"I hate him. He can't do this to me. So what about Jane. She can't be worse than James" I said as Jasper and Alice tried to help me off the ground.
"Bella, she's a thousand times worse than James" Alice sounded so serious. I looked into her eyes and I was struck with fear. This Jane person must really be something.
"Why's she so horrible" I asked. They had gotten me to my feet and were walking me over to Alice's car (no one would let her drive their car's anymore so she went out and got her own).
"She's got this power. It's nothing like anything we've ever seen. She can control a human's emotions/feelings/body. She has fun with them for a bit. Putting them through so much pain. Until she finally just kills them" I gulped. Then I looked at the house to see Edward looking down at me.
"Well then why did he write her that song when we were together" I asked. Alice looked at Jasper and he nodded.
"Well Bella, he was still "in love" with her. He loved you and all but he still wasn't over her. He was debating with himself wether to break up with you and get back with her or not" I looked back up at the window and Edward looked away.
"I think I'm going to be depressed for a while" I said looking back at Alice and Jasper.
"Omg! I know just the thing to cheer you up" Alice said with a huge grin on her face.
"What" I asked returning the grin.
"Ok. Well, the talent show's coming up soon and I was thinking that we should have like a battle of the bands. You know. Jasper, Emmet, and Edward will have their own band and you, me, and Rosalie will have our own. Losers have to do whatever the winners want" her grin was so wide that you could see all of her sparkling teeth.
"That's a great idea" Jasper said. I nodded even though I didn't particularly like it.
"Then it's settled. We'll all sign up tomorrow and then the battle begins" we all nodded and Alice and I headed for her car.
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The next day at school was a mess. At lunch I decided to go and sit with Edward. When I took my place next to him I noticed a girl sitting at the end of the table. I looked at Edward and he looked at me. His eyes were filled with worry and fear. I just smiled at him and rested my head on his shoulder.
"Oh, so now you love me again" he said with a slight chuckle. Emmet, Jasper, and Alice joined in and I just smiled. I could never stay mad at him for long.
The girl at the end of the table shot a hard glare at me and all of a sudden I felt my body go rigid and I felt so much pain. I fell to the floor and started crying. Edward quickly looked at Alice and Alice reached across the table and slapped the girl. The pain stopped.
"Let's go Bella" Edward said. He picked me up and carried me out of the cafeteria.
"Is that Jane" I asked as he set me down on a bench.
"Yes. She transfered in and she's going to be tagging along with us for a while" Oh great! This was going to suck.
"Well, she's going to have to realize I'm not going to let you go. I'll endure everything she'll throw my way" Edward's eyes were full of worry again and I knew he was imagining what was going to happen to me.
"It's ok. I don't care. At least I'll be with you" I said with a reassuring smile.
"I love you" he said before he kissed me. It was a guarded kiss but I didn't mind.
"What're you guys going to be singing for the talent show" I looked at him and smiled.
"You'll just have to wait and see" he pouted and I just kissed him.
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The next day Alice and Rosalie came over to my house so we could pick a song.
"Hmm----This is hard" Alice said. We had picked alot of songs but never decided on one.
"Well Bella's going to be singing so she should pick" Rosalie said. I liked that she didn't hate me anymore.
"Hmm. I really like this one" I said holding up an Avril Lavigne CD.
"What song" Alice and Rosalie asked in unison.
"Sk8ter boi" I said. Alice and Rosalie both looked at eachother and then laughed.
"What" I asked.
"Well, when Edward was with Jane he was going through his skater faze and Jane was a ballet dancer" I just looked at them and joined in in the laughter. It was the perfect song.
"Ok. So Rose will be on the drums. I will be the guitar. And Bella will be vocals" Alice said. We all that it was a good idea.
"Now time to practice" Rosalie said. It was a good thing that they had all the instruments they needed otherwise they would've had to go buy them.
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We practiced everyday at my house. We didn't want to risk anyone hearing what song we were doing. We would also have Alice keep and eye on Edward to see when he was going to get to my house so we could stop before he could hear us.
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The day before the talent show was the most hectic. We had to fine tune the song and then, to my dismay, we had to go shopping. Alice and Rosalie wanted to get cute little outfits for the show.
We went to like twenty different stores before they decided on outfits. Rosalie was going to be wearing a black mini with a halter top that had a skull and crossbones on it. Alice was going to be wearing something similar except her shirt was a spagetti strap. I was wearing really punkish looking jeans, a studded black belt, a short sleeve black dress shirt, a red and black striped tie, and black and red arm socks. Alice and Rosalie were putting their hair up but they said they had something special in mind for my hair.
"What're you guys going to do to me" I asked as we drove back to my place.
"You won't find out until before the show" Alice said. This just made me really nervous.
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The day of the show was alright. At lunch Jane used her power on me again and Edward nearly ripped her head off. He also persisted to ask me what song we were doing. I just kissed him everytime he began to ask me.
"Bella, are you ready to be transformed" Alice asked when we got into my bathroom. They had set up a little chair with a bunch of hair products on the counter. I gulped and nodded slowly as I sat in the chair. Before I knew it they were off. Running here and there. Occasionally they would pull my hair but I didn't make a sound.
"Oh my gosh Bella" Alice said.
"She looks amazing" Rosalie whispered to Alice but I just happened to hear. I quickly turned around and gawked at their work.
My hair was no longer brown but instead a dark red color with black streaks in it. I looked amazing.
"Wow you guys. This is amazing" I said still marveling at their work.
"We know" they said in unison.
"We need to get ready you guys. It's starting in an hour" Rosalie said as she glanced at her watch. We all quickly ran into my room and changed. I had to wear a hooded jacket so no one would see my hair before the show. After we had finished our make up we all headed for Alice's car.
"Edward's going to flip when he see's you" Rosalie said with a slight smile. Alice nodded in agreement.
When we arrived into the school parking lot I noticed that it was nearly packed. It took us forever to find a spot. Before we could even get near the gym we were greeted by Edward, Emmet, and Jasper. Who were all dressed punkish too.
"I guess great minds do think alike" Emmet said.
"Why don't you take off the hood Bella" Edward said, reaching for my hood. Alice quickly slapped his hand.
"No. We're saving her hair for a suprise. No one sees until our turn on stage" Edward quickly looked at me with a worried expression.
"What did you do to her hair" Edward said. He sounded angry.
"Nothing you won't like" I said in their defense. He just looked at me.
"Well we're on first. Then you guys. Then the other acts. They'll announce the winners at the end of the show" Jasper said. We all then walked into the gym.
The gym was packed with people. Their weren't even enough seats for everyone. I felt very nauseous all of a sudden and then I collapsed.
"Bella" All of the Cullen's said in unison. Edward caught me before I hit the ground and then carried me outside.
"I'm ok. I just felt really nervous. I'm fine now" I said as Edward set me down.
"That's good because the boys are up in two minutes" Alice said. The boys's eyes all shot open wide and then they ran (human speed) inside. We casually followed and stood in the back.
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The lights went out and then the spot light was on Edward. He was singing while Emmet was on drums and Jasper was on guitar. He looked out at me and smiled and then they started playing.
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haha. cliffie. don't you just hate me. lol.
