Looking Into Your Eyes - Chapter 7.

EPOV:

I didn't know what to do.

What do you do when you discover the girl you think you've fallen for was right in front of your eyes all this time?

And, in fact, she was your cousin's best friend?

Fact one: I was, obviously, falling for Bella Swan.

Fact two: She is Alice's best friend.

Fact three: She kept it from me all this time.

Fact four: I already had a mini-crush on Bella before the dance.

But why did she hide it? Why not tell me? Did she not feel the same way as I?

But, on the night of the dance, and even in English; she seemed to share the same feelings as I do.

Bella Swan is a mystery.

I looked at her as she took out a book and began reading.

Should I say something?

Okay, I liked this girl - lots - so I'm going to have to.

I raised a hand and tapped her bony arm gently with my fingers.

She looked up and stared at me for a brief second, blushed and then looked back down again.

I sighed out loud.

There was only one way I was going to talk to her.

I took out a copybook and pen. Then, ripped out a page.

I wrote down:

Bella, please talk to me.

I passed the note to her.

She read it and sighed.

Eventually, after a few minutes, she wrote something down.

What do you want?

I sighed again.

What did she think I wanted; a pony ride?

Why didn't you tell me? You already knew who I was and yer, you said nothing. Why?

It took her a while to respond, but I expected that.

After a total of five minutes, she finally passed it back to me.

What do you want me to say, Edward? Look at who I am. I'm a freak, a loser, a nobody.

I'm Alice's friend, your cousin's friend.

That night at the dance, it was - not to sound all Disney - but magical. It really was. But that's it. Nothing can happen.

You belong with someone like Jessica or Lauren.

I groaned mentally.

How many times had I told her that these clique's didn't matter to me?

Before I had time to respond, she raised her hand.

"Miss Dennings?" She asked politely.

"Yes, Miss Swan" Miss Dennings answered.

"I'm feeling unwell, may I please go to the nurse?"

"Yes, you may. Mr. Cullen, would you care to bring Miss Swan to the nurse?"

I nodded while Bella interjected. "No, it's fine, I know where it is. I can go by mysel-"

"Nonsense. Mr. Cullen, please bring Miss Swan to the nurse."

Bella sighed and stood up.

I stood up with her and together, we walked out of the classroom.

"Look, you can pretty much tell I'm not sick, so you can go back to class." Bella said.

"Nonsense. The teacher asked me to be your escort."

She rolled her eyes and didn't say another word.

I grabbed er arm and she stopped walking.

"What?" She asked, slightly frustrated.

"You know what." I replied.

"I have nothing left to say, Edward. You know the deal. We're from different worlds. Why can't you just leave me alone?"

I sighed. "Bella, I've told you this before. Cheerleaders, jocks - those whole clique's. They mean nothing to me."

"Sure Edward. Just don't forget that while you're a rich, easy living jock; I'm a poor kid, who is working hard to get into college and not to mention the 'Freak Factor.' " She signaled with air quotes.

"And," she continued, "Look at your uniform compared to mine. Yours just says Chuck Bass and mine says Jenny Humphrey. Now, in the Gossip Girl world; people like Chuck do not get with people like Jenny. And I'm not even going to go into the whole Dan and Serena thing.." She rambled on.

"But look, the point is - we can't be whatever you think you want to be."

I sighed mentally. Was she actually comparing us both to a TV show that she seemed to watch? I had heard Alice ramble on and on about it, but from Bella's description; I seemed to know where Bella's point of view was coming from.

"Let me go, Edward."

"No."

"Yo, Cullen!" I heard someone shout.

Oh no, please don't tell me..

"What do you think you're doing to that pretty girl?"

I groaned and reluctantly let go of Bella's wrist.

"Why, nothing Jacob, why would it be of any concern to you?"

Jacob shrugged. "I just know how your violent ways get."

"I better get back to class now." Bella announced.

"Not so fast. What's your name?" Jacob asked.

"Bella." She replied.

"Well Bella, I guess I'll see you later." He grinned.

Bella just rolled her eyes and went back to class.

Once she was out of earshot, I grabbed Jacob by his jacket and pushed him against the locker.

"Why, Cullen, I never knew you felt that way about me." He smirked.

I growled. "Listen, Black, you better stay away from Bella."

"Or what? You'll grope me to death?" He snickered.

I growled and punched him hard that he fell to the ground.

Usually, I wasn't such a violent person, but Jacob Black made me so angry.

He was a player and as soon as I saw him lay his eyes on Bella, I knew he only wanted one thing.

But I couldn't let him. No. Not her.

But she hated me right now and wouldn't let me near her.

There had to be some way.

I walked back to class, not wanting any more fuss with Black.

By the time I got back to the classroom, the bell rang for next class.

Throughout the next two periods, Bella ignored me.

She seemed to pretend that I didn't exist.

Gym was last class, so at the end, I took my time getting changed.

BPOV:

After I left Edward and that Jacob boy, I walked back to Biology and all the preppy girls were giving me death glares.

I shrugged it off.

They didn't have anything to worry about.

Even though I liked Edward, a lot, I clearly wasn't going to do anything about it.

After Gym, I was on my way out to the parking lot when Jessica Stanley stood in my way, glaring at me like most of the girls had been.

I sighed. "What do you want, Jessica?"

"What do I want? Let's see. I want to be rich and famous. I want to be able to eat Krispy Kremes without gaining. I want to be on Hannah Montana. But most of all, what I really want, is for you to stay away from my Edward."

I laughed. "Your Edward?"

"That's right." She snapped. "My Edward. Who do you think you are, making out with someone's boyfriend in class?"

I stuttered. "I'm s-s-orry, Jessica. I really didn't know."

"Yeah, well now you do. And if I see you talking to my boyfriend again, I'll make sure you never look at him ever again."

I sighed. "Is that it?"

She thought about it for a second and then nodded. "Yes, you may go."

I rolled my eyes and walked out of the door, not before hearing Jessica shriek "Eddiepuss!"

I shook my head.

Of course, Jessica and Edward were meant to be together.

Edward Cullen was just another one of my fantasies that would never come true.

EPOV:

As I came out of the locker room, I saw Jessica Stanley talking to Bella.

I could only imagine the crap Jessica was saying and putting in sweet Bella's little mind.

Then Bella was walking away and I was about to follow her, but Jessica saw me.

I tried to avoid her, but no such luck.

"Eddiepuss!" She shrieked, lounging herself at me, knocking me on the floor.

I sighed, struggling to get up.

"What do you want, Jessica?"

"Nothing, I just wanted to talk to my big strong man. Also, I need a ride. I missed the bus!"

"I thought you didn't catch the local bus?"

"Oh, I don't, but I missed my private bus. If you know what I mean." She winked, what seemed to be flirtacious, but just ended up looking like a cock-eyed bird.

I sighed. "Come on, Jess, I'll give you a ride home."

She sat up and shrieked. "Yay! My hero!"

This was going to be a long afternoon.

So so so sorry it took so long to get this out! I had writers block like you wouldn't believe! ARGH.

I'm not really satisfied with this chapter. It's too short, just a filler I guess. The next one will be longer, I PROMISE.

Something I do that you've probably noticed is that I switch points of view a lot. I toss it between Edward and Bella. Sorry if this annoys you, but I think it's better.

See, I brought Jacob in the story. Eh. It'll take a lot not to make me push him off of a cliff. :P

Thanks to sweet16994 for the whole Jessica idea. I didn't use your idea completely, but I just took snippets and stuff. Thanks! xD See, I credit. P

Guys, thank you SO SO SO MUCH for the reviews. You have no idea. I'm honestly not an author who is like "I'm not going to post the next chapter unless I get 10, 15, 100 reviews!" .. that's really not my style. That's just begging. shakes head In my opinion, you shouldn't write stories just because you get praise. I just write stories and get them out there to share my ideas and see if people like it and suprisingly people do. I don't want you guys to think I'm not appreciative - because I really am. Really guys, thank you so much. I'm glad you like my story(ies) and continue to read and enjoy them. :)

So, I have reaalllllyyyy bad back pains, I have done since Saturday. I just woke up and BANG, back pain. Odd, huh? So I'm not in school right now, I'm lying against this heater thing my mother bought and typing. This week is the last week until Halloween. dances I really need a break from school, blah.

And my fanfic plans? Basically, I'm going to update my other fanfic; Broken Promises. And then I'm going to write one chapter of a fanfic I'm working on and then putting it up. And then I'll work on Chapter 8 of this fanfic. So expect it to be updated byyyyy the weekend or this day next week.

Oh my gosh. My bookmarks all got erased yesterday. All my fanfics. tear I went crazy. xD All the fanfics I had on my list to read.. gone poof! Boohiss. :

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