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Chapter 7 - Friday pt. 1
The rest of the week flew by as I was getting accustom to everyday life here. It was finally Friday. This meant that I would be going sight seeing tomorrow and I could not wait to explore this new place. Everything was so different here than it was in the United States. However, I did think this was going to be a good change of paste for me. We were having a movie night tonight with the whole gang. All of them were welcoming and I slowly started to fit in with everybody. Thought Tanya and her group still hated me. It was not a surprise to me. I had a feeling that she had a problem with anybody that decided to talk to Edward. She really has not given me any trouble since that very first day, but I had a feeling that it was going to change soon. Then there was Mike and Tyler who seemed to love following me around. I mean they were great friends, but were a little too clingy if you get what I am saying. Mike was definitely worst then Tyler.
I found out that there was actually a casual day and that was every Friday. I was happy to be able to wear some of my normal clothes. Uniforms were not my favorite thing to wear. I mean it did keep everything unified, but it just was not something I was use to or ever get use to. That morning I woke up like the same as always. Kristy came in and gave me my wake up call. Then I headed in to the bathroom and brushed my teeth. I had taken a shower last night and decided to straighten my hair this morning. I figured that a change for today was good. Straightening my hair didn't take too long since I already had my outfit picked out and I told Kristy to wake me up a little earlier so I wouldn't miss breakfast with Alice and Edward.
After straightening my hair, I went and slipped on some underwear and a bra. Then put on my t-shirt that was green and I wore a pair of black Capri pants. Then I put on my green ballet flats. After wearing high heels all week I just want to wear something simple and plain. No reason to go all crazy about the outfit for today any ways. After that I did my make-up and slung my book bag on to my back. It seemed to become a habit for me to go and check myself in the floor length mirror.
Once I was satisfied with my outfit I left the room to go and find Alice and Edward. I walked in the room to see Alice already there, but Edward was missing from his usual seat. "Good morning Alice." I said as I took a seat beside her. "Oh. Good morning Bella. Glad to see somebody is awake." She replied to me. "What do you mean?" Her statement puzzled me. "Nothing much. Edward just over slept this morning. Hence, he will be late to breakfast this morning." Alice told me. That was not like Edward to be late in the morning. He was normally up early, but never late. This was a first for me. I just nodded my head at Alice and sat down. A few more minutes Edward came in to the room wearing a pair of khaki shorts, a blue button down shirt and sandals on his feet. I let out a small gasp at the way he was looking. This man looked hot. Hell, it did not matter what he wore he always-looked fine. He could have worn a bag and still pulled it off to perfection.
Alice cleared her throat and I looked away from Edward. My face was on fire, as I knew his sister had caught me and I had a feeling that Edward knew it now too. I dared one more look at him just to see him staring at me with a smirk on his face. I felt like I had been caught more times then I could count in a week. I quickly averted my eyes after that. "Good morning Bella. Good morning Alice." Edward said to us as he took his seat at the table. "Good morning Edward." I said to him with out looking at him. "Good morning Edward. Glad to see you are finally up. What were you doing last night to keep you up so late?" Alice asked Edward. "I was looking over some of the stuff for the next meeting that dad was going to have. There were things that I needed to get familiar with." He replied to Alice. "What meetings do you go to Edward?" I asked because I did not know what these meetings were.
"I am in line for the throne. That means that I need to know how to run everything when my turn comes. Therefore I attend these meetings to get familiar with everything." Edward replied. As our breakfast was brought out and we started to eat it. I took a bite of food to chew over what he had told me. I swallowed my food to ask him another question. "When do you go to these meetings?" I asked him "They aren't that often normally it is just every week we have on general meeting. Then if it is something important then we will have more. It all depends." He said. I just sat there and let it all soak in. It sounded to me like being next in line has a lot of work that needs to be done. I mean I knew it was not all fun and games, but it seems like on top of maintaining good grades he has to do things like getting ready to ascend to the throne. For a kid he did have many responsibilities. Another thing that makes us different. After that, we ate in silence once again.
We were running a little bit behind today because of Edward. After breakfast, we all got out of the house as quickly as we could. Alice took her car and I sat with her. While Edward got in to his, own. We were speeding down the road and getting out of here as quick as possible. We actually arrived with some minutes to spare. Edward and Alice parked next to each other and we just happened to be right beside Rose's car and Emmett's. All of us got out of the car to find the rest of the gang. We all sat at the same picnic table every day. We found them there and they were talking and laughing with each other.
"Hey guys." Alice said. She then walked over to Jasper and gave him a proper hello by kissing him on the lips. I did not need to see that this early in the morning. "Cut it out you guys. I do not need to see what my sister does. That is just plain gross." Edward said. Alice broke away from the kiss and glared at Edward who just laughed in return. I smiled at there carefree banter. I do not have any siblings. For me to see them like this puts me in to a good mood. "Movie nights at the Cullen's house today. What movies are we getting?" Emmett asked everybody. "I want to watch a horror movie." Jasper replied. "Yeah. We should make this a horror movie night." replied Emmett. I gulped at this. I hated horror movies. They never were my favorite and I always ended up freaking out in the middle of the night when I watched them. Everybody else seemed to say there agreement of watching horror movies, but me. "What do you think Bella?" Edward asked me. "Horror movie isn't really my favorite thing to watch." I replied to him. "Aw. Is our little Bella scared of horror movies?" Emmett said in a childish voice.
I blushed a little at this. Emmett let out a chuckle. "Don't worry Bella it isn't that bad. I promise. Plus we can always do something else if you don't feel like watching the whole thing." Edward told me. I smiled up at him. He was always looking out for me. No matter what it was. He seemed to know exactly what to say to make me feel better. "Thanks Edward. I might have to take you up on that offer." I teased him. "Aw. Look at these two. Acting like a couple." Emmett teased me. I blush a deeper shade of red. Rosalie smacked Emmett up side the head. "Ow, Rosie. That hurt." Emmett whined to Rosalie. "Shut it Emmett." She gave him a glare. He did not say a word after that. I looked up to catch Rosalie's eye and I mouth a thank you to her. She gave me a smile and winked her eyes. The bell then rang to signal first period. We all said our good byes and we would meet at lunch to talk some more. Then all of us got up and headed our separate ways.
Edward and I walked together to our English class. "How do you like your first week here at this school?" Edward asked me. I thought about everything that had gone down. Nothing much happened so I guess it would be a good week. Moreover, it was a huge place so not everybody would know my business. Unlike Forks, no privacy anywhere meant no privacy anywhere. "It has been an interesting week. Like I said everything here is so much different then back home. Then again, I find that change is a very good thing. Over all I think it has been one of the more interesting parts of my life." I replied truthfully. "Hmm. You did mention that Forks is different. You honestly have no privacy there what so ever?" Edward asked. "None what so ever. Whenever something happened there, by the end of the day everybody in the whole town knew about it. That was how small and how close everybody was knitted together." I said. It still amazed me that the news could travel that fast in such a short amount of time. "Wow. That must have been great. What does your dad do for a living?" Edward asked me. "My dad, Charlie, was the chief of the police force. Anything and everything was pretty much known to him." I replied. "That meant that you really had to stay out of trouble though." He said. "It was, but I was never a bad child to being with. There was no worry for Charlie that his little girl was going to get caught doing something bad." I said to him. "That is true though." Edward replied.
We reached the building and headed on up in the elevator to the classroom. Edward and I walked to the back since that was where our seats were. The teacher walked in a few minutes later to give us a lecture on Shakespeare since that was what we were currently on. Since I pretty much knew what he was talking about, I did not pay much attention to him. I took the notes necessary, but other then that it was a boring period.
All of my other periods flew by too. It was now gym the class that I despised more then anything. Edward and I walked to the locker rooms. I went threw the first door and the door beside ours was the guy's locker room. I walked in to the locker room and went over to my locker. I put my book bag in there and took out my gym clothes. It was just a plain t-shirt and shorts with the school crest on both. I locked up everything a then headed out the door. Edward had finished the same time as I did. We walked back inside together. "I wonder what torturous sport we are doing today." I said to Edward. We have to pick our sports, but we were not starting that until next week. For this week, we were just doing random sports. "Who knows? This is our last day doing this any ways. Might as well enjoy it." He replied. I looked at him as if he was crazy. "Me enjoy this?" I asked. I put my hand up to his forehead and felt my own. "Are you running a fever Edward?" I asked while I dropped my hand from his head and mine. "I hate gym and you know it. Being klutzy doesn't help me here." I told him. He let out a chuckle. "I remember Bella. Just deal with it for this period and we can be done for the rest of the weekend." He told me. That made me happy to know that today was Friday that meant no more gym until probably Tuesday. Since Monday is going to be spent talking about the sport and all.
The coaches then came out and blew the whistle. It was time to start class. We walked over to where everybody was gathered and stood around. "Today we are doing a boys and girls kind of day. Guys are going outside to do football and the girls are staying in here to play volleyball. We are going to do some stretches and then break up in to the assigned places." Coach told us. "All right. You people have ten minutes to do some stretches. Everybody broke up in to their little groups and started to warm up. Edward and I were warming up when something caught my eye. Tanya and her group were coming over here. I let out a sigh. "What is wrong Bella?" Edward asked me. I just cocked my head over in there direction. He took one look and let out a sigh too.
Tanya stood right in front of Edward. "Hey Eddie. How are you today?" Tanya asked Edward. "I am doing just fine. How are you?" Edward asked back just to be polite. "I am doing great. I am throwing a party on Saturday. You should so come over Edward." Tanya said to Edward. "Sorry Tanya, but I already have plans this weekend." Edward replied. "What can be more important then coming to my party?" Tanya asked in a shocked tone like she has never been turned down before. "Not that it is any of your business, but my friends and I were going to take Bella sight seeing." Edward replied. She then turned to look at me for the first time this conversation began. "With her? Why bother with her? She is only staying at your house Edward. Not like, she is your obligation to take care of her. I am sure your friends can take care of her while you come to my party." Tanya said to him. "How about it Edward?" She asked in a sweet tone that just came out wrong. "Tanya, I really don't want to come. Maybe some other time." Edward replied getting irritated. He grabbed my hand and walked away from her dragging me behind him. I turned around to see Tanya give me a death glare before stopping away from that spot.
Edward then came to a halt on the other side of the gym. "Sorry about that Bella. I told you that women doesn't take no for an answer." He said to me. Pinching the bridge of his nose and closing his eyes. "It is okay Edward. It wasn't like I wasn't expecting that to happen." I replied. He opened his eyes to look at me again. We just stood there and stared. Before he could say anything, the coach blew the whistle again. "Stretching time is over. Guys go out side and girls stay in here." He told everybody. "See you later Bella." He said to me as he started to walk away. "Have fun Edward." I told him. He turned around and gave me a wink before walking away again.
Now it was on to volleyball. I cringed at all the memories I had back home playing this game. I usually ended up hitting somebody in the head or I was hit because I did not move in time or I tried to save the ball and I ended up taking somebody down with me. I was horrible at sports, but I had to do it year after year. We got set up with everything and he explained the rules to us because he was suppose to even though I knew everybody in here had to have played volleyball at one point in there life or another. After about fifteen minutes of lecturing, we were playing volleyball. I stayed out of everybody's way. At least tried to that is. At one point, I had to serve the ball and that did not go over well. I ended up hitting the girl in front of me with the ball. I apologized to her profusely while Tanya and her friends just laughed at me.
"Look here, Swan can't even play volleyball. How pathetic are you?' Tanya asked me with a sneer. I was so embarrassed. However, I did not want to start anything yet. "Everybody watch out for Swan before she ends up knocking you out with a ball over here!" She yelled to everybody. She was really starting to get on my nerves, but it was the first week of school and I did not feel like getting suspended so soon either. "Why don't you shut the hell up Tanya and play the game?" I yelled back at her. Everybody seemed to freeze and look at me. It seems that nobody stood up to Tanya and I was the new girl who did. I was not backing down. She did not scare me. "What did you say to me Swan?" She asked incredulous. "You heard me. Shut up and play." I told her again. Tanya was walking over when the coach blew the whistle. "What is going on over there? You are supposed to be playing a game." The coach yelled at us.
Tanya and I were staring each other down before we looked away. The game went on for a few more minutes. Our team was losing by one point. Our team served the ball and it bounced over to the other side where Tanya got up to hit the ball. She spiked it with as much force as she could possible hit it with and it was coming straight at me. I tried to move out of the way, but before I could move away the whole way, it hit me in the shoulder. I lost my balance and fell on the floor from the impact of that hit. I cried out. My should felt as if it was blazing. The coach ran over to me to see if I was all right. "I need you to move your shoulder for me." I did as I was told. I could move it, but it definitely hurt like hell. Who knew the bitch could hit a ball that hard. "Thankfully it isn't broken, but you are going to need some ice for that. Go to the locker room and change. You are done for the day. I am writing you a pass so that you can get out early and get some ice put on that shoulder." The coach told me. I just nodded my head. He left to go get me a pass. I got up and walked away. Nevertheless, Tanya decided to get in to my path. "I told you not to fuck with me Swan." She told me in a threatening voice. I gave her a humorless laugh. "This isn't over Tanya." I replied to her as I saw the coach come out. He handed me the pass and told me to leave. I went to the locker room and got changed. Getting my shirt off took a little longer since I could not lift my shoulder that much. After struggling with that and my normal clothes for a while, I finally got it on. Gym still had not ended and I was debating whether or not to stay and wait for Edward. My shoulder was killing me. I decided that I would get an ice pack for it first and then come back and wait for Edward to show up.
I walked out of the gym with my book bag slung on one shoulder. The other one was hurting excessively bad for me to sling it on all the way. I walked to the front office and went in. Then I took a left and went through another door. A woman was sitting in a chair reading a magazine. The room was big. It had four beds in here and cabinets on one side of the room. With a counter to do anything on there. At the very back, a door probably leads to a storage room or something. I cleared my throat to get her attention. Her head shot up to look at me. She had blue eyes and dirty blonde hair. "Hello there. What can I help you with?" She asked me. "I need an ice pack." I told her. "You have a seat and I will get one for you." She told me as she got up and went in to the back of another door. I took a seat on one of the beds they had here. She came back a few seconds later with an ice pack in her hand. It was wrapped in a cloth. She came over to me and gave it to me. "Here you go." She said to me. I took it from her and quickly placed it on to my shoulder. "Thank you." I told her." She smiled at me. "I am guessing a gym accident." She told me." I nodded my head. "How did you know?" I asked her. "We have gym accidents a lot here. Something about this school, that everybody is so competitive here. Even the girls are which the surprising thing is." She told me. I knew what she meant. The last couple of days that I had gym the girls never did anything with competitiveness. I guess they all hated to lose from the looks of it. Now it all made some sense. People here had a reputation to uphold. Even in gym, they will not let that façade slip at all. "Thank you for all your help Mrs.…" I did not know her name. "It is Mrs. Smith." She filled in for me. "Thanks again Mrs. Smith. My name is Bella. Nice to meet you." I told her. "Nice meeting you too." She replied. I got off the bed. "I had better get going then. Class is about to be out." I told her. "Come see me if you need another ice pack." Mrs. Smith told me. "I will. Have a good day." I replied to her. She told me to have a good day and I left the room.
I walked out of the office and down to the gym again. I knew I was about to play twenty questions again with Edward on what happened to me. That is if he does not find out by everybody else about what had happened. I let out a sigh again and started walking. I was walking a little slower then necessary, but I really did not want him to see me like this. I mean it was not a big deal, but I knew he was going to make it a big deal. Before I knew it, I was already in front of the gym. I took the ice pack off my shoulder and held it in my hand instead. I stood out side and debated with myself with whether or not I should go in or just stay out here and wait. My decision was made as the bell rang and all the students were coming out of the gym. I was standing off to the side and waiting for Edward. I felt awkward as I stood out there. I knew people were talking about the gym incident. Especially the girls who love to gossip. I can almost imagine all the conversation. New girl is nailed with volleyball for talking back to Tanya. I just rolled my eyes at that thought. It was not as if I did anything wrong. Somebody needs to put her in her place and I was not just going to stand around and let her walk all over me.
Almost all of the students were gone when Edward finally walked out. When he saw me, he let out his breath that he was holding and quickly walked over to me. Edward wrapped his arms around me and held me tight. I winced at the pressure he was putting on my shoulder. He pulled away from me and noticed the ice pack in my hand.
"What happened Bella?" Edward asked me. I looked in to his eyes to see the concern and anger in them.
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