Hey there y'all :)
Sorry it's so late but I have reasons. Let's look at them now, shall we? :) First :NO ONE SAID EXAMS WOULD BE SO HARD! And that was only prelims! . Moving on swiftly my computer crashed then Christmas came and then auditions have been arranged and unrranged and about thirty thousand other things happened which I'm not going to bore you or depress you with just now. Anyhow here's chapter whatever up. I know I'm going slowly but as I'm getting more into the plot I will try to write faster. :)
Song is OMG by Usher. It will all make sense at the end
You make me want to say
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, You make me wanna say, oh, oh, oh, oh Oh My goshh
Never ever has a lady hit me on the first sight
This was something special; this was just like dynamite
Girl you know I'm loving your, loving your style
Baby I can break you downnn
This one something special, this one just like dynamite,
out of sight
Honey looking wonderful; fly, so fly
Honey like a supermodel; my, oh my
Ooh (oooh) baby, you got it alll
Sexy from her head to the toes
And I want it all, it all, it all
26 days Later
Bella POV
It had been almost a month since Edward had first asked me out. His black eye had been and gone. Ever since that day he wouldn't stop bugging me to go out with him. My routine had changed, a couple of month ago it was; go into school exchange various insults with Edward in between classes and try to keep my head down and avoid attracting attention to myself.
Now my routine was; go to school, try to avoid Edward if possible, if I do see him I run as far as I can in the opposite direction and try avoid attraction any attention to myself. Though that had become a lot harder since Edward's sudden and unwelcome interest in me. When he asked me out now he did it in public so of course people stared at us which was both humiliating and horrifying. All those people staring at me made me want to be sick the same way I get when I see blood. I don't go well with big groups of people looking at me.
Even though I absolutely 100% hated him asking me out it kinda,sorta made me feel a bit...flattered in a way. In the past the only guy who'd seriously asked me out had been Jacob and that had been years ago. I resented the part of me that felt flattered and I enjoyed pretending that it didn't exist.
Currently I was in the cafeteria sitting across from Angela talking to her about celebrities. We were sitting by ourselves as Eric had moved to the other side of the room to get away from us or to be more specific to get away from Angela. They had been broken up for nearly a week now, Angela had been the one to finish it. From what she'd told me it hadn't been pretty. Apparently he cried. Not like shed-a few-tears-cause-your-relationship-is-over cried but actually started bawling-his-eyes-out-cause-your-relationship-is-over cried. It was sad but as I told Angela when she told me if it doesn't feel right then it's the right time to finish it and move on before someone gets really hurt.
"I disagree, I think celebrities are way to over-rated especially considering the fact that most celebrities today are famous and haven't even got a talent that makes them famous like they don't sing or perform, all they do is sit around on their butt all day with cameras following them"I said to Angela and them took a bite of my pizza.
"Maybe you're right about celebrity's being over-rated but I disagree with you about talent most people are famous because of their talent I mean look at Lady Gaga for example she's got talent and is now a world wide phenomenon" Angela said before stabbing her salad with a fork.
"Yeah but don't forget that she only became famous after changing her look and let's face it she is a great singer but she is in the press more for the clothes she wears rather than the songs she sings." I argued back.
"Remind me how many weeks Bad Romance was number one for again?" she asked. I gave up the argument for now and stuck my tongue out at her.
We sat in silence for a few minutes, too busy eating food to start a conversation. While we were eating Edward walked over to our table with a tray of food. In the cafeteria certain cliques go to certain tables. Edward, Rosalie, Emmett, Alice and Jasper all sit by the table at the window as it has the best view of the room, you can see outside and it is set fatherest away from other tables so you get privacy to talk as loud as you want without the risk of rumors. Closest to the window table was the table where Jessica, mike, Lauren and now Eric sat. It was obvious Lauren had always wanted to sit at the same table as Edward but she never did, I think she was scared of what Rosalie would do to her, whatever her reason was Lauren knew to stick to her own table. They all sit in silence during lunch trying (and failing) desperately to hear what the other group are talking about. The other tables were random cliques that fitted together: cheerleaders, geeks etc. Me and Angela sat at the opposite side of the room from Edward and co. In fifth grade I sat near Edward's table and a lot of food fights broke out, on the first day of sixth grade I made sure to stay as far away from possible and I had been doing that ever since. I may not care that much about my public image but I still hated going to the bathroom to get bits of smashed, mashed potato out my hair. I shuddered slightly at the memories.
Anyway, back to the present, Edward came over to mine and Angela's table and planted his butt down on the empty seat next to me. I rose to my feet and walked away, Angela hesitated for a minute then followed my lead. I dumped the rest of my pizza in the trash, I had suddenly lost my appetite. He had done this for the past three days and now the act as getting old. I was tried of him annoying me. For the past 25 days I had considered going out with him just to shut him up but then I thought about it more seriously and decided against it. He had asked me out so many times and in so many different ways it was driving me insane and jumpy. I had to be on my guard constantly at school as he kept on popping up everywhere. Thankfully the minute I hopped in my truck and went to the lake and then home I could lower my guard, be myself and listen to the soothing sounds of Clair De Lune and Radiohead. I looked over my shoulder at the table where Edward would usually sit. Alice and Rosalie looked confused while Jasper and Emmett smirked. I figured this was some sort of inside joke between the guys that I wouldn't understand.
Me and Angela walked slowly to my truck to get my books for the next lessons. I did use to have a locker but the door of it got kicked in. After I gathered my books we went to Angela's locker. On the way we passed Lauren's locker, she had made it different from everyone else's by covering the door in pink boa – I felt ill everytime I passed it- in front of it was Edward and the Pink Witch herself. They we too busy eating each others faces to notice the rest of the world. I made puking faces to Angela while their backs were turned and we kept on walking until we reached her locker. As she was gathering her books we talked and planned tomorrow evening's activities – I was going to her house to help her babysit her brothers- and what I should bring with me (earplugs, candy for bribing and my Mean Girls DVD for after the boys went to bed) when I felt someone's presence coming up behind me. I turned around to find Edward walking up the coriander. It bugged me that even though I couldn't stand the guy I could still feel it when he was around me. He smirked at me and for a minute I thought he was going to speak to me but he walked past me and continued to talk to Jasper - who I hadn't realized was with him until just now. "Ugh. Don't let him get to you Bella." I muttered to myself under my breath.
"What?" Angela asked
"Nothing"
She looked concerned but dropped the obviously touchy subject and started up the conversation again. We stood talking there like that for the rest of lunchtime and then when the bell rang signaling a new period we separated off to go to our different subjects. I had English and then History. I smiled, there would be no more Edward today.
EB EB EB
Edward's PoV
When the end of lunchtime bell rang I was sitting on one of the outside benches with Emmett discussing what he should get Rosalie as an anniversary present. He was still choosing between taking her to dinner in a fancy restaurant or in the park where they went on their first date. I left him to it and wondered slowly to my music class. Today we would be playing our instruments as we had done theory yesterday.
As I played one of the few pianos in the school in a private practice room I found my mind drifting away. Unsurprisingly it drifted towards the subject of annoyance in my life. Isabella. Or Bella. Whatever her name was she was slowly and unconsciously becoming the bane of my existence. Nearly a month had already passed and I hadn't made any progress. I needed to do something and soon if not then I would be putty in Emmett and Jasper's hands. Heaven knows what they were going to have me do this summer if I lost: probably tidy their room and all that crap. I 'd been in Emmett's room before, he had socks under his bed which he had worn for days and then kept there for weeks and pizza slices all round his room which were in various states of decay and god knows what else. It was the single worse smell ever created by man.
I couldn't afford to lose this bet but if I wanted to win then I would really have to step up my game. My fingers had suddenly stopped gliding over the keys and were now thumping down on them. I frowned slightly to myself and manged to keep myself in line and start playing properly. How the fuck was to up my game? I already gave up all my time at school to devise ways to get near to her. I even gave up sleeping with other girls to keep myself thinking clearly, today with Lauren had been a one off mistake, now that I wasn't regularly with her I was beginning to notice how annoying she was. Not that she wasn't annoying before but I could tune her out now it was more difficult than before.
If I saw her everyday at school and that wasn't working what would?... The thought came to me faster than a bolt of lightening. I was going to have to see her at her house. I could follow her home- as I absolutely no idea where she lived – then I would get her to let me in and I could talk to her and say I'm sorry and could we start over again and all that crap. I momentary thought if this could be considered stalking – I mean her dad's a cop- but I realized desperate times called for desperate measures and if I wanted to spend the summer like I usually did-drinking too much, partying too much and not spending one night at home-certain lines would have to be crossed.
Suddenly the last bell couldn't come fast enough. I paid no attention to any of my surroundings for the last half hour-I was in the zone. Before the bell had even finished ringing I was up with my my stuff gathered and out the school's front door.
I made my way to my silver baby and slid into the front seat dumping my stuff in the passenger's seat. I was actually suppose to meet up with Emmett before his big date with Rosalie tonight but I texted him during last period to let him know I couldn't make it and to talk Jasper instead.
Finally I recognized Bella's brown hair moving out of the school along with everyone else. Apparently I was the only one who did those cause everyone else pushed by her like she wasn't even there. Before I could consider this too much I heard her engine start which told me how old the truck was since I was at the other side of the parking lot from her. She revved out of the school grounds like a bat out of hell and I eventually mange to get past all the traffic to follow her. We wound down the streets until she was getting nearer the outskirts of the town, there she drove into a driveway and stopped the car. I stopped a bit away form and hoped she didn't know I was following her. Thankfully she didn't appear to notice anything out of the ordinary as she was singing happily along to a song and grabbing a bag of some sort from her truck.
I thought that she would go straight into her house like I assume most people do but she didn't instead she didn't even glance at her house and walked into the forest. I looked after her feeling a mix of puzzlement, excitement and questioning if she was batshit crazy? After a few seconds I knew that I would have to either follow her into the forest or wait till another day when she hopefully would walk straight into her house. I couldn't stay in the car waiting for her to come back because A) I had no idea how long she would be and B) I didn't know how soon her dad would be home. I was pretty sure he would notice the strange man sitting in the silver car in his street.
Eventually I got out of the car and attempted to follow her footsteps. When I got in the forest I saw a sort of footpath so I walked along it hoping to hell it wasn't taking me in the complete opposite direction from her.
Finally I could see a gap in the trees and I traveled towards it until I saw Bella. I got close to where she was standing and crouched down behind a great big rock.. She was delving into the bag that she had brought with her and singing along softly to the King's of Leon song Use Somebody.
After a minute or two she took off her top and jeans. I was confused out of my mind at this point as to what was going on but I squinted against the sunlight that was streaming in and I could see that she had on a dark green swimsuit. If I squinted a bit more I could see water behind her.
What surprised the most about Bella was how thin she was. She was also ridiculously pale but with the sunlight as a backdrop she seemed to have a glow around her. Everything about her looked brighter; her hair, eyes and all other features. It made her appear like a completely different person. A very … attractive sort of person. Suddenly a thought came to me- a thought that I might later regret but it seemed okay at the time. I grabbed my phone from my back pocket and took a photo. I felt and probably looked like a pervert but I wasn't, what I was however was a Blackmailer and I was going to Blackmail Isabella Swan...
