"Alice, I swear, you're too hyper!" I groaned, pulling the covers over my head again. Day two and guess what? That's right, I was late again, Alice was already here and bouncing on my bed. "Why do you get up so early? More to the point why are you here so early?" I groaned again as she bounced on my stomach on purpose, clicking her tongue impatiently. I knew that she wasn't early today, I was just plain late and I wasn't getting up any time soon. Well that wasn't true, I knew that little Alice here would make me get up; she had a thing for doing that. She would torture me until I decided to get up.
"But Edward," She whined in her little childish voice she saved for special occasions, mostly me. "Today is going to be great! I just know it is!" Alice has a thing about knowing what will happen in a day, she's just that way. "I have a funny feeling that you may be bumping into a certain girl." I pulled the covers off my head and glared at her, fully awake now. I hoped she wasn't talking about Bella, because there was nothing happening there at all. The girl blatantly hated me, even though I hadn't done anything to her, not really. "Oh so that got you attention," Alice laughed, jumping off the bed and looking at me sternly.
"Alice, get lost," I told her as I swung my legs out of bed; she squealed and covered her eyes. I rolled me eyes and threw my pillow at her, I knew she was joking; she did it every time I got out of bed. I had to say it was rather annoying at times, she had seen me worse than this, I mean come on, and she'd seen my in just boxers before. I wasn't wearing much else right now, just some shorts.
"You really need to wear more to bed," Alice teased, throwing the pillow at me and darting from the room. I rolled my eyes again and headed into the bathroom, pushing all thoughts of the mysterious Bella from my mind, that was the last thing I needed right now. Humming to myself I got dressed, nearly the same as yesterday, though I was wearing a dark blue shirt today and a jacket as it was freezing outside. Yawning I headed downstairs where Alice sat on the couch, chatting on her mobile. "Yeah, sure," she glanced up at me. "Of course that's fine Lauren."
I stiffened, halfway to the kitchen, when I turned back to look at Alice. She waved her hand at me, shaking her head a little and turning away. "No, he won't mind. No of course he won't. He'll be thrilled to pick you up this morning." My jaw dropped about three feet when I heard those words. She was talking to Lauren Mallory. I clenched my fists at my sides as Alice said something else into the phone and put it down. "Come on, we're picking Lauren up." She had a glint in her eyes as she got up and danced towards the door, smirking slightly to herself.
"You're kidding me right?" I asked as I followed her, grabbing an apple on the way out. "You can not be serious?" But Alice just let out a small laugh, now I knew she was up to something. "What are you planning pixie?" I asked, only to get a punch in the arm as I walked past her. "Ouch, for something that small you sure punch hard." Evils, that's all I got that time, no punches or kicks, or in Alice's case bites either. I climbed in the car; she got in the passenger side, glaring at me still.
"I am not short," She growled, pulling her seatbelt on and glaring at me again. "You're just freakily tall," she poked her tongue out to go with this comment and I rolled me eyes. I pulled my seatbelt on as well and started up the car. I was half tempted just not to go to Lauren's and go straight to school. But there was the chance that I would see Bella, her cousin. Alice hadn't said a thing about picking her up, but I didn't ask her. Alice would take that as a sign that I liked Bella and that was the last thing I needed. A smug Alice is not good at the best of times.
I pulled up outside Lauren's, growling to myself a little and shaking my head as Alice bounced out. I noted the motorbike on the driveway as I stayed in the car, glaring as I watched her dance over to the porch. She stopped a little way from it, her head on one side. I frowned a little and silently got out of the car, only to see what she had been staring at or even talking to. Beautiful Bella was sat cross legged on the swinging porch seat, her hair moving in the wind. "I'm Alice," I heard Alice say as I stared at Bella; she hadn't noticed me at all. "Will you be riding with us?"
"Nice to meet you Alice," Bella said politely as she smiled at Alice, but then shook her head. Lauren was nowhere in sight, maybe she caught a lift with another friend? I could only hope that was the case. "I already have a ride, but thanks." That's when I heard the roar of the motorbike behind me. I turned, half in half out of the car and stared as the guy from yesterday climbed off his bike. "You're late!" Bella laughed as she got up and ran across the driveway to him.
She seemed to notice me for the first time, as she slowed down a little and stared at me curiously. "Morning Edward," She said gently with a small smile, before she ran over to the motorbike, helmet under her arm. I couldn't find my voice, I just stood staring. She was truly the most beautiful thing I have ever seen in my life. It was just her in general that made my heart skip several beats. I was still staring when she hugged the guy who got off the motorbike and they started up a conversation. Her twinkling laugh reached me and I felt my breath stop and my heart increase. I could tear my eyes away. Why couldn't she act that way around me?
Bella put her helmet on, nodding a little to Jacob, before walking over to the other bike. I frowned a little, as she swung her leg over and climbed on. Was she serious? It was icy out there, way too icy to be riding. I walked over to her, ignoring Alice's stare that I could feel on the back of my head. "You do know how icy it is out there right?" I asked, standing in front of the bike. "It's lethal. You shouldn't be riding."
Bella stopped what she was doing; she was sitting on the bike, glaring at me from what I could see beneath her helmet. She got back off the bike, taking her helmet off, her brown lush hair falling over her shoulders. "Don't you dare tell me what I should and shouldn't be doing!" She snapped glaring at me, causing me to flinch a little. "You don't know me Edward, so don't act like you do. Stop concerning yourself with me. Go and worry about Lauren, it's what you should be doing!" She jammed the helmet back on and revved the bike, once she had climbed back on.
I stepped back, sure that she would run me over if I didn't. With that she was gone, her and the guy, Jacob. I glared after her, feeling like a complete idiot. "Well I was hoping that Bella would be riding with us," Alice's disappointed voice said from behind me. I turned to face her; she was pouting a little, looking thoroughly disappointed with the whole outcome. It dawned on me why she had that glint in her eyes earlier. She had been planning to take Bella with us, so that I could get to know her a little better. It's funny how Alice thinks she knows when something good will happen in the future and the fact that I can read Alice like a book. Weird. "Anything can still happen," She added cheerfully.
I was about to say something when Lauren ran across to the car, to Alice first, though her eyes were on me. "I'm so sorry about this," She gasped, shaking her head a little. "But my car broke down and I couldn't get to school any other way. Thank you so much." I rolled my eyes a little and got in the driver's seat again, shooting Alice a look that told her to get in the front.
Alice obediently got in the front before Lauren could even have the chance to think about it. She slipped in, shooting me a look now, one that told me to be nice. I just rolled my eyes again as I heard Lauren's door slam as she got in, I was starting to do that a lot. "Belt up everyone," I muttered in a low voice, swinging the car off Lauren's driveway in a hurry. I wanted to get out of the car with these two as soon as possible.
"So I heard you're sat next to Isabella," Lauren's voice floated from the back, this was going to be one long journey, I could tell. I nodded not looking back, just keeping my eyes on the road. "Good luck with that." Her voice was bitter and I felt like turning around and saying something to her, but I kept my cool, for now. I had been wrong about Bella, she was nowhere near as spiteful and evil as her cousin, and in fact I didn't even see how they could be related at all. "How did it go? Was she alright to you?" She was digging; I knew that, Alice knew that because she giggled lightly.
"Well we weren't exactly on speaking terms through that lesson," I shrugged, keeping my eyes on the road. I was still worrying about that. Bella seemed to really hate me with a passion, a serious passion. She had ignored me through that first lesson and then earlier she had snapped at me. To be honest I had deserved it by telling her what she should have done, but I was only thinking of her best interests.
"She can be a real bitch," Lauren hissed through her teeth, again I bit my tongue and said nothing as I pulled into the school parking lot. "You wait until I get my hands on, the stupid cow!" I stopped suddenly, ripping off my belt and getting out of the car. Lauren sat shocked in the back at my sudden reaction, even Alice was looking at me strangely. "Everyone out," I said coldly, glaring at the floor.
"Oh, right," Lauren whispered, climbing out of the car and shutting the door. "Erm, see you later I guess." She hurried off, glancing over her shoulder every now and then at me. I don't know why I snapped like that, I just did. She said something I didn't like about Bella and it made me angry. Why? Who knows…I just felt strangely attracted to this girl and I had no idea how to stop it. I'd barely known her one day and I was already crushing on her! That was so bad! There was just something about Bella that made my heart stop and my breathing quicken. Shame she hated me with a passion really.
"Little defensive over Bella there weren't you?" Alice asked, an eyebrow raised as she walked around the front of the car towards me. I rolled my eyes and turned away, we were already seriously late. I spotted the two bikes together a little way away and resisted the urge to go and push them over, that wasn't going to help my case with Bella at all. "I'll see you in Gym Edward." Alice's voice broke me out of my trance and I realised that I'd been walking towards the Gym with her. Great Gym first lesson. I nodded to her lightly.
After a severe telling off for being late, me and Alice joined Jasper in volleyball. To my surprise and horror, our team to play included Lauren, Jessica, Mike and guess who, Bella. She was stood talking to Mike, both were laughing a little, Jessica was glaring daggers in her back, but she seemed not to notice. I felt anger bubble up inside of me as I watched her be perfectly friendly towards Newton, but she appeared to hate me. Quickly I picked up the ball and threw it hard at Newton; he turned just in time to catch it. "We gonna play or what?" I asked, preparing myself. Bella shot me a look, before muttering something to Newton. He nodded and she went to the back of the court.
Bella wasn't bad at volleyball; in fact she was incredibly good. The only thing she wasn't too good at was serving, she failed at that. After a little while we went to just serving and I took my chance. I slipped under the net, grabbing a ball and going over to Bella. "Want some help?" I asked politely. She shot me the look that told me if I didn't get lost she was going to slap me. I took it all in my stride and handed her the ball. "Fine," I answered, heading back under the net and serving her way. She caught it with ease.
"Here Edward," She growled, serving it back to me, with a massive amount of fury. I only just caught it, and it hurt when I did. She gave a glare, just as the Coach ended the lesson; she stalked out of the Gym, not looking back at me. Crap. I messed up yet again.
I changed in silence, before heading towards the lunch hall; we had an early lunch today as something was going on with the seniors. I sat at our usual table, alone, just as Alice came over as well, leading someone. Bella, ugh why?! Why her? I kept my eyes on the table, eating some pizza that I'd picked up. Alice and Bella were chatting happily, even when they sat down and I felt her gaze flicker to me. She was sat right next to me, her leg a few inches from mine. Her laugh reached me as I looked up, she had her back to me, talking to Alice. "Ah Edward," Alice said eventually, looking over at me and smiling evilly. "This is Bella, but I believe you've already met."
"We have," Bella whispered coldly, turning to me now and fixing with a glare that frightened me. "I'm not sure that's something I can be pleased about. Please excuse me, I have to meet someone." She rose from her seat, pushing away from the table and walking stiffly towards the door. I gulped a little and shot Alice a look. She shrugged and grabbed some chips from my tray, eating them daintily. I glared at her still, my eyes narrowed dangerously, angrily.
"What Edward?" She asked, an eyebrow raised as Jasper took a seat beside her. I didn't want him to know anything about this, so I shut my mouth. It would go straight back to Emmett and then I would never live this down, not ever. So I kept my mouth shut, shooting Alice glares every now and then. She just smirked in reply, shaking her head every now and then.
As soon as lunch was over, I got up, without saying goodbye I stalked off, towards Biology. When I reached the room I pushed the door open and stepped inside. Bella was already sat in her seat, looking anywhere but at the door. I took a deep breath, we were early, and it was just her and me in the room, along with someone else. I stepped towards the desk, and then stopped, feeling myself go dizzy. Shit, I knew what this meant. I grabbed the desk, but it was too late, my mind went blank and I crashed to the floor.
