Chapter 13

Sunday was boring, just like I fancy it. I did nothing at all but stay inside my room and read. I needed to have a lazy day. You know one of those days where you do absolutely nothing. You don't even want to get up to go get something to eat. I swear if Charlie would let me have one of those mini fridges in my room, it would be perfection to the max! Of course, he had to burst my bubble and shoot that idea down. Something about me turning into an anti social freak. What's wrong with that, I say!! Damn bubble burster!!

The highlight of my day was getting texts from Edward. It was nothing major like last night had been. I nearly got carpel tunnel from that convo we had. Ok I'm being dramatic, but we did send a good chunk of messages back and forth. I found myself rereading them throughout the day and laughing to myself. The text messages today were just little updates.

"Please tell Alice to get away from me with the nail polish."

"I'm conducting interviews with the bushes that are on the way to your house….BUSH KILLER."

"How do you know when a hot pocket is done? Is it supposed to be cold in the middle?"

"Hot hot hot hot!!!! Tip: Give the hot pocket time to cool down. It's like lava pouring into your mouth."

"Do you see the glass half empty or half full?" To which I replied, "Who gives a fuck….I just want the water! I'm thirsty damn it!!"

And that was it. Who knew something as simple as getting messages about hot pockets could brighten up my day?

But that was Sunday. The Edward at school was different from the dork Edward I got to see this past weekend. Back at school was Jessica and his stupid make Bella jealous plan. However, Edward was the Edward I actually liked during biology. He said hello and joked around with me during class. He moved the plant that was by the window sill to my right saying he didn't want any bush casualties today. He wasn't ignoring me like he usually did.

But at lunch, Edward had now invited Jessica to eat at our table. OH JOY! We all talked around her. We would start a conversation and Jessica would try to join in on it. She would throw in little comments as we talked to which we would just ignore her like she hadn't even said anything. I wasn't going to pretend to like the skank. Why should I. Yes, like I said before, I'm 5 years old! Oh well.

Edward would hold Jessica's hand at the table or while walking to class. I don't care if I knew he was pretending. It sill irked the fuck out of me. I still hadn't come up with my plan. I was still waiting for the light bulb to go off in my head, but fuck it was taking forever. The light company must have forgotten to hook up the electricity, or there may be a short in my brain somewhere. I had a feeling it was going to come to me soon though.

Gym class was torture on Tuesday. We had to run three miles around the track. Edward had ignored me the whole day. He didn't look at me during biology or say hello for that matter like he had done yesterday. It was like I didn't exist again. I started thinking in my head of what I did to make his mood change. I couldn't think of anything. I mean, he texted me last night to say good night, and I replied back with sweet dreams. So I couldn't think of anything that I could have done to piss him off from then till now. I guess he was just in one of his Cullen moods. I wonder if he was hungry. Fuck….I would have shared my pop tart with him if he was. He also didn't sit at our table for lunch. He and Jessica weren't anywhere to be seen, and believe me I looked. I keep my eagle eyes open trying to find them all through the cafeteria. I would look at the door whenever it opened to see if it was them coming in. By the time the bell rang to go to class, I couldn't stop wondering where they had been. It was bugging me all through class. I wondered if they were in some closet somewhere. Just thinking it made me kick the back of Jaspers desk where he was laying his head down.

"What the fuck Bella?" Jasper harshly whispered.

"Sorry, my foot slipped." I left out the part of picturing his desk to be Jessica's big head.

"You scared the hell out of me. I was sleeping you know."

"Yeah, I said I'm sorry, get over it cry baby."

He snickered and reached over to pull my hair. "You're forgiven."

So now that brings me to gym class where I'm huffing and puffing beside Alice running the track. Alice didn't even look like she was trying. Damn her and all her energy.

"Alice can't we just walk for a little? I feel like my lungs are going to explode!" I said while slowing down.

"Sure, I'll let you walk for a bit. She replied. "But we are power walking Bella. The faster we go, the faster we can be done with it."

"Fine, but I'm not going to swing my arms and hips like those old ladies at the mall." I scowled. "Jeez, I don't know how you do this. Its torture and the cold air is hurting my throat."

"I forgot, you're used to running in the desert heat. I don't know how you do that to be honest. I'd probably have to drink a whole gallon of water from sweating so much."

Just then I saw Edward and Jessica running past us with her crunchy fucking ponytail ALMOST swinging side to side. I instinctively started to run again. I wanted to past their asses and not be the ones stuck behind them.

I heard Alice say, "Oh ok, we're running again." She giggled. "Gee Bella, what snapped inside of you to make you take off like Speedy Gonzalez? Could it be the people right in front of us, I wonder?"

"Cut it out Alice, you know it is. I don't want to be stuck behind them."

"Well put a little hop in your step and let's get to it." We started running a little faster to catch up and pass them. I wanted to do something to say "Hey I do exist asshole!" So as we were about to get ahead, I let my elbow hit Edward right in the back.

"Fuck!"

I turned around and started running backwards, "Oh sorry, I didn't see you there!" I turned around and started running forward again laughing along with Alice.

"Nice move Bella."

"Yeah, I thought it was too."

We finally got our three miles over with and went to hang out on the bleachers while everyone else finished. I seen Jessica and Edward were now walking. He was glowering as he walked beside Jessica. I was trying to wonder why? When he looked toward us and caught my eye, his demeanor suddenly changed. He stood taller and grabbed onto Jessica's hand as he walked. She had sunshine coming out of her ass as he held her hand. I kept repeating to myself, "It's all pretend. It's all pretend." It was all pretend right?? I mean they were missing during lunch. Ugh…Not this again. I don't think I can get away with kicking what was in front of me for a second time which happened to be the back of Coach "Am I a man or a woman."

I simply just turned away and started to talk to Alice who had the look of pity in her eyes.

"Don't look at me like that Alice. It's no big deal homie." I used my gangster talk to try and ignore the sting I felt in my heart.

"Word up home girl….Fo sho…fo sho!" We both started laughing and waited for the coach to release us to the locker rooms.

I made dinner that night and went straight to bed afterwards. I wanted to get this day over with and just forget all about it.

I was tossing and turning, kicking the sheets off, and pulling them back up. When I heard my message ringtone indicate I had an incoming text, "Mail Motha Fucka," something I download after watching Euro Trip, I paused, blinked a couple of times, and reached for my phone, knocking it to the floor.

"Shit!" I reached down and grabbed it opening up the inbox to see who it was.

"Hey bring your biology homework to my locker in the morning so I can copy it before class." It was Alice. I sent a quick rude reply to her and threw my phone down on the bed. I threw myself back onto my pillow pulling my arm over my eyes. I heard the muffle sound of the ringtone again and tried finding it with my free arm. Once I got a hold of it, again, I opened the inbox expecting Alice to have a smartass come back from the annoyed message I sent her back. To my surprise, it was a message from Edward.

--Hey.

Oh, now you say "hey" to me.

--What are you talking about?

Whatever! You know what I'm talking about. You ignored me all day today. Not that I care or anything.

--No you don't sound like you care at all. I didn't ignore you. I just…..didn't acknowledge you.

You cut reaaal deep.

--Did I Donkey?

How did you know that was from Shrek!?!?

--Because I have skills……All kinds of skills. *wink*

Umm…Ok. Is that one of your skills?? The winking??

--Yes, but it's not my eye winking. *wink*

Ok stop with the wink. It's freaking me out. So where were you during lunch?

--Why?

Because I didn't see you or Jessica there.

--So. Why do you care? You keeping tabs on me?

I don't care, I'm just curious.

--Well you know what they say about curiosity.

I don't care, I'm just nosey, so are you going to tell me or not.

--Not.

I didn't respond to his last message. I knew how to play games also. It was about 3 minutes by the time his next message came in.

--Bella? Did you fall asleep?

No.

--Then why aren't you responding?

Why do you care?

--Ugh! Fine I was at the library finishing up an assignment. I don't know where the hell Jessica was. Happy?

*insert huge grin* Yes, very.

--So…what are you wearing? **insert perv face**

Hahah….Absolutely nothing. *wink*--- that's an eye wink perv!

--Oh really?

No not really, I'm only in boy shorts.

--Ok….I have to leave with that image in my head. I'll talk to you tomorrow. Good Night.

**takes off boy shorts** Good Night! *wink* ----- was that my eye?

--**dies happy** Ps….That elbow to the back hurt like a mother fucker.

**dies happy**

Why couldn't he stay like this?? He was two different people, the asshole and the dork. I much preferred the dork.

Wednesday I walked into biology with Edward staring and smiling right at me.

"Hey, you still have those boy shorts on, or is it a commando day?"

I put my books down and the desk and sat down. I moved closer to his ear and whispered, "Do you want to find out?"

Edwards whole body stiffened, and he looked at me with his green eyes sparkling, "Fuck yes!"

I laughed. "Good to know." I then turned my attention to opening up my binder and text book.

"Well?" He looked at me expectantly.

"Oh…I just ASKED if you wanted to know. I didn't say I was going to tell you."

Edward put his head on his forearms that were resting on the table and whispered to himself, "Tease…..she's gonna kill me."

I laughed and focused my attention to the front of the class.

By the time I knew it, it was time for lunch. I was getting my food along with Alice and Jasper and walking to our table like I had done every other day, when I heard my name being called out.

"BELLA!!" I looked around trying to find where the booming voice was coming from. That's when I spotted him. Of course he was taller now and much more built. His hair was no longer past his shoulders, but cut short enough to spike up, not like over gelled Mike Newton's.

"JAKE!!" I set my food down and ran to him letting him grab me and pull me into a massive hug. "What are you doing here??"

"I go to school here now. I got kicked out of the rez school, so dad had to enroll me here. I was hoping to see you sometime today." Jacob and I had been friends since we were little. We were more forced together when we were young as our dads dragged us along to every fishing trip they took. Charlie and Jake's dad Billy where best friends. Jakes sisters had tried to hook us up as we got into our teenaged years, but we both knew that would never happen. We were like brother and sister and never seen each other that way. I was happy with him just being my goofy friend that I could tell anything to. I hadn't had the chance to see him since I moved back here.

I felt people staring at us as I looked around. One set of eyes in particular stood out the both, a pair of normally emerald green eyes that seemed to be darker attached to a not so happy campers face, Edward.

I quickly turned away and back to Jake. "You wanna sit with us?"

"Well no shit Bells…..Where else am I going to sit? At the Goth, I hate the world, someone slit my wrist table?"

I laughed and pulled him along to the table where everyone, including Jessica, was sitting. I introduced Jake to each person as he shook their hands as I went along naming them. Edward was last, and it was hard not to notice the force Edward was putting in his handshake. Jake didn't back down though. He held his hand just as tight.

Emmett was the first one to break the tension, "Ok girls stop holding hands unless you guys are going to skip to my loo."

Both of them released each other and sat down. I told everyone at the table how I knew Jake, and I blushed as he told the group horror stories of my clumsiness throughout the years. I could feel Edward glaring at me and Jake. Jessica would try to talk to him, but he was just ignoring her. He would pull his hand away each time she tried to grab it. WAIT! I know that look! BINGO! STOP THE TRAIN! That was the look of jealousy! Oh oh oh, this was it. This was the shining light bulb going off in my head.

"Are you ok? You look like a 12 year old girl that just scored N'Sync tickets." Jake whispered.

"Shut up! That was one time in a period of my music life I choose to forget. I'll tell you later. I promise."

Just then the bell rang. I told Jake to meet me at my locker after class so we could talk. I walked with Jasper to class doing a stupid dance in my head the whole time knowing that my plan was almost coming together. All I had to do now was get Jake to agree to it. I could only hope he would. I would have to pull the best friend card on him, or remind him how I helped him lose his virginity to his girlfriend Leah who was so uptight about it.

It felt like time was moving at turtle speed. This class was never ending. I was shaking my leg out of habit when I was in a rush or nervous until Jasper turned around and told me to cut that shit out. I was making him nervous.

The bell finally rang and I power walked to my locker. Oh yeah, you heard me right. Power walked like an old lady rushing to the buffet line at Luby's for the early bird special ready to tell Jake my plan, but as I got to my locker it wasn't Jake standing there; it was Edward.