Bullies Got a Thing for the Dork: 2
BPOV:
I was riding down the block in my dark blue Vanquish, with the moving van behind me. I had ditched that old red pickup as soon as I was out of this town. Sold it to some hick in the south.
I was finally in Forks, and though I was going to help Charlie out, I wanted my own apartment. Charlie had told me about one two blocks from his house and it had had everything. A big kitchen, two bedrooms, an office, and a small porch. Even on my small salary I could afford it.
Everything was going great so far. I had gotten off the plane without tripping, I had found my car with no problems, and here I was, pulling into my new apartment building to set my house up. Even in this small town of Forks, I had only seen one person I used to know, but not anyone else, especially them. I should probably stop calling them, well them. I could call them the IT group, or the fags, or the sluts, but I don't know. 'Them' is good for right now.
The only person I had seen was Jacob. Jacob Black, my dad's best friend's son. And my oldest friend since diapers. He had called the van for me, and was going to help the workers set up. He was sitting in my passenger's seat at this very moment.
"So Jake," I began, "How have you been?"
"I've been well Bella. I got a new girl, too." When I looked over at Jake, he looked happy, and then he turned to me and smirked.
"Oh? And what's her name?" If he could be snotty, so could I.
"Leah. And she's beautiful, Bells. She's everything I could ask for, ya know?" Wow, Jake finding someone as perfect as Leah sounded for him was big. I wanted to reach over and hug him, but you know, I was driving.
"Oh really? And when can I meet this 'Leah'?" Yes, I was trying to be an ass, but yes, I really wanted to meet his Leah.
"Bella, please stop being an ass. And I was going to invite you over once we were done unpacking, but now I don't know." Aw man, this is getting heated.
"Jake, dude, I was kidding. Can't you take a joke?? Serious Jake, forgive me? I really do wanna meet this Leah who's made you so smiley!" I was begging, but joking with him at the same time.
As he gave me a 'look', I pulled into the drive. Sighing, I looked up at my new home. Mine, all mine. I was all smiles as Jake and I got out of the car, and started talking to the movers. We instructed Bobby, Michael, and Adam (we had figured out their names after a while) where to put everything. After everything had been put in the house, I served lemonade and sandwiches to all the guys and Jake instructed all the movers into the newly furnished dining area.
After everyone including Jake had left, I was just sitting down as the doorbell rang. Grumbling to myself, I got up to open the door. Standing there in the hall were two people I had thought I would never see again in my entire life.
"Hello! We're you're new neighbors! I'm Alice and this is my husband Jasper!" Alice was still overly excited after all these years, and Jasper was just staring at me with open eyes, obviously he had already figured out who I was.
"Hello. I'm Bella. Bella Swan." I watched as Alice's mouth opened, then closed, then opened again. She stared at me with open eyes, and then started to back away.
"This can't be happening. Not to me. Not after all these years." She was mumbling to herself, and she almost fell. I reached over to catch her, but Jasper got there first. I tried to reach over to her again, but she flinched away from my hand. Now I was getting mad. She wasn't the one that she and her friends had harassed for years. No, that was me. ME! Getting even angrier, I almost snapped. But I knew better. Silently counting to ten in my head, I put a smile on my face. I turned toward Alice, and smiled politely.
"Excuse me. I don't mean to be rude, but I need to get inside. Oh, and Alice," I said and she turned towards me. "Please forget about all those years. They mean nothing to me now. Can we start over?" Reaching out my hand, I stepped towards her. She reached out her hand, and shook mine. "Now," I said, "can we try to be friends? You too, Jasper?" He nodded, and getting some confidence from him, Alice nodded too.
Smiling to myself, I said goodbye and walked inside my apartment. I made a quick dinner, took a shower, and started towards my bed. I climbed in, and for the first time, I dreamed about Alice and Jasper in a nice way.