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i live in Australia so if i used the wrong American phrases in sorry. no offence intended
chapter 1
principle green
My hands tightened around cold fingers. every few minutes i had to make sure he was still there. every time he still was, i felt this jump of surprise, he was still there and he was mine. we walked into the cafeteria and joined the line to get food. behind me Ang was talking about the prom, she couldnt decide whether to put her hair up or not. Alice was behind her they were talking avidly. unlike me, she actually cared about the prom. Jasper was going to take her, everyone was told that he was coming home from college just for her.
"why do you care?" i asked as edward filled a plate with stuff for me to eat "ben's not going to care about your hair, he's going to be to busy looking at how beautiful you look in you dress" at this Ang smiled
'well you should know you were the one who picked it with me' she laughed
edward sighed and looked down at me. he asked me to prom, but i told him if he kidnapped me again and took me to prom, i would key his car. he knew i never would key his car, but he took the threat. i did nothing but smile at him.
he lead the way to our normal seat and we sat down. as soon as he put the tray down, his hand snaked around my waist and he pulled me closer to his side. he kissed my hair and as he moved in to do it again i turned my head and his lips met mine. i deepened the kiss and he didnt argue, i felt like we could have continued forever but Alices big mouth stopped us.
'oh stop it you two, keep it G rated please' i giggled as edward pulled away
'your just annoyed you cant do this with jasper anymore' i said turning to look at her. she poked her tongue out making me laugh harder.
we sat in silence as i ate my lunch. edwards arms were still around me, i was so comfortable.
but of cause when everything was going good, things changed.
'miss swan?' i heard from behind me. edward moved quickly taking his arm from around my waist. i turned and saw mr green standing behind me. my first thought was: what did i do? i had never been called into the principles presents and was a little concerned about why he was here.
'mr green?' i questioned 'how can i help you?'
'relax miss swan your not in any trouble' he smiled as he moved closer to us 'actually im here for good news. i was going through the lists of the prom attendants and i didnt see yours or mr cullens name on the records'
'oh, no we decided not to attend' i said ignoring edward snicker and attempt to disguise it as a cough. he wanted to go, i didnt.
'well that might be a problem' he continued 'you see we need the valedictorian there to give the speech'
'well thats good but what goes it have to do with me' edward stiffened next me and alice started jumping up and down slightly on the chair, i was still oblivious to everything.
'well you see you have to be there for the speech'
'why you just said that it was the valedictions job?' i still had no idea what this all had to do with me
'your valedictorian' he said.
oh my god
'no no no, there has to be a mistake, i cant be valedictorian, its not possible'
'oh it is possible, you are valedictorian. congratulations!' he said smiling. 'so i need you to write a speech and have it ready. only about 2 or 3 minutes, nothing big' he smiled again 'i will look forward to it' and at that he left.
the instant he was gone edwards arms wrapped around my waist again and he kissed my hair.
'OH MY GOD' alice squealed
'your valedictorian' ang smiled and she threw herself forward and hugged me, awkwardly as edward wouldnt let go of me.
'no....me.....no...i....cant' i couldnt get the words out. there was no way i could be valedictorian. i know that i threw myself into my studies when edward left but i was never told that i was the top of the class.
'bella my love.....breathe' edward whispered in my ear.
'edward' i said turning to look at him 'im valedictorian' i whispered
'i know my love and i am so proud of you'.
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two hours later i found myself in the usual position, in the front seat of edwards car. i was thinking about lunch. edward had kept a smug grin on his face all afternoon. it was the look of 'my girlfriend is valedictorian'. he snuck off in the last period and bought tickets for the prom. alice was in the back seat talking constantly. right now she was on finding a dress for me. she was blabbering on about going to portland to some dress designer that i was suppose to know. She had first suggested we went dress shopping in Seatle, but Edward had instantly said no. i wondered why, but i didnt push the subject, i had enough problems right now.
'alice is there any way to get out of this?' i said
'no you are going whether you like it or not.' she replied. at that moment edward raised our intertwined hands and kissed my hand.
'i love you' he whispered 'and im still so proud of you'
'yeah yeah, but your not the one who has to give a speech' i murmured
'two' alice piped in from the back seat
'what?' i almost shouted
'well you have to give one at prom and then one at graduation' i suddenly got very dizzily. edward laughed and moved his arm around my waist. two speeches, i didnt think i would live through one and prom thrown onto it.
'dont worry my love, i will be there through all of it. i will even write the speeches if you want'
'show off' i murmured as alice cracked up in the back seat.
'maybe they got it wrong. maybe they should check it again' i suggested drawing at straws to find away out of this
'i dont think so bella' alice said. that vampire was enjoying my pain too much.
'well its possible, i mean i only started to throw myself into school after my birthday last year' i saw edwards fingers tighten around the steering wheel as they always did when someone mentioned him leaving.
'it doesnt matter why you started' alice said 'think of it as the only good thing to come out of edward leaving'
we pulled up in front of the Cullen mansion and as always edward was there to open my door. as i got out he wrapped both his arms around me and held me tight. it was then that i realised how happy he was that this had happened to me. i couldnt see why it was so important but he was flying.
'oh break it up' alice said getting out of the car.
edward let go of all of me except me hand and we walked like that up to the house. everyone was in the livingroom watching emmett and jasper play some video game, but they had to stop when jasper opened his arms and welcomed alice to them.
alice and jasper rarely slowed affection in front of other people but since alice was away from the love of her existence for 7 hours everyday this fact had changed. everyday alice came home and was welcomed into Jaspers awaiting arms. i couldnt help but smile.
'ladies, gentleman and vampires of all ages may i present to you the valedictorian of forks high 2008, Isabella Marie Swan' edward declared as i entered the room. everyone smiled and laughed
'are you going to do that when i enter every room?' i said as esme came over and hugged me tightly
'probably' edward laughed
'meanie' i whispered
'oh congradulations' carlisle said coming over to hug me. 'this is great' he let me go and esme grabbed me into another hug
'im so proud of you bella' esme said not letting me go
'thank you, but its really not that big'i commented moving back into edwards arms, which snaked around my waist.
'it is a big deal and one that we have to celebrate'alice said turning to look at me.
'oh no no no no no no. im not going to any party alice'
'you dont have any choice i insist'
'alice do you want to kill me? i have two speeches, a prom, dress shopping with you and now a party, please for the love of god alice let get out of this with some shred of dignity' my pleas went unnoticed
'no' was all she said smiling
'alice this is not a big deal' i pleaded
'yes it is bella'
'now many times have you guys been valedictorian?'
'none, we have never worn the cap' edward said behind me
'only cause you dont want to draw attention to...' i stopped 'oh this is going to draw attention to you. i mean your the valedictorians boyfriend, i have to tell mr green i cant do it' i was panicking i couldnt let anything happen to edward or his family
'bella this is no more attention then when we all came back suddenly, no one will notice us' carlisle said
'they'll be too busy looking at you' edward hummed in my ear. i moved as close to him as i could
'have i mentioned im proud of you?'
'a thousand times' i snickered
'make it 1001, im proud of you and i love you' he maneuvered himself so he kissed me while still having his arms around me
'guys seriously G rating' alice giggled
'well i better get home, undoubtedly charlie has found out and he's waiting for me' everyone, even rose, hugged me as i left. carlisle and esme said they were happy and proud of me, that seemed to be a theme today, and alice said she would tell me the date of the party and the dress shopping excursion. it had to be in the next two days as the prom was on friday. i groaned at this
'dont let her get me' i said to edward as we walked out of the house me still wrapped in his arms 'i dont think i will get back in one piece'
'I HEARD THAT' alice yelled
stupid vampire
'i wouldnt let her hurt you. but i cant stop her. she scares me' he snickered walking me to the car