Chapter 5

I longest amount of time Renee would let me stay out of school was a week. Then she started to get suspicious.

I got in the cheap car I bought with my money and went toward school. When I got to the parking lot I was considering going back home and wallow in depression.

I heard a pat on my passenger side window. I knew it wasn't Cathy because even with me mad and scared she would just hop into the car without talking.

I looked out the window, expecting to see Dawn. And there stood Principal Welding, in all his principal glory.

He opened the door when he saw that I saw him. "Ah- Miss Swan it's good of you to come back to us. Are you feeling better?"

"Kinda…." I grumbled.

"Oh that's good. I need you in my office right away." With that he turned his heel and stalked off to his office.

What did I do now? I wasn't even in school for a week! Is it possible to get in trouble when you aren't even there to do it?!

I sighed and got out of my car. I saw out of the corner of my eye that many people were trying to wave to me but soon saw I was in one of my pissy mood and slowly put their hand down.

I went to the office and sat down looking toward Richard's office's door. Then the one person I did not want to see right now came through the door. I shifted in my seat to get as far away from her as possible.

"Good you are both here. Well, come in…." He opened his office door wide so we could walk through.

I got up and went in. I sat in Welding's chair to spite him. He is such a softy he won't even bother to tell me to get out.

"Miss Swan, my resources said that you and Miss Symington have had a bit of an argument? And because of this argument Miss Symington's grades have been going down. And I would normally let you two work this out among yourselves but I cannot let our valedictorian end up failing her classes over something as silly as a little argument!" He was pacing in front of 'my' desk.

Cathy was behind him looking down sheepishly, trying not to meet my eyes. Yes I would also be embarrassed about letting my grades go down over one friend. That shows how dependent she was on me.

"So will either one of you tell me what this silly fight is all about?!"

I looked at the art behind me as if in great interest. Cathy, I'm pretty sure, was twirling her hair, a habit she gained in the 80's.

"No? Fine then let me guess…. Let's see… What would two smart young ladies fight over? A boy perhaps?"

"Sure, we're girls so the only thing we would fight over is a guy, right? Sexist…." I muttered loud enough for Richard to hear.

"Okay then…. Did one of you 'dis' the other?" Richard started to get uncomfortable.

"For one thing Richard, don't say dis again. And another is that you will never in your life be able to guess what our problem is! And we did not get in an argument! I chose not to be her friend because of her 'personality'! But she can't seem to get over that now can she?! She has to go around and say that we are in an argument and get her grades down to lure me into the same room with her! That's what I call an all time low!" I was looking a Principal Welding as I said this but I was really talking to Cathy.

"Well, what if I was trying to get her to talk to me! To let me explain it to her! I was trying to protect her! But she was too scared to come talk to me! There is absolutely no reason to be, because she should know there is no way I would hurt her!" She too was talking through Richard. We were both afraid to look at each other, but with the principal as a filter it works out just fine.

"Well, she scared me to death! She could have at least brought the fight to somewhere safer, to a place that was far away from me and Dawn! She could have gotten us killed in a worse way then the thing she was saving me from! It could have been an accident sure! But there were 11 of them! It would have been more painful! They weren't even considering us! They were just going at it!" A look of confusion and fear went across Welding's face.

"I didn't ask them to join in! It was Florence's idea to call my siblings! And how should she have known that he had six siblings! I got hurt trying to save you! And how do you repay me! You decide to not be my friend! Which hurt me more then you can imagine! I have been through so many rejections over the years! Including my mates!" I'm pretty sure Richey was thinking mates were an English word for friends. And now we were talking to each other. Her eyes were getting a darker shade of black with each word she said.

"So! Do you understand how easily I accepted you!? I did it because I thought you would try to take the battles away from me! I thought you would possibly get one of the other bodyguards to grab him. Or at least take me out of the room. I was frozen on the spot! If your 'parents' didn't show up I could have died without you trying to save me!" I fumed.

I think Welding was sensing that it was getting emotional. Or maybe he was assuming that I was ready to jump her. I've done it before. So he said, "It's time for you two to go to class. I will get your teachers to change your seats to the farthest apart possible. Which one of you is going to be changing your classes?" Good job on guessing that we don't want to be together.

Cathy knew that I was going to be the one to do that, so she kept quiet. "I am, Richey." I said.

Cathy and I left the room at the same time. When we were out of hearing range from Principal Welding, Cathy shouted, "YOU HAVE MAJOR PROBLEMS!!" That caused everyone to turn to look at us. We were the girls who made friends with everyone. We were best friends to one and another. We had enemies, but we normally made friends with them later. We were the example of the school… Until now….

"OF COURSE I HAVE PROBLEMS! I MADE FRIENDS WITH YOU! A VAMPIRE!" Oops. Well, with their minds they will think it's just some new dis or something.

"YES OF COURSE! BECAUSE YOU WERE SUCH AN ANGEL BEFORE I MET YOU! YOU WERE TOO GOOD FOR ME NOW WEREN'T YOU! YOU WERE THE CENTER OF ATTENTION BEFORE I CAME HERE! AND IT WAS ALL BECAUSE OF YOUR GRADES!" Heavy sarcasm dripping in her voice. So what if I didn't try to do work in class? So what if I was a cause for trouble?

"I'M NO STRANGER TO SARASM, CATHY! I'M THE ONE WHO TAUGHT IT TO YOU! BEFORE ME YOU WERE DULL AND BORING! YOU ACTED AS IF EVERYONE WAS BENEATH YOU! AND DON'T SAY YOU DIDN'T BECAUSE YOU TOLD ME!" There was people behind me saying things like 'Cathy you really think your better than us?' and 'That little bitch!'

"I HOPE YOU DIE!" Cathy was angry now. She stomped off to her car, not bothering to go to class.

"Right back at cha, honey." I whispered, knowing she could hear me.

I searched for Dawn in the crowd, knowing that Florence would have gotten Dawn once she heard our voices from the other side of the school. When I saw her she looked relieved to see me alive still, and angry for letting this happen.

I smiled a sad smile at her and went to my class.

Lunch I sat alone, on the least populated area of the lunchroom. But of course for the day it became the most populated because I sat there.

Everyone was asking me what the fight was about, but I didn't answer them. Dawn sat next to me, glaring at the vampire table even though her best friend was over there.

She also waved away everyone who tried to talk to me. She tried to comfort me but with no luck. The day dragged on until I could go home.

A/N: I know Bella is way out of character but, remember Bella lives in Chicago with Renee and Phil so her personality is different.

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