Edward and Bella aren't together... Still set in Fork, WA. Edward and the rest of the Cullens are still vampires but they aren't isolated from everyone as they are in the books.

Bella's POV

I was heading towards the cafeteria where the auditions for the high school musical called, "Summer in Paradise" written by our very own Mr. and Mrs. Castle, who are in charge of our drama department. Angela was at my side in the arms of her very own Ben Cheney. How I envied her, but still happy that she has found the one for her.

"I don't know why I let you talk me into this, Angela." I said annoyed. Angela giggled.

"You'll like it, it's not so bad." Angela replied. "And maybe you'll meet someone." She winked at me

"I doubt it. The only people who are in these production are frightening weirdo's." I said harshly.

"Be reasonable, Bella." Angela said.

When we reached the cafeteria entrance, Mrs. Castle was standing in front of the door, holding a pile of scripts handing them to each student who was auditioning. Mrs. Misty Castle was a comforting 44 year old woman with warm brown eyes and golden blonde hair with a hint of gray in it, which was always up in a bun. She was beautiful in her own right.

At that moment, Ben released Angela and they both recieved their scripts and headed inside. As I reached forward to recieve mine, Mrs. Castle was staring at me with a surprised look on her face. "Wow, Bella Swan auditioning for the musical."

I immediately felt embarrassed. I always hated the theater productions here and I never kept quiet about it. So it was understandable why Mrs. Castle reacted the way that she did.

"Um... well, yes. I thought I would give this theater thing a try." I lied. Angela pressured me into it.

"Really?" Mrs. Castle answered, questioning my motives. "This coming from the girl who said that everyone in our productions are frightening weirdo's."

I stood their frozen. My heart began to pound out of my chest. My breathing was uneven but I don't think Mrs. Castle noticed. She stood there, waiting for me to reply.

"Well..." I said nervously, "I decided that I wanted to be... one of those... frightening weirdo's."

Mrs. Castle bursted into laughter. I began to laugh too, but not because of what I said. I laughed because she actually believed my lie. I have always been a terrible liar, but she seemed to believe me, I guess I'm not so bad at acting after all.

Mrs. Castle continued to giggle and handed me a script, "Here you go, Bella."

I took the script and entered the cafeteria. There were chairs in 10 rows of 10 in front of the stage, where a bald headed man was sitting in front of a piano. That man was Mr. Roland Castle, he's the same age as his wife. He was average looking with deep blue eyes. I have always wondered how Mrs. Castle wound up with him.

I stood there looking for Angela and Ben when I was pushed from behind, dropping my script. I bent down to put it up when pink shiny high heel kicked my script further away from me. Angry, I stood up to see that it was Lauren Mallory and her possy. She was holding hands with a bronze haired boy with pale skin and gorgeous golden topaz eyes. It was none other than Edward Cullen.

"What the hell is your problem, Lauren?" I shouted.

Lauren and her band of followers laughed, all except Edward. "You." Was all that she said as she and the others walked pass me, still laughing.

I sighed and walked towards my script. I once again bent down to pick it up, when someone hand beat me to it. I sighed and stood up to find my script in the pale hands of Edward Cullen. He held out my script and I grabbed it from his hands. His hands felt like ice when I touched them.

"Thanks." Was all I could say. How could the boytoy of my worst enemy help me or even be nice to me.

"Your welcome." He replied. I watched him as he walked toward Lauren before he turned around. He started to walk towards me once again and stopped right in front of me. I was frozen. Why would he want to talk to me? I thought to myself. I looked at his face and was dazzled by it. How could someone so beautiful be real. He looked extremely guilty and he was struggling to find the right words to say to me, I could see that in his face.

"Bella, I'm sorry about Lauren..." He began to say before I interrupted him. "Edward, it's okay. It's just a script." I said breathlessly.

"No, not just that." He said before he paused to look at my face. I knew exactly what he was apologizing for.

Ever since I came to Forks High School, Lauren has always been out to get me because Edward showed some interest in me while he and Lauren were dating. So she spent all of her time making sure that my life was hell. You name it, she has done it. Pulled my pants down in front of everyone, spread nasty rumors about me, pour liquids on me, and other really horrible things... I get upset just thinking about it. Lauren once embarrassed me so much that I had to stay home for a week.

Edward began to eye my face, looking for my reaction before he began to speak. "I know Lauren has been extremely rude to you this past couple of monthes. And..." I interrupted him again. "She has been more than rude to me. Devilish Bitch is the words I think your looking for." I said angrily.

"Okay, you're right." Edward chuckled. I didn't think he would be laughing, considering I just insulted his girlfriend. He continued to apologize to me, "Well, I should have stopped it. I knew what she was going to do and I could have stopped it."

"How did you know what Lauren was going to do?" I asked, looking suspicious.

Edward's face lost all humor and looked nervous, then harsh. "Because she told me."

I continued to stare at him in amazement. I couldn't tell if he was lying or not. He's very charismatic. I didn't answer him.

"So the next time she plans to plot an attack, I'll let you now ahead of time, okay?" Edward said.

"Okay." I replied in a soft whisper. I smiled at him. He looked at me and smiled back. Edward turned the other way and walked towards Lauren. She hadn't even noticed that Edward was there. But there was something Edward said that was suspicious. I know for a fact that Lauren wouldn't have told him anything about attacking me. I was lost in thought until Angela walked up to me.

"Bells, are you okay?" She asked. I looked at her face, she looked concerned. She must have seen what had gone on between Lauren and I. "Yeah, I'm okay." I whispered.

Angela grabbed my hand and pulled me to where she and Ben were sitting. While Angela and I were holding hands, we walked past Lauren and possy. She started laughing and said, "Oh, look at Bella and her little girlfriend." Her friends laughed, as usual, they laugh at everything she's says even if it isn't funny.

"That's enough Lauren. Just leave her alone." I heard a man shout at Lauren as Angela and I were walking to our seats. I turned around and saw that it was Edward Cullen. We sat down with Ben and Mike Newton. I turned around to look at Edward and Lauren again to find that she was fuming because Edward stood up for me. She was yelling some profanities at him before she finally stormed off with her friends towards the exit. I was stunned. I couldn't believe that Edward got in a fight with Lauren over me.

He turned to look a me and smiled. I mouthed him a thank you. He nodded and mouthed your very welcome. I smiled and held his gaze until Mr. and Mrs. Castle interrupted us.

"Okay future actors and actress..."

Okay! I'm sorry I have to stop here because it's a good place to stop for now. I hope you liked it and once I have some reviews, I'll post the next chapter. PLEASE review and give me your honest opinion and tell me what you think should happen next! Thanks so much!

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