OME! It is possible that I am finally updating on HSNE, A Remake?!
Why, my beloved readers, yes it is! My writer's block for this story has finally ended! XD
Recap of Chapter 11:
~Bella's and Edward's love has been discovered by Angela, but their secret is safe with her. Now, things seem to be looking up for the couple, with their love still burning hot, but also cool and under the covers, safely tucked away from their friends knowing. Will things stay all hunky-dory for Bella and Edward? Will any new dramas come into the picture of this already too dramatic school?~
I'd say that recap sums up the last chapter. XD
Now, we're off!
Chapter Twelve
Bella's POV
"Get up now, Bella! Time to face another day of high school!" Alice screeched near my ear that caused me to jump in fright and nearly land on the floor. "Damn, Alice! You're going to have me fall to my death, really?" I sarcastically teased her, heaving myself up from my bed and running a hand through my hair. "Quit being melodramatic here, Bells. Now, go bathe so I can you all dolled up for today." Alice ordered, pointing to the door.
Grumbling, I grabbed my underwear for the day along with a towel, and rushed off to the showers, with Angela who was scuttling off behind me. "Shit, that pixie looked about ready to murder me if I didn't get up fast enough." Angela complained to me, giggling. "That's Alice for you." I told her, shrugging.
Angela and I showered in record times in high hopes that would appease Alice some, and we rushed off back to the bedroom to find our pixie and model friends were all dressed and ready for the day. Alice wore a beige long line shirt that had a snake leather belt in the loops of her shirt, along with dark blue denim jeans and peach skinned colored high heels that had a little strap with it. She also had done a good job of her makeup; deep purple eye shadow to brighten up the outfit, along with pale pink lipstick and dark mascara that brought out her eyes nicely.
Rosalie wore a nice red, elbow sleeved length shirt that had little black spots on the front of her shirt, along with denim pants and deep burgundy strappy high heel shoes. She wore light colored lip gloss, with some shimmering red eye shadow, and some sparkly red nail polish were painted on her long, perfectly manicured nails which she was staring at now.
When Angela and I entered, shivering as we were only wearing bras and boy shorts with our hair wrapped up in our towels, Alice grabbed my wrist and took me over to my bed, while Rosalie took Angela over to the closet. Alice did my make up with green eye shadow, and light lipstick. Then, she yanked my towel off my head, causing me to glare up at her. She rolled her eyes, then got to work on drying and styling my hair for the day. She curled and brushed - well, again, mostly tugged and yanked - on my hair, until it was finally dry from the blow dryer, and thank to Alice's styling, waved and curled lightly.
She set her stuff down somewhere, and then skipped back to me, plopping a deep green headband that had a somewhat little flower thing on it, and stepped back with a satisfied smile. "Absolute perfection!" she chirped, clapping her hands excitedly. "Well, sorry to burst your bubble, Alice, but that perfect hair is going to be ruined in about a few seconds." Angela informed her when she wandered over to us, dressed for the day. Angela was dressed in a soft white flowy, thin strapped top that was underneath a black leather crop jacket, and wore ripped denim jeans and black buckle boots with it. She had a silver, shiny flower hairpin in one of her hands, while she had a black leather bracelet with silver chains on her wrist.
"Then I'll just touch it up a bit." Alice said, not deterred at all. Rolling our eyes at her, Angela and I switched places - her sitting down on my bed, while I went over to Rosalie. She immediately went to work once I was standing in front of her, her mind completely set.
Within in minutes, I was now wearing a black and green striped t-shirt underneath a black denim, crop vest, with a dark denim short skirt, along with lime green leg warmers that came up to my knees and totally black Converse sneakers. Apparently, green is the obvious main color theme for my outfit today. (I was however pleased that I was wearing shades of Edward's eye color, so at least that's a plus. I have to admit; I love my man's green, hypnotic eyes.)
"There we go; you're officially all dolled up for the day." Rosalie told me, giggling. "Are the leg warmers really necessary?" I asked, pouting. "What?! You look adorable in leg warmers, Bella! So, no arguing!" Rosalie scolded me, narrowing her eyes into blue angry slits and wagging an irritated finger at me.
"Alright, alright; no taking off the leg warmers. Yeesh, one complaint, and I get the wagging finger." I joked, snorting. She playfully slapped my arm, but laughed along with me.
Eventually, we left the dorm room, heading downstairs to the main quad from the dorms to the back courtyard that led to the main school building. "I feel so exposed." I complained, walking awkwardly behind my friends. "Where's that oh so confident female leader of ours? You were comfortable in wearing such little shorts and exposing shirts, and yet you're uncomfortable in wearing this denim skirt?" Alice asked, rolling her eyes.
"Well, I think it's totally unfair that you three get to wear jeans while I'm stuck in this little thing." I grumbled, huffing and crossing my arms over my chest. "Come on, Bells. You got to be confident in wearing anything. Would you rather be parading around in this skirt, or in lingerie?" Rosalie asked sarcastically. "Rose!" I cried, blushing. "Well?" she asked, shrugging her shoulders. "Ugh; fine. I'd rather be wearing this skirt." I muttered, looking down at the ground defeat.
"That's the spirit, Bells. Besides, we're supposed to be leaving these boys' minds all frazzled, right? That skirt is going to contribute to it." Angela told me, giggling. "Yeah, yeah." I mumbled, rolling my eyes now.
"Damn; the feisty leader of the females looks hot in a skirt." I groaned along with my friends and we turned around to face Emmett, Jasper, Ben and Edward. I nearly giggled when I saw how angry Edward looked, his glare not really affecting Emmett; looks like someone's pissed off that some other guy is complimenting me.
"Eyes up, you moron." Alice growled to her adoptive brother, throwing her arm around my shoulder. "What are you four doing, following us around?" Rosalie asked them, crossing her arms over her chest and glaring at said four. "We can't help it when we want to follow ladies." Jasper said, shrugging his shoulders. "Oh, so you all are being stalkers, aren't you?" Angela asked, raising an eyebrow at them.
The boys shuffled on their feet, but didn't really answer. "That's what we thought." I said, snorting. "Come on, girls. Let's get to class; I just lost my appetite in eating breakfast." Rosalie grumbled, whirling on her heels, her hair whipping around viciously as she strutted away from the four boys with us following after her.
We went off to our classes, saying goodbyes and promises of meeting each other at lunch. Rosalie and I walked to Math class together, again sitting on the girls' side. The boys' side was quickly filling up, and there, I saw Edward and Mike enter the classroom, sitting down at their desks. The bell ran loudly just as Mr. Varner entered the classroom.
He began the lesson like any other day, but he was interrupted when the school secretary came walking into the classroom. She head over to Mr. Varner and whispered something to him, handing him a little slip of paper. He nodded, and sent her out of the classroom, while he faced the classroom, ordering everyone to be quiet.
"Alright class. Today, we have a new student joining us here at this school. So, please give a rowdy Spartan welcome to our newest addition to FSA - Joshua." He said, just as the classroom door opened. A teenager with shaggy brown hair, broad shoulder, tanned skin and ocean blue eyes who was wearing a deep navy blue t-shirt with dark wash jeans and black sneakers, came walking into the classroom.
Please be another Joshua, please be another Joshua, please be another Joshua; PLEASE BE ANOTHER JOSHUA! I thought frantically to myself, staring down at my desk, my heart racing and drowning out the noise of the other students clapping for Joshua. "So, what is your last name, Joshua?" Mr. Varner asked, his pen ready at his attendance sheet. "Joshua Lyser." Joshua spoke to him in his familiar deep voice, causing me to cringe invisibly to myself; thankfully, no one else saw except Rosalie and Edward, who was staring at me in worry.
While Mr. Varner told Joshua to go take a seat in the back, Edward raised his hand. "Yes, Edward?" he asked him. "Bella doesn't look like she's feeling well; can I take her to the nurse?" Edward asked. "Yes, you may. Take your things with you as well." Mr. Varner said while I shakily made my way to the desk, Edward also going up there with me.
Mr. Varner gave us a pass, and once we slipped out of the classroom, Edward picked me up in his arms - bridal style - and began walking me in the direction of the nurse's office. "Shh, Bella; it's alright." Edward cooed to my softly when I let out a quiet whimper. I gulped down my sobs, and nodded, throwing my arms around Edward's neck and burying my face into his shoulder.
Edward took me to the nurse's office while he reassured me with comforting whispers and soft kisses on my temple. We reached our destination, and he set me down on the crinkling bed while he told the nurse that I was "running a fever". She took my temperature and said that I did have a fever, and let me stay in there with Edward by my side.
Edward held my hand in his, rubbing soothing circles on the back of my palm softly, bending down to kiss my lips every now and then. He would also tell me that he wouldn't let Joshua near me, no matter what the outcome may be - and that included the exposure of our secret relationship.
I spent most of my morning in the nurse's office, feeling too shaky and scared to even sit up. "Bella?" Edward immediately pulled his hand away when we heard the voice of Angela coming towards us in the nurse's office. "Relax, you two. I'm alone." Angela assured us, smiling at us when we sighed and resumed holding hands.
"Hey Angela." I croaked, waving at her slightly. She walked over to the other side of my bed, and took my other hand in hers. "Rosalie told me who is here now." Angela murmured softly, sighing. "Figured." was all I whispered, closing my eyes. "Bella, you know that all of us are going to protect you from him, right?" Angela asked me. "Maybe...?" my answer sounded like a question.
Edward and Angela groaned in unison, causing me to grimace slightly. "Bells, come on; you got to have more faith in us. We won't let that bastard touch you." Edward whispered, bringing my hand that he was holding, to his lips, placing a butterfly peck there. "I know I should, but I'm afraid that he's going to hurt you all. I don't want that happening." I muttered, frowning.
"Bella, don't worry about us, okay? Just worry about yourself, and we'll take care of the rest." Angela mumbled to me, stroking my hair back in a sisterly loving way. The bell began ringing, signaling it was time for lunch. "Now, do you want to stay in here, or do you want to go to lunch?" Angela asked. "Please stay by my side." I begged her, sitting up shakily with the both of them helping me. "I promise, Bella." Angela whispered, pecking my cheek.
"I better get going, my Bella. I don't want the guys coming to look for me since I ditched them this morning." Edward told me, sighing. "Sorry I kept you away from them." I mumbled, staring at my feet. "No, no! Bella, I would rather spend time with you than Jasper and Emmett. I love you, Bella; just know that I really do." he whispered, wrapping his arms around my waist and giving me a sensual, slow kiss. I sighed into his mouth and threw my arms around his neck, hoping that would keep him there.
"Edward, if you keep kissing her, she'll never get to eat." Angela cut in, standing behind us with her hands on her hips. Edward pulled away, blushing but smirking. "Oops." he murmured, chuckling while I giggled with him. I gave him one last chaste kiss, before he pulled away and with a wink thrown over at me and wave to Angela, Edward left the nurse's office.
Angela helped me to my feet, and her arm wrapped around my shoulder, she walked beside me to the cafeteria. We entered and made our way over to where Rosalie, Alice, Jessica, Lily, Des, Rischè and Melantha sat, waiting for us. Alice sprung up and engulfed me in a hug, with Rosalie joining in. "We will make sure that damn bastard won't come near you, Bells." Alice assured me, pecking my cheek like what Angela had done earlier.
I nodded and sat down at the table with my girls, letting them give me some of their lunch for me to eat. "Can't believe those idiots are getting all buddy-buddy with him." Rosalie hissed, glaring over at Emmett's, Jasper's and Edward's usual table, where I could see Emmett and Jasper talking to Joshua and a friend that sat next to him - though I couldn't see him - as if there was nothing wrong with Joshua. "Weird; Edward isn't even looking at him." Alice muttered, causing me to sneak a glance over at the table.
There, I saw that Edward was not looking in the direction of where Joshua sat, and he was glaring down at his lap. Well, at least that's a good sign... right? I thought to myself, nibbling on tater tots while I glanced at him still, then over to Angela who was also staring at him. She caught my gaze, and smirking, she nodded minutely to me, assuring me that it was good Edward was ignoring Joshua.
The bell rang several minutes later, and us girls made our way off to our classes; Angela and Jessica walked with me to Biology today, entering the classroom and heading to our tables. Edward came in several minutes later, and following behind him was Joshua. I made sure to not look at Joshua when he entered, and I was thankful that Edward was my lab partner in this class.
Joshua got his little slip signed by Mr. Lysol, and when he was walking down the aisle to head to his table, he looked over to where I was sitting, and paused from walking. I tensed and shifted so part of my body was facing Edward. Edward looked over at Joshua and glared at him, before he looked down at his lap and continued glaring.
Joshua continued staring at the back of my head, but when the bell rang, he jumped and then hurried to his lab table. I relaxed and faced the front again, sighing. "Now, you and your partner will work together on answering questions 1-20 on page 647. Answer the questions on a sheet of paper, and I want to see complete sentences. Begin." Mr. Lysol said, pointing to the lone book on the table.
The girls in the class grudgingly scooted closer to the guys, getting the textbooks and opening to the page. Edward and I did the same thing, scooting our chairs closer and opening the page in the book, for us to look at the same time. "Edward." I whispered, feeling the boring stare into the back of my head. "What?" he asked softly, pausing from his writing. "Is he staring at me?" I asked, looking down at my lap. Edward turned in his seat before he turned back, his face angry. "Unfortunately, yes. Just ignore him though, Bella." Edward whispered, giving me a soft smile.
I nodded, sighing while I rested my head in my hand that was propped up on the table. Suddenly, I felt his warm hand on my thigh, and it took much of my will power to not jump in my seat. I had to sit still in order to keep his hand hidden, so I gave him a sneaky smile back at him, where his emerald eyes were twinkling happily.
We began working on answer the questions one by one, practically flying through them while I could see that the other girls in the classroom were struggling with answering them. "Ah, damn." Edward hissed when I heard the soft snap of his lead breaking on his number 2 pencil. "I'll be right back, Bella. Stupid, crappy pencil." he grumbled, standing up and walking over to the pencil sharpener in the classroom.
I sat there, reading over the questions, before I heard Edward's seat squeak loudly. "Hello, Bella." I gasped quietly from Joshua's voice and looked the other way, not wanting to see his face. "Go away, Joshua." I snarled, still not looking at him. "Now is that a way to greet your ex-boyfriend, Bella?" he teasingly asked, though I could detect a hint of anger in his voice.
"Leave me the hell alone, Joshua. I broke up with you, and I can easily get a restraining order on you if you don't." I growled. "Like that's going to keep me away from you, Bella." Joshua murmured.
"Get out of my seat." I sighed and looked up at Edward, who was glowering down at Joshua with his arms crossed. Joshua looked up at Edward, and instead of standing, he slouched in his seat with his arms behind his head. "Nah, I'm think I'm good here." Joshua said, sneering up at Edward. "I said, get out of my seat. Before I kick you out of it." Edward snarled, his emerald eyes darkening in anger.
"Mr. Cullen, return to your work." Mr. Lysol called out, looking up at him from his desk. "I would - if Joshua would get out of my seat and leave my partner alone." Edward told him, sneering over at Joshua now, since he was busted. "Mr. Lyser, please get out of Mr. Cullen's seat so he and Ms. Swan can continue working. Even if you are a new student to the school, I'm not going to let you get away with anything." Mr. Lysol said, looking down at his desk again.
Joshua stood up from his seat, and on his way back to his seat, he "accidently" bumped shoulders with Edward, while they were glaring at each other. Edward took his seat next to me again, and we went back to our close sitting together, occasionally glaring at Joshua over his shoulder.
We were done before the bell rang out, so we closed our books, and turned in the assignment. Edward winked at me - his way of saying goodbye to me - before he walked off. Angela and Jessica walked with me out of the classroom, just before I bumped into someone too hard to send their stuff falling to the ground. "Oh, I'm so sorry!" I exclaimed, bending down to help clean up the person's stuff, with Angela and Jessica bending down to help me as well.
"Oh, it's alright. I wasn't paying attention of where I was going." a feminine voice answered. I handed the girl her stuff, and she looked up at me, her long black hair that had a black, sequined hair clip falling back to show off her stormy grey eyes that were surrounded by black eyeliner and shimmery grey eye shadow. Her lips were a light glossy pink, and I could see that she was wearing a black and white top with a white skirt, black leggings and black Mary Jane high heels.
"Really though, I shouldn't been paying attention too." I told her, blushing from embarrassment. "Seriously, it was my fault, so stop trying to take the blame for all of this." the girl told me, giving me a small, timid smile. "Alright." I said, heaving a sigh. "I'm Bella Swan, by the way. And these are my friends, Angela Weber and Jessica Stanley." I introduced all of us to the girl, pointing to them when I said their names.
"I'm new here; Kelsey Stonner." She introduced herself, sticking out her hand. I grasped it with mine and we shook hands. "Well, we would like to stay and get to know you, Kelsey, but we have time for that in the dorms. So, we'll see you later." I told her, handing her books back to her.
Us four stood to our feet, and waving goodbye to Kelsey, we walked out of the hallways, heading towards the Art room.
And there's the chapter for all of you!
So, what did you think of this chapter? Any good now that Joshua and Kelsey have been added into the story?
Also, I have a big question to ask all of you readers. I was wondering if any of you want to take a HSNE, The Original Version quiz. I think it would seem fun of taking a multiple choice test that basically reviews the whole story - but in test form.
So, if you want to take the quiz, please go to my profile and vote on the poll that's on there, and eventually, if everyone votes for a quiz, I'll try to get one all written out for you all to take. But, can anyone suggest a quiz website thing for me? I already know about Quizilla or whatever it is called, but I'm just wondering if there any other websites.
Please review if you liked the chapter!
Question Time:
~Have you ever felt like everyone was going against you for some reason?~
Bye for now,
~*Lady Lily of Darkness*~
NEXT CHAPTER:
"And what is this pipsqueak quiet girl going to sing? She'll probably sing some kiddy song."
Oh, just you wait and hear me now, you damn bastard of a boy...