Here's the second chapter from LilyAlice for Bella. YAY! Cookies for everybody! And not just any cookies, giant, pizza sized cookies!! Chocolate chip, coconut, sugar, peanut butter, even mashed potato flavored cookies, any flavor you want!! AND LOTS OF BIRTHDAY CAKE ICE CREAM!!
Disclaimer: Yeah, yeah, we still do not own Twilight. (Though LilyAlice apparently owns Romeo and Juliet since she is really William Shakespeare in disguise. What I want to know is how she survived this long… Hmm… Or why he/she decided to write Twilight fan fiction… I'm also wondering if he/she is a he or a she…Hmm…)
I hit the ground painfully, my lunch spilling beside me. At least something went my way, since none of the food managed to fall on me. My elbows stung from contact with the hard concrete floors. I looked up and saw at least ten faces hovering over mine. My cheeks instantly burned in embarrassment.
Scrambling off the ground, I straightened my clothes and bent back down to pick up my food off the floor.
"Are you okay?" Someone finally asked. Looking through my hair, I saw a girl with brown hair kneeling beside me, picking up my lemonade.
"I won't be able to show my face in the cafeteria again, but I'll be fine." I told her before standing up and dumping the food in the trash. She laughed a soft, breathy laugh.
"I'm Angela by the way." She told me sticking out her hand.
"Bella, but you probably already knew that." I said taking her hand.
"Yes, who doesn't? Would you like to take a walk and get away from them?" She asked me, pointing to the laughing children behind me.
"That would be wonderful." I said, grateful that someone was being nice to me. Throwing my food in the garbage, I walked out of the cafeteria trying my hardest not to look back around and see those frightful black eyes.
"What class do you have next Bella?" Angela asked me as we walked lazily down the halls.
"I have Biology. What about you?"
"Drama," She said before stopping and turning to me excitedly.
"The drama club is putting on a play this year. Were doing Romeo and Juliet." She told me.
"That sounds fun, I love the play." I told her wondering why she was staring at me with excited eyes.
"Would you try out with me?" She asked as I stared blankly at her. Angela was one of the nicest people here, but me on stage in front of people. Just the thought of that made me blanch.
"Please Bella, I need someone to try out with, I wanted to be the nurse." She told me proudly. I smiled weakly at her before spotting a poster advertising the play. I made the wrong decision by turning and looking at Angela, her eyes were pleading with me and I could feel my answer crumple away.
"Fine, I'll try out with you but I'm telling you now, I don't act." Angela smiled widely.
"Thanks Bella. You won't regret this." She said to me. The warning bell rang and I said my good byes to Angela before walking towards the Biology room.
I entered the biology and looked nervously around seeing only full seats that was until my eyes landed on the empty seat beside the beautiful boy with the hateful eyes. As I walked swiftly forward towards the teacher my slip in hand, I felt his eyes burning holes into my head. I swear if looks could kill I would have burst into flames.
"Mrs. Swan, welcome. Just take a seat beside Edward." I nodded and walked towards the empty seat. As I sat down I saw him tense up and I quickly hid behind my hair. Biology drifted by painfully slow and I could feel the tension between us grow until it was almost choking me.
When the bell rang I sighed, a sigh of relief and Edward darted quickly from the room. The rest of the afternoon passed quickly in a blur of notes and faces. Finally gym finished and I met the blond haired boy, Mike outside of the change room.
"So Bella do you have any plans this weekend." Mike asked in what I think was a nonchalant voice.
"Actually, I do. Angela Weber invited me over to her house so we could practice lines for the play." I told him truthfully as we headed towards the office.
You're trying out for the play?" He asked in a surprised tone.
"Yes, Angela wants me to try out for Juliet." I said stopping in front of the office.
"That's awesome; I'm trying out for Romeo." I forced the smile to stay on my face and nodded.
"Well it was nice talking to you, but I have to talk to the secretary." I told him and he waved walking towards the parking lot. Taking a deep breath I walked into the office and stopped short when I saw the unmistakable bronze hair and velvet voice. I held the door in one hand contemplating if I should walk in.
"No, not exactly, so would you mind changing my schedule around a bit?" I heard Edward ask Mrs. Cope, his voice only the softest silk against skin.
"Of course," Mrs. Cope said her face slightly flushed, before she searched rapidly around on her desk. As I approached the desk I saw Edward tense his jaw clenching together.
"Never mind, that's alright." Edward said a little harshly to Mrs. Cope before spinning swiftly on his heel and darting out of the office. Mrs. Cope and me watched as Edward left the office and walked quickly out the front door, his face tight and full of venom.
"Hello dear." Mrs. Cope said to me and I turned to her with a fake smile plastered on my face. I handed the slip over mutely and tried to figure out why Edward Cullen hated me so much. What could I have possibly done wrong in one day?
"Have a good day." Mrs. Cope said cheerfully and I nodded weakly before walking out towards my big red truck. Sliding into the cab I started the engine, jumping a little when the engine roared to a start. I drove slowly down the empty streets until I reached Forks only grocery store. Turning off the ignition I sat in the truck for a little longer trying to regain what little of my composure I had left. I quickly grabbed the necessary food for dinner and breakfast before heading home with ten grocery bags full of food. The house was empty and eerily quiet, after placing the food away I checked my emails and talked to my mother on the phone.
"I wish you would come home." My mother said to me for the hundredth time.
"I know mom but I like it here and Charlie needs me. he can't even cook one decent meal." I told her holding the phone between my cheek and shoulder so I could cut up the carrots for stew.
"Well, as long as you're enjoying yourself. Have you met any new people? Done anything special?" I laughed to myself and smiled knowing my mother was trying to me upbeat.
"Yeah I met a couple of nice people and a girl named Angela wants me to try out for the schools production of Romeo and Juliet." I told her placing all the cut up vegetables in the boiling water.
"That's sounds fun." She said cheerfully. I heard the door open and Charlie lumber into the house.
"Dad's home now Mom so I've got to go." I told her waving at Charlie as he walked into the kitchen.
"Bye Bella." She said before I hung up.
"How was work dad?" I asked him as I stirred the stew.
"Good, what's cooking? It smells good." He asked leaning closer to the stew.
"Liver and bat wings." I told him jokingly. Charlie just looked at me with a confused and disgusted look. I sighed and realized this was going to be a long year.
Up next are the auditions for Romeo and Juliet, written by Kelsi Neilson! (Ok, ok, so the version of High School Musical: On Stage! that I'm in has only got less than two weeks before opening night, so like everything is in my head is HSM related…Sorry guys. After that I'll have more time to write and post what LilyAlice writes as well, so count down the days till then and wish me luck!
And in case you're wondering, the reason this has anything to do with High School Musical is because in the play form, the performance Mrs. Darbus is having the Drama Club put on is Romeo and Juliet. So yeah…And you will all be glad to know that I finished all the Birthday Cake Ice Cream, so maybe I won't be so random next time…