A/N:Hello! Another Eddie-Bellie fanfiction from yours truly. Please read and review. Oh, and I'm not painting Mike Newton as the "obsessive guy" in this story. I've seen that all too often and I think he deserves a break. I mean, he's just going after what he wants. What the difference between Mike and Bella and the female (and some male) world and Mr. Pattinson/Mr. Black?
I'd like to give a big huge thanks to MrsSadhbhPattinson. She beta-ed this chapter and did a wonderful job! Thank you! *Hugs!*
Disclaimer: I own nothing Twilight/Taylor Swift related. I simply put Miss Swift's songs with Ms. Meyer's people in awkward situations. :)
Chapter 1: They Way I Loved You (BPOV)
March 12, 2010
"Hello, Mr. Swan." I heard Mike Newton, my boyfriend, address my father as he answered the door.
"Hey Mike. She'll be right down." Charlie said.
I was upstairs in my bedroom. Tonight was prom. I looked myself over in the floor length mirror. I was wearing a sapphire blue dress that flowed like water down to the floor. It had thick halter-like straps and a silver accent underneath the bust and around the plunging neckline. Since I was the clumsiest person alive, I opted to wear my silver ballerina flats instead of high-heel death traps. I didn't wear any jewelry and applied just a small amount of make-up. I let my hair hang in waves down my back. I thought I looked pretty good.
I put on my jacket and Mike and Charlie watched me as I descended the stairs. When I reached the bottom, Mike stepped forward and took my hand. He kissed the back of it in a way such as Mr. Darcy would. It made me giggle.
"Your chariot awaits." He bowed down and gestured towards the door.
Charlie folded his arms across his chest and said, "Well, that chariot better bring my daughter back before midnight."
"Will do, sir." Mike said as he took my hand and led me out the door. He opened the passenger side door for me. "A beautiful seat, for the beautiful Miss Swan." I blushed. Mike always knew what to say. I got into the car and we proceeded to Forks, Washington High School.
The whole way there I kept feeling like something was missing. Not something material, more…emotional. But I couldn't put my finger on it. I had the best family – even if my mom was in Jacksonville with her new husband, Phil, and my dad was here – and I had the best boyfriend of six months. And I also had the best friends that would support me no matter what – even if I had dated my friend Alice's older brother Edward.
Then I realized that that's what I was missing. I was missing Edward's crazy, annoying, goof-offy self. We had been really good friends before we started dating my sophomore year, his junior. We fought a lot towards the end of our relationship, about seven months ago. So, we decided to call it quits. After that, we didn't talk unless we had to such as during a class assignment – he was my biology partner. But I wondered to myself why did I miss him? We fought about everything all the time.
"Earth to Bella." Mike said as he waved his hand in front of my face.
I was pulled out of my thoughts. "Hmm?" I said.
"We're here. And where have you been?" He asked with a smile referring to what I'd been thinking about.
"Oh, nothing. Come on. Let's go!" I said enthusiastically as I got out of the car.
Mike took my hand and walked inside with me. I was over whelmed. This year's prom theme was Vegas. There were slot machines and blackjack tables everywhere. There was even a bar, but I could guarantee that there was no alcohol there. We would all save that for the after party tomorrow night.
"Bella!" I heard my friend Alice squeal as she ran up to me with her boyfriend Jasper Hale, who is from another school, in tow.
She hugged me tightly. "You look amazing!" She exclaimed as she surveyed my dress.
"Thanks, you look great, too." She was wearing a short, dark purple, strapless dress that came just above her knees. Her necklace and bracelet were chunky gold and she had gold gladiator heels. Her hair was spiky, as always, with a little gold bow headband. She was always well dressed.
I looked to Jasper. "Wow, it's been a while since I've seen you. How have you been?" I asked politely.
He shrugged. "Fine, I guess."
All of a sudden Alice shoved a camera into Mike's hands. "Here, take a picture of me and Bella." She pulled me away from Mike and Jasper took a step back to me out of the camera frame. Alice and I posed and Mike clicked the camera. We took a few more; Mike and I, Alice and Jasper, and Alice's shoes (I have no clue why).
Eventually the guys went to go chat with other guys. I didn't feel up to dancing so Alice and I sat down at one of the tables along the edge of the dance floor. We talked of what our senior years would be like and some potential college plans. She was going to Alaska University with Jasper. As of late, I was going to Washington State. Mike had been accepted to the University of Seattle and would be going there when he graduated in a couple months.
"Did you say you were going to Washington State?" Alice asked me.
"Yeah, why?"
"Hold on." She scoped the room searching for someone. Apparently she found them because she made come here motions with her hand. I looked to see who was walking to our table. To my surprise it was Edward. He sat down in the chair next to Alice, completely ignoring me.
"What's up?" He said casually to his little sister.
"Bella just told me that she was going to Washington State." Edward managed a glance at me. Alice continued. "Weren't you accepted there?"
He looked at his hands. "Um…yeah."
"I thought so." Alice said.
Then a strawberry-blonde girl walked up to our table and stood right behind Edward. "Come on, Eddie!" She whined. "You have to get your ass out on that dance floor!" She started pulling at his jacket.
Edward seemed more than willing to leave. "Fine, Tanya. Let's go."
I watched as they left then I turned to Alice. "Who the hell was that?"
"Oh, that was Tanya Denali, Edward's new squeeze. Didn't I tell you about her?" She said, taking a glass of sparkling grape juice from a tray that one of the staff members was bringing around.
"No, you didn't." I felt strangely jealous. I wondered why. We had been broken up since last summer. I should be over him.
Alice didn't notice my resentfulness at first and she told me about this Tanya Denali person. "Well, she's a senior at Tacoma High School, she has two sisters, and she's on her school's volleyball team. She and Edward met back in February at one of my dad's conferences that he took us to."
I looked down at my hands. "Oh…"
That's when Alice noticed my envious behavior. "But she's really annoying and whiny sometimes and she hangs on him and follows him around like she's a lost puppy or something. And she's really obsessive of him, too."
I reached across the table and patted Alice's arm. "It's okay, Alice. You don't have to down her. I'm over him." Or so I thought…. Why the hell did I feel this way now? I saw him every day and these feelings had to start up now? Damn him and his ability to make me swoon!
As if we were saved by the bell, Mike and Jasper walked up. "May I have this dance, Isabella?" Mike said as he held his hand out to me.
I pushed back my thoughts of Edward and stepped out onto the dance floor with Mike. We twirled around throughout the slow country song. At the end, we all clapped and another song came on. It wasn't that slow, but people were treating it that way. I recognized it as Taylor Swift's The Way I Loved You. I turned to Mike so we could dance.
"Sorry, babe. I gotta go to the bathroom." He looked around, spotted Edward, and pulled him over by his arm. "Here! Dance with Eddie-boy through this one. I'll be right back." He left out the door of the dance hall to the bathrooms.
Edward and I just looked at each other for a moment before he finally held his hand out to me. "May I, Bella?"
I nodded and took his hand. His right hand held my left and his left hand snaked around to rest on my waist. I placed my right hand on his shoulder. We started dancing and it felt strangely…right.
Then I heard the first few words of the song:
He is sensible and so incredible and all my single friends are jealous.
He says everything I need to hear
And it's like I couldn't ask for anything better.
He opens up my door and I get into his car
And he says "You look beautiful tonight"
And I feel perfectly fine
But I miss screaming and fighting and kissing in the rain
And it's 2am and I'm cursing your name
You are so in love that you act insane
And that's the way I loved you
Breaking down and coming undone
It's a rollercoaster kind of rush
And I never knew I could feel this much
And that's the way I loved you
And then I realized why I felt the way I did about Edward. I still cared about him. But I didn't realize it earlier because I didn't feel anything with Mike. He did everything perfectly. But I couldn't go back to Edward now. I had Mike. He's great and I really care about him. Besides, Edward has Tanya. Remembering Tanya made me ask a question out loud.
"So, how did you meet Tanya? Alice said it was at some conference." I said trying to blow my curiosity off as small chit-chat.
Edward shrugged his shoulders. "My dad takes us to his Washington State Medical Staff Conference every year in Tacoma. Tanya was there with her father and we just got to talking. We exchanged numbers and that was about it. Now we're here."
"Oh." I said. We were silent as the last few lyrics of the song played.
And you were wild and crazy
Just so frustrating, intoxicating, complicated
Gotta wait for some mistake and I
I miss screaming and fighting and kissing in the rain
It's 2am and I'm cursing your name
I'm so in love that I acted insane
And that's the way I loved you
Breaking down and coming undone
A rollercoaster kind of rush
And I never knew I could feel that much
And that's the way I loved you
Edward and I stepped back from each other, but surprisingly he still held my left hand. Even more surprising was what he said next. "I think that's the worst thing we ever did. Dated, I mean. It ruined our friendship." He squeezed my hand and, before I could respond, walked away.
I just stood there as I watched him disappear in the crowd of dancing people.
"Hey, Bells." Mike said as he snaked his arms around my waist. For the second time that night I forced Edward from my mind. I would avoid him at all costs.
I didn't bump into Edward for the rest of the night, thankfully…until they announced prom king and queen. The nominees were Edward, Mike, and a kid named Tyler Crowley for king and Jessica Stanley, Angela Webber, and me for queen. I wasn't thinking that I would win. I was expecting Jessica to. She's a little shorter than me with blonde hair and big boobs. Of course she would win.
"And our prom queen of 2009 is…" Eric Yorkie, a nerdy boy on the school newspaper and student council announced from a piece of paper in his hand, "Isabella Swan!"
Everyone clapped and my jaw dropped. They picked a junior over Jessica Stanley, a senior? Alice had to push my back a little to get me to go on stage and accept my plastic crown and sash that read: 2010 Prom Queen FHS. I knew I had to be blushing a million different shades of red. I looked around for Mike. He smiled and winked at me. I stood there as Eric announced prom king.
"And prom king is… Edward Cullen!" Everyone clapped just as they had done for me. He came on stage, shook Principal Barron's hand, and accepted his crown and scepter.
Why couldn't God just strike me dead now? First, new – and old at the same time – feelings for Edward had arose. Second, Edward had told me that our friendship was ruined by our dating. And third, I was going to have to dance with him again as they ceremonial prom king and queen with everyone watching on the sidelines. This was pure torture for my plan of staying clear of him.
"Now for the ceremonial prom king and queen dance." Eric said as he signaled to the DJ to start the music.
Edward and I stepped out on to the dance floor. We were quiet for a while and I couldn't take it anymore. I said the only thing I could think of. "You look nice."
He smiled faintly. "Thanks. You look good, too."
I tried to keep a conversation going with anything at all. "So…I haven't seen Tanya in a while. Did she leave?"
"Yeah, she said she was bored so I gave her the keys to my car. She went to my house. We're driving back to Tacoma in the morning." He informed me.
"Oh." That seemed to be my response for everything tonight.
We dance to the song for a little while and when it was over everyone clapped.
The dance was over at 11:30pm that night. I was due back at Charlie's by midnight. Mike helped me into my coat. As we got into his car, I saw Edward walking down the road.
"Hold on a minute, Mike." I said as I walked toward Edward. Luckily I wasn't wearing heels or catching up to him would be impossible. "Edward!" I shouted so he could hear.
He turned around. "What is it, Bells?"
"Why are you walking home?"
"Tanya took my car home and I can't get a hold of anyone. I'm just going to walk." He put his hands in his pockets and turned to walk away.
"Edward, it's six miles to your house from here. Just let Mike and me give you a ride." I said. I walked up to him and put my hand on his arm.
"Are you sure he won't mind?" Edward asked just as Mike pulled up in his car. He rolled down the window and asked what I was doing.
"Mike, will you give Edward a ride home?" I asked sweetly.
He nodded. After many thanks, Edward climbed into the backseat and me in the front. We sped off to the Cullen's humble abode.
After dropping him off, it was 11:50 and a twenty-five minute drive to my house. I was going to miss curfew for sure. And being the police chief's daughter that did not happen. Charlie would ring my neck for sure.
We pulled into my driveway at 12:17am. I could see the living room light on so I knew Charlie was awake. I got out of the car to go inside. Mike got out, too.
"I'll go with you, Bella. I'm sure he's a little angry with me that I brought you back late." He wrapped his arm around my shoulders and we walked into the house together.
"Seventeen minutes late. I demand an explanation." Charlie almost shouted from his spot in the recliner in the living room. He was just worried about me because he saw all too often reports come into the station about a teenage girl who'd gone missing in Seattle or something. I knew he was just protecting me.
"I'm sorry dad. But it's just seventeen minutes. It's not that big of a deal." I said putting my hands on my hips.
Apparently that was the wrong thing to say. "Isabella Marie Swan! First off, that is no way to speak to your father. And second, for seventeen minutes I didn't know if you were dead in a ditch or somewhere else! A lot could've happened in those seventeen minutes!" He stood up now and crossed his arms across his chest.
Mike spoke up. "I'm sorry, sir. It's my fault. I agreed to take a friend of mine home because he didn't have a ride. I didn't pay attention to the time. Please don't yell at Bella for this. It's not her fault. Once again, I'm sorry."
That seemed to smooth Charlie out a bit. He was obviously still a little annoyed with me, but Mike's maturity and knowledge of the right thing to say worked it's magic. "Well…alright. But don't let it happen again. Do you both hear me?" We nodded. "Alright, Mike, I think it's time you got home." He went upstairs.
Mike gave me a quick kiss on the cheek. "I'll see you tomorrow at Jessica Stanley's for the after party."
I nodded and hugged him. "Good night."
"Night, Bells."
I went upstairs to my room. Charlie had already retired to his bedroom. I changed into my pajamas – a simple Forks High t-shirt and grey sweat pants – and climbed into bed.
I laid here for what felt like forever. I couldn't get the image of Edward out of my head. His words kept repeating themselves: "I think that's the worst thing we ever did. Dated, I mean. It ruined our friendship."
Eventually I found myself awake at 2am mentally cursing Edward for keeping me awake with his damn charm and mysteriousness. I did everything I could to get my mind off him. I read a book, listened to my ipod, did a puzzle, organized my backpack, everything but none of it worked. Eventually I fell asleep around 4am. Luckily I would have all day tomorrow to sleep because it was Saturday. Then, from ten till whenever, it was party time.
A/N: Okay, so this story has been on my computer for a while. I have like six chapters done.
-Kelli
Review!…please?...
l
l
l
V