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Prompts/Multimedia Share: exorcise

Search Google/YouTube for a given word, then select a search result at random and write about it.

I googled exorcise instead of exercise by mistake. Was everything destined to remind me of Edward Cullen?

How to Perform an Exorcism to Rid Yourself of Demons – wikiHow

Tip and Tricks-

1. Exorcise in pairs.

Alice and I had been there, done that. There were two empty Ben & Jerry's in my trash right now.

2. Do not converse with the demons.

Don't worry. If I never talked to Edward Cullen again it would be too soon.

3. Do not be afraid or lose your temper. Demons feed off your negative energy.

Right. Well, if I avoided him I might be able to keep from running him over with my truck. Rage had eclipsed fear at this point so that wasn't a problem. Negative energy though, was definitely a problem.

I closed my laptop and got up to make popcorn in my little microwave. Dorm life wasn't bad, if you could get past the fact that a stranger was naked while you were naked in the shower stall next to you. Condensing my life into an 8x8 room with a view wasn't as hard as I thought it would be, in fact, it was kind of liberating.

This stuff was all I had to worry about. No house, no parents. Just me, my books and what I could make of the rest of my life.

And really, the whole humiliating Edward-outing-me-to-Emmett was good in a way. It reminded me that I was here for school, not a social life. And I felt good about it. The pressure was off to be something I wasn't.

My iPhone buzzed in my back pocket. I sighed. I knew exactly who it was by the ring tone.

"Why are you calling me? Stop worrying."

"I know, I know. I just feel bad leaving you by yourself this weekend." Alice said. I could hear her biting her nails.

"Well don't. You should be having fun with Jasper." Alice was at Jasper's Florida beach house this weekend. She'd packed ten swimsuits for two days.

"Jazz said Edward feels bad about what he did Thursday night. He's been asking for your last name so he can find you and apologize or something." She almost sounded hopeful. I needed to shut that down immediately.

"Don't give it to him." I said in a stern voice. "I never want to see him again."

"Oh. Oh, I know. I haven't. I wouldn't. Honest."

"I'm sensing a 'but'." I groaned. "Come on, Alice. An apology would be awkward and he doesn't need to do that. I just want to forget it."

"No 'buts', Bella. It's just that… if Edward wants to find you he'll figure it out."

"Great," I said. "Awesome."

On Tuesdays I had my lecture class with Emmett. My mortification had more then overridden any sort of crush I might have had. Sure, he had smiled at me once or twice before but I knew now that he just smiled at everyone. He didn't know who I was last Thursday night, or even that he'd seen me before.

I was completely and utterly forgettable.

I knew that already. Alice just has a way of making you believe the impossible.

I got to class early (part of my no-social-all-study lifestyle) and sat in the back, closing my eyes for a minute or two as students trickled in.

Someone plopped down next to me, shuffling papers and unzipping a backpack. I sighed inwardly but didn't open my eyes. A lecture hall the size of a movie theatre and someone has to come get cozy? Who would do that?

"Bella?"

Emmett McCarty would. Oh, crap.