Thank you for all the wonderful reviews! I also wanted to clarify that what happened to Rosalie's hair will be revealed in this chapter.
Disclaimer: Were Twilight mine, I would have long ago cracked under the pressure of writing something so great and having to keep up to par with that greatness. So yeah, it belongs to Stephenie Meyer.
Chapter 12: What have we done?
Edward and Bella were a quarter of the way to school, Bella shivering in the cold. Edward had forgotten to start the car before they left so the heater had not had time to warm up. "Do you think it's warm enough now?" Bella's teeth chattered as she spoke, her lips blue with the cold.
"Should be." Edward reached down, turning the heater knob to full blast. The second the heater kicked on, blowing nice hot air, a white powdery substance flew from the vents covering Bella and Edward from head to toe (He had had the feet heater vent on as well). "Alice!" Edward growled knowing that Rosalie would never use a car in a prank, she respected and loved them too much to use them in such a way.
"What is this stuff?" Bella held her arms out so she could examine the substance. Taking his eyes from the road much to Bella's chagrin, Edward picked up a pinch of the powder, rubbing it between his fingers.
"It's flour." His eyes darted to the dashboard clock. "School starts in three minutes, we don't have time to return to the house in order to change clothes. We'll have to brush all of the flour off when we arrive." Edward pressed down further on the gas pedal, the speedometer needle climbing higher and higher.
In seconds they were in front of the school, students dashing from their cars to the buildings so they wouldn't get drenched by the pouring rain. Bella turned to look at Edward who had a funny look on his face.
"What's wrong?" She asked brushing a stray hair from his eyes. He slowly turned to look at her, his expression somewhat blank.
"We left our bags in our lockers because we didn't have homework and I don't carry umbrellas in the car." He paused as Bella let what he said sink in.
"So you mean?" Her eyes widened in shock. They were so engrossed in their predicament that they didn't notice Rosalie's M3 pull up next to them.
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Alice and Jasper stood inside the school just waiting for Bella and Edward to walk through the door. Cameras were at the ready in their hands, prepared to snap photos at the touch of a button.
The doors slammed open with a bang revealing two people dripping with slimy goop.
"It looks like they had fun last night." Anastasia laughed, her eyes never leaving the couple.
"What happened to them?" A junior by the name of Rachel asked her classmate Emily who shrugged.
"I wonder what they got into to look like that?" Lily Anderson mused catching another student's attention.
Ali looked up from her books, just noticing the pair. "Ew! What did they do? Take a shower in slime?" She cringed away when they walked past her, careful to avoid the goop at all costs.
Kalysha, on the other hand could barely speak at all. "Omc, what the… ohh, wow." Was all she could manage.
"No, surely not… It's Bella Swan and the Cullen boy!" Trey shouted which caused everyone who had not noticed Bella and Edward to stare straight at them.
Alice did nothing but laugh and snap pictures as Edward and Bella unwillingly modeled their congealed water and flour mixture for the student body.
A girl standing next to Alice in a dragon geisha costume muttered, "Despite the goop, Edward still looks gorgeous!" Alice could only shake her head in silent laughter.
By the time Edward and Bella reached Alice, Edward was seething mad. He opened his mouth to yell at her but was cut off by the front doors to the school slamming open once more. Emmett walked in slowly behind a brunette girl that none of the students recognized. Something about her was familiar but they couldn't place their finger on it.
"MARY ALICE BRANDON CULLEN!" Rosalie yelled as she stormed through the halls, the students parting like the Red Sea before her.
"Rosalie?" Emily, always the brave one, asked as Rosalie was stomping past.
"Not now Emily." Rosalie muttered, continuing on her war path to where Alice stood.
"Well, I better get to class." Alice tried to sneak away but was stopped by Edward who pulled both of her arms behind her back effectively restraining her. In all the commotion, no one had noticed Jasper slipping off down a side hallway.
"Emmett! Jasper!" Bella yelled pointing down the hallway Jasper had disappeared in. Unfortunately for Jasper, it was a dead end.
"Got him." Emmett came back into the main hallway carrying Jasper. Rosalie was just about to light into them when a creepy weird kid in glasses approached them.
"Where's your underwear Jasper?" His voice was eerily calm.
"What do you mean?" Jasper raised a critical eyebrow, mentally questioning the boy's sanity. Rosalie and Emmett shared a knowing smile. Instead of speaking, the kid pointed out the front door to the flag pole where a pair of underwear with a picture of Bob the Builder on them were flying at half mast. "Those aren't mine." Jasper turned his head away from the sight.
"Then why do they say Jasper the builder on them?" The kid laughed before disappearing into the crowd, all of whom were now looking, laughing, and pointing at Jasper's underwear.
"I'm gonna kill you!" Jasper lunged for Rosalie's neck but was restrained by Emmett's body builder arms.
"Not today buddy-boy, not today." Emmett laughed at Jasper's helpless state.
"Now Alice…" Rosalie's voice was sickeningly sweet as she approached the pixie like girl. "What did you do to my hair!" She yelled and tried to strangle Alice but was met instead with Bella and her and glare.
"Your hair! Look at me! I look like a commercial for chalky molasses!" Bella yelled flicking a strand of Rosalie's now brunette hair.
"Yours will wash off, who know how permanent mine is!" Rosalie yelled back.
"Do you even know what flour and water make? Glue!!! Have you ever tried to get glue out of your hair!" Bella was in Rosalie's face, which really concerned Edward.
"Have you ever tried getting color out of light blonde hair? I don't think so! My hair will probably be stained brown for the rest of eternity!" Rosalie threw her arms up in the air in frustration.
It was then the minute bell chose to ring.
"You'd better hope it washes out." Rosalie pointed her finger in Alice's face before walking off pulling Emmett, who was still holding Jasper, behind her.
"Oops! Sorry!" Emmett ran back and dropped Jasper at Bella's feet. "You'd better run for cover. She's pissed." Emmett whispered before running back to Rosalie.
Edward released Alice, grabbed Bella and began walking to her English class. "I'd better not lose any hair!" Bella threatened as they walked away. The couple walked a few feet before Bella turned back around to face Alice. "And he had better not lose any hair either." She growled sounding amazingly feral, for a human.
"Let's go." Alice grabbed Jasper's sleeve, pulling him behind her.
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"We have to get them back Emmett!" Rosalie growled during their Advanced Physics class. Emmett waited until the teacher's back was turned to reply.
"Well, how far are you willing to go in order to get revenge?" He leaned in close to her, his lips brushing her ear.
"What ever it takes." Rosalie whispered.
"Well, I still have that stash of cherry bombs in the M3 from last 4th of July. Have you ever heard what those things do to plumbing systems? We could plant evidence in Alice and Jasper's lockers." Rosalie laughed at his wicked evil plan. (thanks vampaneze666 for the idea)
"What are we waiting for?" Rosalie pecked his cheek before raising her hand high.
"Yes Miss Hale?" The teacher asked.
"Emmett isn't feeling well, may I take him to the nurse's office?" She asked, her velvet tone easily luring the teacher into a trance.
"Of course Miss Hale." The teacher stumbled over his words.
"Let's do it." Rosalie and Emmett walked out of the room, not even bothering to pretend to be sick.
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"Think they can pick on me just because I'm a human. Well I'll show them!" Bella panted as she pulled a large box behind her through the hallways.
"What on earth are you doing Bella?" Alice asked coming from the direction of Bella's locker, her features showing genuine surprise at running into her favorite human.
"Just moving some stuff for the teacher. None of the boys were brave enough to volunteer and I didn't want to sit through another lecture on Romeo and Juliet. I swear that teacher can put a rock to sleep." Bella's eyes were darting everywhere, clearly she was covering something up. Alice decided to drop it considering that she, too, was hiding something.
"Later." Alice smiled walking back to her class leaving Bella to continue dragging the large box behind her.
Half an hour later, Bella had made a visit to every Cullen and Hale locker, leaving them each a little surprise. She ditched the now empty box in a trash can before walking sedately back to her Junior English class.
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Isabella
Bella
Isabella Marie
Bella Marie
Isabella Marie Swan
Bella Marie Swan
Isabella Marie Cullen
Bella Marie Cullen
Isabella Marie Swan-Cullen
Bella Marie Swan-Cullen
Isabella Marie Cullen-Swan
Bella Marie Cullen-Swan
"Bella Cullen" Edward doodled in his notebook, writing Bella's name over and over again until the page was darkened with it.
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"You go in the boys and I'll go in the girls. You planted some in Jasper's locker right?" Rosalie asked as she and Emmett approached the bathrooms.
"Yes. And you put some in Alice's right?" He asked and she nodded.
"Alright. Let's do it. Go Team Awesome!" Rosalie and Emmett high five-d before they went into their assigned bathroom. Seconds later they both ran out.
"Did you do it?" Emmett asked, he had done this sort of thing before, Rosalie hadn't.
"Yes. It should go off any second." Her words were followed by a loud bang and the sound of bursting pipes.
"Back to class!" They ran hand in hand back to their Physics Class. Luckily, the class was still dazed as all get out so Rosalie and Emmett were able to sneak back into their seats.
"Could you repeat that Sir?" Rosalie asked, her eyes wide and innocent.
"Excuse me Miss Hale? I thought you were taking Mr. Cullen to the nurse?" The teacher looked confused.
"No sir. You must have been mistaken. I never said such a thing." With her unbearable beauty, it was easy to fool the teacher.
"Whatever you say Miss Hale." The teacher returned to the board where he continued writing the answer to the problem they had been working on.
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"Mr. Hale, could I please see you for a moment." Jasper's Senior English teacher beckoned him into the hallway. When the door was safely shut behind them Jasper looked at the teacher curiously.
"May I help you?" He asked.
"I normally don't do this but I'm afraid I'm going to have to recommend you to the school psychologist. Your obsession with sex screams out at me from this paper you turned in yesterday." She held out the paper for him to examine.
Everywhere in the paper where he had typed the word 'the' was replaced with the word sex. "There must be some mistake ma'am." Jasper tried to dazzle her but it was no use.
"I'm sorry Mr. Hale, but until your urges are sensibly restrained, you will not be allowed back into this classroom." She walked back in leaving Jasper alone in the hallway.
Attention Students! Please report to you locker for a locker inspection immediately! The principal announced over the loudspeaker. Students cheered at the prospect of getting out of class.
When all of the 200 plus students were lined up down the locker hallway, the principal began to speak. "We have reason to believe that one or more of you are harboring Cherry Bombs or some other sort of explosive in your locker. Less than ten minutes ago, the boys and girls bathroom plumbing was blown up. We will now commence the inspection and anyone who is found to have anything illegal in their lockers will take a trip with the nice officer here to the Police Station. We'll start with locker number one." The principal took the master locker key from the custodian and began opening the lockers while the police would check them.
Across the hall from Bella's locker was Edward standing in front of his locker. She smiled and gave a little wave. 'I love you.' He mouthed at her. 'I love you too.' She blushed. She almost felt sorry for what was going to happen to him. Almost. Looking down the hall, the search was going faster than anticipated. The principal was now at Emmett's locker.
"Go ahead." Emmett smiled opening his locker for the police.
"This is interesting." The police man hummed.
"What?" Emmett's face fell.
"It seems this young man has a taste for men and computers." The cop pulled out a large stack of magazines, all containing naked men, and a computer clearly stamped with the words 'Property of Forks High School.' Emmett gulped. "And looky what we have here." The cop pulled out a cherry bomb.
"It's not mine I swear! I was framed!" Emmett yelled as he was cuffed and take to wait in the police cruiser.
Down the hallway, Bella looked confused. She hadn't planted the cherry bombs in his locker, only the magazines and the computer.
Soon they were at Alice's locker.
"Miss, why do you have a school lunch tray in your locker. And yes, more cherry bombs." The cop pulled out the aforementioned items, holding them for her to examine. All she could do was gape. She hadn't seen this coming. The cops handcuffed her and led her to the police car where Emmett was sitting.
"What'd they get you for?" Emmett asked even though he knew it was for the cherry bombs.
"Stolen lunch tray and cherry bombs." She mumbled, her head hung low.
"A lunch tray?" Emmett asked and she nodded.
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Bella felt sorry for little Alice…NAH! This was revenge for all of the human comments and the Bella Barbie Doll sessions she had had to endure. Victory in the Cullen War would be hers.
Many lockers later, they were at Jasper's locker. "Your turn Mr. Hale." The principal eyed Jasper carefully.
"I have nothing to hide sir." Jasper gracefully moved aside. The principal opened the locker so the police could look inside.
"Nothing to hide, eh? Then why do you have this school mascot statue and some cherry bombs?" The cop asked pulling out the thirty pound bronze statue.
"Take me away." Jasper held out his arms, not even trying to defend himself.
"They got you too huh?" Emmett asked when Jasper was thrust into the car.
"Yeah. I can't figure it out though, how did those things get into my locker?" Jasper asked, truly confused.
"Well, Rosalie and I put the Cherry Bombs in your lockers but we have no idea where the other stuff came from." Emmett shrugged.
"We put cherry bombs in everyone else's lockers. But none of the other stiff was in there when we did. I don't know who… NO!" Alice gasped, realization dawning on her face.
"What?" Jasper and Emmett asked.
"I saw Bella dragging a heavy box through the locker hallway. You don't think…" Alice trailed off.
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Meanwhile, the cops had progressed and were now at Edward's locker. Bella closed her eyes for a moment, praying that he wouldn't be angry at her when this was all over.
He stepped aside, allowing them to rummage through his locker, the door of which was covered in pictures of Bella.
"You are one sick freak kid." The cop pulled a leather whip and collar out of his locker along with a trophy from the school's trophy case and a single cherry bomb. Edward looked flabbergasted. He ran over to Bella before they could cuff him, giving her a long hard kiss.
"Wait for me!" He cried as he was drug out to the second police car.
Now Bella felt bad. She didn't even notice that the cops had now come to Rosalie's locker.
Noticing how her family had all been arrested so far, Rosalie opened her locker then held out her hands to be cuffed. She wasn't stupid, she knew what was coming.
The cop came out with the coffee maker from the teacher's lounge and a cherry bomb. "Knew what was coming, did ya?" The cop asked as he clamped the cuffs around her dainty wrists.
"I am invoking my Miranda Rights." She stated, not saying anything else as they led her to the car where Edward was being held.
"What'd you do?" He asked.
"Coffee maker and Cherry bombs. Have you notice that the only one who is still in there is Bella?" Rosalie asked.
"So you think she did this? It would explain why she was smiling as Alice was drug away." Edward mused.
"She has learned well." Rosalie felt a sense of pride come over her.
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Bella's locker was the last locker to be checked as she was the newest addition to the school. "Go ahead!" She smiled.
The cops unlocked her locker and began to search. "So you're dating the whip and collar boy?" The cop asked noticing the pictures of Edward taped to the inside of her locker.
"I am." She smiled.
"Figures sick freaks would stick together." The cop came out with a pair of furry hand cuffs and a handful of cherry bombs.
"Take me away." Bella held out her hands which were swiftly cuffed.
"We're done here. We'll inform you of what we have found out after the interrogation." The officer shook the principal's hand before throwing Bella in the cruiser with Rosalie and Edward.
"Hey guys!" Bella smiled, oddly cheerful for having just been arrested.
"Bella, are you feeling alright?" Rosalie asked pressing her hand to Bella's forehead.
"Of course I am. Why?" She tilted her head to the side in curiosity.
"Because we were just arrested and we are, as we speak, on our way to the police station where your father happens to work." Edward supplied. The cheerful smile faded from Bella's face to be replaced with a look of panic.
"I'm dead…" She fainted.
End of Chapter 12.
Sorry for the delay. I'd say there are maybe two chapters left in the story. Thanks again for the reviews and for reading and for adding the story or myself to your alerts or favorites.
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