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I kind of struggled with this chapter. I don't really understand this BETA thing but I hate it when people don't finish their stories, so at least i tried right? :]

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Chapter 2 - Slave Day

BPOV.

I felt slightly off when I got out of bed this morning. Today was Slave Day. I had 'bought' Edward Cullen for one freaking hundred dollars and now I was spending the day with him.

I'm not too sure what made me do it, the words came out like word vomit. I don't even know why I couldn't just have said thirty dollars or something. Oh well, it's my graduation too.

My decision to purchase Edward Cullen wasn't one that was approved of by everyone, that's for sure. For some reason all my friends had a grudge against him, which was probably the main reason why I had opened my mouth at the auction in the first place. I felt bad for Edward. He was shy and innocent, yet he had to put up with shit from everyone.

As I drove into the parking lot of the school, I noticed various people dressed up in quite eye-catching costumes. Mike Newton was dressed as some sort of superhero with his underwear worn on the outside, Jessica Stanley was dressed as a hula dancer, Tyler Crowley wore nothing but a pair of board shorts and there was also someone wearing a bear costume.

I parked in my usual spot and got out of my red Chevy in search of Edward.

I walked up to Rosalie, Jessica and Lauren to find them laughing amongst themselves.

"Hey guys, have you seen Edward?" I asked.

The girls laughed harder and I eyed them suspiciously.

"He's over there, babe." Rose replied pointing towards the cafeteria. Under the shelter of the cafeteria roof's overhang stood Edward Cullen wearing a floral print dress and flip-flops.

I was trying my best to suppress a laugh as I walked towards him.

"Morning Edward." I said biting my lip so I wouldn't laugh.

"I'm not wearing the hat." He said. Judging by his tone he was pissed.

"Um…you don't have to…" I said, slightly confused.

Edward said nothing. He just continued to stare at the ground.

"Don't worry, you look very…pretty." I said, trying to lighten the mood.

He scoffed. "You know, I'm so fucking sick of this shit!" He spat, "You and your friends are all so…" He didn't finish his sentence.

"So what, Edward? What the hell is your problem anyway?" I asked. I was quite surprised by his sudden outburst.

"You are my problem!" He exclaimed, glaring at me now. I didn't appreciate his attitude. If anything he should be thanking me for saving him from Ms. Cope, she was a freaking cougar.

"I'm not the one who told you to dress like a freak okay, so don't go letting your anger out at me."

"But Rosalie said that -"

"Rosalie? Oh my god." I said cutting Edward off.

Of course Rose would do something like this, even when I made her promise she wouldn't.

Without giving Edward a second glace, I left and rushed over to Rosalie and the girls.

"You promise!" I said.

"This is for your own good, Babe. He doesn't deserve you." Rose replied nonchalantly.

I sighed. I'd have to deal with them later.

I looked over and saw that Edward was still standing at the same spot. He looked extremely uncomfortable and I felt so bad for him. This was entirely my fault.

I walked back to him and placed my hand on his forearm. He lifted his eyes from the ground and looked at me. I never realized it before but Edward had the most beautiful green eyes I had ever seen. Not to mention his sexy bronze hair, which made him look like he just got out of bed. This wasn't the time to be thinking things like that though, he was upset, embarrassed and I had to do something to fix it.

"Edward, I'm so sorry." I said sincerely. "I uh…only live a few minutes away, we can get something of Charlie's for you to change in and we'd probably be back in time for first period."

He gave me a small smile. "I'd like to go back to my house to change if that's okay." He said so quietly that I had barely heard him.

"Mind if I tag along?" I asked.

He smiled and shook his head, leading me towards the direction of his car.

When we reached his car, Edward walked over to the passenger seat and opened the door for me.

He was such a gentleman; I thought they'd been extinct years. I laughed out loud at my own stupid joke. It wasn't even funny. Edward raised his eyebrows at me and I just shook my head and faced the other way, hiding my face.


The ride to Edward's house was silent. He didn't even turn on the radio, which made it that much more awkward.

When we got to a secluded area, Edward turned into a road where the forest was encroached on both sides.

His house finally came to view and my eyes widened at the sight.

Edward's house was white, three stories tall and looked absolutely stunning – much too classy for Forks, if you ask me.

Edward got out and walked to the passenger side to open the door for me again.

"I can wait in the car." I said.

"How rude would I be if I didn't invite you in? Come on." He replied holding out his hand for me. I took it and got out.

Holding Edward's hand felt really nice, but I let go to avoid any awkwardness and followed him inside.

The inside was even more beautiful than the outside. It was like a mansion.

Edward led me to his bedroom, which was on the second floor. He told me to wait outside as he shut the door behind him because he wanted to 'clean up' first. I just stood there and waited for his bedroom door to open.

Finally he opened the door, still wearing the dress and flip-flops.

"What did you do? Hide your porn?" I teased.

"No I never watch…uh that stuff." He said avoiding eye contact.

"Like ever?" I asked. He had to be lying.

"I mean, I've seen people do stuff in movies and there's what we were taught at school and stuff…" He said looking really embarrassed. It seemed as though he was telling the truth, which was weird.

I looked at him incredulously, "Are you even human?" I asked.

He laughed and ushered me inside his room.

His room was huge and extremely neat, neater than mine in fact. Maybe he wasn't human after all.

I watched as Edward walked towards his closet and got out a pair of jeans and a blue button up shirt. He then walked into what I assumed was the bathroom and shut the door behind him.

I stood there, looking around the room until Edward came out of his bathroom looking awfully handsome. He probably noticed me staring at him because he just stood there, looking at the ground. He looked so vulnerable that I ended up doing something neither of us expected. I walked up to him and gave him a hug. His body tensed but he hugged me back nonetheless. "I'm sorry, about everything." I said, letting go.

"I'm sorry for lashing out at you." Edward said, rubbing the back of his neck.

I smiled at him and he blushed, smiling back – too cute.


We made it back to school half way through first period, which was when I had English. Luckily Mr. Mason didn't make a big deal about my lateness, which was a surprise.

When class was almost over, Eric got Jessica to get up on one of the tables and dance while singing Gimme More by Britney Spears. Edward and I winced; it so was horrific I couldn't even suppress a shudder.

Edward leaned over and whispered in my ear. "You're not going to make me do that are you?" His warm breath felt rather nice on my skin.

I winked and smiled but said nothing more. I didn't have anything planned for him though; I just loved seeing him all nervous and flustered.

The rest of the morning was uneventful. Edward just followed me around and sat next to me during my classes. We barely even talked.

In Trig, Mr. Varner made us do some stupid, complicated worksheet. Edward helped me work through it so I was finished twenty minutes before class. He was super smart.

At lunch, Edward and I avoided Rose and the girls because one, I was still mad at them, and two, Edward didn't feel comfortable around them. Since it was a rather sunny day – which was rare in Forks, Edward and I ended up sitting under a tree near the school oval.

We spent the whole of lunch getting to know each other better. It turns out we had a lot in common. Both of our parents were divorced, we didn't have any siblings, we both felt like outcasts and we both loved reading.

"I'm sorry I haven't been much to a slave." Edward said, out of the blue.

"The pleasure of your company is enough." I replied pulling out the grass from the ground.

He chuckled. "You're very kind, Master Bella. I'd be your slave anytime."

"I may take you up on that. And its mistress to you." I said, still pulling out the grass. Maybe I could consider weeding for a career.

Although it was awkward at times, I really enjoyed Edward's company.

After lunch, we had biology. Edward didn't even know we were in the same class. Probably because I sat at the back with Mike and he sat at the front alone.

Today, Mr. Banner made us work with our lab partner. Seeing as Mike was in Lee's class as his slave, I got to work with Edward.

We had to separate the slides of onion root tip cells into phases of mitosis. I had done this lab back in Arizona, which is where I had moved from a couple of months ago. Although this time, we weren't allowed to use our books. Luckily, biology was one of my best subjects. Edward's too apparently.

I watched as Edward placed the first slide under the microscope, adjusted the objective and studied the cell.

"Metaphase." Edward stated, looking confident.

"We'll see about that." I said, looking into the lens.

Edward was right. I glanced over at him and made a face. He winked at me. I had to resist the urge to poke my tongue out at him.

I switched slides and looked into the lens again. "Interphase." I said flashing my teeth.

Edward rolled his eyes and took the microscope. "Wow. Good job, Miss Swan." Edward complimented. Why did he sound surprised?

"Better job than you, Mr. Cullen." I said, trying to give an evil smile.

He chuckled and took the next slide. The rest of biology went by the same, with our teasing and playfulness. It was fun.

Because both Edward and I loathed Gym, we decided to ditch last period.

Edward suggested that we should go get ice cream so we both drove our cars and met at the ice cream parlor.

Stupid Edward went and bought me a cone - even though I insisted I didn't want anything.

"I'm not eating it." I said stubbornly as we went to get a seat.

"Well you can't throw it out…unless you want to hurt my feelings." He said pouting.

The ice cream was melting. Some of it trickled on my finger so I wiped it on Edward's stupidly cute, pouting face.

"Hey!" Edward exclaimed getting some of his ice cream and wiping it on my arm.

I got my cone and pressed the ice cream on Edward's left cheek.

Edward looked away. "You crossed the line, Bella." He said quietly.

Oh shit.

"I'm sorry Edward." I said as I went to wipe the ice cream off with my hand.

All of a sudden, I felt something cold on my cheek. Edward pressed his ice cream into my cheek too. Bastard.

He chuckled as I put my cone down and started hitting him continuously.

"You asshole! You scared the crap out of me! I really thought I hurt your feelings." I said crossing my arms with a pout and my brows furrowed.

"You look so adorable when you do that." He said, still chuckling.

I didn't answer. I was too busy trying my hardest not to smile. I could feel the stupid blush forming on my cheeks. I'm angry damn it!

"I'm sorry, Bella." Edward said, offering me a tissue.

We both wiped the ice cream off our faces and just sat there, staring into each other's eyes, smiling. It started to get kind of weird. I noticed Edward still had a bit of ice cream on his ear so I got my tissue and wiped it for him.

"Bella…" Edward said.

Uh oh, was I invading his personal space because if that were the case, he definitely wouldn't approve of what I wanted to do to him right now.

I folded my arms so I wouldn't go touching him again and looked into his beautiful green eyes, waiting for him to continue.

"I haven't had this much fun for a while…thank you for today. I really appreciate it." He said smiling.

My heart was beating a million miles per hour.

"No. Thank you, Edward." I replied, trying to keep my cool.

This was starting to become one of those little cliché moments you find in movies and I was starting to feel a bit uncomfortable. It was just that Edward's presence just made me so…content.

We stayed in the ice cream parlor until school was over and went our separate ways.

I could barely sleep that night. I was having too much trouble getting Edward Cullen out of my mind.


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