Bella's POV:

All of my belongings were packed and ready for the trip ahead. I was leaving for church camp for a week and I could hardly contain my excitement.

Most of the youth group was going but I only paid attention to one person in particular. Edward Cullen. We'd only had a conversation once through the Internet, and I was anticipating getting to know him better.

My brother informed me that he has never had a girlfriend before, so I knew I'd have to try extra hard to get him to ask me out.

"Bella! You ready to go to Nevada?" Emmett yelled through my door. He wasn't going to go because we leave for Phoenix a couple days after camp, but when he heard that I liked Edward he decided to tag along.

"Yeah, I'll be down in a minute!" I called back. I checked my room to make sure I didn't miss anything. It only took a couple of minutes, but I lingered in my room to mentally prepare myself to see Edward. After taking a few deep breaths and counting to ten, I grabbed my suitcase and made my way to the car.

When I reached the bottom of the steps I could see Alice glaring a whole in the side of my head.

"Your only bringing one suitcase? Bella!" Alice yelled. She had warned me yesterday that I needed to bring a lot of bags for accessories and such.

"I only need one, Alice. Besides, we are only gonna be there for a week. It's not like I need my whole closet." I reminded her. She huffed and got into the Jeep.

It had five seats and plenty of room in the trunk for our luggage. I wheeled my suitcase over to the car and had to refrain myself from gawking at all of Alice's bags. There were four giant ones decorated in delicate hot pink patterns; she had almost as many bags as me, Emmett, and Edward put together.

Before I could even close the trunk, Alice and Emmett took the driver and passenger seats. My heart started to beat frantically as Edward climbed into the seat next to mine. I quickly looked out my window to keep myself from starting at him.

The trip there was relatively short, but that might have been because I slept most of the way there. Alice stayed up the whole way and made sure to wake me up when I mumbled in my sleep.

When I asked her about it she said, "You should be thanking me. What if you talked about Edward and he heard you?" Stupid pixie.

We had to take many pit stops so Alice could use the bathroom. Emmett would grumble about "women and their freaking bladder", which I would gladly slap him for. She made them short and we were back on the road within five minutes.

I didn't talk to Edward that much on the way there, I was still trying to figure out if he could ever like me.

"We're here!" Emmett yelled. Edward, Alice, and I had fallen asleep; but we quickly jolted awake by the booming of Emmett's voice. Glares and grumbles were thrown at him as we climbed out of the vehicle.

The camp was quite simple. There was one big dorm for the boys, and three for the girls. They all went by age groups and I was stuck in one of the biggest girl dorms.

Alice warned me that even though it doesn't seem that bad, it is. There are ten shower stalls and usually at least three people waiting in line for a shower. She had been to the camp many times so as we were making our beds, she gladly explained the rules of camp.

I listened intently and threw in a few questions here and there; I found myself really liking this camp.

It was the second day of camp and Alice was laying on the top bunk and I was on the bottom. A couple of girls had their bunks pushed together and Alice was happily chatting with them.

"Is that copper-headed boy your boyfriend?" the pretty blonde questioned. I could feel myself zoning out the buzzing of other girls conversations to listen to theirs.

"No! He's my brother, Edward" she laughed. The blonde relaxed a little and smiled at her.

"Oh, my name is Tanya by the way. And your brother is cute," she stated. I sized up this Tanya chick and realized with despair that she was much prettier than me.

"I'm Alice. Oh really? Well he's sixteen and has never had a girlfriend. He's kind of on the shy side," Alice explained.

I turned onto my side and ignored their excitement as I drowned out their conversation with my self-pity filled thoughts. Part of me was angry at Alice for selling Edward to Tanya when she knows how much I like him. But the other part knows she just wants Edward to be happy, even if it's not with me.

A tear slid down my face as I snuggled into my blanket, anticipating sleep to get out of this torture.

Over the next few days I found Alice always with a guy named Jasper. Them two were always around Tanya and Edward, which made hanging out with Alice impossible.

Luckily, I met a girl there named Angela who was a loner like myself. We took comfort in each other and always stayed together.

She had also developed an interest in Edward, which didn't bother me surprisingly. It was comforting to have someone share the heartbreak of not having your feelings returned.

We avoided the happy couples like the plague. It made my heart sink every time I saw him with Tanya. Edward is always a gentleman. When he opened the door for me it would make the butterflies in my stomach have a fiesta. But now, I wish he wouldn't so it would make the pain ease a little.

It's hard to understand why he still wants the blonde even though she lives in Nevada and he lives in Washington.

"He only likes her because she's pretty," I griped to Angela once. Her strawberry blonde hair and blue eyes beat my muddy-brown eyes and dull brunette hair, any day. She was slender and I am chubby; she wears skimpy clothes and I wear T-Shirts. No wonder Edward likes her and not me.

"I know how you feel," she replied. Our eyes roamed the church until we saw Edward with Tanya and her friend. They were sitting on the opposite side of the room and were laughing at something he had said.

I stood up and quickly shot towards the bathroom to mop up my tears with paper towels. It didn't help that I was forced to pass Edward on my way there and heard Tanya's flirtatious laugh as she played with his reddish-brown hair.

"Snob," I muttered under my breath.

The happiest day of camp was the last day. Edward had gathered up the guts to ask her out and I couldn't stand to be around him anymore.

I fluffed my pillow against the car window in a poor attempt to get comfy enough to sleep. I tossed and turned in my seat and finally just gave up and talked to Alice.

"I hardly saw you at camp, Bella" she stated. Her eyes roamed my face, searching for any hidden emotion.

"Yeah, I didn't either. Were you and Angela avoiding me?" Edward chimed in.

Yes!

"No," I stated. Giving him an odd look as if to say "why would you think that?" He seemed to believe me and carried on a conversation with Emmett. Even though he was taken, I still got butterflies when he talked to me. Why am I always attracted to guys who break my heart?

We stopped at a gas station and I gladly raced out of the car to go to the bathroom. We had been on the road for hours and this was the first time I stopped to use the bathroom.

I finished in record timing and bought a few snacks before I headed back to the car. I scanned the parking lot looking for Emmett's silver jeep, but it wasn't there.

"They seriously forgot me?" I whisper-yelled to myself. I dug through my pockets hastily searching for my phone.

Oh crap.

I left it in the car because it was dying. Which means I have to wait here until they figure out they left someone behind. I leaned against the side of the building and slid to the ground.

Well, might as well get some sleep while I'm waiting.

I pulled my legs up to my chest and my eyes drooped shut. A scream of pain filled my ears, and I realized with horror that it came from me.

My hand shot to the back of my head and felt something warm and wet seeping through my hair. The sight of blood on my fingers made the world spin and, within seconds, I was unconscious.

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