Part 2

At first, she had started it all as a challenge from her mother, which she barely ever saw anymore but talked to regularly on the phone.

Bella had been panicking on the phone about an oral presentation she needed to do in a few days for History class, arguing that if she couldn't even gather enough nerves to talk to her crush when they were alone, she couldn't be expected to talk in class in front of everyone. Renee, her mother, had then suggested she tried to fight her shyness and fear of speaking in public by speaking to herself in her room, or by recording herself speaking on her computer and listening to it later. She seemed to be sure that after that, she would be able to speak openly with Edward or anyone else without being taken over by fear so Bella listened.

Bella had taken her mother's advice to heart and recorded herself speaking about what bothered her about school, life and her favorite music. She managed to talk more freely than she would ever be able to had there been people with her in the room and it felt liberating to her. Listening to it later, she realized that it sounded a lot like one of the radio shows she usually liked to listen to and it got her thinking.

Could she create her own radio show?

Something special from Forks, that would be about her fellow students, about problems they faced in their town and in their school?

After a lot of thinking, she created a pseudonym for herself on the school's website other than her official one and published the link to a website she had created for her own radio show. She also sent the link to other nearby schools like the reservation one and the nearby towns.

She called herself DJ Rebel and her show Radio Rebel, deciding that she would transmit in live everyday between 5:30 pm and 6:30 pm, from the privacy of her bedroom. She chose that time because the few times her father was there at this hour, he was watching some sport on TV and leaving her alone.

She didn't tell anyone about it, not her father, not her best friend, not even her mother, no one. She didn't want anyone to know, not yet. It was much easier to talk when nobody could see her, when nobody knew who she really was and she was sure that the minute she knew someone knew who she was when they listened, she wouldn't be able to talk as freely anymore.

Before she transmitted her first show, Bella sent out a lot of links to her website to everyone through email addresses, school blogs and, her best weapon, gossiping. She had even printed a few flyers that she discreetly put in local businesses where her fellow students went often.

The day of her first show, Bella heard everyone in school speak excitedly about the new radio show. Apparently, most of them were going to listen to it, at least for the first time, to see if it was worth it or not. They were also wondering who DJ Rebel could be.

She tried not to think about it, she tried not to think about the fact that most of them would jump at the occasion to criticize her show the next day if they didn't like something she said. It was all part of the challenge wasn't it? To try and do this without letting her fears overpower her.

That afternoon, when Bella transmitted as DJ Rebel in live for the first time, she was really nervous but she forced herself to concentrate on her bedroom and the fact that she was alone in it for now and it came naturally to her.

Before she spoke, she made sure to turn on the voice modulator. She didn't want people to recognize her voice now, did she?

"Hello everybody, this is DJ Rebel. You don't know who I am, but I know who you are, because I'm one of you… Here is a song to start this show with good sound." She said before she pressed on one of the songs she had preselected for the occasion.

Deciding not to read the early commentaries, she started on her math homework and when the song was over she turned on the mike again and spoke some more:

"Music. That's why we're here. Because we all love music. Aren't you tired of Principal Moreno's rule that no music is allowed on school ground? Not even in the cafeteria during lunch? How is that fair? Music is the soundtrack to our lives. It's where we've been, where we're going, and everywhere in between. I'm not stupid, there will always be people out there who will try to take things away from us. We can sit back and watch it happen or we can stand up for ourselves. This is me standing up for my right to listen to the music I want. What would YOU like to listen to? Send me the kind of music you like and I'll try to make it happen. Here's something else to help you relax until then." She said before she selected another one of the songs.

This time, Bella gathered her courage and read some of the commentaries. Most people seemed to like it. She recognized some of her friends' pseudonyms, along with Jessica and Lauren. If even those two liked it, then she must really be good.

"I'm glad to know that you liked it. I don't know about you but I always get a minus in participation in class but it's not my fault. I shouldn't be blamed for being the way I am, for being shy. I'm just different and once upon a time, being different was a good thing. I know that some people just want to label you as one thing but we don't have to let that stop us from being who we want to be! Here's a song to illustrate what I just said."

After that, Bella played another one of the songs and started reading the comments people were leaving for her. Apparently, they all loved her show already and it made her smile to know that from the solitude of her bedroom, she could do this.

She kept on with the show for an hour, enjoying herself and knowing that even if she made a fool of herself, nobody would ever know it was her.

"Well, it's 6:30 already and it means it's time for me to go. We all have homework to do. Don't forget to be there tomorrow, same time, anyplace you decide you want to listen to me. It was DJ Rebel speaking to you from Forks." Bella said before she ended the show with the press of one key on her keyboard and a wide, satisfied smile on her face.

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The next day at school, everywhere she went, people were talking about her radio show and were wondering who DJ Rebel could be. Since she had used an application to disguise her voice, they couldn't know who she was just by her voice but they were all trying to find clues as to who she could be.

"Maybe it's one of the Cullen's?" Eric suggested at lunch.

"No, it can't be. I was at the grocery store during the show yesterday, listening to it on my phone and they were all there as well, their entire family was at the store, shopping. Well, not the doc but he was at the hospital." Angela shook her head.

"Why does everyone want to know who it is? Maybe she just wants to stay in the shadows…" Bella shyly suggested.

"How could she? She's the most popular person at school right now. Alright, what do we know about DJ Rebel?" Ben asked.

"She's a girl, that much was obvious." Angela replied.

"She had good tastes in music." Ben added.

"And she's my soul mate." Eric said with a dreamy smile.

"How… How can she be your soul mate? You don't know anything about her." Angela mocked him.

"Are we sure it's not one of the Cullen's? I mean, it's odd that this thing starts so soon after they arrived…" Ben asked.

"I overheard Emmett and Jasper this morning, they, too, were wondering who it could be." Angela shook her head.

"Well, you keep guessing, I'm going to head to class before the bell rings." Bella said, not wanting to hear more.

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Edward was frustrated. It wasn't enough that he couldn't read Bella Swan's thoughts, she also had to smell so good to him. Why couldn't he stay away from her? Why did he want to spend so much time with her? All he did was talk to her in biology class and it wasn't enough, he craved for more time with her but how could he do it? His siblings didn't all agree with this.

Alice supported him openly, which meant that even if Jasper didn't agree, he wouldn't try to stop him… Emmett supported him but wouldn't do so too openly because of Rosalie who was dead set against it.

"It's going to be icy today." Alice announced as she came down to go to school.

"I can see that." Emmett rolled his eyes.

"Can't you see who this DJ Rebel is already? It's been 3 weeks since her first show and I want to know who it is!" Rosalie asked her.

"I told you, I tried but I can't see it… It's weird… I can see that in the future, not too far away, we'll know but I can't see it… I'm just as frustrated as you are. I want to know who this awesome girl is." Alice replied.

"Let's go or we'll be late for school." Edward declared, ignoring the others as he went to his car.

"You just want to get there in time to see Bella getting out of her car, like you do everyday…" Alice rolled her eyes as they all went through the door.

So, here is Chapter 2...

I'll try to make this as long as I can but don't get your hopes up, I don't have much inspiration for it...

Maybe a couple more chapters, maybe even less.

Review please?

Lorelei Candice Black