Hello, once again! Back in the day, I was a big Elizabeth/Lucky of GH fan. From when Elizabeth came onto the scene till Lucky "died" I loved them. But just that version, not the later ones. Ultimately, that initial young love pairing, and the Elizabeth and Ric pairing are my favourites, with the latter being my most loved. Anyhow, I was bored and Youtubed videos of the pair and this story popped into my head. It will be loosely based on the story of how the two came to be together.

Warnings: This story will deal with rape, so if you need to stop now, that's fine. I will post a warning where I think one needs to be. There are adult themes and language.

Disclaimer: Not mine, don't anything. Just borrowing for a bit.

"Homecoming is this Saturday."

"Yeah, I know."

"That's three days away."

"And?"

"And do you know what you're gonna wear? Who you're going with?"

"Rose, I already told you I didn't want to go."

With a huff, Rosalie Hale-Swan walked up to her friend and step-sister and shook her shoulders as she sat at her desk. "Bella, you can't keep acting like this. I know you didn't want to move here, it's too green, too wet and cold. But you've got to get over it already. Phoenix is over. Forks is now. You're missing so much by moping."

"That's easy for you to say." Bella shoved her sister off her and moved to sit on her bed. "You're here not even five minutes and everyone loves you. Forks High makes you some honorary queen or some shit. You even got a boyfriend on the first day."

Rosalie shook her head, regarding her sister kindly. "What about Edward? Have you asked him? You guys are best friends, I'm sure he wouldn't mind hanging out with you."

A look of horror crossed Bella's face. She couldn't dare ask Edward. It would be too humiliating for one, admitting she needed her friend to take pity on her because she wasn't good enough to be asked, and then if he said no, which he probably would, she wouldn't be able to handle the rejection. "I don't think that's a good idea."

"Why?" Rose began innocently, but then her face scrunched up as an unpleasant thought popped into her head. "Is he still hung up on Tanya? I swear that boy needs to pull his head out of his ass. She's my age, already has a boyfriend, and she doesn't even know who he is, much less want to. Really, it's one thing to have a crush; it's another to let it become this ridiculous."

Bella simply nodded though she felt just as ridiculous. Rose was right though, Edward was being ridiculous about the whole thing. Tanya Daniels was two years older, a senior to their lowly sophomore status, had been dating her boyfriend, Felix, since junior high, and didn't have the faintest idea who Edward Cullen was. She was head cheerleader to Felix's star quarterback, and didn't have time for underclassmen. But one look over the summer at the carnival and Edward was smitten with her. At least that's what Bella figured out pretty quickly after he started talking about how great Tanya looked today, and how kind she seemed and blah, blah, blah. He didn't know when to quit and it broke Bella's heart every time.

Edward was the first friend she'd made after moving to Forks at the end of freshman year. Well, it was more she was trying to text her old friends back in Phoenix to stave away the boredom at going over material she'd already covered the year before, when the teacher caught her and Edward, being his charming self, saved her from detention on her first day. He had claimed they were exchanging numbers so that he could help her catch-up. From then on, she latched herself onto him, following his lead, sticking by his side and in a way, forcing him into being her friend since she wouldn't go away. She didn't count on falling for him though, and so when he caught a glimpse of Tanya, Bella knew she would never amount to anything more than friend in Edward Cullen's eyes.

"I don't know what Edward's doing," Bella finally said. "When he started talking about Tanya being Homecoming Queen and how he wanted to go to see if he could get a dance with her, I tuned him out. Besides, um, Jacob Black, uh said it would be cool if we met up somewhere." Bella held her breath at this. She'd always been a terrible liar and hoped Rose wouldn't see it.

"Jacob Black?" Rosalie asked as Bella released the breath. "Really? Big shot football player asked you to hang out?"

Rosalie wasn't believing her but Bella had to push forward. She at least knew of Jacob from her gym class, could make the lie somewhat plausible. "Uh, yeah. He said he wasn't going but that he was meeting some people from La Push in Port Angeles for the movies. Or something."

"Isn't he dating Leah Clearwater still?"

"Oh um, no. They broke up, that's why he's not going anymore." Bella knew that was true. She was just hoping that he wouldn't be going to the dance since he wouldn't have a date.

"Oh. Well, just be careful. Ex-girlfriends can be a nightmare."

And with that, the conversation was over. Rosalie left Bella's room, and Bella breathed a sigh of relief. She knew her sister was only looking out for her, but she didn't know how she felt about Edward. Rose didn't know how much it cut Bella to hear all about Tanya, Tanya, Tanya. It was best just to lie. It was best just to create a plan so that she didn't get hurt because if she went to that dance, and saw Edward drooling over the unreachable, it would crush her.

He sat on the couch, watching his twin sister giggle into the phone every five minutes. Alice had found a boy she liked, and the boy, his friend, Jasper Whitlock, liked Alice back. It was enough to make Edward sick. But he loved his sister and had promised he wouldn't act crazy over this. Besides, he had more important things to think about. Like how to win Tanya Daniels' heart at the Homecoming dance on Saturday. It was only two days away now, and he had to mentally prepare himself.

When he thought about her, he got goose bumps. He remembered the first time he saw her, over the summer. He and Bella were trying to see which turkey leg they wanted when Tanya and her boyfriend, Felix, walked by. He'd noticed her before in school, but it was the moment she locked eyes with his, a sweet smile on her face, that he knew she was the woman for him. It didn't matter that all his friends laughed at him over it. It didn't matter that she was two years older and graduating at the end of the school year. It didn't even matter that she had a boyfriend and had been with him for five years. Anything could happen.

So he made it a mission to try and find a way to get her attention. He tried out for the football team, but being that he was more into hockey, he wasn't selected. Then he tried joining drama since Tanya, he found out, always wanted to be an actress. But it was at the same time as his music class so he wasn't able to take it. So he decided he would sweep her off her feet at Homecoming.

Everyone thought he was being completely ridiculous, even Bella, but he wouldn't be dissuaded.

"Stop drooling, Edward. You're gonna flood the house."

Breaking out of his thoughts, Edward glared at his sister. "I'm not drooling."

"Right. I can tell by that pathetic look on your face that you're thinking about Tanya again," Alice sneered. She couldn't understand his infatuation. "Seriously, when are you going to get a clue? She's older than you, has a boyfriend, doesn't even know your name, and there are tons of girls our age that like you."

"You don't know what you're talking about," Edward hissed back. He was tired to being the butt of the joke over this.

"I don't? You know how Lauren and Jess are always talking to you? It's because they like you. And don't even get me started on Bella. You have the perfect girl right in front of you and you can't pull your head out of your ass for five seconds to see past a pretty face. And a pretty face you don't even know, for that matter."

"What? You're crazy." Edward shook his head vehemently. Bella didn't like him. "Bella doesn't like me."

"Sure she doesn't. That's why she is always at your side, always following your lead. That's why every time you ramble on and on and on about your precious Tanya, she looks like you've kicked her right square in the gut and then ripped her heart out and stomped on it." Alice was mad now. How could her brother, her twin, of all things, be so completely oblivious and delusional? "Maybe if you took a look back at reality, you'd see what everyone else already knows."

Edward watched his sister hurry out of the room, shaking her head at him in disgust. But he knew she wasn't right. Bella didn't like him like that. Yeah they were friends, but that was it. Besides, when he'd asked her about the dance, after telling her his mission to win Tanya, she said Jacob Black had asked her to hang out for a couple songs, thinking maybe he liked her. That just solidified it for Edward. If she liked him, even a little bit like that, he knew he'd be able to tell, and there was no way she'd accept an invite from someone else. He wasn't dumb.

The night of the dance, Rosalie had asked Bella when Jacob was picking her up. She'd lied about her plans, and needed a quick recovery. "Oh, I'm meeting him there so if I want to leave early, I can."

Rosalie nodded. "And mom and dad are okay with this, right?"

"Of course! You think I'd make plans to drive to Port A without asking permission?" She knew her voice rose a bit as she spoke, but she hoped her sister wouldn't notice. Instead, she just received another nod and a wish to have a good time.

Once she had the house to herself, her parents opting for a date of their own, Bella got dressed in jeans and a long-sleeved shirt, wanting to be comfortable during her moping. She grabbed her heavy jacket, being October it was bound to be chilly, and headed to her truck. She didn't want to be a complete liar, even though her parents thought she was going to the dance, so she decided to go to Port Angeles and see what she could do to kill some time before it was appropriate to come home.

So? Let me know what you think, should I keep going? R&R please and thank you!