Chapter 1: The Good Old Days
Maybe I was blind, maybe he was blind, or maybe we were both too stupid to see what we had in front of us. Either way, it was an opportunity missed - and years later, I still can't forget him.
Rewind to High School, the day I first saw him. He was standing there, leaning his sculpted body against the lockers, talking to his boys. I stood there for a minute or two, ignoring my friends and taking in the view of him. The way he smiled, his smouldering brown eyes, his tousled, unruly brown hair.. I got a warm fuzzy feeling in my stomach.
"What are you staring at Bella?" Rosalie asked.
Her eyes traced where mines were going.
"Looks like Bella has the hots for Cullen" Alice giggled.
"Shut up" I mumbled.
"A good girl and bad boy love story. Ha! Classic." Rosalie noted.
Edward Cullen has quite a reputation with girls in our school and when you are basically drowning in a pool of hormonal teenagers, there's no escaping the sexual tension and lustful ways people think, so if given a chance, they would jump on it, especially with Edward.
"Let's get his attention then shall we?" Alice said
My eyes widened and I looked at her with a desperate 'hell to the no' face, but before I could even open my mouth, she was already dancing her small self towards him. Alice and Edward are friends, but I have never got to see him before until now. Oh come on, I go to a school where there are so many people that it becomes impossible to know everyone. Alice and Edward have classes together so it was easy for them to get talking, this is how I know about his reputation.
"Hey there's my favourite girl" Edward smirked as he leaned in to hug her.
"And there's my English buddy!" Alice laughed.
"Don't tell me you want to copy my homework again" Edward groaned
"Actually no, I've already done it!" She proudly exclaimed
"Shocker" Edward chuckled and then his eyes landed on mines and I felt my heart speeding up. I quickly looked down at the floor, but that wouldn't hide my face turning red.
"Hey," Edward said in his velvety smooth voice.
I gulped. Oh god why am I acting like this. "Hey," I said sheepishly. His eyes were still locked onto my face.
"Edward, this is Bella and this is Rosalie" Alice introduced us.
Edward gave Rosalie a nod to acknowledge her but before he could say anything he got interrupted by his friend who pushed him out of the way and stood in front of Rosalie.
"And I am Emmett" He picked up Rosalie's hand and kissed it. Rosalie quickly snatched back her hand.
"What do you think you're doing!?" Rosalie screamed. Emmett's smug face quickly disappeared.
"Oh so you like to play hard to get. I see how it is." Emmett smirked.
"Ugh, I am walking away now" Rosalie said "see you guys later" she perfectly flipped her long curly blonde hair back over her shoulder and walked away in all her glory.
"I won't stop trying!" Emmett shouted after her.
"Dude," Edward placed his hand on Emmett's chest "now what do you think a girl like that would want with a guy like you?" Edward joked.
"just watch man, she will be mine"
"In your dreams bud"
Emmett rolled his eyes "gosh he's such a dick isn't he Bella?"
"Uh-I-um" I pursed my lips.
"Me and Bella have actually just met," Edward said as he placed his arms around me
"Well she won't have to wait long to see what a douche you are" Emmett winked at me
All of a sudden I felt a jolt of electricity rushing around my body when Edward angled his head to whisper into my ear "go on Bella, tell him how kind I am." I was finding it very hard to stand.
I looked at him and he looked at me. Our faces only cm's apart. I caught him glancing at my lips for a quick second before he regained his eye contact with me.
"Jheez what is going on here!" Alice snickered
"Yeah I can feel the sexual tension between them from here" Emmett agreed
All too soon me and Edward both awkwardly released our gazes from each other and stood apart
"Shut up dude" Edward lightly punched Emmett's chest
"Hey by the way, are we still going to that concert you were ranting about earlier?" Emmett asked.
"What concert?" Alice questioned in curiosity
"Oh this band called The Neighbourhood" Edward mentioned
"Shut up. I love The Neighbourhood!" I squealed
Edward smiled at me "okay then name five songs from their album I Love You" he quizzed
I smirked "Are you testing me Cullen?"
"Yes. I've got to separate the fake fans who know them only for Sweater Weather from the real ones"
I squinted my eyes "did you just call me a fake fan?"
"It depends, can you name the five songs?" He stepped closer to me.
I done a fake 'getting ready' cough "Wires, Afraid, How, Alleyways, A Little Death" I said confidently
"Wrong"
"What?"
"Wires was in their I'm Sorry ep"
"Still counts as one of their songs" I shrugged
"Fake fan" he winked at me
"Okay so if I am a fake fan tell me why I have brought tickets to their show" I challenged
"So have I, but at least I know which songs are in which album" he teased
"Okay then, tell me who plays the bass guitar in the band" I crossed my arms and raised my eyebrows.
"Zach" He quickly said
"Wrong" I mimicked him
"What are you talking about, it is Zach"
"I said bass guitar not guitar, in that case, it's Mikey" I sniggered. He looked back at me with his crooked smile. "And you call me the fake fan. Who doesn't know the names of the people in the band they love?" I pulled out my tongue.
"Boy you just got owned" Emmett patted Edward on his back
"Nice save Bella," The way he said my name made that butterfly feeling in my stomach return.
And just like that, the bell went indicating the next lesson. Edward got his bag from the floor "See you around" He winked at me before he left.
Alice made sure he was out of site before she screamed "OH MY GOD HE LIKES YOU!"
"SHHH Alice calm down" I put my finger on her lips
"You know prom is soon right?" She reminded me
"It's not like I am going to prom anyway" I said
"Hmm we'll see about that" She grimaced.
"I know that look"
"What look?" She giggled
"The look that you are up to something"
"I'm not up to anything" she lied
"sure" I squinted my eyes at her
"Time for class" she sang
And just like that, this is how the journey of my relationship with Edward began.