A Different Kind of Romance
Chapter 7: And you thought High School was hell
Bella glared at the pixie Like girl in front of her.
"I swear to gosh, Alice, that if you don't already pick an outfit, I will pick one for myself!" Bella cried, throwing her hands up and dropping them to her sides.
Alice sighed. "Bella, Bella, Bella... you sill naive little girl. You have to impress all of them! That's why I'm choosing which Designer's clothes you're going to wear." she said.
"Alice... hurry up! You need to leave in 20 minutes! And Bella hasn't brushed her hair or teeth or eaten!" Rosalie yelled through the door.
"Oh you're hair! I almost forgot about that! Here, you can choose out of these outfits!" Alice warned her, getting the bathroom ready. Bella randomly chose one, not caring what she looked like and followed Alice to the bathroom.
"Okay, Alice. Make it snappy." Bella said, sitting down in a chair that Alice had gotten for her.
Alice smirked. "Oh, don't worry. It will be."
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Bella walked down the stairs with her messenger bag slung over her shoulder. Edward openly gaped at her, seeing as he was the only one downstairs. Bella smirked at his ogling and held out her hand for him to take.
"I almost forgot that we're fourteen, so we can't drive!" Bella laughed.
Rosalie had given her Driving Lessons a while ago, and Bella aced it.
They climbed into Carlisle's Mercedes and shut the doors. Bella was practically bouncing up and down on the seats. Alice and Edward were pretty excited, too. They usually just started out in High School. They hadn't been to a modern Middle School.
As they pulled up to the school, they got stares and whispers from people about their car. Forks was a small town and no one had a nice car like that. People were already beginning to talk about the 'outsiders' when they stepped out. Almost everyone's mouths hit the ground.
They were gorgeous!
Lauren, the Queen Bee of the school, stared openly at Edward.
Bella bit her lip. She didn't know that the humans could be so blunt in their staring, and she was getting scared. She automatically took a step towards Edward, who grabbed her hand in his and gave it a reassuring squeeze. Bella smiled up at him as they walked towards the building.
"Oh. My. God." Lauren managed to say. "Did you see him?" she asked Jessica.
"Yes!" Jessica squealed. "So hot!"
Lauren glared at Jessica. "He's mine, Jess, so don't even think about it." she hissed. Bella stiffened as she heard her, and Edward held her closer to himself.
"Edward..." she mumbled, "I don't like this school anymore." Edward rubbed her hand with his thumb.
"There's nothing to be worried about, Bella," he assured her, "I'm right here. If any boys come up to you, tell me." he added.
Bella laughed. "Don't worry, Edward. I think that I can take them on my own." she said with a smirk.
"You better be able to." Edward said, as he wound his arm around her waist.
"I will,"
As they entered the Counselor's Office, the woman openly ogled Edward and Carlisle. Carlisle cleared his throat, obviously uncomfortable.
The woman finally came out of her state and began to help them, only adding a couple of double meaning words before they departed.
Edward shuddered after they exited the office.
"I'm so glad you can't read minds, Bella. You're too pure for this torture," he said, tucking her hair behind her ear.
Bella blushed. Alice grabbed Bella and Edward's arms and started pulliing them towards their first class. "Hurry up, Lovebirds! We're already late!" she trilled.
The teacher turned out to be a Male, and lets just say that his thoughts were less than acceptable in Edward's opinion.
Bella, Edward, and Alice sat together at one end of a table.
"Hi, I'm Lauren," a girl with dyed blond hair said to Edward. Bella turned around to watch the exchange, glaring at Lauren, not that she seemed to notice. "Do you need anyone to help you around school?" she asked.
"No, I'm fine, thank you." Edward said, picking up his and Bella's binders and taking her hand while walking out.
"What is it with those two? It almost looks like they're going out, but they can't be! They're related and they live together!" she squealed angrily, while walking out of the classroom.
Jessica bit her nails. "I don't know. Aren't they, like, adopted or something?" she asked.
"Yes!" Lauren squealed. "I'm going to follow them," she whispered to Jessica. She followed Edward and Bella, who were walking down an empty hall. Bella laid her head on Edward's shoulder and said something that Lauren couldn't hear.
"Why is she following us?" she asked.
"She wants to know if we're together," Edward said, rolling his eyes. "I thought we were being obvious. Did we make it a bit too subtle?" he asked. Bella rolled her eyes.
"To hell with subtle!" she whispered, connecting her lips to his. When they broke apart, Edward was grinning.
"To hell with subtle," he repeated. They heard a loud gasp and the sound of someone scurrying away and laughed to each other, before locking themselves into another passionate kiss.
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"So..." Lauren said, sliding between Edward and Bella. Bella just rolled her eyes and went to sit on the other side of him. "I saw you forcefully kiss him in the Hall," she whispered.
Bella was shocked and livid, but she didn't show it. Edward, however did.
"Are you serious?" he asked her. "Do you really think that I would let her forcefully kiss me? You're even dumber than you look, Lauren Mallory," he hissed, walking out of the cafeteria with Bella and Alice behind him.
Everyone started laughing at Lauren, and she huffed, sliding down in her seat. Why wasn't he falling for her?
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Bella finally caught up with Edward. Alice walked around the Hall to give them some privacy with a smirk on her face.
"Edward!" she called, placing one hand on his arm to stop him. He stopped and took a deep breath before turning around to face her. "What was that back there?" she asked him hotly.
"I'm sorry, love. I don't like people who don't like you," he said. A guy walked by, his eyes never leaving Bella. "And I especially hate people who like you a bit too much," he said, loud enough to the guy who was watching Bella. The guy's eyes got wide, and he ran down the Hall at Edward's murderous glare.
Bella couldn't help but laugh. "Oh, Edward! You're so silly! I can deal with my own fights." she said, looking him straight in the eyes.
He sighed. "I know, Bella, but I've seen you since you were a baby, not quite so defenseless, but you always used to come to me for trouble," he whispered. Bella leaned up and placed her lips onto his again.
"I know." she whispered. That's when they noticed a girl looking at them.
"So you two really are going out, then. I think that's nice that you two are always there for each other. Congratulations," she said with a smile.
"I liked her," Edward said, with a grin.
"Me too," Bella responded.
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A little sneak peak...
"No, no, no! Not like that! Like this!" Alice commanded. Bella growled quietly.
"Does it really matter the way I walk?" she asked.
Alice bounced up and down. "Of course!" Bella rolled her eyes.
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"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"No."
"Yes-darn-it, Bella! Don't do this, be serious, okay?"
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"No."
"No."
"Darn! How come you didn't fall for it?"
"Because, it was my trick in the first place."