A/N: I finished another chapter, surprisingly. I have a lot of science homework this week. But, anyways, I'm disappointed in the reviews last chapter! I only got 3! Come on people! I have 24 people on alert, but not even one fourth of you will review? Well, here's the next chapter anyways. Just review better this time, okay?

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Bella's POV

I walked into homeroom a few minutes late. It wasn't entirely my fault, though. You see, I tripped earlier this morning, and apparently I cut my arm and it started to bleed, but I didn't know. So, someone comes up to me and starts freaking out. Then the yard supervisor person forces me to go to the nurse. So here I am with a huge band aid on my arm, walking to class late.

I gave the teacher my pass, and sulked into my seat.

The intercom beeped, and the announcements started. I tried to keep my attention on the speaker.

"Hello, Forks MS! I'm Mrs. McKemma, your activities director of the 2008-2009 school year! I will be doing announcements every day from now on, along with some 8th graders that were voted for at the end of last year! Let me welcome our Leadership Committee 08!

"I'm Emma McLauer, your Student Body President,"

"I'm Anna Mumphrey, your Vice President,"

"Jackie Mettema, your Spirit Leader!"

"Matt Vauler, your Student Council leader,"

"And Ashley Smith your ASB Advisor,"

"Okay, everyone, during the announcements each morning, we will, well, announce what is going on around school, like contests, dances, and other important days and events to remember. Simple enough, right?"

"Okay, here is Leadership Committee with the rest of the announcements,"

"Tomorrow, we will be having our first spirit rally of the year. Show your spirit by participating in events and games. Today in homeroom, you will be given your team color. One of the following: Teal, Red, Purple, or Green. These are not our school colors, just the colors of the teams. When you participate in spirit rallies, assemblies, and other school activities, you earn points for your team. At the end of the year, the winning team will get a pizza party during their 7th period class. So, make sure to show your spirit during the rally at lunch tomorrow!"

"Are you interested in being in Leadership Committee? Sign Ups for 7th grade are in the main office on the flyer board. Pick one up if you're interested. It's an after school club, from 3-4 o'clock. If you make it in, you get many benefits, such as front of the line passes, discounts off spirit items and PE necessities, and it also looks good on college applications."

"This year, PE requirements are: FMS PE shirt and shorts, a PE lock, and an activity manual. Sweatpants are optional. These can all be purchased in the student store. Keep in mind that the line will probably be long. That's why PE teachers have agreed to change the deadline to next Monday, allowing you a week to get the required items."

"The cheerleader coach, Ms. Emerson, has finally made the last cut. The full team has now been secured. The girls in the final cut are as following: Jessica Stanley, Tanya Denali, Lauren Mallory, Victoria Normad, Cora Sanders, Katie Ross, Melissa Harris, Mary Ramirez, Silver Sanchez, Sujeetha Singh, Alyssa Morgan, and Ember Mitchell. Congratulations to all of you, and let's hope we have a successful year!"

"On the topic of sports, volleyball tryouts will be next week. Tryouts will take place after school in the gym. To tryout for volleyball, or any other sport, you need the following: a medical safety form, a C or higher in all classes, and they need to stay that way for the remainder of the season, and a health form filled out by your doctor, stating that you are in good enough health to play. If you are interested, pick up a form on the flyer board in the main office."

"Okay, everyone, this is Mrs. McKemma, and your Leadership Council, wishing you a great day!"

And with that, the announcements finally ended.

Well, I know I'm definitely not trying out for volleyball. And I'm definitely not a cheerleader either. But, I do still need to get my PE stuff. The spirit rally sounds like it might be fun, though. And, the Leadership Committee sounds interesting. They give you front of the line passes, and it looks good on college applications? Sounds like a good deal to me.

"Okay, class. I just received an email that tells us our team color. We are the purple team, so wear some purple this Friday to get some points." the teacher said. Purple team, eh?

Shortly, the bell rang, and I went outside, leaning against the wall.

"Wait, what do you have next again?" Alice asked when she exited the classroom.

I pointed at the door.

"Oh. I have Theater. See ya, Bella!" she said, skipping off to theater.

"Hey, Bella,"

"Hey, Eddie!" I said, turning around and giving him a quick hug.

"Don't call me that. Ever."

I just giggled at him.

"So, that Leadership Committee sounds interesting," I said.

"It looks good for college, I guess. What do they even do?"

"I . . . don't know. We should pick up some flyers later."

He nodded. The door soon opened, and we walked in and went to our spots.

Dance went by pretty quickly. We didn't do much, except talk about the stuff we needed for dance. We pretty much just used our PE stuff for dance. Same thing in PE.

All we did in Woodshop was take the safety quiz. The teacher said that we could start our first project on Friday, but until then, the week focused on safety. Yay.

When lunch finally came, I went over to our table, to find Emmett and Rose both sitting next to each other looking awkward. I squeezed between Emmett and Edward, hoping to talk to Emmett briefly.

"So?" I asked him.

"Uhh . . . We talked. Kinda."

"What do you mean kinda?"

"We didn't do much . . . Talking,"

"What do you me-" I stopped and blushed when I realized what he meant. No wonder they were being all awkward.

"So, are you together?"

"Not officially."

"Ask her!"

"I'm kind of . . . Scared."

"Well, you do it, or I will,"

"Bella. I'm being serious."

I sighed. "Do it. Soon."

"I can't. I'm going to do something stupid. I can just feel it."

"Don't worry. You'll be fine."

"I wouldn't be so sure."

"You know what, I'm not so good at this guy stuff. Talk to Edward." I said, getting up and sitting back down by Alice.

"I'll be right back," Rose said as she headed for the bathroom.

"Okay, Emmett, talk." Alice said, as soon as Rose was out of earshot.

"I don't know what you're talking about," he said. Apparently he hadn't told Alice.

"Emmett, you suck at lying. I saw you guys outside yesterday."

"What do you want me to say?"

"Why you kissed her, if you really like her, and if you guys are going out now,"

"I kissed her because I really liked her and was really stupid, but now I'm glad I did. She told me she likes me too, she just wasn't so sure before I kissed her."

"So, are you together?" Alice asked jumping up and down.

"No, not officially. Can we stop with 20 questions now?"

"Fine. But you have to ask her! As soon as she gets back! Got it?"

"Damn, Alice you're worse than Bella!" he said throwing his hands in the air. I playfully hit him.

Rose came back to the table with a scowl on her face.

"Have I ever mentioned how much I hate Tanya!?" she exclaimed, putting her head down on the table.

"Once or twice," Edward said sarcastically.

"She said she was dating Jasper! Have you ever heard anything more ridiculous!? Jasper doesn't date! I even asked him once and he said that he was too young, and didn't want to go out with anyone!" Rose exclaimed.

I tried to lighten the conversation a bit.

"So, what do you guys think about that Leadership Committee thing?"

"Oh yeah, you mentioned that this morning. Do you want to get the flyers?" Edward asked.

I nodded.

"Ooh! I'll come!" Alice volunteered, "We'll be right back!"

We walked to the office and went to the board.

"It's the green one I think," Alice said, pointing to the highest one. I grabbed a few, and some extras to give to Jasper later or Angela or someone.

"It says they do projects, like movie posters and commercials," Alice said, "Sounds fun!"

"Yeah. Maybe we could all do it," Edward said.

I nodded.

When we got back to the table, Rose and Emmett were gone.

Alice furrowed her brows in confusion.

"Where'd they go?" I asked.

"Does it look like I know?" Alice asked.

"They probably went somewhere to make out," Edward said in disgust.

We went over the paper for the committee thing and decided that we all wanted to do it. We turned in the bottom part with our names and such.

Edward's POV

The bell rang for lunch, and I went to English, but Emmett wasn't there. I was expecting him to come late or something, but he never showed. Same in PE, he wasn't even there.

I went to history, and found Jasper fuming.

"Jazz, what's wrong?" I asked, trying to decipher his expression.

"Oh, nothing!" he said sarcastically, "I just found out that my sister was suspended for the rest of the day!"

"Why, what happened? Emmett's been gone too, since lunch."

"I don't know what happened. I just know that her and Emmett were suspended."

"What could they have possibly done?"

He shrugged.

"You don't think they got in a fight do you?"

"It seems like the only reasonable thing I can think of."

The teacher quieted us and began to drone on again about some stupid stuff no one cares about.

Science went quickly, and I soon found myself at the corner, waiting with Jasper and Alice for Bella to get out of class. We walked home quickly, and Bella came over to our house, curious to see what was up.

Bella's POV

We walked in to see Emmett doing chores in the kitchen, and Esme with a smug look on her face.

"Alice? Edward? Do you have any laundry for Emmett to do?" Esme asked.

We heard Emmett groan from the kitchen.

"Oh, sure! Emmett, I have a whole load of bras to wash!" Alice chirped.

Emmett groaned again. "Mom, please!"

"So, what did he do?" Edward asked, amused.

"He was sent home for PDA at school," Esme said, trying to hide a laugh.

"That's it? I thought there was a fight or something!" Edward exclaimed.

"Mom, can't you just ground me?" Emmett pleaded.

"No, Emmett, you're going to do some extra chores."

"Emmett, you missed a spot!" Alice said, pointing in a random direction. Emmett swung the broom at her, but he missed.

"I thought you had better aim than that!" Alice said, before heading upstairs.

"I'll leave you to . . . Family stuff," I said, opening the door and heading home.

I couldn't suppress a laugh when I got outside.

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A/N: So I probably won't update until next week. Maybe Sunday. I have a busy weekend. So, review people! And, cheerleaders, you'll have a bigger part later. Just wanted to introduce you all. This chapter wasn't as action filled, but there will be more in the future. Review!