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Chapter Song
Cake-Satan Is My Motor
BPOV
I smoothed my pleated skirt out with my hands and tugged down my top a little. My hair was pulled back in a high pony tail and had a long red ribbon flowing down the back. I actually had a tattoo of a Rooster on my cheek. Yes, the Forks mascot was a Cock. The humor of this seemed to be lost on most of the school. Currently, I was sitting on a bench, pom-poms in my lap listening to the captain of the football team talk about leadership, sporting behavior and kicking ass. I was sweating from the heat of the huge fire.
Something on the other side of the bonfire caught my eye. Among the football players was the guy I had been flirting with all week. His name was Mike. He was cute in a jock kind of way and had started following me around like a puppy dog. He was not my normal type but he seemed like the safest way to jump back in the dating pool. I noticed he was looking at me. I winked at him and he mouthed, "Hi, you look great". I was thankful he could not see my blush I mouthed a thank you back. If anything he was flattering.
The marching band started the school fight song and I hopped up to do my routine. I was not the most graceful dancer but my tumbling was among the best. I did a series of back handsprings as the event came to an end. I gathered my things and looked over to the parking area where Alice told me they would wait.
I spotted Alice and started in her direction. This week had been so busy I hadn't met all of her friends yet and was hoping to do so tonight. She had pointed out Jasper Whitlock to me in the hallway and confided she had a huge crush on him. I got the message. Jasper was off limits, but I still had to agree he was really cute.
I saw Jasper and a couple of other guys acting like morons over by a huge orange convertible. That thing was a boat. The top was down and they had music playing loudly from the speakers. I recognized the first chords of Satan is My Motor by Cake playing. Excellent.
Alice saw me walk up and squealed, "Bella! You were great! I can't believe you can do all those flips! The other girls smiled at me and the boys turned in my direction. Other than Jasper there was a guy who was so big I was shocked he was not on the football team. "This is Emmett," as she pointed to Mr. Muscles, "and Tyler and Ben." She gestured to two other boys leaning on the front of the car.
"Hey Bella," Emmett said, while looking at my chest, "I saw those flips too. Nice. You seem pretty flexible". Jasper snorted and started coughing next to him.
I was pretty embarrassed but sucked it up and put my hand on my hips, "Well, Emmett. I guess you will never know the, um, full extent of my abilities." I quipped. His face held a mixture of shock, humor and lust as he processed my response. Score one for me.
Just then Rosalie walked over. Great, just what I needed. We had been cordial since lunch the first day but I took great pains to stay out of her way as much as possible. The look in her eye was making me nervous.
"Bella, sweetie, I have a surprise for you" she announced and grabbed my hand before I could respond. I looked over to the others and they all looked just as clueless as I felt. I allowed my self to be dragged around to the side of the car.
When I got there I noticed a guy sitting on the back of the car, a pretty blonde girl was leaning in between his legs and gripping his hips. His head was down and he was whispering something in her ear. It was pretty dark and they looked like they wanted privacy. I had no idea why Rose would take us over here.
"Wait." She commanded and walked towards the couple. She grabbed the boys arm and yanked him away from the girl. A coy smile was on her face and he hopped up and followed her.
As they got closer she scooted behind him and gave him a push into the light.
Right then, my ever-sputtering heart kick started, beating at full speed for the first time in weeks, and a huge gush of air sucked in my lungs and back out. I realized then that I hadn't really taken a breath in so long.
"Edward?" I gasped.
He looked as shocked as I felt. Like a deer in headlights. But slowly, his eyes took me in and his face lit up. "Bella? Is that you? What are you doing here? In Forks?" I could hear the sound of joy in his voice.
I felt the huge grin on my face. "I moved back with my dad instead of going back to Arizona." I said, my hands shaking so much I dropped my pom-poms to the ground. Why wasn't he touching me? Then he moved closer and I felt the magnetic pull between us.
Just as he took a step and reached his arm out, a throat cleared. Were there other people here? I had forgotten. Edward looked towards the sound and looked at Rosalie and the big guy, Emmett. He shifted and pulled back from me, shoving his hands into his back pockets like he was afraid to have them unoccupied.
My stomach instinctively recoiled as Edward glanced over his shoulder to the blonde, shrugged at her and plastered a smirk on his beautiful face.
"That's cool Bella. Uh…so you're a cheerleader, huh?" he sneered and started laughing. "That's a fantasy of mine, you know. You can be Claire and I'll be Peter. Save the Cheerleader Save the World." He actually leaned over and yanked on the bottom of my skirt. Everyone around laughed with him, joining in the fun.
At my expense.
I was such a fool. I glanced around as I sucked back my tears.
Alice looked horrified and like she may cry as well, her hands up at her mouth.
Jessica and Angela were whispering quietly to each other avoiding my eyes.
And Rosalie.
She looked like the cat who caught the canary.
I shoved my heart back down to the painful pit I had been storing it in, feeling like my soul was exposed for the whole group.
I walked over to Edward, and looked him square in his fucking gorgeous eyes.
"Fuck. You." I said evenly. I turned, bent over, picked up my pom-poms and marched off the field.
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Bella stalked off and her little skirt flipped up in the air. Giving me a view of the edge of her red cheerleading panties. Gah.
What have I done? I am a total fucking idiot. These thoughts played though my head as I forced the arrogant look to stay on my face while she left. And I did nothing to stop her.
As soon as she was out of sight I turned to Rosalie, still looking smug as hell. She knew of course, exactly what was going on. I was going to smack that smile off her face if she didn't back off. She must have seen the murderous look in my eyes as she gestured to Jessica and Angela and calmly walked to her car.
Alice gave me a sad, disappointed look and ran off, I'm assuming after Bella. I'd never felt like such a dick and I'd had more than my share of dickhead moments. I walked over to the car and saw the guys had already gotten in. The music was still playing and I slammed the door, cranked the ignition and revved the engine hard and loud. As I peeled out of the parking lot I could feel Emmett, who was riding shot gun, looking at me. I looked at him without turning my head. His eyes were huge and he looked like he had something to say.
I sighed. "What?" I clenched my jaw and gripped the steering wheel, waiting for him to unleash. I had no idea how bad this situation was, how much damage control I needed to do. Instead of Emmett saying something I heard Jasper from the back seat say, in a low voice, "I've never seen a chick talk to him like that and did you see her do that split? Can you imagine spreading her legs…." My foot hit the break and the car skid to a sudden, violent stop.
"Get. Out." I growled. Still not looking back I felt the back of the car lurch as they jumped out the side. I finally looked at Emmett. Surprisingly, he clapped me on the back and jumped out too. I gave him a nod and my tires squealed as I drove down the road. I knew exactly where I was going.
A/N I know this seems a little short but the upcoming chapters are longer and I try to cut them to fit in with the movie/story!
