"He's not in today," Alice revealed.

"Who Edward?"

"Yep,"

"Everyone's wondering where he is," Jessica interjected.

I just arrived two seconds ago and here we are standing at the entrance of school already talking about Edward.

"Maybe he's just late," I shrugged.

"No. You know that guy Jasper? He said that Edward texted him saying that he's not feeling well today," Alice added.

"He looked fine yesterday," Jessica put in.

I then remembered him clutching his stomach yesterday. I decided to keep my mouth shut because whatever that was wrong with him, he obviously didn't want people to know.

"Tanya and her clique are walking around school trying to find him," Alice said.

"Of course they are. They are the popular group. They get everything they want," I surmised.

The day went on normally. People pondered about why Edward wasn't in, but other than that, it was a pretty dull day.

I arrived home ready to get some food in my stomach. I was always alone when I came home because both Charlie and Renee worked. Sure it got lonely at times, but I preferred it like this. I like being alone. I'm free to think and say what I want without having to worry about what people would think of me. I can eat whatever I want without people making a rude comment. I can wear whatever I want without being judged by people.

I began the process of making spaghetti. I love to cook. It helps to pass time. Renee and Charlie normally get home at around seven. Charlie is a nurse whilst Renee is a banker. My mum wasn't great in school. She always got herself into trouble, you should see her detention record. But then she realised something. She realised that messing about wasn't getting her anywhere, so she stopped. She stopped hanging around with the wrong people and began to study her arse off to get the grades that she needed and after a long, hard and challenging time, she got the grades that she wanted. It's possible you know. Everyone has the chance to improve themselves and achieve the things that they want to achieve, you just have to be diligent and eager. Strive towards your ambitions because it is up to you to get off your backside and do the things you need to do to achieve it.

I took a shower and done my homework. I heard the door open and in came Charlie and Renee.

"Hey baby," Renee said.

"Hi mum, hi dad," I replied. "How was work,"

"Depressing as always," Charlie yawned.

"Tired?" I asked.

"Yes," He replied.

"Get some rest dad,"

"Will do," He said as he lazily walked up the stairs.

"Something smells nice," Renee sang.

"That would be because of me, I made spaghetti," I smiled.

"Mmm," Renee said as she licked her lips. She grabbed a plate and splat the spaghetti on there. "I needed this," Renee said. I began laughing. "How was your day?" She asked.

"Boring," I said.

"And why is that,"

I hesitated for a bit "Because... it just was,"

Renee raised an eyebrow at me and was trying not to smile.

"What?" I asked.

"I'm having a feeling that you found it boring because someone you're interested in wasn't in today,"

I just looked at her trying not to smile. "A mother knows," She smirked.

"Ugh! You're so annoying! I'm going upstairs!"

Renee just laughed at my reaction. Was it really that obvious that I had feelings towards someone I barely even knew?

The next day came and went. Still no sign of Edward. More days passed and people started to become worried about Edward. There had been no contact with him and no one knew what was happening. The weekend came and I just mostly spent my time watching TV and eating pizza. Such a great life. Before I knew it, it was Monday again. I was walking to the bus stop and I could see that someone, a boy, was waiting for the bus. It must have been that same guy that missed the bus when it was raining because he was wearing my school uniform. The more closer I got, the more clearer his face became. I was only a few meters away when I realised that the boy was actually Edward. He was on his phone so he didn't see me. I debated on whether or not to hide behind the bus shelter or go up to him and I had a feeling that he was always going to take this bus so what the heck! I'm going to see him all the time now so might as well talk to him!

I walked the remaining meters and sat down next to him. His head rose and he when he saw me he smiled and took out his headphones.

"Hi," I said.

"Hey," He replied.

He looked sick. The colour of his face had faded a little but you couldn't tell unless you were close to him, which I was.

"You weren't in for a couple days," I said.

"Yeah... I was really ill," He looked down when he said that.

"Well are you okay now?" I asked.

"Yep. I'm on some pills so I should be fine," He replied.

"Ah," I said.

"Have I missed anything at school?" He asked.

"Yes, but I'm sure that you will catch up soon," I betted.

He chuckled but then it got followed by a groan and him putting his hand to his stomach.

"Are you sure you're okay?" I asked in concern as I put my hand on his back.

He didn't reply for a few seconds as the pain subsided.

"I'm fine." He breathed.

"Have you seen a doctor?" I asked.

"The doctor just said that I should take pills to feel better. My stomach has been killing me and I have been vomiting everywhere," He admitted.

"Oh wow... Well hopefully you'll get better," I said.

"Thanks Bella," Yes. My heart did start beating rapidly when he said my name.

We started talking about other things like our hobbies and if we had pets. I kept repeating to him that I am quite uninteresting, but he always insisted for me to carry on and he never seemed to get bored of what I was saying. The bus came and we got on and began talking about what our favourite things were. It was mad that we had a lot in common. We began walking the rest of the way to school and the stares we were getting from our fellow peers were galling.

"Everyone's staring," I mentioned.

"Ah let them. What can they do?" He said. We laughed it off. We walked to form together and when they others saw us coming in together they were all open mouthed. There was no sign of Tanya, but I knew she would find out about our entrance together in a matter of seconds.

"Hey Bella, hey Edward," Alice snickered.

"Hi Alice," I replied giving her a face of 'don't do anything stupid'.

"How have you been?" She asked Edward.

"Felt ill, now I feel better," Edward said in a careless manner.

"Good, good... uh oh," Alice said whilst looking behind our heads.

I turned around and saw Tanya rushing towards us.

"Hi Edward!" She shrieked as she ran into him and wrapped her arms around him.

"Woah.. Um. Hey Tanya," Edward replied.

On purpose Tanya held on him even longer just to show everyone (me) that he was hers. The death glare she was giving me also confirmed that she found out.

"Babe where have you been? I was worried!" Tanya wailed.

I couldn't stand there. I just walked away with Alice. If there's one thing I cannot stand, is people making you jealous and angry on purpose. I mean seriously, what is the point of it? Me and Alice walked out the art corridor (in which our form was in) and then came the on going questions.

"Did you flirt?" "Where does he live?" "Is he going to walk to school with you everyday now?" "What did he do when he saw you?" "Did you get his number" "Do you like him?"

So I explained to Alice what had happened and what we were talking about and she couldn't help but to have this cheesy grin on her face.

"I don't care, I ship you two." She announced.

The bell went and we had to walk back to form, when we got there everyone was already in so we had to run to the door and were greeted with stares from the others. Awkward.

I saw Edward sitting in his place and he gave me a smile, I smiled back at him.

"Why are you two late?" Mrs Bradley asked in a disappointed tone.

"Sorry Mrs, we were just getting our books from our lockers and the bell went," if there was one person who could make up something on the spot and people believed her, it was Alice.

"Mmm, okay sit down." Mrs Bradley brushed us off.

I power walked to my seat, keeping my eyes on the floor.

"Where did you run off too?" Edward whispered.

"To get my books," I lied.

He raised an eyebrow at me and laughed.

"You're such a bad liar," He put forth.

"Who said I was lying?" I challenged.

He started to laugh again. "Me, myself and I" he replied. I slapped him lightly on the arm.

"Hey listen, do you want to hang around with me at lunch?" He requested.

There goes my heart.

"Um... yeah, yeah I would love to," I stammered.

" Great." He smiled.

So our lessons went by as normal and I wasn't really paying attention to most of them as I was more elevated for lunch to come. I told Alice that I wouldn't be with her today, he was upset, but as soon as I mentioned being with Edward she said, and I quote "Get with him," with a wink.

After a very long wait, the lunch bell rang and I was out of my class in a flash of lighting. I wondered around school searching for Edward and after a while I found him outside the library.

"Hey," I said.

"Hi," He replied with a crooked smile.

"Lets go in the library,"

I followed his trail and we sat down on a table with a book in the middle of it.

"See this book? What is a book to you?" He asked.

"Um... I find books really fascinating" I replied.

"Why?" He quizzed.

"Because everyone book is different, it's filled with stories that are beautiful and have a meaning. When everything around you is in a tough position, reading helps."

"I find books very appealing." He said. "They all have a story and no matter what, in most cases, there is always a happy ending."

"Mmm... Why are we talking about books?" I questioned.

He gave me a smile. "Because our lives is a story. Every single individual has their own book. We all have different lives." He answered. "It's going to be filled with love, rage, jealousy, calmness, sadness, hate. It's just scattered with emotions."

"I don't see where you are going with this,"

"You will soon. When you're ready I'll tell you the answer," He smirked.

"And when will I be ready?" I asked.

He just shook his head and looked the other way. "It's a surprise. Just remember this." He said as he held the book in his hand.

We talked for the rest of lunch and we got so into our conversation that the bell brought us back to reality. Time had gone by so fast when I was with him. Luckily for me, we were in the same science class which was next lesson.

We walked to science together and the lesson started, but something happened to Edward half way through the lesson.

"Sir," He said weakly as he put up his hand.

"Yes Edward? What is it?"

"I feel like I'm going to faint."

He wasn't looking too good either. His face had lost a lot of colour and he looked fragile. He was a completely different from lunch to now.

"Do you want to go to the school nurse?" Mr Demitriou asked.

Edward simply nodded.

"Can someone please go with Edward?"

"I will," I said quickly before someone else stole my shot.

Mr Demitriou nodded at me and I helped Edward off his chair. We gradually made our way out of the class and then he said "I need to lie down," he sat on the floor and put his head between his legs.

"How are you feeling?" I asked whilst I rubbed soothing circles on his back.

"Nauseas," He replied.

He took a few minutes on the floor before he could manage to get up again. We walked the remaining way to the nurses office and we walked in.

"Oh you're not looking well my dear," she said to Edward, "Have a seat," Edward done as he was told.

"What's happening?" She asked him.

"I feel dizzy and I feel like I'm going to pass out and be sick,"

"Maybe your blood sugar is low," She got up and went to her cupboard and got out a tin of biscuits and chocolates. "Here, eat these, maybe this will make you feel better."

"I don't feel like eating," He protested.

"Honey, you won't feel better unless we can get some sugar back into your system," she told him.

He groaned and took out a biscuit and gave it one small bite.

"Do you want to head back to class?" The nurse asked me.

"No, I want her to stay here," Edward answered for me.

The nurse didn't bother arguing with him as it was quite evident that he was in a bad state, so she let me stay.

I sat next to him on the sofa.

"Looks like you are still sick," I said.

"No shit," he laughed.

We sat there in silence as he kept taking small bites from his chocolate biscuit. A bit of colour did return, he was starting to look better.

"Feeling better?" I asked

"Yeah," He responded. "I don't know what's wrong with me," He huffed out.

"You're just sick... It will pass eventually,"

"I know, but I've never been this sick,"

"Just count on your white blood cells," I said.

He erupted into laugher. "You're funny," He smiled.

"Thanks," I bowed my head to him.

"Do you have a phone?" He asked.

"Of course I do,"

"Can I see it?"

I nodded and I took my phone out and passed it to him.

"You don't have a lock on this thing?" He asked in shock.

"Don't feel the need to have one," I shrugged.

"You never know, it could get stolen," He pointed out.

He turned his body towards me so that I couldn't see what he was doing on my phone.

"What are you doing?" I asked.

He looked at me and smiled and handed my phone back.

I gave him a confused look but then I looked at my phone to see that he added his number to it.

"Oh," I said. By this point I could feel a huge blush threatening to break free and land on the surface of my skin.

"Promise me that you will text me," He said.

"I promise," I quickly replied.

He nodded at me.

"Are you feeling any better?" the nurse asked him.

"Yes, but I want to sit down for a while," He requested.

"Sure no problem," she replied. "Darling maybe you should go, its time to go form now." The nurse ordered me.

"Oh okay..." I picked up my bag. "I'll see you tomorrow... Hopefully," I said to Edward.

"Remember your promise."

"I will," and with that said I walked out and headed to form. Alice must have been on drugs because of the way she spat out questions to me ninety miles per hour. She told me that in english Tanya kept sticking her ass and chest out when she was with Edward and Edward kept his focus on her eyes instead. Coming from a boy, I'm surprised that he done that. All most guys want these days is sex.

I was home now and the first thing I was go on my phone and text Edward, just like I promised.

Bella: Hey Edward, it's me Bella. Looks like I remembered that promise ;)

I sent that message and got on with the house work. I cooked, cleaned and took a quick shower and after all of that, I checked my phone to see that no message had come for me. Maybe he'd given me the wrong number? Maybe he was pranking me?

Renee and Charlie arrived home and we all had dinner. Mushroom ravioli was tonights dish. I finished and washed my plate and headed back upstairs to check my phone again, still nothing.

I decided to read a book and I must have lost track of time because my phone's notification went off and I looked at the time to see that it was almost midnight. Great, now I'm going to go to school looking like a zombie.

I shut my book and checked my phone to see that I had received a message from Edward.

Edward: Hey Bella, sorry for the late reply. As soon as I got home I was knocked out. I'm probably guessing your sleeping right now...

Bella: Don't worry about it. And nope, I'm wide awake. I was reading a book and lost track of time.

Two seconds later my phone went off again.

Edward: Why hello night owl

Bella: How are you feeling?

Edward: Not too bad

Bella: You think you can make it to school tomorrow?

Edward: Yep. I should be fine, I think.

Bella: I heard Tanya was giving you quite a show today

Edward: Agh that girl makes me want to chop my ears off.

Bella: That bad huh?

Edward: She never stops talking to me!

We continued texting each other for ages and once again, I lost track of time.

Bella: Can you believe that it's 1:30am

Edward: what.

Bella: I know right!

Edward: You should get your beauty sleep, we have school tomorrow

Bella: You should too

Edward: I'm a boy, I don't need beauty sleep

Bella: LOL okay

Edward: Goodnight Bella.

Bella: Goodnight Edward.

And once again my dreams got taken over by Edward. I dreamt that we had forever. I dreamt that we were together and we done crazy stupid things and went to concerts all the time. He dominated my dreams now.