So this is my first fan fiction ever, so if this is terrible, boring, idiotic, or all of the above, please be nice! I'm not sure what this is, just a little story about something that could have happened after Twilight but before New Moon. Okay, so maybe it couldn't have happened, but whatever. Not too much drama, since I'm such a newbie. By the way, sorry it's so short. but I'm still trying to get my bearings so things might seem… I don't know… a bit off? Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight…

Chapter One: Mike's Speech

Monday mornings are always the hardest to get up on. But knowing I'll get to see Edward is enough incentive for me to drag myself out of my warm bed and face school. Unfortunately, Edward was hunting so I knew the day was going to be long. Groaning I slipped my covers off and placed my feet on the icy bedroom floor. It was that time of year when fall turned colder and blended into winter. To me all that meant was frigid winds and pounds of chilling slush blanketing the ground.

I trudged across my room and pulled on my warmest sweater and slowly made my way downstairs to eat breakfast. Letting out a heavy, exasperated sigh I left for school pulling my coat up around my ears to ward off the unpleasant cold. My truck took a couple of tries to start, and when I started backing out the tries squealed and slid across the slick road. Great. Knowing my luck I'd probably end up under another car. I suddenly remembered last year around this time nearly being crushed by Tyler's car. Only this time, no Edward. I was on my own. Taking extra care driving, I finally pulled into school. As I grabbed my bag from the passenger seat and jumped out of the car I nearly collided with Mike.

"Oh, hi Mike," I greeted him politely, but I could see in his eyes and eager smile that he seemed elated that I was alone, and without Edward.

"Where's Edward?" Mike's eyes swiped the parking lot, he sounded guarded, almost as if he expected Edward to appear instantly. If only.

"He's not here. He's, um, out camping with his family." I felt nervous, I had a nagging feeling Mike would see my anxiety and misinterpret it, or ask more questions. And being a terrible liar, I knew that wouldn't end well.

"Camping? In this weather? Whatever, Edward was always different. Here I'll walk you to class." Mike didn't really seem to care all that much about the holes in my story, in fact his mind seemed to be somewhere else. He grabbed my hand and began a slow, leisurely walk to class. I mentally moaned as he began his "friendly chatter," which was more or less him questioning me on random events and forgetting to allow me to answer. I was right; it was going to be a long day.

Suddenly, Mike's "friendly" banter took an unpleasant twist; he pulled my hand and guided me to a nearby wall.

"You know Bella, I think that Edward is leading you on. I don't want to upset you but really, the guy leaves just about every couple of weeks. He just doesn't seem to care. But me, Bella, I do care. Trust me if you left that jerk you'd be so happy with me." Mike finished is declaration and watched my reaction with gleeful eyes and satisfied smile. As for my reaction, I just stood there staring at him, mouth agape, waiting for my alarm to go off and wake me from this absurd dream… nightmare.

"L-l-look, Mike, you're a sweet guy. But I'm really happy with Edward and he does care. If Edward didn't like me, we wouldn't be together," I was hoping to give Mike an easy letdown, but my own words caught me off guard. If Edward didn't like me, we wouldn't be together. This was true, wasn't it? At times I have felt unworthy and undeserving of Edward's love, but time and time again he'd assure me that he loved me with every fiber of his being, every unnecessary breath he took, and with every kiss he gave. And I thought I'd finally realized, finally understood that he did love me. But those words had brought a sense of… uncertainty, suddenly I felt that those words couldn't be true. Why would Edward love me, he shouldn't. I was just some plain schoolgirl; there just couldn't be a way for him to fall in love with me. I'm mean-

"Bella? Hello? Are you still with me? " I snapped out of my panicked daze and looked into Mike's brown, worried eyes.

"Um, I've got to go," I muttered, turning I headed into the classroom.

"Wait, you're okay, right? If anything's bothering you, you know you can tell me, right?" Mike had grabbed my arm and held me there; I could see his eyes begging for me to confide in him.

"Yeah, I'll see you later," I yanked my arm from him and skirted into the classroom just as the bell rang. Well, that was just a great start to a Monday morning without Edward. Edward would be back tomorrow, but just like always that just didn't seem soon enough. I went over Mike's little speech in my head and then stopped. Wait, Mike had been telling me to leave Edward and go out with him? That had to be the most direct Mike had been to me before. He really does have determination I'll give him that, but wasn't anyway I could leave Edward. But what if Edward left- no. I wasn't going to even think about that. Just then I heard my name being called over the PA.

"Bella Swann, could you please report to the office please? Thank you." I gathered my books and headed for the office wondering what I had gotten in this time. I entered and felt my stomach drop.

"Dad, what are you doing here?" My heart began to quicken, and I felt my palms become clammy. Why was he here? Did something happen?

"Bells, I need to tell you something."

Sorry, about the cliffhanger, but don't worry there will be more. So to the important part, how'd ya like it? Did it suck? Was it da bomb? Did you laugh, cry, sneeze? What? Tell me your thoughts and feelings… please?