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Chapter 7
BPOV
I was very surprised to see Emmett and I wasn't really sure what to say to him especially after the strange looks he had been giving me at lunch the last few days.
"So… any particular reason you're here at this time in the morning" Emmett paused "and with an extra coffee? Hmmmm maybe your waiting for… Oh I don't know…. Say Edward?" he had a huge smirk on his face.
"Um, yeah I guess I am" I could feel my blush. Great
"I see, so Bella what are your intentions with my brother?" He chuckled. I could tell that he was just trying to be playful and tease me but I didn't feel completely comfortable mostly just because of the subject we were discussing.
"Well, um we're friends?" and we were I couldn't deny that after the last week we have spent together. Did I want it to be more than friends? Well, my heart said yes but the rest of me was a lot more hesitant.
"Oh just friends?" I nodded and blushed again. "Do you look at all your friends the way you look at Edward then?" he said as he grabbed the extra coffee and took a drink from it. Just then I looked up to see Edward walking over to us. Of course I couldn't keep the smile off my face which only led Emmett to give me another smirk.
Unfortunately we didn't get any time to be alone because Jasper and Mr. Greene also showed up and Mr. Greene needed to talk with Edward about something and they went to his office. Soon after they left Emmett and Jasper did too.
In Biology Alice said hi to me and she looked like she wanted to keep talking but the bell had just rang and she didn't have time to say anything else as Mr. Banner started class.
I was looking forward to seeing Edward at lunch and I walked quickly to my locker. For the second time today I heard someone walking over to me, expecting it to be Edward only to find it was someone else.
"Hi Bella! Would you like to have lunch with me and Rosalie today?" Alice asked excitedly. I was not expecting that one but she seemed like she genuinely wanted me to sit with her.
"Oh thank you so much for asking me but I already told Edward that I would have lunch with him." I was really shocked that she had asked but it was really nice at the same time.
"I thought that would be the case, so how about if the four of us eat together?" Alice asked without missing a beat. I didn't get a chance to answer before Rosalie came around the corner smiling at us.
"So has Alice convinced you to have lunch with us yet?" She asked brightly. Again I didn't get a chance to answer as Alice spoke up.
"You will, won't you Bella?" How could I say no to that especially if Edward would be there. And they were probably missing their time with him and I didn't feel right keeping him away from his friends.
"Yes, I will but I should probably wait for Edward and let him know, I can meet you there?" "Don't worry about Edward, he will find us" Rosalie said while grabbing my hand and pulling me towards the cafeteria.
"Okay" what else could I say really. I would have rather waited but she was right I am sure he would be able to find us.
"So Bella I hope you don't mind us barging in on your lunch but we really just wanted a chance to get to know you and Edward would have just kept hogging you if we didn't step in." Alice said and gave me a smile.
"No, not at all, I think that it's nice that you wanted to get to know me, not a lot of people do, and I'm sure you've missed having Edward around."
"Trust me Bella, this has nothing to do with Edward, I am really hoping that we can become friends." Alice said very sincerely.
"I really want to become friends too Bella." Rosalie added on. "Thank you, I would really like that." I said and I meant it. They seemed so nice and while it is great, well more than great that I have Edward having some girlfriends to talk to would be nice and I didn't realize that I missed that as much as I did.
But then there was the other side of me that told me to be careful and remember what happened last time I trusted someone. I tried to block the memories of Jessica out so I could enjoy this time. After all I made up my mind to let Edward in and there's no turning back now and it is clear that both Alice and Rosalie are important to him.
"Tell us about yourself' Rosalie said. "There's not much to tell." And there wasn't. I didn't have much of a life the last couple years and I didn't want to talk about anything before that.
Just then Alice called "Edward", I looked over to where he was standing and staring at us with a look of confusion and maybe even slightly anxious? But as soon as I smiled at him he gave me one of those heartbreaking crooked smiles.
Heartbreaking smiles I thought. Ah oh I'm in trouble. He then walked over to the table and sat down next to me. "Hi" he said as he reached out, grabbed my hand and squeezed it. He held on for a few more moments. Oh yeah definitely in trouble I thought as my heart almost leapt out of my chest.
The hour went by pretty quickly. Alice did most of the talking, and kept asking me questions. Edward was pretty quite, he just seemed to watch and listen to the girls. Right before the bell rang Mr. Greene found me and asked to have a word with me. I said goodbye to the table and left.
"Miss Swan, can you come by my office today after school? I have someone for you to meet for the tutoring program. It shouldn't take too long, I just wanted to go over the rules and have you meet the person you are assigned to work with."
"Sure, I'll be there." I said luckily I didn't have any other plans. "Thank you Miss Swan, see you then."
I didn't see Edward for the rest of the day and I was a little disappointed I didn't get any time alone with him before the weekend, but at the same time I was glad that Alice and Rosalie had wanted to meet me. The final bell rang and I headed for Mr. Greene's office.
EPOV
I just stood there and stared but when Bella gave me a big smile I instantly felt better. I'm not sure why I did it but I took her hand when I sat down next to her. It felt like it belonged there and I didn't want to let go but I did because I thought my heart was going to leap out from my chest.
I mostly just listened as Alice, Rosalie and Bella as they talked. Near the end of lunch Mr. Greene came over for the second time today to interrupt us and asked to speak to
Bella. And I lost my chance to walk her to her next class, but at least I could get Alice alone and find out what was going on.
As the bell rang Rose got up and I grabbed Alice's arm to keep her from leaving.
"Alice, do you mind telling me what that was all about?"
"Well Edward, maybe if you would have returned my calls or stopped avoiding me all week I could have just asked you about Bella, but you didn't. So I decided to find out about her for myself." I frowned
Alice continued on "it's not that big of a deal. I mean I'm sure we would have met her at some point anyway. I just took matters into my own hands." She said with a sly smile.
"And by the way, I really do like her." She turned and walked off to class.
"So do I" I said to myself. I couldn't wait for the end of school. I walked straight to Bella's truck and waited. Minutes went by and the parking lot was almost empty. She still hadn't come out yet. It had been 35 minutes since school ended and I really had to go to the bathroom. Maybe I should go in and look for her, but I knew the minute I did she would come out and I would miss her. Another 10 minutes went by and I couldn't wait any more. I quickly ran to the front door of the school, went in the nearest restroom and ran back to the parking lot. It couldn't have taken more than 2 minutes at the most but sure enough I got there just in time to see her truck pulling out onto the street.
Okay today officially sucks!
BPOV
As I walked into the office, Mrs. Cope told me to have a seat that Mr. Greene was running a few minutes late. As I waited I noticed there were 2 other tutors waiting also. One of them was Angela Weber. She was pretty shy too so of course we didn't say anything. The other one was Ben Cheney and I noticed that he kept staring at Angela out of the corner of his eye.
Mr. Greene arrived at that point and gave us the introductory speech and then led us to the classroom that we would be using. He assigned us partners and told us to get to know each other.
"Hi, I'm Jason." "Hi Jason, I'm Bella. So which class are you having the most trouble in?" I asked.
"Mostly in Algebra and some in English lit." "So you're a sophomore then?" I asked remembering I took those classes when I was in that grade.
"Yes I am" he said. "Okay why don't we start by meeting on Tuesdays and Thursdays after school?" I suggested.
"Yeah that sounds good for now, but when basketball season starts I might need to re-arrange a few things depending on practice times."
"Oh you play basketball?" I asked. Duh Bella he just said he did. "Yeah, I am hoping that I am good enough to make varsity this year." He said
"You must be pretty good then if you think you can make varsity when you're only a sophomore."
"I am, my brother used to play and he gave me a lot of pointers." Just then Mr. Greene came back in to the room. "Okay if you have set up your schedules you can go now."
"Well it was nice meeting you" I said to Jason. "Nice meeting you, and thanks for your help, I really appreciate it." "No problem, see you Tuesday" as I was walking out the door I heard Mr. Greene say "Mr. Newton, I hope this works out for you, because there will be no basketball unless those grades come up." I froze.