Chapter 9

For some reason, I couldn't keep my mind from venturing back to Seth. After the failed fishing trip, my thoughts were completely Seth oriented. I wouldn't dare speak a word of this to anyone though. Amber would tell Sue and they would probably try to push us together. Kaitlyn would tell Leah, and I fear that their plan to get us together would be much worse than Amber's and Mrs. Clearwater's. Bella would tell her friend, Jacob, from the reservation, and he would tell Seth, then Seth would be totally disgusted and not even want to be friends anymore.

I took a deep breath and tried to calm my nerves. I was sitting in my English Literature class next to Bella. The teacher, Mr. Velez, was lecturing about Macbeth. Having already read Macbeth, I was already very bored. My sheet of paper for "note taking" was already covered with doodles and pictures.

Thank god that it was Friday. My weekend was completely free, so it looked like it would be just as boring as my week had been, but at least I wouldn't have to listen about Lady Macbeth's crazy ass. I was going to spend my weekend trying to get over my small Seth Obsession.

"What is your opinion on the matter of Banquo and Macbeth, Samantha?" I raised my head from my doodling. "Huh?" Mr. Velez was at the front of the classroom, glaring daggers at me. Apparently, he must've known that I wasn't really paying attention.

I looked around the classroom to see everyone staring at me. Dammit. I hated attention. I looked to see Mike, nearly laughing hysterically. God, I hated that kid. I hoped his eyes get plucked out by rabid squirrels. I looked to Bella who seemed to be mouthing the answer to me. I really wish I was better at reading lips. It would've come in handy.

"I was just wondering about your opinion with regard to Banquo and Macbeth's discussion after the death of the king," Mr. Velez repeated, with an evil smirk gracing his face. He was such an anal passage. The kid behind me was snoring, clearly not paying attention, but instead he decided to pick on me.

I looked at my notes, hoping that there was some kind of answer to my question. My eyes nearly bugged out of my head. I had unconsciously written Seth's name all over my paper. In the lower left hand corner, there was the inscription "Seth and Baby Doll 4 ever" with a heart around it. Oh my god!

I balled up the paper as I made up something to tell Mr. Velez. "Umm, the relationship between Banquo and Macbeth is an odd one. Macbeth is trying to kill Banquo because he is the only one that truly knows of his deeds. Also, Macbeth wishes for Banquo's son to be killed because the three witches prophesized that he would become king. However, Banquo is much smarter than Macbeth, and everyone knows this. So, it eventually becomes a battle of wits. Am I right?"

Mr. Velez's face grows bright red in anger. If looks could kill I would be ash. I look to Bella who gives me a thumbs up and I breathe a sigh of relief. He doesn't answer my question and turns around, writing something on the board. Samantha:1 Velez:0.

The bell rang shortly after that, and we were on our way to lunch. "So, how does it feel to put Velez in his place?" Bella grinned at me. I shrugged. "I honestly have no idea how that happened. I was certain that he was about to kill me." We both laughed at Velez and his failed mission of catching me slip up.

"So what are you doing after school?" Bella asked as we got in the lunch line. "Well, Ms. Misluk has been on my dick about joining the art club. I might stay after school just to check it out. Why?" She shrugged. "Angela and I have a science project to finish up after school. I was wondering if you wanted to go to the diner with me and my dad afterward."

I stared at her stunned. I put my hand to her forehead to make sure she was healthy. "Who are you and what have you done with Isabella Swan?" She laughed at my dramatics. "What? A girl can't work on a science project every now and then?" I shook my head at her. "No, that's not it. It's just that, after school you're usually with your sexy boyfriend. For a second there, I thought you guys had gotten secretly married."

"Oh stop it! It's not that bad." She giggled nervously. "You guys are cute, don't get me wrong. It's just that you two are so serious. It's just new to me." She elbowed me in my side. "What about you and Mike?" I tried not to gag at the mention of that idiot's name. I hated him. He was a douchebag. He sucked monkey balls. He was too touchy and didn't know how to take no as an answer.

"I'd rather give myself a hysterectomy with a wooden spatula." Bella nearly doubled over in laughter along with two other people around me. I turned around to see Alice and Edward Cullen. Speak of the devil. "But anyway, I'd love to go on a date with you tonight, Bella!" I said hugging her tightly! She awkwardly hugged me back.

Edward raised an eyebrow and Alice tried to suppress a smile. "What Edward? You can't hog Isabella all to herself you know! Sharing is caring." "But I don't care." I stuck my tongue out at him as Bella and Alice started laughing.

"Wait, what am I doing in the lunch line? I don't eat." I hugged Bella one last time as well as Alice. I was about to leave when Bella grabbed my hand. I whipped around to see a sly smirk on her face. "Don't think I didn't notice your "notes" in English. We WILL talk about this Seth guy."I blushed and fought the smile that was creeping on my face. I nodded my head, knowing there was no way that I was getting out of this conversation.

I walked away from them and walked over to Kaitlyn's table. We've only been here a few weeks and Kaitlyn was already the most popular girl here. Why wouldn't she be? She was awesome. "Hey Katie," I said standing behind her. She turned around in her chair. "Hey, Baby Doll. What's up?" "I'll be staying after school for the art club and then I'm going on a date with Bella. So, I'll drop you off home and come back to school okay?"

"No problem. Only one thing. I'm spending the weekend over Leah's, so can you drop me off over there?" The thought of going to Leah's house made my heart race. Seth lived there. What if I saw him? He was so cute! "No problem." I reached down in front of Katie, grabbed a few carrot sticks that she brought from home, and stuffed them in my mouth. "See ya, Twin."

I left the cafeteria and made my way to the school library. I spent my lunches here most days. I could draw in peace and quiet and didn't have to worry about Mike or some other idiot bugging me. I pulled out my drawing pad, and began finishing my picture. It was a picture of my Dad's homeland, Ireland. I hadn't been there in years, however the memory of the landscape was still fresh in my mind. It was my favorite place in the whole world to be. I wondered if Seth would like it there too.

I sighed in frustration. There I go again, thinking of Seth. We hadn't talked in a few days. I seriously needed to get over him and find someone my own age and someone that didn't hold the heart of my little sister. I focused back on my picture. I made sure to shade the green hills, showing the depth that they held. I was almost done with the cathedral in the background when my pocket vibrated.

I pulled my phone out of my pocket to see that I had a picture message from Seth. A smile was instantly on my face. 'Your Neighbor Totoro is ready to move back in with you.' There was a picture of Totoro. He looked brand spanking new. He even had a cute little bow tie. My favorite toy was restored. Without thinking about it, I hit the reply button. 'OMG! I love you!' I pressed send and continued to smile like an idiot.

Suddenly, reality hit. I just sent a freaking text to Seth saying that I loved him. Dammit! I quickly set up another text message. I didn't want him to get the wrong idea. Or rather, I didn't want him to get the right idea. I just wanted him to be completely in the dark. As I was typing the excuse for Seth, I was sent another text message from him. 'I know you do…. "Buddy"'

I blushed. I didn't know if he knew how I loved him. I didn't know if he thought that I thought that we were only friends. I was so confused by his response. That asshole. Why couldn't he give me a direct response?

The bell rang, signifying the last class of the day. Advanced Placement Biology was the bane of my existence. I had to sit next to Mike Newton and was completely surrounded by his asshole friends. It wouldn't be so bad if all of them weren't making sexist remarks about me or my sister. One of these days, I'm going to kill a fucker.

I slowly walked to my AP Biology class. The only positive thing about the class was the teacher. He didn't put up with Mike's bullshit. Whenever he heard Mike talking, he was quick to shut him up or send him to the principal's office.

I turned the corner, ready to enter my Biology class, when I saw someone behind the teacher's desk that was not my normal Bio teacher. It was a short, older man. He had really thick glasses and a giant coffee stain on his shirt. Obviously, this guy was a substitute. Shit.

"Excuse me miss, can you write my name at the top of the board for me?" He asked me, with his very shaky voice. Dammit! I looked around the classroom and saw that I was the first student there. I couldn't reach the top of the board. Granted, I would have a better chance reaching it than the substitute, but I was still short.

I grabbed the marker and started writing on the board. 'Mr.' I waited for him to tell me his name when he glared at me randomly. What the hell was his deal? I was doing him a favor. He cleared his throat. "My name is Mrs. McDonnel." Oh shit. I looked down at the old "man" and saw a pair of saggy boobs under her white shirt.

My face turned beet red. I tried to hold back my laughter but it came out in small giggles. "I'm so sorry!" I said through giggles. I wrote her name on the board and sat down in my seat. Yep. I was going to hell.

The class started filling up. Mike and his goons sat down and immediately started their torture. I plugged my headphones in and ignored them the best I could. Mrs. McDonnel was in the front of the classroom, nodding off. She would be no help. Not that she would help me anyway. I basically called her a man.

I looked at Bella and Edward's table and saw that it was empty. Of course it was. I was going to kill them. How could they leave me alone to fight off these idiots? "So," Mike began, playing with my curly hair, "have you ever thought about straightening your hair?" I rolled my eyes at him. Why the fuck did he care about my hair? I could strangle him with it if I wanted to.

"It's too much work to straighten it." "I think I would like to see it straightened." I rolled my eyes again. "Well, I think I wouldn't." I glanced at the clock. Dammit. I had an hour and thirty minutes left here. No time had passed.

"So there's this new movie coming out tonight. It's some movie about werewolves. Do you wanna go?" his blue eyes were hopeful. I looked at him with a blank face. "No." "Why not?" "Because, I have plans tonight. Not to mention, I'm not into werewolf movies. Or you." His friends started making sounds and laughing. "Yo, Mike. She just dissed you nasty style," Ben said.

Mike punched Ben in the arm. "She's just playing hard to get. Besides, the diss doesn't even matter. It's not like she's the cute twin or anything." His friends went back to making random noises and laughing. "Well, why don't you think about harassing her?" I questioned. He giggled. "For some odd reason, I'm looking forward to seeing you naked." He winked at me. I had to swallow the throw up that was threatening to come up.

"Well, I guess we all can't get what we want, huh?" "When are you going to understand, I always get what I want," he whispered in my ear. I rolled my eyes. Like I hadn't heard that one before. "Keep dreaming, Newton." With every word that came out of Mike's mouth, I hated Bella and Edward even more. They abandoned me.

I pulled out my phone and sent Bella a text. 'I hate you -_-!' A few minutes passed. Within these few minutes, Mike had his hand on my knee and was squeezing it. I jabbed him in the stomach. 'Lol. Why?' I rolled my eyes. 'Newton strikes again! Now, he's groping my leg. I'm going to fucking murder someone.' Bella sent back an immediate text. 'We're on the rescue.' I breathed a sigh of relief. Thank god.

"So Sammy Wammy, have your breasts gotten bigger, or is that tissue?" I hated that nickname more than Baby Doll. I was going to stab him. If only Kaitlyn hadn't stolen all of my blades. It was her way of making sure I didn't cut myself anymore. Damn her. "Wouldn't you like to know, Newton?" I glared at him. My knee is one thing. If he touched my boob, it was on.

He didn't have time for a response. The classroom door opened and Edward entered. Yay! My rescue was here! He walked up to Mrs. McDonnel and started speaking to her in a whispered voice. Her beady little eyes widened at the sight of him. I couldn't tell if it was from fear or attraction. I hoped it was the former. The latter was too gross.

After he was done talking, she looked up at the class. "Samantha Wilson, you are needed in the office." I stood up quickly, grabbed my book bag, hugged Edward, and hightailed it out of there. Bella and Alice were standing outside waiting for me. I hugged them both. "You have no idea how happy I am for the rescue." Bella and Alice laughed. "We couldn't leave you alone with Mike for too long. You might've killed him," Bella said smiling. "Believe me, I was planning on it."

We started walking towards the library. Yes, now I could finally finish my Irish landscape. When we got there, Jasper, Alice's boyfriend, was sitting down at an empty table with three chairs. Alice skipped over to him and sat on his lap. Bella and Edward sat next to each other and were holding hands and looking at each other longingly.

I loved Bella, Edward, and Alice it's just that every time we hung out, I was always the odd man out. The whole love display made me kind of sick, too. They were all pale. They were almost as white as paper. I was mixed, so I was darker. I loved my skin color, it just stuck out here. They all looked like preppy, happy kids. I looked like someone that should still be on suicide watch. I never wore anything that had too much color. Only black, gray, and white was in my closet.

I pulled out my drawing pad and continued my drawing. I was shading in my chapel when Alice's voice broke my concentration. "Is that Ireland?"I looked up at her. "Yeah. How could you tell?" She shrugged. "I've been there a lot of times." I looked back at my picture. If I didn't already know the scene, I would've guessed that it was just some random, hilly meadow.

Maybe I was just an awesome artist! Edward started giggling next to me. I looked up at him with a raised an eyebrow. Weirdo. By the time the bell rang, I was done with my drawing of Ireland. I was really proud of it. I was thinking about sending to my Dad. I knew he would love it.

I packed up my belongings and looked at Bella. "Are we still on for our date?" I winked at her. Edward rolled his eyes and we all laughed. "You bet. I wouldn't miss it for the world." I laughed and started walking away. "Catch you later, Baby." I had to go drop Kaitlyn off to the Clearwater's. I felt kind of giddy. Hopefully Seth was there.

I walked up to the jeep and saw Kaitlyn waiting patiently by the passenger's side. "Hey good looking! What's cooking?" She looked at me with a smile on her face. "You're such a loser." "Whatever." I unlocked the jeep and we hopped in. As I started driving to La Push, I started conversation. "So how was class?" She rolled her eyes. "Uneventful, as usual. What about for you?" I shrugged. "Bad news: Mike Newton groped my knee today in Biology. Good news: I finished my picture of Ireland." I said smiling.

"Seriously? Can I see it?" I nodded. "it's in my bag." She reached down to my bag and pulled out my folder. "Wow, it looks like the view from Grandad's backyard. This is really good. Thinking about giving it to Dad?" "Yeah. I know he'll love it. He was talking about going to Ireland before we left. I don't know if he's gone yet, but if he hasn't at least he can see the backyard."

After twenty minutes, we pulled up to the Clearwater's. Leah nearly ran out of the front door when she saw our jeep. Kaitlyn hopped out and gave her a giant hug. "I missed you so much," Leah said hugging Kaitlyn in her death grip. "Me too! Oh my gosh! It feels like it's been forever," Kaitlyn replied. I rolled my eyes. "It hasn't been a week since you saw each other." They both laughed. "Come on, Kaitlyn. I want you to meet my favorite cousin, Emily!" She pulled Kaitlyn towards the house.

I waved at Leah and Kaitlyn and pulled off. I had some drawing to get to and a date to attend. I did not want to be late. I pulled up to Forks High and jumped out of the jeep. I walked through the empty halls and walked into the art room. There were several students sitting at easels and drawing on paper on the floor. Everyone was so engrossed in their artwork that they didn't notice that I was there. I softly knocked on the door.

Everyone's eyes shot up to me. So much attention was causing my cheeks to flush. "Um, is Ms. Misluk here?" I asked in a voice that I didn't recognize. Ms. Misluk came out from behind an easel and skipped over to me. "Oh, Samantha! I'm so glad that you're here! Please take a seat!" Ms. Misluk took me to an easel and sat me down.

"Is there anything in particular that we're supposed to be working on?" She shook her head no. "We're just getting ready for the art show at the end of the month. You're free to draw whatever you like." I nodded my head in understanding.

I thought about something that I had always wanted to draw. My mother was very influential in the fashion business. Everyone knew her. She was a fashion icon. However, my mother wasn't very motherly with her last three children. She was only motherly towards Amber. I wanted to draw my mother holding Amber as a baby.

I had a picture of it, so I would only have to recreate it. I would send it to her for Mother's Day. She'd love it. It would be sort of an apology to how I treated her before. I just hope she would accept it.

I had gotten to the outline of the picture when I felt someone behind me. I turned around to see Isabella staring down at my picture. "What is it?" "It's a work in progress." She tapped her chin thoughtfully. "Ready to go?" she asked, picking up my bag. "Yes ma'am."

We walked out to our cars, I took mine and she took hers, and I followed her to the diner. When we got there, the diner was filled with people. They all looked like ice road truckers and had thick moustaches. I felt kind of uncomfortable. These were the type of people that loved to say the "n-word". I tried not to be judge mental, but it was getting pretty hard.

We spotted Bella's dad sitting in the far corner of the diner. He was sitting with two other people, but I couldn't tell who they were because their backs were turned to us. Chief Swan spotted us as well and waved us over. "There they are! Hey Bells! You remember Harry and Seth Clearwater." He gestured to the people in front of him.

My heart stopped when my eyes met Seth's. His smile was contagious and I could feel it growing on my face. "Of course, Dad. Nice to see you again." She stuck her hand out and Harry and Seth shook her hand. "I didn't know you were the friend Bella was bringing," Harry said with a smile on his face. "I guess I am." "Well, it's good to see you Baby Doll." I nodded in agreement and sat down next to Bella.

"What was that kid's name again?" Bella whispered in my ear. I gritted my teeth, knowing that she would put the pieces together. "Seth." Her eyes grew big and she stared at me with a smile growing on her face. This dinner was going to be hard to get through.