Bella's point of view (same day)

After lunch all of us went our separate ways, which lucky me, was biology with none other than Edward and Lauren. And with my even greater luck, I get to sit right next to both of them. I was practically jumping with joy, not.

When I entered the classroom I was met with silence, and I exhaled sharply. Apparently, I'm someone to be feared, as I was walking to my seat I heard everyone whispering about me. They said how much of a bitch I am, how much they hated me, and how they wished I would just go away. Blah, blah, blah. I smirked when I came face to face with Lauren, she was of course in my seat trying to get Edward's attention. When she saw me approaching her face twisted in anger.

" What do you want?" she snarled.

I lifted an eyebrow in amusement. From what I heard, Edward and Lauren used to be a thing. And thanks to Emmett's unnecessary pictures I gathered that they weren't shy when it came to public displays of affection. But now, I found it hilarious that he doesn't even want to look at her. She glared at me waiting for an answer, I smiled slowly.

" Your fat ass is in my chair," I said flatly. Her mouth opened in shock, but she smirked when she glanced over my shoulder. I didn't have to look around to know that it was Mr. Banner. That was going to get me yet another detention, but hell I thought it was worth it. Mr. Banner cleared his throat trying to get my attention. I reluctantly turned around, my face a mask of boredom.

" Miss Swan I will not tolerate your behavior in this class, detention tomorrow," he said. He turned to walk away.

" Sorry," I said, but you could tell by my tone that I was far from sorry, " but I'm gonna have to take a rain check."

Mr. Banner turned back around with a scowl on his face. His smile was almost mocking, and my jaw clenched with anger. I don't take shit from anyone, including teachers.

" And why is that Miss Swan?" he asked.

" Well you see," I said plopping myself down in my chair, " you've already given me one detention for Friday, and I have another one that I skipped yesterday. So I'm sorry to say that I'm completely booked."

I heard Edward gasp quietly, I ignored him for the moment. He was probably shocked that I had so many detentions. A few years ago I would've been crying my eyes out from a teacher just yelling at me. I glanced at him from the corner of my eye, he was sitting there with a small smile.

" I don't care how you do it Miss Swan," he said clearly annoyed, " just be here tomorrow or the principal will hear about this." He gave me a pointed look, and I saluted back with my serious face. He glared again before actually starting the class.

I had just began to relax when a paper with Edward's perfect handwriting floated my way.

( BellaEdward)

You've become quite the troublemaker.

I looked at it and smiled proudly. I grabbed the paper and drew a quick sketch. It was Mickey Mouse, his favorite cartoon, flicking him off. I slid it back to him, and watched his reaction from the corner of my eye. A wide grin spread across his face when he saw it.

That wasn't nice Bella.

Who ever said I was nice, Eddie.

When he read over it he turned his head to glare, he hated when people called him that. I smiled sweetly and he rolled his eyes with a smile.

You gonna tell me why you came back to Forks?

Because I missed you all so much.

Please cut the sarcasm.

Sorry it's the only language I speak.

We need to talk, for real without your family trying to attack me. There's a lot I want to say, and a lot that you need to hear.

Would you by any chance be talking about why the fucking hell you turned into a bastard for no fucking reason?

Who influenced that dirty mouth?

This isn't a game Edward.

Ok. I'm sorry. But yes, I want to talk about that.

When?

After school.

Can't. Detention.

I know, me too.

I looked at him the moment the bell rang. We didn't move as everyone gathered their stuff. I wasn't sure I wanted to do this, what if it was a trick? But the honesty in his eyes convinced me, I nodded once. He smiled before he threw his bag over his shoulder and left the room gracefully.

I always hated the fact that he was so damn perfect, I swear sometimes I wasn't sure if his feet even touched the ground. I was roused from my thoughts when the bell rang. I looked around, surprised that I had made it to the class without even knowing it. Damn, I'm good.

" What's up with you?" Sergio asked. His accent slipping through.

I shook my head, " Just another detention."

Sergio chuckled and threw me a smile. " Damn girl," he said, " you on a roll."

Nali joined in on our laughter. " Seriously Bella," she said smiling, " you going for a record or something?"

I shook my head smiling. " Nope," I said popping the 'p', " I'm just trying to have some fun."

We all laughed again, but stopped when the teacher walked over to us. She stood in front of us with her arms crossed. We just continued to sit there looking at her. She finally lost her patience and asked what was so important. We gave her blank stares, she didn't like that to well.

" Miss Swan," she said looking at Nali, " can you tell me the importance of the subject we are talking about?"

We glanced behind her and saw " Esther of Persia". Nali looked back at her calmly. " What do you want to know?"

" Who is she?" the teacher asked smugly.

" She was a Jewish queen, for the Persian Empire. She was the second wife of Xerxes, son of Darius. She's important because during her reign she saved the Jews from annihilation from an Agagite, enemies to the Jews."

The teacher stood frozen, she had not expected Nali to know the answer. You would think that's insulting, but so many teachers have done it to us before that now we just ignore it. The teacher mumbled something under her breath then looked back at Nali. " You know of her?" she asked timidly.

" Yes," Nali replied, " I picked her as my saint when I was confirmed."

" Confirmed?" the teacher questioned.

" I'm catholic."

Her tone of voice stopped any further discussion on the matter. Nali was a very private person, she didn't like talking about her life. The teacher went back to her lesson and left us alone. We smirked at each other and continued talking.

When the bell finally rung, we were the first out of the class. We were really bored, so we were excited to have a workout during gym. We met up with the rest of our family outside the doors. We talked for a few minutes, then went our separate ways to change. When we came back out, we saw the coach holding a football and jerseys. My heart started beating fast with excitement. I heard all of the girls groan behind me, what pussies.

" Alright," he yelled, " today is going to be a free day if you don't want to play football then walk around the track."

All of the girls ran off, except me and Nali, real shocker I know. The boys were sneering at us and make rude comments about us being girls.

" Sure you don't want be a cheerleader Bella? I bet you'd look hot in the outfit," I turned and glared at Mike who was grinning widely.

" Oh," I laughed, " you're just asking to get your ass handed to you."

" Prove it Swan, lets see what you got," Edward challenged.

He was walking through the crowd of boys holding the football. He smiled, while his eyes roamed up and down my body. I usually would have blushed, but I just smiled at him.

" Take a good look Cullen," I told him, " cause it's all you're ever gonna get."

All the boys started laughing. Edward smiled at me, and said. " Don't forget who gave you your first kiss, Bella."

My smile disappeared and my eyes hardened. " I was six," I snarled, " and you were crying your eyes out because you got a boo boo."

It was his turn for his smile to disappear, he glared at me when his friends started laughing. The coach yelled at us to start playing, I blew a kiss at Edward and turned around to face my team.

Ten minutes into the game, we were winning by two touchdowns. Mike snapped the ball to Tyler, and then he threw the ball to me. I caught it with ease and turned around to run. I was twenty yards away from another touchdown when the whole team tackled me to the ground.

I heard the unmistakable snap of bones breaking, and I gasped when I felt a sharp pain in my side. When all the boys got off of me they were laughing. I curled on my side and tried to quietly catch my breath. I grabbed my side and groaned in pain. When I tried to sit up, I fell to my knees again gasping. The boys had stopped laughing, and some of them grunted as Nali shoved them aside.

She kneeled down beside me and asked what hurt. I couldn't speak, I just clutched my side. Thankfully, she got the message.

" Lie down," she whispered. I did what she told me, the pain was slightly less. She slowly lifted up my shirt, and gently probed my side. I heard everyone around me gasp. I looked at Nali, she was frowning in concern and I saw well controlled anger in her eyes.

" What the fuck did you morons do?" I looked up to see Emmett shout.

" We were playing football," Mike said.

" It's touch football," Emmett growled, " and you fucking bulldozed her down."

" How bad?" I asked Nali.

She looked at me and smiled dryly. " You've broken your ribs," she said, " again."

" Again?" I heard someone ask. I looked up and saw Edward with a worried expression.

" I got jumped when I was fourteen," I told him. He looked shocked, and then angry, why? Good question. " Oh that's right," I said bitterly, " you weren't there."

His eyes widened at both my tone and words. But when he thought about it, he looked away looking guilty. I don't care if it was harsh, because it was true. When we were little, he promised to protect me. But like everything else, that changed. Suddenly I became overwhelmed. Just being here around these people, around Edward was too much. My eyes began to fill with tears, I looked down quickly so no one would see.

Nali noticed something was wrong. She helped me up and together we walked to the nurse's office. My bangs covered my eyes, but when I glanced up, I saw Edward looking at me with a pained expression, like he felt my pain.

Nali and I didn't quite make it to the nurse, but we stopped at the picnic benches, where I let out all my tears. She didn't say anything. She didn't ask what's wrong, she didn't make any comments. She just held me, and rocked me gently. That's all the comfort I would ever need.

So sorry it took so long. Thanks for all the great reviews, keep them coming J. And I wanted to say a late thanks to whoever wished me happy birthday a long time ago. This chapter and the next are for you.

Lot's of love,

Nisa