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Baby let me love you, let me want you. We could be a beautiful, miracle, unbelievable instead of just invisible.

Edward Cullen has been my best friend since we were in diapers. We grew up together, along with my cousin Emmett, and Edward's sister Alice. Our fathers have been close friends since college, and moved together to Forks after graduation. Our mothers are two very different people, but get along well enough to be sisters. My parents, Charlie and Renee were high school sweethearts, and Edward's parents, Carlisle and Esme met during college. Emmett moved in with us when he was six, because his mother passed away and his father was never involved. Emmett is like my big brother, and I couldn't love him more. Alice is my best friend, only second to Edward (not that I would ever let her know that) and even though we are both super busy, we always make time for slumber parties to catch up. Jasper and Rosalie Hale were also close family friends. Emmett has been dating Rosalie for 3 years, and Alice and Jasper have been dating for 2. These people are my family, and that will never change.

I ran outside with my Forks Girls Basketball sweatpants tucked into my Uggs, with a white tank top covered by a black northface.

"Bee, why in the world are you wearing those shoes? You know that you look ridiculous..." Edward asked as he waited next to his ancient Jeep.

"For your information Edward, these shoes are absolutely amazing. And they keep my feet warm in your crappy car." I said as I hopped into the topless and doorless jeep. "I think I'm gonna start driving to school…honestly you need to get a new car before I get hypothermia on the way to school." I added as I pulled on my seatbelt quickly. (Picture on my Profile)

"One, your too afraid to drive your precious car to school…two, tell that to Carlisle… 'you are not getting a new car until your grades improve.'…Puhlease! He should know me well enough to realize that straight C's is the best I can do…I mean honestly, I go to school, then practice for hours, then home to eat dinner and practice some more…no time for homework. But he has never pushed the academics until now. It has always been basketball, baseball, football…he is absolutely ridiculous. All of a sudden dropping the grade bull on me…" He ranted.

"Oh, are you done?" I teased. "Edward, you're going to get your car. Just give Esme the eyes. She can't resist." He slammed the jeep into third and flew past the car in front of us.

"Like I haven't already tried…maybe you should give her the Bella eyes…no one can resist the Bee eyes…" he pleaded. I laughed.

"Fine, I will try after school…speaking of, we're going to be late again. Mr. Moro is going to kill us….he already can't stand us. Who likes English anyway?" It was my turn to rant.

"Not I…what are we even reading now? Something about angry grapes?" he questioned as I shrugged. We screeched into a parking spot and checked out the clock. "7:34…race you!" This was becoming somewhat of a routine. We were never on time for school. Emmett and Alice even resorted to ditching us and riding with Rosalie and Jasper. Emmett was dating Rosalie, and Alice was dating Jasper, Rosalie's twin brother. We would always end up full on sprinting to class and never making it before the bell. As we crossed through the fire doors we ran together down the hallway. Edward came to a perfect stop outside the classroom and steadied himself to enter, while I skidded right past the door and ended up flying onto my butt. Edward lost it.

"Stupid Uggs… no traction…going to get killed…" I muttered as I stood up and brushed myself off. Edward continued to laugh as he helped me up, and he was so cute when he was laughing that I couldn't help but join in. We walked into the classroom still giggling, and the class didn't even bother to turn around. They were used to our late entries.

"Mr. Cullen, Miss Swan, again nice of you to join us. I will see you in detention per usual." He said in his awful, monotone voice.

"Of course, sir." I said as we took our seats in the last row.

"As I was saying, we are in the last chapter of 'The Grapes of Wrath', and as a treat I figured we would watch the movie. It is quite old and in black and white, but it is a movie nonetheless. Enjoy." Mr. Moro said as he turned off the lights and popped in the awful movie. I grabbed a piece of paper and quickly scrawled a note. I passed the note over to Edward and he quickly responded.

Hey…you wanna ditch study today and run to Murphy?

Can't…gotta meet up with Tanya. Apparently we need to 'talk'.

Oh snap…have fun with that. I think I'm gonna go anyway…I need to chill out for a few.

Murphy…Really? When is the last time you went there? Is everything ok?

Yeah I'm fine. Just a little stressed I think…I just need some quality Murphy time…

He laughed quietly and continued writing on the paper.

Kay, well be careful...make sure your back for Trig. I think that we might have a test.

You think? Haha. I Always am. I will be back by the end of lunch.

That's my girl.

I smiled…I wish he meant that in a different way. I crumpled up the note and threw it into my backpack. I felt my phone buzz so I picked it up. 'One new text message.'

Emmett: Hey Bells, Rose & I are goin out after school. Get a ride with Edward.

Bella: Em! No…he is driving Tanya! I. Can't. Stand. Her.

Emmett: Get over it. U have detention anyway. See you tonight.

I snapped my phone shut forgetting where I was for a second. Mr. Moro's head snapped up so fast I thought he may have broken something, but I swiftly dropped my phone into my bag before he could catch me.

"Hey…I need a ride home…Emmett and Rose are going out." I whispered.

"But I'm taking Tanya…" he whispered back.

"I know… but I need a ride." Edward is well aware that Tanya and I are far from friends. She is unquestionably pretty with really long strawberry blonde hair and hazel eyes. Her features are rounded and nicely proportioned. Her problem arises from her personality. She is stuck up and super clingy. She hates me purely because she knows how close Edward and I am. It is always extremely awkward when we ride together and believe me it wasn't my first choice in a ride home.

"Maybe Alice and Jasper could take you?" I shook my head. Jasper had work right after school and Alice was going straight to the mall to shop for the fashion show coming up next week. He looked at me pleading…clearly he didn't want me with him.

"You know what, it's fine, I can walk." I said more harshly then I meant to, and I turned away as Mr. Moro hushed us.

When the bell rang, I stood up quickly and walked out of the room without saying anything to Edward. He would never know, but I have had a huge crush on him for a long time. When he started dating Tanya, it basically broke my heart, but I kept a strong facade. I knew that I wasn't much competition for her. I had long brown hair and chocolate brown eyes. She had an enormous chest, and mine was barely there. I was an athlete and definitely had an athlete's body. Everything was toned, there were no soft curves or hourglass figure. I am not the girl who will say she is ugly just for attention, but I am not beautiful and I have accepted that. Before they got together, he would constantly talk about how pretty she was, and that he needed help getting her. Not that I would admit it, but he needed no help whatsoever.

Edward was the epitome of gorgeous. He was tall, with toned muscles and a beautiful complexion. His bright green eyes were dangerously captivating, and his bronze hair was always perfectly messy. His gorgeous crooked smile could brighten anyone's day, and it has been known to dazzle me frequently

I went to my next class, gym. It was one of my favorite classes, because it allowed me to let out all of my energy and clear my head. Today we were playing basketball and one of my good friends from my team ran up to me.

"Hey Bella…we wanna play girls verse guys! You up for it?" Angela asked. I nodded my head and we jogged over to the court.

"I got Swan!" Jacob called to his team. I had known Jacob for a while. When we were younger we played sports together, and now he was on almost all of Edward's teams. He nudged my shoulder playfully.

"You're on Black…ready to lose to a girl?" I teased him. He laughed. I guess he was pretty cute. He was super tall and had light brown skin and dark eyes. We played the entire class, and eventually it ended up being me versus Jacob. We were joking around more than being serious, and when I went up for my last shot, he grabbed me around the waist and spun me around. We ended up both collapsing onto the ground and laughing harder than I have in a while. We hadn't hung out in a long time, and when Jacob pointed it out I agreed that we do something that week.

"Hey, you wanna walk to study?" I forgot he was in that class with me.

"I'm actually gonna skip…but we'll definitely hang out later this week. Okay?" I had a huge smile. He was nice, and I guess I never noticed how cute he actually was. He was nothing compared to Edward though…

"I'm holding you to that Bella. This was fun!" He half hugged me as we parted for our separate locker rooms. After changing, I snuck out of the back door of the locker room and headed towards the woods. I did a happy dance when I got to the trail without being caught. Today was my lucky day. I started jogging towards my destination…Murphy. When I arrived, I felt myself instantly relax.

Murphy was actually a giant tree in the middle of the woods, on a piece of property owned by the Cullens. When we were younger, we spent an entire summer building the ultimate tree house at the top of Murphy. The property as a whole was like an amazing summer camp retreat. The treehouse was equipped with full electricity, and it even had cable. We threw in some couches and there was even a small bed. There were tons of pillows and blankets everywhere. There was a slide out the back that led directly into the lake. It had a basketball court, a full blown playground, tire swings, and there was even a diving board, a rope swing, and canoes and paddleboats for the lake. When Edward and I were younger, we found a beautiful meadow and we used to run off to it to escape the rest of the world. Murphy was probably one of my favorite places when I was a kid, but the meadow still holds a special place in my heart. A lot of memories were contained inside the treehouse, and it was relatively bittersweet to be here. We had stopped coming here as often when we started high school. It felt like our lives had skyrocketed into different places, and Murphy was rarely even brought up anymore.

I started to climb up the makeshift stairs and I couldn't help the smile that crept across my face when I finally reached the little deck. I bent down to the lock and moved the combination into place. When the lock clicked I pushed the door open and walked into the open room. It was completely sealed off, like a regular house so it was really stuffy and dusty from its limited use.

"Wow…we really do need to come here more often." I went around and opened all the windows. The slide had been sealed off so that no animals could get inside the treehouse, which was a brilliant idea when I thought about it. I checked the time, study wasn't even half over. I laid down on the couch and closed my eyes. Memories came flooding back to me like a storm.

"Alright Bella. It's your turn." Mike stated. Alice was having a party in the treehouse for her 14th birthday. Everyone but Alice, Edward, and I were older than us. They were playing truth or dare, and although I knew it was probably a bad idea I played just to seem cool. "Bella truth or dare." He asked with a smile.

"Umm…dare." I answered cautiously. His smile grew wider.

"I dare you to kiss Edward…on the lips!" He yelled very pleased with his dare. My eyes grew wide. I'm sure if we weren't in the relative dark everyone would see my face turn white. I was frozen in place, and my body refused to move.

"I…I…" I stuttered not being able to form words. After about a minute Mike grew inpatient.

"Man Emmett…your cousin is lame. She can't even play truth or dare…what a loser." Mike teased.

"Watch it Newton…I have no problem with throwing you down that slide." It was sweet of Emmett to defend me, but I was not about to be a loser. I could do this, how hard could it be, it's just Edward. I turned towards Edward slowly, and he looked completely at ease. I crawled over towards him and kneeled in front of him. He bent down and whispered in my ear.

"It's ok Bee…if you don't want to do this, we can go home early. They shouldn't make you do something that you don't want to do." His words were comforting, which made the entire situation even easier.

"No…I'm not about to be a loser…plus I get to get him back after this." I whispered back. He leaned away with a smile across his face and reassuring eyes. I slowly moved towards his face and he moved towards me also. Just before our lips touched we both closed our eyes. The kiss was sweet and I wasn't thinking about anything else. After a few seconds we pulled apart and both of us smiled. 'I just had my first kiss…and it was with Edward.' I think that's when the crush began.

After that, I dared Mike to go down the slide, naked. He stripped down, without anyone watching, but as soon as he went down the slide, I grabbed his clothes and climbed out the window to the top of Murphy. I tied all of his clothes to the top and got back down before he climbed back up the stairs. Needless to say, he wasn't going to mess with me anymore.

I heard my phone beep, and I shot up from the couch.

"Crap…I fell asleep." I grabbed my phone. '3 new text messages.'

Edward: Hey Bee! Where r u! Lunch is almost over.

Edward: Bella u ok? Trig is almost over. U missed the test.

Edward: WHERE ARE YOU! Text me back in 10 or I'm coming to get you.

I still had 2 minutes before he came. I will admit that I considered not answering him…but that wouldn't be fair. He was probably all worried.

Bella: Edward I'm fine. I fell asleep. I'll be back at school in 15.

Edward: God Bella…u scared the crap outta me.

Bella: Sorry.

I threw my phone into my pocket and climbed down the tree. I knew I missed a test, so I took off down the trail. I ran pretty fast, and made it back to the school in 8 minutes. I ran to my locker and grabbed the books for the rest of my classes. Class was about to get out, so I waited outside my trig room and put on my best sick face. When the class filed out, I saw Edward walking towards me. He looked kind of mad, but gave me a quick hug before heading off with Tanya. She looked at me with a smug smile, and I rolled my eyes as I headed into the classroom. 'Turn on the charm Bella…'

"Bella…nice to see you. Where were you this afternoon?" Mr. Molina asked as I walked into the classroom.

"Sorry Coach…I wasn't feeling too well." I looked at him through my eyelashes.

"Yeah I'm sure…you missed a test you know…I'm not sure if you're going to be playing tomorrow night." He said with a solemn look.

"What!? Jay…I mean Coach…come on! It's the first game! It was just one test! You know I would have passed it easily!" I will admit that although Mr. Molina is very easy to woo, I did get a little nervous for a second. "Coach…please." I gave him the sad face. He was so done.

"Get to your next class. I will see you after school to make up the test." He winked. Such a pushover. 'Crap…detention…' I bit my lip with a smirk.

"How is 3:30? I may or may not have detention with Mr. Moro…" He smiled.

"Oh Bella…you will never change huh?" I shrugged. "Ok, 3:30…we have some plays to go over anyway…now get outta here before you get another detention." I smiled and ran out the classroom. Mr. Molina and I went way back. Before he was 'Coach Molina' he was Jason, my super cute older neighbor who Emmett and I always played games with when we were younger. He had even been to Murphy a few times. It was really awkward at first, having to call him Mr. Molina instead of Jason, but he lets things slide for me pretty often, which is totally appreciated. I will admit that sometimes we would flirt, but it wasn't anything creepy. He still lived across from me, so we would see each other. He lived with his grandmother, and my parents loved to have them over for barbecues.

The rest of the day went by pretty quickly. Emmett was in my cooking class, and we always had a good time. Both of us were awful cooks because we were spoiled by our amazing mother's food growing up. When I burnt 3 popcorns in a row, and Emmett caught the oven on fire, she decided that we both needed to take a cooking class. The entire class was based around me distracting the teacher so that Emmett could steal ingredients for peanut butter and jelly. He was about 6'4, and was completely jacked, so this was no easy task, but we succeeded almost every day and it was the highlight for the entire class. When the bell rang for the end of the day, I headed to my locker and when I opened the door a note fell out.

Bella,

I know that things have gotten weird since I started dating Tanya, but you know that you are my best friend and that will NEVER change. I hate you being mad at me…of course I will drive you home, you know that I always will. Tanya is staying after for cheerleading anyway, so you don't even have to worry about her making things awkward. I'm really sorry about everything…Please don't be mad at me. Love ya Bee.

Edward

Sometimes, I hate him for being so sweet. He would write me a note because I left class without saying anything. Oh, and let's just mention the 'best friend and that with NEVER change…' ugh. Sometimes I wish he knew how badly I wanted that to change. I slipped the note into my bag and headed towards Mr. Moro's room. When I walked in, Edward was already sitting in his seat pretending to write our daily assignment of 'I will not be late to class' 500 times. If only Mr. Moro knew that we had several copies made, and we never actually wrote what we were supposed to be writing. I walked up behind him and kissed him on the cheek. He jumped a little and turned to me with a cautious smile.

"I am not mad at you." I said as I took my seat and tossed my bag onto the ground. He let out a relieved sigh, but began speaking at an alarming rate.

"Are you sure? Because I totally understand if you are. You have every reason to be angry with me…I should never make you feel like you're not welcome. You're my best friend you deserve more than that….." I quickly interrupted him.

"Edward! I said I wasn't mad ok?" I smiled reassuringly at him. "Besides I have to stay after with Coach Molina anyway…he's letting me make up the test."

"Oh that's good…did you give him the sad face?" I nodded. "Works every time…" he muttered.

"Less chatting, more writing!" Mr. Moro chanted. We both laughed as I grabbed my book and pretended to start writing.

"So how did the chat with Tanya go?" 'Please say bad…you hate each other, you broke up…' I was practically begging in my head.

"It wasn't a big deal…apparently we don't 'spend enough time together'. I don't know how much more time she wants…she knows how busy I am and she already gets almost all of my free time."

"Ha! She probably meant you guys don't spend enough time together…" I said as I absentmindedly scribbled on the piece of paper. 'oh god…why did I even say anything? I really need to start to think before I speak.'

"What's that supposed to mean?" He asked abandoning his paper entirely.

"Edward really? You honestly don't know?" He looked at me with a dumbfounded expression and shrugged. "Ugh…you are making me say this…I think that she probably wants to have more sex…" I practically whispered the word. His eyes went wide and he blushed, something not often seen on Edward's flawless face. He gave me a whispered 'ohhhh' and turned back around. We sat in silence the rest of the time, but it wasn't an awkward silence, although it probably should have been.

"Ok you two, time to go. Please try to be on time tomorrow!" Mr. Moro said as he dismissed us.

When we left the classroom, I turned to say goodbye but Edward lifted me up and spun me in circles. "Edward!" I screamed and laughed at the same time. When he put me down I looked up at his goofy smile. "What was that for crazy pants?" He shrugged.

"I'm just glad to be with you I guess. First you were mad at me, then I thought you died at Murphy…you had me all sorts of nervous today." I shook my head.

"Don't be dumb. I said I wasn't mad at you, and the only danger I was in was missing the Trig test."

"Well regardless, I can hug my best friend whenever I want." He stated.

"I guess I can't disagree with that. I gotta go though, Mr. Molina is waiting."

"Kay…you're coming over for dinner right?" I nodded.

"I think so…the rents are out for the night, and Emmett is god knows where with Rosalie…I will text you if anything changes though."

"Alright sounds good…go pass the trig test. I'll see you later!" I waved goodbye and headed off to see Mr. Molina. With limited flirting, I managed to finish the test and go over numerous plays before I realized that it was past 5.

"I gotta get going Jason. God I mean Mr. Molina…I am so never gonna get used to that!" He laughed.

"It's fine. I will see you tomorrow Bella…and maybe you actually show up for class?" I nodded.

"I will be there…I promise. I will see you later Jay." He nodded a goodbye as I walked out the door. The walk home wasn't too bad, probably about 35 minutes on foot. Nothing too drastic. About halfway home, I heard a motorcycle coming up behind me. When I turned, I saw Jason pulling up next to me. His motorcycle was a Red Ducati Superbike 1198, and it was really, really hot. (Picture on Profile.)

"Bella, are you seriously walking home?" I shrugged, clearly I was walking. "Come on, hop on I'll take you home." I smiled, he was way hot, but he was still my teacher.

"Jay, I don't wanna get you in trouble or anything. I honestly can just walk." He shook his head.

"We're not in school." He handed me his extra helmet, and slid forward on the bike.

"If you insist…" I said as I climbed on behind him. 'God he is sexy with his leather jacket.' He had messy dark brown hair and beautiful gray eyes. He was tall and built with light brown skin. We took off towards home, and I will admit it was pretty awesome. I knew that we had to be careful with the teacher/student situation, but he was fresh out of college and the age difference wasn't that big. I was 17, almost 18, and he was 23. I decided to be bold, and I slipped my hands into his jacket pockets and snuggled up against his back. When he pulled into his driveway, I will admit that I was somewhat disappointed.

"That was fun!" I practically squeaked when I took of my helmet. 'wow, I need to work on that'

"A lot better than walking, huh?" I nodded my head with a smirk.

"Well thanks for the ride…tell your Gram I said hi!" I began backing up towards my house, but he spoke words that I was not expecting.

"Hey…you wanna come in for dinner? I see no one is at your house and Gram is making the enchiladas…" her enchiladas were pretty amazing.

"Uh…I don't know. Are you sure that's ok?" I wanted to go, but if he got in trouble I would not forgive myself.

"Bella, its fine. Teachers are people too you know. We are allowed to eat dinner with our neighbors." He was smiling.

"Well in that case, you know how I feel about those enchiladas!" He put his arm around my shoulders casually as we walked up to the door. My heart definitely skipped a beat when he touched me.