Playlist:
You - Desiree
2. Grace Don't Wait - The Coronas
3. Here I go again on my own - Whitesnake
4. Summer of '69 - Bryan Adams
5. Killer Queen - Queen
6. Bedshaped - Keane
7. Pain - Jimmy Eat World
I know people just probably skip past the playlist at the start of every chapter, but if you don't, let me know what you think of the songs!
Mondays were my favorite day of the week, a chance to start a fresh at what ever it was that you wanted, a diet, studying, attitude makeover. But today was Wednesday, the worst day of the week. Wednesdays always seemed to drag like cold winter nights. Wednesdays were the halfway point in the week, you kept telling yourself that you were almost there, but the cold hard reality of the situation was the fact that you were a while off it yet.
Wednesday kicked off with a double biology, one of the only good things about today. That is until I walked into the room and saw Edward Cullen sitting in my desk at the back of the room, texting someone on his phone.
"Hi Bella!" said Alice chirpily from her usual seat beside the door, "Mr. Banner told Edward to sit next to you." She explained, using energetic hand gestures. "I guess you were wondering what he was doing at your desk," she giggled.
"Thanks for the head off Alice," I sighed as I turned to walk towards my desk, wait now it was our desk, Edward's and I.
"Hang on a sec," said Alice grabbing onto my arm gently to hold me back. "I know Edward was an ass last night, so was Rose, I spotted the looks." She said seriously. "I've warned Edward he had better get over himself and fast!"
"He wan't that bad." I lied carefully. I could hardly tell her about how I had fantasized last night about slapping him across the face, that wasn't the sort of thing a girl wanted to hear about her brother.
"Bella," said Alice raising her eyebrows, she knew I was lying. "Come on!" I grinned sheepishly at the ground. I walked towards the desk, keeping my eyes on my feet, walking over all these bags were health hazards for someone like me. I looked up when I was about a meter from Cullen. Suddenly the unexpected happened. EDWARD CULLEN FLASHED ME A HEART MELTING SMILE! I tripped over the blue Jansport bag in front of me. I hit the ground with a thud.
Reality crashed back to me with a rosounding smack when I turned around and saw Tanya standing about a foot behind me, her face filled with disgust as she gracefully stepped around me. Her feet clad in pink flat shoes with little black bows on the front trod on my books.
"Hey sweetheart," she crooned, sitting on top of the desk resting her feet on my chair. She was wearing a tight babyblue jumper that matched her eyes perfectly, but more importantly showed off her ample cleavage to it's best advantage. Her boobs were practically popping out of her top and into Edward's face. But he didn't seem to even notice.
Tanya leaned down and pushed her lips onto Edward's. I felt something strange stir inside me. I struggled to get up off the floor because my bag was weighed down with books because I hadn't bothered to stop by locker yet this morning. I dropped it down at the side of the desk, it landed with a bang, startling the pair. Tanya pulled back and unwound herself from around
Edward, her lips were swollen and her eyes were hazy. It must have been one hell of a kiss, either that or she was stoned.
"What was that for? Take it easy, okay? Some of us are busy here!" She said loftily returning her attentions to Cullen.
"Humph!" I muttered under my breath, except I didn't mutter it. It came out loud too loud.
"Excuse me!" Tanya demanded whirling around to face me. Her eyes were no longer hazy but blazing with rage. I swallowed.
"Um nothing..." I trailed off my gaze returning straight to the ground. God Bella, you have to go and upset the most popular girl at school. One of the few good things about Tanya was the fact that she had never noticed me up until now that is.
"I heard you, you slow bitch! How dare you..." she seethed, facing Edward looking to him for back up.
"Tanya just leave it alone." Edward groaned putting his phone into his pocket. "You've got spainish now anyway, you don't want to be late. Otherwise they might land you with a tutor." He glanced in my direction, his expression for once neutral.
Damn, I thought disappointedly, I thought he was actually standing up for me. I guess he couldn't resist throwing in that one snide comment towards the end.
"I guess your right baby," Tanya said as she leaned down towards him again to give him a quick peck on the cheek. Her pink lipstick left a small smear on his cheek. She swung her long dancer legs off the desk and onto the floor. She pushed me with her shoulder as she sturtted past me. I stumbled a bit but held my balance.
"Sorry about that, I didn't mean for that to come out..." I said, stewing in guilt never made me feel good. Might as well apologize now, while leave the bad karma pile up.
"Don't worry about it, she's just hormonal." Edward said opening his book as Mr. Banner entered the room. I think it was the fact that Edward Cullen had said something halfway nice that made me blurt out what came next.
"She's pregnant!" I said shocked. Edward looked at me for a moment before his eyes grew wide and he began to laugh.
"God no!" he said. "She must just be PMSing or something." He stayed laughing for another second. I Bellla Swan had made Edward Cullen laugh! Who would've thought! Just last night I thought he would've gladly sacrificed me aztec style if it just meant he could get rid of me. I blushed and looked up at the board, Mr. Banner was done writing the classes topic on the board a continuation from our last class, respiration. He was glaring down at Edward and I or more specifically Edward.
"If Mr. Cullen would be so kind as to calm down now, so he can start the class." the look Mr. Banner shot Edward was poisonous. He turned his attention to me next, "And Bella Swan, I must say I'm utterly disgusted with you, I thought I could trust you to not be lead astray by Cullen!" He spat out Edward's name like it left a bad taste in his mouth. I quickly flicked open my book afraid to meet his gaze. A few of the ass holes in the class tittered and giggled, glad to see the teacher's pet and resident class brain reprimanded.
Mr. Banner began the lesson in his usual toneless voice his words barely understandable. I took notes as best I could, but my mind was reeling. Edward had stood up for me against Tanya, his own girlfriend, well sort of stood up for me and he had also laughed at something I had said.
***
Lunch came and I walked into the cafeteria to get a soda before I headed to the library but someone grabbed me before I could leave.
"Bella!" Alice exclaimed, bouncing as usual. "Come eat lunch with us..." She steered me over to a table in a corner. It was the table where the Cullens and the Hales sat. Alice and Jasper, Rosalie and Emmett, Edward and Tanya. Even though she wasn't part of the gang she was allowed sit with them because she was with Edward. When Alice and Jasper along with Rosalie and Emmett had become a couple people had found it very weird but after a while people had just accepted it. Apart from Edward none of the rest of them had not started living with the Cullens till they were older.
Alice had come when she was thirteen and had started junior high here, Rosalie and Jasper came at fourteen, they brought they're own surname with them, Hale. Emmett had arrived when he was fifteen. Edward meanwhile had been with Carlisle and Esme since he was seven.
When I reached the table Emmett gave me a grin and dragged the chair beside him out for me to sit in without getting up. I sat in it unsure of what to do. It had been a while since I had eaten in the cafeteria.
Jasper gave me a polite nod and went back to the book he was reading. I checked the cover subconsciously. An annoying habit I had was that I was curious about what other people were reading. The American Civil War. Interesting, I thought, never would have put him down as having much of an interest in history. Rosalie gave me a cool nod before closing her eyes and leaning casually against Emmett's broad shoulder.
Tanya sickeningly enough was seated on Edward's lap feeding him crisps out of a bag, she kept giving him a quick peck on the lips every few seconds. Crisp, Kiss, Crisp, Kiss. I couldn't help but stare. Who does that sort of thing in public, let alone in private. I felt that strange feeling in my stomach erupt again.
"Sooo, Bella, you excited about tomorrow?" Alice asked brightly. It took me a second to remember what was happening tomorrow.
"Am, yeah, I guess." I said. Swiveling around in Edward's lap Tanya asked fixed a look at me.
"What's tomorrow?" she asked sweetly. I looked at Alice. Was Tanya invited? If so I suddenly wasn't too sure if I wanted to go or not.
"Oh you know, Bella, Alice and I are going shopping in Seattle tomorrow." said Rosalie smoothly and from the look of pure venom she directed at Tanya I guess the pair didn't get on so well. I guess there was only room for one gorgeous girl at each table.
"Would you mind if I came?" Tanya queried gazing mock innocently at each of our faces in turn. Her eyes were like a cat's watching it's prey attempt to free from under it's paw.
"Sorry," said Rose apologetically, Alice nodded in agreement, she apparently wasn't Tanya's biggest fan either, "but the car's all full. We'll have a lot of shopping with us and we'll have to cram it all in to the back seat with Bella anyway and it'll be too much of a crush." Tanya considered this for a moment.
"But Bella can't go," said Tanya smiling like a cat who got all the cream,"She and Edward have to study for their test in biology together." Rosalie looked visibly disappointed. Maybe it was the whole lesser of two evils thing. She preferred me to Tanya but she preferred dog poo to me.
"It's okay Tanya, I have football practice on Thursday anyway, I was going to have to ditch tutoring tomorrow any way. Tanya's triumphant grin faded as suddenly as though Edward had hit her.
"Edward," she whined. Then suddenly as if a light bulb in her head had flicked on she reached out and stroked his jaw. "Probably all for the best anyway, my parent's are going out of town tonight and won't be back till Sunday so I was thinking of having a party on Thursday, you can come early, help me set up." From the lustful look in her eyes I don't think there would be very much setting up done.
"Cool," said Edward a bored look on his face. Tanya looked slightly put out. Enthusiastic much Edward, I thought.
"That sounds like fun the three of us will just have to stop by when we're done in Seattle." said Rosalie cooly as Emmett wrapped a free hand around Rosalie's waist. Tanya threw a disapproving look in my direction but smiled a haughty smile.
"Sure."
A.N. I know this chapter isn't that long but I wrote it in an afternoon. I updated yesterday but the last chapter had been ready for a while but I never got around to posting it so I said I'd make up for it by putting this one up quick! Thanks again to everyone who reviewed again. Also if anyone wants me to beta a story for them leave me a pm and I'll get back to you right away! If you have any suggestions or character from the books that you want put into this story, let me know. Also Tanya is going to be a bit of bitch in this story but I'm not one of the people who hate her in the book. I think she's nice and doesn't push herself on Edward.