I'm so so so sorry for the wait. I had a nasty writer's block if you didn't read the A/N before this. I'm dedicating this story to my friend Sandy (Marchen Awakens Romance) because she has encouraged me to start writing a story and post it on ff because she thinks my stories are incredible. I want to thank my reviewers and readers. I have over 650 hits! Amazing! Utterly amazing! I would like more reviews though.

Disclaimer:" Reader4Lyfe, that writer's block was so bad. I'm glad you got over it, though. And once again, to all you readers out there, she doesn't own a thing, except of course the plot." S.M.

Chapter 5

"I have French first, then history, civics, lunch and gym last." Rose, Alice and I were walking back to the room after getting our schedules from the office. (A/N: I live in North Carolina so bare with me)

"Hey I have French first, too!" Alice squealed. She was always so hyper. And trust me, you do not want to be around Alice after she's had two cups of coffee or four cups of soda. She's like a gremlin on steroids.

"Cool!" I smiled.

"I have history second." Rose said.

"Then we have a class together, too. Great." I said.

"We all have the same lunch. I hope the boys do, too. I can't stand to be away from Emmett for too long." I'd learned that in the past three days that Alice and Jasper and Emmett and Rosalie hardly spend any time apart. They're always together. It was sweet and adorable in my eyes. You could practically feel the love that flowed between Jasper and Alice. Emmett and Rose, well you could tell they loved each other because they had NO problem showing it. Talk about PDA.

But then there was Edward. He was never with them. I don't blame him either. I feel left out sometimes because I don't have someone to be with me like that. But every time I thought about that, Edward would pop into my mind. He didn't talk to me after what happened that time he stayed with me. I never even saw him. He never called either.

Alice had bought me a midnight blue Razr before she Rose came back to the room that day. It matched my car. They put everyone's phone number in it too. I protested about her buying me things and a phone bill I needed to pay with no job. She said not to worry about it. Her family was exceptionally rich. I'd thought about calling Edward countless times. Every time I grabbed the phone and brought up his name, I'd shut the phone.

I knew I'd have to tell him sometime soon, but I didn't know when or how. I made Alice and Rosalie promise not to tell him or Emmett or Jasper. Alice pouted. Rose told me she could never keep a secret from Jasper, no matter how secret it was. This was going to be hard.

"Bella!" Someone screamed. I felt my sheets being pulled down off me. I pulled them back up without opening my eyes.

"Lemme sleep." I mumbled.

"No, Bella. Get up. NOW!" My sheets were completely ripped from me. I shot from the screaming and the sudden cold. Alice was standing at the foot of my bed, fully dressed.

"Alice." I whined.

"It's 7:00. School starts in an hour and a half. We need to get you ready." My eyes went wide. I was supposed to be up half an hour ago. Why didn't my alarm go off? Then I remembered what happened last night. I didn't get to bed until late because of 'activities' that were going on between Alice and Jasper and Emmett and Rose.

Flashback

"Guys! C'mon. Get a room! Or at least leave this room! I don't need to see that." Emmett and Rosalie were engaged in some MAJOR lip lock on the couch in front of T.V. when I walked out of the bathroom. She was practically on top of him. I covered my eyes. I heard some rustling and then I decided to peek. Rose was now conventionally sitting next to him.

"Sorry, Bella." Emmett mumbled. I shook my head and walked to the kitchen. I paid no attention to what was going on Alice's bed. I looked up at Rosalie from the fridge and she smirked pointed to behind her. I turned my head to find Alice and Jasper….OMC!! If they were any more wild they would've looked like animals! I could hardly see Alice because jasper was so tall compared to her. He was on top of her. Man. At least they had some clothes on. For now, I thought. I couldn't take this anymore. I decided to take a walk.

"Since you guys can't seem to control yourselves, I'm going to go take a walk. Leave you to your 'duties'." I grabbed my jean jacket, my keys and phone and left.

I walked around the campus. I went to the lake that was behind my building. It was almost twilight. I loved twilight. The end of another day and the beginning of a new one. I walked down to the edge of the lake. I squatted down and ran my hand through the water. It was cold and felt like silk, velvet. Just like his voice. Which I hadn't heard in days. I longed to hear it. He didn't even have to be talking to me. I just wanted to hear it.

I felt like eyes were watching me a few minutes later. I turned around and my eyes scanned the trees and bushes around the lake. I saw nothing. I then disregarded it. Then I heard some ruffling close behind me. I stood and turned around. My eyes squinted trying to make out any figure that could be there. Something stepped out from the bushes.

""Edward?" I whispered. The figure stepped closer. I instinctively stepped back. "Who are you?" I still couldn't make out the face.

"Why won't you tell me?"

"Edward? What are you doing?" He stepped forward again, I stepped back.

"Why won't you tell what's wrong? I could see it in your eyes that something's wrong? I saw the bruises on your body." He said.

"I don't know. I not ready. I can't te—" I ran. I ran back to the room. I cried yet again. I ran in the room and barely saw who I ran into. Whoever it was wrapped their arms around me and held me. I cried in their chest.

"What happened? Bella? Bella?" I looked up at Jasper. "Alice?!" I saw her rush over to his side.

"Bella, what's wrong?"" She asked. I cried into Jasper's chest, probably messing up his shirt. "Emmett, come pry Bella off of Jasper's chest so we can figure out what's wrong with her." Alice said. Emmett took hold of my hands and pried them from the front of Jasper's shirt. He took both of my hands into one of his and let me to my bed. I crawled to the middle and wrapped my arms around my knees. I rocked back and forth still crying.

"Why does she keep saying Edward's name?" I heard Rose ask.

"Why does she keep saying Charlie?" Emmett said.

"Who's Charlie?" Jasper asked.

"OUT! NOW! C'mon, we can handle this. Leave, she'll be alright." Alice ushered the boys out the door. Her and Rose brought tissues to my bed and they dried the tears from my face.

I didn't even I was saying their names. I just thought I was crying and shaking. I hate him. I hate Charlie. He has me cowering in a corner. I never should've left the room. I never should've made Edward to stay with me. I can't bear to face him now, not after I ran away.

"Bella, it's okay. We're here." Alice rubbed my back.

"I went to the lake behind the building. He was there. Edward was there. He asked me why I can't tell him what's wrong with me. The way he came up to me was frightening. It reminded of a time when Charlie did that one time. I was scared. I- -I" I couldn't speak anymore. I basically cried myself to sleep.

End Flashback

Alice and Rose stayed up with me until I fell asleep which was only a few minutes later.

Alice pulled me up out of bed and pushed me in the shower. I lathered my hair with my strawberry shampoo. I used my strawberry body wash too. That mixed with the warm water from the shower head calmed my entire body and made me forget about what happened last night. I got out and quickly dried myself off. I threw on my blue robe and walked out the bathroom. Alice was ready to ambush me.

"Okay, Bella. I'm going to do your hair and I've already picked out your outfit. Rose is going to do your makeup." She talked so fast I hardly caught any of what she was saying. She sat me down in a chair next to her bed and got started.

Forty-Five minutes, some poking, pulling and prodding, and some mascara and eye liner later I was done. I put on a pair of black skinny jeans and a cream baby doll shirt with black flats. Alice bought the whole outfit and Rose bought the jean jacket to wear over any exposed parts I didn't want people to see. She smiled at me as she handed it to me.

"We're going to the Starbucks around the corner to meet up with the guys. Bella you ride with me since we have the same first period class. Rose will be there outside the building to pick you up for you next class. I don't know about the rest of your day though. You'll have to figure that out on your own."

"Okay." I grabbed my phone from the charger and my keys next to them. Then I remembered what Alice said.

"Alice. I can't. I can't go if he is going to be there. I don't feel like dealing with him now." She took me by the shoulders.

"Don't worry about it, Bella. Rose called him last night. She sure gave him a piece of her mind. I'm not sure if he'll go after what she said but even if he does show up he won't speak to you. I'm having trouble keeping this from Jasper, though. When you ran into him last night, he kind of went crazy. He said with the way you clung to him he could practically feel the emotions rolling off of you. He's worried about you too, you know." We made our way out of the room.

"If he keeps bothering you, just call me if I'm not around, okay?" Rose said. She gave me a hug.

"Thanks, Rosalie."

I climbed in Alice's Porsche and we sped off. We made it the Starbucks in five minutes. Literally. With Rose right behind us. When walked in the place was packed. People were everywhere, at tables, cash registers, in the aisles. Mayhem in the morning. Alice spotted the boys and all of them were there. Great, I thought. I sighed and walked over to the table.

"Morning, ladies." Emmett said, cheerily. Rose kissed him on the cheek.

"Morning." Jasper said. I nodded. He gave me a wary look. I shook my head. He turned his attention to Alice and kissed her on the lips.

"Hello." Edward said. I nodded. I didn't want to sit in front him again so I sat in the middle, in front of Emmett. I never met his gaze or even acknowledged his presence. I ordered a corn muffin and some coffee. We were only there for a little while but it was enough that I could eat something.

"Okay. Come on, Bella. Class starts in ten minutes." Alice grabbed my arm we left after she gave Jasper another kiss. She drove us to a building that was farther into the campus. It looked the same as the dorm building but much bigger and so was the parking lot. We rushed in and hurried to the third floor

to room 314. French in the morning, wonderful. Alice and I caught seats in the back. A second later the bell rang. A lady with neck length blonde hair, an outfit that didn't match, and heels that were too loud on the wooden floor walked in. She sat some papers on the desk at the head of the room and walked to stand in front of it.

"Okay, class. I'm Mrs. Mattinson and welcome to Phoenix High. I'll be your French teacher for this semester. I'm going to start by taking attendance and then we'll…" I tuned her out after that. Alice sat next to me looking at the teacher, but I doubt she was really paying her any attention. I doodled aimlessly on my note book that Alice gave me in the car. That class was pretty boring. Half the class talked amongst themselves hardly listening to Mrs. Mattinson when she told them to be quiet.

I met Rosalie outside of the building. She was waiting in her car.

"Hey." I said as I climbed in the front seat.

"How was French?"

"Boring. You?" She started driving then. She didn't answer so I looked at her. She was blushing a little. "Rose, what did you do?"

"It wasn't my fault! Emmett was. . .making me lose my focus. I think I have some homework in biology, though." She blushed again. I rolled my eyes.

We made it to our history class a few minutes later. It took us a minute to find room 201, but we did. The only seats available in that class were the ones right in the middle of the class. As we sat down I recognized the two girls from the office I saw on my first day here. I leaned over to whisper to Rose.

"Who are they?"

"The blonde's name is Lauren and the brunette's name is Jessica. They're both bitches. They'll mess with anyone who they think is a loser. Lauren is 'in love' with Edward." Rose laughed. Jessica and Lauren had on the same outfits as the first time I saw them but they were black instead of pink. Lauren turned to look at me. She smirked and whispered something to Jessica. They laughed.

"It was girls like that that got me expelled." I told Rose. She laughed.

"Don't worry. We all hate both of them, so if they mess with you just tell us and we'll deal with them. I know Edward would love to join in on that escapade." We laughed. The teacher walked in and introduced himself as Mr. Martin. We didn't really pay him much attention. Lauren passed me a note saying she saw me with Edward this morning and that I should stay away from him. I showed it to Rose and she wrote 'fuck off bitch' on it and threw it at her. I could swear that Lauren growled. I laughed.

"Well what do you have next?" Rose asked as we walked out the building. I pulled out my schedule.

"Civics."

"Emmett has that next, too." She said. My phone vibrated in my pocket. I pulled it out. Alice's name picture popped across the front.

"Hey, Alice."

"Bella, what do you have next?"

"Civics."

"That's what I thought. Jasper does, too. He's somewhere around you. Just wait for him."

"How do you know?"

"I was texting him through last class." I rolled my eyes.

"Thanks, Alice."

"See you at lunch, Bella."

"Bye, Alice." I hung up the phone.

"Hey, Rose. I'm going with Jasper."

"Where is he?" As soon as the last word left her mouth, a tall figure loomed over me.

"Hello." I turned around and looked up at Jasper. I smiled.

"Hey, Jasper. She's all yours." Rose said. I glared at her and Jasper laughed. She walked to the parking lot.

"Shall we?" Jasper said. I nodded. We followed a trail behind the building we'd just left and past another lake. There were other kids walking in front of us and behind us, talking and laughing. I 

caught him looking down at me a few times. His looks were worried and concerned. I remembered what happened last night. I felt the blood rush to my cheeks.

"I'm sorry. About what happened last night." I whispered.

"What exactly happened last night?" He slid his hands in his jeans pockets.

"Um…well…" I stuttered. "It had something to do with Edward."

"What did he do?"

"Well I'm not sure if I—" He cut me off.

"It's okay, Bella. You don't have to tell me. You just looked scared. It was like I could feel your fear this morning and last night when you ran into me. At first I didn't know it was you but then you looked up at me. I could feel your fear and your sadness rolling of you. I was just worried. If you need me I'll be here for you just like everyone else is." He smiled down at me.

"Thanks, Jasper." I smiled up at him. We made it to class, then. I spotted Emmett towards the back and he waved us over.

"Hey, Bella!" He said.

"Hi, Emmett." I sat next to him. Jasper took the seat on my other side.

"Hello." Jasper said.

Civics was funny. Emmett kept tiny paper balls at the teacher's head every time he turned around. The teacher, Mr. Wall, had no idea who was doing it or where it was coming from. He completely clueless, it was hilarious. We got out text books that we're supposed to bring every day. Ugh. At the end of class we all took Emmett's jeep to a Subway for lunch.

We got there before anyone did and I sat in between Emmett and Jasper. Emmett ordered our food and we waited for everyone else. Edward came by himself a few minutes later. He sat down and gave me the same look Jasper had. I didn't acknowledge it but Jasper shook his head and Edward frowned. Then Rose and Alice walked in. They smiled at me and shot daggers at Edward who . . .flinched? Lunch was good. We all laughed when Emmett fussed at the waiter because he couldn't get his sandwich right. He told the waiter that he was a disgrace to the sandwich world.

"Bella, where are you next?" Alice asked.

"Gym." Edward's eyes flashed to my face.

"I don't have any classes by the gym." She said. "You guys?" They all shook their heads…except for one.

"I'll take you." Edward said. I shook my head.

"No. It's okay, I can walk."

"Bella. It's a twenty minute walk from here and class starts in ten minutes."

"Then I'll just be late." I stood up. Rose came over to me and leaned in to whisper in my ear.

"It's okay, Bella. Just go with him. You don't have to talk to him. And I don't think it is a good idea to be late on the first day of school." She smiled at me and patted my shoulder.

"Alright." I sighed. His eyes light up the slightest bit. He led me to his silver Volvo. The drive to the gym was quiet. I could feel his eyes on me the whole time. I figured it'd be useless to tell him to look at the road so I didn't. I just stared out the window. The gym was filling up fast, but what I realized as that most of the class was guys. The gym teacher Coach Clapp walked in as soon as the bell rang. I took a seat next to Edward on the bleachers.

"Good afternoon, class. Today we're going to start with field hockey or floor hockey since we're inside. We may be outside tomorrow, depending on the weather. Now the dressing rooms are to my left. Girls

On the left, boys on the right. Hurry and get changed. You have two minutes." Yes, I thought. I love field hockey! This is going to be fun. I changed into my gray sweat pants and hoodie. Alice bought them for me one of those days ago. They had the school name on them. I walked out the dressing room and sat in the same spot I had before.

When Edward came out he had on the same sweats but his shirt was white and tight fitting. It showed every muscle in his chest and arms. The other girls were practically drooling. He jogged up to me and cracked his crooked smile. My breath caught. I looked to the other girls and noticed that Lauren and Jessica were also in this class. I sighed and Edward sat down next to me. They shot me death glares.

"Okay, people, let's get started." Coach Clapp said.

This will be fun, I thought.

Sorry again for the long wait. I can't make any promises that it won't happen again, but you can always help me by reviewing and giving me ideas. I should have two chapters for you soon.

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