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Chapter 20:

Bella's POV

School.

I sighed as I lay in bed and thought about it all.

I wasn't looking forward to going back.

It wasn't that I didn't like school, but that was the last thing from the truth. In fact, I loved school. But with being pregnant and all, I wasn't wanting to face all my old friends. I didn't want to face the ridicule and the stares, listen to the whispers behind my back or even the snide remarks from certain people. There was just one thing that was going to keep me going through all of this.

Edward.

He promised to stick by my side through thick and thin. I told him that he didn't have to, but he quickly pointed out that he was at as much fault as I was and that this was his baby as well. I knew that there was a reason I had fallen in love with him. And he had already proven several times that he would stick by my side in just the last few days. For example, earlier today, when Aunt Jayme had taken Ian and I both up to the high school to make sure that everything was set to start school tomorrow, he was there waiting for me in the office, along with Carlisle. I was going to tell the principal and guidance counselor about being pregnant. It was Jayme's request. She said that it might help keep the ridicule down if the school knew what was going on. Needless to say, Mr. Greene and my counselor, Ms. Vinson were floored when I told them that I was pregnant and Edward was the father. They were impressed that Edward and I were going to take on this responsibility, but Jayme and Carlisle assured them that we would have the support of our families behind us.

While they couldn't promise that they could stop all the ridicule and whispers, they would help the best they could to control them. We also discussed what would happen the closer I got to my due date. Carlisle assured them that as long as I felt up to it, I would be in school. And that if my health or my daughter's health needed for me to stay at home I would. But I would always finish my class work. I was determined to graduate on time and I made that known to both Mr. Greene and Ms. Vinson.

Even having the principal and counselor on our side, I was still not looking forward to going back. At least I would have three classes with Edward and the other three with Alice. I wasn't sure who else would be in my classes out of our group, but I knew that I would never be without one of my best friends with me.

With that on my mind, I fell asleep.

Morning came too soon.

It was a struggle to get up this early. I wish that Edward had spent the night again, but the new rules were that Edward could stay with me only on the weekend and holidays or I could stay at the Cullens. But during the week, we were to be home by eleven. That didn't bother me much, since usually I was asleep by 9:30. But still, it was a struggle. I hadn't started to show that much, but I knew that I would begin to anytime now.

As quickly as I could, I got dressed in a pair of jeans and a large sweater. I knew that I would here about it from Alice, but I didn't care. I was comfortable. I grabbed my backpack and headed downstairs.

"Ready for American school?" I asked Ian as I sat down at the table with him and Emmett. Aunt Jayme quickly placed some pancakes in front of me.

"I guess," he said shrugging his shoulders. "School is school."

"Amen!" Emmett added before getting up from the table. He kissed my cheek on the way out the door to pick up Rosalie. "If anyone picks on you Bells, tell me and I will take care of them!"

I nodded as he headed out the door before turning my attention back to my pancakes. Nothing else was said between Ian, Jayme and I until an all too familiar car honk sounded. "Come on Ian," I said standing up. "Edward is here."

We both said goodbye to Jayme before heading out to Edward's car where he and Alice waited for us. I climbed in the front with Edward and Ian got in the back with Alice and Emma.

"Are you not excited Bella!" Alice asked. "I mean Emma is! and I'm sure that Ian is."

I glanced back at Emma and Ian, who both didn't look excited. I was in agreement with them. None of us wanted to go back to school. Back in Scotland, we all had already finished our first semester. So all of this was basically worthless information to us. We all were exempt from our midterms thanks to our grades in Scotland; but the only reason we were going to school now instead of in January was that none of us wanted to sit around being bored at home for almost 3 weeks, while our friends were at school.

"yeah Alice. I am." I said trying to placate her. I caught Edward smiling a bit. He knew I was lying.

Within no time, we were at school. Edward took my backpack from me and pulled me close as we walked to my first class, English. Unfortunately, Edward didn't have this class with me – but Alice and Ian did.

"I'll meet you after class," Edward said kissing my lips softly. "then we have the next two together."

I nodded and kissed him back before walking into class. Alice and Ian were already sitting in class with a seat saved for me. Thank goodness it was in the back. I sat down, dreading what class had in store for me.

Class flew by and I was thankful that not too many people starred at me. I mean Jessica Stanley did a bit, but I think it was because I was friendly with new British guy – duh! He's my cousin! Same last name! But then Jessica wasn't always the smartest person. Angela Weber was in our class as well. So, that wasn't bad. I just hoped that Tanya wasn't in any classes with me. But knowing this school, I'm pretty sure that I will.

"Class went ok?" Edward asked, as I walked out of class and immediately hugged him. I nodded against his chest. I was just tired. That was all.

"Come on," he said, making me turn and walk. "Emma and Jasper are in History with us. They are already there since Jasper helped Emma to class because she is still slow on her knee with the crutches."

"Anyone else I should know about?"

"Umm Angela is in there, so is Jessica, Mike Newton, Lauren Mallory…"

I listened as Edward named off some more names including a guy named Caleb Watkins, who was on the soccer team with him and then he said her name.

Tanya Denali.

"No! I'm not going to class with her!"

"Bella I promise that nothing will happen. I'm with you and we're going to have a family. Remember that." Edward whispered as he pulled me off to the side before we entered to the classroom. He leaned in and gently kissed my lips as his hands caressed my stomach. I smiled against his kiss. He had felt our daughter move the other night and wanted to fell her move again.

"besides, Tanya is obsessed with getting to know Emma."

I laughed. Poor Emma!

"Ready?" he asked, moving back from me and holding his hand out to me. I took a deep breath and nodded.

We walked hand in hand into the classroom and Edward was right. Emma was sitting down in a desk next to Jasper, while Tanya sat in front of her asking her all sorts of questions. I could already tell that the questions were making Emma anxious. I didn't blame her. I would feel the exact same way. I moved to sit in front of Jasper, next to where Tanya was currently sitting.

"Excuse me Tanya," Edward said. "But you're in my seat."

"Oh I'm sorry Edward," she said getting up quickly. "I was just getting to know your sister! She really does look a lot like you."

As Tanya sucked up to Edward, Emma turned to look at me and rolled her eyes. she knew that Tanya was nothing but fake. Thank goodness, class started about that time and Tanya moved across the room and sat with Lauren and Jessica.

Towards the end of class, Emma and Jasper slipped out of the room. I noticed that he carried her book bag for her as she slowly made her way out using the crutches. He was so attentive to her needs. I knew that Jasper was harboring a crush on Emma. I just hope that Emma doesn't shun him away after what happened to her in the past. Jasper could be good for her.

The next two classes sped by, just like the first two had. Third period was science with Edward and fourth period was math with Alice. And so far, no one had asked anything about why I had gone to Scotland for three months nor had anyone mentioned anything about my father.

But that wasn't the case at lunch.

Tanya POV

Seriously, this is making me sick. Edward Cullen can do so much better than that plain Jane who is on his arm. Even Jessica Stanley was better then this Bella Swan. Who the hell does she think that she is, coming in and taking over the spot that I was so trying to get into – the spot of Edward Cullen's girlfriend. I was sitting with my normal friends – my sisters, Lauren, Jessica, Mike and Caleb. Our table wasn't far from the table that Edward and his group of friends sat at. I quickly noticed that three more people were sitting with them today.

The ugly duckling known as Bella, Emma Cullen and the other new guy, Ian. Edward's attention was completely on Bella and avoiding everyone else. What did she have that I didn't?? Could someone please tell me that?

Drastic times called for drastic measures.

I noticed towards the end of lunch that Bella had got up from the table and disappeared towards the bathroom. Perfect, no witnesses.

I stood up and made my way towards the bathroom as well. As I entered the bathroom, I saw Bella standing at the sink washing her hands. She looked up at me as I entered then back down at the sink. I moved to stand next to her.

"Excuse me," she said, trying to get around me. But I didn't move.

"I don't know who you exactly think you are," I said quickly and quietly to her. "but you need to back off Edward. He's mine and I'll be damned if anyone is going to come between us."

She looked at me like I had gone crazy.

"And if you don't move the hell away from our brother's girlfriend, then we will have to make you," a voice said from behind me.

I spun around and was face to face with Emma and Alice Cullen. Emma Cullen, even though she was injured somehow and was using crutches, looked like she could take me down in a second. She was about my height and weight, but there was just this look about her. I hadn't learned much about her so far, but she didn't seem too warm to anyone else but Edward's little group. As for Alice Cullen, I knew that I couldn't underestimate her based on her size. Alice was the one who approached me first.

"Edward doesn't want to be with you," Alice said. "get a clue. But never threaten her or anyone ever again. Especially Bella. Because if you do, I will take care of you myself before allowing Emma to drop kick your ass across the country."

I stood there in shock as the trio disappeared back out of the bathroom.

This was going to be harder than I thought.

Emma's POV

American schools were interesting. The classes were much the same but a bit different. They didn't seem to be as hard. But that was only my first impression.

My day started out normally. I got up and got dressed in a pair of sweat pants and a sweatshirt. I couldn't wear much else because of my knee brace. Thank goodness that it would be replaced with a smaller one soon. I could wear jeans, but it was a bit uncomfortable because I had to put the brace around my jeans; but in sweats, I could wear the brace underneath them. I did love the fact that we didn't have to wear school uniforms here. Yet, before I could get out of my room, Alice was at the doorway, pushing me back into my room.

"No sister of mine is going to wear that to school on her first day! You can wear that tomorrow if I let you!"

I sighed as I sat down on my bed as she disappeared into my closet. I had heard the warnings about Alice doing this, but I wasn't sure she'd ever do it to me. But I was wrong.

A few minutes later, she reappeared with my pink sweater dress, a pair of black leggings and my black ballet flats. "Wear this!" she said thrusting the clothes at me. "And hurry up! Because we've got to pick up Bella and Ian!"

I gave in and did as Alice requested. And within no time, we were on our way to pick up Bella and Ian before heading to school. Before school started, we met up with Jasper, Rosalie and Emmett. They all asked about mine, Ian and Bella's schedules. We quickly compared and I found out that Jasper and I had almost the exact same schedule with the exception of last period when he had varsity boys' soccer and I had varsity girls' soccer. Other than that, Edward was going to be in three classes with me as well and Bella would be in one of them. But I didn't have any classes with Alice or Ian.

On the way to our first class, Jasper offered to help make sure I maneuvered the halls easily because I was still on crutches. I happily took him up on that offer.

Nothing interesting happened until lunch though. Of course, Ian, Bella and I all sat with our group of friends. I was becoming increasingly comfortable with everyone in our group. Last night I had found out that Rosalie had almost been raped and she understood exactly how I felt about not wanting to let anyone in. but she assured me that everyone in our group accepted me for who I was and not what had happened to me. That meant a lot to me. And it also made me rethink about getting to know Jasper better. Surely, he wouldn't treat me like I had been in the past.

But as I was thinking about all of this, I noticed that Bella had gone off to the bathroom and a few minutes later, Tanya Denali had gotten up and followed her. I nudged Alice and motioned to what was going on. I had talked to Tanya a little bit during our classes that we had together. While she seemed to come off as a nice human being, I could tell that it was all a façade. I also knew that she wanted to get with Edward, while he loved Bella more than anything.

Alice quickly got what I meant and we both got up and followed Bella and Tanya into the bathroom.

We opened the door to the scene that I had figured was going on. Tanya was in Bella's face telling her to stay away from Edward. If I wasn't injured, I would have kicked her ass. But feisty little Alice beat me to the punch.

"And if you don't move the hell away from our brother's girlfriend, then we will have to make you," she said.

Tanya spun around and stared at us. She was taking us in. I could take her even if I was hurt! Who in their right mind threatens a pregnant woman! but then again, no one outside our group and families knew that Bella was pregnant with Edward's child. I held my tongue as Alice continued.

"Edward doesn't want to be with you," Alice said. "get a clue. But never threaten her or anyone ever again. Especially Bella. Because if you do, I will take care of you myself before allowing Emma to drop kick your ass across the country."

I smirked a bit at Tanya. I could drop kick her ass across the country. I really could even with a bum knee. And the look on her face was priceless as Alice and I escorted Bella out of the bathroom and back to our table. Alice and I relayed the story to our group as soon as we were back. Edward was furious and Emmett looked like he was going to kill someone, as did Ian. Even Jasper and Rosalie had looks of anger on their faces.

I really hope that Tanya gets the hint and backs off.

The rest of the school day was much like the beginning. Jasper and I had science together after lunch. Ironically, Tanya was in that class with us. As soon as she saw me walk in, she moved as far away from me as she could.

After science was soccer. Thank God.

The day before I had met with Coach Daniels about practicing with the team and rehab during this school year and playing next year. She didn't have an reservations about that at all, especially when she learned about my soccer background.

Hopefully, things wouldn't be that bad here. I finally had my family and I had the group of friends that I had always wanted. Perhaps I could also get the guy that I've always wanted as well.

Jasper POV

The day had honestly gone better than I thought it would have. I would have thought that there would be more whispers and stares at Bella. But then again she wasn't showing that much yet. I still can't believe that she and Edward are going to have a baby at 16! Sure, I want to have a family someday with whomever I marry, but I would be scared shitless if I was going to be a father at 16! Edward was taking this better than I thought he would be.

The brightest part of the day was the fact that Emma was in every single one of my classes with the exception of soccer. But then again she had soccer at the same time. And since she was still recovering from her knee surgery, I volunteered to help her to and from all of our classes. She gladly accepted, which made me so happy.

The only thing that really happened was that Tanya had told Bella to back off and leave Edward for herself. Alice and Emma had been the ones to confront her but when they told us what had happened, we all were upset.

And that anger stayed with me the rest of the day.

Straight up to soccer.

"So Cullen, Emma McGregor is really your twin sister?" Caleb asked as we were dressing out for practice.

"Yeah," Edward replied pulling his practice jersey over his head. "What's it to you?"

"Just wanted to make sure that it was ok if I tried to hook up with her," Caleb said with a sick smile on his face. "She is one fine piece of ass."

Several of the other guys chuckled in agreement and Mike Newton's dumb ass gave him a high five. Before Edward could react, I had slammed Caleb up against the lockers.

"What gives Hale!" Caleb asked, struggling against my grasp as I held him a few inches up off the floor. I refused to let him go no matter how much he struggled. No woman should be talked about like that.

"If I ever hear you refer to any female as a fine piece of ass, I will show you exactly what should be done to guys like you." I snarled at him. Edward moved behind me.

"And if you dare try to make any moves on her, it will be the worst mistake of your life," he added.

I dropped Caleb and stormed out of the locker room, forcing my way through the rest of the team that had gathered around to see what was going on.

I grabbed a soccer ball from the bin and headed out to the soccer field and began warm ups. Edward had caught up with me by then.

"Jasper, I've been meaning to ask you something."

I snapped my head towards him. "What?"

"Do you have a crush on Emma?"

I sighed. "You know that I've always had a crush on Emma McGregor. But when I found out that she was your sister, I was floored. But yeah I do."

Edward didn't say anything else about it, which meant one thing. He approved of it.

That made my anger disappear a bit. But the best part of the day was after school.

As Edward and I exited the locker room after an intense practice, in which I hit Caleb as many times as I could, I was ready to go home, plop down on the couch and relax the rest of the day. But instead Emma was there waiting for us.

"How was practice?" she asked with a smile on her face as we all walked towards the parking lot.

"good," Edward answered for us. He knew that I was still angry.

"So since we don't have a lot of homework tonight do you want to come over and watch some more Ghost in the Shell episodes?" Emma asked looking at me.

I was dumbfounded. "Sure!" I said with a smile on my face.

I helped Emma towards my truck and my anger seemed to completely disappear as she smiled at me again.

Life is good for now at least.