"Well," said Pooh, "what I like best," and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn't know what it was called. ~A.A. Milne
Chapter #38:
Bella's POV:
I took my time as I woke up with Edward's stone cold armswrapped around me. No bad dreams last night. No waking up screaming. A good night sleep!
"Good morning." He whispered.
I groaned and sat up slowly, brought my hands to my eyes to rub them.
Edward was out of bed, handing me the outfit Alice picked out for me before she left yesterday.
I threw a pillow at him and put another one over my head as I laid back down.
"I had a very good night, thanks for asking." He replied and tossed the pillow back on the bed.
He waited till I was up and out of bed-and to awake to go back to sleep when he left- to kiss me and duck out the window.
"I'll be back in a half an hour." He said then kissed me once more before he ran home.
"Uh hu." I mumbled and stumbled my way to the bathroom. I took a cold shower, in hope that it would wake me up more and then changed into the way- to- dressy- for- Forks- outfit. I put my hair in a messy bun on top of my head. I walked out of the bathroom without looking at the jeans and blue shirt I was wearing.
I went back to my room, putting my shoes on, on the way and grabbing my back pack and what homework I actually did, stuffing it into it.
It hurt to be away from Edward, even though I knew he was coming back. I ate some pop tart that I found in the kitchen and sat on the kitchen counter, waiting for him to arrive.
Knock.
I fell to the floor when I heard the knock break the long silence because it startled me.
"Bella?" A soft velvety voice asked.
I slowly got up while rubbing my head and I wiped the pop-tart crumbs off of me. When I fell, the pop tart did to.
"Bella?" Edward asked again.
"Ugh." I groaned and walked slowly to the front door. By the time I got to the door he had knocked again.
"Are you okay? I heard you fall." He asked as he ran his cold fingers across my forehead.
"I'm fine." I mumbled.
He looked past me, at the clock for a fraction of a second. "We could probably run by the hospital and see Carlisle before school."
"I'm fine." I repeated and crossed my arms across my chest.
"Come on." He said as he grabbed my backpack in one hand and my hand in his other. He opened the passenger's door to his Volvo for me and I sat down.
A few miles down the road and we could see the hospital. "This is humiliating." I grumbled as he took my hand and guided me to Carlisle's office.
"Good morning Edward." A short brunette nurse said as we passed.
Edward looked at her and smiled. "Good morning." He replied.
"Ow." I lied to get his attention back to me. I rubbed my head to make it look like I wasn't lying. He looked down at me then started walking faster toward Carlisle's office.
When we arrived, the office was empty. "I can't believe this." Edward grumbled.
"I'm surprised that Alice didn't warn you about me falling."
"She is mad at me, and therefor not speaking with me." Edward answered.
"What could she possibly be mad at you about?" I asked.
Edward just looked into my eyes, not saying anything. I understood. Leaving. She was mad at him for making her leave. I'm glad he didn't repeat it out loud.
"What happened this time?" Carlisle asked when he entered the office.
"Bella fell." Edward responded and I blushed.
"And Edward is over reacting. Again." I finished.
"That didn't take long. Our first day back and you are already in a hospital . . . What caused you to fall?" Carlisle asked me.
After I felt my blush fade, I answered him. "Edward knocked on the door and it startled me."
He ran his fingers across my forehead, looking for bumps or something. I learned a long time ago just to let the doctors check my head. Don't stress out about it, just let it happen.
"She is perfectly fine." Carlisle told Edward.
"Intuition." I mumbled and got up out of the chair with some dignity. Some, being the key word. I gave Carlisle a hug goodbye then walked out of the little office. Edward caught up with me easily, despite my head start.
We walked to the car in silence, and the car ride to school was much the same. As he drove into the school parking lot, I swear you could hear the gasps of the other people looking at the silver Volvo drive into the parking lot. A blush was creeping onto my cheeks and I kept my eyes focused down on my hands that were on my lap. I pulled the hood on my jacket up over my head. Edward chuckled as he turned off the car. All of a sudden his happy mood was gone, I heard a growl coming from deep inside his chest. I followed his gaze to the Ashton Vanquish parked right beside him.
I looked a little harder and saw Alice sitting in the front seat fixing her hair in the mirror. Edward got out, walked over to my door at a normal human pace and opened my door. After I was out and he grabbed my backpack, he put his hand in mine. Ignoring all of the stares and dragging me behind him, Edward walked up to the car and opened the door with a little too much force. Alice just took her time getting out, not paying attention to Edward's bad mood and the scene they were making. "Thank you." Alice said to Edward, pretending that he opened the door for her.
"Alice," Edward started.
"No, you didn't come and pick me up, and you weren't going to." Alice tapped her head, " I could see that."
"Why my car?" Edward asked in a surprisingly calm voice.
"Because, Rosalie would kill me if I took hers and if that isn't reason enough, Carlisle was at work." She answered like it was obvious.
"That's not the only reason, you are hiding something from me."
"Just because I can't get this song out of my head doesn't mean that I am automatically hiding something from you." Alice objected.
"With you it usually does." Edward replied.
I laughed as I rolled my eyes. It felt like things were finally coming back together, and going back to normal. To bad that one laugh caused everyone who wasn't already starting at me to look at me. I hid my face in my hair and Edward put his arm around me. The bell rang and a most of the people who were watching us moved on toward their classes, but a few stayed, frozen from shock.
Alice, with the car key in her hand, started walking away. She "accidently" tripped and keyed the side of Edward's Ashton Vanquish.
"Oops." Alice responded and started to walk away.
"Alice!" Edward growled and took off following her, dragging me behind him yet again.
All of a sudden she stopped. She was right behind me holding onto my arm, and Edward was in front of me with my hand still in his while he was glaring at Alice.
The warning bell rang and a most of the rest of the people scattered. "Come on Alice, lets go to class." I said to her. Alice and Edward switched schedulers so now one of them is in all of my classes.
Edward took a step foward and Alice screeched. At that same moment the Guidance councilor came out to see what the commotion was all about.
"Get to class." He told the small crowd that was still watching us. After everyone was gone he turned back towards us. Edward took another step foward and Alice yanked me a step back. "Is there a problem here?" He asked us.
"Yes there is." Edward answered without taking his eyes off of Alice.
"Well, what is it?" He asked impatiently.
Nobody answered but Edward took another step towards us, and Alice and I took another step back.
"Do I need to bring your parents down here? Mr. Cullen? Ms. Swan? Ms. Cullen?" He asked.
Still no answer.
"Esme's going to be mad." Alice said to Edward as he took another step foward.
He glanced back at his car, "she'll understand." He replied with a smug smile on his face.
"Carlisle won't care what we did. You know what he will say. . ." She trailed off.
"Maybe you're right." Edward considered with that smile still on his face.
"What about Charlie?" I asked as the counselor took out his walkie talkie and told the office to call our parents.
"He'll side with me." Edward assured me. "He loves that car. And any ways, you weren't really a part of this, you were just protecting Alice."
"They will be here shortly." The radio informed the counselor.
"Thank you." He replied.
"Oh great." I grumbled.
"None of this would happen if you" Edward started.
"This is both of your faults so just shut. Up." I cut in.
A few minutes later Carlisle pulled up with Esme sitting in the seat right next to him. Edward, Alice , and I were seated in the office. They walked in, saw us sitting there and sighed.
"What happened?" Esme asked us as Carlisle went to talk to the principal.
"Alice ruined my car." Edward stated.
"Edward was about to attack me." Alice added.
"Bella?" Esme asked me.
"I was protecting Alice." I answered.
"Esme." Carlisle came over and took her hand. "They need to talk to us both." He told her.
Charlie drove up then, slammed the door of his cruiser, and walked into the little office.
"Charlie." Carlisle greeted him.
"Carlisle." He replied.
"They need to talk to all of us." Carlisle informed him.
Charlie nodded. He looked over at me and I smiled a timid smile back. He followed Carlisle and Esme into the room and we alone again.
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