A/N: Haha ok so everyone's wondering what Austin was gonna tell Bella…you'll just have to wait to find out :)

Here's the next chapter. I know it took long enough but I hope the wait was worth it?

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Chapter 9:

BPOV

I tossed my phone to the side and laid down on my bed. Today had definitely been the craziest day of my life. Just to think that most of what Angela always talked about had been right all along. I wish I could shove what just happened today in all those people's faces who made fun of Angela and called her a freak. Even if I did that, whether they believed me or not wouldn't matter-I would immediately been placed in the same category as Ange: total freak. Not that I cared, I just didn't want people saying shit about me. I knew Austin would try to defend me through it all anyway.

Ugh, Austin. I really didn't know what to do about him. Our relationship has just been so difficult lately, more or less meaning before I moved to Forks. He was always jealous and needy. I guess I wasn't helping much with the way I acted sometimes, but I didn't want to be kept on a leash. The imaginary leash he has on me is stretching out so far, but it's so long that it seems it's never gonna snap apart like I wish it would.

I was always hoping one day, he would wake up and realize I'm not the person he wants to be with anymore and we would eventually drift apart. I had our whole conversation planned out about a month ago. He would tell me what was wrong and I would pretend to be sad about the whole situation. In the inside I would have been as ecstatic as ever. I would suggest we remain friends, because even though I didn't want him as my boyfriend or anything more, the selfish part of me still wanted him to be in my life. Throughout our whole relationship-especially and mainly in the beginning- he was there for me when I needed him. If Phil and Renee were fighting or talking shit about me being a fuck-up of a child, Austin was there for me to vent out my anger and hidden sadness I'm pretty sure only he and Ange knew about. If I was too drunk or stoned to even take a step without falling flat on my face, he was there to make sure I got home safely. And for those times I did fall on my face or get hurt even worse, he was there to take care of me and make sure I got the attention I needed. I would never forget the one time I almost busted my head open and Austin brought me to his dad, who was a doctor. He got me all stitched up and promised not to tell my parents, which I didn't really care about anyway. To sum it all up, Austin was always there for me. He was the best boyfriend anyone could ever ask for, except for me.

I sighed, looking at my iHome and seeing that it was already 12. I was getting insanely tired as the minutes passed by slowly. I had considered going to see Edward before I went to sleep to apologize about the phone call, but my bed had better plans for me and I fell into a deep sleep.

The next morning I woke up to the sound of my iHome blasting. Great, school. That's just where I wanna be right now. If I were back in Phoenix, I most likely would have called Austin and skipped. Unfortunately and not, that's not a solution any longer.

I got ready in the same routine I've gotten used to for weeks since I've been here. I was ready quickly enough and was about to go to my truck before I heard the familiar honk of Jake's car. What the hell was he doing here???

I awkwardly waved at him, not sure what he wanted. Thinking he just stupidly stopped to say hi, I continued walking back towards my truck. I heard him honk again and I could tell even from where I was standing that he was slightly exasperated. "I thought we agreed to give that piece of shit a rest?" Jake called out, a little awkward but still in a joking mood.

"Hey, don't hate the truck." I said and got into the passenger seat of the Rabbit. As soon as I was sitting down, he continued driving, concentrating really hard on the road. "Are you ok?" I finally asked him.

He let out a breath I didn't even see he was holding in and loosened his tight grip on the steering wheel. He briefly looked at me and sighed. "I'm fine."

"How blasé." I said sarcastically.

"Look, I'm sorry about what happened yesterday. I just…um…forgot I had to do something afterschool."

I let his words float around in the car for a little while before I started laughing. "Yeah right!"

He chuckled before saying, "I'm serious, I had to go do some work for my dad."

"Mmm-hmm. You're totally right. The look on your face definitely said you were late for something you had to do for your dad."

"I bet it did."

"You were scared shitless, just admit it." I said with a smug look on my face.

"OK fine, I was a little creeped out,"-I snorted at the word little-"but if you tell anyone I'll deny it."

"Don't worry, it'll be our little secret." I dramatically whispered with a friendly wink.

"I'm guessing you want the other stuff that happened before that to be a secret too, huh?" He said, kind of upset about the words he was saying.

I sighed and told him, "Uhh..I honestly don't care anymore Jake. Just say whatever you want just nothing bad, ok? I still got a rep to keep here."

He laughed as I smiled at him. He parked the car and when we got out and walking he said, "Don't worry, nothing bad at all happened between us yesterday."

"Good to know." I said. "You're pretty much my best friend here Jake. I'm glad there's not gonna be anything awkward or whatever."

He frowned and mumbled something that resembled, "Yeah me too."

I laughed a little before stopping and kissing him on the lips. In a second his arms were around my waist and I put mine around his neck. I knew for a fact everyone was staring, but I couldn't care less. Let people think what they want to, we know what happened between us. Well he might not know every single little thing like for example, everything about Edward and his family. It's not like it's important for him to find out. But I know that I have to find out even more about all of it.

A few seconds later, I let go of the embrace Jake had around me and smiled at him. "I'll see you at lunch." I said while walking backwards towards the door. He was standing there paralyzed like he almost didn't know what happened. I giggled and turned back around before throwing a wink in his direction.

Before I entered the building, I turned back around and saw that Mike, Tyler, and a few other guys had ran over to Jake and started asking him questions like crazy. I laughed and shook my head at that ridiculous behavior which made all of the guys act like 5th graders.

Although nothing really happened, I felt as though that leash I was on was beginning to tear.

EPOV

I sat on the small coach in my room and sighed. To think I actually thought today was one of the best days I've had in the longest time. Sure, it was all great till her cell phone ruined it. Technology these days doesn't seem as helpful and valuable as regular humans made it seem. Frankly it just seemed like an annoyance and a waste of money.

Blaming technology for what happened wouldn't fix my problems though. The real reason was him-Austin. I don't understand in the least why she doesn't just tell him to fuck off…unless she still really loves him. From what I found out from her conversation, I think the answer to the question was pretty obvious. She did still love him.

I didn't want to think of that at all so I got out my CD player and started listening to music. Since Bella and I were listening to Debussy, I decided to torture myself with memories by continuing to listen to it. It didn't do anything good to affect my mood so after about 15 minutes I put it away.

This was definitely the one day I wished I could sleep.

Several painful hours later, it was 7 A.M. and I knew Bella was waking up to get ready for school. I waited until I heard her bedroom door close and went downstairs to check on her. She ate a light breakfast before grabbing her bag and heading out to her truck. A few seconds after she got out the door, that disgrace Jacob Black signaled for her to get in his car. I snickered as I said his name in my mind, remembering how much of a wimp he was for leaving yesterday, not that I was complaining. At first I thought she wasn't going to ride with him but she proved me wrong once again and rode shotgun.

Having nothing better to do, I decided to follow her to the school. It's not like I was bothering anybody so I didn't necessarily see the harm in it. It didn't take too long to get there and when I did, what I saw took me by surprise. They were just innocently walking to the building when she stopped him out of nowhere and kissed him. He looked taken back by her actions but wasted no time in trying to bring her closer to him. She seemed to want the proximity as much as he did. Almost everyone nearby immediately stopped what they were doing to gawk at the PDA and start whispering. They were clearly making up stories to what might have happened between the two of them. Most of them were petty rumors that portrayed their jealousy while others started reminiscing about what happened between them at Bella's friend Jessica's party. After hearing what they did, I was seriously beginning to doubt everything. I didn't know why but I honestly thought that she actually wanted me around. Maybe she was just playing everyone, as well as me.

Then I realized she's like a modern day feminine version of the way I used to be so long ago.

This can't be good.