The Hell Hole

DISCLAIMER: All things Twilight are owned by Stephenie Meyer. I do NOT own Twilight.

Detailed Summary:

Isabella -Bella- and her brother Emmett Swan, find out that they are moving to a boarding school in a remote part of their home country, South Africa. Bella and Emmett arrive two weeks early to settle in. In two weeks you can make best friends and make enemies. When school starts Bella is instantly popular and is already friends with the Hale's and the Cullen's. All the girls are jealous of Bella and are out to get her. The boys of the school are out to get her too, but they are out to get with her. High school can be hell and with bitches like Tanya Denali and Lauren Mallory, but what makes it worse is that they are in the wild where nobody can hear you scream.

Authors Note: See you at the bottom!

Chapter 5. Exploring. BPOV.

The next week passed pretty fast. Alice, Rose, Jazz, Edward, Emmett and I all just hung out together doing whatever and talking. We had all gotten very close after my panic attack and would always be found as a whole group or in pairs. Alice was always with Jazz, Emmett was with Rose, so that meant that I was with Edward. I didn't mind being alone with Edward – not at all. Edward and I, surprisingly, had a few things in common. We both loved to read, we both liked the same TV shows, we liked the same movies. I felt at ease with him, I didn't have trouble being myself. It was so easy to talk to him, about anything. He was actually the only person – other than Emmett – that I spoke to about my panic attack. We were in our(the girls) dorm watching movies one night and he mentioned to me that he was worried about me when I fainted. We started talking a lot more after that and we became pretty close.

**Start Flashback**

It had been two days since I had my first panic attack at MBA, and I was sitting in front of the couch watching DSTV with Edward. Everyone gave me space after I came back from the school hospital. I spoke to Emmett about the dream and he reassured me that he wasn't going to find me. I hadn't spoke to anyone other than Emmett and felt really bad about that. I went and spoke to Alice and Rose the day after and told them that I was really sorry for not speaking to them and explained that I had just needed a little bit of time to myself, and that I hoped I could tell them soon. They said that they understood and promised me that they would not pressure me into telling them and told me that I could always trust them. Rose pulled me aside after that and told me that she understood that I needed time to work it out on my own, and that if I ever needed to talk she would be there.

Alice and Rose both had dates tonight, Alice with Jasper and Rose with Emmett. I was happy for my brother, he had found someone that he could talk to and be himself with. The girls back in Cape Town were pretty, but they didn't have much happening upstairs, if you know what I mean. All they wanted was to get laid, but Emmett was waiting for the right girl. He only went out on a few dates, and didn't have any girlfriends. I always teased him and asked if he was gay, but deep down, I knew he wasn't and I was proud of my brother for not sleeping around.

Rose told me that she really liked Em and was not going to use him, I said that I trusted her and I was glad she was dating Emmett instead of some bleach blonde bimbo. She laughed and told me that none of the bimbo's in the school would get their dirty little STD infected paws on Emmett. I had to laugh at the truth of that.

So that left Edward and I watching Recess on Disney Channel. Yes, we were watching a kids cartoon, but it was a great show! We were watching the episode where TJ and Spinelli do the kissing experiment. I remembered watching this episode years ago. I had always thought that TJ and Spinelli would end up together in the end.

"Bella?" Edward said and I turned my attention from Recess to him.

"Yes?" I replied and turned to face him. His face was composed and I could see in his eyes that he was worried. But what could he be worried about? He opened his mouth to say something, but closed it again. He looked thoughtful for a minute and spoke again.

"I just... I... I'm really glad that you're OK. I was really worried about you, when you fainted. And when you didn't wake up in the hospital... I was just really worried about you. And I'm glad your OK." he said looking me in the eyes. It seemed like he meant it.

"You were worried about me?" I asked in disbelief. Why would he be worried about someone he hardly knew?

"Of course I was. I hadn't met you personally, but Emmett was talking about you the night before, and I guess I kinda got to know a bit of you from him. I know that we haven't known each other for very long but you can trust me. You don't have to tell me anything you don't want to, and I wont pressure you to, I just want to get to know you," he said sincerely.

"Thanks, I'm just not use to having people care about me. I mean, yeah, my parents and brother did. But, I never had any close friends or a best friend at Willow Ridge. Plus, if those four keep going out on date's you're gonna be stick with me for a while," I said with a laugh. He gave me a crooked grin and nodded his head in agreement.

"OK, so how about we play a game? How about 20 questions?" he asked me.

"Sure, sounds like fun, who's gonna start?"

"I will. What's you favourite colour?"

"Green," I said without hesitation. He nodded and we continued.

**End Flashback**

That was the start of our friendship, and ever since then Edward was always there for me. Even when the others weren't out we still hung out. Like Edward said, I could trust him. I told him everything that there was to know about me, except about the dreams and what happened before I moved to Willow Ridge. I told him about what made my panic attack come on, and he laughed at that. Like I said I didn't tell him about the dream, but I felt that once I dealt with the pain, I would be able to. I did learn a lot about Edward too, his favourite colour was brown, his favourite book was Ulysses by James Joyce. His favourite play was Othello (he said that he enjoyed classics), his favourite movie was Titanic, and that he played the piano. I made him promise to play for me once the music room was open. He said that the music room was opening the following week, and me made a deal that he would play for me on Wednesday. I also learned that his hometown was Port Elizabeth, and that he wanted to follow in his fathers footsteps and become a doctor – well that was if becoming a Pianist fell through.

When we were learning new things about each other as we were all exploring the campus. OK well, Alice, Jazz, Rose and Edward were showing Emmett and myself around the school, but we were learning about each other. They told us the school rules about leaving campus. You could leave on Friday's but you had to be back by 3 pm on Sunday. We were not allowed to leave campus for three weeks after school first started. So that everyone settled in and got use to the environment. When you did leave, you had to sign out from the administration building. When you left the campus when it wasn't the weekend (other than long weekends and holidays), you had to get permission from the headmaster, Mr de Bruyn.

We were all in our pairs again, and Edward was showing me the courtyard area. We came from the food court (yes, they had different food stalls from our favourite chain restaurants; Wimpy, Mugg and Bean, House of Coffees, Seattle Coffee Co.) We were walking down the path with out arms linked, laughing. He was telling me about the time when Alice had a metal breakdown from shopping withdrawal. Apparently, she had attacked some lady at the Louis Vuitton sale last year. Alice saw a pair of boots and just as she picked them up, the lady grabbed them too. So Alice attacked her, and got arrested. She got the shoes though. Her parents banned her from shopping for a month, and cut up her credit cards. Edward said that he found her one day in her room, rocking back and forth in a daze, muttering her favourite designer brands over and over. That had me laughing my head off. I actually had to hold onto Edward's arm for support. After I regained control of myself, he carried on telling me the story. He had also walked in her room one day to find her, with all her shoes and a pretend credit card she had made, pretending to shop for her own shoes. Shame man, Alice must have gone through hell if she acted like that.

"I never, ever, want to see her when she is going crazy with shopping," I paused, thinking about his earlier story, "or when she is having shopping withdrawal." I shuddered at the thought. Edward chuckled at me. I shot him a questioning look, begging for an explanation.

"The mighty Bella Swan, is afraid of a hyperactive shopping crazed pixie?" he said in mock horror. I laughed at the look on his face as he said that. We stopped walking so I could catch my breath from laughing so much, but then soon continued.

The pathway was concrete, but either side were luscious green grounds and trees. We came to a fork in the path and went to the left. Once we came to the fork, tall trees lined either side of the path. We couldn't see to the side of the path, only in front and behind us. The path didn't go straight, but meandered. We were waling in silence, but not that awkward silence that you see divorced couples have when they are in the same room alone. The path ended about 500 hundred metres from the fork in the path. It felt like we were secluded from the rest of the school, and we might have been, for all knew. We didn't see anyone as we followed the path, we were alone. Edward lead us the rest of the way to end of the path. There was a water feature in front of the bench that sat at the end of the path. The water feature held the Greek goddess Aphrodite.

Behind the bench were more trees. There was no concrete path, but the trees acted as one. I heard a light noise behind me, it was a small noise, like something moving in th trees. I turned to see what it was. I was only met with the path and the trees. Nothing else. The only thing I heard was the light splashes of the water falling from the water feature.

"I like to come here when I want some time to myself. It relaxes me. Nobody comes down here, so it's always private," Edward told me eying the water feature and bench. I could tell why he liked the area. It was secluded from everyone, it was quiet, except for the gentle water, but even that gave off the sense of tranquility and relaxation.

"Wait, why doesn't anyone come down here? It's so beautiful," I asked him. I looked at my surroundings in awe. It was so beautiful, there was green everywhere. I couldn't see any reason why anyone would not want to come here.

"I don't think anyone really knows that it's here. I come here so often, but I never see anyone around. But, I guess that's a good thing. I'm always alone and I can just relax without anyone talking," he said with a sheepish grin.

"So you haven't bought anyone other than me down here?" I asked.

"No, you're the first I thought that I could share this place with. If I had shown anyone else, they would have come here and messed it up. You told me that you like to read, and I know how annoying it can be when you are trying to read and people are talking at the same time. So I thought that I could show you my quiet place, and you could come here whenever you needed some peace and quiet,"

"Thank you," I said sincerely. He had trusted me with his getaway spot. He had never bought anyone here and I knew that he didn't want me to tell anyone about it. I could understand why though, he wanted to keep it a secret. If a lot of people found out about it, it wouldn't be the sanctuary it was.

Edward shot me confused look, so I explained.

"Thank you. For showing my your place. For trusting me with it. I promise I wont tell a soul about this place. It will stay a secret between you and me," I said sincerely, looking him in the eyes. His eyes stared back at me with such intensity that my breathing became deep, and I lost focus on anything but him. His bronze sex hair that blew in the wind. I wanted to run my hands through it, just to get the feel of it. His chiseled jaw that defined his face. His emerald green eyes that bored into my own eyes. And his sculptured chest that made him look like a Greek god.

"Bella," he started, "you don't need to be thanking me. I wanted to share this place with you. This place is like a sanctuary to me, and I am glad that I have finally found someone that I can share this place with. I could never bring anyone here. No one could appreciate it as much as I could. But with you, I can be myself and I can share this place with."

"But still, thank you, for sharing it with me," I said giving him a timid smile. He returned my smile with his crooked grin that I was now accustomed to. My smile grew. He then surprised me by jumping up onto the bench. I stared at him with an amused look. He bowed and held out his hand and said, "Milady," in a charming British accent. I couldn't help but giggle, he reminded me of a true 1900's gentleman. I decided to play along for the fun of it. I curtsied and batted my eyelashes then said, "Why thank you, My lord." I put my hand lightly on his and he pulled me up. Once I was standing on the bench, I burst out in giggles. He looked at me for a second then started laughing with me.

Once our laughter had subsided, I sat on the back of the bench and sighed. I hadn't had this much fun in ages. It felt nice to laugh again. After I moved from Durban to Cape Town, I wasn't myself. Which, truth be told, was expected. I was happy in Cape Town, don't get me wrong, but I didn't laugh as much, and the only real friend I had was Emmett. I was friends with the girls at Willow Ridge, but most of them couldn't be trusted. They would bitch about me behind mt back and all. But I did have one true friend in Cape Town, Marlene. She lived in the house next door and we instantly got along. She was one year older than me, but we still got along great. She would always invite me out with her friends when they went shopping or to the movies. Marlene flew me and a few other girls to Pretoria for her 17th birthday. Marlene's friends were also 17 so that meant that I was the youngest, but they didn't see me as some random tag along. They saw me as a friend. So we all flew to Gauteng, and stayed for a few nights. So then she took us to a new club in Centurion for her birthday and that was the second time I had ever got drunk.

It made me sad to think about Marlene. I had only known her for half a year, but she was still a very close friend. Just thinking of her made tears escape my eyes. Edward saw my tears and gently wiped them away with his thumb. He sat on the top of the bench and put his arm around my waist and pulled me closer. I immediately responded and laid my head on his shoulder, sighing.

"I'm here, you know, if you want to talk about it," he said gently.

"Thanks. I just miss my friend, Marlene. Don;t get me wrong, I really do like you guys, it's just," I sighed, I just didn't know how I was going to explain it without hurting his feelings, "Marlene and I were very good friends, I was only in Cape Town for half a year, but we got really close. I really miss her," I answered. And it was the truth, I really missed her, no matter how short of a time I had known her. She helped me through my rough time of adapting to Willow Ridge, and I was thankful for that. I just really missed her.

"Oh, you know, you can still phone her. Or email her. Just because you're at a new school with new friends, doesn't mean that you should forget about you're old friends. I know what it feels like to leave very close friends behind. But, I'm sure you can visit her during the school holidays," he said gently. He was right though, I shouldn't forget about her and miss her. I should give her a call.

"Thanks, Edward. How do you always know just what to say?" I asked looking up at him. He just smiled his crooked smile and said, "I am all knowing, little grasshopper," he said in his wise man voice. That really cracked me up. He always knew what to say or when to make me laugh.

"Listen, I'm heading back to the dorm now. Stay here and call your friend Marlene, OK?" he said looking at me. I nodded my head and he gave me a reassuring hug. He got up and headed back. He looked back just before disappearing behind the trees and gave me a smile. I blushed but smiled back.

I sat there silently for a few minutes pondering about what I should say to Marlene when I phoned her. The truth was, I didn't even get to say goodbye to her. My mother had bought our move on so fast Emmett and I only just had enough time to pack all our stuff. So we didn't even get to say goodbye. Although I doubt if anyone actually knew that I was gone. Like I said, Marlene was my closest friend, and all the other girls just tolerated me and didn't actually acknowledge me.

I had just got my phone out ready to dial Marlene's number when I heard a voice.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't Miss Slut."

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Authors Note:

* Gasp!! *

Cliffy?! Who would say that to Bella?

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