Previously… I couldn't shake the dream off though, no matter how hard I tried. I glanced at my clock. It was only 4 in the morning. I needed to talk to someone though and I knew who I needed to talk to. I grabbed my phone from my drawers and quickly dialed the number. I waited, hardly breathing, for them to pick up the phone. It seemed to go on forever. Just when I was about to hang up they answered. 'Hello?' A confused voice mumbled.
(Bella's POV)
I breathed in. 'Rosalie,' I whispered. 'Bella?' I nodded, then I realised she couldn't see me, 'Yes,' I muttered.
'Are you ok? Where are you?' She asked hastily.
'I'm fine. I'm safe. That's all you need to know,' I responded.
'But where are you?' she said.
'I'm- I can't tell you. I'm sorry,'
'Why?'
'Because I can't,' I snapped.
She was silent.
'I'm sorry. I didn't mean to snap it's just-
'It's ok,' she interrupted, 'I know you wouldn't have left without a good reason.'
I felt tears well up in my eyes. I missed her so much. 'So is there any particular reason why your calling Jasper?'
'Yeah. Why didn't Jasper answer?' I asked.
'He's talking to Emmett. Those two have been really odd lately. They just shut themselves in a room and just talk for ages. Edward and Alice have tried to get them to tell us what they're talking about but they won't. We're starting to get worried,' she mumbled. I felt guilt rush through me. They wouldn't be doing that if I hadn't made them promise not to tell anyone.
'I think I know who they're talking about,' I admitted.
'Who?' she asked desperately.
'Me.' She was silent, clearing waiting for more.
'They've been calling me. Emmett found out where I was. I made them promise not to tell anyone including you, Alice and Edward. I'm sorry.
'Why wouldn't you want us to know?' she asked, obviously hurt.
'It wasn't anything personal. I really did want to tell you,' I assured her,' It's just I didn't want to be found and if I told you guys where I was it would make it easier for people to find me.'
'Why wouldn't you want anyone to find you?' she asked, confused. I didn't respond. I couldn't respond. I couldn't tell her about Jacob.
'It's him isn't it?' She said with hatred thick in her voice. 'I knew there was something weird going on once you stopped hanging around with us. You love your family more then anything. I told Emmett something was going on but he refused to believe it. So did Alice and Edward. They thought you were distancing yourself from them because you wanted to. I always knew there was something odd with him. You know after you left he came round demanding to know where you went. He was livid. We didn't understand why he was so angry with you for leaving. Upset we could understand- but angry? No it didn't make sense. Of course when I told Emmett he just brushed it off,' she rambled, 'I can't believe I didn't see it after everything I went through myself, I should have saw it,' She scolded herself.
I gasped. 'Rosalie don't you dare blame this on yourself,' I whispered angrily. She ignored me.
'When he comes back I'm gonna kill him,' She hissed, fiercely.
'Rosalie, please don't,' I begged.
'Do you realise what he's put you through- put all of us through. When Emmett finds out he's go-
I cut her off, 'Rosalie. Please. You can't tell Emmett. I don't want anyone to know,' I begged, 'Please.'
She was silent for a few seconds then 'Fine!' she said defeated.
'You can't tell Edward and Alice that I've spoken to you either,' I added.
'Ok,' she whispered. At least she understood. I heard other voices coming through the phone.
'Jasper's here. I'll put him on,' Rosalie said.
'Thanks,' I replied.
'I miss you,' she whispered sadly. 'I miss you too,' I responded before she handed Jasper his phone.
'Bella?' He asked, panicked.
'Jasper,' I whispered.
'What's wrong?' He asked urgently.
'Nothing's…wrong,' I responded.
'Then why are you calling?' He sounded confused. I couldn't blame him. I would be confused. What am I supposed to say? I had a bad dream and since I really like you I decided to call you. Yeah I don't think so.
'I don't know really. I just had a nightmare.' I responded.
'And what? I'm the first person you thought of? I'm touched.'
I giggled. 'Well who else was I supposed to call? If I phoned Emmett he would tease me endlessly.'
'That's true,' he agreed, 'So do you want to tell me about it?'
I shook my head, ' Not really. I don't want to think about it.'
'It must have been a really scary nightmare,' he stated.
'It was,' I whispered, picturing my dead, haunted eyes staring back at me.
'So what are you going to be doing today?' He asked, changing the subject.
I groaned, 'School, which will probably consist of Mike Newton finding another way to annoy me.'
'Who's Mike Newton?' Jasper asked. I was quite pleased to hear a slight hint of jealousy in his voice.
'He's an annoying guy who won't stop asking me on a date,' I repsonded, adding the 'date' part to try and make him more jealous. It worked.
'Have you-er-said yes to him?' He asked in a would-be-causal voice, but the jealous ring in his voice ruined it.
I giggled. 'Of course not. There's only one guy out there for me.'
'Really? And whose that?' He asked, clearly interested in my answer.
I quickly weighed up my options. I could just tell him a made up name- he wouldn't have to know the guy doesn't exist, I could avoid giving him an actual name or I could tell him that I like him and risk being rejected.
This is Jasper, I told myself, at least if he does reject me he'll be gentlemanly about it, I reasoned.
'Y-'
Jasper had cut me off, 'I'm really sorry Bella, but I have to go. I'll speak to you later ok? And you can tell me all about him then,' he said. I sighed. 'Ok, I miss you,' I whispered. 'I miss you to,' he responded softly before the phone went dead.
I looked at my phone for a few minutes before setting it back down.
I pulled my blankets around me tightly. I had come so close to telling him. I wondered what he had to do so bad he had to end our call. Not that it mattered. In a way I was grateful, this way I didn't have to deal with the rejection. But I was also annoyed that I had been so close to admitting to him how I felt.
I was also happy about speaking to Rosalie. I didn't have to worry about telling her now. I also didn't have to worry about her blabbing to Alice and to Edward. I don't know why but I always preferred Rosalie to both of them. Maybe it was because Alice was always energetic and making me do things I didn't want to do and Edward was, well always Edward. He always had to have everything to perfection, he was really stubborn as well, which was rather annoying.
Whereas Rosalie has always been more layed back. She would never make me do anything I didn't want to, like when they were playing 'barbie Bella' it was also Alice who took it to far, Rosalie was the one who tried to stop Alice from going overboard with everything. Well whatever reason it was for liking Rosalie more, it was a good thing, since she is going out with Emmett.
I glanced at the clock. It was now 6am. A decent time to be getting up and getting ready for school. I took a quick shower, not bothering to wash my hair since I already did that last night. I decided to wear a black dress, that stopped just above my knee, with my black flats. I straightened my hair and curled a few pieces. I only put on a minimum amount of mascara, black eyeliner and lip gloss on, wanting to go for a more natural look.
I went downstairs quickly, grabbed an apple and got into my silver BMW convertible. I managed to get to school earlier then usual and I prayed that Mike wouldn't be here yet. My prayers weren't answered as he managed to reach me just before I sat down with Angela, Ben and Connor (Leanne and Becky weren't here yet).
'Bella your early,' he stated. I gave him the 'duh' look before responding, 'Yeah I guess I am.'
'How was your weekend?' He asked. 'Fine' I replied.
'It would have been even better if you would have gone out with me,' he said while winking. 'I doubt it,' I said. 'Would you move Mike? I want to go see my friends,' I asked. He looked crestfallen but moved out of my way nonetheless.
In disbelief I walked past him over to the table. If he leaves me alone when I ask him, maybe I should ask him more often. 'So you managed to escape?' Angela asked. I nodded. 'How?' Ben asked, curiously.
'I didn't really speak to him,' I replied, 'When he asked a question I gave an answer he couldn't reply to. In the end I just asked him to move and he did.'
We just chatted about the upcoming holidays while we waited for the bell to ring. Leanne joined us just after I had finished explaining about Mike and Becky had come shortly after that. The bell rang, signalling that everyone needed to go to their lessons, so we grudgingly started to walk to the building.
We were walking past the car park, when I noticed a car I had never seen here before. 'Who's cars that?' I asked them. Becky and Leanne just shrugged, while Angela and Ben looked confused. Connor was the one to actually respond, 'I guess it's the new guys,' he said nonchalantly. I stared at the car for a few more seconds. It seemed familiar somehow. Angela and Ben had stopped a few paces in front of me, realising that I hadn't been walking. 'You coming Bella?' Ben asked. I turned my head away from the car and followed them into the building.
Me and Angela walked into our Science class, taking our seats near the front of the class. We got out our things while the teacher set up. Mike turned around in his seat to stare at me but I pretended not to notice. He turned back around once the teacher cleared his throat.
'Today we will be looking at atomic struc-' he was cut off by a late arrival. They walked up to the teacher and handed him a slip. The teacher turned towards the class. 'Looks like we have a new student.'
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