Heyy guys!! Sorry it took so long. Holidays and everything have caused my updating to be delayed. Thank you to those who reviewed and to those who have read the story so far. I hope you enjoy this chapter, it should be better than the last and I promise this story will get more interesting. Happy reading!

Chapter 5

Bella's POV

I woke up and looked outside. There was a glow showing through my window, which was unusual. I opened my blinds and realized it was the sun that I hadn't seen in a few days. Automatically, a smile rushed to my face, excited that today held potential for a better day. I quickly got ready for school. Throwing on my favorite t-shirt, a plain blue shirt that made my eyes shine (or so I've been told by Renee) and a pair of jeans. I noticed I couldn't do anything with my hair and pulled it up in a pony tail.

I ran down stairs and grabbed a muffin to eat on the way to school since I was running late.

I got in my truck and turned the key. Instead of my truck roaring to life it puttered then stopped. I tried five more times then decided to give up knowing that the only other way to get to school was the bus, I ran down the street to where the bus stop was, other than tripping a couple times I made it just in time to see the bus pulling away and turning around the corner. I had missed my only other way to school. This day had started out great but it had taken the turn for the worst and now I was without a ride.

I started walking back to my house, giving up on any other ride, when I heard a car pull up next to me.

"Bella! Bella!" an eager voice called to me. I turned towards the car and voice to see who it was. It was Mike Newton.

"Oh, hi Mike." I said with a forced smile.

I liked Mike. He was nice. The first day I noticed he was very friendly; liked to talk a lot. So that was kind of good, since I never had to try too hard to keep the awkward silence away. Although he was nice, he also seemed a little overpowering. He lingered onto everything I said, and that got annoying. Albeit I always tried to be nice.

"So, why aren't you on your way to school?" he asked with a grin. He sounded like my father; there was no hint of joking in his voice, something I noticed in Mike, no sense of humor.

"Uhm, well my truck wouldn't start and then I missed the bus." I told him.

"Oh, well you need a ride?" he asked. I didn't want to accept because I had enough time at school to deal with him, but I really needed to get to school. If I didn't go to school they would call Charlie and then I would get grounded (which wouldn't be too bad since I don't have friends here yet) but if I wanted to gain Alice's, Edward's, Rose's, Jasper's and Emmett's friendship then I couldn't get grounded.

"Uh, yeah. Thanks." I said as I got in his car.

Once I got in he started talking. I added the casual 'mmm-hmms' to the conversation when needed and looked out the window. I was pulled into the conversation when I heard him mention Edward's name.

I didn't know how I felt about Edward yet, but I hoped we could be friends. And if we would be working on the art project together, then hopefully a friendship would form.

"So, you're friends with Edward Cullen?" he asked.

"Uh, I guess." I told him. Not like it's any of his business, I thought to myself.

"Oh," he said as if he wanted to say more.

"What?" I asked, we were pulling into the lot now and "I couldn't wait to get out of the car.

"Well, I just don't like how he looks at you. He's not that nice of a guy." He said.

This time I didn't hold back on what I was thinking. "Well, it doesn't have anything to do with you, does it?" I snapped angry.

"I was just watching out for you." He said, not catching onto my anger or annoyance towards him. It was like he was oblivious to any emotion I carried. He just stared at me and never caught on to the tone I used.

"I don't need you to watch out for me." I responded curtly. "Thanks for the ride." I huffed as I pushed open the door and slammed it behind me.

I walked off and headed into the school, ready to get the day over with so I could enjoy the weekend.

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Edward's POV

Alice and I had arrived to school and were in the parking lot by my Volvo waiting for the rest of our friends to join us.

"So, what are the plans for this weekend?" I asked Alice. I knew some of us were going to the mall, I just wasn't sure who and when.

"Well, we are going to the mall. Rose, Bella and I are going to do some shopping." Alice told me.

"Bella? She's coming?" I asked with a smile. I liked Bella; I wanted to be her friend. She seemed nice and funny.

"Yeah, she's coming. She needs some new clothes since she isn't use to the cold weather and she needs some clothes." Alice explained.

"Oh, so what are the guys' doing?" I asked.

"We're making you guys come with us, we need someone to carry our bags of course." Alice said with a smile.

"I see. You only invited us to use us." I said, I wasn't surprised, only because it is Alice and she always uses us when we go shopping.

"Of course!" she said cheerfully.

I was about to argue with her and tell her I didn't want to go, but I caught site of Bella leaving a car, and it wasn't her truck. It was Mike's car. She didn't look happy, so I knew I didn't have to worry about Mike winning the bet, but she definitely didn't look happy and for some reason I hated Mike for that.

She walked off into the school. I thought of going and talking to her, but I decided to leave her alone for a bit. Growing up with Alice taught me to always give girls' space when they are upset, so I decided I wouldn't talk to her until Biology, luckily that was first hour.

"I'm going to go to my first hour." I told Alice grabbing my bag from the car.

"But, Rose, Jasper, and Emmett aren't here yet." She told me.

"I know, but their taking too long and I have to take care of some things before first hour." I said hoping she would let me go.

"Alright, fine. Go." She said.

I took my chance and headed off to Biology, hoping she was already in there. I don't know why but I felt like I needed to talk to her, to make her happy again. Maybe it was because she was nice enough to help me with my art project.

I walked into the classroom and looked anxiously over to the lab table where Bella and I sat. I was happy to see a brunette sitting there wearing a blue t-shirt that made her already beautiful eyes shine even more. I walked over and sat down next to her. She was working on something out of her trig book and she looked frustrated.

"Having trouble?" I asked softly, to not startle her."

"Yes, this is so frustrating! I don't understand any of it!" She responded, frustration not only showing on her face but dripping from her tone.

"Do you want my help? I'm pretty good at Trig, not to brag or anything." I told her adding my charming smile to the end.

"You are bragging, but yes I would love to get some help with this." Bella said, some of the frustration leaving her body.

"Ok, do you want to do some before class starts or do you want to wait till tomorrow night?" I asked her.

"How bout we start on it tomorrow night, I don't really want to think about it anymore this morning and it isn't due till Monday anyway." She said closing her book.

"Okay, that sounds good. So can I ask you something?" I asked.

"Well, you just did, but go ahead." She said with a teasing smile, something about that smile always made me smile.

"Why were you upset when you stepped out of Mike's car this morning?" I asked her, I hoped I hadn't pushed too far, but I was curious.

"How about you start with why was I with Mike this morning?" she asked.

"Okay, let's start with that one." I said. that was what I wanted to know.

"Well, my truck wouldn't start this morning and when I went to catch the bus, I missed it. So somehow by some coincidence Mike ended up there and offered a ride. I knew Charlie would kill me if he found out I missed school, even if it was by accident, so I took the ride. Then he started telling me he didn't like you or me being friends with you, if that is what we are, and he pissed me off. So that's probably why I looked upset." She ended after her rant.

"We are friends." I told her.

"Good." She said with a smile.

"And I'll talk to Mike, if you want me to, and get him to back off and let you live. I'm not as bad as he's making me out to be." I told her with a smile.

"If you're sure." She said with a smile.

"Ok, I'll talk to him." I told her with another smile, they just couldn't leave my face it seems.

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There you go! Did Mike start some trouble?? Find out…

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