Chapter 34
Well, nobody's gonna break it up
Not until you've had enough
And if you think you've got the guts
Then let's take it outside
~Take It Outside- Brantley Gilbert
Bella looked at her stomach in the mirror and felt a smile tug at the corner of her lips. Her bump had grown considerably since the last time she checked and it was hard to pretend she wasn't pregnant. Her clothes were getting too tight and in a couple weeks, she knew she wasn't going to be able to fit them at all. Being back at Charlie's place, she opened her closet door and pulled out an old box of maternity clothes. After her pregnancy with Renesmee she had packed away her large clothes and stored them at Charlie's place. This came in handy since she lost most of her belonging in the fire. She rifled through the box and pulled out a pair of jeans that wouldn't feel so snug against her.
After she had gotten dressed, she headed downstairs and found Jacob zipping up Renesmee's raincoat. "Good morning!" She greeted jovially. Her lips quickly captured Jacob's before leaning down and giving Renesmee a peck on the forehead.
"Well someone is in a good mood." Jacob mused aloud. "What's got you so chipper?"
Bella shrugged and walked over to the fridge. Her ultrasound still rested on top and she could see the corner of it peeking out over the edge. "I have a surprise for you tonight. So be ready."
Jacob looked down at Renesmee and gave Bella a strange look. "Is Ness staying the night somewhere?"
"Jake!" Bella covered her mouth to suppress the giggles. "It's not that kind of surprise."
Jacob's face fell slightly but he perked back up in less than a second. "Well I look forward to it. Also, I think I found a place for us to live. So we can discuss that sometime this weekend."
"Sounds wonderful to me." Bella grabbed a granola bar from the cabinet and followed Jacob and Renesmee out of the house.
"No pickle today?" Her husband teased when he watched her scarf down the granola bar.
Bella shoved him playfully and subconsciously patted her belly. "I'm over the pickles and coconut cake. At least for now."
The day progressed smoothly for Bella. She was lulled into a feeling of content and by the time lunchtime rolled around, she was grinning from ear to ear.
"You sure are radiating. What is going on?" Alice asked plopped down next Bella in the teacher's lounge and opened up her chipotle bag she had ordered and delivered to the school. "Here, since your appetite is back." Alice passed Bella a burrito and took a sip from her drink. "But really what's going on with you?"
Bella tore into the burrito ravenously. "I'm going to tell Jacob the good news today!"
"You still haven't told him?" Alice covered her mouth in shock. "At this point, how has he not noticed?" Alice gestured to the Bella's baby bump that was barely visible. "Does he never see you naked?"
"Alice!" Bella blushed heavily and turned looked down at her burrito. "Of course he has." She nearly whispered. "The horndog has been wanting to have sex almost everyday lately."
Alice giggle and nibbled her burrito. "Maybe it's your pheromones. Do pregnant people exude pheromones?"
Bella took another bite and wiped some sour cream off the corner of her mouth. "What nonsense is coming out of your mouth right now?" She paused and looked around the nearly sparse lounge. "Where is Demetri? Normally he joins us."
"He's helping Max with something." Alice waggled her eyebrows and winked.
"Really? They would do that at school?" Bella chuckled and finished off her lunch. "How bold. I could never."
"I miss him though. He's been spending more time with Max." Alice pushed aside her half eaten burrito and leaned into her palm. "The gang has split up."
"Okay Shaggy." Bella patted Alice's back soothingly. "Just focus on the fact that Jazz is visiting you this weekend. Is he coming today?"
The pixie haired woman clasped her hands together in excitement. "This is true! He says he has a surprise for me. So I'm excited." Alice practically melted in her seat. "Maybe he'll tell me he loves me. Wouldn't that be wonderful?"
"I'm just happy to see you actually enjoying a guy. But don't rush things."
"Alright, alright."
The bell rang and the two teachers returned to their classrooms. Bella continued to float on cloud nine and her mood even reached her students. They were lively and participated in all of her activities with few behavioral issues. She couldn't have asked for a better day.
When her last class entered, she greeted each student at the door and didn't miss a beat when Jane entered. "Good afternoon! Please take your seat."
"Did you change my grade yet?" Jane asked stone faced.
"You got the grade you deserved. Now take your seat." Bella closed her classroom door after all the students had taken their seats and was surprised to find Jane standing in the front of the room. "Jane, take your seat."
The student ignored her and the class began to notice. Some of the students looked at Jane with mild interest while others looked on with disdain.
"What is she doing?"
"What's her name again?"
"This is boring. Can we start class?"
"She reminds me of a witch."
"Change the 'W' to a 'B' and I'll agree.."
Bella slammed her hand down on the desk next to her and woke the student who had managed to fall asleep along with capturing the attention of the class. "Enough with the side chatter! Jane take your seat so we can get started. I have some fun activities for you and we are wasting valuable time." Bella forced a smile onto her face, but she was getting a churning feeling in her gut, and it wasn't the baby kicking.
Jane mumbled something under her breath and the students in front of her gaped in shock and looked at Bella with wide eyes.
From across the room, Bella could not hear what was spoken. "What did you say?" She walked over to where Jane was standing and crossed her arms.
"Fuck you." Jane growled then shoved Bella roughly away from her. The teacher ended up tripping over her own feet and landed on her butt with a thud.
Everyone in the room gaped at Jane as though she had sprouted three heads.
"Dude, what the hell?" Someone broke the silence from the back of the room. "She's one of the coolest teachers. What is wrong with you, freak!"
Jane looked down at Bella with a cruel smile and pulled out a bunch of photocopied news articles from her bag. "She's not the nice person you think she is. She ruined a man's life!" Jane passed out some of the papers quickly then hijacked the smartboard and pulled up a video that brought chills down Bella's back.
Bella used the desk to gather her bearings and stood shakily. With the video playing at full volume, she saw snippets of her wedding with Edward and how she had run out on him. But the video cut short when they reached outside and an anchorwoman began to speak.
"New evidence has been brought to light in recent news for Edward Cullen. His lawyer has identified some foul play with his imprisonment. Many people are outraged that he was falsely imprisoned and an ongoing investigation is proceeding to figure out the best plan of action. Edward Cullen was a kind hearted and up and coming business owner of Cullen Incorporated before his incarceration. After the death of his father, he was to succeed his business. Unfortunately because of his false imprisonment, he has not been given the ownership of his company. Many are speculating if this is fair but we will let the lawyers sort that out. Such a tragedy his life was thrown upside down because-
Jane cut the video off and reclaimed the attention of the class. "She is not the nice teacher we thought she was!" Jane glowered at Bella and clenched her fists. "Edward was a wonderful person who employed a lot of people. Do you know what happened to some of his workers after he went to jail?" Jane took an angry step towards Bella. "They lost their jobs! Including my father!"
Bella's eyes widened in surprise. Aro being Jane's father and an ex-employee of Cullen inc., wasn't farfetched. She thought about the time se first saw Aro and remembered that for a fleeting second, she thought she knew him. But her first meeting with Aro wasn't in the best of times. He had drugged Alice and was most likely going to kidnap her. So her mind had been elsewhere. But after the revelation she remembered Jane's father being Edward's trusty chauffeur. Aro was probably one of Edward's only employee's who knew that Edward was abusive towards Bella during their relationship. But he was nothing if not loyal and never spoke a word or tried to help Bella during that time.
"Not even going to argue back?" Jane spat and looked down at Bella's desk. "You don't deserve to be a teacher!" She screamed and threw all of the belongings on Bella's desk, to the floor. Bella watched as her laptop, picture frame of her family and glass apple paperweight slammed against the tile and shattered. Numerous graded paperwork and blank assignments littered the surrounding area and Jane didn't stop there. She tore through the room like a tornado, knocking over everything in her path.
Before Bella could intervene, some of the students became fed up with Jane's actions and took a stance. "Jane, no one cares about your stupid dad." One of the girls in the back of the room got out of her seat and blocked Jane's path. "You're acting crazy."
Jane shoved the girl, but unlike Bella, the girl didn't fall but pushed back. A fight broke out between them and the entire class went into an uproar. Everyone gathered around the girls and screamed or cheered in excitement.
The students gathered so close that Bella couldn't break through the crowd to stop them. She has lost complete control of her classroom and couldn't believe that this was happening.
Suddenly the door to the classroom slammed open and the principal walked in. "What is going on in here?" Aro screamed, silencing all the students and causing them to scatter back to their seats like roaches. "The whole school can hear this classroom-" Aro's words choked off when he saw a student on top of his daughter with her fist raised in the air. "You are expelled!" He screeched at the child who looked up at him with startled eyes. "And you!" He turned to Bella with the foulest look on his face. "Are fired!"
A/N: I guess we all knew Jane was crazy. Now it's confirmed. Next update will be by the 16th!