13

"Bella," whispered Alice as she shook my shoulders. I opened my eyes and looked around.

"What time is it?" I asked.

"It's just after 6:30 a.m. You need to get up so you can ready for school," she whispered. I looked over for Edward but he was gone.

"Where's Edward?" I asked.

"He, Emmett and Jasper met for breakfast down at the diner. They said it was tradition on homecoming," chuckled Alice. I looked at her.

"You love Jasper, don't you?" I asked. She smiled.

"Yes, I do," she chuckled. "I know you will understand. I feel complete with him."

"I do understand. I'm happy for you, Alice. Jas is a great guy. He deserves to be happy," I said as I climbed out of bed.

"Bella, did you and Jas ever date?" asked Alice.

"No way," I chuckled. "I love Jas like a brother, Alice. He's one of my best friends but that would be gross."

"Was it weird when Rose and Emmett started dating?" asked Alice.

"No, they were always flirting with each other. Jas and I teased them because that's what we do but we were happy for them. They are very much in love," I chuckled.

"I can tell," said Alice. "Go shower. I'll come in and help you fix your hair."

"Ok, Ali," I chuckled.

She left and I went into the bathroom and took a hot shower. I quickly washed my hair and shaved my legs and arm pits. I turned off the water and dried off. I went back into my room and found my cloths ready for me in the bed. I pulled on the blue lace hipsters and the matching blue strapless bra. I pulled on the white peasant skirt, the blue strapless top. Alice came in and sat me down in the bathroom. She curled my hair and left it so that it looked like it was floating down my back. She only put a little bit of makeup on me. She went to get dressed. I slipped on the blue heels she left for me and made my way downstairs. Carlisle, Esme and Charlie were sitting around the kitchen table when I came in. They all looked up at me and their mouths fell open.

"Alice," I simply said.

"You look beautiful," said Esme.

"Thanks," I said softly.

"How are you feeling?" asked Charlie.

"I feel good today. I'm still sore but I'm not nearly as tired as I have been," I said as I grabbed a bowl of cereal and sat down.

"Good," said Charlie.

"Charlie, are you going to be there tonight to escort me onto the field?" I asked. He muttered something under his breath. "If I have to go through with this, then so do you."

"Fine," he pouted. I finished my cereal as Alice came into the kitchen wearing my uniform.

"Bella, you ready?" she asked.

"Yep," I chuckled. I took my bowl over to the sink and grabbed my backpack. I walked over to the kitchen door and looked back at Charlie. "Charlie?"

"What?" he grumbled.

"You have to wear your suit," I chuckled.

Alice and I chuckled as we made our way out of the house. We could hear Charlie complaining. We climbed into my mustang and I drove us to school. We pulled up next to Rose. We climbed out at the same time she did. She looked hot in a red wrap around dress and red heels.

"Fuck me, Rose. You look hot," I chuckled.

"So do you, Bella. If I was into girls, I would be all over you," she chuckled.

"What about me?" chuckled Alice. "You wouldn't want some of me?"

"Aww, of course, we would, Ali," I chuckled as I pulled her into my arms. I felt someone rush past us and saw Mike hurrying away. He had his backpack in front of him and I knew he had to of heard every word we just said. "Poor Mike."

"He seemed like he was in a big hurry," chuckled Rose as we started into the school.

"I'm sure he was," snickered Alice.

We made our way to our lockers. Edward, Emmett and Jasper were waiting for us. They looked over at us and their mouths fell open. I saw Jasper give Alice the once over. Emmett's eyes bulged out of his head and I am pretty sure Edward drooled. We walked up to them and started chuckling.

"See something you like, husband?" I asked. He pulled me into his arms and kissed me hard.

"Baby, you look fucking fantastic," he whispered.

"Thanks. You should see what I am wearing underneath," I whispered. He moaned and pulled me closer to him.

"I plan to later," whispered Edward. He kissed me again. "How are you feeling today?"

"Much better. Still pretty sore but not nearly as tired," I said softly.

"Good," whispered Edward. He kissed me again. "I had better get to history."

"Fine," I sighed dramatically. "I love you."

"As I love you, Baby," he chuckled.

He kissed me again before he turned and left with Emmett and Jasper. Rose, Alice and I just chuckled as we made our way down to English. We took our seats in the back. Several people stared at me as they came in but I was in a good mood today. Mr. Owens came in and started class. The rest of the morning went by pretty quickly.

We had a pop quiz in trig. I finished in five minutes. I am pretty sure I heard Edward, Alice, Rose, Jasper and Emmett all mutter under their breath at me. I just chuckled and pulled out my music book and worked on my song for New York. I got to miss history because Rose, Kate, Angela and I had to take pictures for the year book. Kate looked fucking hot in a soft pink strapless dress and white heels. Angela was wearing a sage green silk sundress with white heels. After we took what felt like a million pictures, I am pretty sure Eric kept taking pictures just so he could gawk at us, I made my way down to music.

I finally had the music finished for my song. I started working on the lyrics. They just didn't seem like they were right. The bell rang and Edward and I made our way down to the cafeteria for lunch. I grabbed a salad and a bottle of water. We joined the others at our table. Garrett, Kate, Ben, and Angela sat with us again. Lauren came over and I saw them all tense up.

"Hey, Bella, how are you feeling today?" asked Lauren.

"I feel good today. I'm not quite as tired as I have been but I am pretty sore," I said softly.

"The fatigue was the worst part for my dad. You look great," said Lauren. She turned to Rose, Angela and Kate. "You all do. Good luck tonight."

"Thanks, Lauren," said Kate. She looked confused. Lauren gave us all a smile and went and sat down next to Jessica, Mike and Tyler. I saw them all start to grill her but she just shook her head no. "What the fuck was that about?"

"She knows I'm sick," I said softly. "Her mom works for Carlisle and Lauren was waiting for her when I had my treatment on Wednesday. She helped me yesterday. I think her dad had cancer a few years ago. She gets it."

"I've just never seen her so nice," said Kate.

"I know. I think it's changed her," I said softly.

"Well, I guess that's good, I guess," said Angela. I looked back over at Lauren. She and Jessica were arguing. Jessica looked over at me and gave me a dirty glare.

"I GUESS YOU HAVE YOURSELF A NEW BEST FRIEND NOW!" screamed Jessica. She got up and stormed out. Lauren gave me a small smile and ran after her. I looked back at the others.

"I'll see you later," I said softly. I got up and went after Lauren and Jessica. I didn't want to see their friendship ruined because of me. I could hear them arguing in the ladies room.

"Jess, you will always be my best friend," said Lauren.

"Then why all the sudden are you all concerned about Bella?" snapped Jessica.

"She needs me right now. She needs all of us," said Lauren.

"Why?" snapped Jessica.

"I can't tell you," said Lauren as I pushed the door to the bathroom open. They both turned and looked at me.

"What the fuck do you want?" snapped Jessica.

"I want to explain what Lauren has been keeping from you," I said softly.