Author's note at end of chapter
Recap of What Happened Last…
It's a new day and everything will change, I thought.
Edward P.O.V.
All I could think was 'Bella's back. She's back! I will win her heart again.'
It's a new day and everything will change, I thought.
Bella P.O.V.
I woke up at 5:55am. My alarm was due in 5 minutes. I quickly shut off my alarm and sat up in bed. I rubbed my eyes and got out of bed. I went to the bathroom and stripped my clothes. I took a shower, using my special shampoo and conditioner. I wrapped myself around my towel once I got out. I put on my bra and underwear. I stood in my closet, looking around in it. I chose my forever 21 light grey dress. I put that on, as well as my light grey/silver sandals. I picked out my light pink dual strap bag and porcelain rose earrings and necklace.
I walked out of my room and downstairs. There were 2 notes on the table for me. One from dad, and the other note from Alice. Dad's note said that he left early for work and good luck. Alice's note said that she was with Jasper next door. She also wanted me to go over and be nice. I grabbed a granola bar and downed a glass of milk before grabbing my bag and running outside. Before I closed the door, I made sure I had my phone and car keys. I ran next door and rang the doorbell. The door opened, and showed Carlisle.
"Bella! So nice to see you," Carlisle said while enveloping me in a hug.
"Haha, it's been long!" I said with a smile as he released me.
"Alice is inside. She is in the room with Jasper, the second door on the right. It was really nice seeing you Bella," Carlisle said. I nodded and he smiled a dazzling, crooked smile. Like father, like son, or something like that, I thought.
I walked to the stairs and walked up the stairs slowly. I was half-way up the stairs when I started running up the stairs. Once both of my feet hit the top, I hit a rock. Like literally. I was just about to tumble down the stairs when two strong arms saved me. I was just about to say thank you a million times when I saw two green colored orbs staring into my chocolate colored eyes.
"Whoa! That was close," Edward said.
"Yeah," I said curtly.
"You could at least say thank you."
"Thank you," I said softly. We stared at each other for what felt like an eternity. Suddenly, he pressed his lips to mine a little roughly. An electrical current went through my body. I couldn't help but kiss him back. Our lips moved in sync and gosh, he had gotten better over the years. He licked my bottom lip, demanding entrance. I let him in, and we kissed… and kissed… feverishly! Before I knew it, he picked me up and pushed me against the wall. I moaned into his mouth quietly. I heard him groan and a door open. Then, I heard two sharp gasps.
"Bella!" Alice said quickly.
"Edward," a male voice said threateningly. We pulled away, and he put me down/He put his back to me and I hid. I leaned down to pick up my bag, and saw that the male voice belonged to Emmett.
Emmett looked different, in a way. His curly brown hair had gotten curlier. He had gotten huge prominent muscles. He still somewhat looked the same though.
"Oh no," I said quietly to myself. I kissed Edward, I thought.
"Bella?" Alice said nervously.
"Bella? Isabella Swan?" I thought it… Spoke too fast," Emmett said to himself.
I quickly realized that this wasn't good. I kissed him and like it… A lot! This can't be happening, I thought. I felt tears coming to my eyes. I grabbed my bag and dashed down the stairs, out the door and to my car on the driveway. I heard Alice calling my name, and Edward too.
"Bella!" Edward yelled. I opened my car and got in. I started the car and was just about to drive off when Alice got in. I waited until she closed the door, seeing Edward running towards us. I quickly backed out and sped off in the direction of the school. Alice and I didn't talk. I silently cried while driving. We were one of the first to get to school. I parked, and we sat in my car.
After a few moments of silence, Alice asked quietly, "Do you want to talk about it?" I shook my head 'no'. She leaned over to the driver's side and hugged me while I cried. We were like that for a few minutes until I told her what had happened from start to finish. I told her that I liked it, and she nodded at the right times. When I was finally done, I sighed.
"Bells, I don't know what to tell you," Alice said quietly.
"I don't know what to do," I said.
"What you can do is walk into that high school, head held up high and pretend like nothing happened. Oh, and let me apply your make-up now. Where's your emergency kit?"
"Right here," I said while handing her my emergency make-up kit from under my seat. I closed my eyes and relaxed while she did her magic.
"Open your eyes," she said. I opened them slowly and looked in the mirror. I looked like I was going to go on the runway with my make-up. My hair was messed, but just as I was about to tell her that, she quickly put it into a messy bun. My hair was now volumized, messy and looked like a professional had done it.
"I knew there was a reason why you're my hair and make-up stylist," I said while pulling out a few strands.
"That's Mary Alice Swan for you!" she said happily. I looked out the window to see many people arriving. Thank gosh the windows were tinted, I thought.
"Ready?" I asked. I grabbed my bag as she grabbed hers.
"Ready," she said. We pulled our sunglasses out of our bags and put them on top of our heads. Both of our sunglasses were practically clear. I looked out the window one more time to see a silver Volvo and red BMW convertible parked a few spaces away. Out of the cars emerged the Cullens and Hales. Edward, Rosalie and Emmett walked with Jasper trailing behind.
Rosalie was looking as 'great and gorgeous' as always. Ugh, I couldn't wait to collect my $500 dollars from her. I looked at Alice and winked. The Cullens and Hales were leaning on their cars. Alice and I were just about to do something we practiced over and over again to get right, we called it the 'Head-Turner'. I could see the paparazzi parked, ready to bombard us.
Alice and I opened our doors, and put our feet out first. I could already see everyone turning their heads, even the Cullens and Hales. I saw Jasper walk to my car while everyone looked at him like he was crazy. Alice and I got out at the same time, putting our perfectly perched sunglasses over our eyes. Jasper caught up with us at the same time. We shut our doors and I locked my car. We started walking to the office.
"Ahhh, the head-turner," Jasper said while chuckling, "You know, everyone's looking." I decided to add a little sway to my hips.
"Haha, it's the first day! Oh shoot, paparazzi," I said. The paparazzi ran towards us, bombing us with questions. We continued walking, ignoring them completely.
"Hey hey hey! Everyone step away. I'm her bodyguard," I heard someone say from behind. They graciously stepped away, revealing my 'bodyguard.' I turned around slowly. My 'bodyguard' grinned, then went serious. I smirked, turned around and kept walking. We reached the front office, showing Alice and Jasper already getting their schedules. I turned to my 'bodyguard' and he enveloped me in a bear hug.
"Emmett! I cannot believe you said that in front of the paparazzi! Oh gosh, I missed you," I said in his ear.
"Haha, it was nothing. I'll be your bodyguard in school. I missed you too," he said. We released each other and I walked to Alice and Jasper.
"Mrs. Cope, can you write a note for Emmett Cullen's teachers saying that he is my bodyguard and that he will usually be 5 minutes late tops?" I asked the lady at the front sweetly.
"Sure thing!" Mrs. Cope answered. She wrote something on a few papers and handed them to me. I walked back to Emmett and handed them to him. Alice came t me from behind and gave me my schedule and other papers. My schedule was:
1st Period: AP English (with Alice)
2nd Period: Music
3rd Period: P.E. (with Alice and Jazzy)
4th Period: Trigonometry
Lunch (with Alice and Jazzy)
5th Period: Biology
6th Period: AP History (with Jazzy)
7th Period: Free Period (with Alice and Jazzy)
"Oh wait! Lemme see… You have music with Edward, trig with Rosalie and me and biology with Edward. We all have the same lunch and free period. Okay," Emmett said. I quickly revised my schedule. I nodded at Emmett and we walked to my locker. I opened it and saw all the textbooks I would need in it. I quickly put a few pictures I had of Alice, Jasper and me in my locker that I had in my bag. I grabbed my English and Trigonometry books. The bell rang and Emmett walked me to class.
"Good luck Bella," he said.
"Thanks. I'll see you next period," I said with a wave. I walked into class and handed the teacher my slip that was needed to be signed.
"Hi, my name is Mrs. Cryer. I'll be your English teacher for the whole rest of the year. Today, we are reading Wuthering Heights," Mrs. Cryer said. I nodded and spotted Alice. I took a seat right next to her.
"Hey Bella," she said softly.
"Hi," I said. I looked to the door and saw three people enter.
"Oh."
"My."
"Gawd," I finished. The first person to enter was the strawberry blonde named Tanya. The second was Lauren. She was platinum blonde now. She used to be sweet and caring. The last person shocked me the most. It was Jessica Stanley. She had brown curly hair and big doe eyes. Jessica used to be one of my best friends… They were all wearing the same thing, tight shirts that had a plunged neck line and short, short skirts that barely covered anything. Digusting, I thought. Soon, everyone was in their seats.
"Class, I would like to introduce two new students. Isabella Swan and Mary Alice Swan. Please, stand up and introduce yourself," Mrs. Cryer said. Alice and I stood up together and smiled at everyone.
"Hi everyone. I'm Isabella, but you can call me Bella. Yes, I'm Izzy too," I said sweetly.
"Hi, I'm Mary Alice Swan, but please call me Alice. I'm Bella's fraternal twin sister, and her hair and make-up stylist," Alice said with a tinkling laugh. We sat down.
"Your laugh in tinkling," I whispered.
"Your laugh is like bell chiming. I always think of how great your laugh is," Alice whispered.
We listened to Mrs. Cryer finish a lecture about Wuthering Heights. Before it though, she talked to Tanya, Lauren and Jessica about their clothes. Jessica was the only one who came back wearing something else. I never knew how Tanya and Lauren made it to AP English. Anyways, Emmett was walking me to Music while I told him what happened. We stopped at the Music Room door when I finished.
"They're just bimbos Bella. Tanya and Lauren's daddy paid for them to be in AP English. Jessica actually earned it. But anyways, don't let them get to you," Emmett said, "Hey, Edward's been angry with himself ever since this morning."
I snorted and said, "So what? It's all over and I NEVER want to do that again."
"Okay, okay. See you later," he said while walking off. I opened the door to the music room slowly and walked in. People were already in, getting their instruments ready. I didn't see anyone without an instrument. I saw the teacher, Ms. Karl over at her desk writing something. I walked over to her.
"Ummm, Ms. Karl? I'm Isabella Swan, and I'm new here," I said nervously. She looked over at me and smiled.
"Ahh yes, the famous Bella Swan. Welcome to Music, if you have any questions, just ask me. Right now, everyone is just doing their own thing, even if it doesn't have to do with music," she said. I nodded and handed her my slip. She signed it and gave it back to me.
"I do have two questions Ms. Karl. First question is where are all the other vocal music students?" I asked.
"I was wondering when you would ask that. There was a request from your mother. She wanted you to be around instruments rather than choir students. And I guess your other question is where can you sing privately on days like this?" she said with a soft laugh.
"Yes, that is my other question."
"Well, your mother came in before you arrived and set up a private room for you. It's right over there," Ms. Karl said while pointing to a door.
"Thank you," I said with a sweet smile. I remember my mom going away for a couple of days a week or two ago for a business trip. I didn't ask what she was going to do, assuming it was to do with designing something for someone. I brushed off the thoughts about her, making note to email and call her after school. I walked to my newprivate room, looking at all the pictures on the walls. The room was fairly big, but small. My mom put a bean bag in the room; it was my favorite green one from home. I heard a faint sound of a piano playing. I assumed that the walls weren't very thick. I ignored out and pulled out some sheets of paper. I saw my acoustic guitar on the side and picked it up. There was a note on it from my mom. It said:
Bella honey,
I love you so much! I hope you like the room. I had help from Alice on how to design it. Remember to call or email meat least every week. I'm never too busy to ignore a call!
Lots of Love,
Mom
Oh, how I miss her, I thought.
I walked to my bean bag and sat down. I started strumming on my guitar. I took a quick look at my sheets of paper and continued strumming. Then I began to sing. It was my new song.
Once upon a time, I believe it was a Tuesday when I caught your eye
And we caught on something
I hold onto the night, you looked me in the eyes and told me you loved me
Were you just kidding?
'Cause it seems to me, this thing is breaking down
We almost never speak
I don't feel welcome anymore
I paused, thinking of lyrics. This sing was a song in progress. I heard clapping and turned around. I saw Ms. Karl, a few students… and Edward clapping. I smiled shyly, and remembered I forgot to close the door.
"Bella! That was fantastic! Is that all you have… so far?" Ms. Karl asked while walking in. I nodded. "Is it alright if we used this song of yours as an assignment?"
"Sure. I just need to finish writing lyrics," I said. I could feel Edward's eyes watching me as I avoided his eyes.
"Okay, when will you have it all done?"
"In a week, if not, maybe Thursday or Friday." Ms. Karl nodded and walked off. The other students left, leaving Edward and I.
I heard Ms. Karl announce to the class, "Class! I had a great idea. All of you heard Bella Swan sing right? –pause- Well, our assignment until Friday is to make a composition using our instrument and make it fit with her song. Her song isn't finished yet, but you heard the beginning. Group up with others who have the same instrument and work on it together. That is your homework. Class dismissed!"
I quickly grabbed my bag and walked past Edward. I knew where the gym was, and just ran there. I'd see Emmett next period.
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Gym was boring. Coach Raber and Cunningham let us do whatever we wanted. I began to think that that was all we were going to do. I walked out the gym to see Emmett.
"Young lady! Where were you? All I see is Edward staring down the hall blankly when I go to get you. You are not supposed to go off in the school alone! Your father will not be happy!" Emmett said in mock anger. From the corner of my eye, I saw people staring.
"Emmett! Stop, people are looking. Just walk me to trig," I said quietly. Rosalie would be in that class and I didn't want to deal with her at the moment. Emmett started walking and I followed him from behind. I walked into class with him. I had the teacher, Mrs. Johnson, sign my slip. She directed me to sit on the right of Emmett. Then, in all her glory, Rosalie Hale walked into class. She sat on the left of Emmett and avoided looking at me as if it would burn her eyes. As I was just about to brush her off, she took one look at me and glared. I glared back, resisting the urge to growl or snarl at her, I brushed her off and started to pay attention to the teacher. I was going to be the bigger person here. Class ended with a blur.
While I was gathering my things, I heard Rosalie say, "Emmett? Why do you have to be her bodyguard? She could just fend for herself! She could… head butt people with her big fat head. It's probably full of nothing anyway."
I walked out of the classroom and ignored Emmett. I walked to my locker and saw Alice and Jasper there. Alice was smiling her 'I-know-something-you-don't' smile. It irritated me that she smiled that way. I opened my locker and began putting my books in there.
"Bella! Oh Bella! You know I love you right? And you love me right?" Alice said, still smiling.
"Umm, yeah. Sure," I said, a little irritated.
"And I want to tell you something, but you have to promise not to get mad."
"Okay, I promise." I shut my locker.
"Okay. So you know how Jake lives in La Push right? –I nodded- Well, he's coming here! During free period!"
"Alice! Do you mean he's taking a break, like me?"
"Yes, yes, yes! Oh, Leah is coming too, but that means Seth too… Anyways, let's get to lunch! We are now 'fashionably late'. We can make a grand entrance!"
"Yeah, yeah. Whatever. Let's just do it," I said with a sigh. We all started walking to the cafeteria. I slyly winked at Alice. We pushed the doors open and emerged from the doors. We walked to a slightly big table in the corner. I added an extra sway to my hips, fully knowing all the guys were looking. We sat down at the same time. I laughed softly and pretended to look bored. I examined my nails as part of the act.
"Jazzy… Can you get Bella and me some lunch? Please?" Alice asked with a pout.
"Sure, I'll be back," Jasper said. He kissed her cheek and left. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Rosalie approaching us.
"Hey Alice. She-devil, 3 o'clock," I said nudging her.
"Excuse me! That is my table. This is where Edward, Emmett and I sit. So get out!" Rosalie said with a glare.
I looked at her and spoke in a sickly sweet voice saying, "Oh, mm bad then. You must not want Alice's real Prada shoes where you sit because yours are fake."
"Oh! You little-," Rosalie started.
"Rose, let it go. We can sit somewhere else," Emmett said from behind.
"Fine," Rosalie huffed. She glared at Alice and me one last time before turning around and following Emmett.
When Emmett looked back at me, I mouthed, "Thanks." He smiled softly before turning back to Rosalie. Jasper chose to that moment to come back with our lunches. Ig glared at him.
"What?" he asked while sitting down.
"Grr. You could have stayed a few moments more," I said.
Emmett escorted me to biology. Gosh, I hated having a bodyguard at school, but at least no guys tried to say anything to me. I got to class and he left me. I walked in and walked to the teacher's desk.
"Mr. Banner? Hi, I'm Isabella Swan. I'm new and can you sign my slip?" I asked, handing him my slip.
"Sure. Welcome to biology," he said. I saw Edward come in and sit down form the corner of my eye. "Here you go. Uh, you can sit right over there." Mr. Banner pointed to the seat I dreaded most, right next to Edward. I nodded, gave a weak smile and walked slowly to my new seat. I sat down and put my bag on the floor. I grabbed a pencil and notebook.
"Bella, I-," Edward started to say, but was cut off.
"Class, we have a new student. Her name is Isabella Swan. Make an effort to say hello to her," Mr. Banner said. "Today, we are watching a video and taking notes. Notes are not mandatory."
I pushed my notebook and pencil away, knowing fully that I could remember what the video was about. The lights dimmed a little. I resisted the urge to look out the window because I would see Edward. I left my hands on the table and looked at the T.V. I felt something be pushed to my hand and saw a note. I hesitantly opened
it and read it. It said:
Bella, can we talk?
Knowing it was Edward by the beautiful, elegant handwriting, I wrote back a 'No' in my equally beautiful handwriting. I had perfected it a year ago. I pushed it back and paid attention to the T.V. I felt the note and opened it:
Please Bella? I need to explain.
I ignored the note and shook my head 'no'. Edward kept pushing the note to me. I reluctantly opened it and saw:
Baby, what happened?
I immediately wrote back 'Don't baby me! ' and pushed it back. I let my focus gradually get back to the T.V. Soon enough, the lights flickered back on and the T.V. turned off.
"Pop quiz on what the video was about tomorrow," Mr. Banner said. "Class dismissed."
I gathered my stuff and walked towards the door. I was stopped by Edward turning me around.
"What?" I asked annoyed. I looked in his eyes and resisted swooning.
"What happened? Please tell me," Edward pleaded. "One second we were kissing, and then you're halfway out the door."
"Edward," I heard from behind. I turned to see Emmett approaching us. "She is going to be late to history. Leave it alone." Emmett turned to me and I started walking out the door. He led me to history and I walked in.
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History was okay. Jasper and I passed notes as I told him what happened in biology. The teacher, Mr. Rippeth, assigned a chapter packet for homework. I was walking to free period outside with Jasper.
"Bella, Jasper!" Alice said from the left. She ran to us. "They're gonna be here soon!" I ran to my locker, tripping once and grabbed all the necessary stuff and shut it. I ran back to Alice.
"Whoa there! You haven't been this quick since your first date with Ri-..," she said trailing off. I shut my eyes tightly and re-opened them.
"It's okay," I said. Jasper walked up to us and we walked out to the front of the school. I saw a motorcycle and car park once we got outside. I saw Jacob get off the bike. I ran to his arms and hugged him tight.
"Jacob! Oh my gosh! I've missed you," I said.
"Bells!" Jake said. I looked at him and he was grinning. I saw Leah and Seth approach us from the corner of my eye. I also saw Edward glowering and glaring at Jake.
"Leah!" I said. I got out of Jake's arms and embraced Leah. I went to Seth and hugged him.
"Seth!" I said. I wanted to shout out loud because I was happy, but I didn't want to embarrass them.
"Bellaboo!" he said with joy. Jake, Leah, Seth and I walked over to a picnic table and started to catch up.
"Bella, can I speak to you for a second privately?" Emmett said. I looked at him and looked to the others. They nodded, and I followed Emmett.
"What's up Emmett?" I asked.
"I just need to know who those people are that you were talking with. I have Edward glaring and muttering to himself, and I have Rosalie glowering." He laughed quietly.
"The first guy is Jacob, he's a model. The second is Leah, a Victoria's Secret model, and the third is her younger brother Seth."
"How do you know these models Bella?"
"I'm… You should already know! But, I'm a Victoria's Secret angel." Emmett gaped at me. "If the others don't know, don't say anything." I walked back to Jake, Leah and Seth. I saw that Alice and Jasper joined them.
"Hey Bella, Edward is glaring at me," Jake said.
I rolled my eyes and said, "Alice, Jasper. You didn't have to tell them who everyone was."
"Bella, Alice. Go collect your money from Rosalie," Leah said.
"She probably doesn't know that I'm an Angel," I said. "She probably knows you though."
"I have a plan," Seth said. We all leaned in and he whispered his plan.
"Seth! That's great," I said with a smirk. I grabbed my bag, and walked to Rosalie, Edward and Emmett with Jacob and Leah close behind. Alice appeared next to me and we smirked. We put our sunglasses on, and stopped in front of the three.
"Hello Rosalie," I said.
"Oh cut the nice and innocent act bitch," Rosalie said icily. Emmett put a hand on her shoulder as if to restrain her, but she shook it off.
"We're all mature teenagers right?" Alice said. "We're only here to collect our money."
"What was it? Oh right, $500 dollars," Leah said from behind.
"I don't see any model here, except for the two of you probably bribed to come here," Rosalie said with the stink eye. I snorted.
"Oh, she didn't bribe us, we've been best friends. Ever since she moved to New York," Jacob said with a smirk.
"She's a model alright. She's a Victoria's Secret Angel," Leah said.
"Emmett, you need to stop them. They're lying. I just know it," Rosalie said to Emmett in a sickly sweet voice.
"Rosie baby, they're not lying. It's the truth," Emmett said. I pulled my phone out and dialed Victoria's number. I put it on speaker and waited.
"Victoria," Victoria barked.
"Victoria?" I asked.
"Bella darling! How are you?" I hope the trio isn't bothering you?" she asked concerned.
"I'm fine. The trio is actually here with me. I want to collect my money, but they don't believe me."
"Put us on video chat," she barked. I touched the button for video and I saw her face. She was enraged. Her flaming red hair seemed to turn redder with how angry she was. I heard Rosalie attempt to stifle a gasp.
"Victoria please. Calm down. All I want is got you to tell them the facts," I said quietly. I handed my phone to Emmett. "This is Emmett. He's my bodyguard in school. I trust him." I took my phone from him and handed it to Edward. "This is Edward."
"This is Edward? My, my, my, my, my," Victoria said. I handed my phone to a waiting Leah. "Leah darling! You're with Bella?"
"Yes, I am. Just visiting her before vacay is over. When's the next date?" Leah asked, pretending to be nonchalant.
"Christmas. A Christmas show and party. Bella, don't forget that you need an escort. And it may not be Ri-," Victoria said, being interrupted by Leah.
"Weren't you going to tell me that?" Leah asked quickly. I mouthed 'thank you' to her.
"Oh Leah, everyone knows you're taking Jacob," Victoria said with a laugh. The plan was ruined by Victoria mentioning the name. I looked to Edward and his hard expression changed to a softer one. I looked to Alice with a panicky expression and thought quick.
"Anyways, here's who doesn't believe me. Rosalie," I said taking the phone and shoving it into her hands.
"You bitches expect me to believe this?" she said. "It's probably just someone who looks like Victoria!"
"The face of a model, and the body. I would hire you, but your attitude needs work. I am Victoria Wexner, married to James Wexner, the main photographer. This is my office and my assistant Angela," Victoria said. She showed her office and Angela. Rosalie gasped.
"Please forgive me Mrs. Wexner," Rosalie pleaded. She truly believes everything now, I thought.
"Give Bella the money," Victoria said in a threatening voice. She hung up and I took my phone. Rosalie slowly went into her purse and pulled her wallet out. She took five one hundred dollar bills out and shakily stretched her arm out. I took the money.
"Thank you," I said curtly while walking away. Never bet against Alice, I thought.
Woohoo! Chapter ended!
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