Stephenie Meyer owns all Twilight characters, Tomoko Hayakawa owns storyline of YamaNada.

Sorry for the lack of updates in the past few weeks; I grudgingly took a 3 week shift at my parent's shop, which leaves me too exhausted at the end to update – so sorry. And then my sister tried to get into my computer which like destroyed some of this story which I never saved. So that sucked. Then there was Breaking Dawn, which entranced me for like a day, so yeah.

So here's chapter 9.

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"Okay. Edward you get the legs. Jazz you take the hands. Carlisle you open the doors." Emmett devised after they heard that the results of the best stall were to be announced.

"What about you?" Carlisle asked Emmett.

"I'll be watching you, my dear Carlisle." Emmett predicted.

They all set to work, and they all ambushed Bella.

"No, I'm not going!" Bella wailed struggling against Edward and Jasper.

"You're in charge of the stall, you're meant to be there," Emmett said.

"What, we're going now?" Carlisle asked, "I haven't gotten changed yet!"

"Hence, I'll be watching you, my dear Carlisle, if you change we can't prove we're from the horror house, and you'll probably run to change as soon as an opportunity arises," Emmett explained. Jasper complimented in his mind for Emmett's sudden wit.

The 4 of them walked confidently to the stage. Bella was still struggling against Edward and Jasper. She did not want to leave the storeroom. They got there in time, as walking became difficult when Bella tried to slip away like an eel.

"And the winner is...the senior years Class C's horror house!" The Mr. Greene, the principal declared. Edward, Jasper, Carlisle and Emmett strutted up to the stage, with Bella in tow.

They smiled as their picture was taken.

"So where's Bella?" The Mr. Greene asked them. Edward was about to say 'here' when he realised that Bella wasn't there.

"She's g-gone to the t-toilet," Edward lied swiftly. Bella was in fact hiding right beneath them, underneath the stage.

"It's so quiet here," she sang to herself, curling into a ball whilst sitting down.

"Well, I'm going to start this year's Mr. Forks High," the Mr. Greene said. Everyone looked at each other in a confused manner.

"Well, it has just been decided that we had one," he grunted into the microphone. There was a sudden understanding.

"Everyone has been voting like crazy, for Mr. Forks High and I can announce that he is, none other than Mr. Edward Masen," he said, Edward received a loud applause.

"I don't want Mr. Forks High," Edward said wearily.

"You get 10,000 dollars on your part," Mr. Green pursued.

"Right, uh...thank you guys," Edward said suddenly, he liked the idea of an addition 10,000 dollars for rent.

"Jasper and Emmett lost votes because they had girls around them," Mr. Greene told the crowd.

"I can't help it if girls are attracted to me, I can't even begin to imagine myself without girls around me," Emmett sighed.

Jasper cringed against Carlisle as Alice was claiming Jasper as hers and hers only.

Bella hid underneath the stands.

There were objections towards Edward being Mr. Forks High. Particularly from Mike, Tyler and Eric. Mike obviously held a grudge against Edward due to the hot cookie incident. This led a chain reaction of dispute amongst the girls. Then when the girls had retaliated, the boys argued back, causing a multitude of reactions between the two sexes of the student body.

Edward leaned against the wall, and wasn't bothered by the commotion going on in front of him, which was because of him. Bella crawled up to the stage and sat next to Edward.

"Why can't they just hand over my 60,000 and be over and done with it?" Edward said into his hands.

"Why do you care? It'll be much easier to just get a job," Bella advised. Edward smiled which didn't reach his eyes.

"How will it be easier?" Edward said; his teeth clenched together, his hands tightening up into fists. "I don't mind working at all. I don't care if it's mental or physical labour. I don't care if it's hard or if it's easy or in between. But, in the end, managers, regardless of their gender will eventually end up sexually harassing me."

Bella looked at him, her mind tortured with what Edward had been through. For a few seconds she felt sorry for him.

"They offer me, more wages, just to perform acts for them. I refuse and they fire me. Sometimes it's deeper than that. When I bend over to pick up a can of something, some employee or the manager will find a way to brush up against me, or grope my ass."

"Even though Jasper tells me to take it, everyone has a limit. I try to restrain myself when I work, but that self-control soon fades to dust. I probably wouldn't survive being an alcohol addict, or heroin addict with my approach on things," Edward smiled weakly.

"You could, because you know you have great people around you that will always help you," Bella told him, smiling in return.

"Yeah, well, sometimes, the shopkeepers keep me because I attract customers. They like the popularity you see. They use me as some ploy for their wealth. But then, customers don't buy anything, and block the way for other customers who want to buy stuff, so they leave. They break things, so in the end I get fired."

"That's the way it is, and that's the way it will always be with me around. I'm starting to think that my existence is the problem."

Bella opened her mouth. She was shocked how Edward had been mistreated in his workplace; she had expected something completely different.

"Hey. Edward. Get your butt down here, you're the root cause of the fight after all," Mike taunted, as he climbed onto the stage. The teachers had fled to the staff room, probably for a coffee break from all the fighting.

"Shut up," Edward growled, "What do you want?"

"I want to end this, once and for all," Mike snarled, sending shivers along Bella's body.

"Right." Edward smiled as he stood up, "Here I come."

Bella's jaw dropped as she saw the scene unravelling before her. She ran behind the stage and she tripped over some wires connecting the lights. The lights went out consecutively. There was an intense silence as darkness surrounded all of them.

"A...g-g-g-ghost!" someone screamed, pointing at Bella. Her costume was swirling around her, some of it was white, and some of it was red from earlier. Bella was brandishing a long sword bearing a striking resemblance to a katana. She glided up to Mike, the wind rippled through her brown hair. Mike looked at Bella in terror. He backed away. Bella was too quick. Swiping at him in precise movements, she glided past him. His clothes to his relief stayed on. That is until he took a step forward. The movement seemed to act as a catalyst and it ripped his whole uniform. Mike ran from the stage and never stopped until he was assured that no one was near him. The lights unexpectedly came back one and Mr. Greene came back onto the stage. Bella ran so fast that it seemed that she had vanished. She hid once again at the bottom of the stage.

"Now that's all clear we'll announce Miss Forks High," Mr. Green proceeded. Dozens of girls crossed their fingers.

"It was the Victorian girl in the horror house!"

Carlisle began to oppose with this announcement, but then thought better of it.

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Edward punched his calculator in frustration.

"So it's a total of 70 thousand dollars altogether," Edward revealed, "and each of us gets about...14 thousand each."

"Actually, you and Bella can share it," Jasper said. Emmett and Carlisle nodded in agreement.

"You two worked really hard for it," Carlisle stated.

"Friendship is more important than money," Emmett said.

Edward grabbed them into a breathtaking hug.

"You are the best friends ever!" Edward exclaimed. Emmett was internally cursing himself for making that comment. Jasper and Carlisle were cursing Emmett for making that comment.

Bella looked at Edward in alarm.

"I don't want it either," Bella told him, "in return never bother me again."

Everyone else was stunned.

"Thank you," Edward said; his voice thick with emotion. He reached out to hug Bella. Bella stepped back.

"I don't hug," she made clear in front of Edward. Edward ignored her and proceeded to hug her. Bella blushed in embarrassment. He let go after a few moments. Bella returned light-headed to her room.

She thought that the hug went quite well.

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"Ed-ward?" Emmett held out the phone for Edward. Edward took it gingerly. He listened to the person on the phone. The phone later dropped to the floor. Edward gulped and fell his knees.

"What is it?" Emmett asked.

"The repair bill for the school kitchen."

"H-how much is it?" Carlisle asked tentatively.

"70 thousand dollars," Edward moaned.

There was a silent wailing coming from Edward.

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