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Now on with Chapter 2
Chapter 2
Bella's POV
When I got home from school I tried my best to distract myself from thoughts of Edward by keeping myself busy. I washed the dishes, cooked dinner for Charlie who wouldn't be home for the next 5 hrs, did laundry, finished my homework, studied history which I was really behind on, cleaned the house and washed my truck. When I was done I went in my room and read one of my favorite books Wuthering Heights and it didn't take long before I started thinking about him again.
I was frustrated and upset with myself for being incapable of keeping my mind off him. What was it about him that drew me in? I've never had this reaction to another guy before. There are plenty of guys with green eyes and brown hair right. But Edward's eyes aren't common, they're so vibrant and when the light shines into them they seem to sparkle and his hair although messy seems perfect, and has the most unique color. He's nothing like any other guy I've seen before, he's perfect, but taken. Even if he wasn't taken I would stand a chance so really what's the point of me thinking about him so much.
I tossed my book on the nightstand and grabbed my IPod hoping that the music would deter my thoughts of Edward. It worked and I fell asleep soon after.
When I woke up the next morning it was only five thirty, and I didn't have to be to school for another hour and a half but I decided to get dressed anyway because I had nothing better to do. Unfortunately the classical music I listened to didn't stop me from dreaming about Last night I dreamt about Edward. I thought about the dream while I showered. In the dream we were in the lunchroom and instead of Tanya sitting next to him it was me. Tanya was sitting with Angela, as if we switched places. Edward had his arm around my shoulder and he was kissing my forehead, neck and shoulder. He was telling me how beautiful I was and that he loved me. We walked together to our next class hand in hand, it was perfect and then he was about to kiss me before we went into history class but my dream ended there which made me think about him even more because I wanted to know how it would feel to kiss Edward Cullen. I finished getting dressed and left to go to school.
I was really early but I figured I could do some studying before class started. I grabbed my history book and sat on the hood of my truck to study. It didn't even feel like forty-five minutes had passed before I heard Angela call out my name.
"Hey Bella" I didn't even noticed how crowded the parking lot became.
"Hey Angela, how's your morning so far?"
"It's good, I'm waiting for Ben now."
"Why don't you ride with him to school?"
"Because, my dad insists on driving me to school every day. He knows about Ben and our relationship but I wouldn't say he's exactly happy about our relationship, in his eyes he think Ben is stealing his only daughter's innocence." She replied with a laugh
"Wow, he's overprotective."
"Yea, but I know it's out of love though. The funniest part about it all is that, I'm still a virgin. Ben and I haven't even gone that far yet. I know he's the one though I can feel it but I think it would be good if we waited a little longer to learn more about each other so that the entire relationship wouldn't be about "that" you know?
"Yea, I know. I think that's a great idea and I'm for you, about finding the right guy and all." I replied completely understanding what Angela was talking about but feeling a tinge of jealousy because I haven't found that special someone yet, I was still a virgin and I was in a rush but I wanted to fine that special someone that it felt right with.
"Ready for class Bella?"
"Yea" I replied "Just let me get my books."
I could see a small change in the amount of people who stared at me today. It definitely wasn't as bad as it was yesterday as I walked through the halls. Angela and I walked to our first class together, and I walked to the classes I had without her alone since I remembered how to get there. All of my classes went well and Edward stayed off my mind the entire day until lunchtime. As soon as Angela and I headed to the cafeteria it was like having to see him again hit me like a ton of bricks and I found that my pace started to slow. I wasn't ready to see him again, but that wasn't because I didn't want to see him again it was because I was afraid of that part of me that was really excited about seeing him when I shouldn't be.
In that short distance from where I was to the cafeteria I made a promise to myself not to look over to his table. I would avoid looking at him for the rest of the day. I ate lunch with Angela, Ben and Mike and I succeeded in not looking at him the entire lunch period.
After lunch I walked with Mike to History and I kept my eyes on Mike so that I wouldn't see him if he was nearby and it worked. I walked into the classroom and continued to keep my eyes on Mike the entire time, in my head I kept chanting, "do not look at him" I had no idea what Mike was talking about but I kept nodding my head while we took our seats and he kept talking.
. Mr. Banner walked into the classroom shortly after and announced "Pop Quiz!" I couldn't believe he was giving a quiz and I've only been here for one day. I thought for sure that he would make an exception for me since I was knew, but after explaining to me that I was no exception since it's my responsibility to catch he slid the paper in front of me and then told us to begin.
I've been studying the chapter that Mr. Banner has been teaching but I've never been good at History, remembering all the dates and people and Historical events was a pain. I barely knew any of the questions and I was the last one to hand it in. The quiz was followed by a lesson on the next chapter and then we were given an in class assignment to work on, while Mr. Banner graded our quizzes. I knew I failed my quiz already on the brighter side I didn't look at Edward at all during class. When History class ended I left quickly and headed to Art.
When I entered Art I was met with an excited looking Alice.
"Hey Bella"
"Hey Alice, why do you look so happy?"
"We get to do free draw today, I love free time because I get to work on my designs." She replied.
"What designs?"
"I design clothes. I want to be a fashion designer, with my own line."
"Wow that great."
"Yea it's something I enjoy so why not do it for a living? What do you want to do?"
"I really want to be an author, I write a lot of short stories but I really want to write a novel and get it published some day."
"Cool, I'm sure you'll make it."
"Thanks, I think you will too." It was nice of her to believe in me after knowing me for one day, I could tell she meant what she said and wasn't saying it to be kind. I really liked Alice, she was a great friend.
For the rest of the period we worked on our drawing and Alice talked while I listened.
"Hey Bella I was wondering if you wanted to come to my house for dinner?" Alice asked while we were packing up our supplies since it was the end of the period.
"Sure that sounds good. When?"
"Is Friday cool?"
"Yea my dad shouldn't mind."
"Ok Friday it is, see ya tomorrow Bella." She replied while we walked out the classroom and headed our separate ways to our classes.
After art I headed to gym and then went home to study History. In the middle of my story I thought about Edward. I must say I was proud of myself for not looking at him at all today and barely thinking about him. Eventually I got tired of studying and I made dinner. Charlie got home earlier than usual so we sat and ate dinner together. Dinner was quiet and I liked it that way because I had so much on my mind. After dinner I went straight to bed.
Edwards POV
When I got home after dropping Tanya off I still had a lot on my mind. I found my mom in the living room studying the furniture and walls. Whenever my mom does this it usually means she's going to change the color of paint on the walls or buy new furniture. My mother owned her own interior design business, which meant that our house barely stays the same for a long period of time, which is really cool because it makes it exciting to feel like you're moving t a different house almost every two years, but you don't actually have to move.
"Hey Mom"
"Hi Edward, you're home earlier than usual." She replied while her eyes were still focused on the walls.
"Yea, I know, I really felt like I needed to be alone so I came straight home after dropping Tanya home."
"What's going on?" all of her attention was on me now. My mother could always sense when something was bothering us.
"Nothing really, it's just Tanya mom." Which was only half the truth to be honest, I so wanted to know why after seeing Bella once I felt such an urge to learn more about but I'd rather keep that part to myself.
"Well Edward, I'm going to need a little more information besides Tanya."
"It's…" I was struggling to find the words to explain it to my mother. "It's like things have changed, Tanya and I aren't the same people anymore and I'm not sure if we should stay together. I explained to her the best I could.
"Edward everyone changes, barely anyone remains the same especially in high school which is where most people find themselves. I can't tell you what to do because this decision effects your life, all I can say is do what makes you happy. But one word of advice, if there is love there don't be too quick to giving it all up, okay?"
"Okay mom, thanks."
"No problem Edward, I'm always here if you want to talk about anything. Now what do you think about shrimp cocktail on the walls?" she asked me.
"A what?"
"Oh it's a color, here this one." She answered while handing me a card with a color that looked like peach to me.
"I think its great mom." I replied with a smile. "Hey is dad home?"
"No they asked him to stay late today."
"Alright, I'll be up in my room."
"Okay." She answered back while focusing on the furniture now.
I went to my room and started my homework. When I was done with all of my homework, I thought about Tanya. My mom was right everyone changes, I can't expect Tanya to stay the same. Maybe I expect too much of her and I do love her still, so I should try to make it work between us instead of giving up when it gets a little rough. I fell asleep content since I came to a conclusion about my problems. I would stay with Tanya and work through it after all we have been together so long. And I haven't thought about Bella at all since I got home really although I still believe she's beautiful, but I'm just going to have to forget about her because she isn't Tanya.
A couple of hours later I woke up to Emmett pounding on my door.
"Wake up bro, it's time to eat"
To say I was frustrated was an understatement. Before I fell asleep I was set on forgetting all about Bella but I guess my mind is really a mind of its own because my entire dream was focused on her. We were in my favorite spot, the meadow that I always visit. We were laying side by side on the grass holding hands and staring at each other. She was so beautiful, her hair was shining in the sun, I ran my hand through it and it was so soft. Her eyes were sparkling and I moved my hands down to her face so that I could rub my ringers against her soft skin. She closed her eyes and leaned her head into my palm. I leaned forward, I was going to kiss her and she smiled at me but before I could reach her Emmett woke me up.
I climbed out of bed and tried to rub the sleep out of my eyes. I was so aggravated it was unbelievable. Before I fell asleep I made up my mind on what I was going to do, but that dream made me feel unsure if my decision was the right one. I want to work things out with Tanya, I know that but how can I focus on working things out with her, if my mind continues to drift to thoughts of Bella even when I'm asleep.
I decided to stop thinking about it for now and just get through the night. At dinner Alice did most of the talking as usual, talking about her day and about some new friend, but I was so stressed that I barely paid attention to what she was saying, only catching on to it being a girl from her Art class, something about author and dinner.
After dinner was over I decided to play my piano, it usually keeps my mind off things that's bothering me. I sat down and ran my fingers across the keys listening to all of the notes which is what I usually did when I felt like composing something new. Eventually notes just came to me and my fingers flew across the keys, the entire time ii had the image of a pair of brown eyes in my head. When I was done with the entire piece I rested my hands on the seat on each side.
"That was beautiful." I turned my head to see my mother standing at the door.
"Thanks mom."
"It's a good thing I convinced your dad to buy that piano, it was merely for decoration purposes but who knew you would be so talented." I smiled at my mom, remembering the story she mentioned so many times about me at five years always running to the piano and pressing the keys. They started me on piano lessons when I was seven and I never stopped.
"Yea, I'm glad he bought it, I'm going to head up to bed."
"Okay, goodnight Edward."
"Night, mom"
I climbed the stairs to my bedroom and threw myself on my bed. Tomorrow I would avoid looking at Bella at all, I would pretend she didn't exist. She was dangerous, because she had a such a strong power over me and was probably completely unaware of it. Imagine if I did talk to her, it would only make matters worse. I was going to focus on Tanya and work things out.
Somehow.
So theres Chapter 2, tell me what you thought by leaving a review about the chapter, thanks for reading!!!
