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"He who lives by fighting with an enemy has an interest in the preservation of the enemy's life." – Friedrich Nietzsche
Emmett and Alice came to my house after I talked to Jacob. They demanded to know everything. They were so happy for me. Two days ago, I wouldn't have been able to do something like this.
"Now, we just need to take care of Cullen," I murmured. The three of us were sitting in my living room, sharing a bag of Doritos.
"Maybe we should go see Esme one day," Alice suggested. "I'm sure we could find some dirty little secret from her. Even a picture of Cullen when he was chubby would be decent."
"But it wouldn't be enough to wipe that smug grin off his face," Emmett retorted. "Sure, people will laugh, but he won't react to that. I think we should talk to all of his old girlfriend's. Nothing destroys the male ego like being teased about sex."
"Those girls are all loyal to Edward, though," I pointed out. "Cullen dated Lauren Mallory in fucking grade seven and she still talks about it. They won't spill anything!"
"Fuck," Emmett grumbled. "No offence, Bella, but I wish you were the popular one instead of him. Everything would be easier then."
"I know." I sighed. "But I'm sure that can't be changed now."
"I don't know about that," Alice murmured. "I'm pretty sure every guy and lesbian will be hounding you for a while now. Have you checked your texts since Friday night?"
I shook my head. I was scared to.
Alice raised her eyebrows. "Go get your phone. I'll bet you have a bunch of texts."
I grabbed my phone quickly from my room and opened my inbox. Every single message in there was unread. I flipped through them quickly. Most of them were from the guys from my school, asking when I was going to do that for them, but a few texts were from sympathetic girls. I even had a few texts from numbers I didn't recognize.
"Okay, so maybe I'll be the talks of the town for a while," I admitted, sitting down again. "That won't get me close to Cullen. Unless he had a gay escapade with that emo kid, we're out of luck."
"We haven't done the gay rumour yet," Alice answered with a giggle.
Emmett's eyes widened at the idea. "That would be perfect, Bella. If you give even the tiniest suggestion that Cullen's about to come out of the closet, people will run with it. Remember when people started spreading shit about Jasper in middle school because was emotional all the time? People still bug him about that."
I saw Alice's eyes flash with anger as she glared at Emmett. Emmett didn't know about Alice and Jasper yet, apparently.
"But will people believe that?" I questioned. "Edward's, like, every guy's mentor. He plays football, he's smart, he gets a lot of tail... What would suggest that he's gay?"
Emmett shrugged. "Say that you saw him looking at gay porn on the computer in the library. People eat that kind of rumour up. And, if you tell it to one of your many faithful followers, it'll spread like wildfire."
Tomorrow would be interesting.
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I decided to drop the bomb in the cafeteria, where the news really would spread quickly. The day had been...hard so far.
I was the unwanted centre of attention. I got long, disgusting looks from most of the male population, and glares and apologetic looks from the girls. By third period, even the teachers knew. All of them pursed their lips and avoided me when I walked by them. I would surely be getting a talk from the principal sometime this week.
I walked into the cafeteria with Emmett and Alice, and I couldn't help but to grimace. Everyone was staring at me. I blushed and looked at my feet, following Alice to the lunch line.
"Hey, Swan," I heard an all too familiar voice call out. "Looks like you've got a lot of options for your next lay."
The anger boiled up inside me. I looked up and glared at Cullen, who was only about five metres away from me, leaning against the wall. I walked up to him, my hands pulled into fists.
"Fuck you, Cullen," I whispered in a menacing tone. "You'd better watch your back."
"Or what?" He smirked cockily. "You'll fuck my brains out?"
"That's it!" I exploded.
I pulled my arm back and smack! I punched Cullen in the mouth. He looked at me in shock, holding his hand to his mouth. I narrowed my eyes and swung again, connecting with his right eye.
"Fuck!" he roared, holding his eye now. "Get this bitch away from me!"
A pair of arms picked me up around the waist and pulled me away from Cullen. I kicked and pulled, trying to get back to the bastard.
"Calm down, Bella," Emmett murmured in my ear. He must have been the one pulling me away from the fight. "Do you want to get expelled?"
"What is going on in here?" Mister Banner demanded.
Everyone started talking all at once. I closed my eyes and groaned at the loud noise of the room.
"Mister McCarty!" Mister Banner barked. "Bring Miss Swan to the principal's office now! Mister Cullen, you will follow them. Understand?"
"Yes," Emmett and Cullen muttered under their breath.
I crossed my arms as Emmett carried me down the hallway to the office. Cullen was somewhere behind us, the pussy. He could dish it out, but he couldn't take the retaliation. He deserved it a million times over. I'd gladly take another round at his face.
Emmett set me down and pointed to the chair. I sat my ass down, arms crossed, a deep scowl etched into my face.
Cullen slammed the door and sat down two chairs away from me. I looked at him with my meanest glare. His eye was blood shot and a bruise was already starting to show, his lip was swelling and bleeding pretty profusely. I must have cut him with my grad ring.
Emmett sat down in between us, blocking my view. He pleaded me to give it up with his eyes. I huffed and looked at the wall in front of me. It was going to take me a while to become calm again.
"Come on in," Mister Allan, the principal, requested tiredly.
Cullen pushed himself away from the chair and entered the office. I followed him and sat down in the chair directly in front of Mister Allan.
"You may leave, Mister McCarty," Mister Allan dismissed with a wave of his hand.
"Are you sure?" Emmett asked apprehensively. "Bella's still pretty mad..."
"I'm sure Miss Swan can control herself in my presence," Mister Allan interceded. "Thank you, Mister McCarty."
Emmett shrugged and left the office, closing the door behind him.
"Now," Mister Allan began, "you two. This punishment has been in the works for two years now." He took of his glasses and rubbed his eyes lazily. "We here at Forks High School are sick of this little feud the two of you have going on. I understand it runs deeper than just you two, but please, leave your battles at home.
"We will be contacting your parents and scheduling a conference. We will explain the entire situation then, and decide your punishment. For now, you two are suspended until after the conference."
Mister Allan phoned each of our parents and scheduled a conference for tomorrow after school.
"Get out of here now," Mister Allan muttered, dismissing us. "First, Miss Swan, then Mister Cullen. If you two fight ever again, the consequences will be much worse. Understand?"
"Yes, sir," we answered in unison.
"You may go now, Miss Swan," Mister Allan dismissed. "Go straight home, do you hear me? I will be phoning your house at one o'clock sharp, and you'd better be there to answer it."
"Yes, Mister Allan," I mumbled as I stood up. Jesus Christ, he was worse than my parents.
I walked out into the parking lot and got in my truck. I sighed and laid my forehead on the steering wheel. I could deal with the whispers and the looks, but I definitely would not put up with Cullen's shit. He thought he was the god of Forks and we were all just his minions. Well, fuck you, Cullen. I'm rebelling. Forks won't be the same after I'm through with you.
I turned the key, and the engine clicked. I tried it again and got the same result.
"Mother fucker," I groaned, opening the door of my truck.
I grabbed my book bag and locked the door, stuffing my keys in my sweater pocket. I began the three mile-long walk to my house just outside of town. It wasn't so bad. It was humid, cloudy, and not raining yet. I could handle this. I'd be home in no time at all.
I grabbed my iPod and put my ear buds in, pressing play, letting all seven hundred of my songs shuffle. I pulled out my cell and quickly flipped through the useless texts from Jacob and a few other boys that wanted me for sexual reasons only. I sent a text to Emmett and Alice explaining my situation. My cell would probably be taken away when I got home, so I was using it to my full advantage now.
Shit, I hadn't even thought about my punishments for at home or at school. Charlie would probably act mad, but secretly, he'd be proud of me. Renee would probably be more worried about the state of my knuckles than my punishment. Maybe I'd have my cell taken away for a week, tops. That wouldn't be so bad. At least then I would have to deal with a hundred vile texts per day.
School would be an entirely different story, though. They'd been waiting for a chance to catch Cullen and I doing something wrong for a long time. They were probably going to let all hell loose on us. Detention for the rest of the year, janitor duties, tutoring...anything, really. They'd probably punish us for every prank we'd pulled at school. Lord knows we've destroyed plenty of school property while pulling them.
A droplet of water fell on my cheek. God dammit, the rain couldn't wait ten more minutes? I pulled up my hood and looked at my feet, hoping it wouldn't be a total downpour. I personally did not like being soaked to the bone on the way home from school. I pulled my ear buds out, and put my iPod away so it wouldn't get wrecked.
I kept walking as fast as without tripping towards my house, avoiding all the puddles on the edge of the road. I heard a vehicle approaching from behind me, so I hopped over a small puddle and walked on the very edge of the road. I kept my head down and my hands in pockets. Then I felt water hitting me from head to toe. I looked up to see Cullen's silver Volvo driving by.
I let out an enraged groan and literally stomped my foot on the ground. As if he didn't wreck my life enough! Now I had to walk to my house in soaking wet clothes. At least no other kids would be able to see me. They still had an afternoon of school left.
I heard another vehicle approach, so I backed away from the road. I recognized the woman driving as Esme Cullen, Edward's mom. She pulled her black Mercedes over and rolled down the window.
"Bella? Is that you?" she asked, squinting at me.
I sighed and put on a fake smile. Esme wasn't really a Cullen, I guess.
"Yep, it's me," I answered.
"What are you doing out of school so early?" she asked, leaning closer to me.
"I got suspended." Because you're son is a total prick.
She gasped. "How'd that happen? I don't suppose it had anything to do with my son, did it?"
I shrugged, half-smiling. "It was mostly my fault, Missus Cullen. You might want to make sure Edward gets some ice of his wounds so they don't swell."
Esme's face pulled into a worried scowl. I started walking towards my house again.
"Do you want a ride, Bella?"
I whipped back around to Esme, my mouth hanging open. She smiled at my shocked expression.
"I-I," I spluttered. What the fuck was this world coming to? But, then again, Esme wasn't a Cullen. "Sure."
I ran around to the passenger's side of the car and got in.
"I'm sorry, someone hit a big puddle while they drove by me," I mumbled, blushing. Why was I embarrassed?
Esme pursed her lips. "I know, I saw. Edward will be getting a talking to from me tonight. Carlisle would probably give him a pat on the back for it, but I won't tolerate it. He needs to understand that his so-called enemies are people, too."
Once again, Esme Cullen had put me into a state of shock. She was absolutely fuming, which was beyond bizarre.
"I know that I shouldn't be talking or interacting with you, Esme, but I really appreciate all of this," I admitted. "Thanks for being so nice to me."
Esme smiled warmly at me. "It's my pleasure, Bella. To tell you the honest truth, I'm sick of this fight between our families."
I nodded mutely. I was still a Swan, and I still hated Cullen's, but there were definitely times when I wished we could just forget about the fight and be civil.
Esme pulled into my driveway. Thank God Dad was still at work. I would definitely get some sort of punishment for this.
"Thanks for the ride," I chirped, trying not to sound embarrassed about all of this.
"Anytime, Bella."
I got out of the car and ran into my house. Hopefully no one saw me. No offence to Esme, but I couldn't be caught being civil to a Cullen, especially after everything that had happened in the past four days.
Esme seemed like a decent person, and I really did wish that she wasn't a Cullen. She could be one of those parents that I got along with extremely well.
I sighed and opened the fridge. Then I turned on the TV. Then I grabbed my iPod. Then I started reading Pride and Prejudice.
"Damn," I muttered.
The next day and a half was going to be extremely boring.
I have a poll up. I wanna know what you guy's think Edward and Bella's punishment should be. I had an idea, but I think it would just screw everything up. So I'm asking all of you! :D Be sure to vote in it!
Uhm. Yeah. I don't have anything against homosexual people, please don't assume that because I referred to them as a prank in this chapter. The way society sits now, homosexuals aren't accepted, which is sad. I have a bi-sexual cousin, whom I love dearly, and one of my friend's is bi-sexual, and he's so awesome. He asked me to marry him one night, haha, when he found out that I write. He was extremely drunk, and I thought it was quite funny. He told me we could go live in Italy so I could write all the time and he could work on those boats...whatever they're called.
Anyway! The next two chapters will be in different PoV's. I'm not sure in which order yet, though. I guess it'll depend on how fast the votes come in on my poll... One will be Edward's and one will be Alice's. I don't know if I mentioned this, but this will be a multi-PoV story, so you'll get the story from everyone's PoV at some time or another.
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