Chapter 21 – It least they didn't flirt

Bella's p.o.v.

I sat bouncing in the seat of the car. It was my first day of our new high school in Canada, and I couldn't wait to get started. At one point I was nervous to the point of nausea, and I just wanted to go home and bury myself in a hole – being the shy person that I am.

On the other side I looked forward to learning a lot of stuff, and then there was Edward. We had already gotten our schedules, and I had most of my classes with Edward, apart from gym – luckily Alice had that one with me – and Trig. The thought of being able to stare at Edward the whole day totally made up for the nervousness of having to meet new kids.

The summer holidays had been amazing. We had spent the entire time in the new house. Esme had worked on it for two days only. It had been a wreck at first, but Esme was amazing at this. My room was much alike my old one and it surprisingly felt like home instantly. I was so ready to fill this room with new memories on my own – and I had a feeling that they were going to be good.

I got out of the car, and a big gulp got stuck in my throat. This school was much bigger than my old one, and there were high school students everywhere.

Everybody seemed to look at us as we walk towards the school, and I started feeling very self-conscious. I leaned against Edward and whispered shocked of the attention: "Do I have remainders from breakfast all over my face, or something?"

He chuckled sympathetically, "no, some people are just very shallow. They can't help but stare at you. You know that is the prize of being beautiful" he answered then froze.

I blushed violently. Edward said that I was beautiful. I knew that he was just trying to cheer me up, but it also worked. My insides got all warm and mushy.

I spend first class sitting next to Edward, while the teacher introduced herself, and talked about what she wanted to teach us, and what she expected from us in the next year. Edward wrote me funny messages and drawings on his notebook, and I answered them in my clumsy scribble. The few times that I didn't look at Edward, his notebook or the teacher I looked around at my classmates, and once again I felt self-conscious.

Every one of them kept starring, while pretending to listen to the teacher. I knew Edward was gorgeous, so it was obvious that the girls would look, but the boys kind of scared me a bit. Sometimes a boy would stare a bit too creepy or too much and Edward would growl very low, while muttering something too low for me to hear.

Although the growl wasn't animalistic or loud – nothing like I knew he could when angry – the boys showed away instantly with a scared expression. I didn't know if I should laugh or feel sympathetic – I was very pleased in a way. I didn't like the attention, and it gave me a bit confidence that Edward didn't want them to stare.

I knew just how he felt – I wanted to rip all of the girls' heads off. Was it possible to stare more obvious than that – I knew I looked like that sometimes too, not that I would admit it. I hissed at them a few times, which made Edward smile.

My next class was horrible – it was Trig. I didn't like trig, and this was the class Edward wasn't in. I sat down in the back, so people couldn't stare. Somehow they managed though, and I hated it. When the class ended they didn't even give me a chance to get up, they ambushed me with one question after the other.

Some of the guys were flirting and some of them were playing cool. One boy came over to me to introduce himself, and all the others turned away looking sad and defeated and they left the room. I could easily tell that this guy was the most popular one. The one who ruled this place, the one who every guy wanted to be, the one who always got everything he wanted.

A lump got stuck in my throat and I found it difficult to breathe. He introduced himself, and didn't hesitate before he asked me out – well, ask was probably not the right word. He just said where we were going, and when he would pick me up, not even asking for my opinion. I tried to decline very gently, but this guy had temper and was persistent. I already hated this guy - Andrew Geller. He had brown hair soaked in hair gel, and dull grey eyes. He was tan, although he lived in this sunless town, and he had creepy white teeth – almost too white. His clothes were very expensive looking, and it was easy to see that he was a ladies' man.

He grabbed my wrist, and tried to persuade me into going on a date with him. My insides turned to stone, and for one moment I thought I would gag. I tried to twist my arm out of his hand, but he held on really tight. He turned my arm around and kissed my wrist. "Please Isabella" he said looking at me through his eyelashes, talking in a voice he probably meant was sexy and seducing.

I felt very uneasy and scared and I shook my wrist wanting him to let go of me.

His other arm crept around my waist, and I could feel my eyes getting big with shock and fright.

"Release her right now!" a voice said from the door. Although I knew that voice really well, it sounded really different than it used to. Edward's tone was murderous, and I hated to admit that it actually scared me a bit. His eyes were black and his hands were clenched by his side.

I could feel Andrew getting nervous and scared beside me, but he kept his charade up.

"Why would I listen to you?" he snapped at Edward. I couldn't keep my eyes away from Edward, but it was like he didn't even notice that I was here. Edward couldn't take his eyes away from Andrew, he was seeing red.

"Because she is my girlfriend you idiot, and keep her filthy hands of her!" Edward snarled, and then looked at me for the first time – probably watching how I would react. I felt my eyes getting even wider. I could almost feel the sparkle that I knew filled my eyes right now. I had never thought about it before, I had always seen him as a friend and a brother, but now that he had said it, I couldn't see him any other way than boyfriend.

Of course I loved Edward; I was absolutely madly in love with him. And now he had doomed both of us for saying that.

I know he had only said it because he wanted to get rid of Andrew, but I didn't care. I loved him, and there was nothing he could do about it.

I didn't even notice that Andrew was gone; I just stood there staring at Edward. I went over to his side crying from the aftershock, and hugging him. He tried to comfort me and apologized for saying that I was his girlfriend, he just couldn't think of any other way.

I tried to make a joke out of it, not wanting him to apologize, that made me feel bad. "At least I won't get so many creep stares anymore" I said, and smirked at Edward. His face fell, and I didn't know why.

Well, I had thought that neither Edward nor I would get stares when we were "together" but I was dead wrong. All of them kept staring at us like we were two show dogs. It was really irritating – but at least people didn't flirt anymore.

And finally Bella has seen the light. I wonder how long they will last before telling each other :P

This chapter was dedicated to I love EDWARD all the way who wanted Bella and Edward to be attractive to their fellow high school students.

-I love your name btw. I love Edward all the way too :)