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AN: This is a set up chapter so Emmett and Alice can have their fun with Mike Newton.J I know it's sorta slow moving at the moment but it does speed up and get better. Bare with me? Thanks!

Play list: Cheap trick/ Foreigner(Not juke box hero… blue morning, blue day all the way baby)

BPOV

School was crazy the next day. Before I had even gotten to my locker eight people had stopped me to ask about the accident. All this attention was enough to make me wish I had taken Charlie up on his offer to stay home for another day but I couldn't stay in that house for another minute. Charlie had calmed down sense he could hold the results from the cat scan in his hands as proof I had sustained no damage but he was still pretty jumpy. Every time I had gotten up from the couch he had jumped up from his lazy-boy recliner and tell me to sit back down.

"I can get it! What do you need?" He'd said every single time.

I had finally gotten so desperate to be away from his watchful gaze that I snapped.

"I'm going to the bathroom. You can't come!"

Then Renee had called every half hour, beside herself with panic because for some reason I will never understand Charlie had felt the need to notify her of my accident. I was fine!

I sighed and got my books for first hour out of the locker. I wasn't sure which was worse.

"Hey! I was so worried!"

I jumped and swung around to see Alice standing behind me.

"Geez" I sighed, putting a hand to my heart. "You scared me."

"Sorry!" She chirped and bent down to pick up a pencil I had dropped.

"I was just so worried about you. I mean Edward said you were fine but I like seeing for myself. I hate not knowing what's going on!"

I shut the locker and putted her arm reassuringly.

"I'm fine Alice."

She locked her arm through mine and started skipping down the hall towards my English Lit. class.

"Okay." She said simply and then she was quiet.

After a few moments of silence I cleared my throat.

"So how's Edward doing?"

She turned to me with a twinkle in her eyes.

"He's fine. He's really worried about you but other than that he's fine."

He was worried about me? I couldn't help but grin. Why?

"God! He moped around his house aalll day yesterday mumbling to himself."

She got a sad dejected look on her face and cleared her throat.

"what if I hadn't gotten there in time? She was so close to being gone forever. I wonder how she's feeling now?" She mumbled doing an impressive impersonation of Edward.

I laughed at seeing little Alice acting like Edward and she winked.

"Thank you Alice." said a velvety voice from behind us.

I jerked to a stop and Alice still somehow managed to glide to a halt before gracefully turning us around to face Edward Cullen himself.

"Just being honest my dear cousin." She chirped and released my arm, gave me a hug, and started towards her first class.

"See you at lunch Bella!" She called over her shoulder with a wave.

"Bye Alice." I mumbled.

Edward and I stood there for a moment in the hallway in complete silence. I was wracking my brain trying to find something to say but everything I thought of wouldn't even have covered it. Saying thank you now seemed even more pitiful with the Greek God himself standing in front of me.

"So" said Forks High's own personal Adonis. "Your first class is this way?"

He waved his hand in the direction Alice and I had just been walking in. I nodded and then mentally kicked myself. Why couldn't I speak in front of this man?

"yeah." I croaked and then cleared my throat. "English Lit." I said a bit louder.

He nodded and flashed me a crocked grin that almost made me knees give out.

"Shall we?"

Was this guy for real? Well I'll tell you one thing; I was going to be very upset if this was all a dream when I woke up.

"how are you feeling?" he asked as we walked towards the English lit room. He looked at me with pure concern, his eyebrows pulled together and his lips pursed as he looked at the gash on my face.

I automatically reached for my right cheek and gently brushed my fingers over the gash there. It was sore but it could have been so much worse.

"I'm fine thanks to you." I told him truthfully.

I winced as I thought of what surely would have happened if he hadn't been there.

He looked away and shrugged.

"I was just at the right place at the right time."

I laughed humorlessly.

"Yeah or maybe the wrong place at the wrong time." I said sarcastically.

He stopped walking and turned to look at me, eyebrows raised.

"What does that mean?"

His eyes were so intense I couldn't help staring.

"Uhm….oh…" I shook my head and looked at my feet, trying to escape his hypnotic eyes. "Just that if you hadn't been there you probably wouldn't have spent the day at the hospital."

I looked up at him guiltily.

"How are your ribs?"

He shook his head and continued to star at me in disbelief.

"I do not regret pulling you out of the way yesterday Bella!" He said with such intensity that he almost looked mad at me for doubting him.

"I just feel bad because you got hurt." I said, shrugging, and went to walk away.

I didn't get far. He grabbed the back of my rain jacket and I jerked to a stop. He gently gripped my elbows and turned me to face him.

"Do you really think anyone is worried about a few bruised ribs?" he demanded.

His voice gentled and he got a tormented look on his face.

"You could have died." He all but whispered like saying it any louder would cause him physical pain.

"I care about your bruised ribs." I whispered.

He tilted his head, thinking for a moment before his breath taking grin made its way back to his beautiful face and he chuckled.

"My ribs are fine."

We just stared at each other, trying to figure the other one out, for a minute in silence.

"Thank you." I whispered even though I had promised myself I wouldn't mention it until I could find words to fully cover my gratitude.

He broke eye contact and looked over my head, frowning at something before looking back to my face.

"See you at lunch?"

I nodded numbly. I had no idea where this guy was coming from. His emotions swept over his face obviously but they changed so quickly that I found myself just staring at him, trying to figure him out.

He grinned and walked down the hallway without another word. His grin left me so dazzled that I stood there for a while before realizing I was standing outside my classroom.

Mike Newton was sitting at the same seat he had been on my first day. God. That felt like a hundred years ago. He spotted me in the doorway and waved me over.

"Bella!" He shouted across the room and everyone looked from him to me. I felt my blush creep up my neck and across my cheeks and I rushed over before he could yell anything else.

"Saved ya a seat." he said, apparently very proud of himself.

"Thanks." I mumbled as I slid into the seat.

He turned to look at me.

"Crazy day yesterday huh?"

I just nodded and kept my eyes trailed on the black board up front even though class hadn't started yet. I wasn't going to encourage him any further then common courtesy required.

"What did they say at the hospital?"

I sighed disappointed my plan had worked all of about one second. I had hopped he would get the hint that I wasn't in a talkative mood but clearly he wasn't going to give up without a full out conversation with me participating some at least.

"They said I was fine and the cat scan came back clear."

"Phew!" he exclaimed, wiping an imaginary droplet of sweat off of his brow. "Lucky brake!"

I shrugged.

"Lucky Edward was standing there."

He scoffed.

"He was walking over to you before the crash. It's not like he gained super speed and rushed over to save you!"

That was a little harsh. Edward had saved my life. What did it matter if he was standing there before he saw the van?

"Wait. He was standing there before the crash?"

"Yeah!" He exclaimed. Obviously he thought I was coming around to his way of thinking.

Edward had wanted to come talk to me before he knew I was in danger! I grinned to myself. It was silly but I liked that thought a lot.

"I was on my way over too." scowled Mike.

He crossed his arms and glared at me. He looked like a two year old throwing a tantrum.

"Well…thanks Mike." I said but it came out sounding more like a question than a statement. He didn't seem to notice or if he did he didn't mind. He patted my arm, letting his fingers rest on my arm.

"You're welcome."

I forced a smile and casually took my arm back.

When the bell rang signaling the end of class Mike grabbed my books off the desk and began walking me to Math without even asking. I was getting a little sick of this.

"I got them." I told him, trying to take my books back.

He smiled and moved the small stack to his other arm so I couldn't reach them.

"I don't mind." He told me, reaching over and grabbing my hand with his free one.

I was so shocked I didn't even make a move to get my hand back. As we turned the corner to the math building I saw Edward out of the corner of my eye. It looked like he was glaring but I couldn't be sure.

Emmett raised his eyebrows at me when mike and I arrived at math class. He was leaning against the wall, arms crossed, apparently waiting for me. He was obviously still under 'strict instructions' to watch over me. I don't know why all the Cullen's seem to think I can't take care of myself.

"See you at lunch." Mike said, handing me my books and turning to leave before he had even heard my reply.

"Actually Mike." I said, stopping him. "I was going to sit with Alice and the Cullen's."

His eyes flashed from me to Emmett like it was his fault, like I was sitting there for Emmett. I repressed an eye roll.

"Fine!" he snapped before sulking away down the hall.

Emmett chuckled and I shot him a look. I'm glad he found this amusing!

"that's a new development." he nodded towards Mike's retreating form.

I groaned.

"It's past 'puppy dog' now."

Emmett's booming laughter echoed through out the empty hallway.

"Well Bells…" He said casually, throwing an arm around my shoulder. "I think it's time for 'Operation Mikey Straight.'"

I raised an eyebrow at him in confusion but he just laughed harder.

AN:I hope you liked it! Here's a preview from the next chapter: (EPOV)

"I have it on good authority that Mike is petrified of you. I thought we could have some fun." Alice smiled widely and we all voiced our agreement.

Emmett looked very proud of himself for his ability to scare the twerp. I had to laugh because now that he consciously knew he scared Newton I knew he was going to have some fun with it. It was like a new toy he didn't know he had. Everyone else had known Newton was scared of Emmett . It was obvious, not to mention it wasn't the most difficult task to scare him. Em towered over everyone but Mike was not a tall guy and Emmett completely eclipsed him.

"You want to play the big bad wolf Em?" Alice questioned with an evil glint in her eye.

Emmett was practically bouncing in his seat with his enthusiasm.

"I'd love to." He boomed.

---There's your preview.;) Any questions? Concerns? Suggestions? Review! The chapter is already written so I'll put it up in a couple days.