done it this year yet, so now would be a good a time as any.
"Okay." I finally responded. Rosalie straightened herself up. She knew this conversation was over.
"Alright," Esme responded, "then get to- Oh wait a minute." Me, Rose, and Alice both looked at Esme. She crossed her arms. "Didn't you have a chore to do when you got home Isabella?"
"Oh right." She had just reminded me of washing the girls' cars.
"You can clean the attic tomorrow. Do what I asked of you this morning right now. Girls," She turned her chair to face the girls, "Isabella will wash your cars today. They look filthy and I don't know when you washed them last."
This seemed to cheer the girls up for some reason. Rosalie's face lit up and Alice being bouncing up and down.
"Umm.. Actually mom," Rosalie began, "We need the cars. We have to go to the mall."
"Oh?" Esme asked.
"Let me explain mom." Alice spoke up. "Edward, you know Edward, Jasper and Emmett's brother. Well, he's having a party. For his birthday. His eighteenth birthday. And obviously we're invited. Rose and I. It's not until next month but you know teens these days. The second they find out about a party the first thing they want is to pick out a good outfit and if we wait until everyone finds out all the good clothes will be gone. So we want to go now."
"Edward's party huh? Carlisle didn't say anything to me."
"Oh he will." Rosalie butt in. "The boy weren't suppose to say anything, not even to us, but they did. But don't worry mom. Carlisle was going to tell you."
"Oh. Okay then."
"So Edward's having a party?" I asked for reassurance.
Rosalie answered me. "Not that it's any of your business, but yes. He is. So mom, can we go?"
"Yes of course. Just don't be out too late."
"We won't. Promise." Both girls went to kiss their mom on the cheek and headed out the door.
"Well, don't just stand there Isabella!" Esme yelled once the girls had left. "Get to work on the attic!"
"Okay."
Edward Cullen had been brought up a lot recently. First, he comes up and talks to me. Now I find out that he's throwing a party.
Okay I am shocked by the length of this chapter! I didn't think it would be this long when all this was in my head. I don't know how long the rest of the chapters will be but I don't think any longer than this. Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed, and once again PLEASE REVIEW!
