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A New Beginning

Chapter Nine:

After our conversation this morning. I was suddenly very excited for school on Monday……

The rest of the weekend went slowly. I went to the supermarket on Sunday, which was boring. Leo found it even more boring than me.

Sunday was pretty much a 'do nothing' day. Leo watched DVD's all day whilst I did my homework. At some point, I fell asleep whilst doing my math homework. It was algebra which I sucked even more at, that's probably why I fell asleep.

It was about 2 in the afternoon when I eventually finished my homework. I went into the living room and watched TV with Leo. Charlie was out fishing again.

That was when I realised the date. Was it the 10th? That meant my 18th Birthday was on Wednesday. Great. I hated my Birthday, it was completely pointless. Every year I made a point of asking my Mom not to give me presents and every year she didn't listen.

Leo was watching 'Cars', again. It was about the 5th time he had watched it this weekend already. I wondered if he ever got bored of watching it, but then I remembered what I was like with 'The Lion King'. I watched it at every opportunity I could get; it could actually recite the entire script.

After such a nice day outside yesterday, it rained again. I was really missing the sun in Phoenix.

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It was raining again, when I woke Monday morning. I sat up in my bed and noticed Leo wasn't in my room again. Did I wake up late again? I looked at my alarm clock it said 7.45am. The answer was yes, I had woken up late again. Crap!

I ran downstairs and saw another note in the kitchen from Charlie.

You still weren't awake. Took Leo with me. He's fine. See you later.

Love Leo & Charlie.

Crap! I really needed to stop waking up late. I flew back up the stairs and quickly showered before getting dressed. I ran back downstairs and found a cereal bar and quickly ate it before grabbing my stuff and car keys. I forgot it was raining and was almost soaked before I had even got to my car.

"Stupid Rain!" I yelled as I was in my car. I turned the heaters on full. It wouldn't do any good; the heaters in my car were crap.

I arrived at school at about 8.15 and parked next to Jessica's car. She was still in her car, obviously staying out of the rain. I climbed out of my car and walked the short distance to hers before opening the door and climbing in the back.

"Staying away from the rain?" I said before I laughed.

"Shut Up Bella. I don't want my hair to get ruined."

"Haha. You would be worried about your hair! Look at me! I got soaked just walking to my car this morning! You're going to get even wetter just walking to English."

"You might be right, except I have an umbrella." I smiled at Jess.

"You're a lifesaver! I should really buy one of those; it's not really something you need in Phoenix." Jess laughed at me. That's when I noticed Angela wasn't in the car. "Where's Ange?"

"Sick. She got some sort of bug." Jess looked worried.

"Oh. I hope she feels better soon."

"Same. Come on lets go to English whilst the rain isn't so bad." We both climbed out of her car. "By the way, you're not getting out of your birthday celebration on Wednesday." What?!

"You know?! How!" I was going to kill Charlie.

"You're Dad mentioned it on Saturday." I was actually going to murder my Father.

"Fine. Just don't do anything to embarrassing, I hate my birthday." Jess gave me an evil smile. "You wouldn't…"

"Oh yes I would..." She laughed.

English was slow. But we had started reading Romeo & Juliet which was good, I knew the play inside out, but it doesn't matter.

Spanish was even slower. I hated Spanish. None of it made any sense. When was I ever going to go to Spain anyway? I had never been outside the USA; I wasn't going travelling anytime soon.

Jess and I were walking to the Cafeteria, when she seemed distracted.

"Something up Jess?"

"Huh? What? No." Sure.

"Sure. Out with it Jess." I wasn't stupid. I could tell something was wrong with her.

"It doesn't matter."

"Okay. Whatever." She would tell me later.

We walked into the cafeteria and grabbed some food before sitting down.

"Hey you guys?" Everybody looked at Jess and there was a mumbled "Yeahh."

"You all know its Bella's birthday on Wednesday right?" What?! She did not just do that. I gave her a very dirty look, she just smiled at me.

"It is?" Mike asked. "Really Bells?"

"Yeah…" I was super embarrassed now and blushed. "Jess, I hate you..."

"Thanks Bella" Jess said before laughing.

Great, now my birthday was officially being celebrated. Fantastic.

Lunch went very slowly. Everybody kept asking questions about my birthday. I was still talking to Jess; I was just a bit pissed off.

I walked to Biology with Jess and told her I would see her in Gym. I walked over to my desk. Edward hadn't arrived yet. I was suddenly very excited.

"Hey Bella." I jumped. "Sorry."

"No. It's Fine. Hi." I smiled.

"I heard that it's your birthday Wednesday…" He smiled at me making me lose my concentration again. It took me a while before I could respond.

"You did?" I was horrified. "Did everybody hear?"

"Possibly."

"Aww Crap." I put my head in my hands.

"Didn't you want people knowing?" Edward asked.

"No! I hate my birthday! I'm going to kill my Dad!" I growled quietly.

"Did you just growl?!" Edward laughed. I sat up and blushed. "I love that."

"Love what?" I was confused now.

"Your blush." I blushed even more.

We didn't say much else that lesson. He asked me a little bit about my weekend and I just told me him what I did. He also asked me why I hated my birthday so much.

"It's just pointless."

"How exactly?" He looked confused.

"It just is." I didn't want to say why I hated it so much. Not now.

The bell rang then. I got up from my desk and met Jess outside the class.

"See you tomorrow Bella." Edward breathed before walking away.

"Yeah. Bye…" I whispered. I heard Edward chuckle.

"What was that?" Jess asked.

"I have no idea. I don't understand that boy." I giggled.

"You're so smitten with him though."

"Possibly." I blushed.

"I knew it!" Jess grinned.

"Let's go to gym…"

Gym was slow and painful. I got whacked in the stomach with a basketball causing me to be winded. That was painful. I had to sit out of the rest of the lesson.

Math was even more painful. I sat on my own because Angela wasn't in school. Lovely. People still whispered in Math. Maybe I could move classes? The people in the class were so horrible!

School ended eventually. I met Jess outside and we walked to the Parking Lot.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah why?" I was confused again.

"You got hurt in Gym. I was making sure you were okay now." Oh.

"Oh yeah. I'm fine thanks Jess." I hugged her before saying good bye and climbing into my car.

I was less looking forward to Wednesday every second………

A/N: This was a short chapter. I wasn't sure what to do. The next Chapter will be Wednesday. I swear something good is coming up!! You people are lucky though! Two Chapters in one day! :O

Thanks soo much to everybody who keeps subscribing and reviewing. To clear some things up:

Leo can talk so well because he is almost three years old. I also baby - sit for a kid that when he was two was able to talk so well, that how I got that. Please review!

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