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EdPOV
Emmett opened the door as quietly as he could and we crept inside. I started up the stairs but one of the steps let out a loud squeaky creak.
"Is that you two sneaking around? Get in here, I want a word." We both sighed and went through to the living room.
EmPOV
We stood facing Aunt Richelle. I glared her right in the face while Edward's eyes were not focused on anything but the blackness he saw.
"I've been thinking about our little argument this morning and I just wanted to prove my point." she said lividly.
Oh no.
"Edward, how many fingers am I holding up?" she said in a sickly sweet voice, holding up four fingers. Edward's face went paler than usual.
"Uhm…three?" his voice quavered.
"No Edward, four. Can't you see?" she smiled evilly "Oh, I forgot! You can't!" Right now I would have punched that old hag if my feet hadn't been rooted to the ground with anger.
"Let's try again. Edward what colour is the top I'm wearing?"
"Blue?"
"No Edward. This is yellow, see?"
"Yeah and its awful" I muttered. A small laugh escaped Edward. She slapped him. He staggered back until he hit the wall.
"WHAT? Why did you hit him? I was the one that made him laugh, you should be hitting me, not him!" I shouted, horrified that I had caused her to hurt Edward. It was my fault.
"ENOUGH!" she screamed at me. "Go to your rooms now!"
I went over to Edward and held onto his arm to guide him up the stairs. One side of his face was bright pink and bloody.
"You ok?" I asked once we were out of ear shot.
"Never been better" he mumbled sarcastically.
BPOV
I woke up to light streaming in through my window. I jumped out to the window to check I wasn't just hallucinating , but sure enough there was the sun, with only a few cotton wool clouds scattered across the sky. I stayed at there for a couple of minutes, hardly daring to believe it. I grinned widely and skipped down to breakfast, only tripping once on the stairs. I chewed my toast slowly and rinsed my plate in the sink, leaving it to dry on the side.
Once I was ready to leave I hoisted my bag onto my shoulder and went out to my red truck, a welcome home present from Charlie. I got to school with a few minutes to spare, so I decided to go sit on a bench and enjoy the sun while it lasted.
A small girl with spiky black hair and a wide grin spread across her face came towards me. I recognised her from my English class though I couldn't remember her name.
"Hi, I'm Alice" she practically sang "You're Bella right?"
"Yeah, hello"
"I'm one of Edward's friends" she sat down next to me. "I'm going shopping this weekend, I was wondering if you would like to come" her voice squealed the word 'shopping'.
"Um, well its very nice of you to ask, but-"
"Edward's coming" she interrupted.
"Oh, ok then" the words came out my mouth without a thought. She smiled knowingly.
"I'll pick you up at eleven on Saturday!" she called to me, already walking away.
"Wait, you don't know where I live!" I yelled.
"Chief Swan's house!" she shouted and walked towards the maths block.
I sighed. Shopping wasn't one of my favourite things to do, but if Edward was coming maybe it wouldn't be so bad.
EdPOV
"Edward you're coming shopping on Saturday" Alice stated, approaching me where I stood by the Maths block.
"What? What makes you think I'd want to come?"
"Bella's coming"
Oh. Would it seem to obvious if I suddenly was keen to go?
"Fine" I mumbled.
"Uh, Edward?"
"Yeah?"
"You have pink mark and a cut down your face" she said quietly. My hand automatically went to my face.
"Damn" I muttered.
"What happened?"
"Nothing" I replied a bit too quickly.
"Did your aunt hit you again?" she whispered.
"I said its nothing" I snapped, regretting it afterwards. Silence followed. "You still there?"
"Yeah"
"Sorry"
"That's ok" then she prattled on about what we were going to do on Saturday while we walked to class. I wasn't listening, just using her voice to help me find my way. Class was as boring as ever, the hours dragged. I couldn't wait until Biology, I'm sure you can guess why.
BPOV
Lunch, finally! My stomach was growling from only one piece of toast all day. I walked to the cafeteria quickly, nearly tripping on…oh nothing, surprise surprise. I joined the end of the line to get my food. Then I heard two familiar voices.
"But I'm not hungry" protested a voice that made my heart back flip.
"I don't care" came a stern and insistent voice.
"Aliiiiceee" whined the other voice.
"Be quite Edward!" Alice ordered. Edward grumbled something incoherent.
"Oh, hi Bella!" Alice called out to me. I turned around at the same moment that Edward's head snapped up.
"Hi Alice, Edward"
"H-hi B-bella" stuttered Edward slightly. Then I saw his face, the left half was pink with a long cut running down from his forehead to the corner of his mouth. Luckily it was my turn to get my lunch. I put an apple, a plate of pasta and a bottle of water onto my tray.
"Bella, come sit with us today!" Alice pulled me towards a table in the corner. Around it sat Edward, Emmett, a blonde boy staring at the wall and a beautiful blonde girl.
"Everyone, this is Bella. Bella, this is Emmett, Jasper and Rosalie. And Edward of course!" Alice announced to the table. Jasper smiled, Rosalie nodded vaguely in my direction and Emmet boomed "Nice to see you again Bella!"
"Sit down there Bella" Alice said, indicating the vacant chair beside Edward. I sat down.
"Hi" said Edward quietly.
"Hi" Lunch continued in silence in mine and Edward's case. The others were chatting cheerfully about goings on.
"Edward?" I asked nervously.
"Yes?"
"What happened to your face?"
"Nothing, just an accident" He mumbled. I saw Emmett looking sadly towards Edward. I looked at Emmett curiously, he looked at me briefly before turning back to talk to Rosalie. There was something in his eyes that made me think Edward wasn't telling the truth.
"Oh" I muttered.
I walked with Edward to Biology then sat next to him. The teacher was handing round pictures of different cells and particles that we needed to identify. Easy I thought. I saw Edward looking confused.
"What did he put on our table?" he asked
"Some cell pictures, we have to identify them" I replied, it hit me that Edward wouldn't be able to see them.
"Oh"
"I can help you" I suggested. He smiled.
"Thanks"
"Ok, so the first one is…uh well its hard to explain" then I had an idea. "Edward give me your hand" He held out his hand. I held it in mine. "Well the wall of the cell is like this" I traced the shape onto Edward's palm. He laughed.
"That tickles"
"Oh, so your ticklish? Now that's interesting" I grinned and tickled his side. He laughed and squirmed and nearly fell off his chair. I was glad everyone else was making a lot of noise too, otherwise people would probably be staring at us. As it was, only Mike Newton was looking at us, scowling.
"Ok ok stop!" he giggled. I stopped. He cleared his throat professionally, "Let's get on with what we are supposed to be doing" I laughed.
"You mean 'stop tickling me before I die of laughter and may have to strangle you'"
"That's one way of putting it, and how can I strangle you if I'm dead?"
"I'm sure you'd find a way. Well, either way we probably should get on with it."
"Ok, but can you use the back of my hand this time?"
"Sure thing" I held onto his hand again. "As I said this is the wall of the cell" I said tracing a wobbly shape onto the back of his hand. He fidgeted slightly. "What's wrong?"
"That tickles more than when you did it on my palm" he complained.
"So you would rather I did it on your palm?" I said with fake annoyance. He nodded. I laughed "Your so fickle."
The rest of the class continued in a similar fashion. It was the best Biology lesson I had ever been in.
AlPOV
Haha! My evil plan worked! Ok, so it wasn't exactly evil but it worked none the less! Edward and Bella are going shopping with me! They will realise how much they like each other, fall in love and live happily ever after. Edward has been alone for so long, I'm certain Bella is just right for him.
After school I met Emmett in the parking lot and told him about my 'evil' plan.
"Alice you're a genius!" he exclaimed.
"I know" I said 'modestly'.
"I feel so sorry for Edward. He has a hard life" Emmett sighed, shaking his head.
"He'll be ok. Oh, and that reminds me, did your Aunt hit Edward again?" I asked worriedly. Emmett nodded sadly.
"Its not fair! She hits him for no reason, calls him names and makes fun out of him." he growled looking at the floor.
"What about you?"
"No she's never hit me. She just shouts at me, but mainly Edward which makes me feels even worse"
"Don't be so hard on yourself, its not your fault." I soothed him.
"What's not his fault?" came a voice that made me go wobbly inside every time I heard it. I turned round to look at Jasper.
"Mind your own business" I said reaching up to touch his nose, I could only just reach. He laughed and bent down to kiss my nose. I moved my face upwards so his lips met mine. He was a little surprised at first but kissed me back willingly. We stayed like that for a couple of minutes.
"Ok lovebirds, break it up. We can't stay here forever, however much you might wish so" laughed Emmett. We broke apart to find everyone there, Rosalie, Edward and Bella had joined us. I saw Jasper turn slightly pink. Bless him, always the shy nervous one.
We all said our goodbyes and went our separate ways home. When I got home I rang Edward to tell him what time on Saturday I was going to pick him up.
"Hello?" oh, Edward's Aunt had picked up.
"Hello, is Edward there?"
"Yes"
"…can I speak to him?"
"No"
"Why not?" I asked.
"Because I said so"
"Well, can you tell him eleven o'clock on Saturday?"
"What is happening at eleven o'clock on Saturday?"
"We are going shopping" I stated.
"Well he's not going" she replied shortly.
"Oh, I thought you might just want him off your hands for a bit, but if he can't come that's ok" there was a pause, she was thinking.
"Ok fine, yes he can come. I will tell him"
"Thank you" I hung up. Yes. I rang up Jasper, no reason, I just felt like a talk and for someone to tell me how clever my plan was.
Aha! I found out how to put in these line thingies that seperate the ANs from the story! Yay! Go me! If you have any advice or if you simply want to tell me what you thought of my story, please review! Thanks. :)