I entered the warm office. Barely anything had changed, maybe just he potted plants. "Hi! I'm Bella McKaye..I'm here to pick up my schedule." I smiled brightly at the secretary. I sniffed the air. Musty, old textbooks with a mix of febreeze.
"Oh, hello Dear." She said cheerily. "Welcome to Forks. How do you like it so far?" Mrs. Dweeler asked as she typed quickly on her computer.
"Well…it's very…green." I managed. Did she want to know my true answer? Of course not. I couldn't say "I hate it here because my past is back to haunt me and I miss Massachusetts."
"Yes." She smirked. "I'm sorry about that. Um..before you get to class you need to fill out these papers. We never received them." I frowned. We had sent those papers in. Adrien was supposed to fill them out and put them in the mail. Obviously he hadn't done so. But at least it would waste some time. The lady handed me a stack of papers. "And could you do your brother's too?"
"Uh..sure." She handed over another stack. This was going to take all morning. At least until lunch, that way I could miss everything.
Name:, that was easy enough. Date of Birth. The whole morning went by quickly as I wrote everything down at a slow human speed. As the final bell rang, signaling lunch time, I stood up and stretched, and took the papers to the desk. "I think I filled everything out." I bit down hard on my lip. I felt really shy all of a sudden. As if all my strong and bouncy willpower had left me.
"Oh, okay dear. That was quite fast." My eyes widened, fast? I was pretty much sleeping while I'd been filling out the form.
"Well, I had filled it out before." I responded sweetly, turning towards the door.
"Yes…well.." The secretary shook her head. "I'm sorry about the inconvenience. But you may go to lunch now." She said stiffly. I hadn't meant to offend her. But in a way she had helped me…helped me get away from those awful Cullens. I sighed, exiting the room while all eyes were on me.
I walked swiftly towards the cafeteria doors, until I realized, I wasn't supposed to know where the cafeteria was. I turned around and looked at a kid that looked vaguely familiar from somewhere. I really couldn't put my finger on it.
"Excuse me." I tried playing a dumb brunette. "I really don't know where the cafeteria is. Can you help me?"
"Oh…uh… sure…" I guessed that he was Senior, by the looks of it. The football he was carrying was probably his "man accessory". "I'm Mark." He finally said, gazing into my eyes.
"Bella." I smiled, I had to be careful not to be TOO nice, or else Mark would be dead in less than 10 seconds flat.
"So you're new here?" I felt the urge to roll my eyes but refrained. I needed to build an army…of friends.
"Yeah." I chattered chirply. "I'm from Massachusetts. I moved with my boyfriend, Adrien. Do you know him?" His face fell but he smiled slightly.
"You mean the jock who hangs out with Emmett Cullen and is really full of himself?" I let out a twinkling laugh, and my hair fell around my shoulders.
"Yeah, I guess you could describe him as that."
"Well…I didn't..mean.. I'm sorry." The words came out of his mouth jumbled, as he blushed bright red.
"It's okay." I patted him on the shoulder. "I agree with you. But he's sweet." I glanced at the green doors with peeling paint. It was as if time had frozen when I wasn't here. Nothing had changed. It was as if time had stopped and after I'd left. I gasped and stood immobile.
"Umm..I'll see you around then?" The boy's eyes were wide with concern.
"Yeah." I quickly snapped out of it. "And thanks for your help!" I followed him into the lunch room. The tables obviously had changed. They were now this ugly shade of prison orange.
"BELLA! OVER HERE!" Emmett yelled across the room as everyone quieted down. His voice echoed throughout the cafeteria. I smirked, trying to keep myself from laughing as I quickly scanned the area. Kirsten was sitting at a table with the kids I was just talking to. I smiled in her direction and waved. I quickly grabbed my tray.
"Hey! Mind if I sit with you guys today?" I asked, not waiting for an answer, just sliding into an empty seat.
"No...I don't mind..." She said, smiling, "But your boyfriend, and the Cullens, might." I smiled a tiny smile, laughing to myself.
"Yes, I imagine they would. But who care what they think?" I said, and her face twisted in confusion. I heard a low growl from across the room. I hadn't MEANT to hurt Adrien…just the Cullens.
"Why aren't you sitting with them?" She asked, but I could tell she was thinking, I'm glad she's not like Nicole.
"Oh, I'm just trying to branch out. First day and all." I said, feeling the eyes burning into my back.
"I guess that makes sense." Kirsten muttered, and began to talk about some book that had come out. I nodded, and agreed with everything she said, avoiding looking anywhere but in front of me.
"Bella. Bella." Kristen said, pulling me back down to earth.
"hmm?" I asked, snapping out of my trance.
"I said, if you want to go sit with them, you can."
"No! Kristen. No. I DO NOT want to have ANYTHING to do with EDWARD CULLEN. Or ANY of the Cullens, for that matter."
"Bella...You talk like they...like they hurt you. Very, very badly." Damn, this girl was smart. Why couldn't I have dumb blonde friends? I cast a look in the cheerleader's direction, and was instantly reminded.
They were all twirling their hair and applying make-up, not to mention swooning over Adrian and the Cullen boys. I guess some things never change. I thought to myself.
"Oh, don't be silly!" I laughed, keeping my voice equal and light. "I just don't like them."
"Oh okay." Her face was contorted in an unbelieving frown. I glanced at her face quickly. I'd have to make myself more believable from now on.
"Anyway." I threw myself back into the conversation with more enthusiasm than needed. "Did any of you read Seventeen this month? I saw this really cute outfit with a matching Juicy bag!"
"OH MY GOD! I saw it too! It was really pretty! I loved it in green!" A dirty blonde haired girl gushed from across the table.
"I thought so too." I heard a voice murmur quietly. Everyone froze and I turned in the direction of the voice… Alice Cullen. I said nothing, I had nothing to say. I could see her hopeful eyes, wanting me to accept her, but I didn't want to accept her. "May I sit here?" She questioned kindly, holding her tray.
"Go right ahead." I scooted down to the edge.
"Thanks." Alice smiled tentatively in my direction. Kirsten's eyebrows were raised in a strange arch as if to say What is going on? I stood up suddenly, to the groups surprise.
"I'm gonna go. See you around! Nice meeting you all!" I forced a fake smile onto my face as I slammed my tray into the trash. Her face had fallen and I knew how mean I was being. Did I really have to act this way to my former best friend? Yes, I decided, I had to. I couldn't let just one Cullen in. If I agreed to one that would let the others seep through the cracks and come in. And THAT wasn't happening. I leaned my head against locker 753A, my locker in my first High School years in Forks. Nothing was going on as planned, how long would it be before Adrien decided that he was tired of putting up with me? How long would it be before he decided that he wanted to be the Cullens instead of me? Would I be able to risk our relationship…our marriage because of something from the past? I slid lower to the ground, until I was sitting fully on the tiled flooring.
"ISABELLA!" A voice said gruffly and I looked up into the silhouette that was towering over me.
"What?" I mumbled weakly, my head in my hands.
"You're coming with me. NOW!" I felt myself being pulled upright, roughly by the arm and being dragged towards the car.
"Let GO!" I struggled to get out of the iron grip.
"SHUT UP and get in the car!" He growled. I shook violently, and slipped through the open door. Adrien would tell me now. That he was sick of the way I was acting. Sick of being with me. I knew it. I let out a sob, my heart was wrenching in ways it never had before. I was falling apart, the internal pain overwhelming me. I let out a dry sob, not being able to stop myself.
"Bella, Bella calm down." His voice whispered in my ear. "Please. Calm down Sweetie." Adrien's arm wrapped around my shoulder smoothly. I took deep gulps of air, knowing that I didn't need to, but still it felt better.
"Go ahead and say it." I said bitterly, not even trying to keep the panic out of my voice. "Get it over with before I fall apart."
"What?" Adrien raised his eyebrows. "What are you talking about?" Like he didn't already know.
"Just get it over with Adrien. I understand. You can go with them." I watched as a leaf fluttered in the wind, then getting beat down by the drizzling of water that was falling to the ground.
"YOU ARE UTTERLY INSANE."
"Okay." I muttered, looking down at my shoes. Adrien shook my shoulders violently.
"ARE YOU CRAZILY DEMENTED?" Water was ready to pour out of my eyes and gush into a waterfall. "I can't believe you thought that I was leaving you for them," My head shot up and I looked into the deep topaz eyes filled with anger. "I can't believe you have so little trust in our relationship." His hands dropped, as if they had been electrocuted.
"I didn't mean…" God, this was turning into a mess.
"I don't understand it Bella." Adrien was putting the car in reverse and turning out of the parking lot. "That's fine that you choose to keep them out of your life. That I can understand. But what did I do? Are you going to go so far as to push me out too?" The question hung thickly in the air.
"I wasn't trying to…" I finally said, my voice more even than before.
"You weren't trying to do what Bella?" The car shook with his anger. "Don't tell me that you didn't say.." His voice changed, to do a perfect imitation of mine. "But who care what they think?" "Does it not matter what I think anymore? Or am I just part of the Cullens in your eyes now? Because the only one who did anything wrong was Edward. That doesn't mean you have to hurt everyone else? Emmett and Alice and Esme and Carlisle didn't do anything wrong." The car slowed down as we reached the house.
"What are we doing here?" I questioned automatically, acid boiling in my stomach.
"You are going to go to our room. You are going to relaxe and calm down. You are going to think about what is going on. Do you understand?" He barked. "And when you are ready to talk then you can come down."
My mouth dropped open. "Are you even fucking serious? YOU ARE NOT my father. You are not my mother. You CANNOT control me." Adrien grabbed my wrist, his iron grip, stronger and more forceful than before.
"I AM YOU'RE HUSBAND." He said through gritted teeth. I thrashed away from him.
"Not for long if you keep this up." The words raced out of my mouth before I could stop then. His hand dropped and his eyes filled with something I had never seen before. Panic, sadness…
"I'm sorry…Adrien..hold on."
"Forget it. It's fine whatever." He stepped out of the car in one motion as he ran in the direction of the woods.
4 pages…all written in one night…my parents gave me no time whatsoever…but please review…umm…thank you bitemeedward7…and everyone who reviewed last chapter! You guys are awesome!
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