316 hits and only 13 reviews? Come on, guysss.
On another note, I know you guys want an EPOV, but I have to do at least this one chapter of BPOV (if not more). If I do an EPOV, you guys might figure out what's going on, and the story will end sooner, haha. So when I do an EPOV, I have to find a way not to give it away too much.
Thanks for the reviews! (But 316 hits and 13 reviews…I need more reviews! Even if you don't like it, you can curse me out, tell me I suck, anything you want. And if you want to, tell me how I can improve; I'd appreciate that.)
- JayBee
BPOV
Yesterday, we took our Literature midterm. I think I did pretty well, but Edward's worried about his grade. He says he'll be happy with a 'C', and I'm sure he didn't get anything lower than that.
When I asked about Jasper two days ago, I thought he was going to say something terrible. Thankfully, he didn't.
**"Edward?"
He looked down at me, laughing about something that happened in the movie. "Yeah, Bells," he said. He had stopped laughing, but the sides of his eyes were crinkled from his huge grin.
"Who's Jasper?" I questioned.
His smile faded away. His face fell, he looked away, and he took a few seconds to answer. I started worrying. When his face returned to normal, he looked down at me and answered. "Some kid from my
Geology class I met. Why?"
With that answer, I relaxed. Someone from school. Good. "I don't know. Just wondering. Your mom said you were out with him and I just wanted to know, because I had never met him. What did you guys do?"
Was I being too nosey? Whatever. I wanted to know. He would probably do the same thing to me.
"We just played pool at the billiards place two blocks down," he said, pointing out the window with his thumb. "Just one game though, because I really needed to study. And now…I'm sitting here watching a
movie instead," he said with a smile. I was glad he didn't get mad that I was asking these questions. I was glad he took some time to himself during this hell week of midterms. He loved that billiards place.
"You said you had never met him? I'm sure you have friends I've never met, right?"
I thought for a second. "Ummm…Nope. You've met everyone at least once."
"You sure? You don't have some secret boyfriend I have to beat up or something?" He teased, nudging me a bit.
I chuckled. He knew that he was always the first to know about the boyfriends I had. "Yes, I'm sure. I wouldn't hide them from you, you know that…As long as you promise not to beat them up," I was half-serious
with that last part. Edward could sometimes let his temper get the better of him, and in middle school when I came crying to him about a boy Tristan I was going out with, Tristan got punched – badly. Just one punch,
but it was enough to keep Tristan out of school with a black eye and bruised cheek for three days. It was also enough to get Edward suspended for a week. After that, I always had to beg him not to do anything he
would regret whenever I cried or got hurt. "So can I meet Jasper?"
"Haha, yeah you can meet him. And if you would stop going out with douchebags, I wouldn't have to think about hitting them."
I gave him a hard look, and we both broke out in laughter.**
I still hadn't met Jasper, but it had only been two days. I wasn't that excited to meet him. I'd see him around campus sometime. I was sitting at the Starbucks on campus when Alice pulled a chair up to
my table and sat down.
"Hey, Bella! How did you do in history?"
I made a face. "I got a 75. Not as bad as I thought, though. How about you?"
"An 81. Just made it. I don't know what I would've done if I'd gotten a 'C'." She rolled her eyes.
I gave her a look. Did she not hear what I just said?! I GOT A 'C'!
It took her a minute to realize what she had said. "Oh, my God, Bella, I'm sorry! I didn't mean it like that!"
"Don't worry, Alice, I know," I said smiling. She just never thought before she spoke, so I couldn't get mad.
She had to go to her next class, so after she left, I put my bookbag on my back, got up, and walked aimlessly around campus. I walked outside, and saw the back of Edward's head. He was sitting at
one of the picnic tables, shaking his leg and reading a book. I walked behind him, lightly grabbed a fistful of hair from the top of his head, and pulled his head back as I bent my head down slightly.
"Give me your lunch money, kid!" I said in a bully's voice.
His mouth was hanging open, and his Adam's apple was jutting out from his stretched neck. His eyes were scrunched up, and I realized he couldn't see anything because the sun was in his eyes, but he
laughed anyway. "Who are you? Bella, if this is you…"
I bent my head further down so that we were face-to-face, and my hair formed somewhat of a curtain around our faces, blocking out the sun and everything else from our sight. "If this is me…then what?
What are you gonna do?" I joked, still holding on to his hair.
It took him a second to answer. He was trying to think of a good comeback. He didn't say anything. He reached his hands behind me, grabbed my book bag, and flung it over my head onto the table.
I just stood there in shock, and then started laughing. How was doing that that even possible? I went to sit down at the seat across from him as he opened my bag and started looking through it.
"Ooh…Purple pen. Ooh…green notebook. Ooh…a calculator and a cell phone and…a text from…'Jacob B.'" He held up my cell phone, showing it to me.
"Let me see?" I asked, reaching my hand out to get it.
"Nah…" He said as he put the phone in his pocket. When his hand came back out of his pocket, he had a nickel between his index finger and thumb. "Here's my lunch money," he said as he was handing
it to me. I was gonna tell him to stop trying to distract me from getting my phone when another hand grabbed the nickel from him and the person sat down.
"Thanks, Eddie-Beddie!"
It was Ashley. She just took my nickel!!! I didn't get to ask for my phone, and we (mostly Edward and Ashley) began speaking about school and plans for Spring Break, but Ashley kept changing the subject
to things she did at parties…like keg stands…passing out…throwing up…playing beer pong, and 'Oh, my Godddd! Like totally hooking up with this guy Ryan, but then hooking up with his cousin Steve.' I
was getting disgusted just listening to her. I don't know how Edward put up with it. I didn't wanna give him a hard time, and tried to be friendly with her for his sake.
Right then, Jake came over. THANK. GOD. I was saved from hearing more slut stories.
"Hey, guys! Bella, I just texted you," He said, sitting down next to me
"I know," I said coldly as I shot a look at Edward. He looked at Jake and me for a second before turning back to Ashley. "Can I get my phone back, Ed?" I asked. If she could call him nicknames, so could I.
"Yeah, here." He reached in his pocket and handed me my phone, not even glancing at me.
Ashley kept babbling on and on and on…Oblivious to what was going on between Edward and I. Maybe she just didn't realize it because she didn't know how Edward and I acted when we were…normal.
I looked over at Jacob, and noticed that he had realized.
"Are you okay, Bella?" He asked, giving me a weird look.
"Yeah, I'm fine," I lied. I was happy that he didn't ask any further.
Edward was texting while Ashley was talking. Ha! He probably didn't care about what she was saying. It didn't seem to bother her, though. She just kept talking and talking.
Jake and I began talking about our Social Movements paper that was due tomorrow. He had finished his, but I was only half-way done with mine. I then got a text message, and looked at it to see who
it was. Edward? I looked over at him. He was sitting there, nodding his head and responding to whatever she had just said, before she just began speaking again. He didn't look my way. I checked the text.
From: Edward
- Don't call me 'Ed'. -
I'm not even gonna lie. That hurt a little bit. And it was so blunt. No 'lol' or 'babe' or anything. Anything like that would at least ease it up a bit. Whatever. I'm just gonna let it go. No big deal. I knew he
didn't like nicknames. Just because she got to call him that didn't mean I could, right? Right. …No…not right. Why? Why did she get to make up dumb nicknames for him? I didn't really enjoy calling him
by nicknames, but why could she? He could do so much better than her. She was so fake. Even her laugh was fake. Well, if he ends up ever liking her, I guess I have to accept her too. Okay, Bella. Don't
jump to conclusions. They've only spoken, what? Two times? …Two times that I know about.
I just realized that Jacob was speaking. "I could help you with that, if you'd like."
I was so lost. "Help me with what?"
"Your…paper," he said slowly.
He was a good student, and even though I appreciated his offer, I didn't like it when others helped me with essays or homework. I felt like they were doing it instead of me. I know most students would
love that, but I needed as much hands-on practice with homework and things like that as I could get.
I looked over at Edward and Ashley. She was rubbing her hand up and down his arm. WAIT. She was RUBBING his ARM. And he was sitting there listening to her. How could one person talk so much?
I immediately took Jake's hand in mine. "Thank you so much. That's sweet of you, but I'd rather write it on my own. Sorry, Jake."
He looked down at our hands, and looked back up at me with a smile. "No problem. I gotta go, though. I have to babysit my cousins, and I'm gonna be late."
Aww, babysit his cousins? As I've said before, this kid is adorable. "Okay, see you in class tomorrow. Bye, Jake." After he walked away, I turned back to Edward and Ashley, waiting for them to finish their
one-sided conversation, and Edward was just giving me a hard look. It almost looked scary, but I knew better than to be afraid of him.
In the middle of another one of Ashley's stories, he stood up. "Are you ready to go, Bells?" He slung his bookbag over his shoulder.
"Yeah," I said, grabbing my bag as well.
I'm glad Ashley got the hint and shut up. "Oh, okay, then. Bye, Ed!" Ugh.
She finally walked away, and we started walking toward the parking deck. He didn't bring up that little "bad" moment we had before, so I didn't mention it either. I didn't know what was going on, but he
was acting normal, so I didn't care. I didn't want any fights right now, and I knew that if we discussed what had just happened, it would end in a fight.
I was just looking forward to tomorrow. It was Friday tomorrow, which meant it was the end of hell week. Then, Spring Break for a week. Just hanging out with friends and not worrying about waking
up for classes. Oh, and no Ashley for an entire week.
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