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owning a thing but always loving life! Emmett POV
Edward snorted, "You stopped your 'fun time' as you call it, because Rosalie ditched you and while you were being a 'gentleman' you were whining and bugging the rest of us." Alice and Rose giggled while I huffed. However, as soon as I glanced at the clock, my mood soared.
"It's time to go see Bellsy!" I practically sang. They all laughed and I heard Jasper mutter; "You're such a girl!" but I knew he was as excited as I was.
Once we arrived at school, we all waited in the parking lot for Bella. We weren't sure when she arrived for school, so we got there early just in case. I tried to remember which car she drove, but I came up blank. After a few minutes, we saw Bella approaching the school gates… walking? But according to her address, she lives 30 minutes away walking time. I shook my head; we would be driving her from now on, even if she doesn't accept. I saw Edward nod from the corner of my eye. I knew it killed him to not spend every minute he could with Bella, even more so than the rest of the family. He tried several times to go see her at her house, but Carlisle keeps his principles and wants us to give her privacy- ha! Why would she want privacy when she could spend time with me?
I then focused my thoughts on Bella and when I took on her expression, I felt the urge to kill someone- again. Why on earth was she so scared?! I will kill whoever hurts her, even if it's the Easter bunny!
Lauren and Jessica seemed to be waiting for Bella at
the gates.
Nuh uh! Nope! I was getting my time with Bellsy, not
those evil, bullying, vile girls! I thought to myself as I ran
human speed to the gates with my family following. When I reached her
first the two other girls frowned and walked away.
"Hey
Bella!" I called. She turned around with a look of relief which
soon turned wary.
"Hi, do you need anything Emmett?" she
asked. What the hell? Is the only time someone talks to her is if
they need something?
"No silly, we just wanted to talk to you.!
I stated as if it were obvious, which it kind of was.
"Oh"
Alice,
being her usual perky self, picked up the now awkward
conversation.
"So how are you? What do you have first? Do you
have Trig? I have Trig! Oh do you like shopping? I love
shopping! Oh I know the cutest dress that would fit you perfectly!
Umm how about we go shopping this Saturday? Oh no, I can't do that
day… Maybe Friday? Nope- can't do that either, ummm…"
"Alice
breathe." Jasper reminded his hyper wife, Bella just chuckled. It
didn't escape our notice that this was the first time we had seen
Bella even remotely happy since we arrived. We all smiled in
response.
"Was I supposed to understand any of that?" Bella
asked, still laughing lightly.
"Touché!" I said causing Alice
to stick her tongue at us and to my surprise, Bella stuck hers back.
Aw, she already fit in the family!
"High five!" I said while
approaching Bellsy. She immediately flinched violently while wincing.
Her arms reached above her head to shield herself. As quickly as her
arms rose, she dropped them and mumbled,
"Sorry, bad reflexes."
She chuckled once again, but it was forced. I knew my face was one of
alarm and anger. Something must have happened for her to be so
defensive; I bet it was those two girls. Apparently, my family must
have come to the same conclusion because we all had the same
murderous glint in our eyes.
As Bella saw our faces, hers
blanched.
"I am sorry, really! I didn't mean to- Oh I am
sorry!" She was on the verge of tears and she quickly escaped and
ran towards the school.
"She was scared of us." Edward chocked
out.
"I swear it will take all my control not to kill those
girls next time I see them." Rose stated angrily.
"You won't
have to control yourself if I get to them first." Jasper and I said
at the same time.
"She was scared of us." Edward repeated.
Well no shit Sherlock! We have established that. He glared at
me,
"And we let her go?!" Oh, he had a point
there.
"She needs space." Alice calmly answered. We stood
there like idiots for a few minutes until I asked,
"Has she had
enough space yet?" Everybody stared at me as I shrugged. We made
our way to the school; we couldn't just stand there doing nothing,
besides school was about to start.
This day just keeps getting better and better.
Alice POV
After this morning, the day was passing by slowly and uneventfully. We were all trying to talk to Bella, but she was avoiding us. It's now the last period before lunch and we all had a free period together. I wasn't sure if Bella was with us, but I was hopeful. She, like Edward and I, had many lessons with the junior year. She had always been a smart girl…
We all perked up immediately when Bella's scent
reached us. Ha! She can't escape us in a free period!
"Alice
don't ambush her, we don't want to scare her!" Edward scolded.
Party pooper. He just rolled his eyes. Seriously, what is up with him
and eye-rolling?!
"Bella." Jasper called while beckoning her to come over. She seemed reluctant but must have realised, like us, that there was no escape. I smirked, smart girl indeed.
As she came near, she swayed. The smirk was instantly swiped off my face. She recovered her balance, but a few steps further, her eyes drooped and she collapsed. We all rushed forward and Edward caught her. As she hit his arms, the fresh scent of her blood intoxicated the air. We all stopped breathing.
Edward POV
"We will just take her to the nurse." I told the teacher as my family grabbed their bags and Emmett took Bella's. As we headed for the nurse's office, Bella moaned.
"Its okay, just relax. We
are taking you to the nurse." Rosalie soothed.
"No, no! No
nurse!" Bella panicked, her heart beat sped up to an alarming rate.
I could hear the worried thoughts of my family, so I tried to appease
her.
"Okay, just calm down."
She then seemed to realise
that she was in my arms and she started thrashing manically.
"Let
me down! Don't touch me!" Her screams turned to sobs, "Please,
please, please." I gently laid her down and she moved away from me.
I tried to keep my irrational hurt from showing; after all, I was a
stranger to her and she had been bullied. Bella than seemed to droop
again and she looked half asleep. My family looked at me, terrified
of Bella's outburst. However, she was still bleeding and I needed
to stop it.
"Jasper," Alice whispered "She should be
fine, go." She said gently.
"No, I can handle this!"
He answered firmly. I could tell from his thoughts that he would be
fine.
"He will be okay." Then my doctor side kicked in and I
returned my attention to Bella. Ah, her blood smelt so good! I
ignored my thirst as my concern for my angel overtook my senses.
"Its
her arms that are bleeding." Emmett pointed out. Alice and Rose
gently pulled back Bella's sleeves and we all gasped. Bella,
seeming to be fully awake now, hurriedly yanked her sleeves down.
"I
am fine, thanks for helping me." She coughed then continued with
the explanation I was obviously waiting for. "I fell off my bike
yesterday and scrapped my arms pretty badly, I guess falling broke
the scabs." She said calmly. We all nodded in understanding, but
the image of her raw, bleeding arms was branded in my mind. Alice was
the first to snap out of her trance.
"Ow, are you sure
you're okay? Let Rose and I help clean them up a bit." Bella
shook her head.
" I am fine, really, happens all the time."
Alice sighed,
"At least let us get you some bandages?" Bella
agreed and went to the bathroom to wait while Alice and Rose went to
get the bandages. Emmet, Jasper and I followed like puppies and
waited by the door.
"What do you think happened?" Jasper
asked.
" I am not exactly sure, but I have a slight idea." I
frowned at my theory being proven correct. I really hope she wasn't
starving herself, I had noticed she was unnaturally thin.
"Let's
just call Carlisle." Emmett suggested.
"Sure" Jasper took
his phone out and quickly dialled the number. He put it on speaker
phone.
"Jasper! Is anything wrong? How is Bella?"
"She's
fine… now." Carlisle clearly heard the hesitation in Jasper's
voice.
"What happened?"
"We had a free period and she was
walking towards us until her eyes drooped and she fainted. Edward
caught her."
"Okay. Edward, any other symptoms?"
"Umm
no. Not that I know of. She didn't complain about being dizzy or
nauseous when we last saw her." Emmett rolled his eyes as I 'played
doctor' as he called it.
"Pulse?"
"Alice?" I
whispered. On it she responded in her mind. A little
low.
"It's a little low."
"Okay, and her
breathing?" I listened for a second.
"Short and shallow."
"Has
she eaten anything today?" Nobody answered because nobody knew.
Carlisle sighed.
"It seems she is suffering from lack of fluids
and nutrients. Make sure she eats and drinks, preferably some sugar
for energy."
"Okay, thanks" Jasper responded before hanging
up.
Alice and Rose came out and we waited for Bella to finish
up. She finally came out and Rosalie commented,
"That was one
bad fall."
"Oh I am as clumsy on my bike as I am on my feet."
She said lightly.
"Well maybe you should stop riding your bike."
I said seriously in strong contrast to her previous light mood. She
seemed shocked by my intensity and my family mentally screamed at
me.
Jackass! Technically we only met her yesterday! You
can't get all protective yet!- Rose. Edward, your scaring
her. You better cut this out! I will not have you scaring my baby
sister.- Jasper Way to go. Do you truly want her to run off
again?- Alice Honestly Edward, and I thought that you had more
tact then me!- Emmett
"Stop saying that." I answered gently. She
blushed,
"Sorry." I smiled and reached out for her hand to
lead her to the cafeteria, but she didn't want to be touched and
rapidly stepped back. Tears were threatening to fall from her
eyes.
"I'm sorry." She repeated, her voice cracking.
"No,
it's okay. Look-" I put my hands up and stepped away from her.
She smiled sadly,
"Come with us." Alice begged, she was going
to take Bella's hand, but once again, Bella pulled back. What was
wrong? Yesterday, she wasn't this jumpy.
Bella decided to
follow us and sat down.
"Aren't you going to eat anything?"
Rose asked concerned.
"Um I forgot my lunch money, besides, I
had a big breakfast." All my siblings said 'Liar' at the same
time in their minds. I found it pretty comical. I rose and went to
buy her some lunch with a soft drink and dessert. When I placed the
tray before her, she started to object but we all just said, "Eat."
She flinched ever so slightly making us feel guilty, but she
complied.
When she finished, she smiled shyly, "Thank
you."
"No problem." She seemed to be debating something in
her mind when she abruptly blurted out,
"Why?"
"Why
what?" Emmett asked.
"Why do you care?" Her voice broke and
so did my heart.
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