As promised, I made time to write up another chapter for you guys. I probably won't get to update again until next weekend, unless I am not very busy with homework during the week. Once again, I ask that you all be patient with me for the updates. I promise that I will update at least once a week, and if I can't then I will make sure to inform you all. Thank you to all that reviewed, followed, and favorite my story or myself. So, without further ado, here's the next chapter.

Hidden Soul

Chapter Four

I woke up the next morning with a killer headache. I tend to get these from time to time, usually it's over stress. My headaches aren't like the ones humans get they are usually ten times worse. I got up with a groan and decided that I should take a shower to try to at least look a little decent today. I welcomed the warmth of the water and I could feel my body start to relax. After a long shower, I finally got out and threw a towel around me and walked in my closet. I decided on wearing a pair of sweatpants and an old band shirt. After brushing out my hair, I decided to just let it air dry today. I slid on my shoes while grabbing my bag and a jacket and went downstairs. I plopped in a chair in the kitchen and groaned.

"Man Bella, you look like shit, no offense or anything." Destiny said while looking at me.

Devin turned to look at me, and I could tell he was concerned. "Everything all right Bella?"

I lifted my head up to look at him. "I'm fine Devin. I just have a really bad headache."

"Do you not want to go to school today?" Devin asked.

"No, I want to. It's bad enough that I already missed the last half of my classes on my first day yesterday." I said while getting up to take some of my pain medicine that I got prescribed to me back in Canada. After getting a glass of water, I swallowed the two pills with ease and took a drink. I heard Carina and Blain come down the stairs and into the kitchen. When I went back to my seat, I could almost hear Carina's concern coming off of her body. I felt her put a hand on my shoulder so I turned to look at her. She was looking at me with an "Are you okay?" face, which I nodded my head yes at her. I turned to look at the clock and saw that it was time to go. "Hey Devin," I started to ask while getting up to grab my things, "Do you think you could maybe drive today? My head is killing me and I don't think I could concentrate enough on the road."

Devin nodded his head at me while saying, "Of course Bella."

I threw on my jacket and we all went out to the garage. We all piled up into his Jeep, which thankfully was one of the bigger ones and we were on our way to the school.

After pulling up at the school, we all went our own way. I wasn't in the mood to talk to anyone at this point, unless it was Rosalie. I went straight to class and went straight to the back row. I laid my head down on my desk and groaned again. After a few minutes I could practically smell Rosalie walk in the class. I felt a hand on my shoulder and I looked up to see her looking at me with concern.

"Are you feeling okay Bella? You don't look too good."

I sighed softly and rubbed my temple. "I've been better. I woke up with an insane headache and it hasn't gone away."

"Ooh, a migraine?" Rosalie asked.

"You could call it that I suppose." I said while wincing from the pain.

"Well, besides that, are you feeling any better? Your friend…Carina I believe...said that you weren't feeling very well yesterday either."

"Yeah, besides my headache I'm feeling better. I'm sorry for leaving like that at lunch by the way. If I could explain what exactly happened, I would but I don't even know what happened. I just felt…I felt extremely sick and claustrophobic all of a sudden and I had to get some air." I said while looking at Rosalie. I could tell she wanted to question it further but she chose against it.

"It's okay Bella. Just promise me that you won't do that again. You had me so worried. I thought I said or did something to upset you."

"I'm sorry for worrying you like that." I said while looking at her.

Class then started and we didn't get to talk much since the teacher had us read the whole time. Like yesterday, I felt those familiar tingles and butterflies that I get with Rosalie when she is around. Thankfully my body wasn't taking it as bad as it was yesterday, but it could be because of the throbbing pain in my head. I couldn't get myself to read the assignment so I decided to lay my head down and sleep the whole hour, or at least act like I was sleeping. I could feel Rosalie's eyes on me every once in a while and I am almost positive she is worried about me. When the bell rang for the end of class, I could feel my head throb even more. I winced and got up with my things and left the class room. I could hear Devin trying to catch up to me, but I didn't feel like talking to him. I went into the next class and did the exact same thing I did previously, which I continued to do so up until lunch.

I walked into the lunch room by myself today. I didn't really want to sit at a table with my pack, and I wasn't sure if Rosalie was going to choose to sit with her friends today or not. She didn't ask if I wanted to sit with her, so I decided on sitting at a table by myself near the back. I was eating my lunch quietly when I saw her sit down across from me with a smile.

"Hey, you looked like you needed a friend by you so I decided to be that friend. How's your headache feeling?" Rosalie asked while opening her salad.

I smiled at her and took a drink of my water. "Thank you for that Rosalie. My head is feeling a little better, not much though."

"I'm sorry you haven't felt well in the last two days. Have you tried taking something for your head? I know that can sometimes help."

"I took some pain medicine this morning that I had subscribed to me, but for some reason it's not working today." I said while wincing some at my head.

I could see her pouting some from my pain, which her pout is absolutely adorable by the way. "Aw well, hopefully it will feel better tomorrow."

"Yeah, I hope so anyway. So when does your softball season start?" I asked randomly.

She looked surprised at that and said, "Um, it starts in a few weeks. Why? Are you interested in trying out for it?"

I grinned at her after I took a drink of water. "Actually I think I am. I have decided that I should probably try out for a sport if I wanted to get that "full high school experience"."

She smiled at that. "Well, that my dear is a very good athletic choice. I think you would fit right in with the team. Just one question though, how good is your experience in softball?"

"My family and I used to play it every weekend when we used to live back in Canada." My pack actually enjoyed a game of baseball with each other on the weekends. We just haven't had a chance to play a game yet since we were busy moving and all.

"I may just have to see it for myself before you try out. I wouldn't want you to ruin the team's reputation you know?" Rosalie said kiddingly while smirking at me.

I rolled my eyes at her playfully. "Oh please, don't go all miss high and mighty on me. You know what I bet?" I asked while grinning at her.

"Hmm, what is that?" Rosalie asked curiously.

"I bet that your softball team isn't as bad ass as you claim it is." I said while grinning even more.

"Oh please Bella, once you see the team, you won't be able to watch any other sport." Rosalie said jokingly.

I laughed at that, which she joined in right after. Lunch was soon over, much to my disappointment. I was rather enjoying my talk with Rosalie, and I am sure she was thinking just the same. We both got up and it turned out that we actually had every class together after lunch, which I was thankful for. I quickly explained my reason of missing class yesterday to all of my teachers, which thankfully they dismissed and didn't count it against me. It was now the last class of the day, which was P.E. The teacher decided to have us run laps today, which I didn't mind since I absolutely love running. I saw that Rosalie was off talking to her friends and I didn't want to bother her so I took off with a slow jog around the track. Carina soon caught up to me though and we started talking.

"Hey, how's your head Bells?" Carina asked while we were slowly jogging.

"Eh, it's not as painful as it was this morning, but that could be because I'm running."

"How's the whole…you know…Rosalie situation going? Has it gotten any worse or?"

"Actually my body isn't reacting as badly as it had been yesterday. I don't know what that was all about yesterday, but I really hope it doesn't happen again. I can't afford to keep running out like that. It would cause us to move again, which I'm sure Charlie wouldn't be happy about." I said while starting to quicken up the pace some.

Carina quickened up her pace as well to keep up with me. "Speaking of Charlie, have you had the chance to call him yet?"

"No I haven't. When I got in my room last night, I just felt so drained so I couldn't help but pass out afterwards."

"Bella, you really need to call him! I don't think it's normal for your body to react like that, and the fact that you have a huge headache the day after your body went crazy, I just find it a little weird."

"I know Carina. I'm sorry okay? If it makes you feel better, I'll call him tonight."

"Okay good. I don't know if you know this or not Bells, but you being like this stresses out the pack too. It's because your mind is thinking of a million things while your body is feeling a million things as well. So it would really do all of us a huge favor if you would just call your father about this." Carina said while looking at me.

I nodded my head at this and told her that I would talk to her later. I started to run a little bit faster, knowing she couldn't keep up with me any longer.

"Well someone sure does like to run. You weren't kidding when you said you are a good runner Bella."

I looked over and saw that Rosalie was running alongside me. I gave her a smile while saying, "I told you I wasn't lying. Running is just a natural instinct for me."

"A natural instinct? What are you, a super human or something?" Rosalie asked jokingly. If only she knew the whole truth though.

I laughed while saying, "No, I'm normal I promise. I have always just been able to run long distances. It's been that way since I was little."

"Are you sure you have never been on a track team before?"

"Nope, I never have and I never will."

"Well, you should really reconsider it because if our track team had you on it, we would always win." Rosalie said while smiling at me.

"Was that you just giving me a compliment?"

She grinned at me while saying teasingly, "Pssh, you wish Bella."

I grinned and we kept running together quietly. Surprisingly she kept up with me the whole time, even when I decided to run even faster. We eventually both came to a stop and we decided to take a break and sit on the bleachers. I sat down and decided to lean back against the other row behind me, which Rosalie followed after me.

"So, what made you decide to be on the softball team?" I asked while looking at her.

"I don't really know actually. My mother tried to get me to become a cheerleader when I was younger, which that was a complete fail. Of course though, I would always go to the try outs anyway just to please her. She even tried to get me to try gymnastics out for a few years just so I could improve on cheering. One day, she was out working at her job and my father had me for the whole day. He decided that he wanted to teach my brother and me how to play baseball. So we spent all day playing outside, and I was just naturally taken to it. I knew from that day on that I absolutely loved playing the sport, but sadly my mother didn't feel the same. It wasn't until I was in eighth grade that I told my mother that I wanted to try out for the softball team. She threw a huge fit, but thankfully my father persuaded her to just let me try it. When I tried out the coach thought I was absolutely perfect and he took me on the team. I remember the day of my very first softball game. I was absolutely terrified. I remember when I stepped up to the bat, I looked around at the crowd and I only saw my father and Jasper out there cheering me on. Of course my brother had the biggest smile on his face as he cheered my name. It was like that for every game, my brother and my father cheering me on while my mother was anywhere else but there. I eventually got used to her not showing up for my games though. I confronted her one night, asking why she never came to my games."

"What did she say?" I asked now very interested in learning about her past.

She gave a small chuckle while saying, "She said that what I play is a man's sport, and that a lady should be cheering on the sidelines instead of doing the actual game."

I tried to hold in a growl, but I couldn't help but let it slip out. "That's awful! I can't believe she said that to you!"

"It's okay Bella. I was used to her way of thinking by then. My mother has always been ashamed of me, but when it came to my brother," Rosalie started off while glaring softly, "He was her perfect little angel that could do nothing wrong. Even if she caught him breaking a rule or lying, she would always dismiss it. When it came to me though, I would always get punished."

I could feel something tug at my heart, telling me to hold her in my arms. So that's what I did. I wrapped my arms around her tightly, while rubbing her back slowly. "I'm so sorry for how your mother treated you as a little girl. No one should be treated like that."

I felt her wrap her arms around my shoulders and hold onto me tightly. "It's okay Bella, really it is. My father has always been on my side though. For the longest time he would try to fight my mother, to defend me. Unfortunately though, he would lose every battle against her and he eventually gave up defending me. Surprisingly they are still together, which I don't get how."

We stayed like this for the rest of the period, which I didn't mind one bit. Unfortunately though, the teacher told us that we had to go back in to change and soon after, it was the end of the day. Rosalie and I decided to walk out together, which I didn't mind one bit either. I walked her to her car, which is where we are at now.

"Thank you for listening to my story in P.E. Bella. It really meant a lot to me." Rosalie said while leaning against her car.

I smiled at her while saying, "It's not a problem Rosalie. I enjoyed listening. I actually want to know as much as I can about you."

She gave me a quizzical look before asking, "Why? I mean, no one has ever been interested in learning about me, not even my friends. I'm really not an interesting person Bella."

I smiled at her again while getting closer to her. "Yeah, well, you are interesting to me. There's just something about you that makes me want to know as much as I can about you. You can say it's almost like a pull towards you." I said while looking at her.

I could see her blush and look down. "Well that is really sweet Bella. I want to get to know you too. Actually, I was wondering if you would want my number, you know, just in case if one of us needs to talk to someone." Rosalie said while grinning at me.

I grinned back at her before pulling out my phone and handing it to her. "Of course, here, take my phone and put your number in it and I'll do the same with yours."

We quickly exchanged numbers and I put my phone back in my bag. "Well, I need to get going. I'm sure the others are wondering what's taking me so long." I said while looking at her.

She pulled me into a hug while leaning up to my ear and whispering softly, "Thank you again Bella for listening. I know this may sound weird, but I feel like I can talk to you about anything."

I smiled at her and pulled her closer to me while saying quietly, "You're welcome Rosalie. I feel the exact same way with you."

We slowly let go of one another. "You know, you can call me Rose if you want to."

"Really, well…thank you…Rose." I said while grinning at her.

She grinned back at me and got into her car and said goodbye. I watched her leave before I went to the others and got in. After supper I decided that I needed to call Charlie. I went upstairs to my room and shut the door while dialing his number. Thankfully, he picked up on the second ring.

"Dad, it's me Bella. I really need to talk to you about something."

Well that was chapter four for you guys. I hoped you liked it. I'm sorry that it was shorter than the last one. I didn't have as much time to write a really long chapter. But I hope you guys liked it anyway. I would like to remind you that I would really appreciate it if you would send me a review telling me what you think of the story/chapter. I love to hear from my readers, because then it shows me that people are actually reading it. I've already got an idea from a reader that I may possibly play with a little bit in the future. If you have an idea that you would like to see happen in the story, feel free to tell me whether it's in a review or a PM. If I feel like I could fit it in the story somehow, I just may use it. Anyway, it probably won't be until next weekend that I update again. So please be patient with me.