A/N:
Thanx to all of you who have read and reviewed. For all of those who have threatened me to update... thanx to you too! (lol) Sorry if i havn't updated in forever! and i know you must me fed up with my excuses, but I'm having a really stressful senior year, so i have to balance papers and schoolwork with writing fanfics. Forgive me! So on with the story!
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BPOV:
The next two periods went without much of anything. Math was horrible as always, especially since it's the only class that I have to work extra hard at. Spanish was okay I was in there with sophomores, like myself, yet I am well above sophomore level Spanish. I met the girl that was talking about me in Government, the one with unnatural blonde/straight hair, the short one.
Her name was Jessica.
And, boy could that chick talk. It might not have been that bad, but she was droning on and on about how her hair got all frizzy when she straightened it and how she only did it on sunny days, like today. Why the hell did I care?
She invited me to join her at lunch and I politely declined, saying that I was sitting with my family. Even though I didn't even know if they sat together.
When the bell rang, signaling it was time for lunch, I followed the crowd to the cafeteria. I spotted Alice near the widows at a table, she was talking to Jasper, so I made my way over.
"Hey Pixie, Jazz!" I greeted.
"So how has your first day been so far? Learn anything, make any new friends, see any cute guys?" She wiggled her eyebrows as she led me to the lunch line.
"Good. Not really, sort of, and hell yes!" I replied. "Ooo fries!" I grabbed a thing of fries and a vitamin water. Alice giggled beside me.
"Like fries?" She asked.
"Only a whole lot!" I replied.
"Alright so explain yourself. Sort of? What do you mean by sort of?"
"Oh I met two girls that were talking about me, and one that just sitting there listening, looking kind of bored, Angela, I think was her name. I also met an old friend, that I haven't seen since sixth grade."
"So is he a guy friend or a girl friend?" She asked, practically bouncing up and down.
"His name is Drew, and he was my best friend, since we were in diapers. He was the nicest person I had ever met, next to my muscleman of a brother. We dated for almost a year, and he didn't care that I was a little on the heavy side." At this point we were sitting at the table, "Anyways, he told me he was moving, and I never heard from him again. It was surprising to see him this morning." When I finished talking I looked up for my tray of half eaten French fries to see that everyone was looking at me, especially Emmett.
"Who are you talking about, Bells?" Em asked as he snuck a hand into my fries and I slapped it away.
"Okay, first, stay away from the fries. And second you 'member Andrew Evens don't you?"
"You called, honey bunches of oats?" I knew that voice and I rolled my eyes.
"Exhibit A. Emmett you remember Drew right, maybe you should show him how much you missed him." I smirked. Em was pissed when he left me heartbroken. He hated seeing me so upset. So like any overprotective brother he swore to all the higher powers, an immense amount of pain if he ever saw Drew again.
My smirk turned into a mirthful smile when Drew saw Em stand up a start walking toward him. He looked terrified. I knew Em was just playing along with me. It may be hard to believe, but Em has never beat anyone up, maybe frightened the living shit out of people, when he yelled and flexed his muscles, but he has never touched anyone unless it was tackling during football games.
"So it is. What do you think I should do to him Bells? Maybe I should beat him into a bloody pulp, or maybe I should make him suffer long and hard and wait for him to beg for me to end the torture. What do you think?"
"Oh, the second one, definitely! Ooo can we make this a family affair? Carlisle is a surgeon after all, maybe he can take his kidney and we can sale it on the Black Market. Major, big bucks!" I said rubbing my hands together, wickedly.
"Okay Bells, I was totally gonna play along, but sometimes your mind kinda freaks me out." Everyone started laughing, maybe I did kinda get carried away. "Hello Andrew, how have you been?" Em asked in a surprisingly formal voice, while bringing his hand forth so that Drew could shake it. Drew still hadn't completely relaxed, and when he went to shake Em's hand his shoulders were really stiff.
I seriously thought that that was all that Em was going to do. So it surprised me he pulled in Drew and put him in a chokehold and started rubbing his head. It was a superlative noogie, if I had to say so myself. If you have ever been on the receiving end of Em's noogie giving, you know it feels like your head is about to cave in.
"Okay Em, I think that's enough lovin, let him breath!" I was in between laughter when I noticed that I had finished my last fry. And I noticed that Edward was passing by with tray that had a cup of fries. I stretched like I never stretched before and I swiped his fries.
He glared (playfully) at me and threw a questioning look at Drew, yet continued to walk away to the table with the guys that were talking to him in the morning.
"Umm, it's great to see you too Em. Listen I was wondering if I could come over tonight, so we could talk, Bella, you know, catch up?" I was seriously thinking on denying him, but I thought that I should get some answers from him. I was about to answer him, when Alice cut in.
"Actually Drew, you know it's Family Fun Night. You guys always try to sneak Edward out of Family Fun Night and I always catch you. And since it's Bella's first weekend here, I'm going to keep her busy all weekend, maybe you could exchange numbers and you could call each other." Alice was brilliant how come I didn't think of the phone?
I dug through my backpack and finally produced my very old, very worn cell phone.
"Yikes Bella, what's up with that phone?! We are so going to get you a new one." Rose insulted my cell phone.
"Hey it's very reliable, I've only had it for two years." I said indignantly. Trying to get to my contacts, so that I could add Drew to it. To tell the truth, I could barely see anything that appears on the screen so my friends had stopped texting me a while ago, the battery was held on by a strip of duct tape, and I had to be careful when I flipped it open, because it was in serious risk of falling apart, but I got signal everywhere.
"She's right Bella, I'm gonna buy you an iPhone, like the one you got me for my birthday, the thing is off the chain. True, you have to send it back, to get a new one after 75 charges, but hey, it's worth it." He brought it out just to prove his point. Personally, I didn't very much like the phone, but he wouldn't stop admiring it since they had announced it, so I got on the waiting list. I was one of the first to get the iPhone when it came out. And Em wouldn't stop bragging that his little sister was the best ever. Hey, I couldn't deny that.
I took off Drew's Hoodie and handed it to him. He shook his head and told me to keep it for the rest of day. Just then the bell rang and signaled sixth period.
I walk to Biology, toying with my phone. Maybe it is time for a new phone, but all the memories! Oh, well.
Mr. Banner was a cool old man. He sat me down next to Edward in the back of the class, where I could choose to sleep if I wanted. Mr. Banner stepped out during class to answer a phone call. And that's when I met my first admirer. Blonde, spiky hair, blue eyes and pain in the ass!
"Hey Bells, right?" Mistake number one. "Your one hot piece of cake!" Mistake number two. "We should skip the rest of class and I'll show you the backseat of my van." Mistake number three, and you know what hey say. Three strikes your out.
"First of all don't call me Bells, that's reserved for my brother. Two, you're a jerk," at this point we were nose to nose, "And, three," I grabbed him by the shoulders and with the combined force of my knee going up and forcing him down, he screamed like a girl and fell to the ground. "Oh and seems like your too busy rolling on the floor to escort me to your van," I snapped my fingers, "Damn I was really looking forward to it."
I heard Edward 'ohh' and chuckle. I sat down before the teacher came back inside.
"Mr. Newton who did you insult this time." Asked Mr. Banner, he looked at me and winked and just stepped over Mr. Newton and headed to the front of the class to continue writing the notes on the bored.
"So, were you serious? No one but Emmett is allowed to call you Bells?" Edward asked.
"Nope, you wanna do an experiment? Just call me Bells and see if I'm kidding." I replied, while taking notes.
"NO! Um... no, I believe you. But, why? If you don't mind me asking." He questioned politely. I'm a sucker for politeness.
"Nah, it's fine. You see dad told me that I was about three months old and he was bottle feeding me. I finished and he was burping me, I wouldn't burp so he gave up on me, and just as he was about to kiss my nose, I burped and threw-up on him, and then giggled. Em was slow learning to talk, so when I giggled he said "Bells" and that has always stuck. My dad always said that my laugh sounded like bells, so that's what he and Em called me, It's a very special name." I felt my eyes tingling and my vision started to blur. I hated talking about my dad in past tense. I felt my tears spill over and I wiped them away angrily. I can't remember crying so much in a two day period. I hated feeling so vulnerable.
I felt Edward rubbing my back and I looked at him and smiled my thanks. He nodded and we got back to our note taking.
The rest of the day went on. PE was boring, I had to sit on the bleachers, watch a horrible game of basketball. And watching Mike and that Jessica girl groap and make out, I tried to avoid watching it, I did. But they were right in front of my face.
After school I made my way to the office to turn in the slip that all the teachers signed.
When I was walking back to the Volvo, I noticed Edward and some hussy on the hood of his car. When she got up to walk away, I gasped, I couldn't help it, it was Jessica, again. And it was disgusting that the wench could two-time Edward. Mike, sure, he was a pig, they deserved one another. But, Edward?
I was quiet the rest of the way home. I was afraid that if he asked questions that I wouldn't be able to keep quiet. And, worse. What if I told him and he didn't believe me? So I just turned up the volume to my favorite song (ah, sarcasm).
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A/N:
Well there you go! this chapii was actually a bit longer than most of the other ones so I hope you enjoyed!!
P.S. Can anyone guess what song she's talking about, there at the end?
