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CHAPTER 6

I am sitting inside our room impatiently tapping my fingers on my desk. He only has 5 minutes.

"Hey Bella, you okay?" Mike asked as he took his seat right next to me.

"Yes, don't mind me."

"Have you read the next chapters? I slept really late last night to finish reading."

3 minutes.

"Bella?"

He should come. Really.

"Hello? Bella?"

I felt Mike tugging my sleeve and I was out of my reverie.

"Hey Mike."

"Yes, I've been talking here for a while now. You seem preoccupied. Do you have a problem? I am willing to help."

"I'm really fine. I'm just thinking about stuff but I'm okay. Thank you Mike."

I checked my watch, 1 minute. Our professor came and is getting ready to start our lesson. I swear he's going to hear something from me on our next tutorial. Just when I was finishing my speech inside my head for Edward, the guy came.

"What a surprise Mr. Cullen."

"Can I go to my seat?"

"Oh yes, it's nice to see you again."

He eyed Edward seriously. He is staring at his seat but I saw him take a glimpse of me. It was too quick but I caught it. I smiled a little, good thing he is here. I hope he read too.

"Good morning class. I know you guys are aware that we have a new lesson today and that means we also have a graded recitation. Let's get started. Mr. Newton."

"Yes?" Mike confidently answered.

"Who is our hero for today's lesson?"

"Jose Rizal."

"Tell something about him."

"He is a Filipino hero who fought the Spaniards during the early times. He is very talented…"

"Thank you Mr. Newton. Lauren."

"Ummm yes?"

"Mr. Newton said that Rizal is very talented. Can you tell me what these talents that he is talking about are?"

"Oh, he knows how to…sing? Oh my gosh I am sorry I haven't read a single thing. We had cheerleading practice yesterday and that drained my energy. If only I wasn't so tired I might have answered the question but…"

"Take your seat."

"How about we ask Mr. Cullen."

Oh please, do good. I turned to look at him.

"What are Rizal's talents?"

He scratched his head and stood up. He looked at me then he looked away. He is not answering! C'mon you know that. We've talked about that yesterday.

"Mr. Cullen I am asking you a question. You are supposed to answer."

"This dude is multi lingual. He knows many languages. He is a doctor, a painter a writer and a traveler. He is one clever dude" he answered. He did it. I smiled widely still looking at him. He looked at me again and caught me smiling.

"One more thing, he is also popular with girls. He must have been a pretty boy." The class snickered and our professor looked really pleased.

"That's right Mr. Cullen. I'm impressed. You may take your seat."

Our professor continued calling out names. Our class ended. We began fixing our things for our Music class. I approached Edward and congratulated him.

"That was nothing" he said as we make our way to Music room.

"Still, you were able to recite. That is so nice."

"You're lucky the question was easy and I was able to remember the answer. It was just luck Bella you should not be overjoyed."

"Well it's the first time I heard you participate."

"Whatever."

We went separate ways as we each took our seats. Lauren sat beside me which surprised me.

"You and Edward are close now?" she hissed.

"No we are not." Looks like I know where this talk is going.

"Then stay away from him. I don't like seeing you talking to him or walking with him."

"What is it to me?" I pushed her farther, Lauren has poor temper.

"I'm acting kind here Bella. If you are really smart, you know better than disobey me."

"Lauren, go back to your seat. I'm not affected with the things that you are saying."

"Consider yourself warned then."

That girl is weird. She's angry because she saw me talking to Edward. She does not even have the right to be angry. Edward is not her boyfriend and he does not even pay attention to her. The lesson helped me forget the words Lauren said.

Our class ended and we have our free time. I am walking towards my locker when I tripped. It was not a simple trip that I can laugh about, I'm telling you I tripped big time. I did not notice there was oil spilled all over the floor up to my locker area. I tried standing up but my ankle hurts. I heard students laughing. I looked around and notice that there are indeed lots of students watching me. It's as if they have been waiting for me to trip. Lauren approached me and laughed even harder.

She planned it.

"Aww, you should have been more careful Bella. I told you, if you are smart enough you know better than to go against me."

I exert all my efforts to stand up not wanting them to see that I am in pain. I saw Edward watching the scene. He has two girls in his arms. I walked past Lauren and went straight to my locker. I unlocked it and then heavy books come falling on my head. My knees almost gave me away. The books fell to the floor with a loud thud and the students snickered even more. I heard them say how pathetic I am or how stupid I act.

"Did that hurt you? Oh my, I'm sorry if it shook your brain and made you all normal. I know you like being abnormal. Oops, that was rude not abnormal then, let's just say you like being special and I mean that in the most negative way possible."

That's it. I slammed my locker door and limped my way to Lauren.

"I am probably wasting my time talking to you and making you understand my point because we both know that your head has nothing inside but pure air; however, I've had enough. I am student council president and not to mention the leader of almost all the clubs in our school. I know our teachers really well, I even know our principal and the director. You are rest assured that this incident will definitely reach them."

She grabbed my wrist, "So you're finally living up to being the cry baby teacher's pet?"

"Since you guys think that I am a teacher's pet then I figured out okay I will be then."

"You are hiding behind the backs of the professors because you are too afraid to face us."

"No I'm not afraid of you. You're making laugh. It's just that I am not the type of person who will punish other students using my own hands, we have the disciplinary officer for that" I pushed her hands off my wrist, "I guess you'll spend more of your time in detention so you better say goodbye to your equally stupid friends because they might miss you for a while. Oh and if I am really lucky enough, you might also be out of your precious cheerleading club. That way you can read all night long and be able to answer simple questions that are being asked by our History professor." I smiled at her pale face.

"You're not going to do that" she whispered.

"Try me."

I turned my back at her and slowly walked my way to the staircase. I kept my face serious when I trip again and landed on my butt. Good thing there are no other students. My ankle is killing me. I tried standing up again but now I really can't. I massaged my ankle but the pain did not go away. My eyes started forming tears. I don't have high pain tolerance.

"Ouch…" I whimpered.

She's really going to detention. I thought of calling Alice or my other friends but my phone has run out of batteries. I can't yell for help because even if they hear it, I know students will just pretend that they did not hear anything.

"Tssskkk, now what do I do…"

"Why are you crying at the bottom of the staircase?"

I looked up and saw Edward sitting at the top level of the stairs.

"It's none of your business."

"I thought you're not like any other girl who would break down and cry because her classmates don't like her."

"I'm not really like that" I shouted as more tears came running down my cheek, "I'm crying because my ankle hurts badly. I can't stand up and I don't want to be here. My phone has no batteries and I don't know how to call Alice or my other friends to come and help me out."

"So crying is the solution then?"

"No but I don't know what to do."

He went down and sat beside me.

"Let me see your ankle" he said and I nodded a little.

"You have to go to the clinic."

"I know that but I can't because I can't even stand up. Can you lend me your phone?"

"No."

"Why not? I'll just call my friend for help."

"I am here why don't you just ask for my help?" I looked away from him. Why can't he just help me without me asking him to help.

"Will you really help me though?"

"You should try asking and you'll know if I will."

"You're really making my life difficult. Fine, help me."

"Say my name and add please."

"Tskkk, Edward please help me" I said reluctantly. I saw him smirked.

"For a person who is in pain and who needs help badly you are way too arrogant." He lifted me up and he began walking. Students are staring yet again and I kept my face serious. A couple of students were blocking the way because they are too busy chatting with each other when Edward shouted at them to move. I almost laugh at their faces.

"How much bread did you eat this morning?" he asked.

"2 loaves of bread."

"If feels like you had 4" he continued glancing at me.

"Shut up" I told him smilingly.

He kicked the clinic's door open and placed me on the bed. Our school doctor came and wrapped a bandage around my ankle.

"Bella, don't put too much weight on this foot okay? Maybe in 2 to 3 days your ankle will be fine."

"Thank you doctor."

"Don't thank me, your boyfriend was really kind to carry you here."

"He's not my..." I began when Edward cut me out.

"She was really heavy but she's already crying so I brought her here."

I looked at him and he just smiled at me.

"That's really nice. I hope you take good care of her. You two may go now."

"I'll bring you home."

"No, I've caused enough trouble for you. My ankle no longer hurts so I can just ride a cab on my way home. Thanks for helping."

"Okay then. I'll go ahead." He easily gives up.

He was out of the clinic and I started moving my legs when Edward came running back.

"Hey, I believe you now. That was a brave thing to do for a moment there I thought you're going to punch her."

"It entered my mind." He smirked and waved goodbye.

Edward left and I stayed a little bit longer inside the clinic. After several minutes, I stood up. The door burst open and Mike came running and he enveloped me into a tight hug.

"Sorry, Bella I wasn't there to help you. I can't believe that girl can do this. Are you okay? Does your ankle still hurt? What can I do?" he asked.

"Ummm, Mike I'm really fine now. In fact I'm about to go home."

"I'll take you home."

"No, I'm really fine Mike. You still have club meetings right? I can manage."

He shook his head and hugged me again.

"I'll take you home. I won't allow you to get hurt ever again Bella. I'll carry you."

"No, I am fine. I can walk."

Mike helped out of the clinic still saying his apologies for not protecting me. I told you he's really kind, a true friend for me. On our way out of the school we bumped into Emmett.

"Hey Bella. What happened?" he asked.

"I tripped and I sprained my ankle."

"Oh be careful next time. Is he your boyfriend?"

"Hi I'm Mike. We are close but I am not yet her boyfriend" Mike suddenly answered. Did I just heard a "yet". Not yet my boyfriend?

"Mike, stop it" I said.

"Nice meeting you Mike. Have a good rest Bella. I'll see you around."

"Yeah bye."

EPOV

I left Bella and I began searching for Lauren. My phone rang, Stef is calling. I paused for while trying to remember who this chick is. I give up, I can't remember her.

"Hello?"

"I'm sorry I can't meet you today. I have something important to do. Of course I remember you. Yeah, okay bye."

I saw Lauren with her friends eating at the cafeteria. I grabbed her wrist forcefully and dragged her in a secluded area.

"Wow, hi Edward. I knew you're interested in me."

I slammed her back on the wall and gripped her shoulders tightly.

"Ouch! What are you doing?"

"Do that again and I'll do something bad that you won't forget your entire life."

"What are you talking about?"

"You know what I am talking about."

"Is this about Bella?"

"She sprained her ankle and it's because of your stupid prank. You're lucky it was just her ankle if something worse happened I'll get back on you."

I released her and left her crying at the corridor. Too much drama.

I saw Emmett and we went together to our place. Tanya and Rosalie are already there painting their nails. Emmett grabbed the ball and began dribbling.

"Emmett if that ball touches my instruments you are so dead."

"I know man. Oh hey I saw Bella earlier, she sprained her ankle."

"Yeah, she already saw the doctor to have it checked."

"Good thing Mike was helping her out. I think that dude likes her. I asked if he's her boyfriend and then he answered not yet" Emmett chuckled. The ball slipped his hand and it landed on my drum set but I my brain was too occupied that I didn't even had time to be angry about the ball.

"Dude, sorry it won't happen again" he immediately apologized

"What did you just say?" I asked immediately my voice slightly rising.

"It won't happen again. Your drums are fine though."

I stood up and faced him, "What did you just say about the Mike thing?"

"Well that Mike took Bella home and I guess he has a thing for her."

I resumed my position on the sofa and turned the television on. I increased the volume and began changing channels.

"Hey, have mercy on the remote control. You're pressing it too hard" Tanya said.

"Why are you so pissed anyway?" Rosalie asked.

I threw the remote but I think Emmett caught it.

"Because she was supposed to go home alone! That guy should not have accompanied her!"

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Author's Note: *Jealousy Alert* Longest chapter for the story so far. Edward's showing some feelings. What is your favorite scene from this chapter? As for me it's when Bella asked for Edward's phone and he said no and then he said that he's there so she should just ask for his help. I like that. Oh and the last line that Edward said. 100% jealous.

And I would like to tell you guys something because today is a very special day, for me at least. It's my birthday! Wooohooo let's party… Thank you for the support!!!

lordoftheringergottwilighted you are so sweet, I am still looking for that cute guy so tell cupid to relax a bit, you take care.