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Rediscovering Love

Chapter 9- Just An Ordinary Day in the Life of...

Jessica's POV

I was so happy to be back in school. Two weeks of seeing nothing but the inside of my house had not done wonders for my sanity. But then again I had a few people that would say I wasn't sane to begin with, but that was beside the point.

Now I sat bored as hell in my sixth period European Literature class. We were apparently reading King Lear by William Shakespeare. And being who I am and my love of reading, I had already read it so I was zoning out. I thought of the last week and wondered how time moved so fast. During the week though I felt like it would never end. About four days after I got sick I couldn't keep anything down and could barely find the strength to move out of my bed. Bella had been the one keeping me going. She needed me but with the help of my mom, Tyler, Caleb, Kate, and Amber I had barely anything to do but watch her play and read to her when I wasn't throwing up.

Seeing Amber and Tyler playing with Bella together had made me smile. They looked like a little family. Kate had a ball helping me bath and feed her. Bella thought it would be funny to throw food at mommy and well that had turned out bad. The food smelled horrible and..you get the picture. Caleb had been spending massive amounts of time at my house and lets say Sarah found my cell number and would not quite calling me to talk to Caleb. Finally I tossed the phone out the window and now I had a new one.

"Miss Simms could you please read the next line out loud." It wasn't a question but an order. Crap. I was so screwed. I had to think quick on how to get out of this little situation I was in.

"Um what line would that be?" I questioned pretending I had to flip back a few pages.

"Beginning with 'Come, lets away to prison'. And next time Miss Simms please try not to skip ahead." The balding professor spoke in a harsh tone. I blushed red and looked down to the book finding the line. It was my favorite so I had no issue reading it.

"'Come, lets away to prison: We two alone will sing like bird i' the cage; When thou dost ask me blessing, I'll kneel down, and ask of thee forgiveness: and we'll live, and pray, and sing, and tell old tales and laugh at gilded butterflies, and hear poor rouges talk of court news; and we'll talk with them too, who loses, who wins; who's in, who's out; and take upon 's the mystery of things, as if we were God's spies; and we'll wear out, in a walled prison, packs and sets of great ones that ebb and flow by the moon.'" I finished without even looking once at the text. The line was well known.

"Very good Miss Simms. I see you have read this before. If not more so then once." I smiled sheepishly.

"Yes I have." I answered feeling a blush creep up.

"Again very good. Then I will ask this question of someone who has not had the pleasure of reading this." He went on to ask what Shakespeare had meant by this line, specifically the gilded butterfly. It was a phrase well known but not under stood.

No one could answer his question. So he turned to me. "Could you explain Miss Simms?" He asked.

"I can try." I smiled as I thought for a split second. "We have finished reading this right because to answer this I may be giving away part of the play." I spoke just to make sure.

"Yes we finished it Friday. We are just hitting certain points now. You may continue." He urged me to go on. I did.

"Well gilded could mean either 'covered in blood' or 'deceptively pleasing'. If both definitions are applied to the other two daughter's, it would show that Lear is laughing at them because of the false fronts they put up. But if has a darker meaning as well. It's showing that Lear's as well as Cordelia's blood on is on the heads of the other two daughters. The quote itself is showing that by being in prison both Lear and Cordelia will see more, know more, and live more deeply. They would be doing so on the side of God." I answered and knew all eyes were on me. That was a college answer but then again we were in a college level class.

The teacher looked at me stunned. "Well, damn. Very well put Miss Simms." I smiled but blushed again. I hated being put on the spot. I heard a growl from behind me and turned to see none other then Sarah. I had this class alone, Caleb had PE or something like that. Tyler was in math, Pogue in Kate in history and Amber was floating around the office as an office assistant for this period. I sighed. Goody I had to deal with the girlfriend of my ex, an ex who may or may not still be in love with me. I was getting a massive head ache. I was so glad that my next class was PE with Amber and Kate.

The bell rang and I jerked my head. I didn't think I had been zoning out that long since my insightful answer into the inner workings of King Lear and Shakespeare. I shrugged and began to pack up my stuff. I was the last one out of the class and sighed when I crossed the threshold and made my way into the hall.

"Jessica." I heard that damn annoying voice again. Like when I had been at Nicky's, I put on my best I don't like you smile and turned to see the blonde standing behind me. Her face was not to nice. I let the semi friendly smile fade to a 'what the fuck do you want' smile. My eyes were dangerous I'm sure.

"Yes Sarah?" I questioned. I hated this girl. I kept repeating this in my head as she began to speak.

"You stay away from Caleb." She hissed walked closer to me. I wanted to snort but I didn't. I arched an eyebrow. Who the hell did she think she was? I was pissed to say the least.

"Excuse me?" I said. I could hear the anger in my own voice and see the surprise in her eye. Apparently she was used to getting what she wanted without any questions asked. Boy was she talking to the wrong person.

"I said stay away from Caleb." This time her voice was louder. Other students passing in the halls now turned to stare at us but kept moving not wanting to get in the middle of this confrontation yet.

"Oh I heard that." I said sweetly. My eyes wanted to go black. "What I meant by 'excuse me' was who the hell do you think you are to tell me who I can be around and who I can't?" I put my hands on my hips letting my shoulder bag hit the floor. I can beat you my iPod and phone were now dead. I hoped not.

"I am his girlfriend. So I have a right to tell you to back the fuck off." She said. Her voice was so damn annoying and funny at the same time.

"Really? Now why would I back off?" I asked looking to the blonde haired bitch in front of me. Now people had gathered around hoping for a fight.

"I just want you and your damn daughter to stay away from him. He's mine." Damn was this girl possessive of what she thought was hers. Ha, if she only knew.

Well now the cat was out of the bag. Few people at school knew I had a child now it seemed half the student body knew and everyone would know come morning. "Bella is Caleb's as well as mine Sarah. Have you forgotten that he was mine before he was yours?" I shot at her. Her face twisted in anger and I fought the urge to laugh.

"How do you know its his? From what I heard from some of the girls that went to school with you when you were here you were a whore." She shot back. I had heard all the rumors about me when I was at school back then and then, like now, I let it roll right off me.

"I was and never will be a whore, like you. The girls only said that because I had Caleb and they didn't. I wonder have you heard what they say about you?" I was sweet about it. Really I was. Not. I was so pissed that this girl had the nerve to call me a whore and talk about my daughter. If Caleb were here I bet he would be yelling at her, or me. Who knew? He wasn't here so we never would know.

"Oh I know what they say and unlike you its all lies. You are a whore." She spat at me. Oh now I was beyond pissed now. I had to take a deep breath so my eyes wouldn't turn black.

"Really? If I'm a slut then your a virgin." I shot at her. I knew for damn sure she wasn't. I had heard who she was sleeping with and if the girl was smart she would just walk away now and not let me get that out in the open.

"Oh I may not be a virgin but you still are a slut." Sarah said. Damn could she not come up with anything more witty?

"Slut? H'm.." I tapped my chin lightly with my acrylic nail. I had had them done yesterday afternoon while Caleb was shopping for his mother. We, as in me, Bella, and him had gone out. "Well I'm not the one sleeping with Aaron Abbot while I'm dating someone else." I spoke clearly and very loudly. I heard the group around us gasp and Sarah paled letting me know the rumors were true. I grinned. This was fuel for the fire.

"I'm not sleeping with Aaron Abbot." She growled out. I laughed.

"Yeah and I'm the pope." I snorted. I heard the crowd laugh. "I'm going to go now 'slut' so that I'm not late to my class. I'd advise you to get to class as well." I said picking up my bag. I smiled and waved turning my back on her. Then I remembered something. I turned to face the still stunned Sarah. "Oh and by the way. I wouldn't mess with me or Bella because you will have some very angry people on your ass." I turned and sprinted down towards the gym. I made it just inside the doors as the bell rang. I was not late.

"Hey Jess." Kate shouted running at me. She was already dressed in her bathing suit. We would be swimming to day. Just what I needed.

"Hey." I said waving her and Amber to follow me. Every one was out of the locker room by the time the three of us made our way back there.

"Why are you so late to class?" Amber asked sitting on the bench outside my locker. I pulled out the bathing suit I had bought from the school just in case we swam for PE. You couldn't exactly wear a bikini in the school pools. But I was not wearing the damn swim caps. I hated them and had already told the couch that.

I began to strip as I answered. "I was bitching out Sarah." I said simply. I took off my skirt and folded it with my shirt and vest and tie. I sat in my underwear and bra and took off my shoes and stockings. I didn't care that there were two other girls in the area. I took off my bra and panties and slipped on the suit. It fit nicely but showed the dagger and heart tattoo on my hip.

"Wow nice tat." Amber was side tracked.

"Thanks." I said laughing. I pulled my hair back into a tight ponytail.

"So what do you mean you were bitching out Sarah?" Kate asked leaning against the locker. I smiled.

"Oh get this. She told me to stay away from 'her' Caleb. She went on to call me a slut and remind me of all the lovely rumors that were spread by jealous girls my freshmen year." I laughed. They were laughing as well. "Oh but heres the fun part. I over heard in first period today from Aaron that Sarah was sleeping with him. I mean he was talking to one of his jackass friends. I didn't know if it was true but I tossed that out there when we were bitching each other out. She paled so I know it's true." I giggled as we walked from the locker room. I noticed all eyes were on me or the tattoo I had. I rolled my eyes.

"Wow!" Kate gasped. "So you mean Sarah really is cheating on Caleb?" I nodded.

"The whole school will know about that as well as that Caleb and I have a child together." Both girl's jaws dropped. "Yeah it pisses me off but hey its better then actually being a slut like her. Maybe Caleb will realize how much of a bitch she is." I said walking to the pool. I looked into the clear water and smiled. I loved swimming.

"Hey Kate want to race?" Amber asked looking into the water as I did.

"Only if Jess races to." Kate shot back.

"Hell yeah!" I shouted and we took our places. Everyone else was sitting around talking but no one was in the pool. The couch wasn't around so I figured that was why everyone was just lounging around. I looked down to the two other girls. "One, Two, Three!" We took off.

The feel of the water was fabulous against my skin and hair. I loved it. I sliced through the water as if it was nothing and I felt good as well. I beat both my friends by a good ten seconds or more. When Kate touched the edge I was already sitting on the edge of the pool smiling. "Well hello." I said looking to my now pissed friend.

"How did you do that?" Amber asked spitting water everywhere. I wiped the water drops from my face.

"When you have nothing better to do to work of the baby pounds you swim and run. I'm good at both. Plus as we all know I have swimming in my genes. Just look at Tyler." I said with a laugh.

"Ah so your Tyler Simms' younger sister." I whipped my head around to see the couch. My eyes widened.

"Only by two days." I smiled standing. "I'm Jessica Simms. But you knew that." I smiled again.

"Have you thought about trying out for the swim team?" The man asked. No I hadn't I mean I couldn't stay after school almost every day because of Bella.

"No I never thought about it." I answered leaving Bella out of the answer.

"Well you should." He said and I dropped back to the ground.

"Great now he's going to be looking for me at the try outs. I can't be on the swim team. I mean I have Bella. I don't want to be stuck away from her any more then I have to." I said rubbing my face. I felt a hand on my shoulder. I turned to look at Amber.

"Swim practice is only and hour and a half four days a week after school. You could do it if you wanted to." She said sitting next to me.

"I know I could but I don't really want to. I like being with Bella." I groaned. Great now I was confused as to what I should do.

"But you need a life to. Plus you would get to see Caleb half dressed." Kate nudged my shoulder. I grinned.

"Trust me I get that sight enough." I said and both girls gasped.

"God you two." I laughed. "I have a pool at my house. Caleb and the boys practice when they aren't here at school or when the swim season is over." I laughed when the look on their faces disappeared. They could be so funny. "I'm not going out for the swim team. As much fun as it would be I think I'd rather stay with how my life is now. It makes it easy on me and won't confuse Bella." I sighed and leaned back.

I wondered what Caleb would say when he found out that I had the chance to be on the girls swim team. Would he be happy or would he be mad that I declined the offer? H'm I wondered. I would have to ask him.

I saw everyone headed for the locker room to shower off and I knew that school would be over soon. I had homework to do and things to see to. But I couldn't wait to see my Bella when I walked through the door. This was just an ordinary day in the life of so many but it wasn't to me. Well not yet at least.