Hello fellow writers and readers, this is my third new story this week. I have set a goal for myself. Right now it's 11:45, so ovbiously I'm not going to be bale to add four quality chapters by midnight, but I promise and swear to each and everyone of my readers that I will have four more stories posted by three this morning. I also promise to have all of my stories updated by 5:00 and if I'm in the mood to I migth ad d two additional stories for kicks. Since I will be updating TwiTopics I will be reveiwing New Moon so look out for that one. I'll post what I'm doing on my twitter so follow me, my name's AliceSwift. So here goes this new one. This takes place in the veitnam war, which took place in between 1965 and 1975. Or so says Yahoo Answers.

PLT!

~AliceSwift

"So Bella, do yo think we'll win tonight?" Alice asked, she was sitting beside me, we were at lunch.

"Yes I think so, we haven't loss a game yet." She laughed and then turned back to her conversation with my brother, Emmett.

I didn't see how she could be so positive. Her fiance, Jasper, had been drafted over four months ago back at the begining of the school year, it was november. Jasper hadn't bruned his draft card, like countless other football players at my table had. Emmett, Tyler Crowley, Mike Newton. The one person at my table who hadn't was actually the one who was currently holdin my hand. Edward Cullen. He didn't go to the bond fires with the other guys. He was tempted to, but then Alice talked some sense into him. I think he realized that they really needed people to fight for our country, and if he was drafted than he would be idolized by the entire country, even if they didn't know his name. He had behaved better than my brother when Jasper was drafted at the end of summer. I think that's why he was so much more outrageous about the situation. I knew that Edward and Jasper were close but Emmett and Jasper were closer. I think the day he left was the madest I've seen Emmett in a long time. And by a long time it's pretty much as long as I can remember.

I'm pretty sure that's why he had joined football, I mean he had played as a kid but never in a leauge or anything. I think it really helped him put his anger into something. Edward followed is lead and when they both made the team I was enthused enough to try out for the cheerleading sqaud. Alice and Rosalie were already trying to convince me to and I eventually was going to give in, so I decided to do so before they dragged me into practices. It was actually alot more fun than I had expected, especailly since Edward was an amazing quaterback and our team hadn't lost a single game this season. This would be the first time in Forks High history that we had a winning football team. My table of jocks and cheerleaders were super enthused about the game. It was the second to last game we could play, and if we won than that meant next week it would be us against the last team in the state, which if we beat them then our team would be best in the state. Pretty exciting if you ask me.

The bell rang, dismissing us to our next class. I threw away what was left of my lunch then put the plastic tray on top of a huge pile that was on a table next to the trash can. I grabbed my books then walked to my next class with Alice.

The rest of the day dragged and went too slow. Deep down I think I knew that we would win, but I think I had convinced myself that I was nervous. After the final bell I went to my locker and got my books, then left for practice. We planned what cheers we would do for half time and then rehearsed them for the last hour. We also made signs for the boys saying good luck, like they needed it. I met up with Edward out front after practice, football and cheer let out at the same time so each day he walked me home. After giving him a kiss goodbye I walked inside and hung up my coat. I said a qucik hello to Charlie before taking my bags to the kitchen table. I go ou tmy history homeowork and dived into ancient rome. I was on my last page of that subject when Alice phoned.

"Hello?" I asked.

"So has Edward asked you to the dance yet?" she said peppily.

"What dance?"

"The winter one. I'll be here watching Lucy and Cynthia but I think you guys should go together, it would be cute." Lucy and Cynthia were her younger sisters. After her parents passed away, she was really the only one who could watch them.

"He hasn't asked me yet to answer your question, but does he really have to? I mean if I was going it would obviously be with him."

"Yes he has to ask. If he just showed up at your house two weeks from now and said that he was taking you, would you be ready to go to the high school?"

"Well no, of course not." she was so ridiculous sometimes.

"That's why he has to ask."

"I see your point. I'll mention it to him, okay?"

"Great. So are you going to the diner before the game?"

"Probably. Did you get someone to watch your sisters?"

"Yes, our neighbors agreed to wacth them whenever I needed them to."

"Didn't they just move in?" I asked flipping the page in my text books, writing down the final answer, then shutting the book and putting it in my finished pile.

"Yes, but they're eldery. They've had kids and they have two grandchildren living eith them right now. One's a fourteen yearold boy, Cynthia's age and the other is only a few months old. Lucy's only four so compared to their youngest she won't seem that bad."

"You're jsut going to trust two random strangers with your siblings?"

"Yes, I don't really care. I've been watching, not to mention paying for them, since Cynthia was ten. It was sad and all at first but it's been four years and I'm not sure how much longer I can do this. I need a break and tonight I'm finally going to get it."

"Well, I could watch the kids, and I'm sure Edward wouldn't mind. Just let us know, I've told you that before."

"Yeah but that's weird. I know you guys and I don't want to get in the way."

"No, we're helping out sometime, call me if you need me."

"Okay, thanks. Oh, I have to go. The mail man's here. I'll call ou back if I get anything from Jasper."

"Okay, thanks."

"Sure, bye."

"Goodbye." I hung up the phone and then jumped into my English homework.

Edward knocked on my door a few hours later. I opened the door and there he stood. He was wearing his under armor, it strechted across his chest and hugged his muscles. All the equipment was at the school, along with the teams ersey's. He had explained to me that they all keep them in a pile in the locker room. Something about supersitions that I would never understand.

"Are you ready?" he asked. I picked up my pom poms by the door and nodded.

"Bye dad!' I yelled into the house. I shut the door behind me.

"So do you think we'll win?" I asked and looked up at him. The street lightes were just coming on.

"I think so. You know this is all you rfualt right?"

"What?" I asked concerned.

"This whole winnig thing, I was really hoping for a losing team this year. But no, you just had to go and inspire me to do well."

"Well sorry about that. I didn't reliaze what a huge influence I had on you."

"Well you should be." We met eyes and instantly burst out into laughter.

"Seriously, I think we have a pretty good chance."

"Yeah," he took my hand. "Me too. We'd have a better chance if we had Jasper though. He was an amazing player last year."

"He was."

"When did Alice say he was coming home?"

"I think in Januray."

"It'll be good to see him again."

"It will be." I agreed as we walked into the diner. I heard a bunch of noise in the back and knew that's where we would be sitting.

"Well if it isn't the two love birds." Rosalie laughed, she was sitting in Emmett's lap. She took a sip of her soda as she spoke.

"Well look who's talking." I said and Mike scooted over so Edwward and I could get in.

"Is Alice here yet?" I asked.

"No, I haven't seen her."

"I hope she'll make it. This would be the third game this season." Tyer said, he obviously liked Alice, but he was nice enough not to do that to her.

"Yeah, it's just been so stressful though, with Cynthia just starting high school, and Lucy turning one Alice barely has anytime to herlsef. I mean shes alreayd working two jobs, she said she might have to add a third."

"That would be awful, she's stretching herself way too thin." Jessica commented. She was sitting by Mike, they had an on-off relationship and I think they were in that do I really like her/him again? phase.

"It's what she need to do."

"What who needs to do?" I heard the voice that we were just speaking of chrip behind me.

"Alice! I thought you weren't going to make it." I exclaimed.

"Well I had to get Lucy and Cytnhia ready, then myself, plus Jasper sent a letter which I ridicuoulsy read about twenty thousand times, then I decided to write back then even though I have the rest of the night after the game to do so. Thanks for waiting."

"Oh no, we just got here too, but are we ready to go?" I asked.

"I think so." Emmett said. We all walked to the game together. Jessica, Rose, Alice and I went over cheers while te guys disscussed different plays and old rivalries from years past with the team we were playing tonight.

We got to the high school and I gave Edward a good luck kiss. They all walkd into the school to get ready and us girls walked towards the opening gate. One look at the other team and I knew we would win.

Though wehn we did I still acted shocked and surprised. It was in the last seconds of the game that Edward caught the ball and ran towards the end of the feild to score. The crowd was on their feet and the squad was jumping up and down. The other team was throwing their helmets on the ground and knocking things over like that would help their anger.

Edward came up and twirled me around.

"We won!" he screamed.

"It was my fault remember?" I told him and he laughed. He gave me a kiss and then swung me around again.

That night I got home and was considering calling Edward when there was a clink sound on my window. I ignored it and when back to my journal. There were three more then a pause, then two more.

"Bella." I heard someone say quietly. I ran over to open the window and saw Edward looking up at me from down below.

"What?' I whispered down with a laugh.

"Come for a walk with me?"

"Okay." I slipped on a pair of shoes and then climbed out my window. I was about half way down when I slipped. I had just opened my mouth to yell when Edward's arms caught me in a cradle posision.

"Thanks for cathing me.

"Thanks for slipping." he said and put me down. I took his hand and we started walking.

"Where are we going?"

"I don't know, I thought that we would go to the beach, but if you would rather-"

"No, I like the beach." I said. Some how we managed to talk the enitre way there. I thought we would run out of things to say when we actually got to the beach, but we didn't. I guess we never really got sick of eachother, never stopped talking with one another.

"So how do think Alice will react when Jasper comes back?" he asked.

"Oh she won't let us near him. She'll be totally possesive." I said sitting on the sand, he took my handand sat down next to me.

"I think she deserves it."

"Alice deserves alot of things she doesn't get, some things she never will." I sighed and leaned back, he followed my lead.

"I'm worried about her." he turned and looked at me.

"Me too, I don't think she won't be able to handel it when he leaves again."

"Alice is alot of things, strong is one of them. Her parents died, leaving her with a ten and three month old to take care of at fourteen. She's always relied on Jasper and yet even when he's not here she manages to get Lucy to preschool, give Cynthia great advice and still make her self presentable for school and work. Then there's cheerleading, her grades are near perfect, as are Cynthia's, she might barely be getting by on money but when you think about it she has alot more going on than I know I could ever handle. I think that when Jasper leaves she'll be sad, but she'll know she has to keep going...or else things will really fall apart."

"You make so much sense sometimes." I said sincerely and sighed. "I know I couldn't handle you leaving."

"Me either. Being away from you for months on end. Only seeing you for two weeks in between. I'd die."

"Don't even go there. I've had night mares about you being drafted and I can't even bare the thougt of losing you, it's impossile to me how Alice can handle that reality."

"Well I can assure you it won't happen anytime soon." he rubbed his thum along my cheek and it wasn't until then I realized I was crying.

"You can't assure me anything, our country's at war and you know what could happen."

"Yes but really the chance that me out of thousands is going to be picked."

"It happened to Jasper." I said coldly.

He sat up as did I, he took my hands. "Bella Swan, I, Edward Cullen, swear to you that I will never leave, if the worse happens to me you will always be my one and only true love. I swear to never ever lose you no matter what will happen. If for some reason I leave, or for some reason you leave, I swear to you that we will never lose touch. Because I love you, and I can't even bare the thought of losing you." I looked in his eyes and saw that he reallt truly meant it. I took his face in my hands and kissed him, hearing nothing but the waves in the backround. I held his lips to mine for a long second before letting him go and smiling.

"Bet you can't catch me." I teased and hoped up heading for the water.

"Bet I can!" he yelled from behind me and I knew he was close.

"No!" I yelled as my feet hit the water and he took me up in his arms. I struggled to get out of his grasp but nothing worked. He finally tossed me behind him, me going deeper in the water. I was completely soaked when I stood up and he laughed at me.

"You think this is funny?" he nodded, continuing to smile and laugh. I wlaked towards him and he tried to back up but couldn't reach the sand fast enough. I latched onto his back and pulled him under neath with me. When I came up I saw him sitting in the water.

"I love you." he said with a smile and a slight laugh.

"I love you too." I took his hand and we spent the rest of the night at the beach.

The next week at school was the week before break, it was Friday the last game was tonight and if we won we went to play-offs. Charlie was actually coming to this one, the first one during the season. It wasn't like I minded him coming, in fact I usually convinced him out of it. I could cheer in front of hundreds of people, but Charlie sitting in the crowd was something else entirely. Of course by the time we first scored I had fogotten and was too busy cheering the team on.

It was actually a prettty good game, we didn't just crush them like we usually did. The guys had to try to get past them this game, unlike the last the one before that one and every other game the entire season where they just jogged down the feild with the ball. Thing actually looked pretty shady for us by the ned of the third quater, but we got ahead by two touchdowns, the other team scored three times, putting them ahead by one for the end of the fourth. We scored once and now it was tied. It had also started raingin about half way through the game, making the sky even darker and the feild evern slipperier.

It was the last ten seconds of the game and I got a really intense feeling right before the clock started. I looked for his number, 74, I found the blue numbers printed across the back of his jersey. I smiled at him and he smiled back. The whistle blew and then the ball was thrown. It was taken down the feild and as the time stopped we racked up another seven points.

We won. We were going to playoffs.

I stoodin awe as the players ran off the feild to be congradualted by friends and family waiting in the stand. I stared at the scrore board then looked down at the feild. Edward ran towards me and swooped me up like he did last week, this time holding me in his arms, his unbreakable grasp conforting. In that moment I never wanted him to let go, but he set me down as Charlie came to congradulate us. He held my hand as we walked out to the school.

It was about ten minutes after getting home that there was a knock on my door. Emmett and Charlie had both collapsed in bed when we got home, I was up doing some extra credit. I didn't think that it could have been him, but it was and his news killed any excitment that was flowing through my veins.

"Edward?" I gasped as I swung the door open. The rain had only gotten worse and he was completely drenched, he panted as if he had been running. I wondered why he hadn't phoned.

"Bella. I've been drafted." he said and his face had a painful expression on it.

In that moments I could feel anything, it wasn't until a few seconds later that I felt pain and tears behind my eyes.

"Would you like to come in?" I asked.

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Okay I know I really shoudn't write about things that I don't know the first thing about, so if that football section was a little off then please just ignore it. Follow me on Twitter, I'm AliceSwift. New Stories to come later tonight and really really early tomorrow morning.

See you next time.

PLT!

~AliceSwift.