I DON'T LIKE THIS CHAPTER! I HATE IT AND IT SHOULD BE RIPPED APART, POKED WITH NEEDELS AND BURNED, THEN FIXED, THEN BURNED AGAIN AND THEN SOMEONE SHOULD EAT IT!

Just read and you'll see what i mean...


Bella POV

I didn't go back to school for three weeks after the incident with Lauren and Jessica. And I still couldn't figure out what the Cullen's were. They had started being more careful around me. I wasn't that mean anymore, with the smoking lust and all. But I had given Carlisle the silent treatment for a week. Serves him right for taking my right to smoke away!

Edward had slept beside me every night, and he would eat breakfast with me everyday, though I could clearly see that he didn't like it. I had even confronted him about it.

"Edward, why are you eating that when you don't like it?" I had asked him gently.

"I like it, I love Esme's cooking. Mmm. " He demonstrated with putting a whole fork into his mouth, filled with scrambled eggs.

"All I'm saying is that you don't have to pretend for me."

That was a week ago, and he had stopped eating after that. Saying he wasn't hungry and stuff like that. But he knew I knew that he knew I knew…if that made any sense at all….

We had picked up my stuff too. Charlie wasn't even home, which I was grateful for. I didn't want to see mean old Charlie again. Jasper, Emmett and Edward had helped me move my stuff. They didn't even break a sweat after all those trips up and down the stairs. But I didn't comment. No, I was gathering evidence on them, trying to figure it out on my own, whether they wanted me to know or not. I was going to find out.

"Bella, I think you are ready to go back to school tomorrow. You have been working hard, and you can be an active person now." Carlisle said brightly from the doorway. I didn't want to go back, I liked being sick, staying home. Its not like it would be anything big out of me. I was a straight F student. Its not that I was dumb, I just didn't care, never showed up. Or took tests.

"Maybe I should stay home another month. Just in case of…Lung explosion?" I tried lamely. He laughed and shook his head.

"Sorry Bella, but your going to school tomorrow morning." I nodded stiffly, biting back a smart retort. Now I had to see the Ice queens. God I hated them.

The next morning came all to fast. I had gotten used to sleeping in until the others came home from school. So getting up at 6 in the morning wasn't exactly 'fun'.

"Good morning gorgeous." I heard Edward say down in our own kitchen, the pool house kitchen. He was practically living in her with me, so we just called it our place.

"How can you be up this early? And be so awake? I can't even see straight out of my own damn skull!" I said drowsily. He smiled and his eyes were dancing with amusement.

"I don't sleep much, at all. Its easier to stay awake when you have trained your body not to sleep for too long,." Every time I said something about sleep or food or anything like that, they would get that inside joke look on there face and laugh about nothing in particular.

"Fine, be that way, with your stupid little secret." I grumbled as I pulled out something to eat.

"By the way, I'm going back to work today. Since I'm well enough for school, I'm well enough for some blood." I said teasingly. They all seemed to tense up around the word blood, so I had added it to my suspicion list.

So far, I had:

-Unhumanly Beautiful.

-Tense on the word blood.

-They don't eat food.

-They don't sleep.

-They don't sweat.

-Super strong.

-Super fast.

I couldn't figure it out, even if it felt like the answer was right in front of me. It bugged me too no end.

"I can come and pick you up after work today, if you want." He offered. I could see that he didn't want me to go, but he didn't comment.

"Do you think Alice could pick me up today. I want to take her…shopping." That was far from the truth. I had found out that Alice couldn't lie even if someone whispered what she was suppose to say in her ear. So, my plan was to corner her, and make her tell me. It was a mean plan, but I'm a mean girl.

"You hate shopping." He said suspiciously. I raced my brain for something smart to say, so he wouldn't ask any more questions.

"I have to get something." I could see the curiosity burn in his eyes. Come on! Think, think Bella, you need to throw him off this question thingy!

"I'll come with you." He offered, smiling. This serenely got me awake. My head hurt from thinking to much this early in the morning.

"I'm…I'm going to Victoria's Secrets. I don't want you to come, its embarrassing." I pictured Edward in that store, and my blush creeped up my cheeks.

"Oh, okay then. I'll…stay home." He looked uncomfortable and looked at anything but me. YAY, my plan was working.

"Come on, we don't want to be late." I grabbed my bag and his hand and we walked up to the house in silence.

"Good morning!" Alice said happily, bouncing down the stairs. She danced her way over to us and hugged us both.

"Alice, would you mind picking me up from work today? We can go shopping together after." Her whole face was suspicious and she did not smile. Crap.

"You hate shopping. I have tried to take you everyday for three weeks. But every time you say 'No, my side hurts.' or 'I can't cause I don't want to.'or ' I hate shopping.'" She finished rambling. Jasper, Alice, Emmett and Rosalie looked at me with raised eyebrows. And I got really nervous under their gazes.

"I need something." I used the same excuse with them that I used on Edward.

"I'll come too, I need some new games." Emmett said from the couch.

"No! you can't come. Its…private stuff." I said, blushing ten shades dark. He smirked with a knowing smile and turned back to the TV, mumbling something I couldn't hear.

"Come on, lets go." Edward said, grabbing my hand. Alice, Jasper, Edward and I took the Volvo. While Emmett and Rosalie took her car.

We got to school fast with Edwards insane driving, and it was first day all over again. Everybody staring at me like some sort of alien. Probably wondering why little miss plain Jane was hanging out with the beautiful Cullen siblings. Or, wondering why I lived with them, and why Edward and I were holding hands.

Lot of wondering.

I saw Jessica and Lauren walk up to me, and a lot of people stopped to see what they would do to me. I stood calmly, waiting for them to come. I don't know why they even bothered with the trouble. Were they mad at me for beating up Mike? When he didn't even want to date them? It was just absurd! They didn't have one good reason to 'kick my butt'.

"Well, well, well. Look who came out of hiding." Lauren sneered.

"Look fish face, if you have something to say to me, say it now. I have a class to go to, so make it quick."

"Why go to class? Its not like your going to be anything. If your lucky, maybe you'll get to be trailer trash." She laughed a cackling laugh and many people joined her. I laughed to, because she had no idea how right she was.

"Oh god. Aren't you the funny one. Please, was that an insult? I'm okay with you talking shit to me, but if your going to do it, make it good. Or else you can just shut up. Everybody knows I'm a failure, its nothing new." She looked a little taken aback about what I said, but quickly composed herself. It looked like she didn't know what to say so she looked at Jessica for help.

"Like, whatever. Like, your ugly anyway." I raised my brows at her. Come on, was that the best they had?

"Do I have to spell it to you? Like, U-G-E-L-Y-E." Oh, god. She couldn't even spell it right. I bursted out laughing and the Cullen's joined me. They were just too funny!

"Well, it was nice talking to you. Bye bye now." We kept on walking, leaving them shocked behind us.

The rest of the day wet by okay. Lauren and Jessica spread a rumor about me being pregnant and that I had slept with over half of the school boys. I don't know how I could of done that in such a short time, but they made it work.

I didn't let it bother me about what they said. But Edward did. And he was mad at them for what they said about me outside. I told him to let it go, and he promised he would. Even though he glared at them every chance he got.

"Ready to go to work?" Edward asked at the end of the day. I nodded happily and jumped inside the car.

"I miss Bob so much! I can't wait to see him." I said excitedly. Edward smiled over at me and laughed. Bob had visited two times over at the Cullen house. And both times he had threatened Edward. I just had to laugh at that, because he was acting like a father. Edward liked him too, no matter how many threats he got.

"Yeah, me too." He said with a smile.

"So…why are you going to Victoria Secrets anyway?" Edward blurted out, like he was trying to hold it in. I whacked him in the head and blushed.

"Edward!" I hid my face in my hands.

"Where the hell did that come from?!" I asked, shocked that gentleman Edward would be so bold as to ask something like that. It was muffled by my hands, but he could probably hear it with his stupid super hearing thingy. God I want to know that secret!

"What? I'm curious." He said innocently.

"Because I need to buy something there. Happy?" I wanted to hit him again, but I restrained myself with crossing my arms tightly. He might be my boyfriend but that sure as hell doesn't give him immunity to my hitting.

"What are you going to buy?"

"Edward stop it. I'm not telling you anything."

"Why?"

"Because."

"That's not an answer."

"Yes it is."

"Tell me."

"ITS NONE OFF YOUR FREAKING BUSINESS! ITS AN UNDERWEAR STORE, WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK I'M BUYING?!" I screamed at him. He winced at the volume I used. Good, serves him right.

"So your buying underwear?" He asked hopefully. Like you will see them…I thought to myself.

"No."

"But you just said--"

"I said 'what do you think I'm buying.' I never said it was underwear. But we are here, so I'll see you when I get home. Bye!" I gave him a quick peck on the lips and darted out of the car before he could say anything.

"Hey Bob." I said as I walked in to the store.

"Hey Bells. I'm working on a guy in here right now, could you help me?" He asked me. I walked behind the curtain and I recognized him from school. I think his name was Ben. He looked up at me shocked and he pailed at once. Wonder why…

"What do you need help with?" I asked him. He handed me the tattoo gun and moved away from his desk.

"The wife is bugging me about something, so I have to meet her downtown. I'll be back in an hour. He is getting the tattoo laying on the counter there. Try not to burn the place down." He joked. I laughed and sat down on the chair, preparing Bens arm. I heard the bell and saw Bob's back as he walked down the street.

"Y-you work here?" Ben asked, terrified. I looked at him strangely.

"Is there something wrong? If your scared about the tattoo, I promise it doesn't hurt."

"Its not the tattoo I'm worried about." I heard him mumble. So it was me he was scared of? Bless him.

"Aw, your scared of me? How sweet. I like you already." I said, smiling.

"I'm not scared of you. I just down want to end up like Mike." He said with a blush.

"Well, if your going to act like a normal person and not and arrogant bastard, trying to touch me every chance you get, then we wont have a problem."

"I have a girlfriend so that's not a problem. And I don't think I'm arrogant…no one has ever called me that before, and I have a lot of friends so I don't think I am." He said with a shrug.

"Good." I said smiling. We talked and talked while I tattooed his arm. He didn't wince or seemed scared at all. Bob came back with food and coco. Saying it was cold and that I was too skinny to possibly be warm.

I ended my shift at nine. And Alice stood outside, waiting for us to go shopping. Only we would be having a little chat to. Finally, I would know what they were.


Sorry for the suckyness of this chapter, but i couldn't come up with anything. and i know its not that long eather...Review!