The Pain

The ache in my chest was getting worse. When he left, he took part of me with him. Although I've been spending some time with my best friend Jake, my heart still hurts. Today, I went to school incoherent of my surroundings. Some students still said "hi," to me but, most people stay away. My old best buddies: Jessica, Mike, Tyler, Eric, Ben, Angela, and Lauren don't hang-out with me either. They used to call me but I never answered. They stopped calling and they were finally getting the message.

I wanted to be alone and be my new normal although, the teachers thought I was on drugs. I was staring out of the panel window in trig when my teacher asked me a question. It had took me a while to figure out he meant me and not Miss Popularity, Ashley. Ashley was tall and blonde but nothing to compared to Rosalie.

"1.7?" I answered knowing that what I said was probably not even close to what he asked. My answer was flawed and for once I didn't care. Today I had my head in the clouds.

"Bella?"

In my state of bemusement I hadn't noticed the lunch bell had finally rung. I was walking to the cafeteria and the gossip was all around me. It was suffocating me.

"Isn't that Bella Swan?"

"No, she's much prettier than that girl."

"Wasn't she dating that really hot guy Edmund?"

"She's a mess. What did he see in her?"

"Did she get dressed in the dark?"

It was too much for me to handle. I bolted from where I was standing to somewhere, anywhere but here. I ended up in the girl's bathroom. I rocked back and forth on the toilet seat humming my lullaby. The fifth period bell rang but was drowned out by the sounds of the shuffling of people's feet. The old musky bathroom door opened with a loud CREEP.

A buzz filled the bathroom with gossip. I could make out two voices. They were talking about me.

"Did you see Bella at lunch today? Jessica quizzed Lauren.

"I think everyone did. She is so weird." Lauren started laughing and Jessica joined in.

These two obnoxious, annoying girls were gossipers. I couldn't believe I used to hang out with them. These girls were scuttlebutts. Everyone in the girls' bathroom was cleared out by and I made my way back to my ancient truck.

I ditched school and went home. School was cruel and today it was just too much to take.

I had to pump the clutch a little more than usual to get my fossil vehicle started. I just opened the door when school had ended. If Charlie asked why I was home I would just say I felt sick and need to come home.

"Bell?"

"Hey, dad!" I said in my most high spirited voice. He wasn't fooled. He walked toward the couch and patted the seat beside him. This was bad, this was really really bad. I was hesitant and didn't make it to the couch before he started talking.

"Bella, I am sending you home."

"Dad, this is our home."

"Bells, I am sending you home to live with your mother."

"no, no, No, NO!" I ran upstairs and barricaded the door. Once I had looked around my room, I noticed two big bags on my bed. Terrified by the fact that he might actually send me I ripped open the suitcases and started to unpack.

I threw everything on the now invisible floor. It looked like a hurricane had hit my room. At that moment something unleashed inside of me. I let out a supersonic, ear-shattering, teeth jarring scream. I immediately felt better. I should have known that Charlie, my dad on the other side of the door thought I was officially deranged.

I stayed in my room for a few hours until Charlie had gone to sleep. I crept down the stairs to the kitchen. I ended up eating the left over pizza in the fridge. When I was lying in bed that night I was glad I had my mental meltdown on a Friday because tomorrow would be Saturday.

"Dad?"

"Just checking in on you, you were screaming in your sleep again." Well, that messed up my morning. The gloomy clouds hadn't shown their faces yet when I decided to take a walk. I yelled "Bye, Dad I LOVE YOU!"

I had only walked what felt like a few minutes from the trail when I found myself face to face with danger. Bad-Luck magnet, remember. It was Laurent. He was once in James's clan but he apparently spent the last year in Denali. Look what good that did him. His eyes were the brightest shade of red I had ever seen.

"Hello, Bella!"

"You remember me?" What an idiotic thing to say Bella. He is going to eat you.

"Bella, you have caught me at a bad time. I am actually hunting and you smell so good." He licked his lips. "I promise you, I will be quick." He took a step forward. Now, he whispered in my ear "You won't feel a thing."

It was all over. My life was gone.