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"Alice!" Bella called, running over to me.

I had been up against the lockers with James kissing me, but as soon as he heard Bella's voice he ran off and left without a trace. My eyes shifted over to her and I glued a fake smile onto my face, "Bella!" I giggled.

She grinned and hugged me, "Edward said you looked a bit sad this morning and I hadn't seen you since you rushed off to class which isn't like you at all..." she trailed off.

I bit my lower lip, "I had to give in a report that was late. I completely forgot and rushed over, I'm sorry." I said. That really wasn't the story at all, but I was an excellent liar and Bella was one of the worst liars I knew so I don't think she'd be able to detect it at all.

"Oh...ok then, but Edward said you were a bit sad." she said, trying to find out.

With a sigh and reached into my bag to get my books, "It was nothing. I hadn't seen Billy in a long time and you know how close we are, he treats me like I'm one of his own kids and I love him like he's my father. We all know my birth father doesn't act like one." I said.

This time I was speaking the half truth, I did miss Billy and we were very close since I was a little girl. He was one of my mother's best friends and also one of Bella's father's best friends, my mother and Charlie hung out with Billy all the time. It was funny because you couldn't really imagine a woman like my mother hanging out with two guys like that, or even going fishing at a lake.

Bella sighed, "Alice...if something is bothering you, you know you can tell me anything. That's what best friends are for, to support each other." she said.

Deep down, a feeling settled in my stomach like I was going to be sick but I quickly knew it was only my nerves getting the better of me.

"Yeah, Bella. Of course I know that, you're my best friend after all." I said, trying to sound a tad bit hurt.

She laughed, "Ok then." she said rather loudly.

We walked towards the lunchroom together, talking about the projects and all the homework we were going to get for summer vacation. Two whole months of relaxtion and fun, I can't wait for this month to be over already.

Bella saw Edward and told me she'd talk to me later, I always sat with James and his friends during lunch so I quickly nodded. I didn't want to go over to James's table, he was nothing but a jerk in front of them...well more of an asshole than usual.

I made my way over with my bagged lunch and James looked up, "Alice! Baby, how are you?" he asked.

Taking my seat beside him, I looked over and kissed him passionately which he quite enjoyed because I felt his hands inching towards my boobs. "Great now that you're here." I purred. He was getting all hot and bothered, did I really have that effect on him? I would've thought he'd be tired of me by now, but I guess not.

One of his friends, Laurent laughed and winked at me playfully. "I wonder how you taste, delicious I would probably bet." he said, licking his lips.

Something about Laurent was off, I never really felt comfortable around him and I told James but he either slapped me or said that Laurent was one of his boys so I had to be nice to him at all times.

James moaned, "She tastes amazing." he bragged.

My face grew hot and everyone at the table began to laugh besides Victoria and her boyfriend, Riley who was playing with a knife. "That isn't funny, James. You should work on your jokes because they need it." she spat, getting up and storming off. Victoria was the hot red head everyone always pined over, she thought she was all that as she sashayed her way out of the lunchroom with Riley following close behind her.

Laurent smirked, "She's jealous." he said which was stating the obvious.

Well, almost obvious because Riley didn't seem to see it and thought that she was head over heels in love with him which isn't true. She's just using him for sex and to get James angry, so far it isn't working.

"Thanks, Laurent." James muttered, pulling me onto his lap.

For the rest of lunch, James just spoke with his friends about the party and asked them who they were taking. Laurent was taking girl named Irina, she was this girl he genuinenly seemed to like a lot. James's other friend, Felix was taking a girl named Lucy who he had been going out with since freshman year. James's cousin, Tanya was taking a boy named Mike who followed her around like a lost puppy. She was just trying to get Edward's attention which won't happen, but she can dream about it.

James walked me to my locker and kissed me roughly, my eyes widened as he held my wrists tightly and we made out in the abandoned hallways. He pulled away and glared at me, "You fucking bitch. You told someone didn't you? You told someone about the punishments!" he yelled.

He gripped onto my arms tightly and I whimpered, wincing as he stopped the blood from flowing. "You slut!" he yelled again. I screamed as he slapped me across the face, it echoed throughout the whole hallway and I fell to the side.

Quickly, he walked away as the principal came rushing into the hallway to see me sitting on the ground in front of my locker. "Miss Brandon! What on earth is going on?" he ordered, walking over. Once he helped me up, I explained to him that I tripped and let out the scream by accident.

"Be careful next time." he said, returning to his office.

When I knew he was gone, I pulled up my right sleeve to see a large hand mark on my arm. A gasp came from me and once I heard the students coming from the lunchroom, I pulled down my sleeves to hide the marks.

I heard a certain laugh, "I can't believe she fell for it!" my enemy, Emmett Cullen boomed.

Slowly, I turned around to see Bella standing in the middle of the lunchroom covered in strawberry milk. Anger pulsed through me and I knew it was Emmett's fault, he may be large but he doesn't scared me at all.

I walked up to him and slapped him across the face, his friends stared at me pure shock as surprise and anger flashed in Emmett's eyes. His fist pulled back to punch me when he realized it was actually me who slapped him and not some random guy, his nostrils flared in frustration as he dropped his fist.

A grin spread across my face, "I'd like to see you hit me. Just next time, don't go around throwing strawberry milk all over my best friend. Okay, punk?" I didn't let him answer as I quickly fled to see if Bella was ok. I could see that he had humiliated her by doing what he did, I could see her tears and her eyes wouldn't even shut to blink.

Edward was trying to clean her off because she wasn't moving, "Bella..." I whispered.

She looked up and gave me a watery smile, "Yes?" she choked out.

Not caring that she was covered in milk, I threw my arms around her neck and hugged her while she cried softly into my hair. Things like this really bothered her and sometimes she couldn't understand why people liked to bully and tease her, I didn't know either because she was so pretty and smart.

Maybe people were jealous of that.

After my last classes, I drove home and went up to my room to change into comfortable clothes so I could go out and shop for an outfit for the party James told me about. Maybe a pretty dress or something would work, but I'm not too sure.

I reached into my pocket and sent James a text,

Babe wat do I wear 4 the party?

xxxAlice

A few minutes later, my cell phone buzzed and I flipped it open.

Something hot.

Don't get a dress tho cuz it isn't a dressy party.

Ok, so no dress.

Got it.

Walking out of my bedroom, I saw Edward walking inside. Today was one of his days off so he would get home early, cook something, and go to the music room where his piano was and stuff like that.

"I'm going to the mall." I told him, walking down the stairs and grabbing my keys off the hook.

He nodded, "Just don't max out the credit cards...again." he said, sighing the last part.

I couldn't help, but laugh at that. Maybe I was a little obsessed with shopping and fashion, but it was something I enjoyed so my dad didn't really say much about it because after I used all my clothes I would go to the local shelter and donate the clothes there. Never in my life would I keep clothes I've worn two times, it just wasn't cool.

My mom taught me to always send my clothes to the nearest shelter if I had no use for them, the volunteers at the shelter know me because I go there with a box worth of clothes every week for them.

"I'll try not to." I said, running out the front door and towards my car.

I hopped into it and listened to my car purr to life, "Sometimes I wonder if...life's worth living." I whispered quietly.

Not knowing why I said that, I sped off down the driveway and took the nearest highway towards the mall.

Life could be over-rated.

That's it for this chapter and I'm pleased that I actually have people reading this story, amazing. I'm so happy and excited, but I promise not to break my promise of updating every day or week for you guys. Remember, read and review for me.

Thank you.

-Angel