A/N:I own nothing, unfortunately.

Chapter 9:The Butterfly

It had been 2 days since the incident with Damien. We were starting school today, and guess who else was. Damien. I wanted to spit nails. The night before Kate and Alice were debating on who should do my hair and what I should wear.

"I say the skinny jeans and the tank top with the white sweater," said Kate.

"It wouldn't flatter her," argued Alice. "I say the leggings and the..." I didn't catch what Alice said. I quietly slipped out of the room, going unnoticed by both Alice and Kate. I floated down the stairs. The house was quiet. Emmett and Jasper were hunting with Carlisle and Eleazar. Esme was planning out Rose and Emmett's party with Rose, Irina, and Tanya. Edward was somewhere with his spawn of Satan friend. I heard music coming from a room down the hall from me. I tiptoed up to the door and peeked inside. Edward was playing his piano. I listened. The music was so soothing. I felt someone put their head on my shoulder and whisper in my ear.

"Spying on Edward, are we?" I raised my fist calmly and punched it backward into Damien's face.

"Will you just leave me alone? I don't want to talk to you or look at your disgusting face." I said. I started walking away. He grabbed my arm.

"I'm not finished." He said, threateningly. I turned and glared lividly into his eyes.

"Well I am." I spat in his face. He raised his hand and slapped me. I whipped my head back around and kneed him in the groin. "Keep your hands off of me!"

"What the hell!" Edward had stopped playing and was now standing over Damien. "Bella, what is going on!?" I looked up at him with tears in my eyes.

"Ask your friend. He'll tell you ALL about our happy times together!" My voice was dripping with sarcasm. I wiped my tears away with the back of my hand and ran upstairs.

"Bella! Wait!" Edward called. I didn't stop. I went straight to Alice's room. Rosalie, Irina, and Tanya had been in there as well as Alice and Kate. Irina saw my tears and immediately started.

"What did he do? Did he hurt you? I swear to God if he did-" She ranted.

"Irina. Stop. He didn't hurt me. Well, he slapped me, but I kneed him in his tiny dick." Tanya and Kate sat on both sides of me and comforted me while Irina continued to rant.

"Bella, I don't get it. Why do you and Damien hate each other?" That was the first time I heard Rosalie speak more then three words to me. Ignoring my shock, I answered her in a shaky voice.

"I'm not ready to talk about it openly. My family knows what happened. They can tell you, but they won't. They say that it's my business to tell, not theirs. They respect my privacy, even though I told them it was ok to tell people." Rose nodded. Someone knocked on the door.

"Alice?" It was Edward. "Is Bella in there?" Alice opened the door and attempted to block Edward from coming in, but her petite figure was no match for him. He stormed in and stared at me in shock.

"Bella, what is wrong with you? The first day you meet Damien you attack him, then it happened again just now." I turned to face him.

"Well, it seems like your little friend either didn't tell you or lied to you. I have met Damien before. And trust me, you don't want to know what happened between us. I wouldn't want to ruin your little friendship with the little cretin." I turned and sat on the windowsill. The sun was just coming up. A streak of light fell on my cheek, sending little rainbows everywhere. Edward took a step toward me. I held up my hand.

"No," I said, "I'm not gonna talk about it. I'll say it again. Ask Damien. And demand the truth. Or just read his mind." I walked over to Alice and Kate, wanting to end this conversation.

"So, what are you two dressing me in today?" I asked Kate.

"Umm, come on. We'll do your makeup and hair in the bathroom," she said hesitantly. Alice grabbed an arm and Kate grabbed another. I didn't even realize Rosalie had tagged along until the door was shut. I looked at Alice confused.

"Kate's gonna do your makeup, while Rose and I work on your hair," she said. I sighed.

"Why is it always Barbie Bella? Kate, Irina, and Tanya do the exact same thing to me at home." Kate looked at me. I chuckled. When they were finished, I stood up, not bothering to look in the mirror. I walked out of the bathroom and into Alice's room. Tanya was leaning against the door, while Irina was nowhere to be found. I grabbed my bag.

"Where's Irina?"

"Guarding the door," she said nonchalantly. I gave her a confused look. "Edward and Damien have been trying to get in here for the past 10 minutes. I sent Irina out there, and she scared them off." Irina came in the door.

"The guys left 5 minutes ago. They'll meet us at school." Irina said, looking me up and down. "Ok, who played Barbie Bella today?" Rose, Alice, and Kate raised their hands proudly.

I sighed. "Why? Do I look like a complete idiot?" I asked. Irina shook her head.

"No. You look amazing." She said in awe. I didn't bother looking in the mirror. I grabbed my keys off the dresser.

"So who's riding with who?" I asked twirling my keys around my finger. They all shrugged. I rolled my eyes. "Fine. Irina and Kate, in my truck. Alice and Tanya with Rose. Let's go." I zipped downstairs to my truck and started it. The engine roared to life as Irina and Kate squeezed in. Kate looked at me.

"Ugh. Can I just ride in the back?" Kate whined.

"Fine with me." I said. She got out and hopped into the back. We set off for the school with me following Rose's obnoxiously red car. After about 10 minutes, we pulled up to a bunch of brick buildings with a big sign out front: "Welcome to Forks High School- Home of the Spartans". I pulled into the lot behind Rosalie and parked next to her. I turned the ignition and pulled the key out. I got out and saw a couple of people staring. Kate stood up and hopped out of the truck landing lightly and on her toes in her stilettos. I rolled my eyes and grabbed my bag from the truck. Irina came around.

"So, this is it, huh?" I said looking around. Alice bounced over to us with Rosalie strutting right behind her.

"Yup. You will love it here." Rose and Alice led us to the office where we got our schedules. Alice snatched the paper out of my hand before I could read it. I grabbed it back.

"I have Biology, a Free, Gym, AP French, AP English, Art, Trig, and then European History." I told her.

"I'm in Gym and History with you." Rose told me. She was beginning to warm up to me.

"Awesome. Anyone else have class with me?" I asked.

We figured out that I didn't have my first two periods with anyone I knew. Bummer. Rose had Gym and History with me. Irina took AP French and English with me. Kate was in my French and History classes. Tanya had French and Art. Alice declared me her English and Trig partner. Alice told me that Jasper was in my Gym and Art classes also. Emmett had Trig and History with me. I prayed that I wouldn't have Damien in any of my classes. I walked down the hall to Biology and strolled into the room. I went up to the teacher and handed him my paper.

"Oh, hello, Isabella," he said.

"Just Bella." I said.

"Very well. I only have one seat open so please make your self comfortable." He pointed to the only seat available. And that seat happened to be right next to Edward. Damn. At least it wasn't Damien. I walked tensely to my seat and dropped my bag on the floor. I took my first breath of Forks air. My eyes widened, and I put my hand over my mouth and nose. What was that intoxicating smell? It wasn't coming from any human in the room. They all smelled the same. I sat down and breathed again. It hit me like a brick wall. I turned my head toward Edward and breathed again. I clamped my hand over my mouth and nose. He smelled so good. I sat on the extreme edge of my seat trying to get as far away as possible. Come on, Bella. Pull yourself together. Don't fall for his charms. I barely made it through Biology. When the bell rang, I was up and out the door before anyone closed their books. I walked to my locker at a human pace. I nearly broke the lock on it trying to get it open. Rose and Irina's lockers were next to mine. Rose looked at me.

"What's wrong with you?" She asked.

"Guess who's in my Biology class." I said, slamming a book into my locker.

"Damien?" Irina asked, her voice seething.

"No. If he was, I would be in the principal's office right now." I said.

"Trying to get out of Biology?" Rose asked.

I shook my head. "No. For trying and succeeding in ripping his demon head off." I said casually. A frightened little freshman looked at me in shock. I chuckled and slammed my locker shut. I sat in the library for my free period. I occupied an empty table in back where no one could see me. I took my ipod out and set it to shuffle and closed my eyes. "Stay" by Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons started playing. I smiled. Throwback. I felt someone sit down across from me. I opened my eyes to see Edward sitting there. Coincidentally, the song ended only to be replaced by "I Won't Say I'm in Love" from Hercules. Is the ipod trying to tell me something? I hope not. I took one earphone out and looked at him.

"What?" I demanded.

"What was up with you in Biology? Did I do something?" He asked.

"Nothing. You smelled like Damien," I lied smoothly. He got a frustrated look on his face.

"Trying to read my mind again?" I asked. He nodded. "Still forgetting that I'm a shield." I grabbed my stuff and started packing my stuff. The bell rang and I headed off to the gymnasium. I met up with Rose outside and walked in with her. She led me to the locker room.

"Mine is number..." I looked down at the piece of paper I was given. "13."

"Mine's 14. Come on." She led me to the second row of lockers and went down about halfway. She stopped at 13 and 14. "You have to get your own lock since the school already provides one for your other locker. I have an extra so you can use it."

"Thanks." I said opening my locker. Surprisingly, it wasn't filled with garbage or anything.

"No problem." Rose said. She opened her locker and pulled out her extra lock.

"The combination is 5-13-31." I nodded. I pulled my gym clothes out of my bag and put the bag in my locker. I changed and put my clothes in the locker. I closed it and sat down on the bench to put on my socks and sneakers. The door to the locker room opened. High-pitched giggling followed. Rose sighed in disgust.

"The one downside to this row: the giggling band of sluts who accompany the lockers down the row. Exhibit A." Her eyes were pointedly staring at the 3 girls who had just entered the locker room. There was a taller bleach blonde tramp leading them. She was flanked by two other blondes. The one on the right had slightly darker hair and was about 3 inches shorter. The one on the left was only an inch shorter and looked like a daze of stupidity had washed over her. Think Karen from Mean Girls goes redhead. Their conversation flooded the entire room. I couldn't stand their voices. The alpha tramp looked me up and down, no doubt examining the new addition to her turf. She was probably checking if I was going to add to the competition even though with Rosalie around there was already enough competition. I rolled my eyes and turned back to Rosalie.

"Who's the alpha tramp with the bad highlights?" I asked casually. Rose snickered. Alpha Tramp must have heard me because she turned and tried to stare me down. I stared right back daring her to say something. She spoke up.

"Hey Rosalie. Who's the new girl?" she asked.

"This-"Rose started.

"I'm Bella." She raised her eyebrows at my accent. "And you are?"

"Lauren Mallory." She stuck her nose in the air. I rolled me eyes and turned back to tying my shoes. Apparently, she wasn't done with me because she cleared her throat in an annoyed way. I looked up at her.

"So, where'd you move from?" I glanced at Rose and smirked.

"A town." I said. Rose smirked. Lauren looked annoyed.

"Where?" She asked.

"In a country." I answered casually. Rosalie stifled a giggle. Lauren shot her a look.

"So, where'd the accent come from?" She asked.

"Well, since it wasn't obvious to you, I'll tell you. I was born in Ireland and lived in England until I was fourteen." I glanced back at the other two bimbos." So who are your Tramps-in-Training?" I asked. They had a shocked look on their faces. Rosalie let out a chuckle and closed her locker. I stood up and smirked at them. Rosalie led the way out. At the end of the row, I stopped turned and saluted them.

"Thank you. I'll be here all year." Rose grabbed my hand and led me out into the gym.

"Well that was entertaining." Rose said laughing as we entered the gym.

"What was entertaining?" A voice asked behind us. We turned around. Jasper had been waiting for us. Rose looked at me and smirked.

"Oh, nothing. Just making enemies on my first day. Fun times." I answered nonchalantly. Jasper smirked.

"So, who have we been alienating today?" he asked.

"Lauren Mallory and her two Tramps-in-Training." I answered. Jasper chuckled.

"Oh. Jessica and Katie." he said. I shrugged.

"So, which is which?" He pointed to the girl with the darker hair.

"Jessica Stanley." He said. He pointed to the redhead Karen. "And Katie Marshall. She's a sophomore, but they put her in junior classes. Why they don't just move her up a grade, I don't know." I smiled. We walked over to the benches and sat down as Coach Clapp explained what we were doing.

"Alright, alright, settle down. Today, we're going to be playing basketball." We were split up into 3 teams and rotated playing each other. Jasper and I were on the same team, and we sold the other team their asses on gold platters. After we were done, Rose and I started for the locker room. Jasper jogged over to us and high-fived me.

"I say we make a winning team," he said. I laughed.

"Yes, we do."

"I'll meet you guys out here. What d'you have next?"

"AP French." I answered. I looked at Rose.

"I have a free period." She said.

"Chemistry." He said, making a disgusted face. We giggled and headed off to our respective classes. My French teacher absolutely adored Tanya, Kate, Irina, and me. We spoke fluent French and had full conversations with Madame Ruchard. One girl in my class, Angela, walked over to me and introduced herself. She asked me if I wanted to sit with her and her friends at lunch.

"Maybe. If there's no room at my friend's table, sure." I replied politely. She smiled warmly and packed her things as the bell rang for lunch. I walked to my locker with Irina and got our books. We walked into the cafeteria and made our way over to where Alice, Rose, and Jasper were sitting.

"Emmett and Edward should be here in a few," Alice informed us. Tanya looked a tad bit uncomfortable but sat next to Jasper. Irina plopped down next to her. Kate and I sauntered over to the salad bar and each took a small portion of salad that we would just push around the plate and eventually throw out. As we were walking back to the table, Edward and Emmett walked in the door- with Damien right behind them. I made a sharp turn and walked over to Angela's table. She beamed at me when she saw me coming.

"Hey, Angela," I said. All of the teens looked up at me. I immediately recognized two of the tramps from gym class. Jessica and Lauren both gave me dirty looks.

"Hey, Bella," she replied politely.

"Is that invitation still open?" I asked. She nodded eagerly and proceeded to introduce me to her friends. Mike, Eric, Tyler, and Ben all sat staring at me. Lauren and Jessica kept to themselves. I looked over to the Cullens and my family. They were all looking at me flabbergasted. I turned my attention back to Angela who was in the middle of telling a funny story about her photography class. When she finished, she looked over to me and made a funny face.

"Um, Bella, is there any reason why Edward Cullen would be mad at you?" she asked.

"Not that I know of. Why?"

"Because he's coming over here and he staring sort of angrily at you," she informed me. Right after the words left her mouth, I felt a hand tap my shoulder lightly.

"Bella, can I talk to you?" he asked. I got up and took my things with me. He led me outside.

"Bella, what do you think you're doing?" he demanded.

"I was listening to a funny story about Angela's photography class when you rudely interrupted me," I said.

"Bella, you can't do that ever again. You have to sit with us. You could risk exposing us all."

"Like you're not doing that already." I shot back. I went to go back inside when he grabbed my arm.

"What is your problem? Why won't you sit with us?" he asked.

"One word: Damien."

He sighed. "Not this again. I'm really getting annoyed with this. All of your excuses are "Damien". What is wrong with him?"

"I told you to ask him." I walked to the door and was about to open it when he took my hand and turned me around. He lightly pushed me against the brick wall.

"I'm asking you," he said. He stared into my eyes. I looked away.

"He took something from me. Something that I didn't want him to take away. He took it by force." I slid from in front of him and opened the door to the cafeteria. I walked over to the table and leaned across it so I was in Damien's face.

"So are you gonna tell him?" I asked.

"Tell who what?" he asked all innocently.

"You know who and what I mean. I told him that you took something from me. You tell him the full truth. 'Cause I'm getting sick and tired of lying for his sake." I spat in his face and strut out of the cafeteria. As I left, I caught Edward's eyes for a split second and ran to my car as soon as the door to the cafeteria closed.

Another chapter, another round of drama. i'm really sorry i haven't been updating. i've been really busy. we just got done with our school play. now it's time for the dance show. i'll try to write and update any time i can. thank you all so much for sticking with me and not just dropping me. you're the best!