BPOV
"So... How did the date go? ;)"
I received a text from Angela.
"Pathetic. It's over. He's an asshole! I should have never gone on any date with him! I don't know why I was thinking I could use him to go against my brothers! It was a stupid plan anyway! He's an asshole!" I typed angrily.
I immediately received a call from her.
"Bella... What's going on? Why are you so angry?" She asked.
"I don't know what I was thinking!" I said, "He is an asshole! I should have known that he was going to come up with some bullshit!"
"What did he do?" She asked, "This sounds so bad!"
"He says he's in love with me," I said.
"He... what?" She asked.
"Exactly!" I shook my head, "He says he's always been in love with me... And I'm supposed to believe him! I don't even know what he's going to achieve with this! He's just... ridiculous!"
And then I had an angry outburst for the next few minutes about whatever the hell we discussed...
"And then because his bullshit didn't work, he asked me to fuck off! How dare he?" I said angrily.
"Ummm..." She said.
"What?" I snapped.
"Look... Don't kill me... But I think he might not be lying! I mean... I had a feeling back then, but I wasn't really sure..." She said.
"Angela? Have you lost your mind?" I said incredulously.
"Yeah... The way he had confronted Tyler after the way he treated you... You remember Tyler broke his nose? I had a feeling..."
"He didn't confront him because of me! For God's sake... I think they had some stupid fight..." I said.
"Ummm... I don't think so..." she said, "I think he did that because of you..."
I shook my head with disbelief.
"Angela? I don't have any energy to talk to anyone right now!" I said and disconnected the call.
I couldn't sleep that night...
I was just so... angry!
What did he mean by he was 'always' in love with me!
I doubted if he was even 'nice' to me!
He always saw me as his rival, and that's it!
I guess he was just having some sadistic pleasure right now!
And how could Angela even believe him?
Tyler broke his fucking nose because he had challenged him to some stupid fight...
He had told me himself!
And... I believed him?
I tried to control my tears as I noticed Tyler, Lauren, Jessica and company laughing at me.
What was I thinking?
Tyler was never going to like someone so... plain like me!
I shouldn't have made a fool of myself by doing this horrible make-up!
They were right! I must be looking like an idiot!
I wished someone was here to support me.
I wished I hadn't even come to this party!
Maybe I should just leave from here to save myself from further embarrassment!
Yeah, that's what I do, I thought as I left Lauren's house.
"Bella... You're looking good! They're assholes! Don't let them control you... Let's go back!" Angela said.
"No... I'm not going back! I don't want to embarrass myself further!" I said.
"Bella..." Angela sighed.
"I'm going home..." I said.
"You should not run away like this!" Someone interrupted us, "They are assholes! You're giving them power if you run away!"
"Cullen? What are you doing here?" I said as I brushed my tears, "Just fuck off!"
"Where are you going? Are you going to just run away like a coward?" He asked.
"I said, leave me alone," I said.
"Why are you crying?" He asked, "I'd expect something better than this from you!"
"Edward... It's..." I didn't want him to see me cry like this!
"Are your arguing and fighting skills limited to me?" He asked, "Go and fight them!"
"But..." I cried, "They're right... I'm really not good at this!" I said as I tried to remove the lipstick, "I don't know what I was thinking. I'm not like them!"
"Yes, you're not like them. You're better than them!" He said.
"No, I'm not..." I said.
"Yes, you're," he said, "You're better than them and stronger than them. Don't let me control who you're and what you're, understood? By running away like this, you're giving them the power to control you. C'mon... Let's go back and show them that you don't care about what they think!"
I stared at him. What had gotten into him?
"Just leave me alone!" I said.
"Fine!" He said as he went back to the party.
And then I saw him with a broken nose two days later in the school.
He didn't do that for me, right?
Or... Did he?
