Storming Sky

BAD DAY

The next morning, Alice drove Bella and me to school. It was obvious Bella didn't sleep well, but nobody said anything. Alice felt bad about holding her against her will, but there was nothing she could do about it. Edward would give her hell if she let Bella go home tonight.

"Tonight we'll go to Olympia or something," Alice said in the car. Bella didn't look like she was listening. "That will be fun, right?" Alice nearly begged. She was trying.

"Why don't you just lock me in the basement and forget your sugar coating?" Bella scoffed. That was harsh.

"He's going to take the Porsche back. I'm not doing a very good job. You're supposed to be having fun," Alice frowned.

"It's not your fault," Bella muttered as we pulled into the parking lot. "I'll see you at lunch."

"What did I do?" Alice asked, a little upset that Bella wasn't in a good mood this morning.

"It's not you," I told her, putting my arm around her shoulder. "It's Edward. She's always grumpy when he gets like this. She's not mad at you, I promise," I told her, smiling. I didn't like seeing my sister upset.

"I guess so..." Alice said. "So are you really going on a date with Jacob Black tonight?" Alice asked, finally addressing the phone call from last night.

"It's not a date," I corrected her. "It's a friendly meeting to discuss our relationship."

"Alright," Alice laughed. I hit her.

"It's not a date!" I yelled at her.

"You and I both know that it's a date," Alice continued laughing. I just rolled my eyes.

"I can't let him think that, though. I'm still mad at him," I grumbled. If he knew that this was a date, I wouldn't have any power.

"Love is a funny thing," Alice trailed. "The amount of forgiveness you can give the man you love is incredible."

"Speaking from experience?" I asked Alice. I couldn't imagine Alice ever being angry with Jasper.

"It's a long story, I'll tell you some day," Alice promised, but then we were interrupted by the loud roar of a motorcycle. Jake's motorcycle.

"What the..." I turned around.

"Run, Bella!" I heard Jake yell. I looked at Alice, wondering if she was going to stop her. She was furious.

"What was that you said about forgiveness?" I asked Alice. No longer was she in the joking mood regarding my potential future spouse.

"I'm going to kill your boyfriend," Alice growled and stomped off to class. This was going to be a fun day.

Bella's story is that she went home sick. I heard it from Tyler first period. Mike apparently texted him bitching about how Jake came and swept her away.

The unfortunate part was that Jake's little "rescue mission" caused quite the scandal at Forks High School, and Bella and I were the center.

It doesn't make sense when someone else rides off on a motorcycle with your supposed boyfriend, unless you know the whole story. Unfortunately, there was no way to explain the whole story to the student body unless you get into the whole supernatural thing, and that wasn't going to happen.

"Looks like you've got some competition," Tyler said, sitting next to me during lunch. "Seriously, though, just give it to me straight, I've heard like ten different stories."

"Which ones? The one about Jacob cheating on me? The open relationship between Jake, Edward, Bella, and I? Or my favorite, Bella and Jacob being a couple and Edward and I following the Cullen tradition of dating non-biological siblings," I scoffed, picking at my lunch. My good mood had long gone away.