Summary: Edward has been unmanageable for years and his home situation has gotten out of hand. Eventually, social services finds him a new home with his aunt and uncle. But is a change of scenery really what's needed for a change of heart?

Saints and Angels

Chapter 5

I stared out the window. For once it had been a rare clear day in Forks and the cloud cover had yet to return. The sky was dotted by more stars than I'd ever seen before. They were mirrored in the river below. Two weeks had passed since I came here and I had finally broken my aunt. Thinking back to our fight brought a smile to my face.

After I had my fall out against her two weeks before, I had spend the rest of the day on my room. The rest of my stuff had arrived from Chicago. I had unpacked the most important things, leaving the rest in the boxes for when I would leave here. It couldn't be too long before they had enough of me. When I sat down for dinner Bearmett had glared at me, apparently he didn't like it when someone snapped at his mommy.

Energizer bunny had called that day to say she and her friend were checking into a hotel in Seattle, since they had lost track of time and it had become much too late to drive back safely. To escape the unreadable looks Carlisle was still giving me, I spend the next day in the woods. Though I hated the way I was being watched during dinner, I did get back to the house on time for it. Having skipped lunch I was rather hungry, but just like every night, I was stuffed before the little food on my plate had been consumed.

Back in my room a shopping bag was waiting for me filled with notebooks and other stuff I might need for school. Also, my closet and dresser were overflowing with clothes, most I never would dare to be caught dead in. Luckily, energizer bunny had also bought some simple jeans, hoodies and sweatshirts. Not that I would wear them, I refused to take anything from these people.

The next day was Monday, officially, it would have been my first day at Forks High School, if I had gone. For two weeks I had been able to stay away from that hell hole. The clothes I had been wearing had become dirty and smelly, but I didn't care. My clothes weren't being picked up from the floor anymore. Nor were they being washed and whenever I fell asleep on top of the covers, I would wake up in the exact same way. After my fall out at Esme, the blanket hadn't returned.

These past two weeks I had mostly been left alone. Until earlier tonight that is. Apparently, Chief Swan had called just before dinner. Dean was acting up. At first I hadn't understood why the Chief would be calling Esme when his brat was misbehaving. However, all Dean's replies had started with either "Edward does" or "Edward doesn't".

Strangely enough, this was what finally broke Esme. She told me I should set a better example for Dean. I replied I hadn't asked to become the brat's role model and so I couldn't be blamed for his actions. That's when she really flipped and our fight started. When she send me to my room, before I had been able to take more than a few bites of my dinner, might I add, so much for caring about my weight, I had actually been prepared to refuse. The only reason I had listened, were the furious looks Bearmett and energizer bunny were shooting me, along with yet another of Carlisle's unreadable looks. I just couldn't take it anymore and hid.

Now, hours later, I let myself fall back onto the bed and slowly drift off to sleep with a smile on my face. Finally I made some progress and I was sure to be leaving here soon.

*~*~*~*

My eyes snapped open when I felt two strong arms lock around me, effectively pinning my arms to my sides and preventing me from being able to move them. The bathroom door was open and I could hear the shower running.

What the heck?

I started struggling and kicking as best as I could, but Bearmett's grip on me didn't lessen. Before I knew it he had stepped into the shower, with me still locked in his arms. The water was freezing cold, drenching my hair and clothes instantly. I struggled even harder.

'You awake now?' Bearmett's voice chuckled in my ear.

He let me go and turned to turn off the shower. I immediately ducked out of the shower and stood dripping wet in the middle of the bathroom. Bearmett turned to me and grinned, pointing to a small pile of clothes that was placed on the counter. The last of the white towels was laying next to them.

'You'd might want to change out of those wet clothes,' he teased. 'That, or we're taking you to school in those. It's your choice.'

'I'm not going to school,' I told him angrily. I did however strip off my drenched clothes and started to towel off. Bearmett's eyes grew wide at my obvious lack off care that he was in the room with me. I was half dressed before I realised the clothes I was getting into weren't mine. Well, they were, but they were among the clothes energizer bunny had bought. Damn them all.

Bearmett seemed to recover from his momentary shock and his expression became hard. 'Yes, you are. 'You might not give a shit, but we are all going to make damn sure you're graduating High School at the very least. What you do with your education then is your own business, but we won't stand for you being a drop out,' he told me matter-of-factly.

The moment I finished dressing, his hand locked around my wrist and he was pulling me out of my room and down the stairs. Energizer bunny was waiting at the door to his bedroom. 'Don't let him go back,' Bearmett told her, before he ducked into his room to change out of his own wet clothes. Or rather, his wet pyjama pants since he hadn't been wearing a shirt.

I eyed the small pixie in front of me with a slightly bemused look. There was no way she was stronger than me and so nothing was stopping me from getting back to bed. 'I'm not going to drag you down the stairs,' she informed me, seemingly reading my mind. 'But since you're up anyway, why not at least come down for breakfast?'

I wanted to ignore her and just go back upstairs, but at the mention of breakfast, my stomach decided to betray me and rumbled in agreement to the idea of food. Traitor. We both knew I was defeated then. Energizer bunny grinned at me and wrapped her arm around mine. I wanted to recoil from her touch, but she was already dragging me down the next flight of stairs. I could easily pull away from her. The strength in her grip wasn't something I had expected of a girl her size, but I was still much stronger.

Yet something about her touch and the way she held herself made her grip on me seem stronger than Bearmett's. It wasn't physical strength she relied on, I realised, somehow, this annoying little pixie had a mental grip on me that was much, much stronger. I doubted there was anyone in the world who could resist her. Bearmett would probably be putty in her hands. There was no doubt in my mind she could ask him to dress up in a pink tutu, put on make=up and attempt to dance Swan Lake in the middle of the school parking lot. That is, if this small town school even had a parking lot. I highly doubted that.

Luckily, energizer bunny let go of me the moment we stepped into the kitchen. She immediately sat down at the breakfast bar next to Carlisle who was reading the paper and sipping a mug of coffee. How they found anyone crazy enough to deliver a paper up here was beyond me.

A plate with a small stack of pancakes had been waiting for her. A larger plate and stack were waiting for Bearmett. And there was a third plate waiting. I glanced around quickly. Esme was just sitting down with her own plate and a empty plate stood slightly to the side of Carlisle. That third plate must be intended for me...

I walked over to the cabinets and fixed myself a bowl of cereal.

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'Let. Me. Go!' I growled. Hitting would be no use, Bearmett wasn't likely to feel it or it wouldn't bother him in the very least.

'Nope, I told you we were taking you to school and if this is the way you want to play it, fine, but you are going.'

I had been flung over Bearmett's shoulder when I refused to move and was now being carried to his Jeep. Energizer bunny was behind us, carrying all our three bags. In the garage I was dumped in the backseat of Bearmett's Jeep, along with the bags. The moment Bearmett got behind the wheel, I grabbed the door handle... the door didn't open. The jackass must have locked it. I noticed him grinning at me in the rear view mirror and shot him a glare.

Crossing my arms over my chest, I sat back in the seat, refusing to put on my seatbelt. I couldn't believe they were doing this to me. And on Esme's orders no less! She just didn't seem like the type to be the aggressor in this sort of thing. That whole situation with the Swan brat must have really ticked her off badly.

Before long Bearmett pulled into the parking lot at Forks High School. During the car ride energizer bunny had bravely tied to hold up some kind over conversation, just to keep the awkward silence at bay. I hadn't paid attention to it, but after hearing the same name casually come up about a zillion times, it was burned in my brain. From what infiltrated my brain, I gathered the bloke was one of Bearmett's friends. I wondered if Bearmett was aware his little sister had the hots for his friend.

Probably not, seeing as they were still friends and nothing suggested him recently sporting a black eye. The attraction hadn't sounded to be one-sided.

Bearmett opened my door and dragged me out of the car. He kept a firm hold on my upper arm while Alice held out the black Eastpak bag to me. The look in her eyes told me I'd better take it or else. I was tempted to find out what 'or else' enticed, but I could feel the burn of the other students in the parking lot staring and I wanted to get away from those stares as fast as possible.

The two of them accompanied me to the front office to pick up my schedule. All the while Bearmett never loosened his grip. He accepted my schedule and rejected the map of the ground on my behalf, saying he and the energizer bunny would show me where my classes were. In other words, they'd make sure I'd be attending them and didn't get an opportunity to slip away and skip school again.

Energizer bunny said goodbye to us outside the office. She was on her way to first period Gym. To my misfortune, someone had gotten in touch with my old school in Chicago to fix my schedule and I was on my way to Spanish... which Bearmett just happened to be sharing. I never minded taking an advanced Spanish class, the advantages of having a native Spanish speaking friend, until now.

Things got worse in the classroom. Bearmett stayed by my side as he had a note signed by Mrs. Goff to prove my attendance. Then the only seat that was left open was one right at the front... and right in front of Bearmett's. Why they would put someone his size so close to the front was a mystery to me. All I knew that I was in for a day in hell.

Not for the first time I wished I was dead.

A/N: Hope you all liked it. I'm afraid Edward will go around hurting people for a bit more until things start to get better.

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