BPOV
I got to school half an hour early again but I wasn't alone for long. Edward pulled up next to me about 5 minutes after I got there. I was already smoking a cigarette, laying on my hood, and had Pure Morning by Placebo blasting from my car. I would've had it in my ears but my head phones were bugging me. Mental note: I really, REALLY need to get those Bosch head phones. Edward got out of his car and leaned on my car, assuming the same position he had yesterday. I handed him a cigarette, which he accepted. He lit it the same way I did yesterday, by inhaling with the end of his cigarette touching mine.
"How'd your night go?" He asked after he took a few puffs of his cigarette.
"Charlie, my dad, nearly busted that vein on his forehead when I crawled through the window. I think he's thinking of barring it," I said nonchalantly, "Yours?"
"Just as bad," Edward said simply. He looked at me and leaned in for a kiss. I met him half way, excited to touch his lips with mine again. His lips were just as soft as they were last night. I decided to try and go a little further than I did last night. I licked his bottom lip and he opened his mouth, granting me entrance. My tongue touched his and we started getting into a heated make out. I could still feel the fear inside of me, telling me that I needed to stop this now. I chose not to listen to it, and I kept on ignoring it until the fear started screaming at me. Instead of breaking the kiss gently like I did last night, I abruptly stopped it.
I didn't notice it while we were making out, but I had gotten so scared that my eyes were actually starting to tear up. I kept my eyes closed, willing the tears to go away. I managed to keep them from falling before I opened my eyes again. Edward smiled at me and kissed my cheek. He understood without me having to tell him. I gave him another quick kiss on the lips and then took another puff of my cigarette. I lay back down and closed my eyes, waiting for the bell to ring.
Unfortunately for me, Edward and I couldn't continue our morning in peace.
"Oh look, the dirty whore is hanging out with the creepy new guy," I heard Lauren's shrill voice say. She sounded way too close to me, and that alone made my heart start to pound. I could already feel the adrenaline pulsing through my veins. I was just waiting for her to push the wrong button.
"Shoo fly don't bother me," I said with my eyes still closed. I felt Edward put his arm around my shoulder, as if he was saying 'This is mine and if you fuck with her, you're fucking with me too'. Of course they were fucking with him, but it was just to get to me.
"Nobody's scared of you Bel-la," Lauren said, putting emphasis on the final la in my name, "You're still the same passive, weak Bella. The only difference between last year and this year is that you have awful taste in clothes and a foul attitude. Everyone knows you're not gonna do anything to anyone." I sighed and clenched my fist, wanting very badly to hit her and break her giant nose.
"Lauren, it's the second fucking day of school. You couldn't save your fucking drama until at least next week," I said, my voice exasperated.
"Why do you deserve to have it easy? You slept with my boyfriend. You're a diseased skank and now it looks like you keep the company of murderers as well," Jess said. And that's when my eyes snapped open. I looked at Edward and I saw his eyes slit, staring Jess down. I hopped down from the hood of my car and stood with my fists clenched tight by my sides.
"What the fuck is that supposed to mean?" I said, feeling very protective over Edward. I couldn't let these stupid bitches go around spreading rumors like that.
"This is a small town and word travels fast. Apparently your new friend had to leave wherever he came from because he killed his father," Lauren said in a smug tone. I got really close to Lauren, there was barely an inch between us. Lauren had at least 5 inches on me, so I had to stand on my tip toes to be able to look her in the eye.
"You don't know shit about Edward, and you are out your fucking mind if you think I'm gonna let you go around telling people that he's a killer."
"Really? And what are you gonna do?" Lauren said, goading me. A cocked my head to the side, drew my fist back, and threw a right hook aiming for her face when I felt a strong arm stop me. Lauren was braced for my punch and the sight made a wicked smile spread across my face.
"She's not worth it. I'm not worth you getting suspended for," Edward whispered in my ear as he pulled me away from the crowd and towards the school. When we were in the building, Edward handed me my back pack.
"What the fuck was that? You should've let me hit her!" I yelled at him. Edward sighed, pinched the bridge of his nose with his thumb and forefinger, and closed his eyes. I wasn't sure why but I found that stance extremely hot.
"Bella please, I'm not worth that kind of effort on your part."
"Are you kidding me?" I said, pacing trying to blow off some of the steam that was built up inside of me, both because Lauren is a bitch and I should have hit her and because I couldn't believe that Edward actually believed he wasn't worth being stuck up for. I stopped pacing and looked at Edward. On the outside he looked hardened and unforgiving, but I knew that there was an underlying vulnerability that he refused to show. I didn't blame him for it; I knew what it felt like to believe you needed to be hard all the time. I only hoped that one day we'd be able to lower our boundaries, not to the world but to each other. Even as I thought it I realized how crazy it sounded. We'd known each other for two days, but something about the way we were made us fit together in a way that no one would understand.
I walked up to him and stood right in front of him. It was the first time that I had realized just how much taller he was then me. Today, I was in boyfriend jeans, a royal blue spaghetti strap tank top, my Metallica hoodie, and very flat black high top converse. He towered over my tiny 5 ft 2 body. None the less I reached up to touch his cheek. He bent down so that I didn't have to reach so far. When I touched him, he closed his eyes. He looked as if he had never been touched so gently before.
"Am I worthy for you to fight for me?" I asked him in a soft voice.
"I'd beat the shit outta anyone who dared speak an ill word about you in front of me," He replied. I saw an angry fire in his eyes that told me that he was telling the truth.
"If I'm worthy of you, then you are more than worthy for me," I said and softly kissed him on his lips. Edward just sighed, pulled me close to him and hugged me. I took a deep breath of his scent before pulling away.
"Come on, my car's still on and unlocked. It would suck for me to ruin my car while I wasn't in it," I said and grabbed Edward's hand. We both hesitated and looked down at our intertwined hands after they'd made contact. I looked at him. He just shrugged and held my hand tighter.
EPOV
Bella and I walked hand in hand to home room. I chuckled as I thought of little Bella beating up that horse Lauren. I had a distinct feeling that Bella would be able to kick the crap out of anyone she wanted, but I still didn't like the idea of her getting hurt even if the imagery was funny. When we walked into Mr. Murphey's class everyone went silent and stared at us. Bella squeezed my hand and we walked to the back of the class room. Everyone stared at us as we walked to the back of the room, and it wasn't just paranoia people were really following our every move. Everyone remained quiet as we took our seats.
"I love how all of you treat us like royalty. Next time we come into the room, don't just shut your mouths, bow down and kiss the ground we walk on. That'll really show us your endless respect," Bella said and rolled her eyes. Everyone scoffed at her and started their conversations again. I knew then that it was going to be us against the school and possibly us against the entire town. I wondered how Bella would feel when she found out that I did in fact kill my father. Well, I didn't actually kill him, but I didn't stop him from dying either. I was glad someone had the guts to take away his life because I knew that I never would've had that kind of courage. I could never stand up to my father, just like he couldn't stand up to his.
But what I couldn't understand is how everyone in the town found out that my dad was dead. Would Carlisle tell his colleagues? Would Esme tell hers? I couldn't figure out how it happened, but it just added to my growing list of reasons why I couldn't trust them.
Bella and I both had our secrets. Secrets I felt that with time would come out, not to the world but to each other. What was I thinking? We'd barely known each other a few days, but we'd both been through something and that made us work in a way that other people just wouldn't get.
Mr. Murphey finally got to class and called roll. There weren't any assignments, but it was homeroom. Everyone knows homeroom was for socializing and finishing homework you didn't do the night before, but since it was only the second day of school there was no homework and everyone socialized the whole time. I, however, spent most of the time playing with Bella's hand. It was so tiny; I could cover her fist with my hand. I grabbed her hand and used it to pull her closer to me. She knew what I wanted and didn't hesitate to kiss me, tongue and everything, in front of the class. She had no shame in our relationship, whatever it was, and neither did I. They could call me a murderer and they could call her a whore, but when in the end I was Edward and she was Bella. No rumors were going to change that. That didn't mean that I was going to spill my soul and reveal all of the skeletons in my closet, but maybe one day. She knew that I was hiding something, and I knew she was hiding something as well, but that was ok with both of us for now.
The bell finally rang for us to go to first period. Bella and I had originally sat across the room from one another, but the teacher wasn't going to make the seating chart until today so I decided to take the seat next to Bella, which was open anyway. We were having a conversation about why screamo sucked so much ass when a tall, skinny, brunette girl decided to make her presence known.
"Bella? Is that you?" the girl asked.
"Ang, hey. Yeah it's me," Bella said. Her voice didn't express either happiness or contempt to see the girl. I think she was waiting to see what she had to say.
"You look different," Ang, I'm guessing short for Angela, said.
"I got bangs," Bella said and tugged at her hair.
"You sound different too," Angela said. Bella just shrugged her shoulders.
"Angela! Get away from that slut and get over here," I heard Jessica call from across the room. Bella rolled at her eyes at the comment and put her feet on the desk. I didn't totally understand how she was able to bend her body like that, but I guess it was due to her small stature.
"Bye Bells," Angela said and left to go over to her other friends.
"Of all people I thought that she'd be the last to believe the rumors," Bella said with her voice hard. I knew that she only hardened her voice like that when she was hurt, but I understood what it was like to feel like you had to cover your pain with a hard shell. I didn't blame her. I just grabbed her hand and drew circles on her wrist with my forefinger.
Yesterday was an easy day. The teachers all had the exact same thing to say. Today, however, the teachers were getting into the curriculum and 1st period was, lucky us, calculus. Mr. Mason handed out the syllabi and assigned us our books. I noticed that Bella was taking rigorous notes on the chapter we were going over. I never would have pegged her for studious, but I'm guessing no one would imagine that I was serious about my studies either.
The first part of the day basically went the same. Bella and I didn't have 2nd period together, but we did have the same 3rd period English, where I, again, took a seat next to her. Soon 3rd period was over, then a lonely 4th period, and finally lunch. Bella was waiting for me outside the cafeteria with 2 thick books in her hand and one in her backpack.
"I am not killing my back with all this shit. You mind walking with me to the parking lot so I can put these books in my car?"
"Not at all," I answered. I didn't know why she felt the need to even ask, I would've insisted on her putting those books away in her car. If she bucked me, I would've taken her books and carried them myself. She was too small to be carrying such a heavy load. We reached her car and she put her books away. I put mine in my car as well, not seeing the need to lug them around any more than she did. Bella looked over at the school with a pained look on her face. I couldn't help but laugh at the way she looked, which earned me a nice glare.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"I would prefer to not go back in there. It's not because I can't handle the people, I just don't feel like being there anymore. School kinda sucks," Bella replied. I walked over her and pressed myself against her, effectively trapping her between her car and myself. I bent down and started to kiss her neck. I heard her moan lightly. I hummed against her neck and smiled slightly.
"Would you rather leave?" I asked seductively and moved my hands down from her shoulders to her hands, caressing her arms as I did so. Even if she said yes, I would make sure she knew that I didn't expect anything out of it other than her company.
"Hmmm, that depends. I get out of school, but what do you get out of it?" She asked in a breathy voice.
"I get stimulating conversation with a beautiful woman," I said, still kissing and sucking her neck.
"Is that all you want?" Bella sounded almost scared when she asked me that. I stopped kissing her for a moment so that I could look her in the eye. Her eyes weren't perpetrating the fear that her voice showed.
"No it's not," I said, wanting to be honest. Bella was a sexy woman and the things that I wanted to do to her were anything but innocent, "It's not all I want, but I'm not gonna push anything on you that you're not ready for. We haven't known each other that long, and I'm not expecting anything." Bella took a hard look at me, trying to figure out if I was genuine or not. I guess she found what she was looking for because she was soon wearing that sexy smirk I'd seen many times.
"Your place or mine?" Bella asked.
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Sound Track
Pure Morning Placebo
Infected Bad Religion
Sick Seven Wiser
Under My Skin Mudvayne
Let Go Frou Frou
Classic Girl Jane's Addiction
Comfortable Liar Chevelle
She is Love (Acoustic) Parachute
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