Hello! This idea just recently popped into my head and just could not get it out, so I've decided to write it down. This story will be based a bit off of a All-American Girl by Carrie Underwood. I have a few ideas on where I want to take this story, so that will determine how much of the story is based off of the song or not, so please leave comments about what you do and do not like. :)
Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or the song.
"Bella, Edward is staring at you again," An amused voice drifted into my ears and I was cut off from my day dream about the green eyed boy in question. I could feel a blush crawling onto my cheeks, but shook my head, trying to play it off.
"Very funny, Ali Cat, but we have a class to get to," I rolled my eyes and pulled my closest friend out of the hallway and towards our first class of the day, giving one last wistful look at Edward Cullen.
I had moved to Forks just four short months ago near the end of June, from Arizona. My mother had remarried and while I liked her new husband well enough, living with a newlywed couple was becoming quite unbearable. After one night of walking in on them going at it in my room, I decided it was time to give the lovebirds some space and move in with my dad.
Upon arriving in Forks, Washington, I was greeted with a stiff hug and dinner at the local diner. In a small town where everyone knows everyone, I had several people coming up to talk to me and get to know why, exactly, the chief of police's daughter had returned to stay. Among these people was Alice Brandon, a short girl with black hair and wide eyes. Alice was a waitress at the restaurant my father seemed quite fond of the pixie like girl. Within moments of entering the diner, she was in front of us talking a mile a minute and proclaiming we were going to be great friends.
I spent the rest of summer hanging out with Alice and we became fast friends. She introduced me to all of her boyfriend, a blonde haired, blue eyed, southern gentleman, named Jasper Whitlock, and her friends. Alice was friendly and bubbly and just about everyone seemed to adore the girl. We spent many summer nights at bonfires or parties with everyone from Forks High and everyone, regardless of what social clique they were in, came up to her with kindness and enthusiasm.
Including Edward Cullen. He was tall, with beautiful green eyes, bronze colored hair and a smirk that left me weak at the knees. He was also a senior and captain of the football team. While I didn't care much for sports or high school hierarchies, it seemed unlikely that the good-looking, almost eighteen year old boy would be interested in the small, awkward girl starting her Sophomore year of high school. It was a fate I had accepted and decided to admire him form afar.
Over the summer I had gotten to know Edward a bit better. He was smart and funny and genuinely nice. The boy wanted to follow in his father's footsteps and become a doctor, however his father was a surgeon and Edward wanted to go into pediatrics. The thought of him with children was enough to clearly make every girl in the room melt.
It was now mid October and while I had occasionally talked to Edward, it seemed our paths did not cross much. We had different classes, different friends, and different extra curricular activities. We were both in several advanced classes, however Edward was on a senior level. Edward seemed to be fairly good friends with Alice and Jasper, though I supposed that growing up in such a small town it was easy to be friends with everyone. It seemed he was closest to those on the Football team, Like Emmett McCarty or Mike Newton. And when it came to after school activities I had come to learn that while Edward spent most of his time playing football or studying, the boy also spent a lot of time with his family and most of the team considered the Masen's house to be their second home.
My sixteenth birthday had come and gone and I had made Alice swear to not make it a big deal. Begrudgingly, she agreed, but I think that was only due to the fact that I only told her a day before. I should have known to be more specific as a big deal to me and a big deal to Alice are two very different things. She baked a cake the night before hand and made everyone sing me happy birthday at lunch. I had slipped away from the crowd of people and went outside to take a moment, when Edward Cullen sat down next to me. He had went out of his way to check on me and wish me a happy birthday and it seemed from that moment forward, my crush on the green eyed boy grew.
"I'm serious, Bella, he's got a thing for you," Alice's replied as we took our seats in the back of the science lab. I gave an exaggerated eye roll as I set my books down.
"Ok, let's say, in theory, he likes me. Then what? We go out for a couple of months, fall in love and then he graduates. We have an unforgettable summer together, before he goes off to some college hours away and I start my junior year of high school," I let out an exasperated sigh, "He's smart, funny, attractive and is probably going to get a football scholarship wherever he goes; maybe he'll join a fraternity. The point is, there will be lots of beautiful, mature girls that are actually his age and there are going to be a lot of things he'll want to do and experience that he can't if he has some dumb high school girlfriend that's not even close to graduating."
"First of all, you're not dumb and you're already beautiful, smart, and funny; any guy would be lucky to have you including Edward Cullen. Second, life is full of all kinds of risks and what ifs, especially when it comes to love. Sometimes you just gotta go for it. Maybe it doesn't work out, you cry a little, brush yourself off, and come out stronger as a person, knowing a little bit more about yourself. And if it does work out.." she gave me a smile, like she knew something I didn't, "well, you gotta give yourself a shot or you'll end up regretting it."
"Maybe you're right..."The pixie certainly could get deep sometimes. As the teacher walked in and turned the lights off, signalling we would be watching a movie today, I chewed my lip, mulling over Alice's words in my head.
Alright, thank you for reading! Review and let me know if you liked it and if I should continue this story. xx