Emmett was leaning against the wall. Class wasn't even done yet.
"What are you doing," I questioned.
"I'm going to the principal's office also," he replied as he started walking towards it with me following.
"What did you do," I asked.
"I punched Mike in the face for what he said to you," he answered. I gasped. "He deserved it, Bella. I just happened to do it in front of the teacher also." I gasped again. "I wanted to punch the teacher also, but that might have taken it too far."
"Emmett," I gasped. That was taking it too far. It was only his first day, and he was doing this for me, a complete stranger. What was up with this family?
"He'd deserve it really," he shrugged. "People shouldn't be allowed to tell others what they have to do if they don't want to, even if he is older."
"Is that your philosophy," I questioned. He nodded. "So you use violence if you think something's wrong?" He shrugged. She shook my head.
"You don't want me to use violence for you," he questioned. I shook my head. "What's wrong with violence?"
"If you use too much, you get addicted to it," I stated. It was true. James use to never abuse me until I was thirteen, and then he smacked me once, and he liked it so much that he did it again and again. It was his addiction now.
Before he could reply, we arrived at the office. We entered it, and I immediately wish that I didn't. James and Victoria were there, and they looked pissed, mostly James though. I tried to stay strong so Emmett wouldn't notice, but I couldn't help but flinch when I looked at James glaring at me. I don't even know why they were in here in the first place. I didn't see Emmett's parents in here, so why did my guardian's have to be in here?
"Come with me," the principal said. We all entered the room, including Emmett. We took the seats, while Victoria and James stood against the wall. "So what happened?"
"It's all my fault, sir," Emmett answered. I looked at him with surprise. "I had decided to be Bella's partner when no one else would. We were put up against Mike and Tanya, and they started talking nastily to Bella. I didn't like that so much, but I dropped it for a moment. I played against them because Bella was standing outside of the court lines, and then the teacher came up and said that she had to join. It didn't seem like she wanted to a lot, but Tanya chose her as a target to try and hit because of Bella's non-ability to stay standing without tripping over something. It wasn't fair of Tanya to do so, but she did it anyways.
"Anyways, I went for the birdie, and the teacher said that it was Bella's hit, but she didn't want to play really, and the teacher was forcing her into doing it. He shouldn't have done it at all, but he's just too much of an asshole to realize that."
"Watch your language, Mr. McCarthy," the principal warned.
"Anyways," Emmett stated as if he didn't even hear him, "He was going to forcibly push Bella in, but she didn't want him to come in contact with her, so she shied away from him. That caused him to make her come here. She went to change because she didn't know how long this would take. Then Mike Newton made a comment that I didn't like, so I punched him in the face. He's in the nurse's office, crying like a baby." I turned to gap at him. I couldn't believe that Emmett was speaking like this, especially to an adult. He just shrugged.
"Well, thank you, Emmett for your contribution to the story," the principal stated, obviously annoyed. Emmett shrugged again. "So is that what happened, Bella?" I nodded. "Is there anything that you'd like to add?" I shook my head because I had no clue what I was going to say. I didn't want to make my uncle even more mad, but I didn't want to say anything wrong to get Emmett even in more trouble. It was a tough thing to choose what to say right now, and I just chose to be quiet. All of the sudden, the door opens, and another woman walks in.
"I'm sorry I was late," she said as she excused herself. She walked over to stand over by Emmett.
"You must be Mrs. Cullen," the principal says as he stands up to shake her hand. She nodded. "Well we're going to let him off with a warning since this is the first day of school for him. I don't want to see him coming in here again though, understood?" She nodded, so he turned to me. "The same goes for you Miss Swan. I nodded. "Now you're excused." Emmett and I got up and followed our guardians out of the room.
"Well that wasn't too bad," Emmett stated after a little bit.
"Wasn't too bad," his mother questioned. "You got a warning on your first day here, Emmett. You actually waited two weeks with the last school at least."
"Well, it wasn't my fault, mom," he explained. "Bella was getting bullied right in front of me, and you know how much I hate bullying."
"Yeah, I know," she sighed before looking at me. Then her eyes widened with surprised. "Oh my, where are my manners? I'm Esme Cullen, Emmett's mother."
"Hello Mrs. Cullen," I replied, shaking her hand.
"Please, call me Esme," she replied as she shook my hand. I nodded. "And you are..." She had turned to face James and Victoria, but James wasn't in a very happy mood, so Victoria stuck in.
"Hello, I'm Victoria," she answered as she shook Esme hand. "And this is my husband, James." He gave a curt nod. She nodded back in a greeting. "We are Bella's aunt and uncle."
"Oh," Esme stated. "It's nice to meet you." Victoria smiled. "Well, I better be taking Emmett home now, but it was very nice to meet you all." They soon walked out of the building and I was left to fend for myself against my uncle.
"We'll talk at home," he stated before walking out of the office. I knew what the "talk" would consist of. I wasn't looking forward to it either.
"Hey Bella," Angela greeted as she walked up to me, not noticing my uncle and aunt at all.
"Well hello Angela," Victoria greeted with a smile. Angela gave a timid smile back before looking over at James' retreating form.
"Aunt Victoria, do you mind if I drop Angela home," I questioned. "Her friend forgot about her, so I just wanted to make sure she was safe before anything might happen to her." Victoria already knew that Angela knew about James' beatings. She was actually the one that told Angela one night when she was drunk and James wasn't home yet. That was when I was allowed to have sleepovers at my house, but now, I can't no matter how I feel or what I want to do. I can't have sleepovers period really. I wouldn't want to anyways with how I look. I only allow hanging out with Angela at school really, and she's fine with that as long as I pick her up and drop her off in the mornings since I can't miss a single day of school, or my uncle would be pissed out of his mind. I didn't want to be beaten up too often for those kinds of things if I could avoid it.
"Don't worry about getting home too late, dear," she whispered. "I know that he's mad right now too much. Don't stay out too late though or it would get worse." I nodded with a tear forming in my eyes. She just walked away and we walked to my truck before James saw it. We got in and drove away before anyone could stop us. It didn't take long to get to Angela's house.
"Be careful, okay," she stated. I nodded as tears came to my eyes from the fright of what was awaiting me at home. Angela gave me a hug before pulling away and walking towards her house. She gave me a sad smile before entering it. Then I was off to meet my doom.