Bella

"Bella" Edward called down the hallway and my head twitched up towards him and once again I couldn't fight the smile that swallowed my face when his green eyes met mine, and I didn't want to. He was rushing towards me through the crowds of people, he stopped a few feet from me and looked me up and down and I suddenly grew nervous about what I was wearing. My eyes darted down to check my outfit; faded jeans and a dark blue jumper. But he started to laugh and my eyes shot back to his,

"Hey" I mumbled quietly after he collected himself. His smile warmed the very pit of my stomach that was turning in on itself and it was just past nine in the morning. This would be an extremely long Monday. I wasn't sure of what to make of the weekend per say but I think it went well, the rest of it after I left the Cullen's house just blurred into memories of their party.

"Hi" He said back, he clearly had a much better grip on this than I had. He was so cool and collected and I couldn't scramble more than three words together coherently.

"So… You look good" He complimented and I blushed furiously, he out-reached a hand and pulled on my waist and sent my body flying into his and I giggled at the impact. Yes, I giggle now and yes it is a hideously embarrassing noise.

"Even better now" He laughed and stroked my cheeks were my blush lay. His smile broadened.

"I look like a tomato" I complained as his eyes made my blush even brighter, I rested my hands on his chest and one of his hands wrapped around my waist. I was only mildly aware of the amount of eyes that were one us and I tried so hard not to concentrate on them.

"The most beautiful tomato I've ever seen" He whispered into my ear and sent shivers down my spine and I smiled brightly at him.

"You've got a distorted view or definition of beautiful Edward" I mumbled and he rolled his eyes at me and dropped his hand from my back to my hand and dragged me through the hallway but held me close to his side.

"Would it be too much for you to actually listen to me and take a compliment" He moaned.

"Um yeah actually I think it would" I replied sarcastically and he groaned.

"God you're feeling irritating today aren't you?" He complained flumping against a locker and I now noticed that the hallways were empty, he pulled me against him so I was in between his legs and he wrapped both of his arms around me.

"Maybe you are just in an irritable mood?" I offered with a smug smile on my face.

"Yeah maybe" He whispered, pulling me towards him with the power of his eyes alone. I did a sneaky look down the corridor, it was clear. He laughed at my self-consciousness and he placed a long finger under my chin and drew my lips to his.

"I do enjoy your company… Occasionally" He joked with harsh breaths after we parted; he stared into my eyes longingly.

"We are really late for lessons aren't we?" I moaned, looking around the dead hallways again. He nodded with a mischievous smirk.

"Bad-boy Edward can be late, but I'm new, I can't" I laughed but he sulked, I thumbed his bottom lip that was sticking out and he smiled.

"We'll just have to make them see thatyou are terrible and the bad influence instead of me" He said with a proud smile leaning off of the lockers and pushing us into the middle of the hallway, he bent down and gave me a lingering peck on my lips.

"What have you got?" Edward asked with his eyes closed, a smile on his face and his forehead resting against mine.

"English" I sulked and he groaned.

"That's the other direction" He complained and kissed my lips again.

"Are we like going to meet at lunch or something?" I asked hopefully but trying to remain casual, which I was painfully failing.

"If you're lucky" He joked, or I hoped so. He let go off my hand and wandered off in his other direction. I missed his presence immediately but I had to get class because my English teacher seemed to have a strong dislike for me already.

"Please take your time Miss Swan" The stupid teacher mocked as I stumbled into the classroom.

"Sorry I'm late sir" I mumbled a fake apology and took my seat at the back of the classroom. I heard sniggers from the other side of the classroom and I twitched my head to glare at them but they burst out in laughter. It was a small gaggle of mean-looking girls.

"Girls, behave now please" the teacher moaned from the front as he pulled down the projector screen.

"Maybe you should tell Miss Swan that" One of them sniggered from behind the safety of her friends. I raised my eyebrows expectantly at her, both unimpressed and awaiting an explanation.

"What's that supposed to mean?" I spat at her and everyone turned to me completely dumb-founded and in shock.

"You can't control yourself sometimes, especially around Cullen." A different one piped up but I felt my energy be drained and my fight was gone. I wasn't embarrassed I think it was more nonchalance but the foolish girls took it another way and started to cackle wildly.

"Girls, I don't care in the slightest – shut up!" The teacher bellowed from the front and they all shut up pretty quickly and didn't dare give me another look. I didn't know how long this strange essence of calm would last.

…..

My good mood quickly vanished when whispers and gossip followed me around the school. I rushed up to the roof for the first time in a week, I relished the thought but my anger was getting stronger and stronger. I threw myself onto the roof but it was empty and I was disappointed that he wasn't there. I plunged my headphones in and turned up my music and slinked against the short wall and onto the floor.

"Hey Bella" Edward greeted as he took his seat beside me. He pulled out on of my headphones and put it into his own ear. He wrapped his fingers into mine. I still sulked and flopped my head onto his shoulder.

"What's up?" He asked carefully kissing my forehead lightly.

"It's hard being mildly happy" I complained quietly.

"You're mildly happy!?" He asked happily and laughed, "Come on, what's wrong?" he continued.

"I believe people have started to speculate some ideas about us and seem to think that these ideas would be beneficial to the rest of the student population" I moaned.

"You shouldn't listen to them, how are they meant to know if we don't?" He argued raising his eyebrows expectantly, he thought he was right. And he was, mostly.

"But it doesn't matter to you because you already are someone, they don't know me. They could make me whoever they want and I'm pretty sure I'm not who they think I am and I don't want to be who they think I am" I rambled, letting my thoughts pour out effortlessly. I knew that I should rein them in, he was right about one thing; we didn't know what was happening between us. We knew (sort of) how each other felt but we didn't know why or where it was going to go, and I didn't think either of us would want to talk freely about it.

"Calm the crap down Bella" He ordered and I let my mouth fall open dramatically and stared up to him in out-cry.

"Oh come on, the stupid girls here are nothing to worry about. You're right; they know nothing about you so it doesn't matter. I didn't think you'd be like them in that way" He said sternly.

"I'm not like them at all" I hissed through my teeth and shrugged away from him but he held my hand still.

"How do you know that? You don't them either, you haven't given them the chance" He argued.

"Are you saying I should try and talk to them and be like them?" I replied with my eyebrows furrowed and my anger growing and bubbling furiously inside of me.

"For someone who doesn't want to be judged you are very quick to judge other people" He said and it made me clench my free fist and I slammed my jaw tightly shut.

"Have I judged them wrong?" I asked with venom pouring over my voice.

"Not at all" He said with such nonchalance it made me want to scream, I yanked my hand away from him and scrambled to my feet.

"Do you want me to be like that?" I asked completely appalled

"What does it matter to you what I want, you wouldn't do it anyway" He fought

"What is this?! We are just arguing now, going in circles – we aren't solving anything!" I shouted at him and he got up and stood too close to me for his own safety.

"You're right, we should stop" He said calmly, reaching down for my hand again.

"No, this stuff doesn't just disappear because you can just 'dazzle' me or something" I said sternly taking a step back.

"I dazzle you?" He asked smoothly

"F***ing hormones, that's all it is. We shouldn't do this – it's just a waste of time" I spat at him and went to turn away. He grabbed my arm strongly and I shied away from the light sting in my eyes. I didn't want to argue with him, I wanted him to dazzle me and kiss me again.

"It's a waste of time? You know what f*** this, and you. I don't need you" He cursed the words at me and they were like harsh knives slashing at my skin. He stormed past me and threw the door back and it smashed against the wall.

Edward

I stormed out of there before I could retake the mean things I had said, I knew I would if I turned around because she would break through me. She was stupid. Everybody argues. It was something that just is, nobody is without arguments. Bella should just grow up and deal with it! I sprinted down the stairs as quickly as I could.

"Hey!" Bella shouted down the stairs and I heard her frantic footsteps on the stairs but I continued to sit down with my friends and family, in the canteen. Bella wouldn't dare make a scene, unlike whatever I thought I knew about her she is scared and just as self-conscious as any of the other silly girls here.

"Edward!" She called and it took all of my energy not to turn around. She has sparsely used my name and the way her voice carried it sounded different to the way that anyone else had ever said it, even it was screaming in anger.

"Wow, Edward nice to see you" Alice chirped as I stormed to the table and plonked myself down, I didn't reply, I didn't have the energy.

"Look Edward would you mind just listening to me?!" Bella made me jump as she stood expectantly beside me.

"It would be a 'waste of time'" I quoted and smiled to myself but determined not to look at her.

"Just like a minute" She pleaded, she was fiddling with her fingers, which irritated me.

"How about no, would that be okay?" I mocked and I could tell that it angered her because she clenched her hands into tight fists and her tiny knuckles were turning white.

"What are you going to do? Hit me again?" I asked

"Shut up and listen to me, please" She begged fiercely, her politeness and patience wearing ever so thin.

"Come on, you know you want to hit me" I urged, still not looking at her. I was desperate not to, I heard her sniffle and her hands ran to her face.

"Shut up" She pleaded helplessly again.

"What are you even doing here?" I spat at her,

"Shut up" She whimpered

"I thought I wasn't worth the effort" I urged on again, I didn't know why I was attacking her, I felt like she deserved it for some reason.

"You're not shutting up" She moaned again.

"What's the point in us talking, you'll just judge me"

"Shut up, shut up, shut up!!!" She screamed when she finished and stormed out of the canteen. Everything went silent and all of the eyes in the room came flying at a rapid speed to me. I stood there watching after her. The whispers started but my friends were staring at me completely gob-smacked. Alice's face was pale and her mouth was dropped open in shock.

"What the f*** was that?" Alice hissed at me through her teeth.

"None of your business Alice"

"Of course it's my business Edward! I actually care for Bella's feelings – unlike you. She was properly crying and you didn't even notice!" She yelled in a continuous breath.

"How can you do that and not feel anything? Oh wait I remember, you're heartless – I don't know why you even tried!" She spat at me and got up and stormed out of the canteen. A couple of disbelieving awkward looks were passed around our table before the rest of my friends got up and left without a second glance to me; except Rosalie.

"Look I don't like her but even I think that was a bit much" She said calmly and sympathetically but that seemed to make me even angrier.

"Stay. Out. Of. It. Rosalie." I warned coldly and slowly. She huffed and walked off in the other direction. I thought that I had been kind; I could have done much worse. Emotions were a dirty habit, and the way to stop dirty habits is to cut them off; clean break. That was the very, very most she deserves.