Hello again :) So here's the next chapter. Enjoy my lovelies.
(Bella POV)
Just another school day.
I sat down in my seat in the dull English classroom. My face was beet red and I felt jittery. I bent my head forward, allowing my hair to cover my burning face. I put my head on the cool table in front of me. The coolness felt good against my forehead. My mind travelled back to just a few minutes earlier...
Emmett and Alice stood there smiling. I visibly gulped, tried to compose myself and stepped out of my truck.
"What's up guys?" I said, turning round to grab my canvas bag from the backseat, trying to put off the inevitable confrontation.
"Bella, what was that?" Asked Alice in a sing-song voice.
"What was what?" I replied, my voice cracking in fear as I turned back round to face them.
"I'm so gonna get you back for that thing with Rose earlier." Emmett commented, smiling evilly and leaving.
"What on earth is he talking about?" I asked Alice, thinking that denial would be the best thing. Although, knowing me, it was written all over my face. I couldn't admit it, I couldn't even say it in my head, it seemed so implausible.
"He's talking about the crush you have on my brother." Alice said matter of factly, shrugging her shoulders.
"What?" I spluttered. "That''s ridiculous, honestly. Edward? As if." I gave a hollow laugh.
"I don't know how you can deny it" Said Alice with a scrutinizing gaze "We both saw you gawping at him. I wouldn't be surprised if half the school saw you, you did it for long enough" Her stupid evil pixie smirk was back.
"I have no idea what you're talking about." I said, walking towards the main building, putting my wavy chestnut hair behind my shoulder. I was freaking out internally, this couldn't happen. Not now, I wasn't ready. I scrambled around my bag, searching for my IPod.
"Bella, it's nothing to be ashamed of. I think it's cute. We can be like three couples. Jasper and I, you and Edward and Emmett and Rose."
"Emmett and Rosalie aren't together though" I said, my hand grasping the smooth sides of my IPod.
"We both know it wont be long till they're together" She said matter-of-factly.
"Hm, well I'm going to go English. Don't want to be late, Bye." I said, walking faster.
"Don't think you're going to get away from this, you'll be begging me for help when you finally admit you like him!" She shouted down the hallway. I pulled my IPod out of my bag, hastily putting the little rubber buds in my ears, desperate to use my effective method of blocking everyone out. I kept my head down, it was only my second day and people were still staring at the freaky new girl.
Now I sat here, with my IPod blasting music in my ears and my burning head against the table. Five minutes to go until school actually starts. I lifted my head up and looked at the care free students around me. They chatted with their friends, I bet their friends didn't make fun of them. Alice and Rosalie would argue that they weren't making fun of me, which I suppose was kind of true but still. I sighed. When would these teenage years be over. The teacher entered the room, cleaning the whiteboard and writing up today's lesson. I pulled the earphones out of my ears and looked down at the song I was listening too. Break Your Little Heart by All Time Low was playing. I rolled my eyes, oh the irony.
Lunch came all too soon for my liking. I was willing my lessons to slowly, loitering in the hallways on the way to the cafeteria and debating whether or not to go to the library for the break and start the mountain of homework that I already had even though it's only my second day. I sucked in a breath and entered the cafeteria.
I saw Emmett and Alice with the others, as soon as I walked in they both looked up and grinned. I inwardly groaned. I did not need this. My eyes flickered over to Edward, sitting there in his Adonis-like beauty. Especially with Edward sitting right there. I prayed whilst I was getting my food, that they wouldn't do anything too embarrassing and then promised myself that if they said a word I would deny it straight away. I mean seriously, what were they gonna do? Hook me up to a lie detector? I don't think so! So just relax Bella. Relax.
I repeated this mantra in my head on the way to the table, glaring at the heads of Alice and Emmett. As I reached the table I sat down in the only available seat, which of course just happened to be next to Edward. Which was okay. Edward and I were on okay terms now, not friends but not enemies either. Just neutral. But I wished we were mor- no! Thoughts like that were not allowed, denial, denial, denial. That was the key.
Gosh I'm going mad aren't I. Forks has actually turned me insane. Well at least no one could hear my thoughts.
"Bella?" Asked Jasper, who was on the right of me, with a wave of his hand near my face. Everyone at the table was staring at me and I felt the blood rise to my cheeks.
"Sorry I was really out of it."
"We could tell" Said Rosalie with a chuckle.
"What were you thinking about?" Asked Emmett, seemingly innocently. Yeah, if Emmett was innocent then I was a vampire. Honestly.
Remember Bella, denial.
"Just about this short story that Mr . Mason set us in English. I was just wondering what to write."
"I think you should write a love story" Alice interjected. Well you would wouldn't you, devil pixie!
"No I was thinking of a violent, creepy, horror-type story actually. Lots of blood and stuff."
"Bella you faint at the sight of blood" Emmett pointed out.
"So, just because I don't like the sight or smell of blood-"
"Humans can't smell blood" Edward told me. I looked over at him, surprised to find him immersed in our conversation, I thought, hoped, that he wasn't listening.
"Well I can, it smells of rust and salt." I said with a shrug "Anyway" I said turning back to Emmett "Just because I don't like anything to do with blood doesn't mean that I can't write about it." I said, turning to the fries in front of me and paying a lot of attention to them.
"Whatever Bella" Emmett said with a grin, obviously satisfied that he'd made me look like an idiot in front of everyone.
"I still think you should write a love story" Said Alice wistfully "It'd be pretty. Like you." She said with a smile, it was at this point that I doubted myself. Maybe Alice was just going to leave the whole Edward thing alone. Who knows, maybe she was more interested in getting Rosalie and Emmett together instead.
I scoffed at her remark, shaking my head. I wasn't pretty and I knew it, I was plain. The only thing that made my face look interesting was the eyeliner I wore, and that's only because I wore a lot of it.
"You are pretty Bella. Isn't she Edward?" I nearly choked on the sip of water I had just taken. Alice smirked at me, so she wasn't over trying to make me look like an idiot in front of her brother.
"Don't answer that." I all but screamed at him.
"Edward, answer. Now." Said Alice forcefully.
"Do I have to answer."
"No!" "Yes!" Alice and I said at the same time.
Edward obviously decided that my wrath wasn't as threatening as Alice's. So he answered.
"Bella you are pretty" He said, looking me in the eye. He turned back to Alice " Happy now?" My cheeks turned red.
"Thank you. Now lets drop it." I said, looking pointedly at Alice. She shrugged as if it barely bothered her and turned to Rosalie and started talking to Rosalie about some dress or other. I rested my head on my rested arms on the table. The blush was fading out of my cheeks. Slowly.
"I assume that was to do with the Romeo and Juliet thing?" Whispered a voice. He was very close to my head, I felt his breath wash over me and I suppressed a shiver. I could smell the peppermint on his breath as if he'd just eaten a pack of Mento's. I sat up, he was looking at me, a crooked smile on his lips and a twinkle in his eyes.
"Yeah, it was. I told you. She's intent on me dying." Edward chuckled and rolled his eyes simultaneously. He went back to writing in his little book that he seemed to constantly be writing in. I smiled faintly, glad that he hadn't taken it seriously, yet I also felt a tug of disappointment, but I tried to dispel that feeling. I was glad he had no idea. Glad.
The bell rang signalling the end of lunch break and the beginning of next lesson. I got up, retrieving my bag from the floor and throwing most of my lunch away. Edward stayed by my side and it wasn't until we reached the classroom door that I remembered yesterday, which felt so long ago, when Lauren said those things about me. God, I did not want to face her.
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