"Hello?" Giles asked hastily, worriedly.
"Giles, it's me." I said, shaking my head. "Why the hell did you file a missing persons report?"
"Buffy! Oh, my god!" He said relief evident.
"Why did you do it?"
"What?"
"Why the Hell did you file a missing persons report, Giles? Do you know what that can do? Crap, Giles." I said.
"I thought you were dead Buffy. Come home now, please."
"Dead? What the Hell Giles?! You Know I Can Take Care Of Myself! Giles, You fricken idiot. How… Why? What the hell is wrong with-" I realised then he'd hung up on me.
I mentally cursed myself, after all, all of this was my fault. I slammed the phone down on the receptor so hard that I heard a crack, and I felt the phone break between my hands. I cursed loudly this time. I felt so bad. Everything was going wrong; Jake and I had just had our first fight, I had just broken his phone, I'm afraid Jake will leave me if I tell him I'm the slayer, Jasper wanted to eat me, I had to go back to school today, and Giles filed a missing persons report when I was trying to stay on the down-low. There was so much to process. But I couldn't. I burst into tears.
Jake came back in, tightening his pants around his waist with a piece of rope, a determined look on his face. By now, I was on the couch, still crying, with Jakes broken phone in my hands. I was mourning the death of it. Jake looked over at me and saw me crying, and then sprinted towards me, only two steps, to sit beside me. He put his arms around me immediately to comfort me.
"Buffy? What's wrong? Did Giles say something?" Jake asked immediately.
"N…No." I replied sobbing.
"Did I do something wrong?"
"No… I did."
"What? What did you do?"
"I… I broke your phone." I sobbed in reply. He sighed.
"Buff, that's okay. Don't worry about it." I continued to cry harder. "Oh, please don't cry, Buffy." He said. I looked up at his face, giving him a clear view of my tear stained face. He looked down at me, pain evident on his. He felt bad.
"Sorry. I'm being a whiney idiot." I said, sniffling a few times before reaching across Jake for a tissue. I blew my nose ferociously like they do in the movies, and then placed the tissue in Jakes lap.
"Eww…er, Thanks?" He said. This made me chuckle to myself. He pulled me in for a hug. "I'm sorry."
* * *
Jacob drove me to school, we'd sorted out our differences, and he walked me in. First, we went and saw Giles to see if he had sorted out the problem with the police and the missing persons report. He told us everything had been settled, I just needed to go into the police station this afternoon to prove that I was still alive. Easy. I thought, knowing Jake would take me.
Together, Jacob and I headed off into the cafeteria, where I said I would buy him something to satisfy his hunger. We saw Bella and Edward sitting together in the back of the cafeteria, and I noticed a change in Jacob. He changed to being angry: he still loved Bella. By this I was angered.
I should be the direction of his affection now, not her. She is a useless whiney bitch that Edward just wants to eat.
…
Oh crap, he heard me.
Edward approached us quickly, an angered expression placed on his face.
"What did you call her?" He growled, as people started to notice the quarrel that was about to begin.
"A useless whiney bitch." I said, proudly repeating what I'd thought. I wasn't afraid of him. Not with Jacob standing beside me at least. I took a step forward, and realised then that Edward was huge, compared to me at least. "Uh… Very whiney…" I said.
Bella had gotten up, crossing the cafeteria quickly to join us when I had spoken again. Edward immediatly wrapped his arms around her waist, holding her back more than likely.
"What?" She said quietly and very angered. She took a step, breaking away from Edwards grasp, towards me. "What did you say?"
"For gods sake! I said you're a useless whiney bitch. I don't even know what Edward sees in you." I said, now getting angry at Bella. Her mouth fell open into a fine O.
And then she hit me. *WACK* straight across my face. I moved my head to the side with the force she threw in the punch, and my hand flew to the side of my face. I looked at her, now very angered, and hunched my shoulders slightly. With that look, I threw a punch at her, but not as hard as I could for the fear I would give her brain damage.
Edward interjected, moving in front of Bella, just after I threw the punch. I flexed my broken hand, feeling it heal as I did. Jake nudged me, wide-eyed and staring at Bella.
"What did you do?" He said, as I looked at her and saw Edward tending to her.
"You're just as bad, you oaf." I said to Edward, who then turned around. He growled a low growl and almost lifted his hand to me. "Nuh-uh; never hurt a woman, Mr. Cullen." I said grinning. He growled and scrunched his hand into a fist. I punched him then, seeing a flicker out of the corner of my eye... a crowd was quicklly forming around us.
Jake pushed me out of the way, coping a right hard hit from Edward in the shoulder. Of course, Jake was much taller than I, so Edward was ultimately aiming for my head; Jakes shoulder. Jake put a strong hold on Edwards shoulder, and threw him down on the ground. Edward was too strong to falter, yet he let himself fall to the ground for emphasis as about three teachers came and separated us.
* * *
"Buffy Summers…" Principal Meadly said too me frowning. Giles was sitting to the left of me, and Jake was sitting to the right. Bella and her father, Chief Charlie Swan, were sitting behind us on a couch. Edward was outside with his two parents, obviously talking. I sighed and heard Chief Swan sigh behind me. Seems I don't need to go to the police station this afternoon.
"Miss Summers… Why did you begin this fight?"
"I didn't," I said defensively. Behind me, I heard a snort come from both Bella and Charlie. Meads didn't hear it. I let it go.
"Miss Summers, we have many witnesses that can say that you said the first offensive words, and provoked Miss Swan to throw the first punch. For this fight, we're going to have to suspend you for three days." I saw in my peripheral vision Giles shaking his head. "But, Buffy, we may have to do more than just suspend you for all the classes you've been skipping and days you've been having off. This fight was pretty much the last straw for you. You've not had good behaviour in any one of your classes. Mr Molina tells me that you are almost always talking to Miss Streener," -by Miss Streener he meant Lisa- "And he never sees you complete any work." I scowled.
"That is wrong sir." Everyone else was quiet.
"No. Buffy, that is it. We are no longer tolerating you as a student. You have officially been expelled from Forks High School."
Expelled? Again? Crap… was I really that bad of a student?
I heard a chuckle that was meant to be silent come from outside, and I flared my nostrils in disgust. Giles was looking down at the ground, sighing softly.
"Of course, Mr Giles, if you would like to continue to be our resident librarian, you are more than welcome." Meads said lightly. I heard muffles coming from behind me and noticed Charlie standing. He put a restraining hand on my shoulder.
"Yes. I would appreciate that, thank you." Giles said. He then looked up at Charlie, who was saying something about me going to jail to Giles.
I looked over at Jake, who was conversing with Bella. I felt a tear stream down my face, but not because of my being expelled, but because of the feeling I'd had back in the cafeteria before my fight.
What the hell is wrong with you, Buffy? You're being a stupid whiney hormonal love-struck teenager. Just get over it.
I wiped away the tear, trifled a laugh, and then I stood and everyone watched me leave the room, a large grin on my face. Close behind me followed Charlie, then Giles, Jake and Bella, who broke off to stand with Edward. My smile broke into a glare at Edward as I passed. I got too see his beautiful mother for the first time, and Carlisle once again. They looked pleasant, and more beautiful then ever imagined.
Once we were out in the car park, I began walking towards Jakes car until Charlie's forceful hand was placed back on my shoulder.
"Not so fast, kiddo." He sighed. Crap.
"What?" I asked, turning to see him. Bella was nowhere to be seen.
"You have to come with me. Jake or your dad here'll pick you up later when bail has been arranged."
"What?!"
"Buffy, public fighting is an offence. You're in trouble now."
I cursed aloud and got strange looks from all three men. Jake gave me a quick peck on the cheek as Charlie got angry at him for not being at school. Jake headed off, and Charlie put cuffs on me.
"Are those really necessary?" Giles asked as I sat down in the backseat of the police car, my head falling.
"Well, there just for protection of police. Come round to the police station during your break, you can bail her out then."
A long, quite drive to the police station got me thinking whether or not the fight was a good idea. I decided it was not. I also wondered whether Jake would ever talk to me again, whether I would ever find another school that would take me, and what would happen next between the Cullen's and me. I was out of school now. I could make a day attack at their home.
When we arrived at the Police Station of Forks, I was taken to a cell, and within three hours of being there, I had almost been molested by the other woman in the cell with me. Good thing I'm the slayer, otherwise I would have been for sure. It wasn't noticed by police, so I let it go and sat on the other side of the cell, waiting for the arrival of Giles.
He was there ten minutes after that incident, and I was gone from the police station ten minutes thereafter, bail paid for and missing persons report dealt with. I had my hands in my jacket pockets, ignoring Giles getting angry at me, and went to sit in the back of the car due to Miss George also being in the car.
"Hi." I said softly, looking out the window. She huffed a reply, then turned all her attention to 'Rupert'.
They took me back home before returning to school. I walked inside, and went to my room, going through my chest of weapons.
"Jasper wasn't at school today. The only one that was was Edward. I can get the rest of them now, and save killing Edward for later. Though I could need Jacob's help. I should go get him…" Some days, I think Jake can read minds, because a moment after I said that, the bell downstairs rang, and outside it stood Jacob. I pulled him in.
"Jake, thank god you're here. I'm planning on making an attack on the Cullen's now. You ready for the attack?" I asked. "I need your help. You gotta help." He stared at me in disbelief.
"What?" He said frowning. "You want me to help you kill the Cullen's… That's what you're saying?" he asked, still frowning with disbelief.
"Yes. That's exactly what I'm saying. That way, the world will be rid of at least six more vampires. Won't that be brilliant? Six in one go. I'm sure your pack could help, right?" This was all becoming too much for Jake.
"What do you mean?" He asked, frowning deeper. "Why would you want to kill the Cullen's?" He asked extra emphasis on the 'you'.
"Jake, the one thing I hadn't told you yet is that…. I'm…. The Slayer." His face went blank and he looked confused. Very confused.
"The what?"
"You really don't know what a slayer is?" I asked, almost laughing. He shook his head. "Some werewolf you are," I said with a laugh.
"Just explain it too me, Buffy." He said angrily.
"Okay, Okay. Geez... I… Kill vampires, demons, and other 'Big Bads' that threaten the end of the world. And the apocalypse of course."
"What about werewolves?" He asked carefully.
"I can't kill them. Their still humans, they just turn into wolves. But if I can help them to stop killing werewolves, then that'd help me a lot. Don't worry, Jake. I wont hurt you." I added quickly.
Jake paused, still frowning, to think.
"This is a lotta information to pour on me so quickly…" He said slowly.
"Yeah, but I need to do it now. Giles is gone, and they're all at home. Please, Jacob. Do this for me alright?" Jake was hesitant, but soon he grabbed my hand.
"I'm in this with you. We have to see Sam first, though..."