Well, I'm an asshole, I know. And all of you hate me. I know. But… I still love you! :D

I knew for sure Jessica sent me this on purpose. And I am so fucking glad she did. I was still holding my stomach and laughing when I figured I had, absolutely, had to send this to Edward. With shaky fingers from my giggling I quickly forwarded the message - with a little smile at the bottom, :p, - to Edward.

I set my phone back into the charger and settled back into my homework, thinking about the huge hug I would be giving Jessica before I went to my detention. I could already see my warm welcome to school and my dear parade of friends and fans as I left the regular school life for that of detention.

I stopped doing my homework, which consisted mostly of me thinking about tomorrow, at about the time when I figured Charlie would be expected to be home. I went to the bathroom and checked on my appearance. My nose had stopped bleeding and my cheek was a little red but no other physical damage. Then I hurried down to the kitchen and searched the fridge for dinner. I found the ingredients for fried chicken, releasing I needed to make a trip to the store, and began to make dinner. I worked fast and put my best effort into this dish. My whole reasoning for it was simple: to soften the blow of Charlie finding out I had two days of In School Suspension. In my mind it was a solid plan.

When Charlie came home I greeted him warmly.

"Hi Dad," I called from the kitchen.

Charlie hung up his gun belt and entered the kitchen with his nose up slightly in the air. He stopped in the door way with a confused smile on his face.

"Hi Bells…have a good day at school?" he said, sitting down at the table as I prepared him and plate.

I kept my eyes on the plate as I answered, "Yeah. Have a good day at work?"

"Yeah…normal day."

"Good." I set his plate down in front of him and fixed my plate.

He began eating as I sat down with my plate. I really didn't have the stomach to eat but I did, taking slow and precise bites. Dinner was quiet like it usually was. I planned to tell Charlie right after he had finished, I did not want him to start choking if I told him while he was eating. That would be soooooo bad.

Charlie finished, patting his stomach comically.

"That was really good, Bells," he said. I nodded and smiled sweetly at him.

I got up and took our plates to the sink, setting them down slowly, running a little water of them before turning towards Charlie.

I let out a sigh as I settled on what to say. "Dad…" I said, it came out small and minute. Charlie looked up at me instantly.

"Yes, Bells?" he said sounding skeptical. At first I thought his skepticism was because he thought I was going to ask him some really awkward question like what's a penis or something…but, lucky for him I wasn't going to ask anything of the sort.

"Today…at school…I got into a fight." I bit at my lip as I waited for his reply.

"A fight," he said slowly. I nodded even though he wasn't looking at me. "And…you got beat up? Or you beat someone else up?"

"A little bit of both."

"Did you start the fight?"

"Yes."

He nodded. "Did the other…"

"Girl?"

"Yes, girl. Did the other girl hit you?"

"Yes." I was kind of confused on where he was going with this.

"Good." Good?

"Good?" I said out loud.

"Yep. See, Bells, if you start a fight you always let the other person at least get a hit in," he explained with a small chuckle. Wow, not really the reaction I was expecting…but okay.

"Okaaay."

"Did you get in trouble?"

"Yes. We both got two days of In School Suspension."

Charlie nodded with a "Hmmm."

I bit my lip nervously as I waited for some reply from my father. He seemed to be taking this better than I expected.

"Well then, okay."

"Okay?" I said half-way between confused and relieved.

"Okay, Bells. You got in a fight, you got in trouble, fine. Okay. Done and over with," he said as he turned to me with a fatherly smile.

"Yeah but…aren't you going to yell at me? Ground me?" I asked.

He laughed. "No. You have punishment waiting for you at school, so that's enough for me. And I know you'll never do it again right?" he said. I nodded quickly. "Good. If you really want me to ground you then…" he thought for a second then started to laugh loudly. "Then I ground you from cooking for a week!"

I smiled at him and then awkwardly leaned down to hug him. "Thanks, dad."

"You're welcome, Bells."

I stayed up with him awhile after that and watched a football game.

As I departed up the stairs and entered my bedroom, my phone was vibrating on my nightstand. It was Edward, good timing.

"Heeello?" I said. I was noticeably happy with what had just happened.

"Well, don't you sound cheerful," said Edward's velvet voice. "So what did Charlie say?"

"He wasn't mad, at all. He just said that he didn't want to hear about me getting in another fight. So, yes, I am cheerful," I said.

Edward chuckled. "Good."

"And how are you? Your sister, Alice, said you had some stomach bug."

"Oh…uh, yeah. Just a little stomach bug, I'm fine now. Just needed some rest," he said, almost like he wasn't sure of what to say.

"Good. Too bad you couldn't stick around and see the fight," I said with a smile.

I heard him laugh lightly over the phone, as he spoke I could totally hear the smile on his face. "Well…I actually did get to see it."

"How?"

"I have my sources," he said. Sources, huh? "Well, Bella, I need to let you go. But will you do a favor for me?"

"Ah…sure," I said cautiously.

"Go on YouTube and search: Brunette Kicks Blonde's Ass then watch the first video that comes up. All right?" he said. I was partially stunned that Edward Cullen had said "Ass", so it took me a moment to respond.

"Yeah…sure, okay," I said.

"Good. Goodnight Bella," Edward said.

"Goodnight Edward," I said and hung up.

I did as Edward asked and clicked on the little YouTube app. When it popped up I went straight to the search and typed: Brunette Kicks Blonde's Ass. It took a second or two before the first video appeared. I clicked on it, somewhat confused on why Edward had wanted me to see this, and waited for the video to load. When the video started, it showed a bunch of kids. All in a circle around something. Whoever was taking this video had really shaky hands because I could hardly see, but I could totally hear the whole crowd chanting "Fight! Fight! Fight!". Finally the camera operator steadied his or her hand and I could see what was happening-and what was happening was me. Kicking Lauren's ass. Wow. Who had taken this video? I don't remember seeing anyone with a video camera or with their cell phone out, but I really don't remember seeing much of anything except Blondie. As the video went on, I watched as I kicked that bitch's ass. I had really done a number on her; she had hardly gotten a hit in.

And then the video came to a close as the teachers and principle came near. Whoever taking the video instantly pulled the device down and held their hand over it.

I could faintly hear someone say, "You got all that?". I knew the voice but I couldn't put a face to it. "Totally," the operator had said, defiantly a guy.

Then the camera was moving and I saw a face. It was Eric, he was smiling and laughing, my little "crew" (if you could call it that) was standing behind him. They all looked at the camera, and Eric said "That's for you, Bella, 'cause you're awesome!" And the little group laughed, Jessica's face popped up and was on Eric's shoulder as she said "Bella is the best! The badest bitch in school, woo!" And the group "Woo!"'ed and laughed and the video ended.

I couldn't help but laugh out loud and smile. I scrolled down and looked at the comments. JessieFTW90 said: That fight was sweeeeet!, while The Mikester had said: Totally, forks hasn't seen a fight in years. Who knew B could kick ass like that!, and (one of my favorites) Tmanx1000 said: Bella is badass! I'm team Bella!

To say that I was touched would be an understatement. I laughed out loud for five minutes straight, clutching my stomach as it ached with laughter, and even after that I couldn't keep the biggest and goofiest smile off my face. It was still there as I showered and dressed for a good night's sleep, and it was still there when I was in my bed and my eyes already falling shut.

I even had a great dream, too. I dreamt about Edward…falling, slipping, tripping. Yep. He would just walk and happen to trip. It was wonderful.