CHAPTER-4

EYES ON FIRE

BPOV

BEEP…..BEEP….BEEP…

"Aaargh….fucking alarm…." I groaned as I got out of bed. Tequila on a school night is definitely not a great idea. Meh! At least I don't have a hangover. I can live with a mild headache.

~But can you live with the reason you got a headache?

Not in the morning, bitch!

~You do realize that you're talking to yourself, right?

Yeah, I'm fucked up. Fucking Sue me.

~Sure, Love.

Fuck! Now the bitch is fucking Scottish.

~Gonna be late for school again, hon.

"Bella…..sweetie…..Rose is already here."

"Yeah, Mom. Fucking Five minutes and I'll be down."

"Stop cursing, young lady, "Charlie hollered up.

"Sure sure"

After a mad dash to the bathroom which fortunately was unoccupied, I ran out of the house towards the red convertible.

"Morning, Skank." I greeted a surly Rose. I'm not the only one who hates mornings.

"You're lucky that I love you, bitch. Otherwise I'd have left your skinny ass and be on time."

"Oh, please! I've a nice ass. Thank you very much." I replied. I knew she won't leave me.

"You ready for today?" I could see that she was serious from the frown on her face.

"Yeah. I'll be fine. Its time to face the music." I was determined to not let Tanya get the better of me. In the worst case, my fist will reacquaint itself to her face. I can totally live with that.

Rose turned in her seat to look at me. I noticed that we were in the school parking lot already. She looked at me for a minute searching for something.

"Yeah. You'll be fine." With that she unlocked the doors and went out. I followed her quietly as we made our way to history. Classes had started already so the corridors were empty. Thank God for that. I'm not one for avoiding situations but confrontations in the morning are not my thing.

As we snuck into the back of the class, we found Alice waiting for us. At least someone's a morning person.

"Hi, Guys." Alice beamed at us.

"Hey, pixie." Both Rose and I greeted at the same time.

"Not you two. Both my brothers already call me that." Alice pouted. It was really cute to see. She looked so much like a child.

"Awwww. But you are a pixie, hon." I crooned. I could see her lip lifting up in a smile.

"Swan. Can you tell us the chapter we are studying today?" Mr. Howard was staring daggers at me. I knew what he was teaching but decided to play with him a bit.

"Why, sir? Did you forget?" I asked innocently because that's me the picture of innocence. I heard Rose snort followed by the giggling pixie.

"Swan. Can you answer the damn question?" Mr. Howard was getting angrier by each second.

"Yes, Sir" By this time, he was red in the face. I decided to end it before landing another detention.

"Chapter-7. Page-125. 4th paragraph." I knew he was about to say something more but, lucky for me, Angela decided to distract him with a question.

"God, B! Why do you've to push his buttons so?" Alice whispered.

"Can't resist him. I'm so hot for him. Oh Mr. Howard, I've been a naughty girl. Punish me. Spank me." I was on a roll. Alice was staring at me with her mouth wide open and Rose was downright shaking with laughter. Rest of the history class passed in a blur of whispered conversations. Alice was now considered a sister.

~Hot for the brother are we?

Not you again and Emerald eyes is not my bro. Never.

~Cranky much?

"So…what about Jasper?" Alice's voice interrupted my internal monologue. She was still painting but I could tell she was really interested in what I had to say.

"Jazz…..So you want to know about Jazz, huh?" I replied nonchalantly.

"Hmmmm" Yeah, right. You really don't care.

"Oh, spit it out. Tell mama what's bothering you, darlin" That's me doing the best southern accent impersonation I could. I'm not perfect, ya know.

"He's yummy." Alice replied in a small voice. I could see her cheeks tinting red. And Houston, the mission's a go. We've got red alert. Hook, line, sinker.

"Uhuh! So you want the guy?" I was really enjoying this. I saw her nod still blushing profusely. "Don't worry. He already asked me about you. It'll happen soon."

Alice was beaming the entire time we were working. I left her to her daydreams and made my way to trig and the other half of 'soon to be couple'.

"Hey cowboy" I gave Jazz the 'I got news' face and made my way to the back. As expected he followed me and was looking at me eagerly.

"Alice. .." I'm my father's daughter after all.

"What? Bells,you gotta give me some deets."

"You're not a girl, Jasper Ebenezer Whitlock." He hated his name. Seriously, who the hell names their kid 'Jasper Ebenezer'? He glared at me and I blew him a kiss.

"Oh! Don't go busting your balls. We'll talk later." See, I can be good. He gave me a grateful smile and turned to finish his work.

By the time lunch arrived, I was a bit nervous. This will be the first time I'll see Tanya after…never mind. I'm Bella Swan. I'm The Shit. I made my way towards our lunch table. Rose, Pixie and Grizzly were already there.

"Hey Grizz. Bugged my sweet Rose, have ya?" I plopped down next to him and he put his arm around my shoulders. I felt safe like when I'm with Jazz.

"Bellarina! I missed you." I snorted when he started making kissy noises. I missed SOL's arrival as I was preoccupied with Emmett's antics. Jazz came up behind him and took up the seat next to Rose leaving him no choice but to sit next to me. He was staring at the chair as if it were infected.

"You can sit. I won't bite." I was pissed now and I don't even know why?

He huffed as he sat down. I tried to concentrate on my food as everyone started talking except Princess ,of course. I didn't want to start a scene. But that plan went out of the window as he slid a note towards me.

Why do you hate me?

I don't hate him. If only he knew what I really felt. But that's not gonna happen. So I decided to ease up on him. After all its not his fault that I'm cranky today.

I don't hate you. I don't know what to make of you? I don't even know you. Why don't you talk?

I slid it back towards him. He read it but didn't reply. Whatever!I don't know whybut I couldn't just sit next to him and avoid me. I stood up and went to get myself a juice box. I needed to calm down. After taking a few deep breaths, I turned to go towards my table.

What I saw made my blood boil and my vision turned red.