Chapter 6

School and Jessica

Dedication:

I'd like to dedicate this chapter to bellapouts, for the idea for this chapter. You rock! Thanks a lot!

Bella POV:

Ugh, I woke up in a terrible mood this morning. It felt like an angry swarm of bees was buzzing in my head, and that just made me want to hit someone. Which is strange, since I am by large a pacifist. I made myself get out of the bed. I hopped into the shower and let the hot water try to get the kinks out. This morning it didn't help.

I went into my room and pulled on a red sweater and a pair of light wash jeans. I looked pretty good, so I was pretty happy. I walked downstairs and was surprised to see Charlie sitting at the table.

"Good Mornin," dad smiled. Ugh, the one morning that I'm not in the mood, my dad is at home.

"What's so good about it?" I grumble.

"Bells are you okay? You seem mad."

"Fine dad." I said grabbing a chocolate chip granola bar. Mmmm, the chocolate tasted heavenly. Just as I shoved the last of the food into my mouth a horn outside honked. I grabbed my backpack and headed for the door.

"Bye Bells," Charlie waved. I just ignored him.

I was surprised to see Alice in the back seat. She usually rode with Rose or Jasper. She was probably mad at them for not letting her play barbie or something.

"Ugh, Bella you look horrible. You should have let me plan your outfit." Alice said. I could feel the tears welling up into my eyes. I don't know what was wrong with me. I knew she wasn't being mean. It was just how she showed that she cared.

"Why, you don't like the way I look?" I asked. "Am I ugly?" At this point the tears won the battle and flowed down my cheeks.

Edward glanced back and forth at Alice and then to me. He looked confused. I guess he decided I was a danger to his driving, because he pulled over to the side of the road. He reached out and patted my back.

"Shhh, Bella, you are beautiful. You know Alice didn't mean it. Sometimes she just speaks without thinking." he assured me. I knew all of this, but I just couldn't stop crying.

"Bella, I'm sorry." Alice said looking as if she would cry too, if she could. "How about I promise to let you wear whatever you want for the next two weeks?" I must admit that was an amazing deal. Now, if I could just stop crying.

"O..ok Alice." I sniffled.

A few seconds later we were cruising down the highway. When I say cruising, I mean Edward's type of cruising. The type that has me clutching the seats in fear.

"Edward, slow this damn car down right now." I demanded, angry now.

"Love, we're not going that fast, besides we are going to be late if we don't hurry." he said gently.

"Fine, Edward do what you want," I huffed turning away from him. I was so angry, for no real reason. "It's not like you care if I live or die,"

"Of course I do, Love" Edward said trying to soothe me. "I love you."

"Of course you do." I mimicked. Edward slowed the car down to almost normal speed limit. A few minutes later we were at school.

As soon as I got out of the car, Emmett ran up to us. "What took you guys so long?" He asked.

"Nothing" I said smiling cheerfully.

I started off toward the school. Edward caught up to me quickly. "Is there something wrong?" he asked.

"No never better."

The day passed on, but it seem highlighted by the frequent freak-outs I seem to be having. In English, we were just sitting there, discussing classic literature and I felt really attracted to Edward. More so than usual. He didn't even look at me. I felt the overwhelming wash of shame at rejection wash over me.

Why would he want me? It's not like I deserve him. I'm not pretty enough. A tear slid down my cheek and he caught it on his finger. He passed me a note.

(italics-Bella Bold- Edward)

What's wrong?

Nothing.

Are you sure?

No.

Edward looked at me worriedly. I have no idea what's wrong with me today, but I hope I find out soon. Soon, enough English was over. Edward kept trying to talk to me but I wasn't in the mood. The day passed in a draggy chasm of misery. I was pretty grumpy and sarcastic all day. I snapped most of my friends heads off.

The worst part was that Edward walked behind me most of the day. Like I was some smelly animal and he was walking downwind. Finally, it was lunch.

"Sit down Bella, let me get both of our trays." Edward smiled. I must admit I was pretty tired at this point.

"Sure Edward," I agreed.

Edward walked off, just as Alice, Jasper, and Rose came to the table. They all had trays with barely any food on them. Edward came back with a tray loaded with food for the both of us. The others picked at their food, since they couldn't eat it. But I dug in with gusto. I had no idea how fast I was eating until I glanced up and saw the looks on the faces of my family. Their looks ranged from disgusted to fascinated.

After that I tried to slow down with the eating. It didn't really work. I was pretty hungry.

"Wow Bella. You're really hungry huh?" Alice asked trying not to step on my proverbial toes.

"Yeah, I guess so." I smiled.

"Oooh, Bella, girl you know that 's going straight to your hips?" Emmett said in a faked girls voice. "You know you don't need the extra calories."

"W-w-what do you think I'm fat?" I asked feeling the tears pool up into my eyes.

"No way." said Emmett taken back by my tears. "You are way skinny."

"Thanks I try. You know pilates and stuff..."

"Well, it's working girl. Keep it up." I couldn't help but smile at Emmett. He was right it was working. From now on I'm going to excercise twice as much.

Just as I was about to lose myself in my thoughts I saw Jasper's lips move. I guess the words were too fast for my slow human brain to compute.

"What?" I asked Edward.

"Hmmm?" he responded.

"What were you and Jasper talking about?" I asked warily.

"Oh, you saw that, did you?" he responded.

"Yes Edward, I am not too stupid to see your lips move." I yelled loudly and angrily. "Now what did you ask him?" I guess some small part of my brain realized that most of the cafeteria was looking at us. I was just too mad to care.

"Calm down love." he said soothing. I could feel a wave of calm wash over me. Jasper. "Umm... Jasper had this idea."

"What idea?" I asked glaring at both of the guilty parties in turn.

"Well, Jazz thinks he might know what's wrong with you..." he began.

"What's wrong with me?" I demanded.

Edward opened his mouth to speak, but just as he was going to say something, the principle stepped up. "Any one who doesn't have next period gym need to come with me." he announced.

I internally groaned as Edward and the others stood up. They followed the principle leaving me all alone. I sat and played with the food as I waited for the bell to ring.

When it finally did, I got up with the rest of my friends and walked slowly to gym. By the time I got there the rest of the class was on the field and I had the locker room to myself. I went over to my locker and opened it up. Then I stripped off my shirt and switched it with our plain, blue gym t-shirts.

I continued stripping my pants off. I began to fold them as usual, but then some flash of red caught my eye. I completely unfolded them, and was automatically embarrassed by what I saw. There was a huge, red, circular stain across the butt of my jeans.

I felt a red blush heat my face. I checked my underwear and saw that they were also red. Great, that explains my insane mood swings. And Edward had been about to tell me.

I was already late, so I didn't have time to think about that. I went into the joined bathroom and put on a pad. One problem down, a million more to go.

I went back to my locker trying to decide what to do about my sweater and pants. The sweater had a bit of blood on the back, but I could just wear the gym shirt home.

Now, I just had to do something about the jeans. They were too stained hide the mark. I could wear them, but the t-shirt wouldn't cover my butt and anyone could see it and laugh. Then, I was struck by the best idea of what to do.

I grabbed the jeans and folded them so that the stain was on the inside. As far as I know there is only one person who is the same jeans size as me that I really know. I went to Jessica Stanley's locker and put in the combination that she had gave me. Luckily, she had given almost everyone her combination so it wouldn't be obvious that it was me.

Anyway, I took her folded jeans and replaced them with mine. She would get a nasty surprise but it was better than the alternative. I shut the door and snapped the lock as I pulled on my shorts and ran out of the door. Of course, I tripped on my way out of the door and hit my head on the wall.

"Ooof," I muttered.

"Need some help, Bella?" Mike Newton asked from where he was standing above me.

"Yeah, I just fell."

"Not really that rare is it?" he asked trying to go for a jaunty 'cool' guy look as he extended his hand.

"Not as rare as I like," I replied as I took his hand and stood up.

"We're lucky today. We just have to practice the basketball passes."

"Oh really?" I asked still wincing. No, it wasn't as bad as running, but I still usually hurt people (or myself) when passing a basketball.

"Yeah, I'll partner with you if you need one," he volunteered.

"Thanks," I smiled. I'm so surprised that he still volunteers to partner with me even though he knows that I love Edward and won't leave him.

"No problem. Let's go before Coach Clapp blows a gasket." And he led me by the hand to the gym floor.

He took his place across from me and passed me the ball. The first time, it hit me in the chest. I nearly fell to the ground, but managed to stay up by sheer force of will. I blanched as I realized that I was going to have to throw it back.

I pulled the ball to my chest and turned my thumbs inward like the coach had told us. Then I pushed it out and let it go. Mike caught it too easily. We continued the different passes. He ended up knocking me down about six times, and I ended up hitting him in the face a good time. Thankfully, he was a good sport and never seemed to get angry about it.

As we played, I kept darting glances at Jessica. I knew what I was going to do was wrong and mean and just plain horrible. But it was either her or me and I know, without a shadow of a doubt, that if she was in the same situation then she would do it without hesitation.

After a while of worrying, the final bell rung and we trooped off to the locker room.

Mike stood outside the boy's locker room and I stood outside of the girl's. "Well, that was fun," he smiled. I looked at him skeptically. Sure he never complained, but he couldn't be serious. Maybe that knock to the head caused a concussion.

"Um… yeah," I mumbled unsure of how to answer.

"We should do it again sometime," he added.

"Definitely," I smiled though it was more like a grimace.

"C'mon Mikey, Bella'll be here when you get back," Tyler smirked as he pulled Mike into the locker room.

"See ya later," he called.

"Bye." I threw a smile over my shoulder and turned to go into the girl's locker room.

I walked into the room and the girls all said 'hi' to me. I greeted them and casually made my way to my locker. I quickly opened it, removed my shorts, took out my jeans, and slid them on.

I didn't leave right after I was dressed. I stood around and looked for Jessica. It wasn't hard to see her. In most high school locker rooms there are three types of people. There are the types who run in and change as quickly as possible. There are the types who hang around to change after class when everyone is gone or in the bathroom. Then there are the types of girls who stand around in their underwear and bra. Jessica was that type of girl.

At the moment she was standing and talking to Lauren. I rolled my eyes as she continued talking. I decided that I didn't really want to watch the sparks fly. I grabbed my purse and shut my locker door. Then, I walked out of the locker room into the gym. The gym was just how I like it. Empty. I could hear the sound of my feet on the wooden court as I made my way to the exit.

The door opened and before I knew it Edward was pulling me into his arms. He pulled me close and laid a kiss on my forehead and then on my lips. When his lips met mine, I got a little too carried away. My lips grasped his and began to move frantically. Edward reciprocated for a minute. But of course, he quickly regained control and overruled what he wanted. "Bella," he murmered.

"Sorry," I said though I wasn't sorry at all. "Hormones."

"Speaking of hormones... Jasper and I realized what was wrong with you, but weren't able to tell you."

"Yes," I grimaced. "I figured it out in gym."

"Oh? Did you handle the situation well?" he asked skirting around talking about the 'issue' where prying ears could hear.

"Um, yes I did. We can talk about it as we walk away from here as quickly as possble."

"And why would we do that ?" he asked and a high-pitched scream ripped from the girl's locker room.

"That's why," I murmered.

He raised his eyebrows and started to lead me to the car. "So, I suppose your day was eventful?" he smirked.

I couldn't help but giggle as I thought of all the things that had happened today. So, it was probably the hormones that was making me so... giddy, but at the moment I didn't really care. "To say the least."

Edward, gently took my hand and led me to the door. Just as we were about to exit, we heard that same voice from the locker room.

"No, I swear it's not mine. These aren't even my jeans!" Jessica squealed. "This so wasn't me!" Edward and I both giggled as we exited the gym and went to the car where Alice was already waiting. I climbed into the front seat and smiled at the thought of how the next five or so days were going to be for Jessica. Haha, and they say that cheaters never win.

A/n:

Woo-hoo! I know I haven't update this one in a while, but I'm going to try to get better about it. Regardless another Chapter is finished.

Oh, and from now on I will update Holly's Diary and then do another one that I don't usually uypdate. That way I can finally finish these. Anyway,I hope to update this story soon. Keep reading and I'll keep writing. Oh and remember to review. Flames are welcome. They're what keep me warm and toasty at night. ;)

By the way, I know this chapter wasn't that good since I haven't wrote Twilight fanfiction in forever, but hopefully it'll be better next time. Oh, and this story will only have like two more chapters and an epilouge.

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Yours truly, madly, and deeply,

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