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Chapter 9 - I Finally Found You

BPOV

I turn down the next hallway, drifting behind the mass of girls being led by Headmaster Cid through our first stop on the grand tour of Drau Mir Garden - the math building. So far this whole 'tour' thing was pretty boring and I wasn't paying much attention. I will have plenty of time to figure out the layout of this place later, so I don't care that I'm blowing it off right now.

Rosalie and Alice were walking ahead of me, giggling over what happened with those 2 boys in the gym. "I cant believe they actually attempted to pelt us with paint balloons! The nerve of them." I overheard Alice state. "I should've shot one of their hands off! THEN maybe they would've learned their lesson."

Rosalie giggles at her outrageous statement. I hadn't even realized what I was doing when I threw that dagger at the balloon in one of the Drau Mir student's hands. I had heard girls behind me screaming and when I saw Alice point her gun I just reacted and grabbed a dagger, throwing it in the direction she was aimed at. I'm lucky I didn't injure somebody.

And then there was that guy who caught my attention. I felt like such a dumbass staring at him but I couldn't help myself. He looked SO familiar it was driving me crazy! Even at this very moment. Hopefully I would see him sooner rather than later to figure out who he was. It probably won't be what I'm expecting, but I have to know.

I continue to quietly stroll behind Alice and Rosalie while staring at the floor, drifting in and out of their conversation. "Right Bella?" I quickly look up in the direction my name came from. "Huh" I say confused.

"I was saying, good thing you threw a dagger or Alice probably would've shot the other guys hand off." reiterated Rosalie. "Oh…uh yea. Right." I respond with a monotone voice. They both stopped walking and turned to stare at me. I came to a halt.

"What?" I ask. Obviously they had realized my focus was on something completely different from what they were talking about or even the tour, which I think had left us. "Bella…" started Alice. I raised my hand to cut her off before she could finish her statement.

"I'm fine you two, really. I just have a lot on my mind right now. That's all. " I crack a meek smile in a last attempt to make it appear that I am ok but it doesn't have any affect on my two friends. "Bella" says Alice again. I sigh in defeat.

"Fine. I can't stop thinking about that guy in the gym. He looked so familiar. He reminded me of-"

"Edward" finished Rosalie. I nod. Alice hops over to a desk positioned to the side in the hallway and jumps on top of it. She turns to face both of us and points at me. "Well, I believe we have a mission on our hands ladies! Objective: discover the identity of the mysterious man from the gym that is plaguing our dear Bella's mind and has turned her into a clueless-robot answering-girl. Deadline: Before we are discovered missing by Headmistress Nel!"

Rosalie and I laugh out loud at her outburst, but we come to attention as if she is our commanding officer and we our her soldiers preparing to embark into battle. "Do you accept?"

"Yes ma'am!" we answer as we salute her. "Good…then lets move out!" Alice orders. She then jumps off the desk and sprints down the hallway, me and Rosalie right on her heels.

EPOV

I shove Emmett and Tyler into the showers without even giving them time to undress. It would take up way too much time and I don't have much of it. Who knows how far Headmaster Cid has gotten with the tour. They could be anywhere.

"Hurry up you two!" I shout urgently from the door. "Ok Ok! Be patient Edward geez. This is a lot of paint and its taking a lot of scrubbing to even get a tiny bit off." replies Emmett with irritation from behind the shower curtain. "Yea this paint wasn't cheap so it's going to be a few minutes" adds Tyler.

"You two shouldn't have even attempted this stunt in the first place." lectures Jasper. "Everyone knows when you two plan something, it goes wrong or you get caught. And this time BOTH of them happened." I chuckle at Jazz's explanation. He is right though. Tyler and Emmett equal automatic failure.

Then a bar of soap flies over the curtain and knocks Jasper on the head, bouncing off and ricocheting off the wall, landing on the slippery shower floor. "Ouch Emmett! What the fuck dude?!" growls Jasper as he rubs his head.

"Don't lecture me Jasper! I didn't think girls could aim that good. Especially those girls! They just looked like a bunch of goodie goods that probably couldn't stand to break a fingernail. I didn't know they were packing heat AND sharp objects. So lay off!" Jasper stands up and walks over to the bar of soap, picking it up. He then casually throws it back over the curtain wall, hitting something solid.

"Hey! Watch where you're aiming Jasper!" screams Tyler. "My bad!" Jasper says apologetically, trying to hold back a laugh. I just lean against the door, shaking my head impatiently. They did hit pretty dead on though. Who would've guessed that short girl Alice could aim like that. And Bella! Her aim was simply amazing. I wonder how long it took her to reach that level. Her arm was even in a sling. Simply unbelievable.

"Clean up! Clean up! Everybody do your share! " screeched Emmett. He is singing in the shower again.

Ugh I don't have time for this! I need to go find Bella!

"Will you two stooges hurry the hell up already! I've got somewhere to be!" I shout at them.

"Calm down Ed" says Jasper. "I already know where you plan on going. You're going to find those three girls from in the gym: Bella, Alice, and Rosalie. And I plan on going with you and I bet $10 Emmett will once he finds out we are going on a chick hunt. So just chill for a few more minutes."

Figures Jasper already knew my grand master plan. "Damn right!" adds Emmett as he pulls back the shower curtain and steps out…without a towel. "Ahh! My eyes!" cries Jasper as he throws his hands over his eyes. I quickly follow suit. I have NO desire to see Emmett lower extremities. "The horror! The horror!!" I scream sarcastically. I can hear Tyler laughing over the running water in his shower.

Emmett growls and storms off to his locker as Jasper and I collapse on the floor laughing uncontrollably. Moments later Emmett reappears, fully dressed thank God. I manage to catch my breath and sit up on the floor but Jasper is still laughing. He eventually stops when he notices Emmett reaching for his gun.

He jumps up and holds up his hands in protest. 'Woah Emmett! Chill dude. We don't want a repeat of last month." Long story short, Jasper pissed Emmett off while they were playing Call of Duty and Emmett decides to grab one of his guns and shoot at Jasper. They ended up running outside into the courtyard and destroying half of it with their little squabble. Jasper won but they both ended up in detention for 3 days.

"Emmett, put the gun up." I say calmly while trying not to laugh. He sighs but thankfully throws it back over his shoulder. "Lets go find our ladies!" booms Emmett, clapping his hands together. "Catch you later Tyler!"

"Ok!" he answers back. He still has paint in his hair so he was going to be here a while. We quickly exit the showers and turn toward the buildings where the core classes are held. This is where Headmaster ALWAYS starts his tours. He just switches up which building.

"Since when were they OUR girls Emmett?" I question as we jog toward the closest building. Jasper snickers beside me. Em glances over at me with a sly grin. "Since I said so smartass! Now lets hurry. I let Rosalie slip by without getting her number last time and I won't do it again!" I nod in agreement as we speed up toward the first stop on our search - the math building.

BPOV

"Where the hell are we Alice?" I ask. It looks like we have stumbled into some kind of training center. there are monsters roaming around everywhere. I've never seen anything like this place. In Forks we just went into the wilderness to do field training.

"Don't worry Bella. We aren't lost" responds Alice. "That means we are lost" comments Rose with a giggle. 'Does not!" shouts Alice. "Let's head to the dormitories." She walks off, not bothering to wait for a response from me or Rosalie. Her mind is made up.

'This is what happens when we let Alice lead." I whisper to Rose as we follow her out. We stroll down the hallway out of the training center and enter the main courtyard again. We walk around to the back of the center and spot the dormitories a little farther off. We jog over, trying to avoid being spotted from any windows from the neighboring buildings. We completely lost the tour group and don't want to risk being spotted.

"Dormitory A" reads off Alice as she pushes open the door. I follow her in with Rosalie behind me. Alice continues walking down one hallway and Rosalie down another. Instead of going down the third hall I walk over to the directory I spotted as we came in. Quickly skimming over the layout, I see that there are 3 floors.

"Hey girls, over here" I call to Alice and Rosalie. They come up behind me in seconds. They weren't very far down either hallway. "Yea Bella." says Rosalie. I look over my good shoulder at them. "There are 3 floors in this building so we should split up. I'll talk this one. Alice you take 2nd. Rosalie you take 3rd. Meet back here in the lobby in 30minutes ok."

Rose and Alice nod before running up the stairs. I take a deep breath and start down the first hallway to my right. This is going to take a while. And he may not even be here…

EPOV

Panting, I lean against the wall on the top floor of M building. Jasper pops out of the room beside me and Emmett from another down the hall. 'They aren't anywhere in the building dude." says Jasper, out of breath. I groan.

"Well what now?" asks Emmett. "They could be anywhere now." I pause for a moment to think. Where would Headmaster take them? Shit! They really could be anywhere. "Ok guys we need to split up. Jasper, check the training facility. Emmett check the other two class buildings. I will go to the dormitories. We will meet up in front of the auditorium. Have your phones on so we can communicate through text."

Jasper and Emmett nod and sprint off toward their destinations. I turn and jog off toward the dormitories. As I get closer to the door, I see that it is open. "I didn't leave this door open when I left earlier…" I mutter out loud to myself. Intruders?

I slowly creep down the entrance hallway until I reach the lobby. "Nothing appears to be missing. Better scout the area just incase. We have been having small robberies lately." I pull my Levantine out of the strap on my back and continue inching down a hallway to my right, a tad more alert.

"Eek!" I hear a voice squeal from around the corner. That voice was too high to be a guys voice. So the intruder was a girl this time? Good thing my room is on the 3rd floor at least. I push myself up against the left wall and slide closer and closer to the corner, gripping the handle on my Levantine even tighter than before.

In seconds, I reach the corner and take a deep breath before spinning around, hoisting my Levantine up ready to strike down or block any attack that may be waiting for me. But no one is there.

Well I feel dumb…

Then I hear I noise that sounds like something sharp being drawn. A dagger?

BPOV

What was that? I just heard something that sounded like a big object, maybe a sword being swung. I quickly pull out my dagger and dash up to the side of the door and lay myself against it, quickly assessing the situation. Headmistress Nel always taught us to be ready and alert, even when in friendly territory. Circumstances can change at any moment. Is somebody stalking me or something? I know it isn't Rosalie or Alice. I can still hear them above me.

I flip my dagger into a defensive position in my left hand. "I could really use my other hand right now…" I whisper softly to myself as I glance down at my right arm in a sling. "Only three more days though." I add with a sigh. I take a huge breath and hold it in, hoping that I have enough air so I won't have to breath until I can tell how far away my 'stalker' is.

Then I hear it. Footsteps. Heavy ones. Too heavy to be another girl, especially one from our academy.

So it is a man?

I have to strike before he does. I plan on asking the questions here. I slowly let out the air I have cooped inside my chest and take a breath before swing around the wall into the hallway. At the same time, I see a sword coming up toward me and I quickly put my dagger in between me and the incoming blade, buying myself enough time to jump back, putting a good distance between me and the wielder of the sword.

Adrenaline rushing through me, I looked up to see the face of the mysterious figure who is supposedly stalking me. The mysterious figure who swung a sword at me. The mysterious figure, who just so happens to be the same guy from the gym. The guy who caught my eye and had crazy thoughts overflowing my brain. The guy who turned out to be who I thought he reminded me off when I saw him moments earlier.

The guy who saved my life days ago. Edward Cullen.

EPOV

As the heat of a possible attack is flowing through me, I quickly catch my breath and adjust my stance to get a clear look at my attacker. It wasn't who I expected. The girl from the clothing store who looked absolutely stunning in blue. The girl who I saved from that terrible car accident. The girl who didn't recognize me in the gym. Bella.

My eyes widen in surprise as I take in her appearance. She is standing in some sort of defensive stance, dagger out and ready. Her right arm is still in a sling, which is no surprise. She is giving me that same stare again, except this time it is a tad different. She remembers me.

I drop my sword and it falls to the ground, barely making a sound as it lands on the soft carpet. I open my mouth in an attempt to speak but I am at a lost of words. Is this a dream?

"Edward…" she whispers out softly. I nod. Yes I am Edward. The guy who saved you. The guy you probably thought you would never see again. Blinking a few times, I manage to piece together enough words to form a sentence. "I can't believe you're a student at Grandier." I mumble out.

"And you at Drau Mir." she responds softly. Slowly, she slips her dagger back into her belt and readjusts her posture. She appears more casual and relaxed now. I pick up my sword and throw it back over my shoulder before slowly walking toward her. She approaches me also.

"What were you doing in Forks?" she asks. "You live hours away from there." I just shrug and flash a light smile. "I needed to get away from here for a few days with my brothers before our new classmates, aka you guys, arrived." She continues to stare at me questioningly.

"And you pick there out of all places to go?" she says raising an eyebrow at me. I nod. "My parents went there a few years ago and said it was peaceful. But I wouldn't call my trip exactly peaceful." I answer with a small laugh. Being chased out of a shoe store and dragging a girl from a wrecked car wasn't the relaxing trip I had planned.

She smiles lightly at me. As she opens her mouth to say something, I hear footsteps quickly coming up behind us. Bella looks behind me and I turn to see the short girl known as Alice run around the corner, nearly colliding with the wall. She is breathing heavily, like she just ran a marathon.

"Thank God Bella I found you! Come quick! Their are these hideous monsters in the main courtyard attacking underclassmen. We have to go help!!" she yells frantically as she turns and runs back toward the lobby area.

I immediately grab Bella's hand and break out down the hall in the direction Alice disappeared without second thought.


Hope you guys enjoy this chapter! Yes i know Bella and Edward meeting was brief but there is more to come =] and it may take me a day or two longer to upload bc im working this weekend but ill get on it asap!