Disclaimer: I don't even know if I have to repeat this for every chapter. Twilight characters are not mine, and never will be. Unless my friends are still getting them for my birthday. Which I don't think they are.

I know it's only been a few hours since I uploaded chapter 14 but I have nothing to do. And I know you guys are dying for an update already!

Most of you guess what might happen in this chapter… and here it is.

Flattered by their Friendship

'Hey little girl,'

'Hey, there's nothing to be afraid of, come here…'

Then I started to run.

But there was no where that I could go. I was cornered. I backed up into the wall as they surrounded me. My phone started beeping but god knows what they would do if I picked up.

I was trapped.

My brain was reeling at what to do. Should I run? Should I stay and hope they would find a distraction?

One of the men walked up to me, he was too close for comfort. I could smell his breath, which was horrible from the alcohol that he had consumed. I tired to push him away from me, but that just made his mates angry. They started cursing at me.

I leaned against the wall, wanting it to disappear so I could run away.

Another on of the men pulled something out of their pocket, I gasped when I saw it was a knife. I couldn't take this anymore. Why wasn't anyone coming to help me. Emma should know where I was, she should be coming, she would me coming, if I didn't return to the car park soon right?

I heard the sounds of an engine. There was a flash of light and I closed my eyes. The flash of light was followed by a screech. I heard the slamming of a door and sensed all the men moving away.

I opened my eyes.

It was Edward Cullen.

He gave the men a glare.

'Hey we were just having some fun,' one of the muttered.

Edward's gaze turned to me, 'get in the car,' he growled.

I ran to his silver Volvo and climbed into the passenger seat. I watched as the men muttered random remarks to Edward, 'Hey man, I didn't know she was taken here right?'

I leaned against the car seat and felt my heartbeat slowing down. That had been a close one. What was Edward doing here though?

Edward returned to his car and began driving.

Awkward silence filled the air. I was the first to speak, 'Could you drive me to the car park near the toilets? I'm meeting my friends there.'

Edward nodded, taking deep breaths.

I saw my friends asking Emma questions when we pulled up into the car park, Emma was crying. Actually crying. Poor girl.

I cleared my throat, 'Thanks' I muttered to Edward , 'See you at school,' with that, I got out of the car and ran towards Emma and the others.

Sally was the first to see me, 'Bella!' she shouted, 'Where were you? We were do worried!'
'I was in a bit of trouble, but someone helped me out,' for some reason, I didn't want to disclose that my hero was Edward Cullen.
'Ohmigod, you're alright,' Emma said between sobs, 'I was so worried about what happened to you, I didn't know what to do, who to call, then everyone else came and… and…. I… I didn't do anything…' I gave Emma a quick hug, 'It's okay,' I said to comfort her, 'Nothing happened, I'm safe now.'

As we walked to the restaurant to eat, my line of thought started going into overdrive. Why would Edward Cullen be there to save me? How did he know I was there? Was he just driving pass completely by chance? And he had been so silent in the car … I recollected my memories. He looked a bit mad, was he actually … fuming for some reason?

I was surprised that none of my friends were asking what happened. Maybe they saw that I had pulled up in Edward's car and were guessing what had happened. Or maybe they already knew what happened and were letting me keep to myself.

I looked up; we were right outside the restaurant now, everyone was chatting around me quietly, Emma recovering from her sobbing. A tall girl was walking down the steps of the restaurant, passing us. I caught sight of her brown hair.

I went up to the girl, 'Jessica? Is that you?'
She turned, 'Hi Bella,' she said in a quiet voice.

I turned to Emma, Carmen and the rest of them, 'You guys go find a table first, I'll be right there.'

They left, sensing that I wanted to talk to Jessica alone.

'Jessica, what's up? Why weren't you at school today?'
'I… didn't feel like going to school.'
'Oh,' I pondered on what she had said, remembering my conversation with Jade earlier that day.
Jessica bit her lip, 'I have to go now… I'm … meeting with someone.'
'Someone? Who?'

'Erm, Lauren and Jade…'
'Jessica!' I exclaimed, 'Something happened between the three of you. Jade somehow implied that I had something to do with it. What happened?'

Jessica wrapped her hand around her bag, 'I… well, they thought you were the enemy. With the gymnastics and the Olympics and everything. You insulted Jade, and she was quiet shaken. She saw that I was becoming good friends with you, and even though I said I couldn't be your friend anymore the other day, I still wanted to. So, they said that they didn't want to… be friends with me anymore.'

'Jessica, you didn't have to do that for me,' I said, flattered by her friendship, 'is that why you weren't at school today?'

'Yeah, I didn't … want to face them.'

'Come to school tomorrow,' I told her, 'You can hang with me and my friends.'
'But they won't like me,' Jessica protested, 'They hated me when I was with Jade and Lauren.'
'Well, they'll see the good side of you, they're nice people,' I promised.
'Okay then,' Jessica still seemed a bit uncertain, 'and Bella?'
'Yeah?'
'Thanks.'

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