Chapter 4
The start of plans
I woke up early today. Geeh…
I tried to sleep again but I can't. What's wrong with me? I sighed and went to get some shower. I dressed up into a blue long sleeves and jeans.
I went downstairs and heard someone saying ARGH upstairs. I quickly shouted…
"Alice! Stop ruining your closet just to find a new outfit! Eat breakfast!"
I heard her footsteps and she stopped walking right beside me. She sat and ate pancake before speaking.
"How the hell did you know what am I doing?" She looked at me suspiciously and I laughed.
"You never said 'argh' in your life…only when it comes to fashion"
"Hahaha"
We both glanced at the clock. Shit…we only had 15 minutes before the bell rang at school.
We quickly ate and placed our plates on the sink. We were both dressed up and ready. I locked the door and the gate. She drove too fast from the usual…
"You know…you should use your car" She mumbled.
"I told you, we were both saving the money our parents left for us. I'll use it when I got a job"
"Even if you use it, the amount of money they left won't be gone"
"Yeah but I don't want to waste"
"Whatever"
We were in the school in less than five minutes.
"Al, see you at Lunch"
"See yah!" She ran towards her building and I did too. The whole building is almost empty. I checked my clock, 10 more minutes.
I ran to my locker and got my books.
I turned around and almost shouted but his hands covered my mouth.
"Don't you dare shout" Edward removed his hand and I wiped my mouth.
"Why the hell are you here?" I glanced around and exhaled when I saw no one is looking at us.
"Use this car. It's not Rosalie's…" He gave it to me and I sighed. Ok…the deal.
"It's my car…it's a Volvo so please…take care of it" He sounded like he's pleading…that's funny.
"Alright. Whoah wait a second…your car?"
"Yep"
"How many cars do you have?"
"I only had 6"
"Only?"
"For an actor, yes" He's back from the arrogant guy.
"Edward…I think it's wrong for me to use your car"
"Why's that?"
"Ed, the paparazzi will follow your car"
"So? It's going straight to my house"
"But what if they saw me going inside your car?"
"They won't"
"How did you know?"
"I just know. Besides, be careful"
"Whatever"
"See you this afternoon" He said and before I can reply, he was already walking away.
Shit. 5 more minutes to the classroom.
I ran and so relieved that I was just in time when the bell rang.
I kept the keys inside my pocket for safety. I don't want to lose this damn thing.
I can't help but to think of Edward this minute.
I swear! I swear his eyes are so different. He's maybe back from the Edward at school today but I swear I'm missing something.
It's like he's putting this huge wall between us. Why am I not happy about it?
Maybe because I'm just feeling a little bit guilty. Wait…guilty about what?
Geeh…I should stop this. I'm happy…Happy that he's staying away from me.
"Ms. Swan?"
I blinked. The math teacher is asking me something I didn't heard. Every student is looking at me.
"65 is the answer" Jacob whispered to me in a low voice that I'm the only one who can hear or see him speak.
"65" I said with much confidence in my voice.
"Good, Now let's proceed to page 109, answer items 5-7" I opened my book and whispered to Jacob thanks. I didn't recognize he was my seatmate.
"So what is exactly his question?" I asked Jacob in a low voice.
"He saw you staring at the window. He just asked a random question which is what is the number next to 64. He's challenging you if you're listening"
"Ohh…Thanks for saving me"
"It's nothing. Can I ask what exactly are you thinking about?" He said and the teacher started discussing the lesson.
I already knew this one. It's so easy. I once studied it on the library last semester. There's no fun in this…
I might as well not be bored. I'll talk to him.
"Oh uhmm…I'm just thinking about…about my family" I lied. I don't want to tell him it was Edward.
"What about it?"
"I just miss them"
"Where are they?"
"They're dead"
"Oh. Sorry about that"
I nodded.
The bell rang and me and Jacob are about to get out of the door when I heard the teacher spoke.
"Ms. Swan? Mr. Black?"
We both looked at each other but went to the teacher.
Without a word, the teacher gave us a detention slip.
"What?" Jacob said.
"Whoah…what did I do?" I asked.
"I've been seeing you two chatting in my class. I know it's a minor thing but I don't want my students not to listen to me. You two might already know the topic but you should stay behave"
"But we're not that noisy"
"Maybe. Maybe not"
And with that, I knew we can't disagree anymore.
Detention is one hour after class hours.
I continued keeping myself busy not to think of anything but studies. At free time, I went to the park which I never did before. I sat at the foot of the big tree where no students are sitting. It was quiet here and peaceful.
I read a book. The guy is really like Edward. Arrogant, annoying, stupid, idiot but still…good-looking, the kind where you can't resist the smile.
Speaking of, I saw Edward with a group of guys…basketball team sitting far from me. I didn't know he was a member of that team. Jacob is also in there but I kept my eyes at Edward. He's so sweaty but I can also notice girls giggling and admiring him. They're waving him hi and he smiled at them which make the girl cry in happiness. This is hilarious. I just can't appreciate or think of something with sense here. Why are you kept on being a fan of someone you really don't know? Am I the only one he showed his real him? Why me? Am I really that annoying-looking? Am I really that ugly?
As I asked myself, I saw Edward suddenly looked at me. I am on the middle of looking away from him when his stare stopped me. It was heavy…I don't know what but he stared at me, expressionless.
Then he smiled then like he's apologizing, he looked down and away.
It's hard to be angry at him sometimes…especially when he's giving me those cute eyes.
But when he spoke and he's not thinking of what is he saying, I can't help but to be rude. So it's cool we were like this. I hope it lasts forever.
I didn't saw that all the girls are looking at us. Not just girls but even the guys. Like they just all saw what happened.
"Did Edward just smile at you?" I gasped and looked up. Tanya and her girls stopped walking at my side with arms crossed and one eyebrow up.
"I don't know. You tell me" I looked in my book again.
"Stop talking to me like that"
"Maybe he's smiling at you. You're here" I pointed out and she smiled hugely like a kid who easily believed a stranger.
She looked at Edward who is looking at us. She smiled at him and waved hi but to my surprise, he looked away.
Tanya pouted but gladly, she walked away.
Then my phone rang. I looked at it and saw a text. A text from Edward.
E: Sorry about that. =\
I looked at him. Surely, he had his phone in his hand. He looked at me apologizing. I looked back. Then I replied.
B: About what in particular?
E: About Tanya
B: I didn't know you were her spokesperson.
E: No but I think she told you something about me again. I know how you hate me so…
B: Glad you know but s' okay. I think I should get used to Tanya
E: You won't.
B: What does that even mean?
I looked at him and he looked at me quickly so other fans won't see.
E: it means that I, who spend almost half my life with her, can't stand her attitude SOMETIMES. I don't know what you'll do to stand her.
B: She's not that bad at me.
E: Oh?
Why the heck are we talking about Tanya?
B: Besides, what Tanya is planning on doing to me is none of your business remember? Like what you said…I'm just your tutor.
I looked at him and he stared at me, expressionless; long enough that I forgot the whole crowd. I looked away and gathered my things.
I walked to cafeteria to wait for Alice and Jasper and Angela and Ben. I'm too early for Lunch but who cares? As long as I can avoid the deep staring eyes I had…
EPOV (Edward's Point of View)
I got stunned at Bella's text. I mean, I didn't expected her to text me that.
I'm trying to be her friend so she won't hate me. I'm trying to be good here…but I can still feel she's irritated at me.
Wait a minute, why the hell am doing this for her? This is obviously what she wants, me changing myself for her. Is that what she really wants?
I kept asking myself since last night. I'm acting weird…that's Rosalie said.
Weird in what way? I have a lot of questions in my mind.
Why did I flip Bella off from the start? The reason she got mad at me from the first place.
Our first met is me giving her a middle finger which is rude by the way.
I just thought she was like any other girl in this country.
The one who pretended she didn't saw me but really, she just wants to get my attention.
But that day, I got startled that she really didn't know who I was; the first person who really don't have any interest at me.
That's the reason why I kept on not leaving Bella in her own world. I'm so challenged at her.
I wanted to know her more, to know what is it about her that she can't see I'm so perfect for any other girl. She looks at me like a normal any other guy.
Is she faking this so I'll be with her? That's the question I asked myself the night I brought her home but I already knew the answer. And that was no…she is not faking anything.
She's real. She's honest. And she didn't like me either.
Money and popularity is blind for her.
My money seems to be nothing to him. Giving her the keys of my car, if I gave that to another girl…that girl would steal my car but Bella. She returns it back without a doubt.
My popularity is also useless to her. She prefers it to stay alone…like minutes ago. She's the only one in that portion of this huge park. And the worst hilarious part is she's reading a book at noon!
"Leave us for a minute please" I saw my sister walking in my direction. My teammates quickly went away. Rosalie smiled at them and I glared at her.
"That's rude. We can talk but you don't have the need to do that"
"It's not rude. They like me…they do what will pleased me. I just have to get advantage sometimes"
"What do you want?" I asked her. I hated it when she's treating me her little brother that can't do right decisions.
"Are you and Bella together?"
"Nope" I quickly answered and I saw her got sad.
"You told me yesterday"
"I didn't. You asked and I didn't agree not disagree"
"So you're courting her?"
"Shit! Are you out of your mind?" I told her. WHY WOULD SHE THINK I LIKE Bella?
"What's wrong with that? I mean with her?"
"Everything!" I'm just having fun at her…I don't like her!
"Are you really sure you don't like her?"
"Yes"
"I think you're lying"
"I'm not Rose!"
"Why are you so angry?"
"Because you don't believe me" I said, lowering my voice.
"I like Bella. I don't like Tanya"
"So what? I'm not asking for your opinion" I muttered.
"If you're going to have a girlfriend, choose someone like Bella"
"I pick my choices not you"
"I didn't say that. I'm just giving advices" She smiled then called my teammates to come back again. She walked away.
"Sometimes I don't get my sister" I told Jacob.
"Let me guess, you two talked about Bella and Tanya?"
How the hell did he knew? Is he spying on us when me and my sis talked?
"Of course not" I said.
"Well, wrong guess maybe. You know, I like Bella. I should probably talk to her…you think that's a good idea?"
He likes her? What the hell? Even my friend is hypnotized by bella? My sister then him? Is Bella a witch or something?
Well I supposed I don't like seeing Bella in happily ever after, yet. I still have to let her like me…that's the challenge. And with Jacob courting her…is also fun. Make her head crazy.
"I don't know"
"Maybe I should get to know her more. Could you cancel one of weekdays tutoring lesson for me?"
"She had weekend free from me" I told him.
"Cool but I don't think she wants a date with me at this moment, I think I have a plan"
"Which is?"
"You know about the premiere we will attend next week?"
"Yeah?"
"She's going to be my date" Jacob said and I burst into laugh. The girls saw me and laughed too…crazy.
"Why the hell are you laughing?" Jacob asked.
"Are you sure? Bella? Swan? That girl? Your date? You've gotta be kidding me"
"What's wrong with that? She's pretty and decent"
I stopped laughing. Pretty?
"Whatever man, just tell me how did she said yes to you because as far as I know…she hates public"
"I'll keep that in mind"
I'm pretty sure Bella will turn him down. She's seriously sick with this kind of events.
"Let's eat lunch" I invited Jacob. It was fun having fun of Bella and Jacob. Now my life is not boring anymore. I also don't want Jacob to be happy yet…I still have to be happy before them.
And I think I'll be happy when Tanya realizes what she did is absolutely wrong.
I'm going to make her beg to me to take her back in my life.
Hahaha so smart Edward…so smart.
BPOV
After minutes, I am glad Alice is already here. The students are starting to sit.
Because of the things happening to me today including the later-detention…I felt sick; in a way that my head hurts.
I asked Alice to order me just an apple. I'm really not hungry.
"Are you sure?" She asked.
"Yeah"
Her and Angela ordered while Jasper and Ben talked about cars which is not my type for discussion.
Instead, I tried not to glance to my side where I knew Mr. Annoying would be sitting.
But Jacob caught my eye. He's staring at me and looked away shyly when he saw me looking. What the hell is this people problem is today? Edward stayed to do our deal. He didn't looked at me.
I sighed. Relax Bella…breathe.
Angela and Alice came back and I picked the Apple but I didn't eat it. I'm not hungry…
Later on, the guys are in a hurry to practice football. They went out and it was Al and Ang who is left.
I opened my cellphone and started deleting Edward's text message.
Angela spoke to me.
"I know what you and Edward did" She whispered and I didn't help but to look at Edward to make sure he was not looking or he didn't heard. I sighed when he didn't.
"What did they do?" Alice smiled hugely at Ang then giggled.
"I saw the eye-talking thing" She said.
"What?" I blinked.
"Oh come on Bella! At the park!" Angela said.
"What park?" Alice said, totally excited to hear the news.
"Bella is kinda far from Edward who is with the basketball team. They stared for a VERRYYYYYY long time before Edward and Bella texted each other"
"We didn't" I lied but Alice grabbed the phone.
"Give it back to me Al" I tried to get it but I can't.
She browsed the inbox and pouted.
"One message?"
"What? I deleted-" I stopped myself. Geeh…
"You deleted the inbox" She laughed then read the text message. Ang looked at it.
"What is it?" I asked.
"He said sorry about what?" She asked.
"About uhmm…" I racked my head for an excuse! PLEASE SOMEONE HELP!
Then my phone rang. Alice quickly opened the text message.
"Ohh" They both said.
I grabbed my phone.
E: Sorry again. I know failing in the quiz is not good…maybe you could help me later to understand it. Sorry really…I felt bad about it. I fall asleep when the teacher gave quizzes…
I am glad my jaw didn't drop. I looked at his table and he smiled at me then looked back to his table.
I also saw that Rosalie saw that.
"That is so sweet!" Angela said.
"Sweet?"
"He's apologizing at you"
"Yeah because I'm his tutor"
"But still it's sweet for me"
Argh. That's the reason why I hated his so much. He's faking himself to others!
I texted him.
B: Thanks. But please, stay on our deal…okay?
I quickly deleted my messages from him.
The bell rang and I realized I didn't eat my apple. I quickly ran towards biology.
Surprisingly, Edward stayed behaved the whole class. We got to do a partner activity. He stayed quiet…he never said a word to me in an hour or even looked at me in the eyes; Strange but good for me. We got perfect on our activity though.
P.E.
Badminton…easy. I got to play and Edward is my opponent. Time to get my revenge!
I didn't plan on doing tutors on anyone!
On our last game, I planned on hitting Edward a ball on his arm but it ends up on his head. But it didn't made anything on him. He just backed away a foot. Everyone stopped playing…the girls quickly went to check him. I run to him. I saw Jacob stood where he is.
"I'm so sorry Edward, I didn't do it intentionally"
"S' okay Bella…its called sport. We all got to be used to it"
"Are you sure you're okay?" I asked him.
"Yeah" He said. But he still didn't look at me in the eyes. I frowned…
Is he really okay? I swear my hit is pretty hard.
Coach called it an end. The second team will play now…
I changed in the locker room and got relieved that Edward is already gone.
English.
I'm totally glad Tanya skipped PE class or else she will be mad at me in English. The lesson is as always easy for me. It nearly got me bored.
Detention! ARgh.
I work my way into painting gallery stuffs. I smiled when Jacob went beside me.
We stayed quiet for minutes, both busy…but later on, he spoke.
"Are you busy next weekdays?"
"Kinda"
"Studies?"
"Yeah" I said.
"How about this weekend?"
"Free" I muttered.
"You wanna go have fun with me?" He said and I looked at him.
"Depends"
"How about you got something in return?"
"Like what?"
"Free dinner and stuffs?"
"Not to be rude, Okay I'll go with you"
"You sure?"
"Yes"
"Promise first, no saying no" He said like a child and I laughed.
"Promise, where exactly" I said.
"Premiere of a movie of me and Edward"
"WHAT?" I shouted and the teacher shushed me.
"Yeah"
"I can't"
"Bella, you'll just smile for minutes then after that watch a movie with me and after party won't hurt you"
"That minutes? I'll faint!"
"You won't. You're with me"
I stared at him…argh. I already said yes.
"Alright"
"Great, Friday tomorrow…Saturday, the dress is at your house"
"Oh thanks"
We chatted for minutes before I saw it was already getting dark.
"What time is it?" I asked Jacob.
"6"
"What? I stayed here for hours?"
"Yeah"
"OMG!"
"Why?"
"I'm sorry I have to go"
I ran towards the teacher and told her I still have to cook dinner for Alice. She quickly approved. I ran to the garage and looked around to see if someone is looking. Good thing I'm the only one left. It was raining but I don't care.
I went inside Edward's car. Geesh…I swear it smells good. Wonder how many times he used this…I drove to his house carefully but fast enough.
As usual, someone will take the car off me and the maids will greeted me. They gave me a towel…thanks.
I am really in a hurry. I forgot Edward! I forgot the time! I forgot to tell him I got detention…the worst part is he waited for me….
I knocked and it didn't open. I went inside and he was there, studying alone. I didn't care if I' m all wet…
"Edward" I said…I don't know why but I'm afraid of what he's reaction will tell me.
He didn't spoke like he didn't hear me. I sat at the chair beside him.
"Edward" I told him and he still didn't looked up.
"I'm sorry" With that, he looked at me. Expressionless again! That kills me! I didn't know what he is thinking or feeling.
"You don't have to" He said.
"I…I just got into-" I started explaining but he cut me off.
"You don't have to explain yourself. If you don't want to teach me today, it's okay with me. All I have to do is lessen the money my father will give to you"
"I'm here now…that means I wanted to teach you"
He closed his book and went to his bed.
"Aren't you going to study?"
"I'm finished"
"Do you want me to check it?"
"I don't have any home works"
All this talking, he never looked at me in the eyes…that kill me.
"Look I'm sorry" I didn't know why but I cried. I know he's angry…
"Bella!" He got startled at me crying…He sat beside me and offered his handkerchief but I shook my head.
"Why are you saying sorry?" He asked then wiped the tears.
"I…I know your mad at me"
"I'm not! I told you its okay"
"Then why are you so cold to me?"
I can't understand myself. Why did I cry?
"Bella, I'm trying to be good"
"For what?"
"For you not to be mad at me. I'm not cold to you…I'm keeping a space like what you wanted"
That only made me cry more…
Am I a bad person?
"Shh" He pulled me into a hug.
ARGH! STOP CRYING!
I did eventually…
"I'm sorry for crying"
"Every person should cry" He said.
"Why are you all so wet anyway?" He asked.
And then…
"My head hurts" I told Edward.
"What? Why?"
"I don't know"
I clasped his hand so tight. He got alarmed…
"Bella!"
Then I blacked out…
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