Carlisle POV
I really had to suppress my laughter back in the gym with Emmett. But he deserved it. How often did I tell him not to be such a show-off? Apparently not often enough, since he still did…. But I'll deal with him after school, like I promised him back in biology. Now I have to focus on the next lesson. Gym again. Let's see if one of my other children are in this class.
Bella POV
Oh man, I really want to die out of sheer embarrassment right now. First I made a complete fool out of myself in biology and then the incident in art class. I mean, sure, the question in biology was mean, and yes, there were plenty other students Carlisle could have asked, but still. I started to stutter! In front of my future father-in-law! And to make my whole day worse, I couldn't even fulfill a simple task like sitting down on a chair. In front of my future mother-in-law. But the icing on the cake is, that my next class is PE. Oh joy. I really hope neither Carlisle nor Esme will take this class. But, who am I to wish, as I walked into the gym, Carlisle stood there, whistle around the neck. Great! This will be so embarrassing….
"Alright, class. I'm the substitute teacher, Carlisle Cullen. I see that you are currently playing volleyball, am I correct?" A few mumbled "Yes, Mr Cullen". Carlisle nodded in acknowledgement, then quickly counted how much were present. That was my last chance of getting out of it. Maybe there were not enough students to absolve a proper game of volleyball- "Since there are fourteen students at the moment, each team will have one extra player." Shoot, that didn't work. But I will just have to be the extra player, so I don't have to be participating in the whole game. At least that's something. "Alright. Now, to start, I will pick to team captains who can create their team around them, and then we will start. The team captain will have to participate in the whole game. Clear? Okay, so Mike, you are the first captain, Bella, please pick out a team also." NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. This is not happening. How can he do this to me?! But, seeing there is no choice, I obeyed and randomly called people to be on my team. They all looked pretty pissed they had to play with me as their captain. Oh well.
Carlisle POV
I know I'm being evil at that point, but Bella really needs to have more trust in her abilities. So, to take her out of her shell, I had to make her team captain, so she would be forced to play throughout the entire game. Let's see how this will work out.
We are now through with half of the game, I think, and Bella has done remarkably well. She really needs more self-confidence. Her teammates had expressions of shock and surprise on their faces. Serves them right. I heard from Alice how they were treating Bella in this class. Nobody gets away with hurting my baby girl! But a shocked exclamation from a girl-Lauren I think-brought me back into reality. "Swan, watch where you are throwing the ball. That hurt! Dammit, you fool." "Sorry" Bella mumbled, face beet red. "Lauren, this is volleyball. You are supposed to hit the ball towards people. And if you aren't able to play the ball the right way, then confess this to yourself and don't blame other people." She seemed shocked at this. I guess nobody ever dared to say something like this to her. Well, better get used to it, because I will be here for quite some time. I blew the whistle and motioned for the students to get on with the game.
Bella POV
I can't believe Carlisle said that. Nobody ever speaks back to Lauren that way, even teachers. She was glaring daggers at me right now. Guess I'm pretty much screwed right now…. And, sure enough, the next ball that goes my direction comes from Lauren and is quite hard, but I can manage that. Lauren looked like she would jump over the net any moment now. Oh boy… But I guess I'm quite lucky right now, since she isn't able to do anything with Carlisle right near her. Due to my previous thought, I didn't pay attention to the game, so I didn't notice the ball was coming straight towards me, with great speed. It smacked my head, and I blacked out.
Carlisle POV
Oh no, Bella! I quickly blew the whistle to stop the game and rushed over to her. As I approached the spot she was laying on, she already moaned and started to stir. "Bella, don't move. You could have a concussion. Let me check that first." As I felt along her head, I came across a small bump, but other than that, she seemed fine. Thank God. Carefully, I helped her to her feet and told her to bet dressed and go home. I will check on her later when I finished dealing with Emmett….