Chapter 5

Sorting

Well if making it through the school day meant average torture from my peers than yes it was normal. It was Edward that was different. Was he quieter? Angrier? Sadder? It looked like all three.

I was just glad he stayed in Forks, he seemed to be returning to normal but not quite it was as if he was struggling with his thoughts or something.

The first day at lunch was bad and I mean bad. My siblings and I (especially Edward) were trying hard not to look at Bella at all. Edward was always on the lookout for anything in someone's mind about Bella telling them about the encounter…nothing.

He was reluctant to go to biology the first day after and almost went home but I talked him into staying.

"The girl is most likely to think something is up if you do not show up…remember to be nice though" I had said.

Luckily fifth period was good for Edward (if only I could say the same for myself however). Home and Careers sucked partly because I got stuck sitting next to Nick Tyrnes who kept playing with my hair not to mention the kid was sweating to death (you get the point).

Of course Bryce Barit had to go and make a whole speech about how he had just watched the History Channel claiming that the existence of vampires was real and that none of the stuff was true about the whole coffins and fangs thing. I almost went ballistic.

"Bryce, you are insane…of course there are no such thing as vampires. Remember St. Marcus from history class? He drove all the vampires away like St. Patrick drove the snakes away in Ireland or something like that." I was desperate to get him off of the path he was on.

"Whatever, you're probably right since I wasn't in AP history first quarter." Bryce said and I just let out a sigh of relief.

The rest of my day was also rather uneventful…other than the fact that during health class my perv of a teacher Mr. Sceeval gave us a lecture about chlamydia and something told me he had watched a lot of the movie Mean Girls (which I had seen a bazillion times. Thanks Alice!)

After school Edward came to my locker so we could go to the car but today he said to me "Do you want to go to Seattle?"

"OK?" I said suspiciously and he playfully shoved me.

"I'll be waiting outside"

"OK?"

As I got the rest of my books out of my locker I was a bit suspicious but then again I was probably just being paranoid.

After meeting Edward in the parking lot we walked slowly to the woods so we could run with vampire speed and not be caught. As usual Edward beat me there but then ran back and at the same speed as me. I slugged him and he just smirked.

"Race ya to the top of that tree." Edward said gesturing to a tall maple tree behind him.

"That's not fair! You're faster than me!" I shouted but nonetheless chased after him.

"You have no idea how confused I am right now" Edward said.

"Alice wasn't lying…her vision is going to happen" I said and he sighed.

"Well what if…what if I don't want it to happen?"

"Why? You're always saying about how 'forever alone' you are"

"Well first off she's a human, it's not possible unless the Volturi get involved and I could kill her…I don't want to be responsible for another death."

"You're not going to kill her you can handle yourself…I know you can" I said.

"Thanks Hayz" Edward said.

"No problem" I said and he smirked but I just shook my head like 'you never learn.'

Seattle became a regular routine for my brother and I after school we would often come home at around midnight or so and Esme would scold us for being out so late but we didn't care. Emmett was constantly teasing Edward about how his 'Bella progress' was going.

Silence…that was how it felt each day…it was as if we were all just going day by day. We went back to ignoring everyone and our normal routine however; it annoyed me to an extent that I was not in the same classes as my siblings (and yes this is going to make me sound very antisocial) so therefore I had to interact with the other ninth graders.

It annoyed me…the damn conformists. I guess maybe it was because of the era Edward and I were from. Boys were polite and good, not all perv minded and shit only caring about bitches and what status you were in.

Not to say that being ignored didn't please me…it was half and half sometimes I even imagined myself standing up in front of the whole English class and just attacking Jenna Bright after she said some tormenting comment to me.

I had since learned long ago to just shrug off torture and move on. I learned that from my kindergarten – third grade teacher who was the first person to bully me in my lifetime.

Each day I took it slowly…not wanting to really do anything just go to school, do everything I was supposed to. I had found a new liking to rap and angry rock music now and had taken to writing my own songs much like Edward except they were all about anger and conformists.

One night I was watching the 10pm news with Edward, Emmett, Jasper, and Carlisle when a story came on that was…well sickening.

"Yes and now we have the story of Jenna Bright a very caring young girl who has devoted her time to helping victims of bullying…Michael Johnson has the story, Michael?"

"WHAT THE F-"but Michael Johnson cut me off.

"Yes Angela that is correct Jenna Bright a ninth grader at Forks High School has been doing a workshop since January and has devoted her time to preventing and helping victims of bullying." Michael Johnson said and then an interview with Jenna came on (oh goody!)

"It's just so sad you know how kids are tormented every day because they're different. There's this dwarf girl at my school and she gets bullied every day and I always try to stop it but no one takes me seriously and…it's so sad" Jenna pretended to cry.

THAT did it I jumped up off of the couch and Jasper tried to calm me down, Edward told me that killing anything wasn't going to do me any good, Emmett told me to just suck it up and get used to the fact that she was a conformist, and Carlisle told me to think about my actions before I did anything.

I was MAD I mean what the fuck Jenna Bright was the one bullying me bitches! Like what the fuck seriously…GAH!

The next day the bitch came up to me and said "I was on the news last night."

"I know" I said.

"I was honored for helping you."

"Whatever you say." I tried not to sound bitter but I think I came off that way.

On the first Tuesday of March we were sitting in the cafeteria when Alice said out of nowhere "Bella is going to stare at Edward any minute so look normal."

"Whatever" I muttered and started stabbing the piece of pizza that was in front of me…cutting it into little pieces to make it look like I had eaten it.

Emmett took a piece and stuck it in Edward's hair but Edward just flicked it off.

After a while Alice started whining and she and Edward were in another one of their silent conversations again.

"Dude, you need to get a grip!" Emmett said.

Edward just growled and I ruffled his hair. He just half smiled at me knowing I was just trying to make him feel better. But I knew secretly that nothing would…nothing except if he had Bella. He playfully glared at me after hearing my thoughts but shook his head.

"Oh son of a bitch!" Edward muttered suddenly.

"What?" I asked.

"That, excuse my language fucking little asshole! He thinks he's going to ask Bella on a date! To the girl's choice dance!" He muttered angrily.

"Hey you sound like Cartman from South Park!" Emmett said trying to lighten the situation up and Edward glared at him.

"Jealous much." I muttered not even loud enough for him to hear.

The lunch bell rang for next period and once again I was off to my first day of Art Class since the quarter had changed…finally! Only to find that my disappointment came back as I realized the same people were in my art class.

Well at least I wouldn't have to deal with Mrs. Zorro anymore. We were allowed to free draw today and I decided to draw anime another thing I had recently taken too. Mostly I worked quietly and kept to myself as usual.

I could feel Nick's stare from across the table much to my annoyance and amazement. Not like it was a secret that he only paid attention to the fact that I had the guts to stand up to Jenna at times.

After Ninth period I went to our usual meeting space and didn't see Edward, just Emmett and Rosalie. Jasper and Alice were still at their lockers.

I tracked my brother and realized he was following Bella, he waited for her to answer to Eric Yorkie's asking her out to the girl's choice Spring Dance.

I noticed the way he pulled his car in front of Bella's so she couldn't get out. Emmett saw it too from the school entrance.

"Come on guys…oh and walk slow apparently Eddie's got a plan." He smirked since I was the only one Edward permitted to call him Eddie. I had called him that since I could talk but mostly just referred to him by Edward.

By the time we got to the car Edward was on the verge of laughing and Rosalie got mad "LET'S GO!"

"So do I get to talk to Bella now?" Alice asked.

"NO!" Edward snapped and that surprised me since he had been in such a good mood when we entered the car.

"Thanks Alice." I mouthed

"Sorry" she mouthed back.

When Edward pulled the car into the garage he threw himself out of the car and as the rest of my siblings go out Rosalie called "have fun running." I was just glad she had finally gotten over her phase of treating me like a baby.

Rosalie wanted to be a mother so bad that she was pretty much willing to treat her twelve year old sister as her daughter or something Emmett had enjoyed that cause then he could make fun of me all he wanted and there was nothing I could do.

"I'm going hunting do you want to come?" he asked.

"I'll go tomorrow with everyone else…I think you could use some time to yourself" I said and he smiled at me before ruffling my hair and saying goodbye.

I went up to my room and felt oddly sleepy. I put on some Eminem and lay down on my floor…I felt like being lazy today. As I was wrapped up in my thoughts Emmett came barging into my room.

"Hey dwarf" he said taking one of my drawing books. "Ah what is this" he pretended to mock me.

"Put that down!" I shouted and he held it above my head so I couldn't reach it (even if I jumped high he would just jump higher since he was taller).

"What do you want?" I asked.

"Jazz and me were gonna go watch South Park…the new episode is going to be on wanna come?"

"Sure" I said with a slight tone of dullness.

"Dwarf" he muttered and I smacked him as he ran away pretending to cry like the baby he is.

The episode was about Mr. Garrison (the teacher) and how he had a sex change operation to become a woman making him Mrs. Garrison. She thought she was pregnant and wanted to get an abortion but realized she couldn't get her period and it was pretty funny.

Rosalie and Alice were saying how this TV show was quote "filling my 'innocent' twelve year old mind with horrible nonsense" and I just shrugged.

Edward didn't go to school with us…instead he waited for Bella and completely ignored my siblings and I for the remainder of the day…not even saying one word to even me. I decided just to let him do what he wanted…he wouldn't ignore me forever. Or would he?