Chapter 5

BPOV

I have to admit Alice really out did her self this time. She pulled the top of each side of my hair up and pined it to the top of my head, letting it hang in loose curls down my back. She added just enough make up to bring out my eyes and make my lips seem fuller.

The dress was paired with matching flats and she loaned me a pair of earrings with blue stones. I had to say I looked pretty good.

Alice and I stayed in Mr. Dolley's office and watched and listened to the other talent. Some was ok, some were surprising, Tyler did a beat boxing thing, and Eric Yorkie did some kind of break dancing thing. The cheerleaders did there thing with out Jessica, who sat in the back row with the cheer coach. Some how Rose was now the captain of the team, and they put on a flawless show.

When it was Alice/My time to go on, Mr. Dolley went on stage to introduce the last act -me-, but before he did he had a surprising announcement.

"Before I introduce the last act, I am proud to announce that we will have one other performer. But not just anyone, this person will be joining the school of Julliard next fall." I could tell I was as shocked as everyone else in the room, that is until I turned to Alice and saw her smiling. She knew something but I couldn't ask her because Mr. Dolley was continuing. " But more on that later, the next act was told to be Alice Cullen but performing Taylor swift's 'You Belong with Me' is Miss Bella Swan." At first there was complete quite, than there was a sudden burst of applause coming from the front row. A quick look showed my family cheering for me with a few friends.

I took a deep breath and with guitar in hand I walked out on stage. The room fell quite, I quickly scanned over the room the best I could looking for Edward. I didn't see him.

"Pisst" I heard from below me. I looked to see Rose motioning at me. The crowed began to stair, getting impatient with me.

"He's hear. You just can't see him. Now go on Bella…sing." she said the last word with a wave of her hand.

I took a deep breath and swallowed hard. Than I sat on the waiting stool and began playing the song.

As I sang the room started felling with cheers, I could see not only my friends and family cheering but other people to.

As I finished the song the room erupted into applause and screaming. I didn't know what to do, I was so surprised that no one was booing.

"Bella, would you please stand and give your audience a bow" Mr. Dolley asked as he stepped up to my side.

As I stood the audience cheered even louder. As I looked into the crowed I saw that Alice had joined the family and was cheering just as loud as the rest.

Mr. Dolley began to try and calm the crowd. After a good 5 seconds he finally managed to get the room quite. I was just about to turn and walk off when he touched my shoulder.

"Bella, the next performer has asked that you stay on stage." he informed me.

"But…why?" I asked confused.

"You'll see. Now please have a seat on the stool." he said as he guided me back to the stool I had just left. After I was seated he turned back to the crowd.

"Ok, now that every one who was in the contest has preformed, I would like every one to pick up the paper and pencil under there seats and cast there votes.

I was still to confused to noticed what everyone else was doing. All I could think about was who was the next performer and why would they want me of all people to join them on stage.

A noise from behind me brought me out of my mussing. I turned to see Alice and the others pushing a baby grand piano onto the stage. I wanted to ask what they were doing but Mr. Dolley began to speak again.

"Now that all the votes are in, I would like to tell you a little more about the surprise performer. He is one of our very best students here at Forks High, and will be playing a composition that he wrote himself, it is a lullaby he wrote many years ago for a very special person in his life. It is also the piece that got him into Julliard. Now if you would please, put your hands together and welcome Mr. Edward Cullen to the stage."

The crowd was in an uproar, but I couldn't tell what anyone was saying. All I could do was watch as Edward walked onto stage and took his seat at the piano. He looked and me and with a wink he leaned in to the microphone and said "This is called 'Bella's Lullaby'." and with that he began to play.

As I listened to the song I began to remember, we was only 10 at the time, I had been having nightmares for sometime. One night just before bed Edward came to my French doors with a CD headset and told me to listen to it. And to my surprise it worked, I sleep through the entire night, no nightmares at all. He told me the next day that he had been working on it for a few days and was happy it worked for me. I still have the CD in my nightstand just in case.

The sound of cheering interrupted me yet again and I realized Edward was almost done playing. And that my eye sight was blurring, I hadn't even noticed that I was crying.

Edward finally finished playing and stood with a swift bow to the cheering crowd, he walked over to me with his hand held out. I place mine into his and with one quick pull I was in his arms.

"Bella I am so sor…" he began. But was interrupted by Mr. Dolley pulling the both of us to the center of the stage.

With quitting motions he announced. "The votes are in and the 3rd place winner is Eric Yorkie, the 2nd place winner is the cheer team and the 1st place winner is Bella Swan." The crowd erupted yet again, and I found myself being covered in roses. I looked to see that my family was the ones throwing them.

I smiled and waved, but before I could say anything, Edward pulled me back behind the curtains and with the saddest face I had ever seen on him he said "Bella, I am so sorry for everything that I put you through this summer. I…I"

I just couldn't take it, so I reached up and kissed him. And it felt right, it was as if the world just disappeared and all that was left was the two of us.

He pulled way first and just looked at me. I knew that I was as read as a beet. But he just smiled and shook his head. "You just keep on surprising me. First the way you look in that dress, than that song, and now the kiss. What else do you have to surprise me with?" he asked.

"You don't have room to talk, when did you try out for Juilliard?"

"Doing the summer, but I'll tell you more about it later."

"Why not now?"

"Because right now all I want to do is kiss the most talented girl I have ever known." and with that he placed his lips on mine and yet again the world disappeared.

The sound of clearing throat's and giggling made us pull apart. I couldn't believe it there in front of us was our parent, dad's clearing there throats and mom's giggling.

I pushed my embarrassment aside, to happy to see them to care.

"Mom, Dad you made it, I said throwing my self into there open arms.

"Not only did we make it, but we made it just in time to see Edward win the big game, and we saw you both on stage. Why didn't you tell us you were singing?" my mom said.

"We would have been home sooner." my dad added.

"Alice set everything up. I just had to go along with it." I told them all.

"We should have know. ALICE!" Carlisle and Esme said beside me.

"Yes mommy, yes daddy?" she asked bounding up to them. But before they could say anything she continued, "did you heard that Edward got into Julliard?"

And with just that little diversion she was forgotten and Edward was in the spotlight. But thankfully the football team saved him.

"Edward…man what is going on." one guy asked.

"Yeah dude. Like when did you learn to play like that?" asked another.

"Are you joking?" Emmett asked with a laugh. "That's nothing, we've had to put up with that stuff forever. He's just gotten better over the years."

I was saved from hearing any more thanks to Mr. Dolley pulling me aside. "Bella I wanted to give this to you, I hope you don't mind but I did something on your behalf, please wait until you get home to open and read this." and with that he handed me a large envelope and walked over to my family

After some time Mr. Dolley made the team leave and we were able to go home.

We all meet at Edward's and he filled us all in. Apparently doing camp he had made arrangement to go on into New Your City and meet with the Julliard people and played my lullaby for them and before camp was over he heard from them via e-mail that he got in.

After about an hour my parents and I started to leave, when I picked up my bag I saw the envelop sticking out. Reminding me of what Mr. Dolley had said, so I pulled it out and opened it. At first I could not believe what I was reading.

"Bella what's wrong?" Alice asked noticing before anyone else.

"Bella?" came a course of worried voices.

"Nothing. I just…Mr. Dolley gave this to me." I handed the letter to Alice as she was the closest.

"Alice what does it say?" Edward asked coming to stand beside me.

Alice began to read the letter out loud to everyone:

Dear Bella

I hope you will forgive me, but while I watched you in practice I decided to do something on your behalf. I videoed taped you singing and sent it to Julliard. I explained to them that you was not arrow of this that I was doing this for you.

Not to my surprise they not only liked what they saw they excepted it as your addition.

Enclosed you will find everything you will need to go to Julliard next fall.

With that she laid the letter down and pulled out the information enclosed.

"Let me see that" Edward said reaching for the packet. Alice handed everything to him and I watched as he scanned though the stuff. "It's just like the packet I got upstairs." he said handing everything to my parents.

Finally I found my voice. "That mean's I can…go to school with you next fall." I turned to see him smiling.

"I was just thinking the same thing."

"Well I guess this really has become the best night ever." Rose said surprising us all. "What? I can't be happy that my whole family is finally back together were they belong."

After a while we finally managed to make it home. As soon as we entered the house I went straight to my room to change out of my dress. Only to find laying on my bed a flowing white dress with gold stitching around the waist and the neckline.

"Do you like it?"

I turned to see Edward standing just inside my French doors, with a big smile on his face.

Its beautiful. Where did it come from?" I asked as I walked over and ran my fingers thought the fabric.

"Alice. She was hoping that things would go right tonight and you'd wear it to the dance tomorrow." he said as he walked over and wrapped his arms around me. "She was going to give to you at the house but…she decided that it might be better if I did it seeing as I was hoping you would go to…with me?"

"I was hoping you would ask." I said turning around and facing him. He leaned down as if to kiss me.

"Is that a yes?" he asked against my lips.

"Yes" I breathed just before he cut me off and kissed me.

Heading to Julliard

The dance came and went and so did graduation, and before we knew it Edward and I was heading off to Julliard. And the others was headed to Berkeley.

The End

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A Christmas to Remember.

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