When I woke up the next day, I was in quite a good mood, until I realised what day it was. I groaned as I got out of bed. Today was going to possibly be one of the worst days of my life. I showered and got dressed, then dried my hair. I made sure I had all my school things before I went downstairs. Charlie had already left for work, so I grabbed a bowl from the cupboard, along with the cereal then the milk from the fridge. As I ate my breakfast I wondered whether Jacob would talk to me today, I hoped he didn't. After I finished eating, I threw my bowl in the sink, picked up my bag and walked out the door; grabbing my raincoat as I went. I locked the door and got into my truck. I pulled out the drive and made my way to school.
I pulled up to the entrance to the parking lot, and found a space near the school entrance so I didn't have to walk too far in the rain. I scanned the parking lot for Edward and Alice before I got out of my truck, they weren't here yet. But as I scanned the lot, I noticed his car... I groaned again. I waited in my truck for Edward and Alice. I read my biology text book to pass the time. A few minutes later I heard a soft tapping on my window, I looked up to see Edward and Alice waiting outside the truck for me. I crammed my book back into my bag and go out.
"Hey guys!" I said, pulling them in to a hug; Edward held on a little longer then Alice. We hadn't really talked about the kiss we shared all those weeks ago, but there was definitely a spark between us. I felt it whenever he hugged me, or grabbed my hand.
"Bella! Have you been waiting long?" Alice asked me, as we walked into the school.
"Not really, about 5 minutes." I smiled at her. My eyes were everywhere, looking for the face that didn't belong in these busy school corridors. Edward grabbed my hand and leaned down to whisper in my ear. There was that spark again...
"Stop looking for him, if he's smart, he'll stay away." I turned to face him; he looked right into my eyes. We were still walking, which I'd forgotten until I walked right into someone.
"Oh, I'm so-" I started, but then he turned around and I saw who it was. He looked bigger then when I saw him last.
"Oh hey Bella!" he smiled at me "Don't worry about it." I scowled at him and stormed off. Fucking asshole, standing in the middle of the corridor, ruining my moment with Edward. I walked up to my locker and emptied my bag of the books I wouldn't need until later. I shoved the books in there harder then I should have, and then slammed my locker door shut. I didn't realise Edward was behind me, so when I turned round, I jumped.
"You freakin' scared me." I gasped. He cracked a smile.
"Sorry." I started walking to biology, Edward walked next to me. "You shouldn't let Jacob get to you like that you know." I glared at him.
"Are you kidding me? The kid drives me crazy. I don't know how I ever loved him." Edward laughed at me.
"You're so cute when you're mad Bella." He said as he walked into class. I took my seat next to him. Mr Banner wasn't here yet.
"Guys are weird." I muttered to myself. Edward must have heard me because he started laughing again. Mr Banner rolled in the huge metal frame that held an outdated TV. Movie day! I relaxed a little in my seat. I wasn't in the mood for taking notes on biology at this time in the morning.
The double lesson went pretty quickly, I didn't really pay any attention to the videos Mr Banner put on. When the bell rang to end the lesson, Edward waited for me and we walked out together.
"I have trig, and then english..." I sighed. "I'll meet you and the others in the cafeteria at lunch."
"See ya Bells." Edward said, walking in the opposite direction. I made my way to trig alone. I hated trig. I took my seat at the back of the class, next to Jess. She smiled at me.
"Hey Bella."
"Hi Jess, how are you?" I asked, I wasn't particularly interested, I wanted trig to be over with.
"Good, so guess what?" she said, not giving me a chance to guess. "Mike asked me out last night..." she told me about Mike asking her out, and where she thought he was going to take her. She asked me if he'd ever spoken about her at work... I told her he did, but couldn't recall him ever mentioning her. She carried on talking to me about Mike, until Mr Varner walked in. The hour dragged, but it was finally over. I said goodbye to Jess and made my way to English. English flew by, but only because it was a subject I enjoyed. I had to go to the bathroom before I went to meet the Cullen's in the cafeteria. When I came out of the bathroom, Tyler Crowley was waiting outside. I walked past him; I didn't make any eye contact... Tyler Crowley wasn't a kid to mess with.
"Hey Bella!" he called my name. Shit. I turned slightly and smiled at him but carried on walking. The corridors were empty now; I guessed everyone was having lunch. "Hey, wait up!" he shouted. I heard his footsteps speed up and suddenly his hand was on my shoulder. He pulled me so I turned to face him. He was smirking. He took his hand off my shoulder then pushed me with so much force I fell into the wall, my head smashing against the bricks. I fell to the floor, I was dizzy I couldn't see properly. I could hear him laughing, but there was someone else with him now. I put my hand up to the back of my head... I could feel the warm liquid oozing from my head; that's when I passed out.
I could hear a constant beeping, it was really annoying. I tried to open my eyes to see where it was coming from, I regretted it. The lights were so bright. I tried again, my eyes adjusted to the much too bright lights. I looked around the unfamiliar room. The lights were hurting my eyes. I groaned and closed them again. I heard someone nearby move.
"Bella? Bella honey, can you hear me?" I slowly opened my eyes again, to see my dad standing over me.
"Dad... Where am I?" I asked, my throat was dry and croaky. He lifted a cup of water to my lips and tipped it so I could take a sip.
"Hospital sweetie, you fell and hit your head real bad. Don't you remember?" he asked. I fell? I don't remember falling. Actually I don't remember much.
"Can you turn the light of or something, it's killing my eyes." I moaned.
"Sure sweetie." He said as he walked away, finally the lights dimmed and I could open my eyes properly. "Do you want anything to eat?" he asked. I didn't notice before, but I was starving. I nodded and he walked out of the room. The door clicked shut and I tried to piece together what had happened. A few minutes later the door clicked open again.
"Bella?" That wasn't my dad's voice. It was a soft, sweet voice. "Are you awake?" he asked.
"Edward?" I muttered, he walked up to my bed and sat on the side. I smiled at him.
"Thank god. I didn't think you were going to wake up." He sighed with relief. "Do you even remember anything?" he asked. I shook my head; bad move. I moaned. I lifted my hand, only to find it was covered in gauze and there was a needle stuck in my hand. I looked at my other hand, and it was needle free so I lifted that on to my head, my hair was sticky.
"You should have seen the amount of blood there was Bella. It was horrific. I'm just glad you're gonna be okay." He took hold of my hand, and rubbed his thumb in a circular motion. It was nice. I heard the door open again. Edward let go of my hand. Charlie had come in with a tray full of food. I stared at him.
"Dad, I am only one person you know..." Edward laughed.
"Chief Swan." He nodded his head towards Charlie. He moved away reluctantly. "I better go spread the good news. Alice is unbearable out there." He chuckled and walked out the door. Charlie pulled a table towards the bed, and set the tray down on it. There was a whole load of food that could easily feed 2 maybe 3 people.
"He's been here every day you know." Charlie said, taking an apple from the tray.
"Every day? How long have I been here Dad?" I took a cup of jelly from the tray and grabbed a plastic spoon.
"3 days... Bella I didn't think you were going to wake up. You hit your head so hard. There was so much blood. Tyler Crowley found you in the corridor at school." And that's all it took for me to remember.
"Tyler Crowley...?" I said. It was all coming back to me now. I remembered.
"Yep, he said he found you lying on the floor, said he saw you trip." What a lying motherfucker!
"Dad... Are you sure? Are you absolutely sure Tyler found me?" I tried sitting up, but I went dizzy.
"Take it easy Bells, you just woke up." I slowly moved back to lying down.
"I need to talk to Edward; can you get him for me please Dad?" he nodded and walked out of my room. Fucking Tyler Crowley, that lying scumbag. Suddenly the door swung open. Riley burst through the door.
"Bella? Oh Bella you're awake!" he ran to my side and gently hugged me. Edward walked in the door. I was glad Charlie didn't come with.
"Riley what are you doing here?" I asked, shocked to see him. "Aren't you supposed to be at college?"
"You think that I'm honestly going to be able to concentrate on college when my BEST friend is hospitalized?" he looked at me like I was crazy.
"I guess not. But listen, Edward I'm remembering what happened. Charlie said that Tyler Crowley found me?" he sat on the other side of the bed.
"Yeah, well that's what everyone's saying." He said, nodding. "Why? What do you remember?"
"I remember going to the bathroom before lunch, then coming and he was there... I walked past him, not looking at him or anything. Then he called my name and grabbed me..." Riley looked like he was going to explode with angry, Edward was getting to the same point. "He smirked at me, and then pushed me into the wall with so much force, I felt my head hit the bricks, and then I fell to the floor... My head started bleeding, I couldn't see properly and I could hear him laughing, I could hear someone with him aswell, I felt the blood trickling out of my head and then I blacked out." My head started hurting, as I remembered the pain of crashing against the wall.
"Who the FUCK is Tyler Crowley?" Riley asked, through gritted teeth. Edward answered before I could.
"Some dumbass jock from school. He normally beats people up for others. I have a good idea who's behind this..." he took my hand. "Don't worry Bella; this will all be sorted out." He got up and left the room. Alice came in for a while, but she had to leave. Riley stayed with me for a couple of hours.
"So when do you have to go back to college?" I asked; I didn't want him to leave.
"Whenever you're out of hospital, I'm not leaving until you're better Bells." He was laying next to me in bed now. Nobody came into visit for a while. I liked that I got to spend with him.
"Jacob better watch his back." Riley muttered. "Especially now pretty boy is in on his...plan... or whatever it is that he's doing." I sighed.
"His name is EDWARD, Riley..." he chuckled.
"I know Bells, but I love to wind you up." He grinned at me.
"If I could move better, I would hit you..." I grumbled. "Where's my dad?"
"He had to go back to work... he said he'd come back at 8.30."
"Okay, I think I should probably sleep for a little while then. I need more pain meds aswell, my head is hurting." Riley got up from my bed and called the nurse in who gave me some more meds. I drifted off to sleep.
A couple of days later I was released from hospital and I went home. I was glad because the food was awful. Charlie drove me home, Riley and Edward followed behind us.
"You have some pretty dedicated friends Bells, not many people would just leave college for a week to look after they're friend." Charlie said.
"I know Dad, they're amazing." I rested my head against the cool window. We finally arrived home and I stumbled out of the car. I still needed to tell Charlie about Tyler, but I couldn't decide when the right time would be. We got inside, and Edward and Riley came in aswell. Riley was going to stay with us for the weekend, and then head back to college.
"You don't have to stay you know." I said to him, as I sat down on the sofa. He sat one side of me and Edward sat on the other. I felt like I was in a Bella sandwich.
"Oh, I do... who else is going make sure your alive every 2 hours? I can't expect Charlie to do it, he has work in the morning." I felt Edward shake with laughter beside me.
"I swear to god, if I get to sleep and you wake me up every 2 hours... you won't have to worry about going back to college cause you will be the one in hospital Riley Biers." I threatened. This only made Edward laugh harder. I glared at him. "You can shut up... Remember what happened last time you laughed at me threatening someone? " He shut up then. "Yeah, thought so." I squeezed out of the Bella sandwich and walked to the kitchen, I could feel three pairs of eyes on me as I walked. I turned round.
"You don't need to watch my every step..." as it happens, they do, because I turned back around and tripped over my own foot. "FUCK" I shouted as I landed on my ass. All three of them were standing over me offering me their hand to help me up. I took Charlie's, and he pulled me up. I pulled out one of the chairs from the table and sat down.
"Can I get a glass of milk?" I asked Charlie. He grabbed a glass from the cupboard then poured some milk from the fridge. When he handed it to me I gulped it down, I was so thirsty. I went to get up again, they all hovered around me. "QUIT IT, jeez." I walked towards Edward. "I'm going to bed." I hugged Edward. "I'll call you tomorrow." I smiled at him. He said goodbye to everyone and left, I hugged Charlie and Riley helped me upstairs. I knew I couldn't manage stairs on my own yet. Once I got changed I got into bed. Charlie had set up a blow up bed on my bedroom floor for Riley to sleep on. Once we were both settled, I sighed.
"What's up Bells?" Riley asked me quietly.
"I need to tell Charlie about Tyler... before it's too late." I lay on my side so I could face Riley. He looked at me.
"I'll tell him..." he suggested.
"Really?" I asked.
"Yeah, I'll tell him you told me in confidence and you didn't wanna tell anyone else, that way he shouldn't come to you and ask a bunch of questions." I heard him get up and walk towards my bed, I moved over so he had room to sit down, but he got under the covers with me and cuddled me. "I got your back Bells." He said.
Eventually we both fell asleep...
Whoa, long chapter! XD
Next: Riley tells Charlie, and Edward 'sorts' Tyler out. & Bella goes back to school.
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