Chapter 7: Everything Is So Different

Nessie's POV

Within a couple of hours I had a full blown cold. Couldn't stop coughing or sneezing. Of course there was the small fact that I had broken my leg as well. For lack of a better term I felt like shit. Excuse my language. I don't normally curse unless I'm upset which doesn't happen very often.

My dad had me strictly bedridden which also annoyed the hell out of me. Just because I broke my leg didn't mean that I couldn't walk. So what did I do? I ignored him of course. My inner stubbornness mixed with my natural teenage rebellion instincts liked to kick in more often then not and that more then annoyed my father. Honestly he should know better by now. Its not exactly the first time I've broken something in a moment of clumsiness. I'm just the type of person that can't sit still for very long.

I was about to call Masen when I realized the phone that I had wasn't exactly my phone. Damned I must have grabbed Jake's phone by mistake.

Oh no. I thought with realization. That would mean that Jacob had my phone! That thought alone had me panicking because there was some stuff on my phone that I definitely did not want my family to see!

I took a few deep breaths to calm myself down. As long as they didn't go onto my social media everything would be okay, right? Right? At least the notifications on my phone are off which made it less likely that they would see the harassing tweets and Facebook posts I get all of the time. If my family saw them they'd go ballistic and want to kill my bullies. It was the same group of people that loved to bully me at school to.

I wasn't exactly popular at school. The exact opposite actually. I was the constant target of harassment and bullying. My engagement to Masen had only made things worse. Most of them thought that I was only with him for money. Some of them even spread rumors that I was pregnant. I did the best that I could to ignore them but it was impossible at times and I was certain that they could still tell that they were getting to me. Amy was the worst of them all. She and her friends seemed to make it their life's mission to make mine hell.

I only had one really good friend at school besides Masen. Her name was Natalie. Like me she was also targeted by the bullies in our school. She was mainly targeted for her "nerdiness" transaltion=Actually enjoys learning and gets decent grades.

At work I had a lot of guy friends though. They were awesome and we had a great time together. If only I could spend more time at work then I did at school I'd be a hell of a lot happier.

I sighed a little more dramatically then necessary as I laid down on my bed. Sniffer walked up to the side of my bed with a Frisbee in his mouth. He pushed the side of my body eagerly encouraging me to get up.

"Sorry boy. I can't"

He whimpered as if he actually understood me. Other then teaching him how to hunt I had also been teaching him how to fetch balls and catch Frisbees. He seemed to catch onto both activities rather quickly.

Night had fallen already and I knew that it was almost time for me to go to bed. I had school in the morning. If I wanted to have any chance of being up to going to school in the morning I had to go to bed early and get a sufficient night's rest. I set my alarm clock for 6am like always and quickly fell asleep. However the hours I slept never felt long enough. All to soon my alarm clock was blaring in my ears against my will.

I groaned. Did I really have to get up and face school and the torture that it would bring? I got up, again completely against my will, and got ready for school. My dad left as I was eating breakfast that morning. Just as I was finishing brushing my teeth I heard someone knock on my door. Curious as to who would visit this early in the morning on a Monday I went and checked. To my surprise it was a completely shirtless Jacob.

"Jacob? What are you doing here?!"

"Well first of all hello to you to Ness" he grinned in a way that made my heart melt. "Second I came to give you a ride to school since we are attending the same high school"

"What?" I sputtered.

"Nessie we are all attending the same high school as you now. Aren't you happy about that? We get to hang out all of the time now!"

"Yeah happy" I muttered. In fact I was completely scared. How was my family going to react when they saw how Amy and all of her cronies treated me?!

"Okay but that doesn't exactly explain why you came to pick me up. I do own a car after all"

"You are injured Nessie so I thought I would make things a little bit easier for you. Besides I just wanted to spend a little extra alone time with you. That's all"

"Okay fine. You win. Just let me go get my stuff. By the way I think I got your phone by mistake"

"I realized that" he said. "Because I had yours as well" He handed me my phone.

"Thanks" I muttered.

Now that I knew my family would be attending my school I was dreading the day even more. I had a feeling that with my family around things were going to get really ugly really fast when it came to Amy.

After gathering my things I nearly tripped on the way out the door.

"Jesus Nessie are you always this clumsy?" Jacob said as he caught me once again.

I playfully punched his arm. "Yes I am actually. You should see me when I ice skate. Actually no. Please don't ever watch me ice skate. I don't want you to see that"

"You ice skate?" He asked me when we got in the car.

"Yes but it usually doesn't end...well but I have so much fun doing it that I don't care"

"Yeah maybe I don't want to see that then"

The drive to school was only ten minutes. Oh how I wish that I lived further away from school. Especially today.

"Hey Jake you are going to put on a shirt, right? Shirts are required at this school" Jacob just laughed at my comment. Not that I didn't like seeing him without a shirt. I added that last part in my head. Jacob didn't need to know the effect that he had on me. I mean he was my best friend from childhood. He just re-entered my life a few short days ago. Also I'm engaged. I shouldn't, no I couldn't be attracted to Jake that way. But then why did seeing him send butterflies into my stomach? Why did he make my heart beat faster every time that I looked at him? Oh boy is everything so different now.

As soon as we got off the car I saw Amy and her cronies gawping at Jacob. Amy noticed me only a few seconds later and gave me a look of pure anger. The way she looked at Jacob with lustful eyes and me with eyes full of hate made me really really really nervous.

"Jacob please do me a favor and put on a damned shirt already"

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