A/N: Hey! This is a new story I've been thinking about for a while, and I've finally decided to start writing it. So, please review and I'll try to update as soon as possible! And, I got the idea of this story from the song "You're Not Sorry" by Taylor Swift.
Summary: "I'm bored." Those two simple words changed Edward Cullen's life in more ways than one. Emmett has a theory girls will do anything to keep a guy liking her – anything. Edward protests Emmett's theory, but Emmett says Edward should put it to the test. Edward randomly chooses a girl to test the theory on – Bella Swan. What will happen now that she actually does love him? AH. AU.
Warning: This fanfic is rated T for mild language and sexual puns, so please be aware before reading! I'd hate to offend anyone.
Story dedicated to: Nikki. This one's for you, my devious cupcake!
Special thanks to: Nikki (JateSkateFate815) for helping me with this. She has full credit for doing the summary, and a paragraph of this fanfic. Go read her stuff! She's amazing! :-)
Okay, please review!
"I'm bored." Who knew two simple words could change a seventeen-year-old, smartass boy's life in so many ways? Edward Cullen didn't. It was an ordinary Thursday at lunch. He was sitting at the same table he always sat at, sitting with the same people – Rosalie Hale, her brother Jasper, Emmett McCarty, and Alice, his sister. He even sat in the same chair he always sat in. But, that particular Thursday was different. The two simple words changed Edward. Possibly for the best.
"Emmett, you say that everyday," Rose said with a sigh. "If you're so bored, you should do something productive."
Emmett smirked, mischievous. "Wanna make out?"
Rose rolled her eyes. "No tongue." Her tone was firm, but she was smiling. She leaned in, kissing Emmett. Emmett and Rose had been "friends with benefits" for almost two months before Rose decided she needed more in a relationship, so Emmett stepped up to the plate being her real boyfriend. Now they've been together for two weeks.
"Disgusting," Alice said. She was a tiny, pixie-like girl. Her hair was jet black, and her boyfriend was Jasper. She was adopted by Esme and Carlisle Cullen, just like Edward. She was even the same age as Edward, seventeen.
"You guys," Edward groaned, hitting Emmett on the back of the shoulder, hard enough for him to pull away from Rose.
"What?" he complained, giving Edward a glare. "What is so important you hard to pull me away from this?" he gestured to Rose, who was sitting there, her lips lip stick faded from kissing.
"You need to stop! I just ate!" Alice piped up, wining forcefully in her soprano voice. "Jazzy and I don't even do that, so you two shouldn't either!"
Emmett mumbled something they couldn't quite hear, but sounded like the F-word and 'you'.
Rose huffed. "Well, if we can't make out what are we supposed to do?"
Edward shook his head. "For one, we weren't making out. You and Emmett were, while Jazz, Ali and I sat here in disgust."
Rose rolled her eyes. "What the eff ever."
Emmett popped up in his seat. "I know what we can do!" Oh, God, Edward thought. The only time Emmett has an idea is when it's something sexual related. "Alright, so I have this theory." He held his hands out in front of him as if he were mapping out something so precise, so important. Perhaps he actually was.
"Oh, God, here we go," Alice muttered under her breath. She stood up abruptly, saying, "Let's go, Rosie." She grabbed her trash, kissed Jasper on the forehead, and threw her garbage away before she walked out of the lunch room, while Rose followed. The guys sat there for a moment, and then Emmett looked back at Edward and Jasper, his head shaking slightly. "Anyway, so, I have a theory that girls will do absolutely anything to keep a guy liking her. If it's something physical, like doing it, or if it's just saying I love you. I believe girls will do or say anything to keep their guy," he finished. He looked like he just gave a huge speech he was proud of. He probably was proud, though.
"Em, you're nuts." Edward shook his head. "Girl's aren't that…"
"Easy?" Emmett finished for him.
"Exactly."
But Emmett disagreed.
"Fine. I dare you to put my theory to the test. You have fourteen days to get some sorry-ass girl to say I love you. At the end of the two weeks, you say I love you first. If she says it, I win the gratitude of knowing I was right for a change. If you win, you get a hundred dollars and the satisfaction that you're so smart when it comes to everything." Emmett looked at him, square in the eye. "Deal?"
Edward shook his head, disgusted that Emmett would ever think of such a thing. He should at least feel guilty. He had a girlfriend he semi cared about.
"You're an asshole," Edward said, disgust touching his tone, giving him a look.
Emmett shot him the same look. "And you're a loser and a coward. It's just a girl."
Edward sighed. "What would you do if someone did this to Rose?" he looked at Jasper. "And what would you do if someone did this to Alice? You two would be pissed as hell and going commando, wouldn't you?"
Emmett rolled his eyes. "I'd kick their asses," he said quickly, pushing the subject aside.
"I would, too," Jasper agreed.
"Anyway, nobody's doing this to Alice or Rose. We're talking about some random chick, okay? God, Edward, don't get attached to someone you haven't even chosen yet. Jeez. Are you sure you're not a girl yourself?" he laughed, and so did Jasper while Edward sat there, glaring at both of them. "Okay, okay, sorry. I'm just saying, it's like a hit and run. You hit her and leave her." He looked at him seriously. "Understand, Grasshopper?"
"What am I supposed to freakin' do? I mean, what if she really does say it? What do I do after? Leave her? Tell her it's over and I lied, that my best friend is a jackass and tell her everything? What am I supposed to do then, Emmett?" Edward was truly pissed by this point, and Jasper and Emmett simply looked at him as he was furious.
"Do what you always do. Think about it. How many girls' hearts have you broken and not even knew about? And how many girls' hearts have you broken and known about? It's the same thing. You don't do anything to help those girls cope because you don't like them, or think they're pretty enough or whatever the hell your problem is with girls. You leave them be, Edward. Do the same thing to the girl you choose."
Edward didn't look at Emmett anymore. He was too upset. Emmett didn't understand how he felt. When he moved away and was going to say he loved his girlfriend, Tanya, and then she broke up with him, he was crushed. When he moved to Forks, practically every girl wanted him, but he turned them down, not wanting to get close to anyone else again. Nobody understood him.
So, he looked around the cafeteria, looking for a girl. He knew it was wrong to use a girl, but he had to prove Emmett wrong. And maybe, just maybe, he'd get something positive out of this. Like real love. Finally, he chose a girl, pointing her out. She had her back turned to them, but her hair was long brown, to the center of her back.
"Who is that?" Edward questioned. He was still angry, but defiant to win, to prove Emmett wrong again. He was positive no girl in this school – in this planet was as easy as Emmett said they to be.
The girl was standing up from her seat, walking to throw her trash away. Just from the behind, Edward could tell she was quite skinny – but not scary skinny.
"Oh, that's Bella Swan," Emmett said after a moment of thinking. Edward looked at him questionably, wondering how on earth Emmett could ever figure that out just from the behind. Emmett picked up his expression. "I memorize chicks' asses. It's a great resource. Especially at night, you know, when you're laying there, trying to get to sleep and you need something to think about… Ah, jeesh, last night… Jasper, your sister -"
"– Alright, shut the hell up, Emmett. She's my twin sister for God's sake. I don't care what shape her ass is," Jasper snapped. Edward laughed slightly. "Alright, I get it. You memorize asses. I get it." He looked at the girl – Bella – again. She was…cute, he decided. She was walking towards their table, looking at her feet as she walked.
"Say hi to her," Emmett coaxed whispering.
Edward shook his head quickly. "No."
Emmett kicked him under the table. "Do it!" he whispered slightly loudly than the time before.
She was walking past their table now, and Edward spit out quickly, "Hi – Hi, Bella."
She stopped, looking up at him for a moment, before saying softly, "Hello." When he didn't say anything after a second, she nodded politely and walked away, looking at her feet again. Edward turned his head, looking down at the table, processing what just happened.
"Oh, hot damn, fellas," Emmett said. "Edward here is in for a hell of a ride." He slapped Edward on the back.
Edward nodded, still looking down. "Great."
A/N: Okay, thank you for reading! Please review! And I'll try to update soon!
