Bella's POV-

Emmett and I were sitting in the cafeteria waiting on Alice. She hadn't appeared yet and it had been ten minutes! Alice was never later... just never! She was always the one here first. I was probably worrying about nothing. She was either in the toilet or just held back. But she would of texted me if she was held back. And she would have taken me with her to go to the toilet. Okay maybe she got her phone token off of her... or she could have been too desperate to go to the loo to come and get me.

Shut up brain just shut up! "Emmett, where the hell is Alice?"

Emmett shrugged. "I don't know, she should be here by now! She always is!"

I let out a sigh. I guess we're just going to have to wait and see where the hell she's got to. But then she came into the cafeteria... only she wasn't alone, she was with Jake, his friends and... Roslyn? What the hell? Why was she with them? I thought she hated them... I waved over at her and she waved back and sent me an apologetic look.

"Well that's us ditched!" Emmett made me jump by thumping his fist down on the table. I guess it angered him that Alice had ditched us for our worst nemesis.

"Yeah I guess... I wander why..." I said, peaking over my shoulder at them. Alice was beside Roslyn and Jake, laughing at something. I felt a pang of jealousy and anger. Jealousy because Alice was my friend and she was with Roslyn. Anger because she had deserted us for people that don't like us!

"Bella. Isn't it obvious? Because Roslyn is so much cooler than us and she is actually talking to her!" Emmett spat angrily.

"Oh I guess..." I looked down. It was obvious. Why would she want to hang about with low lives like us when she has some cool popular girl like Roslyn to hang about with?

"Don't worry Bella. We'll have fun without them." Emmett reassured me, smiling.

I tried to smile back, but all I could manage was a small upturn of the lips. "Thanks."

"Excuse me... can I sit with you?" A voice I recognised sounded from behind us. I swivelled round on my seat.

"Yeah sure." I grinned at Sahaj.

"Do other people not want to sit with you or something?" Emmett was joking obviously, but Sahaj not knowing him too well took that has him being serious.

"Oh... they've asked... they just weren't my type of people." She said a little insulted.

"Okay... chill I was only kidding." Emmett chuckled and grabbed a seat from another bench. "Here's a seat."

"Oh thank you." Sahaj smiled and sat on it then looked around. "Hey, where's Alice?"

I looked down. "Over with your sister and the populars. Yeah she ditches us for them... I knew she always wanted too!"

Sahaj turned to look at them. "No that won't be it. I bet you my sister has just brain washed her into being one of her clones like all the other people in our old high school."

I giggled at that. "Yeah, well I hope you're right."

"So, what school did you go to before this?" Emmett asked Sahaj curiously.

"Somewhere in LA called Lutheran high school... it's a private school." Sahaj smiled.

"Oh right. Awesome. Where about in LA is that?" I asked.

"It's in La Verne. How did you two meet...?" Sahaj asked, striking up a new conversation. I looked over at Emmett and smiled.

"He was my first friend... I met him in kinder garden and we just clicked. Apart from Alice he's been my bestest friend ever since!" I couldn't help but grin. Emmett was like the big brother I never had. He'd always protect me and always be there for me when I needed it. And he'd always take my side when Alice wanted to do something I didn't like.

"That's nice." Sahaj smiled.

"Who were your friends back in LA?" I asked her.

She sighed. "My real friends- the ones who didn't use me to get to my sister- were Lidia, Angie, Mara, Rada and Rianna."

I frowned. "People used you just to get to your sister? That's horrible!"

She nodded in response.

"Well if you want our opinion, she's a total bitch." I reassured her. She giggled at this and looked over to them.

"Oh no..." Sahaj murmured so low we almost never heard.

"What is it?" Emmett and I asked in unison. She pointed over to the table where the populars were hanging out. We saw nothing but them chatting.

"I don't see anything...?" Emmett voiced my thoughts.

"Obviously... I just know that look on Roslyn's face... she's planning something!" She shook her head.

I frowned contemplating that. Maybe she's planning on stealing Alice away from me. And she's just using her to get to me...

Maybe... possibly... probably...

Oh fuck I'm screwed.

If she wants Alice to be her friend, and not mine then it's obvious Alice will choose her.

Yep I said it. I am deeply, deeply screwed.

Roslyn's POV-

Okay I know at first I said Alice was a bit annoying... but she was actually alright. I could actually be friends with her... the only problem was, she was best friends with Bella. Shit. I needed to get Alice to be my best friend... and not so hung up on Bella.

"So, what do you want to eat? There's Sandwiches, Pizza, salads, burgers..." Alice asked trailing off as I interrupted.

"Ill just have a salad and an orange juice. I'm not hungry." I smiled at her. The truth was I didn't eat that much. I didn't want to put on wait.

"Okay then..." She said and turned to the lunch lady who was waiting for our order, "We'll have a burger, a salad, a coke and an Orange juice please."

The girl nodded and we waited for our order. Alice turned to me with a small smirk on her face. "So you and Jacob huh?"

"What about us?" I asked completely baffled.

"You like him." She pressed.

"Well... I wouldn't say I like him..." Okay that was a lie. I did like him. But did I really want to tell her. I mean what if she tells her and he completely turns me down, that would just shoot my ego down. Big time. Oh my shit, was I... insecure?

"You do! It's so obvious!" She squealed, clapping her hands.

"No I don't. Now quit pestering me!" I chuckled lightly, my eyes trailing over to Bella who was peaking over her shoulder at us. I smirked slightly before pulling face back to Alice.

" You-" Alice quickly shut her mouth when Jacob came running up to us after putting his and the boy's food at a table.

"Hey girls. Want us to carry the food for you?" He asked, smiling at us both.

"Sure. We're just waiting for it." I beamed back as the lunch lady set our food on the counter. Jacob kindly took it and placed it on the table as we followed him.

"So, Roslyn I see you've made friends with Alice?" Jacob smiled at me, while looking at Alice with a look in his eyes that I can only describe as apologetic.

"Yeah I did... are you both close?" I asked as I took my seat next to him and Alice.

"We used to be." Alice interjected, giving him a hard glair and digging into her burger.

"Used to be?" I asked, frowning.

"Yeah Jacob left us to be with the populars." She sneered at Jacob, who flinched and the emotion on his face looked guilty.

"Aww come on Alice, he's hanging with you now. I'm sure you can put the grudge behind you?"

"I would, but he's been horrible to Bella." She stated, munching on her burger.

"I know I have Alice, but you have to understand, I didn't want to."He said, looking down at his food.

"Yeah well you just don't want to ruin your ego." She said sourly. Pfft! Who would want to ruin their ego? I don't blame him!

"That's not true." He muttered, but he knew that was exactly right.

"It is and you know it. I'll forgive you, but I doubt Bella and Emmett ever will, you broke her heart and Emmett won't stand for that!" Jeez he sounds a bit over protective.

"I know Alice. But I want her back so badly." He said lowly. Wait. What? Oh dam now I have to compete with Bella for Jake.

I sighed. "So if we're done with the apologies lets move on to something else."

Jake smile at me. "Sure. What you want to talk about?"

"Umm..." Okay shit. I had no idea what I wanted to talk about.

"We could talk about people we like..." Alice smirked. Fuck. I knew what she was doing. I was going to have to lie- and I wasn't the best of liars!