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Ah well I really have no excuses to give to you.
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It is the weekend, and I had planned to stay home alone the entire time once again. Well that and the only real person I met and enjoyed the presence of since I moved here is the Edward's and well… let's face it I screwed it up. That's because you always do, you're just one big screw up aren't you.
I hate the way his voice still echoes in the halls of my mind, drifting in and out, hitting me with insult after insult. At the same time I held my breath until I heard it, waiting for it every day. If I didn't hear it in a day I would fear where it had gone, his voice always let me know the truth, kempt me grounded. I feared it and required it to live, kempt me sane.
I had convinced myself over the past couple of days that it was he who caused me to withdraw from Edward. It was his fault and not mine; I have gotten good at blaming him for everything lately.
However as much as I wanted to stay in for the weekend, my father insisted that I get out of the house, see some people. He is worried for me, and I know that but at the same time I really just need to deal with things myself.
So now here I am, sitting on the beach with Jess and Mike and well everyone else who's names just seem too unimportant to remember. Well not unimportant but I'm just not looking for any "relationships" at the moment so why bother?
"So Bella," Mike sat down next to me on the log I had been relaxing on all alone, "tell me about yourself," he brushed his hand against my leg, "you seem like a very interesting girl."
I don't like the way he is talking to me nor the way he said interesting. That's because you're not interesting, you'd be lying to yourself if you believed a word he said. I inched a little away from him so that my legs were no longer touching his and allowed my hair form a shield between him and me.
"Well Mike there really isn't all that much to me," I replied without really looking at him. Looking down the beach I noticed that everyone had moved further down and that it was just Mike and I. I could barely make out the form of Edward and his friends running along playing football in the sand or Jess talking with some guy I've never even seen before.
All of a sudden it all just seemed to be too cold of a day and I was regretting haven worn my new floral print shorts, white tank and yellow stilettos (A/N: picture of outfit on profile). I hugged my arms tightly against my legs, I could see through my hair Mike staring at me.
Getting up I walked a little towards the trees as I abandoned my heels in the sand, I leaned against the tree. Mike was watching my movements carefully as I made my way there, I found his interest in me a little concerning.
Mike got up and slowly made his way towards me, "you know I knew you'd come today," his hand now placed beside my head on the tree, "you just couldn't stay away from me could you?"
He is too close, this isn't right.
GET OUT NOW!
I can't move; I just stand there frozen, waiting for his next move. Mike moves his mouth closer towards me, and I close my eyes. I can't watch, I feel his hot breath on my ear as he lets out a chuckle.
"You know you're a little tease right?" It wasn't really a question; I sucked in a deep breath and launched myself away from him. He grabbed my arm as I slide past him, pulling me back and slamming me against the tree. All the while closing his hand around my mouth, he pushed roughly against me, or bodies now smooshed together.
I know what comes next.
This can't happen again.
It's all too real.
All of a sudden the pressure of him was gone; I opened my eyes to see… Emmett… at least I think that's his name pulling Mike away from me. I am dizzy, shapes are coming to mush together, I see Edward approach me carefully. I'm shaking, like really shaking; it's bad I have to get out of here.
I try to get away but can only stumble, I'm not seeing straight. "Bella, wait," Edward is beside me in a flash, "are you okay?"
I turn to look at him fear in his eyes as he assessed me, "I'm fine," confidence in my voice from all the practice I have, "please don't bother Mike, I led him on…" That's right you did whore, why are you always doing this to men? I turned and ran away from the scene as fast as I could, which really wasn't fast enough.
A/N: A small tease of what is to come…
For warning, next chapter is from Edward's POV, let's see if we can make some progress for these two…
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