More just setting Bella's life. Cullens will come in next chapter.
I don't know how I fell asleep, but eventually I did. It was a restless, painful sleep, full of nightmares that would have made me scream, if not for the fact that Charlie would beat me for waking him up. I got out of bed. I was stiff and everything hurt. Wincing, I got dressed carefully, picking out clothing that would hide the bruises that covered my body. The burn from yesterday was still red and throbbing, so I wrapped it tightly in a bandage, hoping no one would notice.
I hobbled down the stairs to make him breakfast. Coffee with waffles covered in syrup. He would get mad if I didn't go all out for breakfast. Once I was late, so I figured that I would just make him cereal. That was a mistake. He broke my leg. I couldn't go to the doctor, so I just tried to set it right, and then pretended that the pain wasn't there.
I left without saying goodbye to Charlie. I have to walk to school every morning. Two miles in the rain. I don't have a car like all the other teenagers here. I have no money. What little I earn from my minimum wage job goes straight to my collage fund.
The walk to school is uneventful. When I get there I wait for Jacob to show up. He would go the school in La Push, where he lives, but he convinced his father to let him go here. He said it was to spend more time with me. No. It was to make sure that I'm no cheating on him. He's an abusive, jealous jerk. I wish I could break up with him, but he has threatened me, the typical "if I can't have you, nobody can!"
He shows up a few minutes after me. I walk over to him slowly. When he sees me, he yells, "hey babe!" Then jogs over and puts an arm around my shoulders. I fight back a flinch as pain shoots through me. I try my best to smile as he drags me to class. Luckily we only have two classes together; English and Gym. We have English first, so he pulls me into class, bruising my wrist even more.
Classes passed quickly. I didn't talk to anyone and no one tried to talk to me. It was better that way. I listened to the gossip around me half-heartedly. everyone was talking about the new family that started tomorrow. apparently it was a younger couple with five adopted teenagers, and they where in relationships with each other. Except for one of them. All of the girls where talking about how they would win his heart. I bit my lip to keep from laughing.
When lunch finally came, I went to my usual table; the empty one in the corner of the room. Jake and I always sat there alone. I had managed to grab an apple this morning so I ate it quickly, waiting for Jacob to show up. I usually eat small amounts of food at random times. Leftovers, and whatever I manage to sneak out if the house in the morning.
When he walked through the doors, he looked at our table, waved at me, then went to get food. He joined me a few minutes later and began eating like a pig. I kept quiet, not disturbing him. When he finished his two full trays of food, he pulled me into his lap roughly, and began to kiss me. I mentally sighed. I kissed back, hating my life. I wanted to push him off, but I knew that that would have serious consequences. Even if I didn't kiss him back, he would assume that it was someone else. He pulled off reluctantly when the bell ran. He grinned at me. The action filled me with dread. He dragged me out of the cafeteria and into a janitors closet. Did I mention that my life sucks? Because it does.
When school was over, I walked home quickly, making Charlie dinner before he got home. He found something to be angry about and beat me. He said something about not waiting for him to finish breakfast. I think that he just enjoys causing me pain.
I crawled into bed that night, thinking about what would happen tomorrow. Charlie would beat me, Jacob would beat me, the kids at school would ignore me as I ignore them, I would see my mother for a few moments at night.