A./N. Hey! Yeah well this morning I was woken up by my cousin saying "Let's go swimming!" So I had to go swimming as soon as I woke up…not a good experience. Anyways here's Chapter 5!

Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or any of its characters.

Edward's POV

Bella and I quickly made our way to Geometry class and away from Jessica. What is wrong with the people! A list of rules? Who makes a list of rules on how to treat a person badly?

"Bella," I asked, "do people actually…follow these rules?"

I hate to ask, knowing it will upset her, but I have to know.

"Yes," she said quickly, almost a whisper.

I glanced at her, and it broke my unbeating heart. She was crying again.

My hand reached out to hers'. Every time I touched her, I felt a spark. I took her hand and looked at her to make sure this was ok.

She was smiling. My Bella was finally smiling.

My Bella? No, I had already been through this. I can't develop feelings for her. It could kill her. I could kill her. But, I can at least be her friend. She needs someone…hmm…maybe I can convince Alice to try to be Bella's friend. Alice loves any excuse to go shopping. Idea!

"Bella, I know you don't know her, but would you like to go shopping with my sister?" I asked.

She looked unsure. "I don't know…I mean, would she be ok with that? She doesn't even know me."

I almost laughed. I would have if she did know Alice. "Of course she wouldn't mind. Alice will use any excuse to go shopping. And besides, I already know that she'll like you. I guess you could call her a people person."

"Yeah, but if you guys want a good reputation around here, then you probably want to stay away from me."

Reputation? That's the last thing we want; to be remembered from these humans' high school years, only to be recognized later. But I won't tell her that. "We aren't worried about a reputation. We don't care if someone is popular or not; it's what's in the heart that counts. My family and I tend to get avoided after a while anyways."

She looked surprised. "Really? She wouldn't mind?"

"Not at all."

Bella smiled even wider.

"I actually have friends! Thank you!" she screamed while hugging me. I was surprised, to say the least. So I wrapped my arms around her and returned the hug. The only time I ever get hugged is if I tell Alice I'll go shopping with her. It was nice.

"You are very welcome. But I must warn you, Alice goes a bit over the top when shopping. You may be at the mall for a long time," I warned.

"That's ok," she said, still smiling.

"What ever you say."

"I'm so excited! Wait, I have to tell my dad I'll be home late. Can Alice pick me up after school, at the Police Department? My dad is Chief Police."

"Sure, I'll tell her after I take the others home after school. But again, you'll be there for a long time."

"I know. It's ok though!" she seemed so happy.

"C'mon, let's get to class," I smiled.

We walked into Geometry class and sat at an empty desk.

"Okay class! Today we will be talking about-"

Oh great. Geometry. Ugh.

(I don't know how to make a line so this is my line)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Bella's POV

I was going shopping! I didn't know Alice, but I'll take Edward's word for it that she'll like me. I've never been shopping with anyone but my mother, and that was 2 years ago before I moved here.

Edward said that Alice will make me shop for hours, but c'mon, what's the worst that could happen? I think he's just exaggerating.

Oh, Mr. Varney's talking. (A./N. Just making up names.) Yeah, I should probably listen; I'm horrible at geometry. Hmm… I still wonder what Alice is like. I hope she's nice.

And what Edward was saying earlier about not caring about his reputation, I wonder what all that is about. He's gorgeous, and the rest of his family probably is too. Why would they not care about a reputation? They could "rule the school". But hey, I'm not the Cullens or Hales.

Okay, that's enough wondering, time to pay attention.

"And so the measure of this angle, is-"

Agony! This is why I'm barely passing.

Line~~~~~Line~~~~~~Line~~~~~Line~~~~~Line~~~~~~Line~~~~~~Line~~~~~~Line~~~~~

"And so-"

I can't take it anymore!

BRRIINGG!

Finally!

"So, what's your next class?" Edward asked.

"Spanish." Oh please let him have Spanish next.

He frowned, "I don't have Spanish next, but Alice does. Maybe you can tell her about your plans. She'll be excited that she has a shopping buddy."

"I don't want to intrude." She probably has other plans.

"She was going shopping today anyways. And knowing Alice, she'll probably ask you to go shopping with her as soon as she sits down. She's an addict." I was relieved, so I wasn't taking her away from any of her plans.

"Okay. Thanks." I blushed.

"No problem. See you later!" he called, already walking to his next class.

I turned around and froze.

Lauren and Jessica were standing in front of me. Oh no.

"I thought we told you to stay away from him!" Jessica screamed. Then she and Lauren covered my mouth and took me by the arms to an empty classroom.

The first hit was to my face. They took turns punching and slapping me and eventually, Lauren kicked my in the stomach causing me to double over. They pushed me to the floor and started kicking me.

That's when I started crying.

"Oh is the baby gonna cry? Well, nobody likes you! He's only talking to you out of pity! He'll get over it soon enough! You'll see!" Jessica screamed.

And that's when I finally stood up for myself.

"You're wrong!" They froze, "He isn't talking to me out of pity! He actually wants to be my friend! But I wouldn't expect you two to understand that! All you care about is hurting other people and getting what you want! Why can't you leave me alone?" I had finally cracked.

They just laughed. I shouldn't have opened my mouth.

"You really think he wants to be your friend?" Lauren asked disgusted.

"You're just an ugly *censored*! You're stupid and trashy. An all around *censored*! Why don't you just die and save everyone else from looking at your ugly face?" Jessica yelled.

It struck a cord; why don't I just kill myself and get it over with?

They kept kicking me, mainly in the ribs, when I heard a crack. I felt a sharp pain in my chest. They had broken one of my ribs. And it hurt like h***! (in other words…censored)

"I think we broke something," Jessica said. Worry was evident in her tone, "What if we get caught?"

"Oh we won't, let's just drag her to a closet," Lauren stated uncaring. She kicked me one more time in the head and I faded into a painless black.

A.N. Okay, this chapter was longer! I hope you're enjoying the story. And Bella does hate shopping. She's just excited about the fact of having friends for the first time since coming to Forks. Review!

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