Authors note: so I finally got my laptop to work and it then took me a week to figure out how to get the internet to work/ I'm really sorry. I may have a way for this story to go. I am going to go ahead and apologize for the mike fans out there. I never really liked him. Sorry! I will let you know that I will probably have the next ch.5 up next Friday (if my laptop doesn't crash) it may come sooner if I get some reviews. I am desperate for them. For you guys that like to listen to music for this I think saving me by nickel back and the new moon album (which I just got XD) so please tell me your thoughts on this. Please and thank you!
Saving me ch.4
I woke up to Alice shaking me trying to get me up. "Bella wake up, time for school. I have your clothes laid out."
"alice I'm not a little kid anymore. i can pick out my own clothes." i picked up the clothes. "alice! I'm not wearing this." i looked at her evil smile. "I'm not going to win am i?"
"nope. Now get in there and change." alice grabbed my arm and dragged me into the bathroom. i got into the shower and let the warm water relax me. i got out and changed into the clothes alice gave me. it was a navy blue top that clung to all the right place and a yellow knee length skirt that fluffed out a little. i came out and alice immediately grabbed me. she took me to her room.
"what are you doing alice?"
"hair and makeup!" i groaned. i knew there was no use to fight it. she was going to win no matter what. i really didn't mind. i loved when she did my hair.
she curled my hair and did my makeup in no time. she didn't put much on. she said i didn't need any. I looked in the mirror and saw that she did a really good job. people at school were going to flip. i came out of her room and started down the stairs. when i reached the bottom everyone was staring at me. Emmett had has mouth hanging open, Rosalie looked like she was in shock, jasper looked a little annoyed and was staring at Edward, alice was smug, and Edward's was the best of all. his mouth was hanging open and his eyes looked like they were going to pop out of his head. i blushed. great. "what are you staring at?" i asked annoyed.
everyone went back to normal and emmett spoke first, "you. you look beautiful." i blushed even more. i walked past them and out to my car. alice grabbed my hand.
"you can ride with us. we are taking rose's m3 and edward's Volvo. so u can pick either car."
"ill ride with edward." i really didn't want the attention in rose's car. we got into the cars and we drove to school. when we pulled in everyone at school eyes looked at rose's car. Ridiculous. I got out of the car and straightened out my skirt. i turned around and everyone's eyes were on me. great, i knew they would flip. i groaned. alice smiled at me. i grabbed my bag out of the car and headed to my first class.
my first 5 classes dragged by until lunch. today i grabbed my usual water and crackers and went to go sit down at my table. i could see that almost everyone was stealing a look at me. i closed my eyes and laid my head down. i hated attention. "bella?" i looked up it was mike. o great, he has always had a crush on me. this doesn't help.
"yes mike?"
"you look really good today." he was sweating.
"thank you." i could thankfully see my family in line. they will scare him away
"I was wondering something" o great. how do i say no to this.
"what would that be?" i knew what it would be. i really needed an excuse.
"do you want to go to the movies with me tonight?" i really hate hurting him
"as a date?"
"if you want. it can be just as friends" i felt generous today
"how about i go with you " he had a huge smile "as a friend?" the smile fell a little but he was still happy.
"ok ill pick you up at 6"
"mike ill meet you there and no buying my ticket." i guess this would be ok. he walked back to his seat with a huge grin on his face.
I saw my family come and sit down around me. alice was so happy i could tell. edward looked pissed off. everyone else looked fine. hmm. well that's weird. alice probably saw something that edward didn't like. i felt that tingly feeling but it was dull. He was 3 seats away. i think i have figured this out. when he is near me i can feel his mood by how much I'm shocked. but then why cant i feel any one else's? this is so confusing.
I finished my water and crackers while emmett and jasper had an argument over who would win in a fight. then alice spoke up "bella why is it that all you eat is crackers and water?"
"i really don't know. i was just never hungry. i guess i got use to not eating at home."
Alice shoved her tray over to me and said "eat. now." i took a bite of an apple and had some of the spaghetti on her tray.
"happy?"
"yes. ready for class?" i groaned i had gym as my last class i despised it. but i loved science. i put on a smile and walked to class with my family. everyone went their separate ways to class and it was just me and edward left. again i felt that dull tingly feeling even though he was walking 10 ft behind me. i wonder why he was mad. he had that same expression from lunch. ill try to ask in science.
I took my seat in science and so did he. i turned to him and said, "why are you so mad?"
he turned to look at me, "i have had to hear every male in the school's thought today, about you. they are not all good either. i could kill mike for what he thought." oh so that's what was wrong. i was getting ready to tell him that i was sorry when Mr. Banner started class. ill have to talk to him later. i could still feel that shock but it was stronger, but he was still mad. i was so confused. during class i contemplated on what the current may mean but i could come up with nothing.
as usual gym dragged on. when the last bell finally rang i grabbed my stuff and almost ran out of the door. mike was waiting for me though outside of class. "I never did get to ask what movie do you want to see?" dang it i totally don't know what is being shown.
"how about an action film?"
"i think there may be one. sounds good." you could tell he wanted a lovey dovey movie. o well
"ill see you at 6 ok. family is waiting. bye mike "I rushed into the parking lot.
when i got to Edward's car i waited for everyone to show up, this gave me time to think. so while i thought i walked over to the bench not far from the car.
i really don't want to go tonight but i told mike i would. i really just wanted to stay with my family to catch up and play games like old times. i wonder why alice was so smug today. i bet she saw something she liked. probably a shopping trip. i do owe her one. maybe this weekend i could. actually i know i will. i hope she sees this. maybe we could even take rose. she likes going shopping to. i kept on imagining where we could go when alice ran up to me at a human pace and hugged me. "bella i love you to death, metaphorically of course, thank you so much for this weekend." i knew she would see it.
i walked back over to the car because everyone was already there and i tripped. i really did not have any balance but thankfully edward caught me. when he did the electric shock was stronger than anytime. he steadied me to my feet. I made it the rest of the way not falling, thank god. while we drove home i was tempted to ask edward about alice. but i didn't. he looked severely pissed. what had i done? that shocking sensation had lessened from when i fell but it was still strong.
when we got home i went into the kitchen and got out the ice cream. it will melt my problems away. while i ate out of the box, since no one else ate it, i thought of why edward was mad. all i could come up with is because he was tired of catching me when i fell. i decided to go get ready. i changed out of my skirt and blouse into a pair of jeans and nice plaid button up. to do my hair i just pulled it back into a ponytail. i looked casual. not at all like i was going on a date.
i went downstairs to ask alice something but i was stopped. it looked like her and edward were having a fight. they were staring at each other. must have been one of those mental fights. i went ahead to the door. as i reached for the doorknob alice grabbed my hand. "i saw what you were going to ask. he will probably try to put his arm around you and that's about it." she handed me a cell phone. "our numbers are already in there."
i smiled at her i wouldn't dare ask about the fight. "thanks alice. i really needed to hear that. ill be back around 8"
"okay. Esme will have something ready for you to eat when you get home." i smiled and waved goodbye. i headed to go to the movies.
when i pulled up in my truck mike was waiting inside his car. i got out of the car. he came up to me and said "here is your ticket."
i groaned "mike i told you to not buy my ticket." i pulled out some money. "here"
he pushed back the money. "the line was long and this is thanks for coming with me" i scowled at him but put the money in my purse. we headed into the theatre and found 2 seats near the middle.
near the end of the movie mike yawned and stretched his arms up. i knew what he was doing. he put his arm over my shoulder. i looked at mike. "mike i am here as your friend not on a date. please get your arm off me."
"now Bella we both know you wouldn't of said yes to come with me if you didn't like me." he grabbed my shoulder harder.
"mike what are you doing? Your hurting my shoulder." I was scared of what he might do.
Mike leaned into kiss me. I didn't know what to do so I slapped him as hard as I could across the cheek. Mike was furious. He grabbed my shoulder harder and dragged me out of the theater. When we got out to the parking lot he put both of my hands in one of his and slammed me against his car. Mike tried to kiss me again and I turned my head to the side. I tried to squirm out of his grasp but it was no use he was stronger then I was. The only thing I could think of doing was kicking him in the crotch.
I kicked him with all the strength I could find. Mike doubled over in pain but his grip on my hands tightened. He looked up at me with total hatred in his eyes. I was terrified of what might happen next. Why hadn't Alice seen me yet. Mike all of a sudden hit me in the face. I screamed out in pain and his hand covered my mouth.
"this could have been so easy if you would of just kissed me. There isn't anyone to save you now Isabella swan." he said in a cold uncaring voice. I cringed at his use of my name. he said it like he owned me. I gave up there was no use fighting back he was stronger then me. I closed my eyes.
As soon as I closed my eyes the pressure from hands was gone and I fell to the ground. I heard a loud thud noise and my eyes flew open. Edward had mike pinned to the ground. "stop Edward" I tried to yell but it came out as a weak whimper. His head around and his eyes were pitch black.
"you don't know what he had in mind Bella!" he growled.
"if you kill him then people will get suspicious, everyone knows he is out with me. Just knock him out and leave him in his car." Edward glared at me but I glared just as hard right back. Edward finally gave in and put mike in his car. He then came and picked me off the ground I started to sob into his shoulder.
He tucked a piece of hair behind my ear and whispered "shh it will be ok I have you now." he smiled down at me his eyes started to lighten a little bit. He sat me down in the passenger seat and in an instant he was in the driver seat. He pulled me over into his lap and let me cry on his shoulder all the way home
When we finally reached the house we sat in the car for a minute just him holding me saying it will be alright. When I cried all of the tears I had I looked up at him. Lightly kissed the top of my head and asked "are you ok?" I nodded my head, my throat was too dry to talk. He really has saved me more than enough time.
We stayed sitting there looking into each others eyes when he lightly grabbed the side of my face and gave me a soft kiss on the cheek. I smiled my gratitude. Edward then pulled a washcloth from his pocket and wiped off my face. I hugged his neck as hard as I could and he carried me inside.
When we came inside everyone was waiting for me. When they first saw me they gasped. I had not looked in a mirror to see what I looked like but I figured it must have been bad. Alice rushed to my side. Carlisle ran upstairs and when he came back he had a medical kit in his hands. I started to panic. Carlisle tried to take me from Edwards arms but I wouldn't let go. He directed Edward to the couch. Edward sat down with me still attached to his neck. Carlisle did a quick check up on me and gave me some medicine for the headache. He lastly inspected the eye mike hit. I had hoped there was no blood from it, I don't want to make them uncomfortable. Carlisle grabbed an ice pack and put it over my eye to take down the swelling.
"her eye is badly swollen, I need to look at her eye to make sure there isn't any permanent damage but until the puffiness goes down I cant do anything. We are all dying to ask what happened but until bella is ready we wont ask. Lets just be thankful that Edward was there." I was glad Edward was there, but where was the rest of the family. I know Edward was the fastest but alice should of seen it ahead of time and everyone could of came to stop Edward from trying to kill mike. I wanted to ask but everything went black.
I could hear voices but I couldn't see or feel anything. I couldn't even talk. "Carlisle what has happened?" Edward was panicking. "she isn't responding to us. She is so cold to. What is happening?" the room was silent. "can you bring her back?" again silent.
Edward finally let out a sigh of relief. "its going to be ok Edward." that was Alice, she sounded concerned.
"how do you know? You didn't even see her getting hurt? You let her go with that dirt bag, and if it wasn't for her I would of killed him! Where were all of you when she needed you the most." he was pissed. He seemed to hold me tighter. "if it wasn't for me following her to make sure she was ok she may be in a ditch somewhere. None of you have any idea of what he had planned for her." Edward was starting to shake.
"I would of saw if something happened." alice said in a very small voice.
Edward turned to growl at her "you didn't even see this alice."
"I cant help that Jacob was there!" alice was screaming right back "he is waiting outside if you want to confront him." when had Jake been there? I could suddenly feel some shock off of Edward that made my senses come back. My eyes flew open and I could see everyone crowding Edward and me. Alice and edward were having a stare down. I tried to speak but all that came out was a whisper.
I heard Edward whisper something to alice. "yeah alice I know I gave up on that tonight, I cant stay away."
I tried again to talk and I got out the words "thank you."
Seven pairs of eyes were suddenly on me, like I was a ghost. They were shocked. I tried to move but Edward had a really strong grip on me. I tried to move again and this time he loosened his grip. "are you ok?" Edward asked. It seemed he spoke the main question.
"Yes, but my head hurts a little." I gave a weak smile. All of them returned my smile. I could see on their faces that they were worried. "I'll be fine. don't worry." I looked up at Edward and he had a tight smile on his lips. His eyes told another story though. I tried getting up and out of his lap, but he just held me there. I knew he wanted me to stay there and make sure I was ok so I sighed and relaxed.
Carlisle was doing a couple of test to make sure I was ok when I realized I needed to ask why Jacob was there. I turned to look at Edward "why was Jacob there?"
"he had heard you were going on a date with mike and he wanted to check to see if it was true. He really wants to apologize to you." he looked like he was hiding something but I didn't have enough strength to ask. I felt very weak all of a sudden.
Edward sensed my need to rest and I could feel him stand up. He walked me upstairs and laid me down in my bed. He pulled up a chair beside the bed and sat there. He just sat there staring never blinking or moving. I reached out to grab his hand and took it into mine. The electricity was there just giving me enough energy to slightly tug him into the bed with me. He stayed on top of the covers but he laid there as still as possible. I leaned into him and started to cry. I don't know why but I did. I fell asleep with a slight electric feeling all over and crying into Edward's shirt. I fell into a dreamless sleep.
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