Well I've been pestered to write a new chapter so I did.

Sorry for my delay in updating. I've been busy. And I'm doing college work now.

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Bella's POV

"Edward! Guess what!" Today had been a sunny day. I went to school by myself. But now I was skipping into the Cullens' house.

"What?" Edward said as he stopped me from tripping.

"I made a new friend today at school!"

He raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah, I know. I was confused too. But this new girl moved here and I just felt like being nice to her."

"New girl? What? There was no new girl coming today."

I nestled into his lap and sighed. He was so stupid sometimes.

"Oh, yeah I know. She transferred two months ago. Apparently no one had talked to her until now. She was really grateful that I did."

Edward smiled.

"Well, I'm proud of you, Bella. Getting over your shyness and talking to someone new." He kissed the top of my head.

"Yeah, and guess what else? I invited her over!" At that very moment, the doorbell rang.

I shot up to answer it, not even noticing Edward's expression.

I opened the door. Kalila was standing there, looking wary to be there but impressed at the house.

I squealed. "I'm so glad you came!" I ushered her in and gave her a hug, jumping up and down. Oh, crap. I looked at Edward. He looked disappointed in me. Dang it. I was supposed to keep my sugar high a bit more under control.

"Edward! This is my new friend, Kalila. Kalila, this is my outrageously lexy boyfriend, Edward." I giggled and blushed. Kalila smiled slightly.

"Hello. Nice to meet you." Edward stood up from the couch and held his hand out. Kalila stared at it quizzically. He shrugged and returned his hand to his side.



Just then, Alice came bounding down the steps. She was excited to meet my new friend. Edward was giving me a meaningful look so I let Alice give Kalila the tour of the house. Edward and I walked up to his room.

"She's your new friend?" Edward looked upset. I was confused.

"Yes. Why?"

"Bella, she looks scary. Gothic. Troublemaking. I don't want you hanging out with someone like that." His tone was so disapproving. It made me angry.

"What are you, my father?! So what if she wears black?"

"Bella, she looks like someone who could get you into trouble if you hang around with her enough. Her eye makeup is so dark. What if she's on drugs or something?"

I was taken aback.

"Edward, I never thought of you as someone who would judge other people by their appearances. She's my friend and she's hurting, so I'm going to do whatever I can to help her." With that, I stalked back down the steps. As my foot hit the second to last step, I tripped. No biggie, at least I wasn't at the top pf the steps like normal.

Alice and Kalila were done with the tour.

"So, do you like the house?"

"Yeah, it's beautiful. As are its' occupants." She laughed, then blushed as she realised what she said. I could tell we would be great friends. No matter what Edward said. He was just overprotective of me, I knew he didn't mean anything by it.

"Bella, guess what! Kalila has agreed to go shopping with me! Isn't that great?!"

I looked at Kalila, shocked. She shrugged.

"As long as we go to Hot Topic. My mom doesn't let me shop there." She frowned.

Alice gasped. "But, but. Their accessories. Gorgeous." She seemed a little speechless and appalled, but she quickly recovered.

"Don't worry, I will buy you whatever you want from there!" Kalila smiled.

"Come on, let's go!" Alice was always eager to shop.

I groaned. "Do we have to do it right now?"

"Yes, we do. Besides, don't you want to get away from here for awhile until you're not mad at Edward anymore?" Alice gave me a stern look. I blushed. How did she know about that?



"Sure," I reluctantly agreed before Kalila could ask questions.

Once we were in Alice's car, Kalila whispered to me.

"Your boyfriend is beautiful. Does he have any brothers?"

Alice laughed.

"Yes, he does. But they're both taken."

Kalila frowned and sat back in her seat.

She sighed.

"It doesn't matter much anyway."

She looked like she didn't want to say anything else, but I asked her why.

"Because first of all, no one like that would ever like me; and second of all, ever since I started reading books about vampires, I only want guys who are sparkly, pale, and cold." She sighed.

My eyes widened slightly but a cough from Alice made me regain my composure.

"Don't worry, Kalila. I didn't think anyone would ever like me, but I have Edward." I smiled.

"Yeah, but you're pretty," she argued.

"So are you." Even if Edward thought she was a gothic druggie freak.

"No I'm not," she said exasperatingly. "That's why I look like this." She gestured at her clothing.

To that, I had no response. I didn't see anything wrong with her appearance.

Soon, we were at the mall. Kalila and Alice raced to the Hot Topic and I followed behind dreadingly.

After a few hours, Kalila and Alice bought half of the store and they were finally ready to leave. I sighed in relief, earning an eye roll from Alice.

We were on our way home. Yay.

Kalila's POV

I had been at Forks High for two months before Bella talked to me. At first I was shocked, since people tended to stay away from me. But then I realised that I needed a friend. So I went over to her house after school.



Oh, pardon me, her boyfriend's house. Yes, I said that sarcastically. Every girl in the world has a boyfriend except me. Probably because I'm not allowed to have a boyfriend. But still. No guys like me at all. I know that's a really bad reason to feel depressed, but it lowers my self esteem and sometimes I wonder if I'm worth it.

I try. I'm a vegetarian and I exercise, I wear tight shirts and shower every day. But maybe my 'emo' appearance is what scares them off. But that's ok, because it's who I am and if people are going to judge me based on my appearance, then I don't need them anyway.

At least that's what I tell myself.

I honestly don't know how I feel most of them time, because my mind changes that often.

One minute, I'm desperate to have a guy like me, and the next I think it's totally ridiculous to conform and be what people think you should be so I give up and stop caring.

I wish I was good at something. I can't do anything well. Nothing school-related, nothing career-related, nothing that I like at all.

Why can't anything be easy for me like it is for other people?

Sigh. At least Alice and Bella were taking me shopping. Maybe I'd have some fun then.

When we entered Hot Topic, several items were immediately placed in my hands.

"Go try them on!" Alice smiled.

I walked over to the dressing room hesitantly. These shirts were short sleeved. I hate short sleeved shirts.

Why? Oh, no reason. I just have a couple of scars here and there, no big.

Besides, I would just try them on, claim I didn't like them, and head towards the long sleeved shirts, right?

Wrong.

I had barely gotten a cute red and black tank top pulled over my head when Alice was shimmying under the dressing room door to see the shirt. My eyes widened as her eyes roamed my arms.

Crap.

Her eyes grew slightly darker.

"Kalila?" She asked softly.

"I don't want to talk about it," I mumbled as I threw my jacket on.



"No, it's okay. I understand. Just, be careful, alright? And don't do it around my family. Ever." Her voice was hard but she covered it up with a giggle.

"That tank top is so cute! And it looked good on you. Of course, guys will do nothing but look at your chest." She winked. I blushed.

Ok, so it didn't go too horribly. But I couldn't help but wonder why Alice didn't seem to have a problem with… what I did. I had expected to be whisked away to a mental hospital. But that's one thing I hate about people, they don't understand.

But Alice was not like most people. She was nice. And I was glad that I had someone who accepted me for who I was.

At least, it seemed that way to me.

And I was happy.

Bella's POV

So we were finally back at the house. Kalila had been silent during the car ride back, but she seemed to be happier.

As soon as I set foot in the house, Edward whisked me up into his arms and hugged me.

"I'm sorry about before. I wasn't aware of some things and I didn't understand. Thank you for being such a good friend to her. She needed you," he whispered into my ear. I shrugged it off.

He set me down and chuckled as we watched Alice and Kalila showing off all their new items.

Emmett came bounding down the stairs with Rosalie following behind gracefully.

Emmett laughed at Alice and Kalila's products.

"What's with all the doom?"

Alice glared at him.

"They're cute. What would you know about it?"

"Nothing. And I don't want to, either. I'm just saying, the black clothes seem to match her mood."

Alice punched Emmett in the shoulder.

Jasper came out of the kitchen.

"No, he's right. Underneath material happiness, I feel sad. Why does life suck?"



Edward stiffened beside me. Oh, that's right. Kalila didn't know about us. Them.

Alice glared at Jasper.

"Upstairs, now!" She boomed.

Jasper looked taken aback.

"Fine. If you really hate me that much." He burst into tearless sobs and fled.

"Wow. He's kind of emo." Kalila smiled then bit her lip, glancing around the room to see if anyone noticed.

Alice laughed.

"Yep, that's my Jasper. Overemotional little freak. But I love him."

The air was uncomfortable after Jasper's little breakdown. Because I knew him, I knew he was reflecting Kalila's feelings. And I felt horrible about that.

Suddenly, Emmett got a mischievous gleam in his eye.

"Hey, Bella. You know those brownies Esme made for you? They're getting stale, when are you going to eat them?"

"Emmett, you know I can't eat that many brownies!"

"Well, why don't you offer some to your friend?" He nodded in Kalila's direction.

"Sure. Do you want some?"

"Are you kidding? I love brownies." Her eyes were light with joy. I laughed.

"Okay, let's go eat some."

Kalila followed me into the kitchen where we proceeded to eat brownies. Esme had baked so many. But they weren't stale at all, they were really good.

"Hey, do you have any milk to wash these down with?" I opened my mouth to respond but Emmett was quicker.

"No. The only thing we have is Mountain Dew."

"Oh, that'll work."

Emmett set down two cans of Mountain Dew. Edward started to protest, but Alice and Emmett gave him death glares. He frowned.

Yes! Mountain Dew! Caffeine! Sugar! Whoo!!



Kalila and I guzzled all of the Mountain Dew and scarfed all of the brownies.

Let's just say we got sugar high.

And I don't know about Kalila, but I will never feel sad again.

Kalila's POV

Ahaha! I love being sugar high!!

That is the ultimate cure for depression. Now I know how people went through life, not hating every minute of it.

Yay.

Lol, I have no idea what the crap that was. Please review.

A big thank you to the bestest beta ever, Obsessed.with.writing

She told me to write a chapter and helped me when I was feeling unmotivated and down. These chapters would not exist without her, and they would be a lot worse!! So yay for Ashleigh! Show her your appreciation and review her stories! They're really good.