♡ Bella ♡
Ron slowed down beside me, grumbling as he looked back at the group assembled behind us . I have to hustle to drag him away from them in case , he recreates the scene of last Saturday where he indirectly told the entire class that we were a thing
" You should have let me loose at them " he growled in a low voice " I already have a bullet with that stupid asshole 's name on it , let me go and I might make this world a better place , alright ?"
I gaze at his bloodshot Oceanic blue eyes and suppressed the diatribe that I wished to throw his way .
Not Now , not this early in the morning .
" And why is that ?" I muttered vaguely as I tried to navigate our path through the jam pack corridor , all the while ignoring the ' Bella the Waddington ' chants
" Guy fucked my girlfriend , correction
♡ Bella ♡Expectedly , the short encounter with him did nothing but to elevate my anxiety and make my heart somersault even more. This small interaction with him had totally unsettled my nerves , half of my anxiety is thanks to the uncertain attention Jacob was feeding me . I didn't want to latch on to his attention but my heart wasn't listening to me , not in the slightest bit .It was enjoying the bits and crumbs of attention Jacob was feeding me .I didn't know what to expect or to do . I don't even have any idea what Jacob was going to say to me when he got me alone or how should I respond to him .I wanted to know whether he was trying to manipulate me just like he does with everyone but I held the sudden urge down because if I do that , it will only be my fatal fall .Jacob knows all the right buttons t
Crazy .Jacob Knight has gone crazy .His sudden purposal shocked me so much that I ended up getting choked on my own breathe , how the hell can anyone get choked on their own breathe ? I sputtered and coughed before managing an indignant " What ?"" Oh come on . " he chuckled shaking his head " I didn't ask for you to name your first born after me "" You do realize that this worse than that ?" I asked him , staring at him through eyes filled with disbelief " Alright , I get it you are not serious are you ? It might be one of your ' awesome ' pranks , is it ? "" Do you think I'm joking princess ?"Unease swept up my spine when I heard him " Stop calling me , Princess "" I will get right on it , princess . All you have to do is to say yes
♡ ♡ Bella ♡ ♡" Calculated image huh ?" he mused throwing a wink my way " It comes with my blood, Princess. I am the only heir of the Knight pharmaceuticals. I can't be a sobbing , broken mess now can I ?"My attention that has been slipping away was focussed on him once again . Not the jerkface , selfish and arrogant Jacob Knight but the Jacob Knight , The only heir of the Knight pharmaceuticals. If he was this mature about his positioning , if he already knew how to behave and act as to inherit his leadership position .The infamous Quarterback of Longhorn 's must be in some real pressure ever since his childhood .Instantly I remembered a saying , a throwaway phrase , that my nanna once told me ' only hurt people hurt others ' , was this the case with him ? Was this his way of hiding his pain that he received ? Then who was the one who ha
" I'm giving you an opportunity to say yes , Princess " said Jacob with an air of offering a great boon " say yes before you regret it , you don't want me to hunt you down , now do you Bella ?"For a miniscule of second my struggle stopped and there is a break in my focus as his dark fathomless eyes bore into mine. He seemed to be searching for something but what was it ? Was he waiting for fear to crawl up in my eyes or was he waiting for me to cry ? He and I both know that I find his touch uncomfortable and uncalled , he had accepted that much no matter how thick his skull was , so was he doing this for fun or was he genuinely interested in me ?No , this thought itself was laughable . There is no way he was really interested in me .He said it so himselfControl yourself stupid heart .Don'
After I returned to my home , took a bath and changed into my comfy pyjamas. I took out my assignments. I should be working on something productive , something that will help me get a full ride to my college . If I fail to get a free ride , not only will I be missing my seat that I worked my ass off for , I will be most likely ending up in one of my neighbourhood community college . And that's not what I want but since I'm the one who's going to pay for all the commodities in college , not only do I need to save every single dollar that I earn , I need to make sure that I ace every freaking test .Definitely impossible since I didn't take any AP classes in my second year .Ugh .But I wanted to get out of this town , sure I loved my family and maybe I will end up missing them on Christmas or any day that ends with 'y' but I don't want to remain stuck in this place , not where my most horrible memories were . 
Well fuck me .Squatting in front of my flat tyres , I bit down on my lower lip in frustration.There goes my pay chequeIn all honesty this was the sixth time in a month , a freaking record itself . I have tried to be accommodating , understanding even but now I was sincerely reaching the limit of my patience . Like who the fuck has the time to sneak in someone's else house only to make their car tyres flat in the middle of the night ? I would rather sleep in my cozy bed !But then again it seemed I have been taking Jacob's fan girls lightly .If possible I would just skip school altogether but I can't - not when I'm trying to run for a ride of salutatorians.I took my cell phone out and texted Selina , hoping that she will be turning up for school today ,if she was maybe I could share a ride with her .
Selina pulled her car and cut off the engine before staring in the rear view mirror " how do I look ? "" Like you can punch Conan Salvador in his face and make him cry mommy " I said with a grin releasing my seatbelt " But you were always pretty , Sel "" You don't count " she said with an eye roll " and nor does my mum both of you are out of jury "" That's rude " slapping her shoulder , I got off the car " I'm being truthful here "" Yea, yeah " Selina muttered as she locked the car " Today I will show those suckers what I'm made of. If anyone tried to bad mouth me today - it will be my fist and their mouth "" That's the spirit !" I couldn't stop the smile that was begging to etch upon my lips , even though I had enough troubles to fill the space between the great canyon
" Well , well .. look who is it " a long drawling voice called from our behind when Selina and I stepped out of the classroom after we were done with our first lecture .It has been hard enough to ignore Jacob's glare but throw in an equally enraged Conan and you got yourself a total package. All I wanted to to do get past the four horsemen and escape their territory that's why I couldn't help but snarl at this new arrival who looked nothing less than friendly.The speaker was a tiny girl - well not tiny but she was even smaller than me . But she had a typical model like body , with natural tan , her brown eyes were oh so similar to Conan and she had a menacing scowl on her face .She resembled the cliche mean girl of every school with that scowl plastered on her face ." The fake bitch " snarled the tiny brunette at Selina whose hands were clenched in fists , I didn't know whethe
EpilogueOne year later“What I’m trying to say is you can’t blame me for this !” exclaimed Jason , almost lunging at his girlfriend ‘s throat “ you are trying to argue with me with your so called theory but I’m telling you its not gonna work . If you gonna counter my theory you better prove it with real facts not ideologies “I grinned as Alicia gripped her head and groaned , like her head was going to explode any moment because of all the stress and frustration her boyfriend was giving her . Their debate session are always intense despite how loving they are out of the debate club , once inside - oh boy , they would be ready to lunge at each others throat and if I didn’t knew better I would have taken them as mortal enemies .They have never met a topic where the two of them would be able to cordially agree with each other . At first everyone was alarmed and worried when we firs
Bella“ Holy sizzles “ gasped Selina “ you look so beautiful ““ I know right “ said Adriana as she swiped her fake tears with her forefinger “ this is my master piece ,simply flaw-fucking -less amazing “To add to the effect she even sniffed” are you ready ?”Of course I was , this morning Adriana had stormed inside the room that I was sharing with Selina . I have told her in passing that I was going to do my makeup on my own - and believe me the girl squawked so loudly she was one pitch lower than the seagulls .If I wasn’t ready after all that , then I would never be ready . I nodded and once I did , Selina and Adriana grabbed my shoulders before turning me around to face the mirror .And I only had one word in my mind - Gorgeous .The solid champagne slit dress indeed flattered my curves , somehow it made me feel beautiful yet sexy at the same time . A
Bella“ It was the wedding dammit ! “ shrieked my mother “ I wanted you to be beautiful , I wanted you to feel beautiful ! Have you seen Lily ? She looks beautiful , she is healthy and active . The second she appeared in the wedding hall everyone’s gaze was locked upon her and she wasn’t even the bridesmaid ! What about you where were you ? I will tell you “ pointing her fore finger right at my face , my mother snarled “ you were being ignored , everyone was ignoring you despite Jennifer standing next to you because you are not what this society calls beautiful and healthy . You are average Bella , just average ! Do you want to be average ? Because I don’t ! I want my daughter to be beautiful and healthy , the centre of attention ! Even now the doctor can blame it all on the medicine but if you ask me , I say that it was all because you were so heavy . It wasn’t the side effect of the medicine that I gave you , No matter how much those doctor insist it is until they turn bl
Jacob“ Okay first question , exactly how much ICD one needs to overdose and die ? “ I asked but then furrowed my brows “ guess what that’s a stupid question isn’t it ? You can’t answer anyway . So “ I shrugged casually “Let’s see what exactly is the level of ICD overdose ,I can find it myself no need to trouble you “Wilkins ‘s eyes got as wide as saucers as he started to moan continuously , his eyes darting to the door and back to me .“ Ah , you better stop doing that - Grampy “ I told him with a warning note in my voice “ if something happened to you right now , you don’t even have someone to plan your funeral tonight “His eyes widened but he stopped struggling . His body went slack , and his chest rose and fell with uneven breaths . His eyes locked at the needles in my hand .“ that’s a good grampy “ I cooed soft
Bella" I think I will - umm , go ?" said Anna as she walked past Ron without waiting for an answer from me . I wanted to ask Ron , what was that about but the expression on his face made it clear that he didn't want to talk abut what happened just now .So , I swallowed my questions back . Instead I smiled at him " Hey , how are you doing ?"Ron who was still looking over his shoulder , turned his head back at me and smiled back " come on short stacks , is this question something you should be asking ? Instead it should be me asking , how do you feel after beating the death 's ass ?"I sit up a little more comfortably and flash him a victory sign " It feels awesome , I was -"I couldn't even get the words out because he already has his arms wrapped around me so tightly , that it was becoming a struggle to breathe ." I was so scared ,Bella .. just so scared " he said , his shoulders shaking as he rested his head on m
Bella" when I almost lost you , I realised how much I needed you " he said resting his forehead against mine " I didn't think about it while you were right by my side , but when I thought I was going to lose you , I realised that I never told you how much I need you "" I know , that already Jake "" Throughout my life I was scared about needing someone , scared that someday someone would want me and I would want her too "" I know that too "" No , you don't get it " he said nuzzling his head to my neck as he let his head drop down " You have no concept of how much I need you , if you knew you wouldn't be so calm , it would scare the hell out of you . It scares me too "" well , if it makes you feel better . I feel the same " All my life I have fought my battles alone , I have been disappointed so much by my family that I grew resistant even at the thought of needing someone . But Jacob was essential for me ." Glad
Jacob“ Hey , I’m back mum “ standing in front of the white headstone without Dante was awkward enough . But I knew I had to be here because she had always been there for me , I placed the bouquet of roses on her grave . My chest was rippling with so much relief and gratitude than ever before “ just so you know , I’m going to fulfil that promise the one that I made to you . I will study hard and inherit Dante -no Dad ‘s company and be a better man and son , a son you can be proud of ““What I want to say - oh to hell with this “ I wasn’t the emotional type and with all the errs and momentary pauses I was certain that my mum must be laughing at me if she was watching me right now “ What I want to say , is thank you . “ I looked at her grave before looking up at the blue sky “ Thank you so much mum , I know you came through for me …I know you did “Because she had
JacobI knew that this was real selfish on my part but you know what fuck it , because if I don’t put a stop on my pain right now , it will keep brewing until I was on the verge of dying with it . So better just end it before it becomes too much for me to handle .“ Mom , you don’t owe me a damn thing . But if you really have a pull up there I need you to string it up for me -please bring her back to me because I need her “ still leaning against the cold marble tomb , I uttered my final plea “ if you bring her back I will try my best to be a son that you can be proud of , so please tell that guy to return her back , I will do anything -please mum “Nothing , not even a flicker of grass or any soft caress of wind flew next to me . And I knew she didn’t hear it , And honestly I didn’t blame her because if I was in her place where my own kid loved my murderer instead , I wouldn’t listen to his damn ple
Jacob"I know you will be really pissed off about this but honestly I don't care because I have been pissed at you all my life and couldn't do a thing to you so yeah - that account is settled . Now we are going to talk about the new one -Bella , she is really a good person , she is loving , compassionate and caring - something I can't say about myself " I stopped breathing hard as emotions clogged my throat , I cleared it before continuing on with my speech that I have prepared after thoughtful consideration " and she is mine , you hear me mine not yours and you have no right to take her because -" my vision went hazy and something warm and wet trickled down my cheeks . I inhaled sharply staring down at the wooden flooring away from the altar " because she is my everything . I know people shit around the word ' love ' a lot now a days but this different . I have already promised her a future together and I can't fulfil that one promise if she is not by my side . " my voic