I woke up stretching in my bed. I was recollecting what had happened last night and reviewing my commonly themed nightmares that I had. But I realized that my bed was empty, without the boy occupying it from the night before. I shot out of bed and looked around my room, my eyes couldn't help but fall on my rocking chair, memories flooded my mind with him and I had to grasp myself to keep from losing it. I noticed the time and decided it was time to get ready for school if I wanted to make it first period on time. I ran downstairs, Charlie was gone already, I pulled out a box of cereal and some milk and gulped down breakfast before heading back upstairs to put on my day's clothes.
When I arrived at school there were neon colored papers hanging up on every wall and door in and outside the school, reminding the student body to nominate their fellow peers for prom court today. I rolled my eyes and made my way through the crowd of people to first period.
I couldn't pay attention in any of my classes. I was too busy thinking about Jacob, and where he disappeared to today, maybe they caught Victoria's scent again, I shuddered and tried to stop thinking about it then.
I didn't have an appetite for lunch so I grabbed an apple and a milk and took my seat next to Angela, Ben and Mike.
"Bella, who are you nominating for Prom court?" Angela pulled out her ballot excitedly to show me. "Umm...I don't know how that exactly works, but if I could vote for anyone I would vote for you Angela." I tried to stay with much enthusiasm
"Really? Thanks Bella! The forms are up at the table if you would like to cast your vote!" She smiled widely.
"Sure, I'll grab one before I leave." I took a bite out of my apple. I couldn't help watch Mike glancing over at me while writing animatedly on his paper and whispering to the rest of the group at the table, and I couldn't help notice Jessica and Lauren glaring at me too. I had too much on my mind to really care about what I had not done this time to make them mad at me.
The bell rang and I threw my leftovers away and headed for the door. Angela caught up to me, "Don't forget the form!" She stretched her arm out in front of me giddy as all get out to make sure I wouldn't miss the table. I stopped and took the paper from the table. I quickly wrote Angela and her boyfriend's name in the two blanks, I didn't even care about this but Angela has been good to me through everything so I could at least do this for her.
I was walking into Bio II when Mike caught up with me "Well hey there Prom Queen" He snickered. "What...did you just say?" My face wrinkled up in disgust by the words he spoke. "Nothing, Bella, so who did you vote for?" He winked at me and I looked at him with the strangest expression.
"Uhh, none of your business actually, my high school political views are private you know."
"Ha, your funny you know that?" Mike laughed awkwardly and then blocked my way into the classroom. "I gotta get to class Mike." I hope his crush on me wasn't resurrecting today. "Yeah...sure...class...Well, I'll see you in Spanish last hour ok, I heard it's going to be fun today!" He smiled and then started walking away. I turned around to watch him walk away and his actions definitely confirmed my suspicions that the crush was resurrected, but he was much more blatant about it before.
Last hour did come around and Mike met me in hall. "So...are you nervous about the results?" He was still being weird.
"The results of what?" I was getting annoyed by his change in behavior. He stopped and gaped at me, "Uh, Prom court, Earth to Arizona, seriously where have you been in the past 24 hours, everyone is talking about it!" He was over emphasizing even with his hands and arms.
I had to think, what had I been doing in the past 24 hours. Oh yeah, getting knocked out in the woods, almost getting killed by a sadistic vampire, found out my best friend is a werewolf who's sole purpose for being one is to kill vampires including my past family…and oh yeah I had a werewolf sleepover last night…I think, breaking the whole "just friends" part with my Jacob wolf and I's platonic relationship.
I paused and thought about all this information, sighed, and shook my head and kept walking. Mike caught up with me as we made our way into class. "Arizona, Arizona, what are we going to do with you?" He sighed and took his seat. I looked back at him like he was crazy and he just winked at me again.
Nothing fun happened in Spanish like he said it would and it was only 5 minutes till the bell rang. Then the loud speaker clicked on and our student body president came over with an announcement.
"We have tallied up the Prom Court nominations and this spring's Prom Court. King nominations and court is Nathaniel Davis, Dan Cox, Michael Newton and Chris Stephens. Queen nominations and court are: Lauren Mallory, Kate Schell, Isabella Swan and Angela Weber. We have also voted on the prom theme, this year it will be Hollywood. Congratulations and tickets go on sale next Monday during lunch."
It all made sense now, my mouth was hanging open along with every person in the class room, their faces turned to stare at me. I slowly turned around in my desk to give Mike Newton my death glare. As I did, the widest grin spread a crossed his face "Well congratulations Arizona!" I gathered my books and walked out of the room, 2 seconds before bell rang. My face was mortified with red, I half ran to my locker to put my stuff in and to get my keys and leave. The hallway was about to be flooded with people. I shoved my books in my locker, grabbed my coat, English book, my backpack and headed for the exit. I didn't look at anyone as I was racing out of the school but I could feel their eyes on me.
I made my way outside but Angela caught me by the arm as I exited. "Bella, we made it! I voted for you, you know!" She hugged me and squealed "What…You did? Why?" I asked frantically as I tried to keep walking. "Bella because your one of my best friends, you totally deserve it this year! I gotta go tell Ben!" She waved as I kept walking…Deserved it, I don't deserve anything High School has to offer, I don't participate in anything and hardly associate with anyone.
I shook my head and headed for the parking lot but stopped when I noticed a 6'2 tall russet colored skinned bulky man standing next to my truck.
Jacob was standing there with a wide grin on his face. I walked over to him remembering last night's details and blushed even more if I could.
"What are you doing here…?" He met me half way, hesitated then took my hand and escorted me to my truck. I had never held his hand in public, I thought about everyone's reactions around me. "I wanted to pick you up from school so we could ride down to La Push together."
He looked passed me for a moment then wrapped his arms around me and tilted his head down to meet mine and wrapped his lips around mine, "missed you today" he added when he pulled back.
"Jake I don't feel comfortable with PDA, High School is dangerous the way it is now…I need to tell you about my horrible day!" He seemed to not notice me but kept looking past me. I turned and looked in the direction he was staring and saw Mike Newton standing there looking mortified like I was just a few minutes ago. He obviously had saw the embrace and kiss and now I knew why Jacob had embraced me so fast.
"Aww shit, come on Jake lets go!" I shrieked as I got in the truck but he followed me into the driver's side and insisted to drive.
