Chapter 4: Questions

So heres chapter 4. I don't really know what's going to happen in the future of this story, but im definatly not going to rush into them falling in love or anything. If you have any ideas for the story I would really appreciate!

Disclaimer: I do not own twilight, or any of the characters, all the wonderful Stephanie Meyers work!

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Bella POV

when everything was going right, this one perfect boy had to come and ruin things. why did he have to bring it up. I didn't want to bring all this with me here, this was meant to be a new start for me. things were so messed up. I knew I needed to get back, so people wouldn't get suspicious and start asking more questions.

I took a wipe out of the glove compartment and wiped my face, to get rid off all the dry tears down my cheeks. I got my heartbeat down, and calmed myself. I gathered my stuff trying to think of a excuse to tell the others why I was gone.

I heard three taps on my car window. great the Greek-god had arrived. I opened the door, pushing it into his stomach and knocking him backwards.

I locked the car and started to walk off towards the direction of the school. edward ran in front of me and put his hands on my shoulders to stop me.

'Can I help you?' I snapped at him.

'Bella, what did I say to make you so upset?' he seemed genuinely curious, but like I was going to tell this stranger anything.

'look nothing edward, please just leave me alone!' I pushed past him, but he stood infront of me again.

'look are you going to move, or am I having to get my dad to arrest you for harassment?' that seemed to offend him, and he moved out of the way and I shot off to the cafeteria.

I didn't even know where it was, so I was just going down random corridors, looking for it. I had just remembered I had a map, when the last voice on the earth I wanted to hear, spoke.

'you lost?' he said, keeping his distance from me this time.

'what's it to you?' I snapped at him. Was he all questions? seriously.

'you looking for the cafeteria?' he asked me, dammit, I was going to have to ask him for directions.

'maybe' I said, not really wanting to admit it to him.

'come on, ill show you' he said to me before stalking off down the corridor. I reluctantly followed him. soon enough, we were entering the cafeteria. edward smiled before walking off to sit at a table with a bunch of people already there. I only knew one of them, jasper, the boy who said I was hot.

I looked around for Angela. I finally spotted her she was sitting with mike, Eric, ben and Tyler. no jess. where did she keep disappearing too. I noticed that the tables went in order of how popular people were. Angela and the others were in the middle of the hall. edward, was of course on the popular table.

I walked over, to Angela's table. I shot a quick glance at Edwards's table, he was staring at me. I quickly looked away, and sat down.

'hey' I greeted everyone.

'Bella, where have you been? we were looking for you everywhere, but we got really hungry.' she seemed apologetic, it was my fault not hers

'No I had to go to the office, you know, new kid stuff' I smiled at her and she dropped the subject.

'So where's jess?' I asked the table.

'With her new best friends' Angela replied, pointing over to the table next to edward and jaspers. She was sitting with the cheerleaders.

'Jess isn't a cheerleader' I stated.

'She wasn't, try-outs were at break, she's on the team. she's now best friends with Tanya and Lauren the bitches of the school.' even though she was upset, she didn't sound bitchy or anything, Angela was just too nice.

'Well I'm sure she'll come around' I rubbed her shoulder.

'Yeah' she breathed. the bell went. I had gym.

I walked to the girl's locker room with Angela. We got changed and sat down, waiting for coach to tell us what we were doing.

We were doing track today. Everyone groaned when coach announced it, but I just smiled.

I loved running. it was the only time I truly felt happy. it felt like I was running away from all my troubles, leaving them behind, just for a few moments. but no one could run forever.

'so you like running then' Angela said smiling as we walked down to the tracks.

'Yeah I do' I breathed out.

'I hate it you know, im not very good.' she didn't seem upset or anything, Angela just wasn't like that.

I looked up and saw the tracks. They were good, not quite as big as my old school, but still a good run. I couldn't wait to start running, this is the only thing I was good at, the only thing I shined at.

All the girls sat down on the bench by the track. I was at the end of the line, but Angela was next to me. The boys came out then. I didn't see Edward at first, and I guessed he wasn't in this class. Why was I even looking for him, I didn't even know him, yet every chance I got, just wanted to look at him.

I was chatting to Angela when I felt someone sit down beside me and brush my leg. Where they did, it tingled afterwards. I turned around and surprise, surprise, Edward was there. He smiled but I didn't smile back.

Coach started to talk and separated the boys and girls and giving us each a number. He then told us to go and find the boy with our matching number; we would be partners for this lesson.

I looked around, asking a few people their number, until there was only one person left, Edward.

Dammit, why did we always have to be partnered together?

He walked over to me, running a hand though his hair, and smiling a crooked smile.

'So partner, ill go easy on you' he winked and we walked over to the other pairs.

'No need, I was the fastest runner in my school, back home, so we'll see who wins' I sneered at him turning away and folding my arms.

'Why do you hate me so much?' he looked down and he seemed sad.

'look, im not just another girl you can be nice too, show around, then hook up with and dump, so forget it' I snapped at him.

'Look, you don't know anything about me' he didn't snap back, he just said it calmly.

'Mutual' I muttered to him.

'Right kids, who wants to go first?' no one offered up.

'Cullen, Swan, get your butts up there and get ready' he shouted, clapping his hands.

Me and edward walked over to the starting line and got ready to race.

'edward, I mean it don't hold back, or your going to be sorry' I whispered to him.

'Don't worry I won't' he said not turning to look at me.

Looks like I had offended him. Great. I signed and coach told us to get ready.

He used the stunt gun, to fire a shot into the air. Me and Edward sped off down the track. We were at an equal pace at the beginning.

all I could hear was people shouting Edward's name. This seemed to motivate him and he took the lead. I couldn't believe it, this person who seemed intent on ruining my life, well maybe I was over reacting a bit, buy you know, he was now better than me at the one thing I was good at in life. I thought of the thing I knew would make me run as fast as I could, Phil.

I imagined he was chasing me, and I was running away from him. I was edging closer to Edward, who was actually running at full speed. Each step I took brought me closer, until I passed him, and took the lead. He was about a second behind me, but it was close. I ran over the finish line two seconds before Edward.

Most people were clapping and shouting my name, while Edwards friends were just laughing, probably thinking that he had just been beaten by a girl, especially a new one.

I felt guilty. Had I just humiliated him?

I turned around to find him centimetres from my face. His sweet breath blew in my face and mad me dizzy. I took a few steps back.

'So clever, tactful, fast, beautiful' he smiled at me waiting for my reply

'thanks, but you see what I mean, saying him pretty, edward its not going to work, so please just leave me alone!' I stormed off to the bench. Edward went off to his friends, staring at me. I dropped my gaze and sat alone.

Coach came over to me and sat down.

'bella, you have a pair of legs on you, and I was wondering if you wanted to join the track team, in all the time I have coached here, no one had ever beaten Edward Cullen, so what do you say, you up for it?' what, no one had ever beaten Edward? I thought most boys were pretty fast. I knew I was a good runner, but was I really that good? Well if the coach thought I was, I may as well just give it a chance.

'Yeah, sure.' I smiled at him.

'well practice is on Monday's, Wednesdays and Fridays after school, till 5:00pm, you ready for the commitment?' he was serious so I stopped grinning like an idiot and acted mature.

'yeah I am, im really looking forward to this' and I was, this was the first time I was going to be part of something, actually enjoy myself.

'well then bella, im looking forward to having you on the team, well I have to go and ask a few more people to join.' he patted my arm and walked off into the crowd of students.

The rest of the lesson went by quickly. all I could think about was edward. I had only known him all of one day, yet I was feeling something I had never felt before, and I didn't know what it was.

I walked to the locker room with Angela and a group of other girls. I wasn't really listening, to them, I just nodded and smiled in the right places.

then they started talking about their moms, and how nice Angela's was. I got changed quickly, said goodbye to Angela and rushed out into the parking lot.

As soon as coach left me on the bench, I couldn't stop thinking about Phil, and what he had done to me. I couldn't stop thinking about my mom and what she had done to me, how she had abandoned me, how I couldn't even go to her when I needed her most.

Just as I was out of the building, the other students started to come out as well and go off to their various cars. so much for making a quick escape. once again I tried to push through the crowds, but by the time I got to my car, it was surrounded by people. boys mostly. I just waited at the back of the crowd. people didn't move.

then I heard a voice I had been craving to hear. 'I can't get to my car, who's is that?' he asked me, pointing to my crowded car.

'Mine' I simply said. Pushing people out the way, murmuring excuse me every second.

When I finally got to the car door I heard edward telling people to move out of the way, of course because he was the popular guy, everyone went without another word.

'Nice car' he commented, winking at me.

'yep' I retorted before getting into my car and starting the engine. just as I was about to pull out, edward drove behind my car, joining the forming queue, trapping me in the space. I cursed him for doing this, I scowled into the mirror, which edward was looking at, before turning my head around to glare at him, he just laughed. he owed me for this.

it was about 15 minutes before I could actually get out of my space. edward was only there for five of them and as soon as he went, I felt guilty for the way I had treated him today. he was one of those people you couldn't stay mad at. I didn't even know him, yet I was feeling guilty, what was going on with me?

on the drive home, I thought about what to cook Charlie. I knew I had to go to the store to get groceries and stuff like that. I thought I was better to write a list of what I needed; I didn't have a very good memory.

I wined down the streets leading up to my house, trying to keep the memories of my mom and Phil at bay by thinking of things to buy for dinner. I just needed to keep myself occupied, and I wouldn't have time to think about it.

I pulled up into the garage and locked my car, got my keys out of my bag and unlocked the door; Charlie wouldn't be home for a few more hours so I had plenty of time.

I dropped my school bag on the floor and walked into the kitchen. I checked all of the cupboards to see what we had, nothing was there that people would actually eat. I guessed I didn't need that list then, seen as I needed to buy everything. I got out the money jar and emptied its contents into my wallet. there was about 100 bucks, more than I actually needed.

I grabbed my good purse, stuffing my wallet in and running around to the garage.

it was about a 15 minute drive to the store, I decided to go to the big one in port Angeles instead of going to the mini one in forks.

I circled the lot a few times until I found an empty space, near the entrance. as I was getting a shopping car, I noticed a silver Volvo parked at the back of the lot. there were loads of silver Volvos right? it probably wasn't Edward's.

as soon as I had the cart, I walked through the automatic doors and into the store. there was probably every type of food in here.

I walked down each of the isles, grabbing everything we needed. I had to say, it was overflowing and was really hard to push around.

the last thing I needed was salt and pepper. can you believe Charlie didn't own them? he amazed me, how did he actually survive in a house with no food.

the salt and pepper shakers were on the top shelf, and I was too short to reach them. dammit. I deliberated my chances of standing on the other shelves to reach them, but if I broke them, I would make a complete show of myself.

I stood on my tippy toes trying to reach it, when a big, pale, hand grabbed them for me. I turned around to face them. it was of course edward. why did it have to be him? then I became aware of how close our faces were. his sweet breath surrounded me, making me dizzy. WaitBella,getagrip,youdon'tevenknowhim,heshouldn'thavethiseffectonyou. Right I had to get a grip.

'Someone's hungry' he commented as he put them in the cart.

'Ha-ha very funny' I sneered at him. why was I always lashing out at him?

'im actually shopping for me and Charlie, he has nothing, and I mean nothing in his cupboards.' I was trying to be polite to him, now, to make up for it.

'well chief swan usually eats at the dinner, don't know how though, its horrible in there' he chuckled.

I actually found myself laughing along with him.

'Eddie?' someone called.

'I have to go bella, see you in school' he said before hurrying off down the isle.

'Bye' I muttered quietly.

Why did I always make a fool of myself in front of him? it was annoying. then I would lash out, and feel guilty about it.

the drive home was a blur. because I now had nothing to occupy my mind, my thoughts went to my mom and phil again.

they haunted every thought I had. Tormented me through-out the night. I don't think I would ever get over what they had done to me. I was broken, un-fixable, and not returnable. after I made dinner, I put everything away in the cupboards and watched some stupid tv show with charlie. I could tell he wanted to be alone to put the game on, so I said goodnight and went upstairs.

I went to my room, and into the bathroom. I stripped off and got into the shower. letting the hot water cleanse my soul. it didn't work, but I imagined it did. after about 25 minutes, I got out and put on some PJ's.

I curled up in a ball under the comforter and closed my eyes. I didn't sleep a soundless sleep, just like always, he haunted me.

I know, finally this day ended. im not going to go day by day anymore, I may skip a few days out.

I hoped you liked the banter between Edward and Bella!

I was wondering if you wanted Edward POV soon, or later on in the story, if you could please review telling me what you think, it would really help!

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