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J.M.J.

Then I Realized it

Bella's point of view

Chapter 3

Weeks passed by, each day getting a few more marks on my arm. Eventually they were in the shape of a kind of star. Each day they got deeper and deeper and bled more and more. Life was basically dead. My friends didn't talk to me, my family didn't talk to me; I was completely alone. Until one day, something different happened.

I was on Facebook flipping through old pictures when I got a chat notification on the bottom of the screen. From Rosalie's ex-boyfriend or whatever you would call it. They weren't official, they just went out twice and he kissed her and that was that. She really liked him though and said he wasn't trust worthy and he's a horrible guy. I never really knew him at all. I was very curious as I opened the chat from Edward Cullen.

"Hey, I'm really bored. Would you want to play tennis with me?"

"Um, I'm really bad at tennis… I'll ask my mom though. You'd have to pick me up because I can't drive."

"That's fine."

"Ok, I'll go ask. Be right back." I minimized the window and went to find Renee. She was on the back porch in the hammock reading a book.

"Hey, can I go play tennis with Edward Cullen?" I asked in a somewhat happy tone.

"I guess," She said tiredly, "but take Rosalie with you." Now Rosalie didn't hate the guy too much anymore and she wasn't as mad at me anymore either. I went upstairs to our room and found her watching "The Ugly Truth" on her laptop.

"Hey, do you wanna go play tennis with Edward? He said he'll drive and everything," I explained. She sighed and paused her movie.

"What?"

"Do you want to go play tennis with Edward?" I repeated.

"Sure, I'm dying to get out of this house." She complained. "When is he coming?"

"I don't know, I'll go ask him." I went downstairs and back to the computer.

"My mom said yea, but I have to bring Rosalie with me, is that ok?"

"Yea, that's fine. I'll be there in 10 minutes."

"Mk, bye"

"Bye." I signed off of Facebook and went upstairs to put my tennis shoes on.

"He'll be here in ten minutes," I said to Rosalie, who was already re-applying her make up. I went to the bathroom to fix my hair in a ponytail and then went outside to the shed to find the tennis racquets. After a few minutes of searching, I was successful. I came out of the shed to see his shiny silver Volvo in the driveway.

"Edward is here," I told Renee as I walked up the back porch. "Rosalie! Edward is here!" I yelled as I walked through the house and out the front door.

"Hey Edward," I said as I got in the backseat of his car. I shut the door and was overcome with the amazing smell of Edward. It smelled so wonderful and relaxing.

"Hello Bella," his voice was like velvet. He flashed me a crooked smile. Then Rosalie got in the front seat of the car and we were off. I would be happy to say that Rosalie did not flirt with him the entire time, but then I would be lying. Edward flirted back but only jokingly, and it was clear that it was a joke. I was trying to concentrate on the radio because all the flirting was getting annoying. A song called "Sierra Leone" by Mount Eden Dubstep, was playing. The bass was turned up so high that it would wiggle me in the backseat. I don't really know why, but I found it funny and couldn't help but smile. Edward saw in his rearview mirror and winked at me. I just rolled my eyes, but I couldn't help but get butterflies. Then Rosalie pulled the attention back to her and there were moments when I swear I gagged at how sickly sweet she was.

Finally, we arrived at our destination. We got out of the car and went up to the empty tennis courts.

"You and Bella can be on a team," Edward said smugly.

"Oh, whatever! I don't need her! I can take you all by myself." I rolled my eyes. Rosalie liked to act tough. Really, she was just a pain in the ass.

"You can start out with the ball too." He threw the ball towards me and I missed it. I chased after the bouncing tennis ball, blushing, while Rosalie laughed and made fun of me. I got the ball and stood at the end of the court. I dropped the ball and let it hit the ground once and then I hit it hard. Unfortunately, it hit outside the court on Edward's side, giving him a point.

"Ugh! You're pathetic," Rosalie was upset. Edward threw the ball back to me to re-serve it but this time I caught it and gave it to Rosalie. Rosalie hit it and it almost went out of the court but Edward hit it before it did. It came towards Rosalie and she hit it and it went too low and hit the net in the middle. Edward sighed a little bit at this.

"Oh, shut up! It was one mistake," she made excuses and grabbed the ball and gave it to him. He just nodded, not agreeing with her at all. He served the ball and it was coming right towards me and I was ready to hit it but I swung too early and missed it. This gave him another point.

"Oh my gosh! How did you miss that? You're so horrible!" Rosalie complained. I just sighed and threw her the ball.

This is pretty much how the entire game went. We sucked and it was apparently all my fault and Edward just stood there, waiting for a challenge or at least something entertaining. After about thirty minutes, we gave up and sat on a bench. Rosalie began flirting with Edward again. She stole his keys and was going through the key-chains when she stopped at the controller for his car. She set the alarm off, so he grabbed the keys from her to quickly shut it off and then he handed his keys to me.

"Keep these safe," he said like it was the most important thing in the world. I flipped through his key-chains and stopped at the "golds gym" one. "That's me on the logo," he bragged. Really, he was just pretending to be full of himself which was his type of jokingly flirting.

"Riiiight," I rolled my eyes.

"Ok, well we have to get home," Rosalie announced.

"Me too," Edward said getting up and starting to walk towards the car. We got in the car and the ride home was quiet, except for the music in the background.

"Bye Edward, see you again soon," Rosalie flirted.

"Bye," he hugged her before she got out of the car.

"Bye," I mumbled and got out, shutting the door halfway through his "goodbye". I went in the house and jumped in the shower. It was really hot outside and though I didn't move around very much, I was hot and sweaty. I washed my hair with my favorite strawberry shampoo and used my favorite strawberry smoothie body soap. Taking showers was easier now that it had been a while since I tried to drowned myself. Though, whenever I closed my eyes I could see me cutting myself. It scared me, so I washed my face quickly and didn't shut my eyes for anything else.

I got out of the shower and dried off, I hid my arm in my towel as I walked to my room to get dressed. Rosalie was there, listening to music and talking to Emmett on the phone. I quickly got dressed and went downstairs to the computer. I got on facebook and right as I signed in, I got a chat notification from Edward.

"Hey, thanks for playing tennis, I was really bored."

"Sorry, I'm not that good at tennis. It was fun though."

"Yea, it was I guess. Maybe next time we'll play baseball or wiffleball." I grew hopeful at these words and that wasn't good. If you are hopeful there is always the chance of getting hurt. If you don't expect anything, you won't be disappointed.

"I've never played either of those and I doubt I'll be good at those either."

"Well maybe I can teach you."

"Ok." I got butterflies in my stomach and I was a little hopeful. I told myself not to expect anything and it took a few minutes to convince myself that it wasn't going to happen.

"Want to play a game?"

"What game?"

"The question game?"

"Sure, you first." I was a little worried what he might ask.

"What's your favorite color?"

"Grey."

"That is not a color. Pick something else." He complained.

"It is too. My second favorite color is Midnight blue though. What is your favorite food?"

"Chicken Penni with alfredo sauce." That was my favorite dish to make. "What is your favorite tv show?"

"I don't watch tv. Do you play an instrument?"

"Piano."

"I think I'm in love!" I said and then regretted it. It was weird especially because I didn't love anybody.

"Why? Lol" I imagined what his laugh would sound like.

"I love the piano. I Could never play it though, I tried."

"Ok. What is your favorite type of music?"

"I don't really know, I like a lot of music." I wasn't about to tell him that I like emo music. Not really "screamo" music, just the depressing, slow music. It matched my usual emotion. The night went on like this til about 2:00am. I went to my bedroom and put my pajamas on in the dark because Rosalie was already in bed. I brushed my teeth quickly. Then climbed into bed and thought about everything. Today wasn't as bad as usual. It was actually really nice to talk to Edward. I was actually kind of happy. I went to bed that night without crying one tear. It was the first night I had gone to sleep without crying since I tried to kill myself. And I was actually somewhat happy, I think. I still woke up a few times throughout the night though.

How is it? I know there wasn't anything too fabulous about this chapter. I just had to bring Edward in because it was getting depressing.