CHAPTER SEVEN
HYSTERIA
DISCLAIMER: ITS NOT MINE, THOUGH I WISH IT WAS
I stood up quickly, grabbing my things. The apparent tone of annoyance in Tanya's voice got under my skin. I knew just by someone's tone of voice if they want me there or not.
"Where are you going, Bella?" Alice asked, surprised by my actions. "Aren't we doing the French homework together?"
"Um, yeah." I said, just now remembering I said yes to Alice about working together. "But, I need to go find Angela for something. I'll swing by later though."
I could tell that Alice was deliberating if she should protest or just let me go. Emmett made the decision for us, however.
"Stay for a little bit, Bella. Don't you want to meet, Edward?" Emmett asked, putting a hand on my shoulder and forcing me down on the bench. There was something in his voice, I didn't know what it was, but it sounded like annoyance.
Then, Edward spoke up, "You're the girl who was at Irina's class this afternoon. Bella Swan, the blind girl?"
My jaw clenched with suppressed irritation. It wasn't that I minded my blindness, it was just that I hated being called "the blind girl" in the tone of voice that Edward Cullen had used to describe me. So what if I was blind, there was nothing wrong with that.
"Yeah, I am." I said, challenging. "And who are you?" My aggravation made me rude.
"You don't know who I am?" Edward asked, a tad surprised.
"That's amazing isn't it, Edward?" Emmett asked smugly. "Makes a change that somebody doesn't know who you are."
"Shut up, Emmett," Edward growled. "She's blind, what do you expect. She can't watch movies and that's why she doesn't know who I am."
Then, he turned to me and said, "I'm Edward Cullen. Alice's and Emmett's brother and also an actor."
He spoke snobbily and it made my skin boil with anger. The comment he made about my being blind and can't watch movies got to me more than anything else. I hate it when people assume things about me.
"Nice to meet you." I fought hard to keep my tone polite.
"And she's my roommate," Tanya cut in. "Isn't that wonderful?" She sounded so fake in her enthusiasm that it almost made me want to puke.
"Well," I said, standing up again, "I should really be going. I'll see you guys later."
"All right, Bella," Alice chirped. "Come by my room later and we can do that paper and maybe order something out."
"That's fine, Alice." I agreed, smiling happily at her. Alice was such a nice girl that I couldn't help but like her.
As I left, waving to the others, I heard Tanya said something behind me. I was getting farther away, but it was still easy to distinguish her words. She probably didn't realize that I could hear better than most people.
"Alice," she said, clearly annoyed. "Why are you hanging around her? She's not worth your time.
She's just looking for attention. Acting all helpless and pitiful so people would feel bad for her. That's why you're trying to be her friend, isn't it, Alice? Because you feel sorry for her?"
I clenched my teeth together, hard. How dare she say those kinds of things about me. She didn't even know me at all. Ugh, I also hate people who are so fake, acting all nice and sweet in front of them, and then turn around and stab them in the back.
I couldn't hear what Alice's reply was. The sun was behind me, which was good, because I could see better without it streaming in my eyes. The dormitories was right in front of me.
I happily stepped in to the cool building. I ran up the stairs to the floor that my room was on. I didn't feel like riding the stuffy little elevators.
When I passed one of the room, which I soon realized was Angela's, I heard beautiful music coming from the room. I stopped in my tracks, listening intently to it. The graceful tune continued weaving a pattern of complicated notes.
The dulcet tones of the little flute wove a picture of sadness and beauty. It rose to higher pitches and then lower to a more mournful sound. I felt tears sting the corners of my eyes. The melody was just so beautiful, so heart warming.
The song finally stopped and I wiped the back of my hand across my eyes. The enchanting melody had brought forth the home sickness I felt deep inside. I didn't even realize the aching until I heard the song.
Even though I was excited for this new adventure, I truly missed my parents. Maybe I was just being sentimental, but now, I wish I had my parents along side me. I wish they could see how happy and how well I seem to fit in here.
"Bella? Are you okay?" Angela's concerned voice drew me out of my sad thoughts. "You're not crying are you?"
"No, not really. The song, it … it just made me a little emotional about missing home and all.
Angela, were you the one playing that beautiful song?"
"Of course it was her." Jasper's voice spoke up behind me. "Nobody else can play the flute that wonderfully."
"Thanks, Jasper," Angela said, clearly blushing. "That's really nice of you."
"Well, hey," Rosalie said, appearing next to Angela from her room, "Bella had tears in her eyes, it was that beautiful."
"That song just made me miss home, that's all." I admitted, wiping my eyes again. "It just touched me really deeply."
Angela strode forward and gave me a big hug. "It's all right, Bella." She said, hugging me tight. "You'll be fine. After all, you have us here."
I nodded, sniffling a little bit at her kind words. I truly have found my niche at the school and it made me happy.
The other two also gave me big hugs and it brought more tears to my eyes.
Soon after though, we all went to the little lounge area on our floor. We just sat around, chatting and laughing. I kept complimenting Angela on her gift of making music. I loved just doing this, though. Hanging out with my new friends, sitting on the comfortable couches and relaxing.
It wasn't long however until I decided that I should go find Alice. I didn't really feel like seeing Tanya or Edward Cullen again. But I had promised and I truly needed help on the stupid homework.
"I better go and find Alice." I said, standing up and stretching my arms above my head. "We're supposed to do that French homework together."
"Alice Cullen?" Jasper asked, surprised. "Are you serious, Bella? You're hanging out with her?"
"Yeah. Why?" I replied, wondering at his tone of voice. "She's actually really nice, Jasper. It's just that, well, you guys just don't understand each other."
Jasper didn't answer and I inwardly groaned. Ah well, he just have to get over the fact that I am friends with Alice.
"Have fun, Bella." Angela said, patting my arm.
I left, hearing Jasper sighed behind me. I was definitely positive that there was something going on in Jasper that he wasn't telling us.
I walked around the hallways, looking for Alice's room. I had a general idea where it was, but I just couldn't find it. I was getting increasingly frustrated, when a voice behind me called my name.
"Bella," Edward Cullen spoke my name. "Are you looking for Alice?"
I stopped and turned around. "Um, yeah. Can you tell me where her room is?"
"Yeah, sure. It's over that way." He pointed down the hallway in the general direction.
A laughed bubbled deep in my chest and rose into my throat. A choked giggle slipped from the back of my throat and I started laughing uncontrollably. The irony of someone pointing the way for a blind person has always made me double over in hysteria.
I leaned against the wall, using it for support, I was laughing so hard. My knees couldn't take it and I slid down the wall into a sitting position. I was panting, trying to get enough air into my burning lungs.
I knew that what he said weren't really funny, but I couldn't help but be affected by it. It was just a vent for all the pent up feelings I have inside. It all just overwhelmed me and laughing helped release it. And I was thankful for it, because afterwards, it left me exhausted and limp and free of the emotions. Home sickness, love, anger, frustration, happiness, and just so many others that I couldn't name.
"There's something wrong with you." Edward concluded, staring at me with disgust. "I didn't even say anything, and you started laughing like a maniac. Is that how you usually are?"
I just shrugged his question off. I didn't really care at that moment what he says.
"I don't know, maybe." I hick upped, still full of bubbles of laughter.
"Well, if you're done," he started, "Do you still want to see, Alice?"
"Um, sure," I agreed.
I stood up unsteadily. I brushed myself off with my hands and grabbed up my stuff. My hair was in my eyes and I shook it out of the way.
I noticed that Edward was staring at me with a strange look on his face. It wasn't clear, so I couldn't identify what it was.
We headed down the hallway. I followed beside him as he walked briskly toward the direction of Alice's room.
When we got there, I heard the gentle music of a ballay. It sounded like the Nut Cracker. I never actually liked the stupid ballay. It just seemed pointless and plotless to me.
The music suddenly switched off and Alice's door flew open.
"Bella!" A high pitched squealing came from Alice that made my ears hurt. "Here you are! I've been waiting!" She sang, grabbing my arm.
She pulled me into her room. I smelled the scent of nail polish in the air. I looked around, and finally found the source.
Tanya was sitting on Alice's bed, painting her toe nails. Even from this distance and with my eye sight, the color was still visible. It was a brilliant shade of hot pink.
"Hey, Bella," she greeted me, in an uninterested voice. She never even looked up. Her blonde head was still bent down, looking at her paint job.
"Hi," I replied.
"Edward, what are you doing here?" Alice asked, peevishly.
"I just wanted to talk about the charity event. I need your help about … something." He paused for a second before saying, something.
"Well, Edward." Alice snapped, aggravated. "You can talk to me later. You've been bothering me about this for a long time already.
I'll help when I can. But, Edward, Mom and Dad want you to organize this, not me. So, I'll just give you suggestions, but I'm not going to do everything for you."
"I didn't say I wanted you to do it for me." Edward was mad as hell now. I could literally feel the indignation rolling off him in waves.
"Sure," Alice scoffed. "Edward, you're my brother, I know you."
"Shut up, Alice." Tanya commanded, capping the top to her polish and walking to Edward's side. "Poor Edward already has a lot on his mind to worry about. He don't need anymore of your little jabs." She wrapped an arm around Edward's waist and hugged him, as though reassuring him.
"He's my brother, Tanya. I can say whatever I want to him." Alice was more than aggravated now, she was pissed.
I decided to speak up and break off the tense moment. "Um, Alice? Uh, are we still going to do that French homework?"
"Of course, Bella." Alice chirped, her happy self again. It was kind of scary, how she changed her moods so abruptly.
"Well, if you excuse me and my friend," Alice said, turning to the others again.
"Fine," Tanya huffed. "Be with your friend, Bella." She put an emphasis on friend.
Then, she grabbed Edward's arm and dragged him with her out of the room. Edward just followed her into the hallway. I heard him mutter something that made Tanya giggle girlishly.
"Fweeew," Alice exhaled, flopping back onto her soft mattress. "I'm glad she's gone."
I laughed and settled onto the opposite bed. I realized that the bed belongs to Rosalie. But the mattress was bare and there were no possessions around. I guessed that she had already taken her stuff to Angela's room. I didn't really know how Ang was going to deal with Rosalie and much of her stuff in her little room.
Alice and I started to work on our homework diligently. I slogged my way through the French like it was mud. I couldn't seem to grasp it.
Alice was a great help though. She has the perfect accent for it and she pronounced everything precisely. I soon discovered that her knowledge of the language was because her family had lived in France for a couple of years when she was in fourth grade.
When we were done, she ordered some pizza for us and we started to talk in earnest. She recounted stories of how it was in France and the different life styles there. I oohd and ahd at her elaborate descriptions of life in Paris.
When my watch chimed nine PM, I jumped. I hadn't realized I had stayed at Alice's for that long.
"You have to go," Alice said, jumping up from her sitting position. "It's getting late."
"Yeah," I agreed.
"I'll walk you back," she offered.
"Okay, sure."
As we walked toward my room, Alice continued to chatter about different things. She seriously has too much energy that needs releasing. I didn't even realize that I was tired until now. The day's activities had left me exhausted.
I notice a figure standing outside my room. I recognized Jasper's shadowy shape.
"Jasper," I asked, "what are you doing here?"
He turned around and saw Alice. I wasn't sure, but it looked like his lip twitched slightly when he saw her.
"Oh, nothing." He replied airily. "Just walking around and Rosalie wanted me to check if you were back, that's all."
"Um, okay," I said, wondering what his real motive was.
"Well, good night, Bella." Alice said, giving me a hug again. Besides being extremely energetic, Alice was also very short and tiny, like a pixie. Her spiky black hair poked my chin when she hugged me.
"NIGHT, Alice."
"Bye, Hale," Alice surprised me by speaking to Jasper at all.
"You too, Cullen." Jasper replied, equally cool.
After Alice left, Jasper also said good night and departed to his own dorm. I was pulling on my pajamas and thinking about why Jasper was waiting for me. And that smile on his face that weren't really a smile. There was definitely something going on, and I had a good idea what it was.
AN: I APOLOGIZE A MILLLION TIMES OVER FOR MY LAZINESS. BUT STILL, I WAS SICK FOR THE PAST WEEK AND I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO WRITE FOR THIS DAMN CHAPTER SO YEAH. ANYWAY, I HAVE SOME NEWS TO TELL YOU. I'M HAVING A REALLY GOOD IDEA FOR ANOTHER STORY AND I WANT TO WRITE THE FIRST CHAPTERS AND EVERYTHING AND I HOPE YOU GUYS WILL CHECK IT OUT. I'M GOING TO TAKE DOWN MY OTHER STORY, FORGIVE ME FATHER, FOR I HAVE SINNED. NOBODY IS LIKE READING IT AND I SPENT TIEM ON IT. ITS VERY DISAPPOINTING. ANYWAY, OTHER NEWS IS THAT, I'M BEATAING FOR A COUPLE OF AUTHORS. I'M BEATING FOR KOTAXVAMPIRE. HER STORIES ARE AWESOMEEEEEEEEEEE, SO CHECK IT OUT, OR ELSE. LOL. THE OTHER AUTHOR IS MASOCHISM. HER STORY IS REALLY GOOD TOO. PLEASE CHECK IT OUT AND REVIEW IT. REVIEW MY STORY TOO, LOL. BUT YEAH, JUST CHECK IT OUT BECAUSE I THINK ITS WORTH YOUR TIME. OOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH, I KNOW THIS SONG, NO AIR, ITS LIKE THE PERFECT SONG FOR EDWARD AND BELLA. FOR ANYONE WHO KNOWS IT, YOU HAVE TO AGREE WITH ME, ITS LIKE PERFECT FOR THEM. IT LIKE DESCRBIES THEIR WHOLE RELATIONSHIP AND EVERYTHING. ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO UPDATE THIS STORY SINCE I HAVEN'T IN A WHILE. THE THING WITH ME IS THAT I CANT SIT DOWN AND WRITE A CHAPTER IN OEN SITTING, I DO IT IN PARAGRAPHS, SO YEAH, IT TAKE A WHILE. ANOTHER TING, I DON'T THINK I'LL BE DOING ANY WRITING SINCE ITS MY SPRING BREAK AND I'M PRETTY PSYCHED AND I'M GOING TO THEATER CAMP NEXT WEEK, SO I'LL BE PRETTY BUSY. OMFG, THIS IS A BIG ASS AUTHOR'S NOTE,. SO WELL, ENJOY THIS CHAPTER AND LEAVE ME AWESOME REVIEWS. I CANT BELIEVE HOW MANY REVIEWS I GOT ALREADY, ITS JUST FABULOUS. SO 3333333 TO ALL OF YOU
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