Right! New story, one that I have been thinking about for a while now. I hope this catches your interest. This isn't my main one until 'Just Like the Movies' is finished, so it won't be updated very often. It's an all human one, as I wanted a change from the vamp side.

Hope you enjoy!

Chapter 1 - A Victory and Disappointment

"CULLEN! STOP BEING SO DAMN LAZY AND MOVE, MOVE, MOVE!" Coach screamed at me from the sidelines.

I sighed but picked up the pace. Jasper was looking to throw the ball at me, so I dodged my opponent and caught it. I dribbled it up the court and slammed the ball through the hoop. The winning points.

A large cheer erupted from the sideline. I turned my head towards the crowd.

"YESSSS! YESSSSSSS!" screamed coach. He was jumping up and down with one of the subs, both looking like giddy little girls. I shook my head laughing.

Soon, my whole team had surrounded me, patting me on the back, ruffling my hair, shouting "Way to Go, Edward!".

I managed to escape from the mass of people, and I went to see my family.

"EDWARD!" My mom ran at me and enveloped me into a massive hug. "You were brilliant! When you grabbed that ball, shoved it through the net, it was so exciting!"

"Mom, you have been to all of my games, that's what I tend to do in all of them." I chuckled.

"Little bro! Great game, you really showed them!" Emmett grabbed me into a headlock. I had to wrestle to get out, but when I did, he high fived me. I grinned.

"Where's Alice?" I asked, looking around for my little sister.

"She went to congratulate Jasper on a great game I think," Dad told me. I shook my head. "Brilliant game though, son."

I beamed at his praise. "I should probably hit the showers, I'm all sweaty." I laughed.

Jasper caught up with me as we walked into the locker room, his curly blonde hair bouncing on top of his head.

"Wow, Edward, that was some shot. Congrats man!" My best friend, Jasper Hale told me.

"Thanks, it was nothing really." As I walked to my locker, the guys all slapped me on the back.

"It's only the qualifier, guys, no need to get excited," I laughed at them all.

"Yeah, but with this team, there is no way we can lose!" A kid named Tyler called out. "You coming to the party tonight, man?"

I looked at Jasper, who rolled his eyes.

"Can't, I've already got plans," I told anyone who's listening. A chorus of boo's came from everyone. "I'll come to the next one."

"You always say that!" Mike Newton shouted.

I chuckled and headed for the showers.

"Do you and Rose want to come over tonight? To celebrate?" I asked Jasper quietly.

"Sure, that's great."

We quickly showered and then I ran out to the car. Mom and Dad said they would take us to a celebratory dinner if we won, or a consolation dinner if we lost, so either way, we were eating out. I got to decide because it was my game. Even though I was 17 and Emmett and Alice were 18 and 16, this decision still mattered greatly to us.

"McDonalds!" Emmett put in.

"An Italian!" Alice countered.

"Pizza Hut!" I exclaimed.

We sat there for a while, arguing on where to go. Mom and Dad, took one look at each other and decided to end it.

"All of you be quiet or we will take you to the Soup Plantation!" Mom told us calmly. We all shut up and looked at her.

"Esme, dear, isn't that a bit far?" Dad looked quite panicked. Even he didn't want to go to the Soup Plantation, that was somewhere you went with Grandma.

"Well it got them quiet, Carlisle," Esme replied. "Where did you want to go, sweetie?" She asked me.

"Pizza Hut," I said simply. I was in the mood for Pepperoni.

"Pizza Hut it is then," she said to us all. Emmett and Alice moaned.

"I don't see why you're complaining Al, Pizza is Italian food!" I laughed. She scowled at me but said nothing.

Dinner was quite uneventful. Emmett mostly talked about sports, and if not that, then it was the new part-time job he had got in a café. It was after school, as he didn't want to miss any of his senior year. Alice was telling Mom about the new clothes she had bought when she was out shopping. I had to join one of the two equally boring conversations, so I decided to join the first. Sometimes I felt a bit out of place in my family, I didn't know where I belonged. I wolfed down my pizza and we went home, so I could wait on my friends.

Ding Dong!

That'll be Jasper and Rose, I thought.

I opened the door and was attacked in a hug by Rosalie Hale, Jasper's twin sister. "Well done, Edward! I was so proud of you out there!" She told me. Rose had had a crush on me since… God knows when. I have to admit I have never returned the feelings.

She stood back to let me admire her outfit. She was wearing a really short skirt, which showed off her amazing legs. Her top was low cut, so there was more than enough cleavage to interest any guy. Despite that, I could never see her as more than a friend.

"Thanks Rose. It was hard work, and I think we earned it." I knuckle touched Jasper as he came through the door.

"Sorry about her," Jasper whispered. "Dad couldn't make her put any more clothes on." I laughed at this. Stubborn old Rose, classic.

"Just head into the lounge, you know where it is. Oh and pick a DVD!" I called to them. I walked into the kitchen to see Mom. "Rose and Jazz are here now, ok?" I told her.

"That's fine, sweetie, go and have fun."

"We will!" I called back. When I got into the lounge, they were bickering over what to watch.

"But I love 'The Bounty Hunter'!" Rose moaned.

"Yes, but I want to watch Die Hard!"

"We always watch Die Hard! Edward!" Rose pouted. "Jazz wants to watch that stupid movie again. What do you want?"

"Neither! They're both crap!" I told them laughing. "We're gonna watch some Star Wars!" They both groaned at this and we all started arguing our cases. In the end, Rose won, though it was through blackmail.

Halfway through the movie, I got bored. "I'm away to get some snacks." I told them. Only Jasper acknowledged me, Rose was too involved in the movie.

In the kitchen, I brought out some popcorn and shoved it into a bowl. Emmett came through and shoved a handful into his mouth.

"Who's the hottie?" He said, showing me the contents of his mouth.

I raised my eyebrow at him. "That's Rose."

"No freaking way!" He said. "Wow, she looks really good." His mouth was hanging open at the revelation.

I chuckled. "Yeah, half the school seems to think so, too."

Emmet suddenly looked a bit protective. "Oh really? Does she like the mind the staring? Coz if she doesn't, I'll sort them out." I had no doubt that he would. Emmett was huge, with massive muscles, which made my arms look like pathetic twigs. "I think I will go and see Jasper, to congratulate him." He slinked out of the kitchen. I saw right through him though. He definitely wanted to check out Rose.

I went back to making the snacks. When I had a bowl of popcorn, a large chocolate bar, and a large bottle of Coke with three cups, I went back to the lounge.

I dumped the stuff on the coffee table and turned around. Rose was no longer staring intently at the film. She was now laughing at some of Emmett's ridiculous jokes and flicking her straightened blonde hair a lot. Emmett was clearly enjoying the attention. I shook my head and turned to look at Jazz, expecting him to roll his eyes at me again. Instead, I found that Alice had managed to sneak in while I wasn't looking and was currently taking up all of Jasper's attention. He was grinning like an idiot as Alice sat on his lap, telling him about her day. I knew that Alice had liked him for a while, but I didn't know he returned the feelings.

I stood there by myself for what seemed like quite a while, to see if anyone noticed me. Nobody did. I sighed and grabbed the bowl of popcorn and sat in-between the 'happy couples' and tried to concentrate on the crappy movie. In the end, it wasn't that bad, I can admit. Though I wouldn't tell Rose that, it would give her too much satisfaction. I looked at the clock and sighed at the time, but then I remembered something.

"Hey Alice?" She looked at me as if she had never even noticed me there. She probably hadn't. "Weren't you supposed to go to dancing or something?"

She turned and looked at the clock.

"Oh shhhhhhh-ugar," Alice said quickly. "Sorry Jasper, some other time yeah?" she smiled at him.

"Yeah, cool, no problem." With that, Alice quickly left the room. Sometimes, I thought it was weird the way she walked. It was never a normal walk, she almost danced. I guess she was always destined to be a dancer. Jasper watched her leave the room, wistfully. Suddenly, there was a wolf whistle. Emmett swore, then checked his phone.

"Crap, I've got to go and sort some things out with my boss. Later, Rose." He left the room. Rose stared after him as well. I couldn't help but notice that no one had said bye to me.

"So what do you want to do now that my annoying siblings have left?" I joked.

"They are not annoying, Edward," Rose said seriously.

"Why would you say that? They didn't do anything to you." I looked between my two friends in disbelief. Is this what was going to happen from now on? Would I be made the 5th wheel in this dysfunctional group?

When they left, I went to talk to Dad about it. Sometimes it was good to just vent to him and he would listen and try to give a little advice. I walked into his office, which was full of his achievements on the wall. He was an amazing doctor, and someone who I have always looked up to and used as a role model.

"Come in, son. Tell me what's on your mind," he told me.

When I finished telling him, I felt a great release. It was as if a weight was lifted off my shoulders. It always felt like this after one of our talks, so I tried to have them as much as possible.

"Well, you can't really do anything about it. You can either be selfish and think of your own needs, or think about their happiness. Which is more important?" he asked me. He looked through his glasses at me, giving the impression that he was wise.

"I guess their happiness," I sighed unhappily. "But it's going to be hard."

"I know."

I left the room, not feeling as good as I usually did. I hoped that I could sleep on the problem, and by morning, I would have thought of a solution or it would have all blown over.

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