Chapter 14 Utter Disbelief
B POV
As I walked from my Trig class with Jessica babbling about my new relationship with Edward, I felt as I was going to explode. What amazed though was that she didn't realize how annoyed I was and how I wasn't trying to rip out her throat. I knew I would never do that, but the thought was utterly tempting now. Then I felt a pair of cold arms wrap around my waist and pull me backwards. I looked up to see Edward smiling amused and slightly disappointed, though I had no idea why.
"I'm sorry Jessica, I'm going to need to steal Bella away. I hope that's all right" he asked politely
"Uhhh… sure" she said dazed "I'll see you later". I watched as Jessica turned on her heels and practically ran.
"wow. I should have looked for you earlier if that's the way she was going to react. I was thinking about strangling her" I murmured
"I know. Alice had a vision of it and I'm very disappointed in you. Not to mention Kitty as well" he said shaking his head and started walking us towards the cafeteria.
"It's not my fault Jessica didn't realize how annoyed I was" I grumbled
"It still doesn't give you an excuse to go and strangle her" he chuckled
"I know, I know. I'm just really irritable right now" I sighed and he kissed my forehead.
"Maybe it's that time of the month again" I groaned. You have got to be be fucking joking. I looked to to see Toad standing in front of me.
"Toad. Here to get your ass kicked again" I hissed. I felt Edward's arm tighten around me, but I held my ground.
"Nope. School's doing some cooperation with Forks High" he smiled.
"WHAT" I shrieked. I reached over, grabbing him by the front of his shirt and brought him to my face. "Todd Tolansky you better be lying"
"No he's not. Now drop him" I looked away from Toad and looked to see Lance walking forward.
"Oh well isn't this swell. The whole Freakhood showed up" I hissed moving away from Edward.
"Why you little-" Blob started only to be cut off by Avalanche
"Hey, no of that now Blob. We don't wanna get Bellsy upset" he smirked. That was the final straw. I tossed Toad on the ground with a thud and stalked towards Lance.
"I don't know what the hell you're doing here or why you're here but you better leave before I do it for you" I threatened
"Oh yeah? How you gonna do that without using your powers, huh? You don't wanna upset dearest little professor" he taunted
"Lance Alvers, I am giving you to the count of five" I hissed
"Or you'll do what" he challenged
"You do realize I have Kitty on speed dial right" I smirked. He turned bright red and extend his fist when Pietro grabbed it.
"Don't you dare you touch her, Lance" he threatened
"Why should I listen to you, traitor" he demanded snatching his fist back
"Cause if you don't I'll kick you're fucking ass and do it so quick that no one knows what happens" Pietro threatened. I had to stop Pietro fast. He was too close to the edge and that would not be good.
"Pietro, come on. People are watching" I whispered
"Yeah, Pietro. Get back to your little friends before you get in trouble" Todd mocked
"Shut up Toad" he growled. Toad shrunk back and I the next words out of Pietro was going to lose it.
"Why? Cause you know it's true? Or because you don't have the guts" Lance asked. Oh shit. Pietro was about to move when something brown caught his hands. I looked over to my left to see Amanda Sefton pulling him back.
"Amanda" I gasped
"Hey Bells. How about we go talk somewhere that doesn't involve Pietro kicking Lance's butt. Now" she said
"Bella" Edward gasped. Okay, I got some explaining to do.
"I'll explain, but let's get him out of here" I said. He nodded taking Amanda's place and dragging Pietro outside where we were eating.
"Lance, stay away from us and Pietro" I ordered "Oh and two things. One, tell Lucas we're waiting for him"
"Fine. He says he watching and he's waiting as well" he smirked and I smiled knowing that was what I was going to say would wipe the smirk off his face.
"Two, I was serious about Kitty and Colossus" I said pointing to the smiling couple outside. He looked where I pointed and swallowed the lump in his throat. Peter looked in our direction and glared at Lance. Then he picked up Kitty, span her in a circle and kissed her. He whispered in her ear and she looked over at us. She simply smiled, waved at Lance and then kissed Peter. I couldn't help but laugh, which was followed by a giggle from Amanda.
"whatever… it's not like I cared or anything" he said flustered.
"Of course you weren't" I chuckled
"Whatever. Just know we'll be waiting" he said
"And we'll be ready" I said smugly turning away.
"See this shows that violence doesn't solve anything and that togetherness will always prevail. Also that-"
"Come on Amanda" I interrupting her then grabbed her elbow and towed her outside "I swear if you were alive during the Civil Rights Movement, you'd go down in history"
"Oh shut up Bella. By the way, who was that guy" she asked
"That was Edward" I said
"And is he a you know" she asked
"No. But he does know" I said
"Why" she demanded stopping in her tracks. I turned around to face her and her expression was priceless "I thought you guys stopped telling the secret after you told me"
"you make it sound as if we were trying to replace you" I giggled
"Not what I mean" she said rolling her eyes
"I know. Besides no one could ever replace you" I said
"Thanks. Now quit trying to change the subject" she said
"Okay, okay. Listen the reason why he knows is because I love him. And he loves me, a lot. But he and his family are really understanding about it and accept us for who we really are" I sighed. She stared at me awe struck and smiled.
"Whoa, Bella. You really do love him, huh"
"More than I ever that I could love someone" I smiled. She walked over and gave me a hug.
"I'm so happy Bella. He seems like a really great guy"
"He is. Charlie's already calling him son and he just meet him this morning. Not to mention that Scott and Logan like him too"
"Cool. Now what do you mean by his family. And I understand the whole Logan liking him, but not the Scott part" she said confused. I sighed taking in a deep breath of air.
"Edward's family, the Cullens, know as well. Along with some of their adopted father, Carlisle's, friend's adopted kid. They only know because they got accepted to the Massachusetts Academy, purely by accident. They're completely human, so they know. And the whole thing about Scott is because, he and Jean are my real parents. They got married before I was born and I have a twin sister" I explained
"A twin. Like Pietro and Wanda" she asked. I nodded my head and pointed over to Lec. I heard Amanda gasp but didn't look at her.
"Bella" she said placing a hand on my shoulder "Don't worry everything will be alright"
"I don't know, Amanda. With everything that's going on, it's barely safe for you to be around us" I sighed
"Relax. We always get through this, don't we" she asked
"Yeah. But we're in so deep this time. And they-"
"No, Bella. You really need to relax. If you're stressed everyone will be stressed, including Edward. And by the way you talk about him, he and his family know the current situation. And if he knows and you're worried about him, he'll be even more worried about you. And that's more stress and pressure you don't need. So just take a deep breath and relax, Bells. Everything will work out somehow. It always does" she said reassuringly, but I knew she was worried too. I sighed figuring she was right.
"You're right Amanda. I am stressed out and it's not helping anyone. I'll try to relax,, but I'm not promising anything" I told her. She squealed and pulled me into a hug.
"That's all I'm asking for. Now come on" she said pulling us out side. I had a feeling that she was going to adore Alice. We walked out the door and kitty ambushed Amanda with a hug. I walked past them and over to Edward who was leaning against a table.
"Hi" I said quietly. He looked up at me and I sighed. "Listen, about Amanda. She and Kurt were best friends back at this public school we went to. And she saw Kurt without his image inducer and we told her. I know I should have said something about her before but-" I was suddenly cut off by his lips on mine and I wrapped my arms around his neck. Too soon, he pulled away and I pouted. He chuckled and kissed my forehead.
"Listen Bella, I'm not mad that she knows. I was just shocked is all. But I can see how much you trust Amanda and talk so easily to her, so I know there won't be any problems. I just didn't realize how stressed out you were" he said
"Yeah, well it's not something I like to share. Besides, Amanda has been around for a while so she knows when I'm stressed out. In a way, she's kind of like jasper" I said
"Yeah, well I don't think she or Jasper can calm Pietro down" he said. I twisted around to see Pietro running around a tree and I sighed.
"I'd better go talk to him" I said. Edward simply nodded and I kissed him.
"Will I ever get tired of kissing you" he asked
"I hope not. It's become my favorite pastime" I said smiling. He rolled his eyes at me and shooed me away. I pecked his cheek and ran towards Pietro. I caught pace with him easily since he was running at a human pace.
"Mind if I join you" I asked
"yeah" he said. I sighed and grabbed his arm swinging him around to face me.
"Pietro, you know you aren't a traitor. You did what you thought is best and made a choice" I said
"I know but… "
"But what" I asked. He sighed and slumped against the tree.
"I… I didn't really join the X-Men because I decided to make a better choice" I gasped. He what?! Pietro had told me that he decided to join cause he was sick of the Brotherhood. But if he didn't, then why?!
"Pietro Maximoff, you need to tell me why you decided to join us. Now" I demanded
"Calm down, Bells" he said shaking his head "I didn't join because of a bad reason"
"Then why did you" I asked more calmly
"I did it for Launa" he said "I-I didn't want her to get wrapped up in the wackiness of the Brotherhood and see her get hurt. I didn't want that for her. So I decided that if I join the X-Men, she'd have a good example and wouldn't have followed in my footsteps. I was planning on leaving after a few years or so but… But, I liked it. I liked being part of the X-Men and a part of the team. Sure it took some time to get use to, but once we did it turned out great"
"So why didn't you tell me" I asked "I'm your best friend"
"I know, I know. It's just I didn't want to tell you and then see you sad when I left. I mean Bella, we've been best friends ever since I started going to the same school together. And the fact that we did it secretly made it even better. I mean, even though when it came down to the battles we had to fight but we had fun with it. I didn't want to risk that" he said quietly. I smiled and hugged him.
"You know that is the most thoughtful and considerate thing I have ever heard you say" I told him pulling away.
"Yeah, I know. So don't you dare tell anyone" he said and laughed
"There's the Pietro I know" I said
"Yup. And don't you dare forget it. Now let's go. Running under this damn tree is really starting to annoy me" he said getting up. I laughed and he laughed with me. I got up and we raced back to the others. He won of course, but only cause I let him. I ran over to Edward and wiggled into his arms. He pulled me in lap and just held me. I sighed, it felt so much like home. I snuggled into his chest and tried to relax like I promised Amanda. I knew this was going to be hard, but I would try for Lec. For Pietro. For Amanda. But most of all for Edward.