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CHAPTER 3

Confessions

"Are you insane? Why did you do that?" I yelled at Alice.

"Calm the fuck down. People are staring," she hissed.

I looked around and saw people were indeed staring. And by people, I mean the ten high schoolers who actually used the library we were currently in. The only reason we ever went to the library was to spy on the cute librarian, Jasper Whitlock, and gossip.

"Why would you do that? You know I can't dance."

She rolled her eyes. "First, cheerleading is more gymnastics than dancing, and second, it's our last year, Bella. I want to do something fun to remember. We have to do an activity together. We're going to be thousand miles apart after graduation. Who knows when we'll be able to do something together. Pleeeeeease!" she whined.

That was true. Alice was planning to go to New York and study design and fashion, while I was hoping to go to Seattle University and study journalism. We wouldn't be be able to see each other as often.

"I can barely walk on a straight surface. How am I supposed to do flips and twirls in the air? I'm afraid of heights, too."

"Now you're making that up. At least try, Bella. For me? Please?" She gave me her puppy eyes. I was going to murder Jacob for teaching that trick to her.

"Fine. Fine!" I gave up. Alice started giggling and clapping.

"Will you please keep it quiet? Some people are trying to study here," Jasper shushed us. He was the cute librarian Alice crushed on since forever and the reason Alice even knew where the library was.

"Sorry," we both whispered and then started laughing quietly.

"What am I supposed to do anyway? At the audition?" I asked once we calmed down.

"Just show them a routine. You can do a back flip, shake your ass, lift your leg. Something like that."

That easy? Note the sarcasm! God, I am going to make a fool of myself.

"I am going to kill you, Alice."

When I was back at the house, I started preparing dinner. Charlie planned on leaving work earlier in order to have dinner with me. He wanted to tell me something important. It was a little worried at first, but he assured me that it wasn't something to worry about.

My choice for the evening was fish with a side of mashed potatoes. Charlie's favourite and one of my specialties. I had just put the fish in the oven when the bell rang.

Who could it be? I wasn't expecting anyone. I opened the front door. There in front of me stood a very sad Renesmee.

"What do you want?" I knew I was harsh, but I still haven't gotten over the fact that she had lied to me.

"I came here to apologise and explain everything."

I stood there debating if I wanted to hear her explanation or not. I finally opened the door wider and let her in. "Explain," I said when we reached the kitchen.

"Things with Jared and me weren't so good these past few months. I know we seemed happy and in love, but we weren't. I didn't want to tell you anything in hopes that things would get better with time." She started immediately. Knowing her, she probably practiced this in front of her mirror a couple of times before she came here.

"What do you mean things weren't so good?" I interrupted her.

"He would ignored my calls. He stood me up a lot. He was lying to me. We would go without speaking to each other for days. We would fight all the time to the point that he would start throwing things at the walls."

"Why was he like that?"

"I didn't know at the time. I tried to make things right between us. I confronted him about it, but it only led to more fights. I was tired and angry. I didn't know what to do. One weekend I went to visit my brother in New York. I thought that the time away would cool things down. It would give him time to think." Tears started forming in her eyes. I couldn't believe what she was telling me. Jared had always been the sweet one, the kind one. He loved Reneesme to death, or so he claimed. I couldn't believe he could be like that with her. They had been talking about getting married once they were done with school.

"When I got back, I went straight to his house. I had enough. I wanted to sit down with him and talk about what was happening to us. I had keys, so I didn't knock. The house was quiet. I was ready to leave when I heard a groan from his bedroom. Not a groan of pain but of pleasure.

Furious, I ran to his bedroom. Nothing could've prepared me for what I saw." She started sobbing, making it unable for her to speak. He cheated?

"It's okay." I wrapped my arms around her. She cried on my shoulder for what felt like a century.

Eventually she pulled away and wiped her tears. "He cheated on me." Her voice was raspy from the crying. "But do you know what was the worst thing?"

I shook my head. "He cheated me with Paul." I gasped. Jared and Paul? Gay?

"Paul was giving him a blowjob, Bella. Paul! A guy!" Furious now, she started pacing the kitchen, running her hand through her hair over and over again.

"He's gay, Bella. He's been gay the whole time we were together and was in a relationship with Paul the whole time. He needed me for a cover. Can you believe that? I was nothing to him. All the love he gave and all the love we made was a lie."

Now she's quoting Celine Dion? Things were bad.

"I'm so sorry," I mumbled. I didn't know what to say. What happened to her was bad, messed up and so wrong. I wanted to kill Jared and Paul with my bare hands. He played around with my friend; they both did. They better not bump into me in the street. My dad was a cop. I coulld make it looklike an accident.

"Why didn't you tell me?" I asked after minutes of silence. Renesmee was now sitting on a chair, completely calm now.

"Tell you what? That my boyfriend cheated on me with his secret boyfriend? I was so embarrassed and humiliated. I wanted to tell you. I really did. I just couldn't. I told myself that I would tell you once I got over it. It took more time than I expected. He really hurt me, Bella."

"You still haven't gotten over it?"

"No, I have. I moved on. Sure, it stings everytime I think about it, but I didn't expect that I would get over it completely so soon. I just didn't want to talk about what happened. I had just forgotten all about it and started living again. I didn't want to bring it to the surface. I didn't want to cry over him again. It was stupid! I was just going to let it slide. Let you believe that we're still together and then tell you that we broke up due to the long distance between us."

"Distance?"

"Jared and his parents moved to Ohio when they learned what happened. He goes to a boarding school. They didn't take the news very well, and that was one of the reasons he wanted to hide the fact that he is gay."

"What about Paul?"

"He's around. His father makes me work at their shop in Seattle with him. They are really hard on him, too. His father does everything he can to keep him away from here and the boys. He even sent him to a prostitute once to make him a man. It didn't work." She laughed a little.

Hell had broken loose this past month, and I had been in the dark. I understand why she didn't tell me in the first place. What she had been through was really hard, and I would have been embarrassed, too. I couldn't imagine what it would be like to find out that your boyfriend was gay.

Poor Reneesme.

"What about Jacob? Or the others? I am sure they knew about it. Why didn't they tell me?"

"No one else knew, except Jake." Both sets of parents kept the incident a secret. Too embarrassing for them." She wiped the remainsof her tears from her face before continuing. "I asked Jacob not to tell you. I wanted to tell you myself, but then I changed my mind, as I told you.""I wish you'd have let me be there for you. I can't imagine how you got through this on your own." I took her hands in mine to sympathise her.

"I wasn't entirely on my own." She mumbled so quietly that I almost didn't hear her. She took her hands from mine, and her cheeks got an unsual — for her — red colour.

"Really?" I teased her."Who helped you?"

"Jacob." She looked down, suddenly finding her shoes interesting.

"Jacob?"

"Yes, we got really close after the spent a lot time together. One thing led to another, and we've been dating for about a month. He was the one who helped me with everything."

"You're the mystery girl?" I shouted, jumping from my chair and knocking it over.

"Yes," she whispered.

Why is everyone keeping things from me?

"I know what you are thinking, and Jacob didn't have to do anything to do with it. I wanted to keep it a secret until I was ready to leave everything behind me entirely. I didn't want my relationship with Jacob to be jeopardised by my past. That's why we are taking it slow. I didn't wantpeople to know. I didn't want the gossips to start again," she explained quickly. "People were on my back, asking me questions about Jared and why he left. Rumors were flying around. It was hard."

"I imagine."

"We were going to tell you. I swear you were going to be the first perso we would have told about our relationship. Jake was dying to tell you. He was feeling guilty, too."

She let out a sigh of relief and slumped her shoulders. "That's it!" she said and drank the water I had offered her earlier. "It's so good to have it out of my system."

"I don't know what to say." I really didn't. I was still in shock. So, it looked like these things didn't happen only in cable shows.

"You don't have to say anything. I know it's too much for you to process right now. I just want you to forgive me. I know what I did was wrong, and I should have told you a long ago about all of this, but you have to understand me, Bella. Please! I can't go on with life without my best friend."

"I forgive you. Of course I do." I hugged her tight. "I just want you to romise me that you won't keep anything from me from now on."

"I promise. I love you, Bella." She kissed my cheek.

"I love you, too."

We caught up a little after that, and she told me more about her relationshipwith Jacob before she had to go meet him. I was really happy about thosetwo. They were so good for each other. The perfect couple.

Half an hour later, Charlie arrived.

"Bells, I'm home," he shouted once he was in the house.

"Kitchen," I shouted back, putting the last plate on the table.

"It smells lovely, honey." He kissed my temple and took a seat at the table.

"Thank you, I made your favourite," I said while putting mashed potatoeson his plate.

"And I love you for that."

Once we were over the typical questions about school and work, we were already halfway through our meal. I decided it was time to cut to the chase.

"So, what did you want to talk about?"

"You want me to tell you now?" he asked, putting down his fork.

"Why not? Except if it's about dead people or shit."

"Language at the table, Isabella," he said in a stern voice.

"Sorry," I mumbled, picking on my half-eaten fish.

"Anyway."

I pushed my plate away and crossed my arms over the table. "So, what'sthe news?"

He took a deep breath and started. "You know I am away a lot lately."

"Yeah, I know. You are busy with work."

He looked down to the table. "Not excactly," he mumbled.

"What do you mean?" I asked, confused.

"I haven't been working all those evenings I was away, Bella." He lookedstraight into my eyes.

"Well, where were you?" I asked when he didn't continue.

"I've been on dates. With a woman."

I froze. Charlie is dating? Behind my back? What is it today? The apocalypse?

"You're dating?" I tried to process this.

"Yes, Sue is a really nice woman. She lost her husband, too. We are having fun."

"So, her name is Sue?"

He nodded. "Sue Clearwater."

"How long has this been going on?"

Charlie drank a little of his white wine before continuing. "Five weeks." I gasped. Five weeks? What was he waiting for? The wedding to tell me?

"I wanted to make sure that what Sue and I have is something solid and not just a fling before I told you. I didn't want to drag you into a situation that was unstable."What he said was reasonable. And when I thought about it, it wasn't that I was angry at him. It was that everything came to me too fast. I found out about a lot of things today, and it was taking its toll on me.

"Don't you think it's too soon?" I voiced my concern. It had only been two years since mom died.

"I know. But Bella, when it comes to love, time doesn't matter." Was hereading Freud again?

"So, you love her?"

"Well, I care about her."

"I understand, Dad. I am so happy for you." I stood up and went to hug him.

He remained still for a moment before he wrapped his arms around me.

"You are?" He sounded unsure. I let him go and took my seat again.

"Yes, Dad. I am. You are right. You shouldn't let this opportunity pass you by because it's too soon," I said before I started eating again.

"Thank you. For taking it so well," Charlie said after a big pause.

"You deserve to be happy, Dad. I can't ask you to give up your life and stayforever alone forever while I am moving on and living my own life. It's not fair."

The day of the tryouts arrived. I could feel the humiliation coming. I was so going to regret this. Alice, of course, was very excited. "This is going be fun! I can't wait until the tryouts."

"Yeah,can't wait." I tried to sound enthusiastic but with no luck.

"You are going to thank me for it later." She took my biology book from my hands. "And stop reading this book. You have to have it memorised already, you've read it five times!"

"You know the agreement I had with Charlie." He said that if I did well in my classes and tests and had a good behaviour, I could get my car back sooner.

"I know, I know. But pay attention to me for a while." She gave me mybook back, and I put it in my bag. "Have you thought about your routine?"

"My what?"

"For the audition. What are you going to do?"

Oh, right! I had to dance something. "I haven't thought about it yet."

"Yet?" she shouted in my ear as she parked the car in the school parking lot. "I swear, Bella. If I get in and you don't, I am going to kill you," she threatened me and got out of the car.

I followed her. "I'll try. I promise." And I meant that.

The day passed really quickly until it was time for Biology. I was sitting at my desk alone. I hated Biology. The only reason I knew anything about Biology was because I had to do all the labs alone since I didn't have a partner. I didn't have anyone to help me with the experiments, so I was obligated to know everything. Maybe that turned out to be good for me; it sure made me study more. Now we were listening to whatever the hell the teacher was telling us. I wasn't even paying attention to him. Halfway through the class there was a knock on the door.

"Come in," Mr. Banner answered.

Edward Cullen walked in. In all his beauty. Freshly shaved. Black T-shirt that hugged his perfectly sculptured body. His black, fitting jeans hugged his long, toned legs.

He walked over to Mr. Banner's desk and whispered something. The teacher nodded and pointed him in my direction.

What?

Edward looked at me and smirked. He smirked? At me? Asshole! He walked to my table and sat down in the seat next to me. What was he doing?

"Class, Edward Cullen will be your new classmate. Say hello to him like the good kids I know you are!" he teased us.

Edward Cullen is taking Biology? With me? Why?

Everyone said a not so in sync 'hello' while I kept my mouth shut and my head low. This was going to be one hell of a year.

Throughout the hour, I kept my eyes straight on the board in front of me. I didn't even throw a glance at him. I tried to avoid all the nasty stares the girls from my class were giving me, too. I was sure I was the most hated person in the class now. Thankfully, Mr. Banner didn't give us an assignment, so I didn't have to talk to Edward.

He didn't make an effort to approach me either. His chair was at the other end of the table, and he was terribly interested in his notebook. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw movements. He must be taking notes.

A few minutes later the bell rang, and Edward was the first one out. Guess he wasn't happy about this arrangement either. I slowly gathered my belongings and walked out of the classroom ready to go to gym.

It was time! I still hadn't found a routine.

When I was young, I could flips one after another, but I haven't done that since I broke my arm when I was ten. So that one was out.I could dance something, but Alice said cheerleading wasn't all about dancing. So that one was out, too. Besides, I wasn't that good of a dancer. On top of that, I have to find a slogan to say make up a cheer. Our basketball team's name was Bears. What could I say that rhymes with Bears? Something like. Go Bears, come on go Bears! Yeah!

No.

What about? Ya' gotta dribble, pass, shoot to score, Ya' gotta pivot, 2-3-4

I suck at this!

"You're ready?" I met Alice outside of the gym. The place was packed with screaming and giggling blonde girls. I swear Alice and I might have been the only ones with dark-coloured hair. We stood out in the crowd. That was exactly what I needed.

"Yeah. I am going to kick some ass!" I lied. I still didn't know what to do. Maybe it would come out to me then. I promised Alice I would try. So, maybe I would make a fool of myself, but at least I would know that I did the best that I could.

"That's my girl!" She hugged me and kissed my cheek.

I observed some girls as they were rehearsing their routines while we waited for the auditions to start. I didn't stand a chance. It was like these girls were made of rubber. They twisted and turned and did splits. I couldn't even lift my foot higher than my head. How did they do that?

Of course, there were the girls who knew nothing about rhythm or dancing. They were doing awkward moves and turns. I sympathised them. I didn't know how to move either. Alice was right beside me, showing me her routine. It was great. She was definetely getting in. It helped that she used to do ballet. She was always flawless and graceful. She could make cheerleading look so easy and fun.

"Attention, ladies. You are going to be auditioned sepqrately first. Then, those who pass the first tryout will be tested in a group. Afterwards we'll decide who gets in," Lauren Mallory announced. She was the vice-captain of the squad along with Jessica. They were both Tanya Denali's sidekicks. Of course, Tanya was the captain. That was one of the reasons I was so nervous about this. I was going to humiliate myself in front of Edward's girlfriend. I would never live that down if I failed.

The candidates were called in alphabetical order. So, Alice had gone in way before me because her last name was Brandon. I was sitting on the benches outside while Alice was in. They were using the gym for the tryouts. It was big and safe. It was the pride of the town.

"Bella Swan?" Jessica asked from right next to me.

"Yes?" I asked, trying not get irritated by the tone of her voice.

"What are you doing here? Lost your way to the bathroom?" She laughed. Jessica Stanley thought she was better than everyone else. She was made everyone's lives a nightmare. We used to be best friends in middle school, but then she met Tanya and that changed. Now she was just enjoyed making fun of me.

"No, I am going to tryout." That made her laugh harder. She sat next to me,trying not to pee herself.

"Poor Bella. You're never going to make it through. We all know that once you make a move you are going to fall on your ass. Everyone is going to laugh. So, why don't you just save yourself from all the humiliation?" She patted my shoulder in pity. Normally, I would have run off to find somewhere to cry. But not now!

For some reason her words made me even more determined to go in there and take a place on that stupid squad. I was planned to make her regret what she just said.

It was time to prove to them and myself that I could do it. I was not going to have my tail between my legs and walk out. I was going to stay her with my head held high. Keeping the promise I gave Alice, I promised myself that I'd try and be more assertive, have more confidence. I was not going to be played by Tanya and her clan or anyone else anymore. It was time to prove that I could do better.

"I think I am going to survive!" Her smile fell, and a scrowl replaced it.

Take that!

"As you wish!" And she left.

Five minutes later, Alice was out. Extremely excited and happy, she came towards me, skipping.

"How did you do?"

"Excellent. I am sure that I have a place on the squad." She jumped up and down, clapping and laughing. My five-year-old cousin didn't even do that when he was excited. Which reminded me, I haven't see him in a while. I should pay him a visit soon.

"Great! I am happy for you." She sat next to me, vibrating. "You can go now if you want. I am okay," she said.

"No, I think I'm going to try. Who knows? Maybe I am good at this."

"Really?" She beamed at me.

"Yeah." I explained to her everything Jessica said to me and what I was planning to do.

"You go, Bella! It's time for that bitch to learn her a lesson."

"I don't know what I am going to do, but I am not going to give her the joy to see of seeing me fail." This year would be the year that I leave old Bella behind. This was my last year in Forks High. I was going to make them remember me.

As girls walked in and out of the court, I tried to come up with something. Alice threw in some ideas, but I decided not to use them. If I did, I would end up in the hospital.

"Bella Swan," Lauren shouted. That was me. It was my turn.

God, I think I am going to puke.

"Bella Swan?" Lauren shouted once again. That was when I realised that I hadn't moved.

"I'm here," I said and walked into the gym.

"Well well, Bella. Let's see what you have." Tanya arched her eyebrow like she was telling me 'You have no chance, honey.'

Now I'm pissed!

Bitch had something coming. I took a deep breath and started.

"Clap your hands

Stomp your feet

Clap your hands

Stomp your feet

We're the bears that can't be beat."

As I was saying the lyrics, I was doing the movements triple time. I repeated my routine one more time. I was close to the end when I thought.

What the hell?

When the last word left my mouth, I took a deep breath again and started doing flips in the air. Once I did the first, I did a second and a third and a fourth. I didn't fall. I didn't mess it up. In fact, I did them great better than great. I did them perfectly!

Watching all movies of 'Bring It On' did a number on me!

I did the last flip and landed in front of their desk. Tanya was looking at me with an angry look. If I wasn't so happy, I would have been afraid for my life. Lauren and Jessica were just looking at me with their jaws on the floor. The only things moving were their eyelashes.

"I'll see you later at the group audition." I flipped my hair and walked out of the room like a boss.

I never felt more confident in my life. My whole life, Tanya intimidated me, making me feel like trash. I'd always gotten out of their way to let them shine.

I'd always gotten out of their way so they didn't hurt me, both physically and mentally. Now it was time to take my revenge. They didn't know that I could do it. I was not that little girl who would always be on the floor picking up her stuff after Tanya tripped her over.

No!

Today a strong and independent Bella was born.

Or not.

I felt my stomach tighten. A bile coming up from my stomach to my throat.

No, this couldn't be happening!

I rushed out of the court to the bin outside and emptied my stomach.

"Bella? Are you okay?" A velvet voice I knew so well came from behind me. I felt hands wrapping my hair and holding it from my face as I pucked my guts out.

"I'm okay," I said and started throwing up again.

"You don't look okay," he said, rubbing my back as I watched my breakfast come back up in front of me. When I was done, I wiped my mouth with the tissue he gave me and turned to look at him.

"Thank you," I said, looking down at my feet.

"Are you sick or something?" he asked, all while rubbing up and down my back.

"No, it's just the stress," I said and made a move to leave. Before I could go far, he wrapped his arm around my waist and crushed me to him, my back to his chest. He leaned down to my ear and whispered, "Can we talk?"

A shiver passed through my body. I turned my body so we were chest to chest. I looked up at him, getting lost in his forest green eyes.

"Yes."

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