CHAPTER ELEVEN
BPOV
A few weeks have past and Jasper and I are officially a couple, Ma and Pa were surprised at first, well, Pa was but Ma, surprisingly had a sort of knowing smile on her face and squealed and hugged me. Pa didn't take it as well as Ma, but he was still genuinely happy for us. He looked unsure at first but he hugged me and congratulated us nonetheless.
Peter and Charlotte were exactly like Ma and Pa, except Charlotte basically tackled me upon hearing the news and sending us to the ground. We had burst out into laughter, meanwhile Jasper and Peter just shook their heads at us. Peter was much like Pa but had congratulated us and whispered something in Jasper's ear. Jasper gave him a look that said 'we'll talk later' before turning back towards us. I didn't question him on what it was, because if he wanted me to know, he would tell me on his own. That's how it worked with us. We weren't in each other's business all the time and that kept us closer than ever.
At school, since my new found friendship and trust with Alice and Miss Mathers, I told them the news and Alice was extremely happy, letting out a little girlish squeal and hugging me tightly. Miss Mathers on the other hand, went straight into teacher mode, which I didn't see often, and told me not to let my boyfriend get in the way of my studies and concentrate on getting into college. I reassured her that it won't be a problem and after that she smiled and hugged me whispering congratulations. I had blushed and thanked her, before heading off to my next class.
You'd think that because we'd gained the approval of our parents that Jasper and I's relationship would be all sunshine and rainbows. But, that was far from the case. Everyone at school looked at us as we walked together, holding hands down the hall. A few comments would be heard every now and then, and some people even came up to us, giving us a lecture on how incest is disgusting and the lord will punish us. Jasper and I had looked at each other and burst into hysterics, holding our sides. After reassuring the person that we were not at all related in any way whatsoever, they had flushed red, embarrassed, and scurried off in the other direction from which they came.
Edward was still a problem, when I wasn't in the same class as Jasper, Edward was always there when I came out the door, giving me grief and trying to embarrass me. I either ignored him or shut him down, or maybe even going as far as to embarrass him myself. Alice and I were talking one day during the week about how Edward is going to desperate measures to try and get back his social status.
Miss Mather's, (or should I say Sarah) Alice and I were sitting in the library's office, talking like we usually do, when Alice suddenly turned to me. "You know what I can't believe?" She asked me. I thought for a moment then shook my head no, and looked at her, waiting for her to continue. "I can't believe that although you either shut him down, or embarrass him every time, Edward just keeps coming back to try and humiliate you in front of everyone". She said, waving her hands around, exasperated, before continuing on, "I mean, he must be thick as a tree stump to think that he's doing himself any justice. If anything, he's just getting a worse reputation and losing his popularity" She finished. Sarah nodded, agreeing with her.
I had told Sarah all about Edward, and to start with, she was hesitant towards giving us her opinion, seeing as Alice is his sister and that she shouldn't really be saying anything because she's learning to be a teacher, but Alice immediately reassured her that she didn't care, and Sarah had expressed her disgust in how young men could do that to someone that they're meant to care about.
That's basically how the weeks had gone, Edward trying to embarrass me, getting shut down; resulting in him getting grumpy and storming off, only to come back after my next class and try it all over again. That's how the cycle went for me, every. single. day. Jasper was noticing how annoyed I was after my classes and questioned me on it, but I just shook my head and told him not to worry about it.
On Friday though, something was different. I hadn't seen Edward after any of my classes, and in turn I was in an amazing mood. Unfortunately, it didn't last though. Edward was in my lesson 4 class, Biology. Biology was my worst subject and Edward knew it, and made it his mission to remind me every chance he got. Seeing as at the start of the year when we were dating, we had sat together, the teacher paired us with the people next to us, in turn making Edward and I lab partners for the rest of the semester. It was only three weeks left of the semester before we got a subject change. I was hoping to switch Biology for English Literature, even though it was my least favourite subject, I was good at it and it would help me with my finals.
Anyways, I was sitting at my Biology table, ignoring Edward's annoying remarks when Mr Banner called on me. "Isabella, What is meant when it is said that a bacteria is an obligate anaerobe?" I paused, What the hell is an obligate anaerobe? I racked my brain for an answer, and come up blank. I shook my head at the teacher "I'm sorry, sir, I'm afraid I have no idea" I said. I heard Edward snort and call out loudly, making sure the whole class could hear. "What Bella, you too dyslexic to read the textbook?" he smirked, a few people in the class shook their heads, not amused by what he'd said, while some chuckled. I rolled my eyes and called out just as loudly, if he was going to take a dig at me than so was I. "Nice, Edward. I could eat a bowl of alphabet soup and shit out a better insult than that."
The whole class was silent for a moment before they erupted into laughter. Even Mr Banner had trouble keeping upright with how hard he was chuckling. Edward huffed and sunk into his seat, glaring at me. I raise an eyebrow at him, daring for him to say something else. He didn't. It took a few moments for it to die down before Mr Banner wiped his eyes and cleared his throat. "Ahem, Edward, since you're so eager to catch out people when they can't answer a question, could you please do the honours so I can continue on with my class?" Edward nodded and mumbled his answer. "Obligate anaerobes are those living beings that do not survive in the presence of oxygen." Mr Banner nodded and continued on with his class.
When the bell signalled; Edward was out the door before it had finished ringing. I smiled and shook my head, heading out the door myself. On the way out a few people talked to me, telling me how funny my comeback was and how surprised they were when Mr Banner didn't tell me off. I smiled and thanked them before heading off to find Jasper.
When I found him, he pulled me into a hug and whispered in my ear, "I'm so proud of you, for standing up to Edward every single day, I'm sorry I didn't know it was happening." He said, pressing his lips to my forehead. I looked up to him and shook my head "Jasper, its fine. It's not like he's gaining anything from his shitty attempts at embarrassing me." I said, rubbing my hand up and down his arm. He nodded and wrapped his arm around my shoulders before leading me towards the cafeteria. Some days I would just grab my lunch and see Sarah and Alice in the library, but I had already spoken to Alice earlier and told her that today I was going to sit with Jasper.
Upon entering the cafeteria, I could see that something was up. It was deadly quiet, and the cafeteria is never quiet. Everyone's eyes were on us, making me more suspicious. I looked at Jasper and gave him a confused look and he returned it, looking just as confused as I was. I leaned up and whispered in Jasper's ear, "maybe we should get some lunch and get out as fast as we can. I have a feeling Edward's got something to do with this."
Jasper nodded, agreeing with me. I walked over to the line of people and grabbed an apple and a bottle of water. Jasper grabbed the same and we paid before walking in the direction of our usual table, making it look like we were going to sit there. Just as we passed the entrance of the door, I grabbed Jasper's arm and hauled him in the direction of the door. I pushed it open and we ran down the hallway. I heard a loud roar of frustration from what I guessed was from Edward, and heard a clamour of feet behind us. Jasper weaved us through the hallways before stopping at a door; he opened it up and pushed me in, before locking the door and leaning against it.
I looked around and realised we were in what seemed to be a dark storage closet, I could distinctly see spare tables, chairs, shelves that reached almost to the roof and even lockers, We heard voices coming from outside the door , still a little bit further away. I looked at Jasper, worried. Edward's never gone this far to try and embarrass me, and I was getting more and more anxious. He looked back at me, his blue eyes shining.
Suddenly, something in them changed, as if he had realised something. He grabbed my arm and pulled me further into the closet, he stopped in front of the lockers and tested the doors, funny enough, a piece of paper was hanging off of them with the combinations written on them. He twisted in the combination and opened the locker up, before turning and looking at me, I understood what he wanted me to do and got in, he gave me the apples and both bottles of water to hold onto, and put the combination in his pocket. He gave me a quick kiss and pulled away, shutting the locker door and locking it.
I looked through the slits in the locker door, to see where Jasper was going. I saw him climb up onto a table and heave himself up and onto the top of the shelves that almost touched the roof. He squeezed himself between the roof and the shelves, until I couldn't see him anymore. I could now hear Edward's voice directly outside the door, telling his mates to check in the storage room. I covered my mouth when they came inside to stop myself from whimpering. Light flooded the room and into the locker, I quickly ducked down so they couldn't see me looking through the slits. I crouched down and hugged my knees to my chest.
How could today get any worse?
END OF CHAPTER ELEVEN.