Bella's POV
On my way back to class I felt relieved. Jasper wasn't furious with me and that's all I needed to know. I wouldn't be able to bear the guilt of him believing I had ruined his life. I think it's only fair he knew. He's a good guy and he doesn't deserve to be walked all over and treated like shit. He deserves someone who would love him and appreciate every moment with him. Someone completely different from that home wrecking whore otherwise known as Alice Cullen. Think of them only put a downer on my mood which wasn't helped any by me re-entering the room that consisted of my former companion.
His eyes were on me as soon as I opened the door. I couldn't stand being under that powerful gaze that once made me blush; only now it irritated me beyond belief. I took my place next to him once again, counting the seconds that went by, waiting for the bell to ring. As soon as it did, I jumped out of my seat and almost sprinted to my next class. A sigh of relief escaped my lips. Cullen free.
The lessons passed pretty quickly after that and before I knew it, it was lunch time. I went to the cafeteria and quickly grabbed some lunch. I hurried outside to try to find Jasper and the others. It didn't take long for me to spot them. Jasper, Rosalie and Emmett were seated on the benches under the sheltered area. With a genuine smile on my face a walked over, trying not to seem too eager. I thought for sure after yesterday the Cullens would have upped and left without a word. Like last time. It was nice to know that they actually did care about me.
"Hey." That was my genius line. That's all you could think of saying. Hey. Seriously Bella do you even own a brain? I thought to myself.
"Hey yourself. We thought we would come have dinner with you. It saves you from having to deal with Edward or Alice pestering you." Jasper explained.
"Yeah, I made it pretty clear to them that there is no way in hell they will be bothering you as long as I'm here." Emmett smirked. I glimpsed towards Rosalie and noticed she had a sad smile graced on her lips as she looked at me. We spent the whole lunch talking and laughing purposely avoiding anything related to Edward and Alice. It was 10 minutes before lunch ended when they were getting ready to leave.
"So, would it be okay if we hung out tonight?" Jasper asked sounding a little nervous.
"Sure thing. Why don't you come to my house after I finish school? We can spend the time watching TV and wallowing in self pity. Oh, and you can pick me up some ice cream. Preferably something chocolaty and fattening." I said with a laugh as I walk towards the entrance.
"Great. It's a date." Jasper called back. I couldn't control the great, big, cheesy smile that was on my face.
"Hey Bella." I heard someone shout down the hall. I turned to come face to face with Rosalie. I didn't know what to say which was okay because she started talking. "Can I talk to you for a minute please." I just nodded. I had no words. I mean, Rosalie Hale just used the word 'please' in my presence.
"I just wanted to say that, I know we haven't exactly been best friends in the past and I've been such a huge bitch to you. But I wanted to let you know, what those two did was terrible and you didn't deserve that. Hell, no one deserves that." She said.
"Thank you. And I don't expect me and you to braid each others hair and all but I hope we can be somewhat friendly towards one another." I replied.
"I think I might be able to manage that." She smiled and with a slight nod of her head she left.
Next lesson – biology. Great, I thought sarcastically, more Edward. Just what I needed.
I saw him sat at the desk like and eager puppy who's master has just come home. I rolled my eyes. I took my seat next to him praying he wouldn't talk to me. Me being me, I had no such look.
"Hey Bella. Are you talking to me yet?" He chuckled anxiously. Is he serious right now? Why the fuck is he talking to me like we just had a small fight? I just glared at him hoping he would take the hint.
"Please Bella talk to me. It kills me that I hurt you this much. I would give anything for you to take me back. God, seeing you like this breaks my heart." He whispered due to the lesson being set in motion.
"Your heart? Your heart? It doesn't even beat. I guess by that I should have known that you were a heartless monster." I retorted whispering. He absolutely infuriated me. "Don't talk to me, okay? Don't worry about me; just concentrate on your pixie slut. I mean, you had no trouble doing just that yesterday, did you?"
Thankfully he shut up for the rest of the lesson. I managed to concentrate on what Mr Banner was talking about with great difficulty. It wasn't the fact that my cheating ex-fiancé was sat right next to me that cause me to be distracted but what Jasper had said earlier.
It's a date. I have no idea why I keep thinking about it and it was driving me insane. We were just going to hang out. Like friends do. It's not like he meant it as a date date. Or did he?
No Bella, don't be so stupid. Only yesterday did he find out his wife had an affair. He doesn't think of you like that. Or does he? No. Even if he did what does it matter? I don't have those feelings for him, right? God I'm going to drive myself insane if I keep on over thinking about this. I thought to myself.
I heard the bell ringing. I wondered how long I had spaced out for that time. Oh well, time for gym class. I'm so looking forward to it! Not. To make matters worse guess who's in this lesson with me? Alice. I can tell the excitement is rolling of on me in waves. Yeah right.
I hurried to the changing rooms and change as quickly as possible, franticly trying to avoid seeing her. I waited in the gymnasium for everyone to come in. that's probably the quickest I've ever gotten ready before. I saw her walk in looking straight at me. Unlike Edward, she has the sense not to come hassling me.
"Okay girls. Today were gonna play a little volleyball. So I will split you into teams." Coach Clapp announced. Did I do something wrong in a passed life? First, Edward talks to me when I prayed he wouldn't, now I'm told I have to play volleyball and, you guessed it, Alice is on my team.
"Hey Bella." Alice said meekly. She didn't seem this shy when I walked in on her fucking Edward's brains out. Bitch. I chose to ignore her. She continued, "I know Edward has told you how sorry he is. I just have to let you know I'm not gonna do that." I looked at her confused. What the hell does that mean?
"I'm not gonna do that because I'm not sorry. Why should I be?" She stated. I'm pretty sure I looked ridiculous with my mouth hanging open. Did she really just say that?
"Maybe because you ruined people's lives. Why would you do something like that?" I retorted. She was really pissing me off. She looked me dead in the eye with a smirk on her face.
"You really wanna know why I did it?" She questioned. Then she leaned in closer to whisper in my ear, "Because I can." She giggled as she pulled away from me and turned back to the people playing volleyball.
"You sick bitch. You seriously get pleasure out of destroying the lives of everyone around you?" I asked viciously.
"Not everyone else's. Just yours." She said without looking at me.
"What do you mean by that? Why me?" I asked. I had to know.
"Why? You wanna know why?" She spat inhumanly as she turned to face me. "Because I am so damn sick of everyone treating you like the sweet little princess. Ever since you came along everything about MY family has revolved around you and I'm sick of it! Jasper sadly turned out to be … collateral damage. I never meant to hurt him.
"I thought after Jasper attacked you that would be it. We left without you and I thought you would be a distant memory. But no, everyone just moped around whining about how they missed you. God it was depressing." She concluded in a bored tone.
"You knew Jasper was going to attack me on my birthday didn't you? You saw it happen and didn't say anything." I stated shocked.
"Oops." She said with a look of mock realisation. Before I had time to say anything to her Coach Clapp interrupted, letting us know we had to go get changed. I hurried back into the changing rooms, anxious to get out of there and away from that monster. As soon as I was ready I bolted out of the school and into my car, speeding out of the parking lot.