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"Eddie! How are you?!" I winced. Greeeat, what a perfect way to start the day.
EPOV
I turned around slowly "I'm fine, Lauren. How are you?" I said as politely as I possibly could. I heard Bella stifle a giggle at my obvious distaste as she came to stand next to me.
"I'm doing great, thanks Eddie!" Lauren said batting her eyelashes at me. At least I thought my distaste was obvious.
"Could you please not call me that, Lauren?" I had told her every day since I'd met her not to call me that.
"Sure thing, Edward." She replied and I sighed with relief. "I'll see you later." She batted her eyelashes at me again and I had to try really hard not to start gagging. She walked, swaying her hips in a way I believe she thought was seductive. As soon as she was out of hearing distance Bella started laughing.
"And what is so funny?" I asked her as she gripped my arm for support.
"You should have seen your face when you talked to her!" She gasped out. "You looked like you were going throw up or something." She said once she got a hold of herself.
"What did you expect? She's disgusting in the way she throws herself at ant guy who will look at her. It doesn't help that intelligent conversation is also impossible with her."Bella's giggle was cut off by the warning bell. "I'll see you later." Bella nodded and hurried into her class while I hurried off to mine.
Jasper was in this class with me and when he saw the look on my face from several rows away he chuckled "Jessica?" He mouthed, his shoulders shaking from silent laughter. I shook my head and scowled at him for finding it funny. "Lauren?" He mouthed again and this time I nodded, pretending to laugh and this time a chuckle escaped him. Our business teacher, Mr. Mills, whipped around to glare at the class.
"Mr. Whitlock. Do you have something to share with the class?" Ha asked in a no-nonsense voice.
Jasper shrugged "No." he said like he had no idea what the teacher was talking about. Mr. Mills watched him for a moment before turning to the front of the class again and finished what he was writing. We didn't talk for the rest of the hour and it went by quickly. I packed my bag a few minutes before the end of class and left right after the bell rang, the sooner to get out of my dreaded business class the better.
I met Bella outside her class and she smiled when she saw me waiting for her like I always did. I grinned "How was your business class?" She rolled her eyes as we started walking.
"As boring as ever."She responded rubbing her arms quickly as she shook slightly.
"Are you cold?" I asked her and she nodded quickly.
"I'm freezing." She tried to warm herself through friction again. I chuckled and wrapped an arm around her shoulders. She burrowed into my side "Oh my gosh, you're warm."She mumbled and I laughed. She looked up at the sky "I think it's going to snow." She said in a disgusted voice, I shook my head sadly.
"How can you live in a place like Forks and not like the snow?" I asked incredulously as I opened the gym door. She shrugged. "See you in a minute."I said before walking in the opposite direction to the guys' locker room and Bella to the girls. I dressed out quickly and went back out into the gym were Coach Riggs Giving a couple people basketballs before walking into his office, letting us do what we whatever. I saw Bella sitting on the bleachers talking to Angela Weber about something; well at least I wouldn't need to catch her all through the hour today.
"Hey Edward, come play ball with us!" Justin, some guy I didn't really know, called to me from across the gym. "We need one more for three on three." He said as I walked closer. He was standing next to Tyler Crowley, Cody Johnson, Zak Carter, and Mike Newton.
"Sure." I finally said "What are the teams?"
"Mike, Tyler, and Cody are one team and you're on mine and Zak's team." Justin answered dribbling a basketball casually. "First to fifteen points wins."I nodded and Justin tossed the ball to Mike. "You guys get it first."
Mike passed the ball in to Tyler who dribbled down the court and shot for a three-pointer. He missed by hit the rim and the ball bounced back, I caught the rebound and dribbled down the court passing Mike and went for a lay-up on the right side. It went in and my team cheered as Mike's team groaned. Cody passed the ball in to Tyler who tried to run passed Justin. Justin blocked him and Tyler passed the ball to Cody, he jogged down the court and Zak took off after him. Cody shot a jump shot and it went in, Mike's team cheered loudly now.
The rest of the game passed in a blur with Justin making a three pointer and ending the game with our team in the lead. Coach Riggs blew a whistle, signaling the last ten minutes of class and everyone went off to the locker rooms. I showered and dressed with a minute to spare, so I left the locker, I didn't need to spend more time than needed in there. Outside the locker room Bella was leaning against the wall looking upset. I was only confused for a second and then I saw what was upsetting her.
Mike. Gosh, when was he going to take the hint! Bella did not like him, any one could see that. I walked up next to Bella and wrapped an arm around her waist "How was gym, Bella?" I asked like I hadn't seen Mike yet. This was a little play we always performed when someone was hitting on the other.
"It was good." She answered as she leaned into my side. Mike gasped quietly and I looked up at him, his mouth was literally hanging open and his eyes were wide.
"Oh, hello Mike. Is there a problem?"I asked and he quickly shook his head.
"Umm… No problem, I'll see you later Bella."He said quickly before rushing past us and out the door. As soon as he was out the door we both burst into laughter and had to lean on each other for support.
"Did you see… the look on his face?" I gasped, trying to catch my breath.
Bella nodded "His mouth was hanging open and everything." She said once she regained control.
"We're going to have to tell the guys about this one."I agreed. "We should go; we have a test in Trig today."
"Ugh, why did you have to remind me?" I didn't answer as I held the door open for her and she walked out into the cold and shivered. I immediately put an arm around her shoulder and she thanked me. We walked to our next class together in silence. Inside the class Bella sat down in her seat on the other side of class from me. Emmett ran into the class right when the bell rang after us.
"I'm not late!"He practically yelled in his booming voice and the teacher glowered at him as he took his seat next to Bella. I saw her raise her eyebrows at him and he just grinned and shrugged, she rolled her eyes and shook her head as she got out her materials. I grinned; I could only guess what Emmett could have been doing to make him late.
"There will be no peeking, cheating, or talking during the test unless you want a zero on it."Ms. Moore said as she passed out the tests. "You have until the end of the hour." With that she went to sit at her desk and turned her attention to her laptop. I wrote my name and started the test, the first few questions were easy but the test got harder further in. I looked up to see most kids biting their pencil or something that showed they were extremely nervous. I finished with a couple minutes to spare and I got up to put my paper on the teacher's desk. Back at my desk I packed my bag and waited for the class to end. There was a loud bang and my head shot up, Emmett was on the ground with his legs tangled up in the seat.
"Ow." He mumbled and the whole class burst into laughter including the teacher. Emmett rubbed his head and glared at Bella who had on an innocent expression. I rolled my eyes at their behavior; they truly were brother and sister. The bell rang and everyone rushed out of the room. I waited for Bella and Emmett, "Did you see what she did?" Emmett asked incredulously as he pointed at Bella.
"What did you do?" I asked her and she just shrugged.
"I just asked for the answer of a question so she pushed me and I fell out of my chair!"He exclaimed.
"I didn't push you that hard! You must just be weaker than we all thought, you giant teddy bear." She punched him lightly on the arm and he chuckled.
"Come here." Emmett wrapped an arm around her and mussed up her hair and tickled her sides.
"Stop it!" She shrieked as she pulled herself out of his grasp to run into the cafeteria a couple yards away. Emmett and I laughed as we followed her inside.
Bella was already sitting at our table talking to Alice with a worried expression. As we got closer I could hear Alice talking excitedly about the sale again "Sorry Alice, Bella has to study for a test we have in English tomorrow." Bella smiled gratefully at me while Alice looked upset.
"I'll go with you Alice. What's on sale?" Rosalie sat down between Emmett, who kissed her on the cheek, and Jasper.
"It's a shoe sale in Port Angeles." Alice was immediately happy again. Jasper and Emmett watched silently as their girlfriends conferred about the pros and cons of certain shoes.
"How do you think you did on the test?" I asked turning to Bella who had been watching the others too.
"Well, you made me study so much I'll never be able to forget any of it, so I hope I did good."She said, biting her lip, thoughtfully.
"I don't know why you always worry, you're a straight A student and you always do good on tests." I said before taking a bite of my sandwich. She just shrugged pushing her own lunch away slightly which Emmett noticed.
"What's up? You okay?"He asked stepping into the role of big brother.
"I'm fine, just not hungry."She pulled the book she was currently reading out of her bag and buried her nose in it, completely forgetting the world around her within the first line of the book. I smiled and watched her for a moment, when I looked back at the others the guys were talking about Halo and Rosalie was watching them while Alice was looking at me. I raised an eyebrow at her and she rolled her eyes before looking away. Wonder what that was about.
The rest of the school day passed quickly and uneventfully. Before I knew it, Bella and I were walking to my Volvo discussing Debussy and other things we had in common. "I'm going to walk home today." Bella said as I went to open the passenger door. I smiled at how she referred to my house as her home too, but it disappeared quickly.
"Why are you going to walk?" I asked and I could hear the concern coloring my voice.
She shrugged, "I just feel like walking. Don't worry, I just haven't been walking lately."
"If you're sure…?"I said slowly and she nodded. "Okay, I'll see you later."
"Okay." She kissed me on the cheek like she always did when we wouldn't see each other for awhile. "See you in around two hours; I'm going to take my time." She walked off and I got in my car and drove home with my mind wondering to unimportant things the whole way.
At home, I dropped my backpack by the front door and went up to my room because I didn't have homework. I turned on some classical music and lay down on my bed, kicking off my shoes. I hadn't slept well last night because Bella had had a terrible nightmare last night and I'd had to stay up to comfort her longer. I fell asleep soon after my head hit the pillow.
It felt like I'd only been sleeping a few minutes when I was woken up by my phone ringing. I snatched it off the bedside table as I sat up. It said Carlisle on the ID, but he should be at work. "Hello?"
"Edward, it's Carlisle and you need to get to the hospital right now!"He said urgently and I jumped up shoving my shoes on my feet.
"What is it? What's going on?" I asked.
"It's Bella," I didn't hear the rest because I had dropped the phone as I ran out of the house.
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