Hey guys! I've been dying to write this fanfic :D Just something about the way in which I imagine my Edward and Bella :P
And I dedicate this story to my beloved best friend, Ditu who inspired me to read Twilight! :D And I can PROMISE you all that the following chapters will be better than this!


Summary :

Bella's always been this girl whose world revolved around her besties - Em, Rose and Alice. She'd always thought that Edward was this maniacal basketball player, but what will happen when they meet? On the last day of school? (You must wonder - why on the last day?..:D)

Summer's here and while everyone at Forks High have anticipating plans for the vacation.. What would happen to Edward and Bella? Will they become friends? OR fall in love? :D

She'd promised one of her close friends - Jessica, that she'll be going to the cheerleading camp with her. Will the camp give rise to new problems? Or reveal Jessica's true side?

Alright, I'll tell you the story line. So.. The camp thing turns out to be a major trap, which happens to be a near-death experience for Bella. Who do you think acted as her savior? :D Your guess ought to be right.. :P

And.. Bella's birthday is just around the corner! Her big surprise planned by her favorite guy in the world ends up with disastrous consequences. He'd said that he hates her..(Why? :P) But is Bella selfless enough to accept the apology? He broke her heart once.. Would Bella forget everything and welcome him with open arms?

FIRST OF ALL.. Will they fall in love? Or are they ALREADY in love? Or is it just that they'd never say the truth to each other?

Too seek the answers for ALL those queries, I'm afraid you'll have to read all the chapters! :D

And um, you also need to wonder why the story has been named as 'When I'm With You' :P

So, READ ON!


"Though dreams can be deceiving, like faces are to hearts, they serve for sweet relieving, when fantasy and reality lie too far apart."


When I'm with you.

Chapter 1

I didn't know if this was real, or it was me who was just making this up. I was in an unknown place. As far as I could see, nothing but mist covered the place. I could hear the gurgle of water nearby. Why was I here? There was nothing in sight. The sun shined above me highlighting the woods. I kept wandering around the forest, frustrated.

Why in the world would anyone want to roam in a place where there was absolutely nothing? I could see light a few yards from where I was standing. Without thinking I walked toward it. The light began to shine brighter and brighter as I got near. With a sudden explosion, the mist disappeared from where the light was coming from. I could see the faint shadow of a figure making its way through the light.

I froze. Was I crazy? This didn't seem like reality. I should have figured that out as soon as I realized that I was wandering alone in the woods. And who or what was the figure that was emerging from nowhere? I watched, stunned.

I couldn't believe it. What was an archangel doing here? I walked toward it, absentmindedly. I stopped once I was close enough. And there he was. Bronze hair, emerald eyes, flawless beauty, crooked smile. There was only one person who could match these – Edward. Something asked me not to forget that he had attitudinal problems, but I decided to chuck that thought.

"Bella. What are you doing here?" His velvet voice asked. I blinked at him dumb-struck. One look into his eyes, and it was as if I could see something lying there at an immeasurable depth. And it held something which could draw a person towards him. Like a magnetic pull.

"I don't know." It was all I managed to say.

"What are you doing here?" I asked him in return.

"I came looking for you. Weren't you thinking about me?" He grinned.

Was I? Maybe. But how did he know?! Its high time I realized that I was dreaming. This couldn't be possible. Edward was talking to me. No way.

"Bella!" He shook me, pulling me out of my trail of thoughts. He smiled his crooked smile which destroyed my resistance. Find it corny or whatever. His smile did make me feel weak.

"Mmm?"

His eyes glistened under the sunlight, and well I was speechless. Alone in some damn unknown place, with my dream guy standing in front of me. What do you expect me to do? Give a speech called, 'I am the Luckiest Girl in History' or something?

I was probably getting on his nerves by remaining tight-lipped, but his face showed no trace of anger. Mischief clearly played in his eyes, as he came closer to me and placed his forehead against mine. I could feel his breath across my face. And that sent a tingling sensation wipe across my back.

Okaay.. What's going on?

Before I could think anymore, his lips were over mine. When his cold lips connected with mine, it gave me a totally-out-of-the-world feeling. I didn't even bother to protest, which proves something was wrong. His lips moved against mine like it was the millionth time we were doing this. Sounds strange, doesn't it. And the worst thing was that I seemed to be okay with it! Am I the one to be blamed? When his lips seemed so irresistible? Well, everything seemed so.. perfect. (Which I'd admit, was really peculiar.)

And my heart didn't begin to accelerate. I couldn't even feel it where it was supposed to be. Like it had melted into a puddle. (I know, it's an odd thing to say, but that's how it felt!) It was as though there were sparks all around us. Wait, more than that. He pulled away to look at me. But I was kissing him back.

WAIT! What the hell?!? Why was I kissing him back? Something must be dead wrong with me. I was supposed to loathe Edward Cullen!

My eyelids fluttered open. And I gazed at the sunlight which entered through the windows, illuminating the room. I sat up horror-struck. I groaned at what had happened.

I was having one of those fantasies about him again. Like I thought, it was a dream. In reality, I despised him. He was the captain of our school basketball team. He showed off like anything. That's the main reason why I never liked him. Egoistic. Not once have I seen him be polite to anyone except his friends. It's rather unbelievable that someone like him even existed on our so-called planet. Sometimes, I wonder if he had come from some other planet with the soul purpose of irritating me. You'd never know, some devil could have summoned this lunatic.

However, he looked the opposite of ordinary. His honey-sweet was the kind which could make girl's heart feel the flutter of a butterfly and his gorgeous smile was the type which would knock the breath out of you. (Sure, go on and think I'm exaggerating. But remember, you aren't the one who has seen him.)

No wonder he has all the girls falling for him. But the strange thing was that he never showed interest to any of them. Why not? Why didn't he use his fame to ask girls out? It wouldn't be the first time he is using his popularity to do something. But still, he never showed the least bit of interest towards any girl. How weird. What could be the reason?

No. I told myself. I shouldn't care about him. I had my own problems to carry on with. So why bother about his life?

Only then did I remember that it was the last day of school. I was going to be a senior next year. I smiled at the thought.

A senior meant more responsibilities. But I was proud of myself. I looked at the clock.

Holy crow! It's eight! I was supposed to be in school in twenty minutes. I got out of my bed in a hurry. I rushed to the bathroom and brushed my teeth swiftly and thoroughly. I took bath and changed into a blue blouse and a pair of jeans.

I figured out that Charlie had already left since the cruiser was nowhere in sight when I peeked out of my window. I hurried downstairs fleetingly.

I was in a dilemma. I was out of time to prepare breakfast. So I gobbled down the cereal quickly. I grabbed my school bag and stumbled across the hallway to reach the door.

Stop freaking out. It's just the last day of school for this year. I ordered myself.

I finally made it out of the house and got into my truck. That was when I heard a honk. I looked in the direct where it came from. It was Alice's Yellow Porsche. What was she doing here? I got out of my truck and walked to her.

A word about Alice, before you meet her. She's my best friend, which must be self explanatory. She never runs out of solutions for any of your problems. A trusty pal. She was a teeny bit taller than I was, with hazel eyes. Her brown hair was cropped short. She was in a perky mood usually. Which proves she's a shopaholic. And it will take everything in you to pull her out of the hyperactive mood. Trust me on that. She knew how to make a person cheerful.

Wanna know how? Of course you do. You tell her that you're depressed and she'll take you for shopping. Asking you to try out every "cute" outfit at the mall. She calls it 'fun'.
Or worse, she'll make you play Barbie. And believe me, it's not that easy, closing your eyes and letting her run the curling iron over your hair. She'll torture you applying manicure over your nails making you look like a clown. And well, all of this is what Alice refers to as 'normal'.

She opened the door and beamed, "Hi Bella! I had a feeling that you may be late for school, so I came here to pick you up. You wanna ride with me?" She grinned.

Trust me, the girl knew everything about me.

"Yeah. I woke up late this morning. Thanks." I replied and got into the car.

We had almost reached school when Alice broke the news. "Bella, since this is our last day at school, I've thrown a party. I've invited everyone. And when I mean everyone, I mean it. You're obviously invited. What's a party without my best friend?" She grinned again and I stared at her petrified.

So this was the key to all the I-though-you'd-be-late excuse. She very well knew that I hated parties and its gonna be all the more horrendous since everybody is invited. And for Pete's sake, our entire homeroom, and the school knew I could never dance!

I groaned. "C'mon Alice! Is all this necessary?"

"Of course it is! Think about it Bella, this is the last day you get to be a junior. You don't need to do much. I'll pick you up at six this evening and we'll get dressed at my place. Just try to be a good sport. It's gonna be heck a lot of fun! A lot of cute guys are going to be present…"

She babbled on and on about this while I fought back another groan.

Great. I thought. My day would be just that worse. Now I'll have to play Barbie again. Allowing Alice to dress me up was something that I never enjoyed.

"Okay, okay. Fine, I'll come." I muttered half heartedly. I didn't want to hurt her feelings.

"Yay! I'm so happy! Thanks Bella! You're the best!" She exclaimed. More or less it sounded like a thousand bells ringing.

I got out of the car, hoping that the day would end soon.


When we entered the hallway, the entire school was buzzing about the summer. I could tell that they had exciting plans for this year. That was when it hit me. Stupid me! What was I thinking when I promised Jessica that I'll join the cheerleading camp this summer? I was a complete fool. Everyone knew that I could never walk the shortest of the distance without tripping. Now, cheerleading.

Awesome. Insanity.

Maybe it was just a trick, who knew? She pleaded me with puppy dog eyes.

And heaven knows what I was thinking when I agreed to it. Although she promised me that it'll be easy. But who knew how many times I was going to fall? Or break a bone?

I let out a huge sigh.

That was when I caught the sight of the perfect face. I saw him everyday at school, but I hate it when he made my thoughts incoherent. It was like he got me hypnotized. He was surrounded buy a bunch of friends, but he was the only one whom I saw. It seemed as though we were the only ones in this hallway. Eh.

Snap out of it. I commanded myself.

That's right. I don't like him.

If he wasn't so mean and a big slut I swear I would have liked him. I was really confused when it came to him. I never seemed to make up my mind.

But it was against the girl code to crush on best friend's brothers. Atl east that was what Alice kept saying. Death to the person who invented all this crap.

I forgot that Alice was with me.

"So, Bella are you sure that you have to go for the cheerleading camp?"

"Sorry Alice, I too wanna spend my summer with you..But I already promised Jess."

"Um, its okay. I understand."

I hated letting Alice down. But what can I do? Jess is a good friend of mine too.

That was when the bell rang. I got my books out from the locker and got ready for the first hour.


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