Disclaimer: Characters by SM.
March, 2012
~8~
Ben plops down beside me in English.
"Swan," he begins, "Angela says you weren't you in P.E. Now I know you wouldn't miss your favourite class…"
I scoff. Right. Engaging in physical activity with twenty-five teenage girls is definitely not my forte. While last year I could have said that I was friends with many of them, after my breakup with Edward, the girls showed a different side entirely.
And besides, I keep up my physical health by running every day.
"No, my dear friend. I got put in journalism instead." I roll my eyes.
Ben's eyebrows shoot up.
"Isn't Edward in that class? And Jasper?"
Of course they are. But since they were both gone for the class doing a report on the wildlife of the Olympic Peninsula, I didn't have to see them.
And besides, I can hold my own.
After the girls decided my clothes needed a flush in the toilet during the first P.E. class of the year, they got what's theirs. Let's just say they don't bother me anymore, much.
Of course, the malicious rumours that they like to spread are not something that I can control. But I tend to not pay much attention to them anyway. Besides, I only have three more months before I can leave this place, and in light of the photographs that are continuing to burn a hole in the back of my mind, I can't leave soon enough.
~SW~
Walking to my truck after school, I peek over to where Edward's Evo is parked. The windows are steamed and although I can't see anyone in the vehicle, it's not hard to imagine who Edward has with him, laid out on the back seat.
Lauren Mallory.
They began dating sometime after the Christmas holidays and to be honest, it doesn't surprise me. A teenage boy can only rebuff the advances of a girl like her, a girl with no morals or dignity, for so long. I just hope for his sake, he doesn't get a disease.
I turn back to my truck, and only then do I notice how lopsided it is. I squat down to examine the tire.
"Flat?" Someone questions behind me.
I turn, and smile as I recognize who it is. "Just like God made me."