Hey guys! Thank you for reading my first fan fiction ever and I hoped you guys liked it. Thank you also for the reviews, favorites, etc. because they mean a lot. One thing I wanted to mention was that Bella goes to an all girls school and Josh an all boys school.

Characters of Bella and Edward belong to Stephenie Meyer, not me.

Chapter 2- Realization

"Hey babe, you look great." Josh gave me a kiss as I got into the car.

"Thanks." I faked a smile for him. I wasn't excited a bit, but I could tell how happy Josh was.

"Lets go have some fun." He drove off and started to howl, pounding on the steering wheel. I laughed, glad he was having fun already.

We arrived at Josh's school and everyone was there . Loud music and flashing lights surrounded the gym, I wanted to go home now.

"Hun, I'm going to get a soda." I yelled at him since the volume of the music was too high to speak in an indoor voice.

"Okay babe." He yelled back at me; busy talking to his friends to notice that I was already walking away.

I walked through the crowds of people, seeing everyone dancing on top of each other; every girl there was either, blond and blue-eyed and half-dressed.

I finally got to tables where the drinks were and grabbed a Coke, I went outside to the benches to escape from all the madness.

Outside wasn't really better, everyone was kissing their girlfriends and if they weren't in public, they would probably be doing it by now. The only bench that was available was with a guy with a leather jacket smoking a cigarette; he was a better choice than any of the couples.

"Um mind if I sit here?" I asked the stranger.

"Yeah sure."

"Thanks." I took a seat and opened my Coke, I felt awkward being around strangers, especially in circumstances like these. I usually avoid eye contact to try and make things worse.

"Hi I'm Edward Cullen." He held out his hand to me and that's when I looked at him.

His eyes were a beautiful green, clear and dark at the same time. His hair was a beautiful bronze color, messy but also neat. His face was perfectly structured, showing off his chiseled features. He could make any girl melt and hearts flutter, mine was.

"I'm Bella Swan." I whispered. The noise wasn't so loud outside so I imagined that Edward could hear me.

"So what's a pretty girl like you doing out here all alone?" Edward leaned towards me. The first thing I did was check if he was sober, he was. Then I laughed sarcastically, if only Edward knew how I felt right now.

"Actually I'm with my boyfriend Josh." I pointed back towards the gym.

"Josh? From the swim team?"

"Yeah."

Edward snorted. "Why are you dating that jerk?"

"He's not a jerk." I was getting defensive now . "And how do you know him?"

"I'm a senior here."

"Really?" I was shocked, I've never seen Edward before and I'm sure I would remember someone as beautiful as he was. I shook my head, trying to focus. "So why are you alone?"

"I'm chaperoning."

"We'll you're doing a really good job at it." I said sarcastically, looking at the chaos around us.

"Thanks."

I gave him a smirk for saying that about Josh.

"Why didn't you come with your girlfriend at least?" I looked at my lap, embarrassed that I asked such a personal question to a stranger. Something out of my character, maybe the noise and the makeup was getting to me.

Edward took a breath of his cigarette. "Don't have one."

"Come on that's hard to believe."

"Why?" He leaned back in towards me, he looked intrigued.

"Because I can't believe someone as handsome as you, is single." I whispered, completely in shocked at myself on how I was talking to this stranger, with no filter, as if I've known him all my life. "At least, you must have a lot of admirers."

"You would be surprised." Edward smoked his cigarette. "But I can't believe a girl like you is dating a guy like Josh."

"Why?" I asked, playing his game now, intriguing myself.

"Cause look at what a jerk he is." Edward pointed to the gym and I saw Josh.

He was dancing with a blond girl, half-dressed and on top of him, both kissing each other. I gasped and tears started to run down my face. I didn't want to look like an idiot crying because her boyfriend, but I was too hurt to care.

"Bella, I'm sorry. I didn't plan anything, it was just..." I could see he was trying to make things better but it didn't work. I walked away, just wanting to go home. I got to the gym door and realized that I didn't have a ride.

"Damn it, I don't have a ride back home." I walked back to Edward's bench. I put my head in my hands and continued to cry.

A couple of minutes past and Edward spoke. "Do you wanna just go?" Edward put out his cigarette.

"What?" I sniffled and wiped the remaining tears.

"My car is just over there and we can get out of here."

I contemplated going in the car with this stranger, but I looked back into the gym and I still see Josh dancing with the pretty blond girl. He didn't even acknowledge that I hadn't come up to him to say anything to him or that he had a girlfriend.

"So are you coming or not?" Edward was already standing and held out his hand. I wasn't sure if he was trying to help me up, but I just got up by myself and followed this mysterious stranger into his car.