"Edward Cu... but I thought your parents didn't like the Cullens."

"They don't!" I whispered trying frantically to come up with a reason as to why the son of my parent's worst enemies would be at my 17th birthday party. That's when he spotted me and began to walk over. My heart kicked into overdrive and I look desperately at Alice for something to do. She grabbed my arm and began pulling me quickly towards the other side of the yard.

"You go distract your parents; I'll go see what he wants here." I nodded too bewildered to actually say anything. I turned to search for them and saw my dad coming out the back door. I rushed over to him; this was good he would be the angrier of my parents if they saw a Cullen here. Even if it was the son of said people not the people themselves. The amazingly handsome son of those people. No! I couldn't think that even if it was true, my parents would never allow me to spend time with Edward let alone go out with him.

"Hey dad," I greeted smoothly acting just as I would have otherwise. "Thanks for doing all this for me."

"Oh your welcome Bells, you really deserve it." Swiftly I looked over and saw Alice with Edward and they appeared to be arguing about something. Finally he sighed and started to walk to the back door just when my mother was walking out of it.

"Wait!!" I rushed over and grabbed Edward by his arm before my mom even saw him. "What are you trying to do start a family feud?" Before he could answer I turned to look for Alice. She was right behind and I nearly screamed with relief. "My mom and dad are out they're going to see him any second…"

Alice grabbed my shoulders "Ok, Bella calm down its ok."

"Excuse me," Edward said calmly.

I glared at him. To think he had the nerve to talk to me after crashing my party and making me scramble to be sure my parents don't see him. That would cause a scene that would definitely ruin the rest of my high school existence. I shuddered inwardly waiting for Edward to continue whatever he was about to say

"I didn't mean to cause trouble it's just…"

"Well that's what you did and you need to get out of here right now!"Alice cut him off. For a second I felt bad for him, maybe he actually was here to just say happy birthday. It wasn't his fault that our parents didn't get along with each other. However that feeling was soon gone when I saw my mom heading over this way and I knew I was seconds from her seeing Edward. I grabbed his arm again and shoved him to the floor.

"Under the table," I ordered him and quickly straightened up to smile at my mom.

"Is everything ok?" she asked. "I know you weren't expecting this but your father and I thought you would really enjoy it.

"No, it's great mom." Of course it would be even better if I wasn't hiding Edward Cullen under the table and trying to figure out a way to get him out of here without you finding out, I thought. My mom kissed me on my forehead then walked over to my dad to help with throw some garbage away. This was the only moment I would have so I quickly yanked Edward back to his feet and sprinted over to the back door. I noticed Mike giving us a dirty look. I guess he didn't realize this was Edward because then he wouldn't feel nearly as threatened, not that he had a right to be threatened. Everyone in town knew that the Cullens and the Swans were complete enemies. One of the disadvantages of living in a small town. We got to the front door and I threw it open.

"Bye!" I was about to slam the door in his face when he turned to smile at me.

"Happy Birthday Isabella Swan." Then he just turned and strode slowly down the driveway. Huh? That was really odd. I still couldn't come up with any kind of logical reason that Edward Cullen would want to be at my party. I mean I never even said two words to him. He was in one of my classes at school and my lunch. And of course I noticed him any girl that wasn't blind couldn't help but notice him. But I always knew he was off limits so I didn't think about him much, at all really. So I was completely lost as to why he would suddenly show up at my party. How would he even know about it anyway? Well, again I live in a small town I guess it's not hard to find out about a kid's birthday party and when and where it is. I heard someone coming up behind me.

"Is he gone?" Alice asked beside me and I turned to her.

"Yeah but..." I wasn't sure if I should tell her how much I was confused by Edward's sudden appearance here.

"What?"

"Never mind let's just get back to the party." But all I could think about the whole time was the way Edward looked at me right before he walked away. Eventually everyone left and of course Alice was the last to go but that didn't bother me I didn't mind spending extra time with her. She hugged me and said happy birthday once again and finally it was just my parents and me. They were lying on the couch together and I could tell my mom was almost asleep. I gently sat down next to my parents and watched TV.

"That necklace really looks beautiful on you." Instinctively I brought my hand up and played with it between my fingers.

"Thank you and thanks for getting it but you know you didn't have to do all this for me."

"Eh your only 17 once you might as well enjoy it." I smiled at him and got up to go to bed.

"Goodnight."

"Night, Bella." I walked up the stairs finally starting to feel exhaustion creep up on me. First though I went to the bathroom and brushed my teeth and changed into my pajamas. I took the bracelet off and looked at it for a second. I would really have to say something to Mike soon about us. I tried being subtle but he obviously wasn't taking the hint. I walked to my bedroom and put the bracelet in one of my desk drawers. I laid down and almost instantly fell into a deep sleep. I dreamt of Edward Cullen that night.