Chapter 2

BPOV

As the elevator reached the ground floor we all stepped out. "Alice, where are we going?" I asked again. "Fine, we are going to the Performance Restaurant on school grounds. It will give you chance to meet our friends AND we get to show off" Alice smiled cheekily. "What do you do?" I asked Alice and Jane. "Do you always ask so many questions?" Jane sighed. I nodded happily. They laughed as we walked through the door to the restaurant. "Table for Cullen" she said to the waiter.

He led us to a big table, big enough for at least twelve people. There were seven people already sitting down. I looked over the faces. I gasped. No, he couldn't be here…could he. "Jake, what are you doing here?" I asked as he got up and gave me a hug. "Hey Bells, wow you look great, and I go to the school" he said. "Wow, I so didn't expect you to be here" I said, no point hiding my shock. He laughed and pulled out a chair for me beside him. I looked up and saw Jane staring at Jacob.

She sat down but didn't stop looking. She must have been on edge because whenever he looked at her she was already looking away. He leant over to me. "Who's your friends?" he whispered in my ear. "Why, do you have a thing for her?" I joked. He didn't answer me but just looked away. "YOU LIKE HER!" I whispered. I made sure he picked up on my excitement. "Hey, Jane, I need to fix my make-up, want to come?" I asked calmly. "Sure" she smiled and stood up. We walked over to the bathroom.

When we were safely inside I squealed in excitement. "OH MY GOD, YOU SO HAVE A THING FOR JACOB BLACK" I said happily. "Keep you voice down" she hissed putting her hand over my mouth. "Well…do you?" I asked more calmly. "Kinda" she said shyly and I almost squealed again but caught myself just in time. We walked back out and I froze half-way to the table. There in the use-to-be vacant seat next to me sat Edward Cullen. He was sucking the face of another girl. It was not the girl he had been with earlier. I sat back down beside Jake.

"So now that everyone is here, we should introduce ourselves to Belle" Alice stood up. "Hi, I am Alice, and I am a Dancer" she said before sitting down. Jane stood up and spoke "Hey, you know I am Jane, and I play the Flute" she said and sat down quickly. A very beautiful girl stood up and spoke "Hello, I am Rosalie, and I am a model" she said and the guy next to her stood up. He was huge (in a good way). "What's up, I am Emmet and I am a sculptor" he said and sat down. There was a guy sitting next to Alice who stood up. "Good evening, I am Jasper, and I am a painter. I am also Rosalie's twin brother and Alice's girlfriend" he smiled. He sat down and Jake stood up. "You know who I am, so I play the drums" he said and sat down. Edward stood up and looked at me and smiled. "I am Edward (he grabbed my hand and kissed the back of it) and I play the piano" he said and sat down. I stood up. "Hi everybody, my name is Bella and I am a singer" I said. Alice squealed before whispering in Jane's ear. Jane's face lit up. "Bella, since you are knew to the group, you have to show us what got you into this school" she said. Everyone began and soon I was pushed onto the stage I had not noticed when I got in. Someone passed me a microphone and I sat down on a stool in the middle. All the lights turned out and a small spotlight fell on me. Oh no, this wont end well. I decided I knew what to sing. I whispered to the guitarist what I was singing. He began to play and I sat on the stool and began to sing

la Da Da Da
The smell of your skin lingers on me now
You're probably on your flight back to your home town
I need some shelter of my own protection baby
To be with myself and center, clarity
Peace, Serenity

I hope you know, I hope you know
That this has nothing to do with you
It's personal, myself and I
We've got some straightenin' out to do
And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket
But I've got to get a move on with my life
It's time to be a big girl now
And big girls don't cry
Don't cry
Don't cry
Don't cry

The path that I'm walking
I must go alone
I must take the baby steps 'til I'm full grown, full grown
Fairytales don't always have a happy ending, do they?
And I foresee the dark ahead if I stay

Like the little school mate in the school yard
We'll play jackson in uno cards
I'll be your best friend and you'll be my Valentine
Yes you can hold my hand if you want to
'Cause I want to hold yours too
We'll be playmates and lovers and share our secret worlds
But it's time for me to go home
It's getting late, dark outside
I need to be with myself and center, clarity
Peace, Serenity

La Da Da Da Da Da

The minute I stopped singing and the sound of cheering filled the room. I sat back down and Jacob smiled down at me. "When did you learn to do that" he asked as Alice and Jane giggled over something. "While you were sleeping" I whispered. He laughed. 'While you were sleeping' was the last movie Jake and I watched together. Edward sat beside me, staring at me. I turned around and he was surprised to see I was about to talk to him. "It rude too stare, so stop it. Now, didn't you have a date or something?" I asked politely. "She went home, something about not liking the people we were with" he said still staring at me. "I said stop staring at me" I snapped at him. "I'm sorry, its just, your SOO beautiful" he smiled crookedly. My hearth began to flutter but my brain took control. I rolled my eyes and turned back to Jake, who was looking at Jane. I heard Edward talking to Emmet and I calmed down. A waiter came around with menus. Finally, some food.