Chapter 12
Waking up the next day, the good mood from yesterday was still present. It was a surprise when Alice and Rose didn't insist on doing her hair and make-up and so this left Bella free to do her basic, natural look. Lately she had needed her ipod to keep her mind calm at points in the day when she wasn't able to escape to the bathroom. All day Alice kept glancing at Bella when she didn't think that Bella could see. The day went as normal with only the strange behaviour of Alice but everyone else seemed to be acting the same as before.
Walking into the canteen at lunch, Bella tripped as she was making her way to their table and she nearly landed on her arms but at the last minute she was able to put her hands out to catch her and only grazed her hands slightly. Everyone in the immediate area had turned round to see what was happening and her friends on her table were making their way over to help her. Jasper looked the most worried; obviously to make sure her arms were ok. Blushing Bella stumbled the rest of the way to meet them and together they made their way to the table. "Are you ok Bella?" Alice asked who was sat on her left. She had Edward sat on the other side.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I stopped any major damage by catching myself with my hands; I only grazed the palms of my hands." She gave them all a reassuring smile. The rest of the day went ok but walking to Biology with Edward she had her music in, again, and it seemed like date when Chloe appeared in the corridor her song changed and the All-American Rejects song Give's you hell came on. Bella had to smile to herself when she noticed the glare that Chloe had directed at her and she sensed Edward tense at her side when he noticed Chloe stood in the corridor. Bella pushed him playfully into the room while giving Chloe a cheeky smile to show her she couldn't intimidate her anymore. Chloe, if it was possible, looked even more furious when she saw how Bella and Edward acted around each other. She knew that her stunt with Edward would cost her when Chloe finally caught up with her but she wasn't about to let someone like her ruin her life and make her feel insignificant anymore. The lesson went as usual; she joked and laughed along with Edward, Emmett and Jacob while she could feel the glares that Chloe was throwing in her direction. When she left the classroom at the end of the lesson, she told Edward that she wanted to phone Cassie again and he left her to do it in private. Like last time she headed for the edge of the wood's but when she was in a corridor near the exit, Chloe appeared from a side corridor with a couple more girls with her to stop her getting out the door.
"Get out of my way" Bella was not letting her get her way and she wasn't letting her corner her like this, she nearly shouted the demand.
"Now why would I do that? I have a score to settle with you first." She motioned for her friends, there appeared to about 6-7 of them, to move round me so i couldn't run. I didn't know what she planned to do but the corridor was empty, there was definitely no help coming.
"I hope this teaches you a lesson for not staying away from MY Edward."
And with that Chloe grabbed hold of Bella's hair and yanked it back so her neck was strained. Bella screamed out in pain and shock. That wasn't the worst of it though. Chloe signalled to her friends who held onto Bella so she couldn't move and Chloe pulled one of Bella's sleeves up, "Look, my cousin was telling the truth about this as well. What do you think we should do about this girls?" She asked the girls that were still surrounding her with a sneer. One of the girls, Bella couldn't see which, shouted out an answer. "Help her feel the pain she wants from the cuts."
"Hmmm, that sounds good. Would you like us to help you Bella. You obviousy do this to help and so let me be a good friend and help." Chloe held out her hand and she was handed a pocket knife, which she then proceded to to go over a few of the cuts that were on her arm. Bella just looked on in shock, these cuts didn't look the same. They were long and deep and just looked horrible, each time the knife touched her Bella cried out in pain. Nobody seemed to be able to hear her, which made Bella feel even worse, for some reason she felt as though they might kill her. After Chloe had cut open about 5 of the cuts she dropped her arm. She hoped it was over but with a malicious smile she lifted up her other arm and started to roll up that sleeve as well. She held the edge of the knife against one of the most recent of Bella's cut but instead of cutting, she left it poised there.
"I'll leave this arm intact if you swear to me that you'll stop talking and hanging out with Edward. Can you do that?"
Through her sobs Bella answered in a shaky voice. "No, i can't do that, and i'm not about to let you take control of my life!" With that she lifted up her arm that Chloe had already mutilated and swung it round to punch Chloe hard in the face. The hit was so hard that Chloe fell back and landed against the wall. Her friends instinctively backed away from Bella, she let those girls run but she wasn't about to let Chloe get away that easily. kicking the pocket knife away from her Bella leapt on her and started kicking, punching and scratching the hated girl infront of her.
Suddenly Bella felt herself being lifted off Chloe and Jasper was stood in front of her, he quickly saw her arm and took his coat off and covered her arm with it. Jasper started speaking calming words to her while she was still struggling to get out of who she assumed to be Emmett's grasp. it was obviously a loosing battle but she was still furious with how Choe had treated her. She could see that Alice was trying to help Chloe up but she wasn't having that. She pushed Alice away and once she was up she strode over to stand in front of Bella. Which made her even angrier and she tried even harder to get out of Emmett's grasp. Chloe smiled evily at Bella before saying in a loud voice. "Do you think they'd still treat you like this if they knew what you did to yourself?" Bella was shocked and for the first time she stopped struggling and looked at the floor. "I didn't think you's want them to know, but because of what you just did, I'm going to do it anyway. Look at what she does." Chloe started walking towards Bella's arm that wasn't covered by Jasper's coat but Jasper stood in the way and didn't let her pass. "I suggest you leave now Chloe." His voice was friendly on the top but her had an undertone of anger. Chloe turned her gaze to Jasper and gave him a mischievious smile before turning round to face the other's who were looking at Jasper and Bella in confusion. Bella still didnt look up from the floor. She knew that Chloe was going to tell them no matter what she did and she was reserved on that point. She didn't know how they would react but she was sure that since Jasper already knew that he would still act the same. She hoped anyway.
"This girl comes from the same place as my cousin, she warned me that she is a slut wo tries to get every guy into bed and she tries to get even more attention by cutting herself. If you don't believe me the proof is on her arms." With another malicious grin pointed at Bella she then strode off down the corridor, she had no marks from Bella's attack and that was Bella's only regret about what had happened before her friends had shown up. They were all looking at her when she turned her gaze up and their faces ranged from pity to shock and Edward looked slightly angry as well as shocked. Jasper was the only one who looked at her normally, "Emmett i think you can let her go now, she's not trying to attack anyone." Emmett let go and stepped back. "Come on Bella, lets get your arm cleaned up." Jasper guided her by her elbow through the school and into her own room. Bella was aware that the others were following but at the minute she wasn't too aware of anything but the pain in her arm. "Where is your things to clean it?" She pointed to under the sink and Jasper looked closely for a few minutes and finally came out with her box. He opened it slowly and gingerly took Bella's blade out and put it on the side of the sink, making sure it wouldn't fall off and it couldn't be knocked off easily. Before he took anything else out he noticed the others all stood staring in the doorway of the bathroom. "Guy's could you just go put a film on or something, I'm sure Bella would want some privacy?" They all nodded silently and turned to go into the main room of the dorm. "Are you Ok Bella?" He asked in a whisper.
"Fine, I'm used to the pain." She said with a slight smile. "Their not going to treat me the same are they?" She nodded her head in the direction of the main room.
"They will be fine,but it's a shock and they can't deal with shock as well as i do."
"I've had experience of people reacting to it,i was hoping they wouldn't find out, oh well, theres nothing i can do about it now. Has the bleeding stopped now?"
"Almost." he carried on getting her towel, anticeptic supplies and bandages. "Let's get you cleaned up.
"Thanks Jasper, for everything."
"your welcome." He smiled genuinely at her before removign his now blood stained coat from her arm. His gasp made Bella glance at her arm worried. The cuts on her arm had made her arm red and the cuts were all deep and one of them crossed over two or three of herprevious cuts.
"Why did she do this? I know she's an evil girl but why you?"
"Didn't Edward tell you, i thought he heard what she said to me last time?"
"He only heard her threaten, not the reason. Why?"
"Well, it's because she see's Edward as hers and i've been getting too friendly with him. She didn't like it. Her cousin is one of the girls who tormented me back home and she found out and threatened me. I just didn't accept how serious she was. Her and her friends cornered me this afternoon. Speaking of you guys, how did you know where i was?"
"Oh, Alice had a feeling something bad was happening to you, she always turns out to be right so when we saw Edward and Emmett come alone, we headed for the direction that Edward said you had headed in. We saw the blood on your arm ad you attacking Chloe and acted."
"Well,you could have let me at least mark her."
"Yes but then she has a case against you with the teachers but now she doesnt." Bella saw the truth in his words and they sat in silence while Jasper wrapper her arm up. "Are you hurt anywhere else?"
"No, just my arm."
"Good. Are you ready to go into the main room now?"
"No, but I've got to face them some time." Jasper helped her to her feet and they both walked into the room where the others were silently, for once, watching a film. Bella didn't pay attention to the film because as soon as they heard her and Jasper enter the room, they all turned to look at her. Again their faces showed different emotions, Alice looked sad and pitying, Rose looked sad and confused, Emmett was angry and pitying while Edwards gaze was hard to decipher. Sighing she sat on the opposite side to everyone and Jasper sat next to Alice. "I'm guessing you want to know what happened to make me come to boarding school?" They all nodded.
A/N God that was hard to write LoL i so wanted Chloe to be hurt more but my hands wrote the story not my head haha :D I hope you enjoyed :)
