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"What ya starin at babe?"
I turned away from the mirror to see Shayla leaning against the door frame.
"I have a third boob," I stated simply.
"You what?" she asked, her voice flat.
"I have a third boob. There is a bump that looks like a boob over my other boob! I can't go outside in public like this. Nope. Never."
"Wow, I think Leo's craziness has rubbed off on you…crap what I catch it?"
"Shayla this is serious!" I said frustrated.
"Listen hun, you don't have a third boob - even if I think most guys would like that. I barely noticed the tiny bump till you pointed it out. Though now I'll probably never be able to see it without thinking about this conversation," she said laughing.
"I'm not going to school," I said as I slumped on Leo's bed.
"Honestly, I have no idea why you're going in the first place. I mean isn't that seriously hurting right now?" Shayla asked as she came and sat next to me.
"Kind of," I said gently rubbing over the gauze they tapped to me. In reality it was really starting to hurt, but I didn't want to worry either of them. I figured the doctor would've prescribed some pain medicine or something, but Leo didn't say anything about it.
Guess I'll just stop by home and grab some Motrin on my way to school.
"Listen babe, I don't know exactly what you're going through, because nothing like that has happened to me, but I can help with this little predicament. See when I was in high school my friend, Alicia, got in a car accident. She lived but her chest ended up covered in scars from the window slicing her so much. Well as expected she was really self conscious about it so ended up wearing sweatshirts most of the time - which was a big change from all the v-necks she usually wore. Well one day I got fed up with it, because chick had a great figure for a munchkin, so I grabbed a pair of scissors and cut up the damn thing. She looked so cute once she was done freaking out."
"So you want to kill all my sweatshirts?" I asked dumbfounded.
Instead of answering me Shayla got up and sauntered over to Leonard's closet. She rummaged through it for a little bit and came back towards me with his lucky black sweatshirt in hand.
"What are you doing?"
"I'm helping you," she answered like it was obvious.
"Uh uh. No way. That's Leo's favorite - he literally thinks it has magical lucky powers or something. No way in heck am I letting you cut it up."
"Watch me."
I dove for the sweater before she could do anything but she was faster. I landed on the floor with a thud and bit my lip so my scream wouldn't escape. By the time I managed to get off the floor Shayla wasn't in the room anymore.
Crap.
"Shayla! Shayla damn it, where are you!"
"What's going on?" Leo asked walking into the hallway.
"You don't want to know. Trust me."
"Why does that scare me?" he asked looking petrified.
"Wow. You two take things way to seriously."
Me and Leo jumped as we heard Shayla's voice from behind us.
How the heck did she get there?! inner me screamed.
"Oh. My. God. Please tell that isn't…" Leo stuttered looking at her hands.
"Close your eyes babe. It'll be easier," I said as I wrapped my arms around his waist. He turned and buried his face into my hair.
"Wow. You weren't kidding Lizzy," she sounded stunned.
"Don't call me Lizzy," I said at the same time Leo said, "Don't call her Lizzy."
Automatic response. No one was allowed to call me Lizzy except Leo.
Shayla didn't seem mad, just shocked. "Listen hun, I love you, I really do, but it's just a sweater. Besides I did it for Bella. This way she won't be self conscious and worry all day about the itty bitty bump on her chest."
Leo finally looked at her, then the tattered sweatshirt in her hands, then back at her and sighed.
"It's fine I guess… When you put it that way."
"Knew you'd understand. Now put this on Bella your going to be late if you don't leave soon," she said as she shoved the sweater in my hands.
I still felt really bad. I glanced at Leo, to see if he was actually okay with this, and he just smiled at me. Sliding on the sweater, that was three sizes to big on me, I noticed that Shayla cut it so short that it stopped where my bra did. Covering my chest. Covering that stupid bump.
"Well, what do you think?" I twirled around in a small circle.
""I was so right," Shayla smiled smugly.
"Maybe it'll still be lucky…even though it's barely there anymore," Leo said jokingly.
'Thanks. Well I'm gonna go before we decide to have a heart-to-heart and start crying," I smiled and walked towards the kitchen to grab my backpack.
"Here take my car again," Leo said as he dangled his keys in front of me.
"Last time. I will be driving my car to school tomorrow. I should probably actually go home tonight now that I think about it. Crap, now I have to pack my duffel," I mumbled and rushed towards Leo bedroom.
"Already did it babe, it's by the couch," Leo said, grabbing my shoulders. "Figured you'd want to go home tonight. Maybe check and see that Charlie's cooking hasn't killed him yet."
"Wouldn't be surprised if it did."
I tried to balance both my backpack and my duffel bag on the same shoulder as I squeezed out the door.
"I'll swing by later to drop off your truck and your -"
"What was that?" I asked confused. Leo muttered the last part so low that I didn't hear any of it.
"I said when I dropoffyourprescription."
"Okay, how about at a speed that humans can understand?"
"I might of, possibly, maybe said when I drop off the prescription that I forgot the doctor gave you. Why the hell are you laughing?" he asked incredulously.
"Because you're so cute," I said stretching on my tippy-toes so I could ruffle his hair. "See ya later hunny bun."
Pulling into the school parking lot I saw the silver Volvo the decided to haunt my dreams.
I wonder if any more of them decided to switch schools?
Getting out of the giant monster I trudged towards the building that held my English class, and did what I normally did once I got to school: anticipating lunch so I could see the Mysterious Cullens again.
I really needed a social life…
"Hey Bella! So where were you yesterday?" Mike asked as he stood next to me in the lunch line.
"Um, I wasn't feeling well. I think it was one of those twenty-four hour bugs. Ya know?"
I always sucked at lying. I really needed to work on that.
"Aw, man that's to bad. But hey, at least you're here today," he said giving me a one arm hug.
Laughing nervously I wiggled out of grasp.
"Yup," I said as I handed the lady at the cashier my money.
"So, I was wondering if you'd mind if we sat with you today?"
"Um, sure. I don't care," I said smiling.
"Awesome."
Mike and I walked over to my usual spot in silence. It wasn't all that comfortable. I used to time to steal a quick glance at the Cullens and stumbled.
"You okay Bella?" Mike asked.
"Ya, I'm fine," I replied distracted.
Guess I wrong about Edward switching schools…
Sitting down I fixed my eyes on my lunch instead of my neighbors. There was nothing worse than being caught staring…Yes I would know from personal experience.
I mumbled a hello as Jessica and Lauren sat down, quickly followed by Angela and Tyler.
All of them started talking but I couldn't bring myself to try and pay attention. I was shocked, confused, and in pain. Way too many opposite feelings for one girl to handle… Glancing towards the Cullens again - yes, I realize that this was becoming an addiction, and an unhealthy one at that - I noticed that Alice was looking at me. We both smiled at the same time, which made us smile more.
I was about to say something to Alice, but as soon as I opened my mouth I felt something cold all over my lap. I looked down to see that I was drenched with milk. My milk. Glancing up I was met with the cold eyes of Lauren Mallory. The chick was ten time worse than Jessica.
"Oh, I'm sorry Bella. Accident," Lauren said with a malicious smile. That bitch might not be sorry yet, but someday soon I was going to make sure she would be. Right now my main priority was drying my pants…and possibly getting another milk. I grabbed my napkin to try and clean some of the liquid off, before it all seeped into my clothing, but I mysteriously couldn't find it.
Ladies and Gentlemen please put your hands together for Laruen Mallory, the winner of our "Taken the movie Mean Girls to seriously" award.
Jerk.
"Don't worry it's fine Lauren. After all it's just clothes, it'll come out," I said with a plastic smile on my face.
Lauren just glared at me. It may have frightened me before put I've been the victim of Rosalie's glares and scowls for far to long. Lauren's seemed mediocre compared.
Thanks Rosalie…in a weird way I guess.
"Here Bella, you can have my napkin," Mike said as he went to wipe the milk off my pants.
"Thanks Mike, but that's okay. I'm just going go see if I have any spare something in my truck," I hastily said as I practically jumped out of my seat. Casting one last look towards the Cullens showed me that none of them were looking at what just happened, not even Alice was looking anymore. I was sad that they didn't seem to be as interested in me as I was in them, but I was also glad that they hadn't witnessed the whole fiasco.
Throwing my tray away I made my way outside towards Leo's car.
I hope Leonard remembered to throw some pants in my duffel bag. I don't care if they match - I just don't want to smell like spoiled milk… Please, please be there.
A/N: First thing first: Did you like it? Leave reviews even if you didn't. You guys seriously don't know how much I love getting them!
Second, I'm currently looking for a Beta - I think that my writing could definitely benefit from having one - so if you're interested pm me or just leave a comment :) I'd greatly appreciate it.
Third, thanks for those of you that pm'd to wish me fun on Senior trip - it was a blast...even if I did get a massivly painful sunburn. (Swear i didn't wear a bra for three days)
Fourth, next chapter Bella and Edward will have their first encounter...maybe he'll be mean...maybe she'll be mean...who knows maybe they'll just both end up jumping eath other's bones? ...Course I'd probably have to change the rating if they did ;P
Love all of ya - thanks for keepin with me!
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