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Chapter 4

AT THE CANTEEN

Alice, Angela, and I went out of our classroom and headed towards the school canteen. Angela and Alice continued showering praises about our new professor while we were walking. They just don't get tired talking about him. I could have possibly joined them if Mr. Cullen hadn't been evil to me.

"Hey, Bella, are you listening? Don't you find him hot?" Alice asked with so much eagerness.

"Who?" I said as if I did not know what Alice was talking about.

"Mr. Edward Cullen, who else!"

"That grumpy brute?!"

"Don't you find him hot and gorgeous, Bella?" Angela added.

"I don't."

Alice and Angela both laughed.

"Oh, c'mon, Bella. Are you sure you're a girl?" Alice teased me.

"Or are you a human?"

I turned and glared at them. "Are you my friends?"

"Yeah, we are. But don't you really find him hot?" Alice persistently asked.

"Alice, don't you find yourself redundant?"

"Just answer my question." Alice grinned.

"Fine. He's good physically, I must admit. But what's the use of having a good façade if its interior sucks? He's still so irritating. What does he think of himself, a demigod?" I snorted.

Angela laughed, "So you still haven't forgiven him, huh?!"

"Isn't it obvious, Angela?" Alice smiled.

"Look, I'm only human, I'm not perfect. What he did to me was just too much. Should he really spite me in front of everyone? He was so heartless." I complained angrily.

Alice and Angela both smiled.

"Bella, keep your cool." Alice teased me.

"Just stop reminding me about that guy."

"Anyways, what happened to you Bella? I know you have a hard time getting to school on time but this time you were so late." I nudged Angela.

"I woke up late this morning. Hadn't my mom gone into my room, I wouldn't wake up yet. Hmm…but that would be good for Mr. Cullen can't embarrass me."

"I told you, Bella. You should stop sleeping so late and watching all the series in the television." Alice suggested.

"Can't help it, Alice." I smiled.

"But honestly, I slept early last night. I guess it was because of my dream."

"Dream? What about?" Angela asked.

"Remember the boy I told you before?"

"Who?" they both asked.

"The one who saved me when I was still in grade school. But my dream was weird. Instead of saving me, he actually let me fall and die. He was even happy about it." I told them.

"Hmmm…I think it was a premonition, Bella. It silently told you that you'll be in trouble when you wake up. What do you think, Alice?"

"What's new, Angela? Bella always get to meet trouble." She was pertaining to my clumsiness. Her friends giggled when I snorted.

"Are you Mr. Cullen's advocates?" I sarcastically uttered.

Her friends just continued laughing at her.

"Stop laughing! Nothing's funny here." I'm really starting to feel upset. I just continued complaining. When I noticed that they were still wearing grins on their faces, I looked down and just told them they were going crazy.

When suddenly…

"Hey, Miss, look out!" someone said.

I raised my head then…wham! I suddenly felt dizzy that I could see stars around my head.

"Bella, are you alright?" Angela asked me worriedly.

I still felt disoriented. "What happened?" I grabbed Angela's arm.

"Miss, I'm so sorry. We were playing badminton when the shuttlecock went towards your direction and it hit your forehead. I'm really sorry; we don't intend to hurt you." The guy remorsefully said.

"It's…it's okay, I suppose. Just please be careful next time." I told him. There was no sense getting angry for I'm already hurt. At least the poor guy said sorry unlike Mr. Cullen. I smirked upon remembering him.

"Miss, I'm really sorry." the guy picked up the shuttlecock.

"You're forgiven." I smiled feebly at him.

"Bella, are you sure you're okay?" Alice was supporting me by my side.

"Yeah, I think so."

"You sure? If you want, I'll take you to the clinic." The guy said.

"Thanks but no thanks. I'll be fine."

I placed my hand on my head. It was still aching but tolerable. I know I can manage the pain. Besides, the pain would simply subside after awhile.

The guy was still worried about my head. But I told him that he has nothing to worry about. He gave me an apologetic and worried look before he turned back and walked away.

"I'm really wondering, Bella. Are you simply clumsy or accidents just loved picking on you?" Alice said with a knotted forehead.

"Maybe we should go to a shaman or the likes. Perhaps they have an antidote for your case." Angela jokingly suggested.

They all laughed with Angela's remark. "You're right, Angela. I think I should start buying lucky charms."

We teased each other afterwards and had light conversations on our way to the canteen. The pain on my head started to ease. When we arrived at the canteen, we immediately saw a vacant table.

"Girls, there's still a vacant table. Come on." I told them and walked ahead. I was already starving and eating makes me so happy.

Upon reaching the table, I was hindered from sitting by Jessica a.k.a. spoiled brat.

"Not so fast, Swanny Girl."

"I'm not in the mood for any of your sick jokes, Jessi-COW." I lazily replied.

"YOU…" Jessica was already angry with a petty teasing, what more if I do it seriously, she might explode. I giggled at the thought of seeing Jessica slowly exploding.

"What's funny, you bitch?!" I looked at her face. Her nostrils seemed to emit smoke because of too much anger. Poor Jessi-COW.

"Nothing." I answered while suppressing a grin. "Can we sit now and take a decent lunch, your highness?" I teased her.

"NO!" she firmly said.

Jessica's really a pain. Whenever our roads meet, I always have to keep my cool to avoid any more nonsensical arguments. I don't really know why she's so mad at me. I just think it's because I've always been way better than her, modesty aside. Jessica was the only 'living accident' that comes my way, well, Mr. Cullen's in addition now. Hmmp…why does he always have to cross my mind? I hate it.

"Fine. You can take that table. It's yours. You can bring it home, if you want." I smiled crookedly.

Most of the time, I opt not to argue with her. If not, I'm dead. I do not want to be summoned in the dean's office again because of her. She happened to be the dean's daughter and she felt like she has power as much as her mother. Luckily, her mother was not as narrow-minded as Jessica. She just told me to keep my distance with Jessica so that we could avoid any fight.

Sometimes, I can't help but tease her back. I'm not the type of person whom she can simply bully around. But I made sure I do it in a discreet way.

Jessica was like a kid who never grew up and I would never stoop down her level. It's a good thing I know myself and I know how to act properly. Breeding was something that Jessica's money couldn't buy.

"Let's just go, Bella. We're wasting our time here." Alice said with irritation written all over her face.

"Right. Let's just go over there." Angela pointed a vacant table.

They were about to walk when Jessica spoke again. "Hey, Bella. I like what happened in our class earlier. Very entertaining." Jessica grinned. She and Lauren, her right-hand, laughed.

I had to take a deep breath. Jessica was really testing my patience. Why does she have to bring that up? I still haven't forgotten what Mr. Cullen did to me.

"Yeah, right."

"If that happened to me, I would probably shrink with embarrassment. To think our substitute professor was very gorgeous." Lauren added.

I kept my mouth shut. Alice, Angela, and I just continued walking.

"Don't mind them, Bella." Angela said after taking our seat.

I always have to remind myself to be patient whenever I talk with Jessica.

"Let's just think they are our food then we'll eat them." Alice joked.

We laughed. "I'd rather not eat them. For sure, they would not taste good." I commented.

"You're right. Hey, I'm starving already. Let's eat." Alice said.

We ordered our food and had a peaceful lunch.

"Wait, girls. We haven't thought about our project in Fashion Design. How are we going to do it?" Angela asked.

We were told by our professor to prepare a fashion portfolio showing our fashion ideas.

Alice looked at me. "Bella, can we just drop by on your house later then we'll talk about it?"

"Sure, no problem. My mom would love to see you."

"Okay, I'll just bring my laptop later." Angela said.