The month following Betty and Bella's unfortunate accident was irritating to say the least. Everyone dawned over Betty and treated her like a fragile bird that was on the verge of breaking. Tyler was an absolute menace that refused to leave her and her sister alone despite her efforts to terrorize him away.
But the worst thing had to be how pitiful Bella was.
Every night Bella ranted about Edward Cullen who was treating her like some social pariah. Betty listened with little to no interest but always made sure to insult him whenever it was appropriate. She didn't like Edward, or really he just made her comfortable, but listening to her sisters frustration made her wish they would just be friends.
"What!" Bella flushed out of embarrassment.
"Ask Edward to that girls choice spring dance." Betty clarified.
"Didn't you hear me tell Jess that I'm not going?"
"Yeah but maybe asking Eddie will help you get over him. If he rejects you, you can hate him. If he accepts, you'll see how dismal his personality is and hate him." Betty explained in a cheery manner as if she didn't just admit her loathing for Edward.
Unsurprisingly, Bella refused to acknowledge her for the rest of the night after all she could do was squeak in response. Betty had no quarrel with the peace and quiet that she was granted.
The next day had started of to be pretty eventful much to Betty's ire. Some boy in her history class had asked her out before first period. She let him down gently, or she thought it was, but he called her an 'ugly female dog who would be lucky to even have a date' and stormed away.
She was approached twice more before Betty asked someone herself.
"Go to the dance with me please?" Betty begged right before leaving school.
"Why Elizabeth I had no idea you felt like that!" Jamie mocked. Betty rolled her eyes at his dramatics.
"These boys are gross and keep asking me. Now let's go together or at least pretend we are then we can ditch the whole thing and have a movie marathon." Her friend happily agreed to that and Betty was thankful to have a proper excuse for her rejections for the remainder of the week.
"Bella, hurry up!" Betty screamed, interrupting the awkward conversation between Erick and Bella. Her sister eagerly took the opportunity to step out of that horror show and hopped into the truck after mumbling some lame apology. The boy stalked off with a sad frown on his face and Betty laughed.
"Thank god!" Bella told her.
"What? Got a hot date?" Betty grinned. Her sister shook her head furiously and scrunched up her nose in distaste. "Like that one?" Betty shamelessly pointed at Edward as he walked in front of the truck. The sides of his lips quirked up in what appeared to be amusement.
"Of course not!" Bella shrieked defensively as she reversed.
"Calm down Bella. Don't make us crash into Tyler." They both glanced at the boys new, or technically it was used, Sentra in the rear view mirror.
"I wish I could crash into that car." Bella glared at the Volvo that has cut her escape from the parking lot off.
"Easy tiger." Betty laughed. A part of her was willing to pay money to see her sister lose enough control to actually hit Edwards car but she also had no interest in going back to the hospital.
"On second thought," Bella started as Tyler Crowley got out of his car. "I think reversing into Tyler is more appealing."
"Ugh, why is he going on my side when he can just talk to you?" Betty grounded out in annoyance while Tyler stopped in front of her window.
"Edward won't move." Bella explained after making Betty roll down her window.
"Go back to your car." The confidence in Tyler's stance faltered at her bluntness and his eyes shifted between the sisters before settling their full attention on Bella.
"Do you think you could ask me to the dance?" He asked with what he must have thought was a charming smile. Betty, on the other hand, thought he looked like was trying too hard to be someone else aka one of the Cullens. Although that was kind of pushing it since barely any of Forks' population saw them smile.
"It's a girl ask thing." Betty answered while her sister floundered for a response. "So no she won't because Bella's a raging lesbian with a hardcore crush on Rosalie Hale. Sorry Tyler and gay rights!" Betty didn't wait for the response and cranked up her window. The vindictive smile was plastered on her face as she glanced back at her sister. "You're welcome."
"Betty, you're so embarrassing!" Bella groaned with her eyes trained on the Volvo in front of them.
Betty noted that Edward was laughing his butt off through the rearview mirror and Rosalie looked rather put off as she entered the Volvo. She had no doubt that the Cullens could hear every word that was spoken during that conversation. She just couldn't figure out why.
The next day Betty was excited to go to school so she could ask Jamie if he wanted to go to Seattle with her and Bella instead of the homecoming dance.
Her happy thoughts were put off by the arrival of the suave Adonis that had her sister melting into mush. He literally went up to the truck like he owned it, spoke a few contradicting words that would no doubt put a puzzle in her sisters head, and then left.
"Please stop this madness." Betty whispered to Jamie as she recalled the events from the morning to him.
"You've got to be kidding me!" Jamie was almost as astonished as Betty.
"She just nodded like some idiot. I really thought she was gonna put some sense into him but no!" Betty ranted. "Pretty boy just bats his eyelashes and my sister is worshiping his alter." Neither of them could believe it.
Edward F-ing Cullen was driving them to Seattle.