Disclaimer: I do not own twilight, Stephanie Meyer does :)

Some of you asked why Bella got expelled, lol this is the ridiculous reason: Despite the fact that she's been creating much bigger ruckus, the reason she got kicked off was she rudely interrupted Victoria Cross during her English speech about mythical creatures and astral planes, and Bella endlessly started asking stupid question. the next day, she was sent packing. the moral of the story? Victoria Cross is a bitch. Yup she got sent packing all because she didn't believe in leprechauns. whoop dee doo --

Annual Forks High School Winter Dance
Part 13

Day 60 (In the bathroom)
Who made up high school dances anyway? I mean it's just a stupid tradition, a very stupid tradition started by bored high school kids who wants to embarrass poor souls like myself…

But then again, if its so stupid, why am I staring at myself in front of the mirror, my gut feeling like its been torn away, looking like a big fluffy cloud…Oh god, I feel so bloated! Suck in, sniff, breathe…That's what Alice has been telling me to do for the past 30 minutes, and sadly for me, it's just not working. I am stressing out. We are waiting for the limo. Well Alice is downstairs right now, waiting for the limo, while I'm in the bathroom, writing on this diary like a grade A dweeb.

That's right, today is the day of the so called Winter Dance everybody's been looking forward to. Everybody, but me. Knowing my luck, I just know that something very bad is going to happen. Whether it be a balloon arch falling on my head (don't be too surprised, it can happen to anyone), or for some obscene reason, my dress rips apart, and I end up walking around with half of my dress off without me noticing, something is bound to happen. That's just me, bad things always happened, usually with me caught right in the middle.

Well, well, it's just a stupid tradition right? Breathe Bella, breathe…Oh god, I think I just heard tires hitting the gravel, that must be Jake and Trent…our dates. Help me!!

Day 61
I will NEVER EVER go to another High School dance as long as I live. Last night was nothing but my very own nightmares brought to life. I mean, I knew something bad was going to happen, why didn't I listen to my instinct?

Jake came at around 7:00 PM. Alice had let them in, since I was doing a very good impersonation of someone about to throw up in the bathroom. I looked in the mirror, and took one gigantic breath. I hadn't gone downstairs earlier, I was too nervous, and I didn't feel that hot either. So I stayed inside the bathroom. Despite the fact that Alice kept calling out to me.

I hadn't known this earlier but apparently Edward was coming with us. So it was a surprise seeing him when I walked slowly down the steps. Jacob and Trent were already there waiting. As I walked down I looked at Edward. His eyes were fixed on me, like he was completely dazzled, which was absolutely ridiculous seeing as he dazzled me too.

I blushed deeply and gave him a small smile. He looked absolutely gorgeous, wearing a black suit, with a white shirt under. His outfit looked simple, but he was still beautiful. I looked at Jake and grinned. His big frame was pretty much taking up a lot of space. He wasn't looking at me, he was looking it Edward. Actually it was more like he was seething. They may have been arguing before I walked in. I cleared my throat, indicating that I was in the room. Jacob looked up and froze, his mouth hanging open. I twitched nervously, "It's that bad huh?" I asked nervously. Jacob started shaking his head, "No…Bella, you look beautiful" he said in a wobbly voice I never knew he was capable of. I grinned as he walked up to me and extended an arm. I took it, and we all piled out. I looked back and peeked at Edward only to have our eyes clash. I looked down nervously and walked through the door.

I gasped when I saw the stretch limo waiting outside. I mean, a stretch limo? Why didn't I reel Alice in when I could? Oh that's right, she asked me and I blindly said yes…

Jacob took my hand and led me inside the limo, giving the small of my back a little push. I looked back briefly, catching Jake's snide glance towards Edward. I tried to focus on something else as I sat down right next to the window. The whole vehicle was completely tinted, so you really couldn't see outside. As Edward jumped in, the door was shut. The limo suddenly became very dark. I heard fingers snapping, suddenly disco lights went on. I looked around absolutely confused. I looked at Edward, the pig was smirking.

Trent laughed out loud as he snaked an arm around Alice. "This is so ultra cool babe!" he said, his face inching closer toward Alice's face, Alice gave a nervous laugh. "Yeah I know…" she said, her voice low. I was still trying to figure out if she wanted me to save her or not when Luke's face closed in on hers, Alice gave me a pleading look then started fidgeting. I looked at Edward then at Alice. He nodded, "Hey Alice, is it alright if we stopped by at Rosalie's? Emmett and Rose are waiting for us" he said normally.

At the mention of Emmett, Trent let go of Alice's hand and cringed slightly. I tried my best not to smirk. It's old news, a lot of people were scared of Emmett. I don't know why though, Emmett is so nice…Well he can be a jerk sometimes, but he's like a brother to me now. But I could understand why anybody would be scared. Emmett's big…Actually, he's very big, a bit like a grizzly bear, but much nicer.

I felt warm arms wrap themselves around me. I looked up to find Jacob staring at me. "I'm so glad you asked me to be your date" he said softly, running a finger up and down my arm. I felt the goose bumps go up on the spot where Jake touched me. For some reason it made me feel very uncomfortable, as if he was taking over my personal space. I tried to create space between us as my uneasiness grew. I looked towards Edward who was staring at us with a closed up expression. He had a very blank expression on, an expression that scared me.

I tried to push Jake away gently so it didn't seem like I was pushing him away, but the limo suddenly stopped, sending me flying across the limo…straight on to Edward's arms. I looked up, utterly embarrassed. Strike one of the night.

Edward looked down at me with a crooked smile. I shivered. I heard a cough and I instantly sprung away from Edward. "We're at Rosalie's house" came Jacob's dry tone. I coughed loudly, trying to clear my throat, then gently pushed off Edward. I sat back next to Jake and smiled embarrassingly at him.

The limo door opened once again. Rosalie jumped in and instantly sat down next to Alice, while Emmett took one look at my uncomfortable state and headed towards me. He grinned at Jacob, then wedged us apart and sat right in the middle. "Sorry buddy, but I haven't seen Bella in ages!" he said, giving me an enormous bear hug.

I heard Alice giggling from across the limo. Jake let out an angry huff, "You go to the same school as her!" he said in an annoyed tone. Emmett shrugged then looked around the limo. "Hey, looks like everybody's here…Except for Jasper. Where is he?" he asked, looking innocently around the limo. Then his eyes zeroed in on Trent, "Sorry Al, I could have sworn that was Jasper, oh well. I thought you were going with him, what happened?" Emmett sure knew how to ruin somebody's night, since through out the whole way, all Alice could do was glower at him, and grumble to herself.

By that time, Trent had learnt not to get involved. He had given up trying to touch Alice too, since Emmett kept giving him death stares. When we finally got to the venue, everybody's happy mood was ruined, except for Emmett, he was enjoying riling everybody up. Through out the trip to the venue, Edward was completely spaced out, Trent looked like he was going to piss himself, Jake was grumbling, while I sat nervously, listening to Emmett's talk of what he thought was 'worst case scenarios in high school dances' which all included with me starting the whole terrible incident. For example, one was of me tripping over and wrecking the food banquet, then one chair falls, the whole decorations rips to pieces.

As he continued his torture I kept repeating the same two words over and over again, "Shut up!" then after two seconds, "Shut up!" Edward gave Emmett a dirty look, so he quiet for about 5 seconds, then he was at it again. All the while Jake was still grumbling unattractively.

I closed my eyes and tried to get away from all the mess, but I could feel somebody staring at me. I opened my eyes and my eyes clashed with Edward's green gaze. I came close to sighing, you know, the way those damsel in distress seemed to swoon after they saw their heroes, which freaked me out. I, Isabella Swan, am not the swooning time, yet it's what I wanted to do. I wanted to drown in those green pools and just swoon. I shook my head slightly and looked out the window, but only saw black. I forgot that the whole thing was tinted, even the interior. I looked up at the flashing disco light, I started to feel dizzy. When's this night ever going to end? I had thought to myself. I felt the limo slow down, then finally stopped. I looked at Alice, her face suddenly lit up, the look of excitement came back.

Alice bounced off the limo and ran around to open the door on my side. She practically yanked my arms of its sockets as she enthusiastically tugged on my arm. "Urgh how can you bounce off so easily?" I grumbled, as I tried to tug my arm back to avoid any injuries. I heard Jacob from behind me. "Hey Alice, what the hell, get your own date!" Jake barked. I spun around, slightly surprised. I took one look at Jacob's face. He looked like he just swallowed a tonne of bees, his face crumpling up in to a growl as he grabbed my left arm. I felt another hand on my right arm, I looked sideways to find Edward's equally angry face.

Jake let out a low growl, "Why don't you let go of my date leech?" he hissed menacingly before tugging on my left arm. Edward gripped my arm even tighter, tight enough that his grip wouldn't hurt me or slip. He glared coldly, "I think its her decision whether she wants me to let go, dog" he growled coldly, his velvet voice sounding sinister.

I felt like I was in the middle of a testosterone filled battle of fire and ice as Jake and Edward both started pulling at me like a rag doll. "I think its her decision whether she wants me to let go" Now that I think about what Edward had said, it just seems like it means so much more than it seemed.

Geesh, I really should wipe that out of my mind.

Jake and Edward were still tugging on me. I tried to break free, but they both had an iron grip on my wrists so I gave up. "Let go of me!" I yelled, instantly switching to my screaming mode. Jake and Edward both looked at me, but didn't let go. I heard footsteps coming through the entrance. I turned to look and found half of the number of the school population standing right there. I blushed even more and started my straggle to break free once again. It was turning in to a complete and utter nightmare with me smacked right in the middle of it.

"Oi!" Somebody called out from the crowd. I looked towards the voice and found Sam and Sean standing there, looking furious. Oh great…It's the village people, I thought sarcastically. "If you want a toy, go buy yourself a blow up doll retard!" Sam said coldly towards Jacob. I can't believe they actually did that, and right in the middle of the school yard where I knew people were casting judgmental glances my way. I got fed up.

I yanked my hand off and glared at both Edward and Jake. "You're both idiots, God stay away from me!" I yelled venomously. I pushed the two of them out of the way as I ascended up the stairs, pushing people out of my way. I heard call up to me, but I ignored it. I couldn't believe that all of that just happened. I was beyond embarrassed. I just wanted to go inside and lock myself up in one of the toilet cubicles.

I made a beeline towards the toilet and glared at the two freshmen's who both jumped when they saw me. They both hurriedly left as soon as they saw the mad look in my eyes. I put a hand on my head as I looked at my reflection. I pinched my cheeks, hoping to God that it was all a dream. A princess stared back at me, but I had no idea who she was. She sparkled under the light, her brown hair curled to perfection, the only downside was, tears were falling, cascading down her eyes slowly but surely. I blinked and wiped the tears away. I had no idea why I was crying but I couldn't help myself. I went inside one of the cubicles and took some tissues. The embarrassment was a little too much, and I really don't think I can look at Jacob the same again.

While Edward had handled things rather coolly, Jacob on the other hand looked like he was about to explode any second.

I tried to get rid of the mascara, there was no way I was ever getting out of the toilet, so I thought.

I heard the door open, five seconds later Alice was standing in front of me with a sympathetic look in her eyes. I saw that Angela was also behind her. "Sweetie…are you alright?" she whispered softly. I looked up delicately and shook my head. "Here have some water Bella" Angela offered me a bottle of water which I took. For a good fifteen minutes all I could do was rant, cry, then rant some more about how stupid boys can be.

All the while Angela and Alice just nodded sympathetically. Then five minutes later we heard a soft knock on the door, Alice didn't bother looking back. "Get lost! This toilet is out of order!" she barked, I giggled slightly despite my messed up condition. The door creaked open and Sam and Sean walked in. "Which part of 'out of order' don't you understand?" she said harshly, obviously ticked off. When she turned around and found Sean and Sam, she instantly got up and glared at them. "What? Did you get a sex change or something?" she said, cocking an eye brow.

"Hey bro, there's a pixie in front of us" came Sam's comment, "What do you reckon do we have to do to shut her up?" he said lowly. I could tell by the way he used his tone that he was trying to scare Alice, but you know, not so much. If Jacob was Iron Man, then Alice was Iron girl, or maybe Steel Girl. She stared coldly at the twins, "What do you want from her? I mean lets forget the fact that that call about the blow up doll wasn't lam-e at all, what do you want?" she asked coldly. Both Sam and Sean stared at her then at me, "Bella, who the hell is this?" Sean asked, I rolled my eyes, "This is Alice, and that over there is Angela, their my best friends. What is it to you anyways?" I added stonily.

Sean's expression softened as he approached me. "I-" he started, but Sam cut him off with a cough "by I, he means we" he said, "Yes, well we came to check up on you. What was that all about?" Sean asked worriedly. I let out a heavy sigh. "Don't worry about it you two, it's got nothing to do with you. Just a mess a created" I sniffed then shrugged. There was silence for a while. A silence that was filled with Sean and Sam darting each other worried looks that was all too familiar to me.

I knew something was wrong. Forty five minutes in to the winter dance and I knew something was very wrong. I slowly got up and stood in front of them, completely forgetting about Alice and Angela. "Something's wrong isn't it? I can feel it" I said in a low slightly panicked voice.

The twins looked at me, consternation filling up their expressions. "What?" I asked, looking from one to the other, "What is it?" I said again. Sean and Sam gave each other worried looks then they both stared at me.

"They've found us…" Sean started, but I cut him off. As soon as he said that I bolted out of the bathroom. The door swung open and I ran right in to Edward, his face filled with worry. "Bella! I-" but I ignored him, I continued walking through the narrow passage and went inside the badly decorated hall.

I looked up in the stage, the DJ was standing right next to a very pretty red head, she brushed her lips against his ears and handed him a piece of paper. The DJ looked down and looked up, his mouth etching in to an amused smile. "Alright y'all, I've got a message here for an Isabella Swan!" As soon as my name was said, everybody stopped moving and looked towards the DJ.

The DJ cleared his throat and started reading out what was on the paper. '"We know you're here, don't even try running away, or were going to crush and destroy you!" wow what a charming message, the message was courtesy of Victoria Cross and James Malone!" he laughed in a laid back voice booming voice similar to Emmett's, so laid back that I could pretty much see my whole life rip at the seams.

I looked back at Sean and Sam, their beautiful faces masked with worry. I turned around and found Edward staring at me. He came to me and lifted my chin, I was trembling. James had found me, he's in Forks! I stared at Edward, my voice caught. "Shh Bella…I'm not going to let anything happen to you, do you understand?" and just with those words, he took my hand and dragged me to where Emmett was standing with Rosalie and Jasper. I looked around and found that Alice was just right behind us, with a confused look on her face.

"Emmett, call a cab, Alice, call Charlie, tell him Bella is staying over for the night" and just like that Emmett walked off, clutching his phone, while Alice walked the same direction. I saw Jasper run after her.

"You two, you're coming with us" Edward said, giving a side way glance towards the twins. The twins didn't bother objecting. We all started heading outside, as we stepped outside we bumped in to Jacob. He started walking towards me, his face and his expression back to normal. He looked guilt ridden and damn it, he should be. "Oh look! it's the egoistic dog" said both the twins in unison. Jake glowered at them both. "What? You got sidekicks now Cullen?" he said slyly. Edward ignored him and looked away. "What do you want Jake?" I asked coldly. He looked at me then, the pig even had the decency to look ashamed.

"I'm so sorry Bells, I didn't mean for things to turn out like this" he said dejectedly. I looked at him then and almost moaned, he just looked so apologetic that I actually went up to him and gave him a big hug. But the weird thing was, I didn't even feel any frisson, sure I felt warmth, but it was the brotherly type. I looked up and grinned goofily at Jake, that's when I heard someone's mock clapping. I looked down the stairs and saw the face that I've been dreading to see.

James stood there wearing a black suit, his hair had grown long enough that he could actually tie it up in a ponytail. Right next to him was Victoria, looking beautiful as ever. She was staring at me with a very unattractive smirk. I shivered, I felt a hand intertwining themselves with mine, when I looked up, Edward was right next to me, staring at the newcomers icily.

I felt a crowd gathering up behind me. I could hear whispers as we all descended down the stairs. Edward wrapped an arm around me, while Jake looked uncomfortable on the right hand side.

"Oh, lookie here, looks like you've found yourself a little posse, how quaint" Victoria said sassily, her eyes focused solely on me. Then her gaze lingered towards Alice and she smirked. "You even have Santa's little helper with you" she said brightly, her whole exterior looking a little too feline for my liking. She was literally purring.

I heard James let out a low snort, which Victoria took as encouragement. "Huh, I bet that hair colour isn't even natural" she said loudly, standing in front of Alice, completely towering over her.

I looked on, completely horrified. Alice looked down, and for a few seconds, I couldn't see her face at all, but when she looked up, I saw a completely different Alice. Her eyes were filled with malice, her lips forming in to a cruel smile. "You really shouldn't have said that" then suddenly she jumped, and just like that she was on top of Victoria. Pulling Victoria's hair, and slapping her. She was going too fast that Victoria didn't have any time to defend herself. I stood there completely aghast with my mouth hanging open. It took a couple of moments for people to pull them apart. I saw Jasper put an arm around Alice, while James grabbed Victoria by the arm not so gently. Alice tried to spring back, but Jasper had a solid grip on her waist.

He bent down and whispered something in her ears which made her blush, she looked up at Jasper, then instantly fell quiet. She was breathing pretty heavily as she stared at Victoria with a mad expression.

James suddenly looked up to find that he was surrounded by people who weren't too happy to be in the same room, or even the same building as him. He smiled charmingly and slowly backed off. Victoria it seemed also caught on, she looked around then she glared at me, as if it was my fault that all these people wanted to yank her head off.

I shook my head as I tightened my grip on Edward's arms. "Why don't you just leave, go back to your stupid astral plane" Edward hissed at Victoria. Victoria looked at him with a bewildered expression, as if she couldn't believe a hot guy just scolded her. I shook my head once again, maybe I shouldn't have told Edward the reason why I got expelled.

James turned to go, but before he disappeared in his black Mercedes Benz he slowly turned and looked me dead on the face. He smiled devilishly and I shivered, "I am so 'gunna destroy you…" he said in a smooth voice before hopping inside the car and driving off at a fast speed. Two seconds later I let out a dry sob. "I'm fucked aren't I? I mean this only ever happens to me!" I wailed, but not loud enough that the people up the stairs could hear me.

Two cabs stopped in front of the school. "Come on, lets get you home" Edward said softly. Before I jumped in I turned towards Sean and Sam. "Can you guys please go with Emmett and Rose? Explain everything to them" I said in an exhausted voice. I got inside the cab and sat right next to Edward. I looked out the window and gave Jake a faint smile. He nodded then turned away.

Jasper opened the door once again, guiding Alice inside the cab. I turned to look, somebody had grabbed his arm. She was blonde and pissed. I heard a commotion, the girl was yelling, I couldn't make out what they were saying, but I saw Jasper turn away and jump on the passenger seat at the front of the cab. I looked from Jasper to Alice, trying to figure out what the hell was happening.

I stared at the seat in front of me, hoping to god that I would wake up from this nightmare, but God wasn't listening to me. I felt Edward wrap his arms around me, and I leaned my head against his chest.

I cried silently all the home, keeping my face pressed against Edward's chest, not wanting to ever surface. Wrapped around him, I felt like he was protecting me from the world, like I was something precious or something.

I'm nothing special, I know that for sure. Last night, I was the perfect image of a train wreck. My curls had come undone, my mascara was running down my face due to all the tears spillage, and worst of all I was panic-stricken. The peace that I've worked hard to build up had suddenly been disturbed. I can see nothing good coming out of this.

When we got to the Cullen's house, Edward held my hand and led me towards one of the guest rooms. He let me have my break, but after thirty minutes, I heard him sneak back inside my room. I got up and rubbed my eyes, waiting for my sight to adjust to the darkness. He was standing over my bed, so I signaled for him to sit right next to me, and he did. "Thank you so much for being there tonight" I said in a tinny voice. I curled up to him. It doesn't matter that he's not my boyfriend, knowing that he's always there for me warmed my heart.

He wrapped an arm around me. "Shhh, hell would freeze over before I let that idiot James get his paws all over you" he said gently. I closed my eyes and snuggled up to Edward. "Go to sleep love, I'll stay with you if you want me to" he whispered softly. I nodded briefly before nodding off to dreamland.

Last night was the worst night in the history of all bad related nights. Nothing could ever top that. Another problem added into the dog pile of shit that I have to put up with. I still have the Romeo and Juliet play to do, which by the way is like a tonne of brick being chucked on top of my head, then on top of that, I now have a psychotic jock wanting a piece of my ass…and not in a good way either.

a/n

Hey guys!! I am so sorry for the late update! Argh argh argh, I have my midterms right now, and I had to rush to finish up two folios, and I'm still not done with one of them!! :( It is sooo bad, but I really hope you guys like this and review on this. It makes me stress less when I open up my email and find that I have a tonne of review from awesome people (ie; my readers!). So please review!! My goal for this story is to actually reach 200. But I don't know if I'm capable of that :(