Bella's pov

I woke up the next morning and seriously considered just skipping school. Dealing with all those snobs, but hell I never ran from anyone. When I got downstairs I noticed that everyone was already gone, I guess I really didn't want to get up. I grabbed a cereal bar and grabbed my helmet.

It took me less than five minutes to get to school. I pulled out my phone from my back pocket and saw that I had two minutes to get to class. I groaned and sprinted to my class. With my amazing luck I made it before the bell rang.

The teacher looked at me as if to say 'you're late'. I held up my finger, motioning to wait, not two seconds later the bell rang. I smiled triumphantly, the teacher just shook his head amused.

My smile dropped when I heard Lauren saying to everyone, " Maybe she shouldn't drink so much when she has school the next day." I heard the girls around her laughing as if it was the funniest thing in the world.

I marched right up to her desk completely forgetting the fact that there was a teacher there, and said, " Maybe you should pull that fake blonde head out of your bubble butt ass."

I was smiling sweetly, but I looked up when I heard my brothers' laughter. They were clutching their sides and at one point, when they couldn't take it anymore, they fell out of their chairs on the floor. Smooth, only my brothers would fall out of their chairs in the middle of class and while laughing. I rolled my eyes at how dumb they were.

" Miss Swan," the teacher said. I turned around and saw that he was trying to look stern, but I could see him trying to stop himself from laughing. I smiled innocently but he shook his head. I sighed, I was I trouble and their was no way out of it. He motioned for me to go up to his desk, I walked with my head down and my hands behind my back.

I heard Kai and Tristan still laughing, I flicked them off behind my back but that made him laugh harder. " Miss Swan," he said, " I cannot allow you to go without punishment. You have detention today after school."

I shrugged, it wasn't that big of a deal. I didn't have anything to do after school anyway. I waited at his desk while he wrote out the detention slip. He handed it to me with a friendly smile. I smiled back brightly silently saying that it was no big deal. When I was walking back to my desk, I saw Lauren's foot step out trying to trip me. I hid my smile and looked straight up, when I walked by I slammed my heal into her toes.

She yelped from the pain. When I looked at her with innocent surprise she glared at me. " Is there a problem Miss Mallory?" the teacher asked.

Lauren looked at him then back at me. I raised my eyebrows seeing what she was going to. She mumbled no to the teacher and continued to glare at me.

" You know," I told her, " you keep your face like that too long you'll end up looking like a pug."

" Miss Swan!" the teacher said exasperated. I laughed, I could tell that would have gotten me another detention. But again my amazing luck kicked in, the bell rang before I could get one. I grabbed my brothers and practically ran out of the classroom.

The rest of my classes I zoned out of. I was thinking about my encounter with Edward. It was like the past didn't exist with us, we were just two best friends again. And that look he gave me…what did it mean? Was I just reading into something that probably wasn't even there to start with? Maybe I was just overreacting. Yeah that was probably it. I was brought of my internal debate when I heard the lunch bell ring.

I told Danni and Danju to tell everyone that I would meet up with them. I had to get my song journal out of my locker. They nodded their heads, excitement shining in their eyes. Last night we decided that we were going to spend our lunch outside trying to come up with some new songs.

I quickly unlocked my locker and started digging around for my notebook. I jumped when out of nowhere someone banged on the locker next to mine. I looked and saw Emmett leaning against it with a huge smile on his face. I smiled back without hesitation. We hadn't really talked since the little incident yesterday. When he saw that I smiled back he scooped me in his arms and twirled me around laughing.

" I really missed you," he said once he put me back down.

" Looks like you and Charlie are the only ones," I rolled my eyes.

" I heard what happened with you and the girls in the locker room yesterday," he told me. He gave me a pointed look. It's like he was trying to say that I had started it. It was not my fault, Lauren and Rosalie are the ones who attacked us.

Speaking of Rosalie, I turned to Emmett with my arms crossed and eyebrows raised. He took a step back afraid. " Now that you mention yesterday," I said while taking a step forward, " when exactly did you plan on telling me that you were going out with Rosalie Hale?"

His eyes were darting around looking for someone to help him. He sighed when he realized no one was coming to save him. He turned his eyes back to me and they were pleading. He sighed giving up. " I didn't tell you because I knew that you would act like this," he said.

" How did you expect me to act? Do you want me to jump for joy at the fact that you're dating possibly the biggest bitch on the planet?" I asked incredulously.

" She's not like she used to be," he defended.

" Really?" I asked. " Last time I checked, attacking someone in a locker room who's outnumbered is a bitch move." He hesitated and I saw his eyes widen for a second. I smiled when I realized that he didn't know. " You heard a different story, didn't you?" I felt myself smirk and my head cocked to the side, I silently dared him to argue. His eyes flickered down, just long enough for me to see that I was right. " Let me guess," I tapped my chin in a thoughtful manner, " Rosalie told you that I attacked her."

He sighed deeply and lowered his head. " Alice tried to tell me," he whispered.

I snorted. His head snapped up and his eyes narrowed. " Well," I said reluctantly, " at least the little fairy knows when she's wrong." I smiled sweetly and shrugged. I turned around and slammed my locker shut. I can't believe they tried to put the blame on me, scratch that it sounds exactly like something they would do.

The bell rang, signaling the beginning of the lunch period. I turned around and looked at Emmett, waiting for him to apologize for assuming that I started the fight. But he didn't, he just stood there staring at me.

I sighed deeply. " So this is how it's going to be? Back to apologizing only when you're friends aren't around?" I raised my eyebrows, waiting to see if he would answer. When I realized he wouldn't I continued. " Well I don't need your apologies. I don't need you sympathetic looks when your circle of bullies talk shit to me. I don't need your friendship, because I'm not a lonely little girl anymore. My family is the only thing I need." I turned to walk away, but I remembered this is similar to what I said to him when I left Forks all those years ago. There's one little detail that I have to change. " One more thing," I turned back to face him, " don't come running to apologize when you feel guilty. The only reason I gave you a second chance was because I was stupid enough to believe that you would actually change."

" Bella," he whispered, I could hear the heartbreak in his voice.

I shook my head, I was tired of being lied to. I realized that when he it came down to it, he would always choose to believe his friends over me. I really thought that over all these years he would see how cruel they were. I guess that's called wishful thinking. " Forget Emmett," I snapped, " you had a choice. You chose to believe Rosalie over me."

" How was I supposed to know?" he defended. " I know how much you hate her, and Jessica, Lauren, and Meagan said she was telling the truth! And I know you aren't afraid to get in trouble, so…."

I looked at him in disbelief. " You would choose to believe three girls, who made it there mission in life to make me miserable, over not only me but your own sister too."

He was silent for a few minutes thinking over what I had just said. I know what it's like to feel the burn of your family betraying you, and even though I despised the little twerp, I couldn't help but feel sorry for Alice. Of course, growing up she was always closer to Edward than Emmett, but she still loved Emmett so much that I knew it would really hurt her.

I was snapped out of my reverie when I heard the distinct sound of Rosalie's demanding voice yelling for Emmett. I looked over his shoulder and saw the whole gang staring at us. And I couldn't miss the silent glare that Alice was sending Rosalie behind her back. I also didn't miss the fact that she wasn't standing next to Jasper. From what Emmett used to tell me, the couple was practically inseparable. I saw that Jasper was constantly stealing glances at her, I could tell from the look in his eyes that he was regretful. What he was regretful about remained a mystery, although I had a sneaking suspicion that he had chosen to believe his sister instead of his girlfriend.

Even though I could tell she was in pain, I couldn't help but feel a twinge of satisfaction at the fact that Alice had felt a glimpse of the pain I had felt. When her eyes turned to me I knew that she was thinking the same thing. The rims of her eyes began to glisten as tears started forming. No matter how hard I wanted to, I couldn't find it in me to give her the comfort that I knew she was looking for.

Instead I turned back to Emmett. " I really hope that she means a lot to you," I whispered, I looked him straight in the eye, " because you may have lost more than just me when her lies over the truth."

He opened his mouth to say something, but closed it when Rosalie called his name again, this time her voice was impatient and annoyed. I shook my head and sighed before I turned around and headed to the parking lot without a glance back.

" What took you so long?" Nali asked. I threw my backpack on the ground and hopped in Brent's Hummer. ( you know the back of the hummer where your trunk space is, it has that little door that opens and there's the trunk space? Yeah that's where she's sitting. I just didn't know what to call it. :D)

" Trouble with Emmett," I mumbled. I buried my face in my hands and just listened to my family playing and singing their new songs. I wasn't in the mood anymore. There is no way that I can make any music in the state of emotions that I'm feeling.

I was startled when I felt the car sink with the added weight of another person sitting down. I looked up and was more than surprised when I saw Sergio sitting there. He smiled down at me in one of those brother comforting ways. I smiled back suddenly feeling a lot calmer.

" Why aren't you out there playing?" he asked. He nodded his head to my laughing family. I smiled at their freeness.

" My heart's not in it right now," I told him. He looked at me and nodded his head, I can tell from his eyes that he really understood.

" How do you like being with us?" I asked him.

" It's different," he admitted.

I smiled and nodded my head. " We can be a much at times," I agreed.

" That's true, but not quite what I meant," I waited for him to explain. " I've never seen a group of people, who have been through so much, still smile without difficulty," he said slowly. " And there are different qualities about all of you that are so special."

" Like what?" I asked curious.

" Like Alyssa, how no matter how terrible you feel or how sad you are, all she has to do is smile and it's as if your problem never existed. And no matter how cruel you are to Tristan, no matter what mean things you say to him, whenever you really need him, he'll be there.

" And how Brent and Kai always make you feel like a little kid. Like there can be a seriously awkward moment but they start cracking jokes and you can't help but join in.

" And no matter how feisty Mila can be, when she draws she looks at the world with a completely different pair of eyes. She sees that beauty in the things that most people barely even glance at. But when she shows you, you're shocked that you never saw it before.

" And Kira, her stories are the most amazing things I have ever heard. They can be completely made up, but when she describes them you can't help but believe her.

" And Danni! I have never, in my life, met someone as smart as she is. She's a sponge that absorbs an unlimited amount of knowledge. It's truly amazing how much she knows.

" And Danju's friendliness is so rare. Most people wouldn't reach out to someone they don't know. And what's even more extraordinary is that despite what happened when he was younger.

" And Nali, she amazes me in more than one way. Her compassion is so pure. The way she makes you feel so safe, she makes you feel like you can spill all your secrets and not have to worry about how she'll react. I love how it feels when she looks in your eyes, and it's like she's reading right into your soul."

I was shocked into silence. I can see how he could describe Nali, after all he's known her for six months. But how can he know so much about us? He's only known us for two days, and he nailed everyone's personality perfectly. He seemed so shocked about our personalities that it was clear that the people in his life never treated him the way we do. I don't they ever truly cared about him, or excepted like a brother in a family.

Despite the fact that we've only known each other for two days, I'm so happy that he's part of our family. Not only does he make Nali happy, but he is just one of the missing puzzle pieces to our family puzzle. He fit in perfectly, you would guess that he's always been one of us.

His voice interrupted my inner thoughts. " But you," he said, looking at me, " you surprise me more than all of them."

" I'm very selfish compared to them," I said. It was true, I had felt no real loss. I had both my parents, I had a happy home. The only bad things that has ever happened to me was the pathetic fact that my friends suddenly deserted me. I shook my head in disgust.

" Not selfish," he disagreed, " you have a certain protectiveness over your family. A fierce loyalty, I can see it in your eyes. Coming back her, you were faced with your old friends, friends who everyone has said, you were very close with. That could not have been easy. I half expected you to run to them and beg them to accept you again. In fact, I think everyone feared that is exactly what you would do. But you didn't, your hate for them just seemed to grow. It's amazing how much you care about them."

I could see some truth in what he was saying. I loved my family more than anything, and I wouldn't never let anything happen to them. And I know I would never pick my old friends over them. But now that I think about it, I still worry about how they think of me. I still care about their opinions. It still hurts when I hear their nasty comments. But why? I know I shouldn't but I still get hurt by what they say.

I guess I zoned out for a while. When I looked back up Sergio was with Danju, they were playing around on their guitars. He was smiling, like he didn't just analyze are personalities as well as my feelings for my old friends. I knew for a fact that he didn't just randomly come up to me and start sharing his over analytical observations. Someone was behind this, one of my sneaky sisters. But what were they up to? And which one is responsible?

I was brought from my suspicious thoughts when I noticed that my family was putting their instruments up. I looked to Kira to see what was going on. She gently set her newly bought guitar in the back of the hummer. She was the only one who didn't know how to play an instrument, she could sing but not play, so Nali said she would teach her.

" Why you guys putting up?" I asked confused.

She looked at me with a puzzled expression. " Bell rang, time to get to class."

I looked back to the entrance of the cafeteria, and sure enough there were kids exiting the lunchroom. I shook my head, being here has really made me start to become oblivious.

I sighed when I realized I had to go to Biology with Edward this period. I waved goodbye to everyone as we went in our different directions. I could tell from the few students that I was most likely going to be late. I couldn't find it in me to care. I was two feet away from the door when the tardy bell rang, I sighed this was going to get me another detention. I walked into the class and everyone fell silent. The teacher glared at me in annoyance and I glared right back.

He finally looked away, he handed me a detention sleep for Friday. Well, there goes plans for staring the weekend early. I took it without argument, I suddenly felt very tired.

" Trying to get drunk in the bathroom Bella?" Lauren's nasally voice asked.

I turned to face her, choosing to ignore the snickers of the other students. " I don't drink during the week Lauren," I told her in an innocent voice.

She sneered at my reply. " You pick up that pathetic quality from your mother?" she asked.

I didn't have time to think about what I was going to do, I didn't even realize I did it. All I know was that one minute she was smirking evilly and the next she was on the ground. I jumped on top of her and started punching and pulling at her hair. I heard a crack and I'm guessing that I broke her nose, I grinned in extreme joy.

But I growled angrily when someone pulled me off of her. A strong arm wrapped around my waist while the other grabbed both my arms and held them behind my back.

I looked down and saw Lauren holding her nose and hair. I could see blood dripping from behind her hand, I had definitely broken it. " You're just as crazy as your bitch mother," she spat at me.

I went from angry to pissed in two seconds flat. I started thrashing wildly against whoever was holding me. But they were stronger, so I started kicking my legs hoping to get at least one good kick in. " You're going to regret ever saying anything about my mother you stupid cow," I snarled.

Before I could get free, I was being dragged out of the classroom into the hallway and towards the parking lot. I was struggling to get free, but whoever was holding me was holding me was really strong.

I was completely oblivious to any details around me, until I was slammed into the door of the car. I didn't have time to protest, I still didn't know who had dragged me out here in the first place. Because the next thing I know, whoever dragged me out here, planted their lips on mine.

I didn't protest, I didn't think. And all the anger I felt suddenly just disappeared. All I cared about was the soft lips that were moving ever so gently against mine. They pulled away all to soon, and I kept my eyes closed for a few minutes. But when I opened them, I my eyes met with the emerald green eyes of none other than Edward Cullen.

Well there it is. What ya think? Come on you know you want to tell me. Guess what everyone today is my birthday!!!!!!!!!! Yay!!!!! How about you give me some reviews as my present? :D

Lots of love,

Nisa