Becoming Bella

" Welcome back , Rodger! " Voices said in collision.

A crowd gathered around Rodger and his mother with balloons,cards and flowers.

"I'd better get going; play audition!" Gwenyth said, waving as she walked.

"I'm going to audition as one of the dancers for the play as well, So I'll see you in mathematics" Lea waved to me, and so she followed her twin sister.

I sat down at a bench, and just followed the crowd as it got bigger and bigger.

" ROD! " I heard Danny, Rodger's best friend, yell his name.

He squeezed through the crowd and pounded Rodger and finished off with a manly hug.

Students held balloons and cards, even flowers. The clique of girls who were completely in love with Rodger oowed and awed and tried to reach up to him.

I decided to leave Rodger some air to breath and stood up walking to the crowd.

The crowd paid no mind to me, until I said

"EXCUSE ME!" In my loudest voice.

The crowd turned their heads and it seemed like the whole campus had fallen silent.

The crowd separated to let me through. I reached over to Rodger and my arms fell over his shoulders , and I whispered "Thought I'd give you some space,", and kissed him.

We walked over to the gym building, yet the crowd followed us until the bell rang.

"Bye guys, thanks for the stuff!" He said, holding up a bouquet of flowers.

"I thought they'd never leave," I said.

He smiled and waved with his free hand as he walked away.

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"Hey," Rodger sat down next to me.

Gwenyth and Lea gave me a little smirk, and I rolled my eyes.

Gwenyth and Lea carefully watched us, but I know they aren't used to seeing us together.

"Hey!" Caitlin Johnson walked up and sat down.

"Hey Kate," Gwenyth said.

Emily is Gwenyth and Lea's best friend, she visits me and Gwenyth's dorm a lot.

"Hey Caitlin," I smiled.

"Hey Bella, how's Coconut?" She asked.

"Oh, he's fine. He's in the animal daycare," I explained.

"Cool. Hey Gwena, did you hear about Margaret?" They whispered.

They whispered to each other, and soon enough it was feeling a bit awkward.

"We'll be leaving now," I said, picking up my tray and nudging Rodger in the arm carefully.

"Okay. See you in --"

"Bella," A familiar voice said. Her tray hit the table.

I looked up and saw Miranda. I had completely forgotten Miranda. She lived in my building.

"I'm really sorry I was being mean to you a few weeks ago. But I have a surprise. Dorm room 462 hallway 7, I'll be there by four," She left.

"What do you think she wants to give you?" asked Rodger, throwing away the excess food in his tray.

"I honestly have no absolute idea. Let's go outside," I said, pulling his hand.

We sat down under a shade provided by a tree.

I placed my head on his shoulder.

"How are you feeling?" I asked.

"Please don't," He said moving over to be able to look at me.

"Don't what?" I asked.

"I feel you don't... like me," He said.

I looked up to him in shock.

"Like your just doing all of this because I took the risk to go inside that burning building to find you," He said.

I just stared in awe.

"Doing all of what? I don't understand,"

"You know like kissing me and being more romantic and so,"

"Okay then I shall no longer kiss you," I said, turning my back on him.

"It's not that I don't want you to kiss me, I mean, I do really want you to kiss me, But it's not really you; before all of this happened, you never kissed me as often, you know?" He explained.

I placed my head on my knees for a while.

"So you're basically breaking up with me?" I asked.

"I feel like... yes," He said.

That was enough.

Before my eyes would rain tears, I grabbed my bag and stood up.

"I can't believe it,that's what you think I'm doing?" I stopped.

"All I wanted to do is give you something back. I wanted to make you feel the way I felt when you came out of that building," I realized that I was almost yelling.

I wiped my tears with my sleeves.

" I thought I'd thank you in a way; something a long that line.I can't think right now. I can barely speak because of what you are thinking. I thought I'd be even with you... I just... wanted --"

He grabbed my arm and spun me around and somehow our lips landed together.

I pulled my arms in top of his shoulders. I fell into a small fantasy in a way. His lips separated from mine's and he whispered something in my ear.

"That was enough to clean my mind from those thoughts. I hope you forgive me," He said.

He looked and whispered again, "And you didn't have to be even with me," He said.

The bell rung and he walked away, but I ignored the bell and just sat under the tree scribbling words on a piece of printing paper.

After the bell rung once again, I decided to head off to the music hall, which surprisingly isn't actually a hall, it's actually right in the same building as the auditorium.

I did my usual of playing violin, then headed off to the rest of my classes.

After what seemed a long day; I said goodbye to Rodger and headed off to my room.

"I don't want to join Glee club," Caitlin discussed with Gwenyth as I entered the room.

"I suggest not to either," I said.

"Well hello to you too; Ms.Terry isn't in the school anymore anyways; had some kind of drinking problem; Her husband had died recently;" She explained.

I suddenly felt upset for Ms.Terry.

"Oh, yeah, I have to get something from Miranda,"

I walked over to the dorm room and we talked for a while.

"Here's what I wanted to give you," She held up a bird cage.

I looked closely.

"Jazz!"

I opened the little wired door and the small rodent climbed into my hands.

I set the hamster on my lap and hugged Miranda.

"Thank you, so, so much!" I said.

I hid the small cage inside my bag.

Luckily Gwenyth loved little Jazzy, and so we were to discuss something-- something I didn't hear what-- tomorrow, then Gwenyth dozed off in her sleep.

~BELLS