Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

An Imperfect Life

By Midnight Dreamer

Chapter 08: WTF?

(BPOV)

Bang, bang, bang,…

” Bella”

…Bang, bang, bang…

“Time to get up sleeping beauty”

…(door opens) squeak, squeak, squeak, bounce, bounce, bounce,…

” Get up Bella” Emmett screams as he jumps up and down on my bed.

“Go Away Emmett” I gargle.

I hate it when he wakes me up this way.

“Get Up little sister you have to get ready for school”.

“I’m Not going” I groaned and rolled over.

“Oh yes you are” Emmett growled playfully.

Suddenly I was flying through the air and crashed to the floor with my mattress on top of me. Emmett flipped my mattress with me on it…

“Emmett” I yelled.

I could hear him laughing on the other side of the room.

“Emmett get this thing off me” I squealed.

Suddenly the mattress was back on it’s frame and I was being pulled to my feet.

“Thanks a lot Emmett” I said as I punched him in the side.

“Ouch… no problem little sis. Glad to be of service”.

“I was being sarcastic Emmett. Now get out so I can get dressed”.

“OK….Okay. I’m going” he said as he ran out the door.

He just made it out and closed the door behind him as the sneaker I chucked at him bounced off the wall next to the door.

 We pulled up outside the school. Yippy another day. We were almost to the main entrance when they pulled up. “The Cullen’s” that is. The second they stepped out of their stupid shiny sports car everyone stopped to stare at them. Yeah big deal, so what. They’re attractive, they dress nice, drive nice cars, big deal. They are also anti-social jerks who think they are better then everyone else. They don’t talk to anyone but each other. I wonder what their problem is.

Emmett suddenly poked my side.

“What Emmett” I asked turning to look at him.

“That Cullen kid is staring at you again” he said. “What is that guys problem. Do you want me to go and rearrange his face for him?” he asked.

I chuckled loudly and said, ” No Emmett don’t bother he isn’t worth it, you don’t wanna start trouble, no need to get dad upset, he seems to be happier here”.

“Your right Bells…let’s go before I change my mind.”

Emmett walked with me to my first period class even though his was on the other end of campus.

“I’ll see you in gym” he said as he left me at the door to my class.

” Yeah see you then Emmy”.

Classes flew by that day like time was being sped up. Finally lunch was here. Emmett Walked with me in the lunch line and then to the table. He kept glancing over at the Cullen table. I’m not sure I could describe the look on his face. It changed constantly. One minute it looked like he was longing to go over there, the next it looked like he was gonna kill someone. That’s when I put it together. He would get that longing look when he looked at her! How could he, she is the enemy. She is one of them. The I kill you looks of course were aimed at Edward. It’s nice to know my brother has my back if I need it.

 Ring…ring…..The bell was ringing. Oh great! I have Bio with Edward next. I wonder if someone would trade me seats? Oh well no time now, I will just have to suffer. Emmett again walked me to class. When he saw I had this class with Edward I could of swore I heard him growl! How weird. I must be hearing things. I sat down next to Edward and let my hair fall down between us, so if I couldn’t see him then he couldn’t see me. The teacher was prattling on about flatworms or something I wasn’t really that interested in because I had already learned about parasites back in New York. I was preoccupied with the fact that I could feel his eyes boring into me. Like he was trying to x-ray me with his eyes.  I was all too aware of how glad I was my hair was between us.

(EPOV)

She let her hair fall down between us. I couldn’t see her face. I wanted to know if she was still angry with me. I wanted to know what she was thinking. No I can’t do this, I promised myself I would stay away and not get wrapped up with this girl. My attempts to switch classes was fruitless so I was stuck here with her. I could always just talk to her. Say hello. Introduce myself. No I have to stay away! Rose would kill me if we have to move again, and Jasper already thinks we should kill her. Alice is all for me pursuing this. She has had other visions of me and this Swan girl. Wow I wish I could talk to her. Suddenly my thoughts were interrupted by the teacher.

“Ms. Swan can you tell us the difference between tapeworms and flatworms?” he asked her.

“Um….” She was stuttering. She must not have been paying attention either. Oh I really wish I could hear her thoughts.

“Tapeworms can be removed through use of medications. The medicines will poison and kill the worms so they can be excreted with the body’s own waste. Where as flatworms need to be removed through surgical procedures. They can grow to be several feet in length and most if not all prescription drugs are ineffective for these such parasites”.

Wow! She is smart. That was almost word perfect. She doesn’t even have her book out. Again Wow!

“Thank you Ms. Swan. That is correct. It’s nice to see when students actually pay attention and learn the materials we are studying.”

She smiled at him and then quickly ducked her head back down.

(BPOV)

Wait what? “Um….” what was he asking. Oh yeah flatworms and tapeworms, differences. Yeah I got this. I stuttered out what I remembered.

There that should do it. Hey why is he staring at me again. I don’t understand him. I have never seen any of them stare at anyone like this, did I do something to offend him and not know it. He looks like he is in shock.

“Thank you Ms. Swan”…..blah blah. Okay thanks teacher man, that’s really all I need is for you to bring more attention my way. I  let the hair fall between him and myself again. Then the bell rang. Thank you. I grabbed my stuff quickly and headed for the door, but my shoe caught on something and then the next thing I new I was headed towards the floor. Suddenly someone had their hands around my waist pulling me back up. Who? I turned around to thank them only to see that it was Edward.

“Thank you” I said shortly.

“Your welcome Ms. Swan” he said it so formal.

” My name is Bella”. I told him.

“Well then your welcome Bella” he said taking my hand in his and kissing the back of it.

” I am Edward Cullen it’s a pleasure to make your acquaintance Bella”.

“Like wise, I guess” I said.

Wonder why he is being so proper. He is such a freak. Then I remembered he still had a hold of my hand. His skin was cold to the touch. That could be because he sits next to the air conditioning unit in the class which always seems to be on. Just thinking about my hand in his sent a jolt of annoyance through me. Just as If he could read my mind he dropped my hand. That’s what I thought.

“Well Ms. Swan I must be on my way before I am late for my next class”. he brought me out of my reverie.

“Yeah whatever. The name’s Bella”. I replied.

He smiled at me, nodded and  was gone. I hurried to my next class which I had with Emmett. I took notes in English and told Emmett I would share with him. The rest of the day finished quickly. On the way home Emmett asked me all kinds of questions about Biology.

“So did he stare at you all class again?”

“I don’t know Emmett I didn’t pay much attention to him” I replied.

“So did he say anything this time at least?” he asked.

“Actually Emmett he did. He introduced himself to me after he kissed my hand. But that was after he stopped me from meeting the floor with my face.” I said.

Emmet looked completely dumb struck. I think I like this Emmett. Silent. It stayed that way the whole way home.

(EPOV)

I saw her trip and start falling, I couldn’t let her get hurt. So I raced to her and grabbed her by the waist and stood her upright. She spun around to face me shocked. We spoke shortly. It seemed like she was thinking of something and then her eyes turned to look at our hands. I forgot I still had a hold of her hand. A sudden look of annoyance crossed her features. So I pulled my hand away. She looked relieved. I excused myself and then left the room. I got outside around the first building when Alice caught me.

“Oh Edward I knew you could do it.” she cheered.

“I’m glad I made you happy Alice” I replied.

“What! You can’t tell me you aren’t thrilled I saw the smile on your face”. she chuckled.

“Okay Alice you win, yes I’m thrilled.”

“Oh Edward when are you gonna see her again? Did you ask her out?”. she has a million questions rolling around in her head.

Then I heard another voice it was Mike Newton. He is the despicable jock who thinks he is gods gift to girls.

“Oh great she isn’t even here two days and Cullen is trying for her. She hasn’t even met me yet. I know she won’t be able to resist me” he thought.

“Ugh…” I said out loud.

“What is it Edward?” Alice asked.

“Mike Newton is having impure thoughts about Ms. Swan.” I said agitated.

“Edward I thought she told you to call her Bella”. Her correction made me smile.

“Yes she did”. Alice Chuckled.

” So Edward are you gonna answer my questions now?” Alice asked.

” OK Alice! As to when I am gonna see her again the answer is tomorrow at school. Like everyday. As to did I ask her out, No I didn’t.”

“But why not Edward?” she asked giving me her pout face, I can’t deny her anything when she does that.

“Well for one Rose will kill me and two your husband will kill her! Not to mention she doesn’t really seem to like me.” I stated.

“HE WILL NOT! ” she stormed. Completely missing what I said after that.

I saw what she was thinking and suddenly felt bad for Jasper. If there is one thing I know for certain it’s that you don’t piss off Alice. She stormed off in the direction of Jasper’s next class. Oh boy is he gonna get it! I laughed to myself and headed off to class. It flew by like all my other classes. I made it out to the parking lot in time to see Bella’s ride pulling out on to the road. I happened to catch some of the conversation; her brother was asking about Biology. She seemed to be getting aggravated with him. Then they were to far away for me to hear anymore. Now however, I could hear the thoughts of my family coming from behind me.

“Edward better not do anything stupid. If I have to move again because he has this infatuation with this human girl, I will rip him limb from limb.”

Wow Rose doesn’t sound happy about this new development.

“Jasper will not hurt my new best friend. I won’t let that happen. I’ve seen what the future will be and she is gonna make Edward so happy, she is gonna be my best friend.”

Awe Alice. What does she mean about me being happy with the girl. I will have to ask her later.

“Edward how could you even think of anything like this. If she finds out what we are she is dead anyway. Unless you plan on changing her in which case Rose will kill you anyway. You know how she feels.” Jasper thought

Oh great more things to worry about. I will ask Alice to help clear this up. We piled into the car and headed home. I had tons to think about and a million questions to ask Alice. It’s gonna be a long night.