Hi! Welcome to Chapter 3! I told you it wouldn't take me long to update. Once again, sorry for the shortness. And also once again, the break line is not working. Stupid thing. Well, I hope you enjoy this chapter and please review to tell me what you think! Ciao!

Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight, it all belongs to Miss Meyer.

Chapter 3

"Edward," I said, "it's alright." I placed my hand on his which was squeasing my waist so tightly that it was almost painful. He slightly loosened his grip.

When I reached Jessica, she turned her face so she wasn't looking at me anymore. "Jess?" I asked warily. Now she completely turned her chair around so I was staring at her back. "Jessica, please just listen to what I have to say." I waited a few seconds only to realize that she wasn't going to change her position. I dicided to keep going, "I really had nothing to do with Mike. I don't want anything to do with Mike. Edward and I are very happy. Please, Jess, believe me. I didn't want this to happen. You're my friend. Please."

Jessica finally turned around, but the look on her face wasn't exactly forgiving. "But that's just it. You have Edward. Why doesn't that stop Mike? Or Eric, or Tyler? What's so great about you all the time? What have you got that I don't?"

Edward suddenly had a very smug look on his face, obviously in my deffense. I could tell that he wanted to answer those questions himself very badly.

"There's nothing wrong with you, Jessica," I replied before Edward could say anything. "You're smart, and pretty, and you obviously deserve someone much better than Mike."

I thought that might have helped but the look in Jess's eyes never softened. "You think that; giving me totally half-hearted compliments will fix things? You think that I'll just magically forgive you because you said a few random lines that you picked up? What happened with Mike is your fault whether those were your intentions or not!"

It hurt to know that she thought I didn't really mean what I said; that I didn't really care about what happened which was apparently my fault. I tried my best to keep my face entirely composed and emotionless but obviously the pain showed in my eyes because Edward began rubbing his hand up and down my back trying to comfort me.

I sighed and said to Jessica, "Jess, I swear I meant everything I said. I don't want to lose you over a guy! How silly would that be? If you're really depressed about Mike, who knows, maybe you'll get back together one day. I will never go out with his, so you won't have to worry about that. Just please, don't let me lose you as a friend over a guy."

Without saying a word, Jessica stood up, slapped my face, turned, and walked towards the exit of the cafeteria. I was so shocked that I couldn't do anything about Edward angrily running after her. Luckily, before he could do anything rash, Alice caught him. He was snarling and growling in Jessica's direction until she was out the door, but she never once looked back to see what was going on. I could feel everyone's stares on my face but I was still too shocked to move. That was the first time I had ever been hit. Not even my mother had ever hit me when I was younger.

Now that Edward had calmed down a bit, he rushed over to me. He put his face about an inch away from mine and breathed, "Are you alright, Bella?" The scent and feel of his breath in my face and that fact that his face was so close to mine caused me to blink and come out of the shock I was in. The only problem is that now I was in a daze because of the beautiful creature in front of me so the look on my face didn't change much. The most I could do to answer his question was nod.