New story time, hope you enjoy!

Thanks to my amazing beta dolphin62598.

And MoDunk for prereading and for being perfect.

Spring 2005-

"Go away."

"I'm going to need you to ask me a little nicer."

"Go away please?" I added with a little bat of my eyelashes.

Was I trying to flirt? Was I succeeding?

Did it even matter? This was Edward Masen we were talking about. Of course, it mattered it.

"I'll try again tomorrow," he said with a wink then walked away joining his group of gross boys.

"I wish you wouldn't," I yelled, being greeted with his cute smirk. I just called Edward cute? What in the heck was going on here?

Edward had been asking me to be his girlfriend since the first day of seventh grade. Now we were in eighth and he wasn't giving it up. I don't think I wanted him to anymore.

I had known Edward all my life, we lived a street away from each other and our parents were best friends. Heck, we had been best friends from birth until third grade when Vicki told

me boys had cooties and that Edward was a boy, as if I didn't know that. The next day I avoided him and walked to school with Vicki, only talking to him when he came over with his

parents.

That went on for years until seventh grade, we where in a new school, older, more mature and boys weren't gross anymore. But Edward was, well not my type, not that I really had

one. He was cute, he always had been but he was wicked skinny, had a little acne, greasy out of control hair and spent all day skateboarding. He was kind of a loser and I was not,

not anymore.

I was Bella, friends with everyone, skinny, short, ordinarily pretty and would never be Edward's girlfriend. I had a reputation to uphold and hanging out with him and Riley or James

was the quick ticket to Loserville.

The first time Edward asked me to be his girlfriend, I understood. I was in a trendy, short skirt and looked good; it was the first day of school. He walked over to me at lunch, sitting

down backwards in the chair next to me and said I was pretty but would look better at his table. Serious eye rolling commenced once he walked away with a promise to be back

tomorrow, and he did, everyday. It was annoying and I wasn't always nice with my rejection; I mean he asked me to the girl's choice dance, who does that?

I figured by eighth grade he would have gotten the picture and stopped but he didn't, in fact he stepped up his game. There would be a random bouquet of flowers in my room when I

woke up or he would spend an occasional Saturday fishing with Charlie. Then I would have to hear how great of a young man he was and that he would be the perfect boyfriend. Oh

and he carried my books everywhere, I kind of liked that.

Truthfully, I loved the attention, it was nice to feel wanted but Edward and I weren't going to happen, ever.

But then Vicki noticed James, liked really noticed him. Suddenly we were hanging out at the small skateboarding park where Edward had moved up from skateboarding to a bike and

he was good. While Vicki fawned all over James even though he didn't notice, I started to really look at Edward. He was kind of hot, way hotter than Mike; still lanky but had a little

muscle. I would catch myself drooling when he would take his shirt off if it was really hot. He still had the greasy looking hair, wore the same jeans, plain fitted t-shirt, hat and

sneakers, almost everyday but it was suddenly working for him, or maybe me. I started dreaming about him and looking forward to lunch and his inevitable 'be my girlfriend' spiel.

Then one day I hesitated then nodded and said yes when he asked if I wanted to be in a couple with him? He seemed as surprised as I was, but right then it felt kind of right. I didn't

take it back, even though he looked like he thought I was going to in any minute.

From that day on, Edward walked me to every class and no matter where his class was he managed to meet me at the doorway right after the bell rang. He would hold my hand while

he walked me to and from school and wasn't afraid to kiss me in front of his friends.

He was kind of perfect, for me.

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