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Author's Note: Hey I am so sorry I haven't posted all week, I was really busy with school work. During the weeks I probably will not be able to post new chapters very much because I really need to keep my grades up. On weekends I will try to always add a chapter and I apologize ahead of time if I can not post at least one chapter every weekend. I hope you can all understand that my school work needs to be more important then this fan fiction, even if I would rather work on the fan fic than my school work. Anyway, here is the next chapter.
Chapter Three: Starting the Projects
Bella, Alice, Emmett, Jasper, Rosalie and Edward walked into the Cullen household Bella trying to ignore Edward. The girls went up to Alice's room knowing that if they stayed in the same room as Edward a fight would soon start. The guys stayed down in the front room, playing video games.
Bella plopped down on Alice's bed and grabbed one of her pillows, screaming into it. "Why do I have to work with Edward in all of my classes? How is that even possible?"
Alice and Rosalie exchanged looks and shrugged "Maybe the teacher's hate you two fighting just as much as we do…"
Bella laughed and rolled her eyes "So they paired us together so that we fight more?" Bella shook her head "That makes no sense…none at all."
Rosalie shrugged "Couldn't you just try to get along?" She sighed "You two are so annoying, if you just tried to get along you could be friends…"
Alice nodded, wanting to try to keep going on this topic, open Bella up to other possibilities. "Yea, maybe the teachers thought if you hung out enough you could be friends…"
Bella looked at both of them, not believing it "You did this to me didn't you? That was what you were doing when you stayed behind after classes. YOU'RE THE reason I have to work with Edward Cullen." She glared at Alice
Alice looked anywhere but at Bella and nodded very slowly "Ummm…yes ok I did. I really think you and Edward could be close friends….and maybe more. I'm his SISTER and even I have to admit he is good looking…" Rosalie nodded, agreeing.
Bella stared at Alice and Rosalie with her mouth slightly open, not able to believe it "You have got to be kidding me, that is disgusting! How could you even think that?!"
Rosalie and Alice sighed, deciding they would give it up for now, but they would get Edward and Bella to be friends, if not more than that.
Downstairs the boys were playing video games and Emmett decided he would try to see if Edward would so some interest in Bella. "So Edward, you have to work with Bella right? How do you think that'll work?"
Edward rolled his eyes "I hate it. Why would I want to work with Bella Swan? We're just going to get into a fight and nothing I going to get done."
Emmett and Jasper
shrugged "You have to admit, she is pretty."
Jasper said
trying to get Edward to lighten up. If he could at least consider it
they might be on there way.
Emmett and Jasper sighed and gave up "Fine, lets just go back to the game."
Edward rolled his eyes and turned back to the game, he knew he and Bella would not get along because they had nothing in common, they were just way to different.
The next day they entered their English class in a bad mood knowing they would have to be around each other all day, this was going to be a disaster.
"Alright, first of all. I am going to assign put two different groups together and you are going to read through a Shakespeare play that I will assign you. The groups will be getting a skit or two from those same plays later in the year…now I have written the groups on this piece of paper so come up and find out who the other two people you and your partner will be working with."
Bella and Edward went up to look and Bella just became more annoyed when she saw that Edward and her would be working with Alice and Mike Newton, who Alice was working with. They walked over to Alice and Mike and sat down. Waiting to find out what play they would be working on.
Alice tried to talk to Bella but after seeing the look on her face Alice backed off, deciding to talk to Bella when she was in a better mood. Their teacher went around passing out the scripts and finally came to their table.
"Now you will be doing one of my favorite Shakespearean plays…" she took out four scripts and set them on the table, showing the name of the play. "Yes, you four will be working specifically on Romeo and Juliet. I would like you too read through the script together and then write what you thought of the play with your partner…have fun."
Mrs. Veda walked off, hoping that Alice knew what she was doing. It would be an amazing accomplishment if those two became friends. Maybe then Forks would be like any other small town in the country. She knew that the whole town was so tired of hearing of their new fight, it got old very fast.
Bella stared at the script, not seeming to comprehend that she would have to work with Edward on Romeo and Juliet. Bella looked over at Alice and glared at her, as if daring her to say something. Alice smiled innocently.
"So I think Mike, you should be the narrator and you and Edward can split up the guy parts…but I think Edward should play Romeo. And I'll play all the girl parts except for Juliet, that will be Bella's part…"
Bella shook her head and glared at Alice more "No, how about we switch that, YOU can be Juliet." Edward set his jaw and glared at his sister.
Alice rolled her eyes and shook her head "I want to be all the other girl parts, plus you would make an amazing Juliet. Come on you two could play those parts perfectly."
Edward refused to touch the scripts "Alice, I am not playing Romeo, you have to be out of your mind."
Alice started to become annoyed and gave Edward and Bella a look, she may have been small but when she was angry you didn't mess with her. "Stop being babies, YOU and playing Juliet, and YOU are playing Romeo." She said pointing to Bella and Edward respectively.
Bella and Edward sighed and sat back knowing that they wouldn't win this fight. Bella sighed and crossed her arms over her chest and stared at Alice, extremely annoyed with her best friend.
"Two households, both
alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From
ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil
hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of
star-crossed lovers take their life." Mike Newton started to read,
looking from Alice to Edward to Bella when he finished that line. He
didn't know what was going on her but there was something going on.
They read through the script as best as they could going back and forth between the parts sometimes Bella and Edward stood in for some of the other parts when they were not playing Romeo or Juliet.
"All right, class is almost over so stop where you are and we will continue the reading next class." Mrs. Veda said smiling at her class. "Next class everyone should be done with there play and I want you and your partner to start on your review of the play." She dismissed the class and was pleasantly surprised that although there had been arguments none of them had been yelling like previously. That had been a welcoming change and although there was still a long way to go this plan just might work.
It would still take a long time for anything to change but all it needed was the right time and place. There is a time and place for everything and Edward and Bella's time was coming up. But where is their place?
Author's Note: Ok, I want to apologize again for taking so long to update and I will try to write more often but if I have homework I need to do that first. Anyway, I want to see if any of you guys have ideas for how they become closer, things they have in common. I already have a few things, books, music, stuff like that. But if any of you have more ideas for what they bond over I will love you forever. And I am planning on using most of the ideas you have already given me but it might be a little while before it shows up, but they will. I am not saying all of them but what I can fit in I will. I really love it when writers put in ideas of their readers and I have planned on doing that from the beginning. If I can't fit it in then I apologize now but I will put in as much as I can. Oh and I already know where their 'place' is going to be but I would love to hear your guesses, if you want to guess anyway. Thanks for all the reviews before and I love all of you! 3