Chapter 12: Hello again
I got out of bed today was Monday, back to school, I thought bitterly before heading to the bathroom to get ready.
Approximately 33 minutes later, I was downstairs and at the table eating my breakfast. "Hey, kid." Phil told me before sitting down at the table, most 'kids' will be annoyed by that, but I could care less.
Then Renee came downstairs, "Today." I looked up at her, not fully understanding what she was talking about, "Today what?"
She rolled her eyes, this seemed soo obvious to her, "Today you start working, you already cleaned up the place yesterday, I got the jewlery cleaned and ready to be bought, and Harriet is there right now putting the last touches," Renee told me.
"Last touches?" I asked, she shrugged and changed the subject, clearly showing that she wouldn't peep a word.
I sighed, I guess I'd have to wait until afterschool, I finished my breakfast, said a quick goodbye and drove to Angela's house.
Angela looked happy as she got out of her house, she skipped to the car andsat in the passenger seat, and she sighed happily.
"I'm going to just guess, are you happy?" I asked. Angela nodded, and looked out of the window as I drove to school, "Lemme guess, Ben?" I asked.
"You would be right, dead on right actually, he took me out last night," Angela said, still looking out the window. "We're here." Nothing. "I parked."
"Hey, is that Ben?" She whipped around, and started to look frantically fot him, "Oh! There he is, wait no." Aha! No that's not him either."
"Bella where did you see Ben?" Angela asked me. "Oh, I think he is waiting for you in you're English class," I said, before I could finish she was out of the car. I laughed, gullible little Angela.
I got of my car, and walked inside the school, just as I sat down in my seat and classed started, a voice boomed through the speakers, and from the intercom the voice said, Isabella Swan you are to report the office,...immediatly.
Everyone watched me as I left class and made my way over to the office, even the secertarys stared. I shook my head at them, and they quickly turned around and pretended to be busy, like picking up the phones and pretending to talk to someone when the phone didn't even ring. Not once.
I knocked twice on the door, "Come in." I opened the door and walked inside, he gestured me to the black chair in front of his desk.
"Now Isabella-" "Bella." I corrected him.
"Bella, I understand that you purposely dragged a student to the gym and forced her to dump food on herself, and you also fought with another girl, m Lauren Mallory?" he said, I looked at him nameplate.
"Mr. Polkeinstein I did NOT do such things, and you have no proof that I did."
"Miss Swan, I do not need proof, everyone in that cafteria saw you did it," Mr, Polkeinstein said, standing up from his chair.
"Says who?" I asked.
"Me."
I turned around, it was Jessica, she closed the door behind her and walked over to the principal and I.
"Are you kidding? She could have lied! It is not my fault she was stupid enough to actually dump food on herself!" I said, raising my voice.
"Miss Swan!" Mr. Polkeinstein shouted, causing Jessica to stagger back, I remained where I was.
"Yes?" I asked, innocently. He sighed and bowed down his head, "Miss Stanley may you please wait outside, I need to talk to Miss Swan here alone."
"Sure thing." And with that Jessica left, leaving me and the principal alone. "Now, Bella I am going to give you one more chance to confess or else-" I cut him off and casted a spell.
"Erase this mortals mind, and give him no recollection of this time!" I'm not even sure if it rhymed but it seemed to work out all right.
I closed the door as I left the room, the principal bought every word I said, and I was off the hook. Jessica looked smug as I walked out and then confused when she saw my smile.
"What?!" "Miss Stanley!" I made my way over lunch, I missed all my morning classes, argueing with the prinicpal and telling him a decent cover story.
I sat with Angela and the others, Lauren looked over at me. "So, Swan," she sneered my name," how much trouble did you get in?"
"I'm not in trouble, Jessica is." I replied.
"What?" Lauren said. Shocked as everybody else, "Well didn't you see the poor girl dumped all the cafeteria food on herself last Friday, wasting food costs money, and now she's in trouble, geez Lauren are you really that blind?" I said.
Lauren just sat there, shocked. "No, n-no, just NO!" she stuttered. "Lauren?"
"Jessica is not supposed to be in trouble, you are! You dumped the food on her! It was all YOU!"
"I have no idea what you're talking about Lauren, everyone saw her walk and dumped it on herself, why are you in denial?" I asked.
At this Lauren fumed even more, what happened next was a shocker.
She jumped over the table, launching herself at me, we both rolled down on the ground, she started to try to punch me but I blocked her every single time, using my legs I flipped us over and pinned her down.
"No fighting in school Lauren, didn't anyone ever teach you that?" I asked, and got up, I walked back to our table, and Lauren layed there on the ground for a minute before running out of the cafeteria.
"Well isn't she just crazy?" Angela said, causing everyone at our table to laugh.
As I drove my over to work, I noticed the place was packed, looks like I have my work cut out for me.
Renee made me wear a simple yet elegant dark emerald green dress, and my nametag, she said that at Jewlaski we should dress more elegantly since we do sell jewlery.
At least it wasn't long enough for me to trip over, well I probably would trip anyway.
Everyone adored the jewels, saying it was 'magical' they weren't so far from the truth.
The clothes and jewlery in our realm always have that magical feel, we are mystical beings after all.
"Bella, please keep an eye on that all black clothed man over there, he's carrying a sack and I do not like how much of a burglar he looks like."
I rolled my eyes, the sack he was carrying were full of potatoes and he wore dark black jeans and a dark button down dress shirt, he was obviously going somewhere, though the potatoes were confusing.
As I made my way over, I slipped and fell into the man causing him drop the sack of potatoes, he fell down but my hand grabbed the coutner, but as my feet tripped over the potatoes I too fell down knocking into a wall.
Wait, wall? There's no wall in the middle of the store!
I looked up, staring down at me was no other then Alice Cullen. "Oh, hi Alice, I'm sorry about that." I said, getting up and helping the man I fell into up too. He quickly gathered the potatoes before I could help him, Renee saw that he was no burglar and offered him a free item of his choice for the accident.
"Yolanda is going to love this." he said. "Girlfriend?" Renee asked, "No best friends birthday." She nodded and gave him the necklace and matching earrings, "You work here Bella?" Alice asked me.
I nodded, "Yeah my mom owns the shop." She smiled, "That's nice, umm Bella I can use some employee help?" she asked.
"Okay, what do you need?" I asked her. "I'm looking for the perfect Mother's day gift."
"Mother's day? Alice you do realize that's 3 monthes away right?" I asked.
"I know, but Esme is out camping with Carlisle and this is the perfect time," Alice said. I knew that they weren't really 'camping' and that they were hunting.
"Still? You can't buy her present when she's home?" I asked. "I want to be on the safe side, so show me what you have for sale?" Alice said. "Your going to have to wait in line to buy anything yet, so you have plenty of time to look around, what does Esme like?" I asked.
"Something elegant but simple," Alice answered. "Follow me," I said. "I like this one!" "For Esme?" "For me!"
I looked at what Alice was gushing about, it was a diamond bracelet with some of the diamonds were shaped into flowers.
"The flowers are so detailed, I never seen anything like it," Alice said in awe.
"It's expensive," I said. "Money is no object." Alice declared. She picked it up and put it on and gazed at it. "Okay so what are you going to get for Esme?" I asked.
"Pearls." Alice said. "I already saw it in a vision, it's a beautiful necklace I know Esme will love it, I think it's somewhere in the back," Alice said. "In the back? How am I going to find a pearl necklace I've never seen before in the back?" I asked.
"I'll come with you silly!" Alice said. "Okay," I said. I opened the door, and watched as Alice picked the perfect pearl necklace for Esme. "Found it! Thanks Bella, now let's go so I can buy it!"
"You have to wait in line," I said. Alice pouted, "Pleease! It's for Esme," Alice said sweetly. "Okay, but this one time only," I caved. "Hey! We've been waiting for 15 minutes!" a woman said. "I quickly selled it to Alice. "Thank you Bella!" Alice said, and skipped away happily.
"Oh, special treatment for friends huh?" the same woman said. "I have a nametag!" I defended myself.
Hours passed, as we selled jewlery and the happy satasfied customers left, with half empty wallets.
"Bella go home, it's been a long day you obviously haven't gotten enough sleep," Renee told me. "Yup you have bags under your bags," Harriet agreed.
"Okay, see you tommorow," I said, I put on my jacket and walked back toand it my car. It was getting dark, and it was only 8:30 PM.
I got in my car and drove home, my cellphone started ringing.
"Hello?" I asked. "Bella, I need you to come home I know your at work but it's important," Phil said. "I'm already my way there, Mom and Harriet let me off early, is there something wrong?" I asked.
"I found something in the woods today, something abnormal," Phil said. "I'll be right there," I told him and hung up.
-1 hour later-
"What do you mean a vampire's dumping ground?" I asked. "The scent is all over that place, I found the bite marks, and all the blood has been drained from their bodies," Phil said.
"But that's not all," Phil added. "What can be worse?" Renee asked. "They all looked similar to you, Bella, they were all brunettes, with pale skin and brown eyes, your initails were carved on the trees and across their back," Phil told me.
I shook my head, it couldn't be Victoria and Laurent? Laurent seemed more calm, not the one to be looking for revenge, but Victoria from what I could tell was Jame's mate. It's most likely to be her.
"Bella, do you know anything about this?" Renee asked me.
So it wasn't Edward, it was Alice. And it was most defintely as crazy as I first imagined, but I was grounded from the computer so I couldn't update sooner, or start from where I left off.
But the whole vampire dumping ground is pretty dun dun DUN worthy right?