Chapter 6 of 'A lot can happen in a week'

Disclaimer; I don't own Twilight.

Thanks to 'SPOONS Secret Agent Alice'

Sorry about the wait, I had exams but they are finally over. I know I mentioned putting this up on Thursday but that was only if I got 5+ reviews, and I only got 3, which I'll admit is a little annoying considering it had 90 hits and there's 13 alerts on this story. And I know I always say this but if this carries on I think I'll just stop writing this story, or at least leave it a good few weeks before bothering to write any more, since I'm pretty lazy and don't have this story planned out whatsoever, I'm just making it up per chapter. Or if I do write it up early then I'll send it to the ones who review before actually posting it on here, if they want it anyway. I'm not sure yet.

I spent ages picking out the perfect handwriting for Alice and Bella, but it turns out it doesn't work on here, so Bella is in bold and Alice is in italic.

Anyway, here's chapter 6.

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We'd been walking around for about 30 minutes; it was a little boring since we couldn't actually talk to each other, so we just walked around campus aimlessly playing charades. It was quite fun for a while, but then we gave up and I tried asking her about Jasper. It probably looked comical, me trying to ask her what they talked about, using my hands to mimic talking and pointing to her a lot, while she tried to explain. At the moment she was gesturing something I couldn't understand, it looked like she was pretending to hold a gun and shoot people, which was quite worrying if this is something to do with a guy that she really likes. She stopped and started pointing to something behind me, so I looked away from her and to a group of people running our way, be their uniform I could see that they we're doing a sports course. I looked back at Alice questionably as to why she pointed to them but saw she'd stopped a few paces behind me. She was pointing again, but this time she was jumping on the spot and it looked like she was shouting something, surely she knows I can't hear a thing she's saying.

And then it hit me.

Literally, I felt a ball hit me in the back of the head, knocking me onto my knees. I clutched my head with my hands, wincing at the pain. I felt something rough drag me to my feet, practically holding me up, I was barely standing on the tip of my toes. I looked up to see who was holding me and was met by a burly looking man; he had dark curly hair and a big smile on his face. He was talking to me but I couldn't quite make out what he was saying. I nervously looked around me to see I was surrounded by lots of people from the sports course, with Alice nowhere in sight. I looked back to the man who was holding me; he was still talking to me.

"I CAN'T HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING!" I said, but then realised by the shocked look on his face that I probably just shouted that in his face.

"SOR-ry," I said again, quieting down half way through.

He didn't seem too affected this time, he was still smiling and started pointing at me and then making the okay sign. I took this as him asking whether I was okay and just nodded my head enthusiastically, but regretting it straight away when my head started to tingle. Either way it got them to leave, the burly one constantly looking over his shoulder. I felt a vice grip on my elbow and saw Alice was at my side. I took my earplugs out, ignoring Alice's gasp as I did so.

"Shit Alice, why didn't you warn me?" I said a little annoyed.

"I did! I pointed and shouted! But once I realized that shouting wouldn't help, well it was a little too late then." she said, clearly feeling guilty.

"It's fine Alice, can we go sit down somewhere though?" I asked, feeling a little dizzy.

I put my earplugs back in and we made our way to the library. Once we found a secluded spot near the back, Alice pulled out a piece of paper and a pen from her designer looking bag. She wrote on it and then passed it to me.

'How you feeling now?

They surrounded you so fast.

I didn't get a chance to get in and explain.

Do you want me to get you a drink or something to eat?'

I smiled at her concern and then wrote a reply, not wanting to risk talking in case I started shouting in the library.

'I'm fine Alice, honestly.

I was just a little startled.

Could you maybe get me a bottle of water, I feel a little light headed.

Is it okay if we spend the remainder of my half in here reading?'

I passed the note over to her, cringing slightly at how messy my handwriting looked compared to hers. After reading it she gave me a quick nod before heading out of the library and towards the college shop. I decided to pull out my copy of Hamlet, I've read it before but we're studying it this year in English so I thought I'd re-read it. A tap on the shoulder alerted me that Alice was back, she passed me a bottle of water and gave me an apologetic smile, I then went back to reading Hamlet.

As I was reading the scene where Hamlet shuns Ophelia and tells her he never loved her, a piece of paper made its way onto my page.

'Times up, it's my turn.

If any footballs or other things come flying at my head we'll have a signal which consists of you yanking on my elbow until I'm out of the way, got it?'

I put my book away, took out my earplugs and wiped them on a tissue then handed them to her.

"Well, have fun with those bad boys." I laughed, getting up and following a now on the move Alice. Again, through charades I worked out Alice wanted to go into town by pulling on her clothes, showing me money and then rein acting hurting her ankle again. I've got to admit, it was comical to watch.

Once we reached the high street Alice took the lead and headed off into the nearest Woolworths, with me following closely behind; keeping an eye out for anything air bound. When she entered she took off to the other side of the shop, and when I caught up with her I had to laugh at what I saw she was holding. It was an etch-A-sketch; I didn't even know they sold these anymore. I

picked one up for myself and we made our way to the checkout, laughing at Alice's genius idea as we did so.

I noticed the boy at the checkout was about our age and was eying up Alice shamefully, she didn't notice though, or at least ignored it if she did. He had light brown hair that was a little messy and all over the place, I chuckled when I saw him try to run his hands through it and pat it down in order to look his best for Alice.

"Hello ladies, a nice day isn't it?" He said in a low voice which I think was supposed to sound alluring.

"Yeah it's great." I replied for Alice, since she had no idea what was being said. Although I think he took it the wrong way when he noticed she was staring at his mouth, trying to see what he was saying.

"So, you like what you see little lady?" He said to Alice.

"Sure she is, she's just having an um... slight hearing problem today." I again said for Alice.

"Well she can still talk for herself then, I'm not exactly going to be interested in you, am I?" he said with venom in his voice, before turning back to Alice and smiling sweetly at her.

I stood there motionless, in complete shock. I know I'm not the best sandwich in the picnic but that was a little below the belt. Alice's smile faded when she turned away from him and looked at me.

"WHAT? WHAT'S WRONG?" She shouted.

I looked at her, trying to keep in the traitor tears that were threatening to overflow and mimed 'nothing' to her. She scowled at me for a second before turning back to the idiot behind the counter and giving him a glare that could make your blood run cold. She slammed her money onto the counter and gave him a look that dared him to try and pull something else, even though she wasn't exactly aware of what had been said. He sheepishly put them in a bag and handed them to her, not once looking her in the eye. She grabbed onto my elbow and marched out of the shop, with me stumbling behind her. She sat down on the nearest bench, pulling me down with her before ripping open the etch-A-sketch box and pulling it out. She angrily scribbled on it, and then threw it into my lap.

'What the hell just happened in there? And don't tell me, nothing!'

I sighed. Usually I'd just lie, but over the past 24 hours or so I've already learnt that she's not the sort of person you lie to. I gave it a shake to clear it and then wrote my reply.

'He was just a little unnecessary, he mentioned that he wouldn't be interested in me when I kept answering for you. It's nothing really.'

She glared at it before writing on it again, and then passing it to me, more gently this time.

'Why wouldn't he be interested in you? Well, screw him, want to get some revenge?'

A smirk played on my lips at this; I wonder what the devilish little pixie has in mind. And with that, she got out her phone and took out one of her ear plugs and started talking to someone. She was speaking so low that I couldn't make out what she was saying. I looked around and noticed a Waterstones a little down the road. I tapped Alice on the shoulder and pointed at it. She gave me a thumbs up to show she understood and I made my way over to it. When I walked in I smiled at what I saw. It had been refurbished so it did not look modern, but what surprised me was how much I liked it. I'm such a sucker for old fashioned book shops.

I picked up a few books, reading the backs to see if anything interested me until I was interrupted by some loud laughter coming from children's sector around the corner. I inwardly cursed knowing I had to cross the children's section in order to get to the historic novels.

Bracing myself I strode across, not looking in the direction of the laughter when I bumped into someone. I looked up and had to hold back a laugh, it was the brawny sports man from earlier. Looking up at him I saw recognition dawn in his eyes.

"HEY, HOW'S THE HEAD? SORRY ABOUT BEFORE I DIDN'T SEE YOU. IF I'D HAVE KNOWN I..."

"I'm not deaf." I said, cutting him off so he'd stop shouting at me and waving his arms around to annunciate his words.

"..NEVER WOULD HAVE, sorry what?" He said, sounding confused.

"I'm not deaf, so no need to shout and no rapid arm movements required." I said.

"Then what about before? Oh God did I do that do you? I mean with the ball, when it hit you, was it some form of temporary brain shut down?" He said sounding panicked.

Temporary brain shut down? "No it was a Health and Social Care project. We had to wear ear plugs to see how we'd find it. I found it surprisingly painful." I said, laughing at the last part so he wouldn't feel too guilty.

"Well if you're by yourself, you're welcome to join me and my friends." He gestured to a bunch of boys who were laying on the purple sofas and beanbags, a few throwing the beanbags at one another.

"No that's fine, my friend Alice is outside..." I trailed off, hoping he wouldn't leave me with these wild animals at any point.

"Then let's go find your friend, C'MON BOYS!" he said while putting his arm around my shoulder and guiding me out of the door, his friends following closely behind us.

We walked back onto the high street and I noticed Alice was gone. I looked over to brawny guy to see he still had his arm around me, looking around for Alice even though he doesn't know who she is.

"Erm, she's not there." I said feeling a little confused.

"You can stay with us then, unless you know where she might be. I'm Emmett by the way." He said smiling at me, I couldn't help but smile back.

"Well there's a chance she's gone back into Woolworths, and my names Bella." I said.

"Well then Woolworths it is." He said while leading me and his friends towards it.

When we entered I looked over to Blondie behind the counter to see he looked a cross between terrified and awed. There appeared to be a blonde girl leaning over the counter with her hand gripped around his shirt pulling him toward her, it looked like they were having some form of argument. His eyes managed to leave her for a moment to look over her shoulder and lock eyes with me. If he was looking for any help to get out of his predicament it's just been made a whole lot worse, especially when he noticed Emmett with his arm around me and his big friends all surrounding us.

We walked around the aisles for a bit, I continually tried to hear what was being said to Blondie, when I noticed black spiky hair sticking out from behind the sweets. We walked over to her and I noticed her head was peeking out from behind the aisle watching what was happening at the checkouts.

"Is that your doing?" I said, laughing when I saw her jump in fright "and where are your earplugs?"

"Oh Bella, this is too good to miss, that," she pointed toward the girl at the counter "is my sister Rosalie, I told her about what happened and we came up with a little plan, we put the college library book scheme into action." she said proudly, I laughed along with her, only Alice would think of that.

"The college library book scheme?" asked a confused Emmett.

"Yeah the books from college have a special tag on them which set off the alarms of some shops when you walk out." I said.

"Rose already had one in her bag, so when no balls behind the counter thought she'd stole something he jumped to the chance of possibly frisking her, but Rose is now giving him a piece of her mind." Alice said.

I looked over to see Rosalie walking over to us; she definitely had the Cullen genes. She's beautiful, with perfect cheekbones, straight blonde hair with not even a strand out of place and of

course, a figure to die for. I felt Emmett move his tree trunk of an arm from around me and push me to the side a little before taking a few strides towards her.

"I'm Emmett." He boldly said while offering his large hand out towards her.

"Rosalie." she said, just as boldly while shaking his hand.

They seemed to be having an intense stare off, so Alice nudged my arm and gestured for us to leave.

"Bye Rose thanks for the help." Alice said.

"You too Emmett, and don't worry about before." I said.

We got a slight nod of the head from them both but they didn't want to seem to give an inch to one another, talk about an equal match.

Alice put her earplugs back in and we made our way to college, talking and drawing pictures on our etch-a-sketches as we did so. Once we got to college, I saw Tyler and Mike playing cards, we went and sat with them, all the while talking on our etch-a-sketches until it 12.

We'd just finished lunch and were making our way up the stairs to Sue's classroom. Lunch went surprisingly well, Alice got along great with everyone, and even Lauren happily talked to her. We were entering the classroom, discussing what happened with Emmett and Rosalie when we stopped dead in our tracks. Sue may have gone a little too far this time.

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Please review, there will be a lot of Edward in the next one. His part is the only bit I actually have planned for the next chapter at the moment.