Have A Purpose
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Outtake 6 – Chapter 17
Elena's POV
It's January now and winter break is over which means it's time for students to go back to school to learn and I have to be there to teach. At least I'll be able to see Jalen again. After what happened back in Alaska, I know that I have a chance to be reunited with Jalen for real.
I was in my classroom this morning before school and as some of my students came in early, some were talking about Bryce. Apparently, there's a rumor going around that he's got a new look making him like the Cullens. That, I'm curious.
It was now first period and I was at my desk going over a few papers. I looked at how my class is doing which was either reading or doing a review and I was mostly checking on Lucas who is on his phone texting and Jalen who looks like he's thinking but he's actually zoned out. It wasn't long until the bell rang and Jalen snapped himself out of his thoughts as everyone started leaving.
"Hold on Jalen, can I have a word with you?" I called and Lucas and Jalen who were just at the door, turned to see me ushering him to come forward.
Jalen muttered something to Lucas causing Lucas to chuckle and say something to Jalen before he left.
"What's up Mrs. Pennington?" Jalen asked when he approached me.
"Oh please, just call me E.D." I said as I came in front of my desk with a smile. "Mrs. Pennington is so formal and my husband's mother." I said giggling.
"Um sure… E.D, so what's up?" Jalen asked.
"I just want to ask how your break went." I said.
"Oh well, it was good. I got to spend the holidays with my family along with Bryce's." Jalen said.
"That's nice." I said.
"It was, until Bryce had an asthma attack." Jalen said.
"Oh my gosh, is he alright?" I asked worriedly.
"He's good now thanks to Carlisle, great to be in fact. You might see that he's changed a lot over break." Jalen said.
"Yeah, I heard everyone's talking about Bryce." I said as Jalen nodded his head.
"So um, how was your break?" He asked.
"Oh it was nice. My husband and I went to Alaska there and it was really amazing." I said with a smile.
"So why the sudden interest on what happened on my break?" Jalen asked.
"Well like I said, I've taken an interest in you." As I said those words, Jalen's eyes widened. Wait, he doesn't think, oh God no! "Oh not like what you think," I said quickly causing Jalen to relax. "You are one of my favorite students and I just like to get to know you more. I just want to know what goes on in your life."
"Oh, well… you are one of my favorite teachers." Jalen said causing me to smile big feeling flattered how Jalen thinks of me.
"Just know that if you ever need anything, have trouble, nonacademic troubles, come to me." I said. And I hope by then, you will know who I really am Jalen. I thought.
"Okay. I gotta go, don't wanna be late. I'll see you later Mrs. – I mean… E.D." Jalen said.
"By Jalen." I said with a wave as Jalen wave back and left my room.
It was second period and I have no class at this time. I didn't really do anything except checking on what to do for my next class and call Asher on how he's doing. Ten minutes until class ends, I went to go to the bathroom. I was out in the halls after I was done and people were pouring into the halls for their class.
As I made my way to my room, I saw Jalen, Lucas, Krystal and Bryce. Wow, I guess the rumors are true. Look at him, he has pale skin like the Cullens, dresses like the Cullens and is extremely beautiful like the Cullens. What exactly happened over winter break? Did Dr. Cullen do some sort of surgery on Bryce? Does he do that to everyone in the family?
My thoughts filled with questions was put on hold when I saw that Jalen and his siblings weren't alone; they were with Orion , Mitch, Ariel, Falkner and Sierra and it doesn't look good judging by the looks of Orion and Jalen who are glaring at each other face to face.
"Maybe he doesn't but I do." I turned to see it was Edward that spoke and he and Bella were walking up to where the scene is happening and both of them looked far from angry, like before at the cafeteria when Mr. Bitters unfairly sent Jalen to his office.
"You leave my siblings alone." Bella said as calmly as she could when she and Edward came to their sides.
"You need to stop obsessing over Lucina because I'm already getting sick and tired of hearing you telling people that you and her are a thing, which you are not, period!" Edward said to Orion sounding threatening.
"And what are you gonna do about it, Mr. Pretty face?" Mitch asked.
"You and your idiots that are paired with these bimbos will be dealing with me." I turned when I heard Rosalie and I saw her and Emmett joining in.
"Who the fuck are you calling us bimbos, bitch!" Ariel said to Rosalie.
"Oh, you guys do not wanna mess with my woman and me when it comes to messing with my siblings." Emmett said cracking his knuckles and flex his muscles to scare Orion and his friends. I'm surprised that even Mitch is scared of Emmett.
"You don't wanna mess with me either!" Alice added when she jumped in along with Jasper who came in. Wow, that girl can be frightening for someone so small.
"Now as we said before, you leave Lucina, Bryce and the rest of our siblings alone. You will not address Lucina that way again nor you will not tell people about you and her like nothing's going on between her and Bryce or else you and your friends will get what's coming to you." Jasper said in sounding like he's from the military and somehow by just looking at Jasper, Orion and his friends was even more scared. How are the Cullens doing this? It's like they aren't even human.
"You don't know who you're messing with." Orion said trying to fight the fear in his voice.
"You think we should be scared of you guys because you all own some company, country club or hotel?" Emmett asked. "We met a group of people who are far scarier than you and not even they scare us."
"Like they have the power." Falkner said.
"Besides, you all can't do a thing about us." Sierra said.
"Oh believe me you-bad-attempt of being the next Beyoncé, by the end of this school year, you and your friends won't be having the best senior year you're hoping to get." Alice said with a smirk as Sierra opened her mouth from being offended. Alice does bring up a good point; Sierra's today outfit is a bit over the top. Before any of Orion and his friends could say anything,
"What's going on here?" Oh no, I thought as I turned to see the principal coming up to the Cullens and Orion and his friends.
"The Cullens are being mean to us Mr. Bitters." Ariel said in a such little girl voice. How old is she really?
"That's a total lie!" Rosalie said.
"Yeah, they came to me, Lucina, Bryce, Lucas and Jalen and were causing trouble." Krystal explained.
"Oh you are so not giving us a detention for what they did!" Lucas said in disbelief when Mr. Bitters pulled out a pad and pen. Seriously? Why does Mr. Bitters always sides with just people like Orion and his friends?
"I do not tolerate students who mistreat others." Mr. Bitters said as he started writing down.
"So you just let Orion and his pals get away for what they did to the students here at this school?" Jalen asked in disbelief.
"I heard nothing of what Orion or his friends did." Mr. Bitters said without even looking up causing the Cullens started arguing with the principal while Orion and his friends had smirks on their faces.
Oh no he doesn't! There's no way in hell is Mr. Bitters punishing the Cullens for being harassed. As I was about to walk over there and put a stop to this just when Mr. Bitters was about to pull out the first slip when Bryce spoke.
"Look, Orion and the others came in questioning about my new appearance, as you probably noticed, and then verbally harass my girlfriend as her family came to defend us. There were no violence that had occurred except for words so could you just cut us all some slack for once and tell Orion and his friends to leave us alone?" Bryce asked giving some sort of pleading look. Mr. Bitters stares at Bryce and looked like he was about to talk back at him, or more like snap back, when suddenly,
"Fine," Mr. Bitters said causing everyone including me to be dumbstruck at Mr. Bitters' response. Did my ears deceive me or did the principal actually side with Bryce, who is mistreated by others above him. "Orion, you and your friends leave Mr. Summers and the Cullens alone."
"But Mr. Bitters," Orion said as if he couldn't believe his ears. "They –"
"Did nothing wrong and I saw no harm between either of you." Mr. Bitters said. "Now get to class, all of you!" He said and then walked away. Orion and his friends also left the Cullens giving them all glares.
As they started talking to Bryce for some reason, I decided to get to my class.
Okay, that was just unexpected. How did Bryce actually convinced Mr. Bitters to not give him and the Cullens detention? Before Jalen and the Cullens came, Bryce was always picked on when he came here due to being homeschooled and his asthma. He was always been bullied by Orion and his friends and anyone that gets picked by them, Mr. Bitters punishes them and not Orion or those like him. I don't know what Bryce did exactly but at least he got him and the Cullens out of trouble. Maybe the Cullens will make a difference to this school and I have no clue what made Alice so sure but maybe they might put Orion and his friends in their place, and maybe change their ways… okay maybe not but still.
"That sure was a way to start off the school year." I muttered to myself as I entered my classroom just as the warning bell rang.
Get ready to skip time since we're about to see more outtakes that has happened during the story. Please review.
A/N: Next week, I will be leaving to go to Vietnam and be there for a month. I'll be busy packing and I leave on Wednesday and the flight is eight hours to Taipei and the three-four hours to Vietnam so this week I won't be updating until I arrive there and get settled. Don't worry I will be updating while I'm there. Have a good summer. :)