I own several awesome pairs of shoes along with about 30 normal pairs of shoes. I do not, however, own Twilight or anything to do with it.
BTW I'm English so I have no idea how the school system works in America. Yay! So I'm going to use my limited knowledge of American school and mix it with my limited knowledge of English schools creating something which probably no one -including me - understands. Comprende?
Chapter 3 : First day at school.
Edward's point of view:Bella was three years old yesterday which meant she was starting nursery this year. She would be the oldest in the class and if she was a day older she would have started school a year ago as the youngest. We had moved a few weeks before her third birthday and we would all be starting school with Bella. She would complete preschool (nursery to year three), then we would move for primary school (year four to year six), again for middle school (year seven to year nine) and finally for high school (year ten to year thirteen). I parked the Volvo in the primary school parking lot and got out the car, walking round to the other side of the car to help Bella out. She was already shutting the door when I got round there and I smiled at her. So independent.
'Ready?' I asked as she took my hand.
'Yep.' She replied and pulled me into the building. We got to reception and I picked her up.
'Hi. I'm here to drop off Bella Cullen. It's her first day so I have no clue where to take her.' I told the receptionist. Stupid guy. He sounds so ignorant. Her voice said in my head. Then she looked up. I heard her breath catch and her heart rate speed up slightly. I take that back. He's so gorgeous! But he's too young. Get a grip Sally. She thought. I nearly laughed.
'Um, yeah. Go right down the corridor and it's room four. On your right. Have good day sweetie.' She said patronizingly to Bella. Bella picked up on that.
'God, no need to be so patronizing.' Bella said in a so un-three year old voice. I snorted with laughter. The receptionists smile dropped straight away.
'That's a big word for someone so small. Can you tell me what screw you means?' She asked in a fake sugary voice. I was getting really annoyed with her but I let Bella deal with it.
'Yeah. It means fuck off. Which you can do. Buh-bye!' Bella said sweetly. I laughed again and the receptionist glared at Bella. I took that as my cue to leave and walked out with Bella. As soon as we were outside Bella and I cracked up laughing. I led her to the room the receptionist had told me to go to and took Bella inside. There were a load of other kids her age playing games and toys. One of the supervisors walked over to me. She had long flowing blonde hair and a pretty face but I barely noticed it.
'Hey! Are you Bella?' She asked in a kind voice. Bella took a shine to her immediately.
'Yeah! And this is my big brother Eddie!' She said delightedly, hugging me tightly. The supervisor looked at me and smiled, not lusting over me like every other girl.
'Hello, Edward. I'm assuming that's your name please correct me if I'm wrong.' She said to me, flipping her voice from the one she used to talk to kids to one that she used to talk to adults, and I nodded.
'No, Edward's good thanks.' I told her and she smiled.
'So, Bella, if you want to go and play with some of the other kids I just need to talk to your brother.' She said, switching tones immediately. Bella nodded and gave me a kiss on the cheek before running off to play with some other kids. 'We need to know what level her education is at so we know which class to put her in.' She said to me, leaning against the counter behind us. I leaned on it as well and watched Bella sit down with another girl and start to play some random game with her.
'She can read perfectly and write legibly. She can do addition, subtraction, multiplication and division as well as most other school subjects. My adoptive father, Carlisle, is a doctor and he took her into work one day and had a doctor test her mental capabilities. She has the maturity and intellectual level of an 8 year old.' I told her and the supervisor looked impressed.
'Wow. She's really clever. We might get her put forward a year or so if she can be.' The supervisor told me. I looked at her properly and saw she was about my age.
'Sorry, I didn't catch your name.' I said randomly and she laughed.
'Yeah. Sorry, it's Jennifer but you can call me Jen.' She said and I smiled.
'Okay, Jen. Well, I have to go if you don't need me because I have to get to school as well. I'll see you later to pick her up.' I said and she nodded.
'Okay. Bye Edward.' She said and I picked up my random rucksack I kept my books in.
'Bye Jen.' I said and walked out.
When we joined the school I had had my schedule arranged so that all my free periods were the first lesson of every day - giving me time to drop Bella of at school then drive over here in time for second period. I got to the school just as second period was starting and ran into French. The teacher was already in there and she looked at me.
'Class this is the new kid, Edward Cullen. Why were you late Edward?' The teacher asked and I thought about how useful Bella and her witty comebacks would be right now.
'Dropping my little sister off at nursery.' I told her and a few of the girls in the class said "awww". The teacher looked slightly shocked.
'Oh. Okay, take a seat anywhere, I'll come and see what kind of French you can talk in a minute.' She said and I ignored all the girls that were trying to catch my attention and get me to sit with them by sitting with Emmett at the back of the class.
'Hey dude. How'd it go?' He asked when I sat down. I laughed quietly.
'Oh, you'll love this. The lady was being real patronizing so Bella turns round and goes "no need to be so patronizing" and the lady got real pissed and said "that's a big word, can you tell me what screw you means?" and Bella turned round and went "yeah, fuck off, which you can do. Buh-bye!". It was classic Bella and it was hilarious.' Emmett burst out laughing.
'Aw no fucking way! I swear to god that kid is a fucking legend! Even Alice couldn't have told you she was that clever!' He shouted while laughing his head off. The teacher looked at him.
'Emmett Cullen! Detention for using inappropriate language in my lesson!' She shouted at him and I snickered. The teacher gave us some work to do then walked over to the table Emmett and I were at.
'So, Edward. Your brother, Emmett, tells me he's fluent in French. I was wondering what level your French stood at.' She said casually. Emmett snickered and I hit him.
'I'm fluent as well.' I told her and she smiled.
'Well then, as long as you both complete the homework then you should be okay to just relax in lessons. No point in learning French if you're already fluent is there?' She asked and walked back to her desk. Emmett held up his fist and I smacked mine against his. We spent the rest of the lessons being jerks and throwing pieces of paper at random people.
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I picked Bella up at lunch time to take her home and as soon as I got to the classroom I saw her chatting animatedly to another girl. She had blonde ringlets that framed her face and dimples. Jen saw me resting against the side and walked over to talk to me.
'Here to take Bella home?' She asked casually. I scanned her thoughts. I can see why Hattie thought he was cute but really, it doesn't matter if a guy is gorgeous or not. It matters if they have good personality or not. I smiled, it wasn't often that you got a girl in her late teens that thought like that.
'Yeah. Esme likes to spend time with her.' I replied, smiling fondly as Bella saw me and came running over.
'Eddie! Guess what! I made a new friend and she's called Sammie and she's really nice, way nicer than Emmett!' She said and I picked her up.
'Yeah? I'm not surprised she's nicer than Emmett though. He just gets on everyone's nerves.' I laughed.
'And he tries to get me in trouble! Guess what he said yesterday!' She said, in full rant mode now.
'What? If he tried to get you to swear again I swear he won't be having kids.' I replied. He couldn't have kids anyway but you know what I mean.
'He told me to throw momma's vase down the stairs! You know that really nice one that dada bought her?' She asked and I burst out laughing.
'And what did you do?' I asked her.
'What makes you think I did anything?' She pouted. I laughed again and touched her bottom lip.
'You always do something to Emmett when he tells you to do something.' I chuckled and she laughed too.
'I did the same thing you were gonna do. Made sure he wasn't going to have kids.' She replied and I burst out laughing.
'Clever girl.' I said and stroked her hair. Jen was looking at us curiously. 'Sorry. Emmett's my real brother - her adoptive brother - he's 18 and tries to get Bella into trouble constantly. The thing is Bella's fully capable of outsmarting him already so he just ends up getting hurt or having one of his belongings destroyed.' I explained and Jen laughed softly.
'Eddie. Momma's waiting. And I'm getting hungry. Can we go home now?' She asked and I smiled at her.
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I got back to school in time for the last half hour of lunch and joined my family at their table. They were all laughing about something or other.
'Emmett told us about Bella and that receptionist. He's right, that kid is a legend.' Jasper said fondly. I smiled at them and noticed they all had food.
'What's with the food?' I asked them. They grinned.
'This school is really strict on healthy kids so unless you say you're eating at home then you have to buy lunch. And they regulate your portions etc. so you can't have seconds. It's really sad actually.' Alice explained and I laughed.
'Well, I ate at home with Bella and Esme so I'll be fine.' I told them and they all glowered at me.
'Lucky you. We actually have to eat at least something. And it's horrible!' Rosalie cried and I laughed harder.
'Whatever. I'm sure you could get a note from Carlisle as to why you can't eat. Him being a doctor and the like.' I said and they all nodded. Then Alice started giggling. I was about to ask what was so funny when someone sat in a chair next to me. I turned my head slightly to the left and saw a human girl sitting there. She was tall, thin, blonde and pretty. She was obviously one of the girls who got whatever and whoever she wanted.
'Hey. I'm Arrabella. But you can call me Arra. I noticed you were all on your own so I thought I'd come say hi.' She said in a plastic bubblegum voice. She ran her sharp red finger nails through my hair and I raised one eyebrow.
'That's great but in case you hadn't noticed I'm not on my own.' I said slowly. 'There are four other people at that sentence. Look.' I pointed to Jasper, Alice, Rosalie and Emmett in turn counting slowly. 'One, two, three, four. Bye now.' I said and Emmett snorted lemonade through his nose laughing. The girl stood up and, after flipping her hair over her shoulder, walked back to her friends with what little dignity she had. Jasper, Alice and Rosalie started to laugh.
'Oh my god, Edward! That's like the bitchiest thing you have ever said!' Alice laughed which caused everyone to howl with laughter even more.
'Oh my god, you guys! Edward's a bitch. I just thought of it!' Emmett cried and everyone laughed. I pouted slightly.
'How the fuck am I a bitch Emmett? In case you didn't know bitch refers to the female population. I'm not female.' I said slowly and they just laughed even harder. Then I got it. 'Oh my god, Emmett! You stupid twat! I'm not a fucking girl!' I roared at him and everyone laughed. Alice and Rosalie collapsed on each other and Jasper fell off his chair. That cracked me up and I started to laugh. Then my phone started to ring in my pocket and I pulled it out.
'Edward?' Esme asked in a rushed voice.
'What's wrong Esme? Is it Bella? Is she hurt?' I panicked.
'She ... She fell down the stairs and broke her arm and some ribs. She's in hospital right now.' She said and I hung up, cursing under my breath. I jumped up and pulled my bag on my shoulder.
'Bella's in hospital. She fell down the stairs.' I said quickly to my family. They all cursed and grabbed their stuff. We ran out the canteen at human speed. I jumped in my Volvo and they jumped in Rosalie's BMW. We pulled out the drive way and I made it to the hospital in about ten minutes. I flew straight upstairs to the children's ward and followed the nurse's instruction to Bella's room. I got in there and Carlisle was checking her over. He didn't normally look after children but I guess he made a special request.
'How is she? Is she okay?' I asked as soon as I got inside. Carlisle chuckled.
'And further proof she's your soul mate. You worry too much, Edward. She will be fine. She broke her right arm but it will mend and she cracked four ribs on her right side but she's gonna be okay.' He told me. I rushed to her bedside and stroked her face softly. She was sleeping and when she felt my hand she turned her face into it. I sighed and she started to open her eyes.
'Eddie?' She asked in a tired voice. I smiled.
'Yeah?' I asked her quietly. I felt my family's presence behind me but I didn't turn around.
'You're going to have to castrate Emmett. I tripped over his trainer that he left at the top of the stairs.' She said with a smile and Alice, Jasper and Rosalie started laughing.
'Ooh. Feel the burn, Emmett!' Jasper laughed and Bella giggled as well.
'Do you feel okay?' I asked her.
'Yeah. My chest tingles a bit and my arm feels heavy but it doesn't hurt.' She told me and I sighed. Everyone except Carlisle and myself left. He fiddled with a machine to the side and looked at her kindly.
'You can go home in five days honey. But you'll have to wear the cast on your arm a bit longer after that.' Carlisle told Bella and he kissed her forehead before he walked out.
'Bye dada.' She said. The effects of the sleep had worn off and she was almost back to her normal self. As soon as Carlisle was gone she turned back to me. 'Will you read me a story, Eddie? Please?' She asked. I laughed slightly.
'Sure. Which one?' I asked her even though I knew the answer.
'Winnie the Pooh!' She cried and I laughed. She always wanted me to read Winnie the Pooh to her because it was her favourite. In fact most of the characters had been likened to us. Carlisle was Owl because he was so clever. Esme was Kanga because she was really motherly. Alice was Tigger because she was so hyper. Jasper was Rabbit because he was always getting dragged into Alice's schemes. Rosalie was Roo because she was really kind - to Bella at least. Emmett was Eeyore because he was slow, stupid and annoying - that never failed to make me laugh. I was a "skinny Winnie the Pooh" because I constantly looked after Bella and Bella was piglet because she was small and cute.
'Okay. So ... One day...' I trailed off into a random story I made up about Winnie the Pooh and Bella laughed delightedly when Eeyore got castrated because Piglet had tripped over his shoe. I spent the rest of the day at her bedside telling her stories and talking to her about anything and everything.
Snap bang boom. Chapter 3 is finished! Next chapter up soooooon!! That one will be set when Bella starts primary school. I'm going to do time skips for the first few until Bella gets to about 13 years old. Then we can do Bella's point of view and have some fun! Woohoo! Fun! I'm bored now so I'm going to get ready for the house party I'm going too tonight! And yes, it does involve alcohol. I'll just climb off my roof and sneak out at about 10pm and then climb back on my roof for about 6am. YAY!!!!!
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