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BPOV

As I walked into Biology, feeling just a little less than nervous, after witnessing Edwards show in the cafeteria, he had looked like someone had punched him in the stomach.

If only I had been close enough to hear what his and Tanya's confrontation was about, the glare I had promptly received from her as Edward had stormed out of the room, after swearing in her face, gave me a small incline that maybe their argument had included the subject of me. But I tried to forget it, as I had only known the girl for a short while, and she seemed nice enough.

After a morning of what I thought was reasonably useful research about some of the students here at Forks high, I was beginning to understand the ins and outs of the school and to know exactly where my place was.

After re-introducing myself to Mike, he had introduced me to his quirky friends, one of which, a small girl with tight brown curls, Jessica, had filled me in on any gossip I had questioned about.

I now knew that Emmet, now captain of the Football team had been boyfriend of Rose Cullen since anyone could remember, and Edward and Tanya had been an on and off couple for around two years. Rose was the head cheerleader, but Tanya was the known leader of the group that sat at the opposite side of the cafeteria. I was also now well informed on every other click in the school, from the Emos, to the Sluts and any other social group you could think of. I had to say even I was a little suprise that a school so small, could have been divided so specifically, I had expected it In Phoenix but not here.

I could see him slumped over our lab table with his head in his hands, his broad shoulders were tensed with anger and his fingers were running through his messy bronzed hair, pulling it out in even more directions.

But as he looked up to see me approaching the table, his expression and posture changed dramatically.

I wouldn't say his eyes lit up, because I then would just be totally getting ahead of myself.

Edward, unavailable, Edward, unavailable, Edward unavailable! I kept reminding myself.

But he did look happier and as I sat down, his green eyes following my face, before diverting out of the window. He still seemed down and angry but at least he was calm.

"Hey, Edward. Are you alright?" I asked quietly

"You saw?" He questioned.

"I think everyone noticed Edward, even geeks like me" I teased.

"You heard what she said?" he hissed in assumption, "I'm sorry, she's, she's..."

But I cut him off.

"That was about me!" I exclaimed. Jesus Christ I had only been in this place for just over a week and I was causing problems "I'm sorry Edward, I'll talk to her, she must hate me"

"What? Bella you're confusing me here. What have you got to be sorry for?" he asked

"Well, I've obviously offended her in some way, what did I do?" it must've been this morning, she must have miss-read his teasing. God knows I had.

But I had only miss-understood what I thought was him flirting for a few seconds before snapping into good Bella mode, where I found Edward cheesy and over-confident, not flattering and passionate. Woh, stop Bella. You're supposed to be having a conversation.

"You didn't do anything wrong it's just Tanya, being Tanya, I tried to explain to you before"

"Oh ok, I understand, I think. She reckons I'm a geek, a loser?" He nodded apologetically

O'well it's her opinion, I don't mind"

I shrugged it off, even though deep down, it hurt a little, just to know that just after our short meeting this previous morning she had made her typical assumptions, Edward was right, she was a typical high school girl. And truly I knew it wasn't her fault, it was my fault as it was me that didn't fit into the acceptable high school mould.

"Bella your amazing" he blurted out, and promptly turned red in the cheeks.

Oh. Ok, where the hell did that come from?

"I'm sorry, I don't mean it like that, you're just so different?" He spluttered.

I raised an eyebrow. Great, I was different.

"No, no in a good way, you're just so honest, down to Earth" he added.

"No Edward, just unlike most teenagers, I don't care what people think about me" I lied. Of course I cared what people thought about me, I was a teenager girl for crying out loud! We all felt like this, most of the time, however I had learnt wisely never to show it, I was good like that and it was only on very rare occasions I let my emotion guard down. The times were usually when I was alone.

"Well, good, I wish I could be more like that" he looked as if he was confessing.

"What do you mean?" I began, but the booming voice sounded the start of the lesson and I turned towards the front, after tearing myself away from Edwards's anguished face.

I suddenly got a warm feeling in my stomach that Edward had revealed a less sarcastic, more open and feeling part of himself, which not many people had seen. It was good to know that he too wore some sort of mask against his peers.

Or maybe he was just really pissed off and had let his guard down, this was more likely, there was no way he actually had an emotional side to himself.

When I looked towards him again, he was smirking, I looked down towards the small white piece of paper in front of me.

You tell anyone I just said those things, and I'll kick your sorry little butt.

Defiantly the latter conclusion I had drawn.

I smiled into his eyes, and then laughed out loud at the fact I had thought that the famous Edward Cullen had a soft side.

Looking at me with questioning eyes, I shook my head and turned my attention back to the front of the room

As the bell rang, I stood up and packed away the notes I had made on the project we were to do for next week, it was a lot of work, and would mean having to see Edward outside of school, which Sir apologised directly to me for. I turned to walk out of the room, but being my usual clumsy self I bumped my head into Edwards's chest.

"You just can't keep your hands off me, can you Bella" I smiled as he teased, feeling my face redden.

"Don't flatter yourself, Edward" I scowled.

"So, this project, going to be a lot of work, did you want to come over sometime to work on it?" he shuffled his feet on the floor, adjusting his weight from side to side. He obviously didn't like the idea of spending time with me alone.

"It will be easy to go to mine" I said matter of fatly.

"Oh right ok. Is tonight ok?"

"Erm sure, do you not have practice I thought there was a game soon?" I had seen posters pinned up on lockers and walls since I had arrived.

"Yeh I do, but it can be missed tonight, my Mums bugging me too much about my school work falling behind" he joked.

"Why would you need school work if you want to play football at College?"

"Trust me I do, and I'm failing in just about everything, not all of us are lucky to have brains like yours"

"Ha, you should get yourself a tutor" I joked. But suddenly his eyes widened.

"You could tutor me!" he exclaimed with over enthusiasm. His smile beamed at his new idea. Bu I was unsure, I wasn't that smart, not enough to be a tutor, not like Mike and his friends, but it couldn't do any harm,

"Err, I don't know Edward, I've never done that before." I stuttered.

"At least think about it?" he asked, adding a wink, not to spoil his image and admit that he needed just a little help.

"Ok, I will. Think about it" I agreed reluctantly.

"Right I'll see you outside my car, at the end of school?" he asked.

"Sure, whatever's easiest, I'll see you then" And for the third time I'd spoken to Edward Cullen I walked away with a smirk playing on the edge of my lips.

An hour later and I was walking to meet Edward at his card, to go and work on our Bio project. But as I neared the shiny silver car, I slowed hearing the low murmurs of an argument.

"You're going where?" a sweet voice exclaimed I soon recognised it, as Tanya's.

"To Bella Swans? My lab partner's, we've got a project that needs work on" Edward mumbled.

"What about practice?" she whined.

"I can skip, my mum's been bugging me about my grades" he begun to explain.

"Maybe you should get a new lab partner Ed, I'll convince Mr, who do you have? He'll just pair you up with someone else off the squad" she hinted seductively.

"Why? You're not jealous of a geeky, crazy Bella are you, you know I prefer real women and not little girls Tan" He chuckled

"Of course not! What do you think I am" she said playfully

They both started laughing, both of them laughing at me, about me.

My stomach fell, as I understood, their conversation, it was not an argument, but an agreement.

I felt my eyes begin to fill with water, and I couldn't understand why though, I knew Tanya had felt like this all along, but hearing it come from Edward made it all seem real. And painful.

Then I was annoyed at myself, I'd obviously fallen for Edward without realising, and it was pathetic, I'd know him for what? Two days, and his eyes had won me over.

Pathetic Bella! Pathetic. I shouted in my head. I knew guys like Edward Cullen, sleazy, idiots with no brains or common sense. And I knew why I knew guys like this; because they were all the same, all they cared about was girls, sports and sex. So I was no angry at myself for thinking any one of them could be different.

I was brought back to reality, as I heard Tanya's footsteps fade away, leaving a visible Edward, leaning against his car, glancing at his cell.

I had two options. I ran them over in my head.

Option one: To walk away now, never talk to either of them ever again, like the coward I was. I would forget all of them, I'd done it before but I could do it again

Option two: Pretend I hadn't listened into their conversation, and continue to be ridiculed, behind my back for the rest of my high school days.

I decided on option one, and turned quickly in the opposite direction and started the long journey home.

Tutor him! Ha, he could forget everything and anything I'd ever said to him, none of it counted.

I was over-reacting so much, I knew that, and I knew that I would feel immature in the morning, but I wiped the tear from my cheek as the wind blew in my face.

"Hey!" I heard an unfamiliar voice call from behind me; I quickly turned around to see, a strange boy, who was no older than 15 running towards me.

"Hi, do I know you?" I asked rudely.

"No, but Charlie asked me to check on you, I'm Jake" he held out his hand.

"Right, hi, Bella sorry I'm this way" and I pointed in down the street.

"Yeh I know, I'll see you around? He beamed.

"Sure" and with our quick exchange he was gone.

Well that was weird.

But so was everything in Forks. I had decided that I was going to be friendless in Forks; it had a certain appeal to me after today's unexpected events.

And to think I hardly even knew anyone. I'd only been here little over a week.

I turned down the drive and unlocked the door to my empty house. After settling in I sat at the kitchen table and took out my Biology project and started working. Alone.

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