When In Love.
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When a not so little prank goes out of hand, will Bella and Edward's friendship be enough for them?
Or will the hidden feelings be too much to hide?
Everyone loves a little change here and there. And really, who doesn't love a new playful, sexy as hell, charming Edward with the confident, but still clumsy really, Bella. HAHAHA.
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Chapter 1: World's greatest secret.
Ahhhh. 1 month. It's been exactly 1 month since I've last seen Edward. Emmett and Edward spent their summer with their uncle and aunt in New York, while leaving me with my father. Life's not so bad, really. Alice-Edward and Emmett's cousin-stayed. She promised to accompany me while her parents went to Milan. Rosalie, our other best friend stayed in Forks, too. While her brother, Jasper took a backpacking trip with his girlfriend, Tanya in Budapest. So, once again, it's Alice, me, and Rosalie in this boring town of Forks. But knowing I'd be spending my time with them, nothing would really be boring.
"COME ON BELLA. I've like known you since pamper days, just freakin' admit it already, will you?!"
"Admit what, Alice?" I raised my eyebrows at her obvious question.
"You're in love with Edward."
Not this, again. I get this conversation from them whenever God allows Edward to be apart from me, which is basically the entire summer. Every morning, they'd ask me this question and I'd always give them the same lie.
"Of course Not."
"Then why are you like that to him?"
"LIKE WHAT?"
"If I had to tell you right now, we'd never stop talking until were both 40."
"You're exaggerating. I don't like him that much."
"SO YOU DO FUCKING LIKE HIM?"
"NO." at my peripheral vision, a pillow is about to hit Alice's head in 5, 4, 3, 2…
"ROSE! What was that for?" Alice yelled.
"You're interrogating Bella the wrong way. Ill do it, amateur."
"SURE." Alice drawled out, unimpressed.
"Bella, you've got the hots for Edward, okay, stop denying it."
"YEAH, but just a crush. It's purely physical."
They both raised incredulous eyebrows at me, and I realized the implication of my stupidly thought statement.
"Not in that way, you perverts. I mean, I like him, he's my best friend. But I like him because of his looks, and no, I'm not in love with him." I defended.
"So, if say, a busty blond bimbo walked up to him and flirted with him, you won't feel jealous?"
"Of course, I will. He deserves better than that, he dese-"
"OKAY BELLA. We understand. And because of that, we believe that you love him."
"Its pointless arguing with you guys."
"So, why do you keep doing it? Just admit it to us, and you wont ever have to argue with us again." Rose rolled her eyes.
"Bella, I want you to know that no matter what happens, you have to realize that Rose and I love you to death, and anything we do for you, we do because we love you." Alice suddenly said, changing the topic.
"Okay Alice, I know that speech, what have you done this time?"
Alice's eyes glazed over and I knew it was something bad. I rushed to the first thing she could have touched, my closet. Let me tell you now, the things I saw made me do this that didn't make me any close to achieving sainthood.
"Mary Alice Brandon Cullen. What the fuck have you done?" I said calmly.
"Bellaaaa. I just threw away some of your clothes."
"Tell me now where I can retrieve them, if you don't want to say good fucking bye to your Balenciaga bag."
"They're inside a really big truck right now on the way to be delivered to the Good Shepherd Charity in Africa." She quipped, panicked.
I immediately dropped the bag, and stared at her in hatred and awe.
"All of my bags, my clothes, my shoes, downright to my underwear are either in a dumpster, being burned or being shipped in Africa. What have I ever done to you Alice? I don't want the clothes you used to replace them with."
"I'm sorry Bella, but this is crucial a step to achieving a goal I've set with Rosie- you cant ask, SORRY!"
She quickly hugged me then ran away from me and I heard my front door slam, and I saw her retreating figure and I saw her enter her house. As sad as I felt that she massacred my clothes, some of which held sentimental value for me, I was glad she did it instead of someone else.
"Rosalie, what's going on?"
"Alice has this crazy feeling that senior year, you have to get together with Edward, or at least make sure that by college, you'll be together already."
"Why? Hasn't it ever occurred to her that what I feel towards him isn't mutual?"
"Bella, hasn't it ever occurred to you that you don't know how he feels?"
"I do. I'm his best friend. He'd tell me if he liked a girl."
"Unless that girl were you. Think about it."
I groaned at her logic, which was wrong but in her mind correct and if you had to put a fight with a smug Rosalie, you'd be the dumbest person I know. She just laughed at my childish act, and left just like Alice did. I didn't mind sleeping that night, for I knew the next day would finally be a day I'd look forward to.
I threw my head back one more time and laughed out loud. It was the end of spring break, and the Cullen boys, as we like to call Emmett and Edward just arrived at the airport a few minutes ago, their and there was already this big buzz in town that Edward had transformed to something else. That he had turned just like Spiderman, a prince charming overnight!
It's pretty weird, thinking that they had just arrived mere minutes ago and whoever saw them at the airport already spread the news and it's getting around like wildfire, well, what do you expect in small towns? I mean, Edward is beautiful. All the Cullens are. It's just that he is extremely modest. He wears reading glasses, wears plain shirts and converse, the smartest dude in school, doesn't get into too much sport, addicted with his amazing music, and is terrified of girls. I know all these because Edward's been my best friend for 17 years now. Yes, 17, since we were 1, since we were in our own mother's stomachs. We've been inseparable.
Inevitably, people start talking, thinking we had a thing going on, even our own best friends thought so, claiming we had a world of our own. I couldn't see how that's right. But, we don't. I do have a little thing for Edward, I've had a thing for him since 7th grade, but with looks like his, what kind of girl wouldn't like him? I know only of 2, my dear Rosalie and Alice. But its not love; it's just this tiny obsession with everything Edward. Infatuation my dears, is what you call it.
"Rosalie! Alice! Bella! The boys are back! Cover your eyes! They've really changed!" Esme giggled excitedly at us.
For just a split second there, I stared at Esme at awe. She acted so… modern. This woman amazed me so much, so much like a friend, a cool friend, but so motherly towards us. We placed our hands on our eyes and didn't peek. Well, I didn't.
"Hey Bella." The voice's lips landed on my cheeks. And the voice, oh my… the voice… so…
I opened my eyes and found out that, Holy Mother of all horses! Edward's gorgeous! Like, panty dropping gorgeous. And for the record, that's the first time he's ever kissed my cheeks. I saw Rosalie making out with Emmett, and Alice was no where to be found. Even part of our group, Alice wasn't really comfortable with Edward and Emmett when Rosalie and I entered the picture. She said that Rosalie is Emmett's girlfriend so any moment they had was private. And that Edward and my friendship was on another level so, it was also too special. She only felt that she belonged with Jasper, but this summer, they haven't been bonding, since Jasper started dating Tanya. As much as I hoped Alice could spend time with us, I knew she would just feel bad and pitied, so at times like these, Rosalie and I just let her be.
"Hey Eddie." I grinned, he laughed and hugged me. In Edward's life, I have been the only person that can get away with calling him Eddie.
"I missed you." He whispered to my ear.
"Missed you too." What was up with him being sweet and gorgeous today? It's annoyingly attractive.
"Bella, look at you, you've changed so much!" he grinned turning me around. I haven't changed much, it's just the effect of daily Bella Barbie dates with Alice and Rosalie. I learned that to shorten the time they spend on me; I actually have to do some of the work on my own. Like, simply drying and brushing my hair subtracts 1 hour from their game. So, fixing my looks kind of became a religious habit.
"And what are you wearing? Alice and Rose rubbed off on you too much." What was I wearing? A lime tank top, jeans and white flip flops.
"Look who's talking! Anyway, what's wrong with what I'm wearing?"
"Nothing, it's just that, the skin and fabric on you is balanced now, I'm just surprisingly pleased. And the color looks lovely on your skin."
"Edward, are you gay?" I asked him skeptically. Where have you ever heard a boy say, "the color looks lovely" such a retard, Edward is.
It was my turn to criticize him now, I examined him. He seemed to have a bigger build, and he lost his glasses, and he was way taller now, and he had bedroom hair. To see if his muscles were real, I lifted his shirt midway and poked his stomach, they contracted at my touch, wonder why, and his 6 packs--- wait, 6 packs? Edward has 6 packs? I poked it to see how hard it was, and yes, it was very hard. Nice. I dropped his shirt and did the same to his biceps. Ha. Edward, my Spiderman. Say what?
"What's your height, Edward?"
"6"1"
"Since when did you start growing?"
"Since Birth, Bella." He stared at me, amused.
"Where are your glasses?"
"I've got contacts now."
"Your eyes are still green."
"Should they change color?"
"I love your hair."
"I love yours too."
"This is just, wow. What happened?"
"I got bored at New York, Aunt Martha and Uncle Rupert was very social, and they took us to parties, and all. But when we weren't doing anything, things really got boring. Uncle Rupert's basement was a Gym, and Emmett said he was in the next best thing to heaven, he worked out and all, and really, I just stared at him, one day I started working out with him too. As for the better clothes, and contacts, I think I now know that Alice got her shopping addiction from Aunt Martha, she bought me every little thing."
"Meet any girls?" I teased.
"Aunt Martha, only."
"Aww. That's sad."
"Don't be jealous." He sighed, seriously.
"I'm not. You're such a retard, you know that right?" I smacked his arms.
"Admit it; you're getting the hots for me." Then he winked. And really, I do.
"Just because you've liked me for so long now." I winked back.
He stared at me for a second, worry in his eyes. Then I realized we were too close to each other, and we awkwardly shifted glances, then he pulled my hand and we silently walked to the staircase, going to his room, I assume.
"Help me unpack."
Edward left Forks with 1 gym bag. And he returned with 4. For hours we just stayed in his room, listening to The Cab and I helped him fold his clothes and return them to his closet. I just realized something, being his best friend for so long, I memorized everything in his home, especially his room. And clothes. But he never let me see his underwear closet in his bathroom. He's always been shy of that. And no, I'm not curious enough to actually sneak a peek. The tension was so thick that all I wanted to do was to break it. I found a pair of boxers in the other bag that was still lying around and I picked it up. I threw it at his head and he rolled his eyes at my childish antics to get his attention.
"Don't start something you won't finish, Bella."
"How do I finish that, Edward?" I asked, amused. I mean, seriously, how do you finish that? I just threw boxers at his head; it's not like a food fight. What do you call that then, boxer fight, or boxing? CORNY. The mature voice in my head groaned.
Then the pair of boxers hit me. What. The. Fuck. I threw the entire contents of the bag on top of his large head, and laughed so hard when I thought I saw steam leave his ears. So much for me helping him unpack. I jumped over his bed and he grabbed my ankle and I slipped, then he hovered over me and my breath caught in my throat.
"You have to see something, Bella."
"Show me."
"You're my favorite girl, you know that right? And, the whole time at New York, I missed you, okay?"
"Okay…"
"I got you something."
Then out of his pocket, he drew a silvery chain with 5 pendants on it. One said, "E + B 4ever." The other pendant said "I love you." The other pendant said, "Plain Jane. Jane Watson." The other one said, "Spiderman." I had to laugh at that. And the last one said, "Edward." He tied it on my right wrist and kissed the inside of my wrist.
I sat up properly, smoothed out my shirt and my hair, I smoothed out his shirt and hair too, and then my fingers silently traced his face. Then I kissed his cheeks and said, "Love you too, you're my best man."
"I didn't want to appear to be cheesy or anything. But I couldn't care less when I had those words engraved. Don't remove it, alright? Even when taking a bath!" he laughed, and I smiled at this boy, who's long captured my heart.
Today, is the arrival of Jasper and Tanya from Budapest. Alice wished to fetch them from the airport alone, so we allowed her too. I knew deep inside Rosalie wanted to spend the remaining days of summer with her Emmett. And I wanted to give Alice some moments with Jasper even if Tanya were there. Even though Alice tells everyone that Jasper's her best friend, Edward and I knew better. Since Alice is her sister and I read Alice the best. The way Alice feels about Jasper is love. She's sadly, heartbreakingly in love with him, and he has no idea. Or if he did, then he's so fucking stupid hurting Alice like he is. "I really feel sad for Alice, Edward. The way she sees Jasper, and he has no clue." I whispered at his chest. I slept over at his house last night. And mornings like these were normal, okay?
"I'm sure they'll be together this senior year." and when he said that, a brilliant plan rose in my mind. Since Alice and Rosalie are planning to hook me and Edward up. I think I'll do just the same with her and Jasper.
"Edward." I drawled out.
"What?"
"Can you help me?"
"I know what you're thinking. We'll set up Alice and Jasper, right?"
"Ohh, yes."
"Yeah, Ill help you." And I looked at him and I caught that twinkle in his eye that I was sure was in mine as well.
Alice's Porsche, Rosalie's BMW, Emmett's Jeep, Edward's Volvo, Jasper's Chrysler, and my lovely red grandmother of a Chevy, parked at the lot Monday morning of our senior year. Finally! We greeted fellow batch mates, and took note of the juniors, sophomores and freshmen. Ahhhh, the freshmen girls, always staring at the older guys, too bad most of them were taken. We compared our schedules and I realized I had Physics and Statistics with Edward. I had Health and P.E with Rosalie. I had English and World History with Alice, and Guidance with Jasper and Emmett. First period was, World His. With Alice and as we were about to turn for the class, Jasper's superstar of a girlfriend, Tanya made her grand entrance. Personally, I have nothing against Tanya, she's alright, honestly. But, I practically murdered her with my eyes 24/7 because she was unintentionally hurting Alice. Alice has been head over heels for Jasper since she was 10 years old. For 7 years, they've been nothing but best friends. And Alice has played her role perfectly. Super supportive, smiles all the way no matter how hurt she was. The only 2 people who knew about her love for Jasper was Edward and I. Rosalie never noticed. Tanya gave Jasper a tongue bath right in front of us, and I looked at Edward in a sad way, he caught my look and he understood. I ushered Alice out of that place and he broke Jasper away from Tanya.
"You didn't have to do that, you know. I'm used to it. I deal with it every time."
"Which is why, I try to let you not deal with it when I'm around, Al."
We sat at the back and the subject passed quietly. Alice did nothing but stare out the window, and I felt her sadness. Because I knew deep inside me, I was near the fine line between infatuation and love.
Lunch arrived quicker than I had hoped and by then, the female student body took notice of Edward. I mean, honestly cant they lust over Jasper or Emmett? But then again, Tanya and Rosalie might murder all of them. No one took claim of Edward, so it was legal for girls to ogle him. I knew I was in denial. I was one of those girls who lusted over him shamelessly; it's just that I don't make myself so obvious, which is why I believe that I belong in a class of my own. Ha. Dream on, Bella.
"My Brother, the ladies man." Emmett patted Edward on the shoulder, while I rolled my eyes at them.
"So, anyway, girls… what did you do while Emmett, Jasper and I were away?" Edward asked. Before I could answer Alice said a big lie.
"Rosalie and I bonded. We took Bella to a few shopping trips but it was rarely the three of us."
"Huh. Why is that?" Jasper asked this time.
"Bella spent most of her time in First beach; she kept getting invited to the bonfires there by the same boy, over and over again. Edward, you remember, Jake, right? Jacob Black. Yeah, I think he's got a thing for Bella." Alice teased. I stared at her in confusion because I never visited first beach but she mouthed the word, "plan."
"OH. So, Bella did you have fun?"
"Obviously, why else would I keep on going back, Edward?" I laughed, forcefully.
"Are you dating?"
"Nah. Bella rejected him. I honestly don't know who Bella's holding out for." Rosalie shook her head in mock sadness.
RING.
Time for Stats. With Edward, but knowing Edward, this would be 1 hour of interrogation.
"Who are you holding out for, Bella?"
"It's a secret, Edward." I smiled.
"But I'm your Edward. You can tell me anything."
"Except for this."
"Why?"
"It would change everything."
Before he could reply to my words, a blonde busty bimbo approached him, and I felt jealousy, which reminded me so much of Alice and Rosalie's example during summer, which made me wonder if this was their doing.
"Hey, Classmate. I'm Tara." She slurred the words around perfectly, and sat on Edward's lap. Edward seemed so calm.
"So, Tara, can I ask you something?"
"Anything."
"What class is this?"
"English."
"No, its Statistics. And next time, tell Emmett to send a smarter girl." After that Edward gently pushed her off his lap and waved goodbye to her awe struck face.
"What was that about?" I asked him, confused.
"Emmett's been sending girls to me since we were in New York, he said he can't believe why I haven't had a girlfriend yet, aside from Tanya, and I told him that, Tanya was a mistake because she just wanted Jasper. And I told him that I got so heartbroken and its hard to move on."
"But, I thought you were over her?"
"I am. But, see, he thinks that sexy ladies will get me to feel something else. And he won't stop until he sees me dating someone so slutty or someone he believes will really make me feel love."
"Does Emmett have any idea who that girl is?"
"Yeah, he thinks it's possible if it's only Tanya or you."
"What?" I chocked out, that, I wasn't expecting. Emmett? Thinks of me and Edward? Am I that obvious?
"Is it too impossible to date me, Bella?" he laughed.
"No." then he stared at me, calling my bluff.
"Date me, then." It was my turn to stare at him.
"What, like for real? Edward, this isn't funny…"
"No, just to get Emmett of my back. You don't have to do it if you don't want to, Bella. Don't hurt yourself."
"Okay. Ill do it." I laughed nervously.
"Good. Too bad it's pretend."
And at that moment, the teacher walked in and introduced herself and made it clear that talking in her class meant serious consequences. His words kept ringing in my head, too bad it's pretend. Frankly, you can't blame me for wishing we had something else. With the way Edward acts it's pretty easy to get yourself in deep and hope. But if his rejection in the end of this won't kill me, it's the humiliation I'd feel remembering the fact that I hoped. That I'm still hoping. God help us all.
***
Something happened for the first time, deep inside, it was a rush, what a rush. 'Cause the possibility that you would ever feel the same way about me, is just too much, just too much. Why do I keep running from the truth, all I ever think about is you, You've got me hypnotized, so mesmerized and I just got to know, do you ever think when you're all alone all that we can be, where this thing can go, Am I crazy or falling in love? Is it real or just another crush? Do you catch your breath when I look at you, are you holding back like the way I do, 'cause I'm trying and trying to walk away but I know this crush 'aint going away… See, it's a chance we've got to take, 'cause I believe we can make it into something that will last forever, Forever. .
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