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Bella's PoV
"Bella, Bella! Did you hear what I said?" I heard my name being called, making me snap out of my daydream. Jessica was jostling me with harsh whispers. I looked around for a few seconds, remembering that I was in Trig. It was hard to concentrate when I would be seeing Edward next. I swear, pathetic.
"Wha--oh sorry Jess, spaced out. What were you saying?" The bell rang for lunch and I started to gather up my books while making sure I listened to Jess this time.
Jess picked up her books, slinging her book bag over her shoulders as she rolled her eyes to my response. "I asked, did you say yes to Eric?"
I groaned. It was just like Jess to hear about my unfortunate encounter to yesterday's events. It was mid October and that meant the girl's choice dance was coming up. Eric ambushed me, breaking the rules, and asking if I would like to go with him to the dance. I should've said yes, any normal girl would, but I was far from normal. My dancing skills were as good as my lying skills, so in other words, completely horrible. I couldn't lie, so what was I suppose to tell him?
"No, I'm not going to the dance." It was the same excuse I used on Eric, making him walk away all sulky and he didn't walk me to my next class with Mike like usual. Maybe that was why Mike asked Jessica instead of me. That was all well with me, one less sulky boy I'd have to endure.
Jessica made a face that seemed like she wanted to just shrug it off but that went against her nature. "Why wouldn't you go to the dance? Eric is very cute and a total sweetie."
I wasn't about to tell Jess about my coordination problems. "I'm going to be out on that day. Going to Seattle, only free day I can go."
It took her a minute to debate whether she believed me or not, but in the end she seemed to accept my story. By that time we were already in the lunchroom and I was scanning my eyes across the tables, looking for Edward. A sudden blow to the chest crushed me as I saw the Cullen table empty. Not even one of them was there. My mood sank and I wanted nothing more then to go home.
"Would you like to go dress shopping with Angela and I tonight? It could be a fun little bonding trip." I was desperate to keep busy, to keep my thoughts away from my plummeting mood, so I agreed. I bought only a soda and sat gloomily at the lunch table across from Jess while she paraded on about what they were going to be doing, I was only half listening.
For the rest of the day I was upset and that was an understatement. Mike even kept his distance. In Gym, my worst subject anyway, I didn't bother to participate. Instead, I stood in the corner of the court holding my badminton racket behind my back, letting my all-to-willing partner do all the work. The minutes dragged on until I was mentally counting the seconds that led up to a minute. My distraction was pitiful, a desperate attempt to pull my mind off of the fact that Edward wasn't in school. Not seeing his perfect, beautiful face pained me, way more then it should.
After what seemed like far too long we were told to get changed and leave. The roar of my old truck, a gift from Charlie, was enough to block out my thoughts, but only for the short ride home. I had to wait until three thirty for Jessica to come to my house and pick me up. It was unbearable.
