Hey people!!! Thank you so much for adding this story to your fav lists. I am so happy ^_^ For a moment there I felt like being selfish and keeping this to myself. But then again, if you guys like it, I will share it. Woot! I got the 5 notifications. So here's the next chapter. I'm sorry to say that BellaxEdward interactions are kept to a minimum for now. I don't want to rush things between the two. But not to worry, soon enough they will start quarreling and fighting like a cat and a dog. Hope you guys like this chap. I wanted you to get to know the rest of the gang.

Oh! I didn't say it before so I'll say it now before I forget.

I don't own Twilight or any of the characters.


BPOV

Well, day one was a complete disaster. I couldn't even frame a coherent sentence around Edward, which should have made me look like a freaking idiot. Just what I wanted him to think of me. If he thought that I was going to be a burden to him with our classes then he was completely wrong. I wouldn't give him the pleasure of taunting me for the rest of my life. So as soon as I got home, I went online to Amazon. com and bought The Devil's Feather using my dad's credit card. Surely he wouldn't mind. He knew I only bought books with it. Normally any dad would have an attack if they ever found out his daughter used his credit card. But not Charlie. He was very carefree about it. And he always thanked the lord he had me as a daughter and not someone like Alice. She would have wiped it all in only one day.

After buying the book, I continued reading 1981, until I heard my doorbell and knew that a certain pixie was already here, with more than enough homework questions to last us the whole day. I'm not saying that Alice was not smart, because she could be smarter than me sometimes. She just picked up on things a bit slowly and I was her review partner. Which worked out fine for both of us. While she quizzed me about any class I was taking, I did the same with her.

As I went down the stairs, I made sure to do it carefully and avoided running. I tend to be a klutz and fall or trip easily. Alice was waiting for me already sitting in the living room with her book bag next to her. It only took her a second to notice me in the room and throw herself at me and give me a big hug.

"Bella! You have no idea just how much you're helping me today. I'll owe you forever for this" she told me.

"Well, if you could get me out of this project I have to do with your brother I may call it even" I joked. I truly just wanted to make her laugh with that but instead she got concerned, as if the end of the world were coming, which coming from her, was very sweet.

"I'm sorry Bella. I wish I could do something about it, but it is an important assignment. But if Edward ever tries something with you, just tell me, and I will have Rosalie all over him. Got it?" she smiled and sauntered to her stuff and got her books out. I just laughed. It didn't take much to crack Edward Cullen and make him suffer. If anyone could get to him, it was Rosalie Hale. She could be a real bitch when she wanted to and I loved that about her. Thinking about it, she was the one who taught me how to reject Edward in the first place.

If there was anyone Edward Cullen hated to death besides me, it was Rosalie Hale. Weird how she was dating one of his best friends. I wonder how that works out.

Just when Alice was going over a cosine problem in her homework, my cell phone rang. I already knew who it was before I ever saw the called ID.

"Hey Rose, where the hell are you? Don't tell me shopping cause' Alice would kill you and she's right next to me" I warned her. Alice had stuck her head next to the phone to listen in. I just laughed at her.

"Never mind where I am. What is this that I hear? Are you working with Edward?" she asked me concerned. Just like Alice. God, I love them both. What would I do without the two of them?

"Don't worry Rose. You can torture Edward if he ever tries to hurt me. I promise. Now can you answer my question? Don't try to avoid it" I warned her.

"Fine! I'm in the mall with Emmet and the guys" she finally let out. Oh! enemy territory. That would explain how she found out about the Lit project. He must have told everyone.

Just then Alice grabbed the phone from me and started arguing with Rosalie. Oops! I laughed hard. It was always like this between us. Alice was so addicted to shopping that neither of us could go with out her or she would think we were betraying her.

After fighting for about five minutes, Alice hung up and gave me the phone back. Then Rose called again. She just told me five words and hung up. "You will pay for this".

Alice and I finished our homework at around 7, and then we started on dinner. Charlie would be back any minute and he would be hungry. I went to the storage closet and found some pasta. Maybe some Alfredo was a good idea. Alice was already boiling the water.

"Bella, if you want to back out on working with Edward, you still can, you know? I mean, I grew up with the guy, I know how sick he can be sometimes" Alice said casually.

I had to smile and hug her. She was really worried and it made me laugh a little. "Alice, I will be fine. Edward is not going to bite my head off. I am a big girl, I can handle it"

And with that she dropped the subject. Charlie arrived just when the pasta was ready to eat. I looked at Alice and we both laughed. This was not the first time this happened. Charlie had a sixth sense or something and could tell when the food was ready before we even served it.

After dinner, Alice left and I went upstairs to finish reading my book. I put my IPod on and just drifted away. I didn't want to think about today at all. I just wanted to close my eyes and relax.

For the rest of the week, Edward and I basically ignored each other. In class we might have had a few arguments but not more than usual. And biology class went by smoothly and we had our labs in silence. Surprisingly, he made a good lab partner. He never broke anything or let anything fall. If anything, he was perfect. And he already knew the content before the teacher even touched it, so I could trust him to know what to do. And luckily he hasn't asked me about the project yet.

This Saturday I was planning on going to La Push with Alice and Rosalie just to hang out. I needed to go out before the summer ended. And it would be good to see Jake. I need a guy friend to talk to. And I really wanted to get on our bikes.

EPOV

I thought it would be annoying to have Bella as a lab partner in bio, but it turned out to be really quiet. I wasn't much of a talkative person and her silence worked out well for me. She might have spilled a few things here and there, but nothing I didn't expect. That's why I always had a spare flask.

Lit class wasn't that bad either. I actually enjoyed arguing with her about random stuff. It still frustrated me how girly her ideas could be and sometimes I lost my calm around her, but for the most part I think I handled myself quite fine. I think Mr. Gibbs was eyeing us and watching our reactions. Now that I really think about, Bella and I were mostly the ones who argued about any book we were reading.

After class, Emmet and Jasper were waiting for me in Emmet's car. "You're not going with my sis Jasper?" I asked him.

Jasper normally left school with Alice, which was why it surprised me that he was with Emmet. Believe me, I have no idea what Jasper saw in Alice, but he was infatuated with her and has been ever since we started high school. Let me rewind a few years back and tell you how our group got started. This is a story worth telling.

First of all, Emmet, Jasper and I were an inseparable trio. We have been since the sixth grade, when all three of us started going to the same school in Washington, Forks. Emmet was the jock in our group and the muscular one. Jasper was the brains and science nerd. And I, well, I was the player. We made quite an interesting group. Every time we remember the good old days, I can't avoid laughing.

Emmet has always been so childish. When I compare him to Alice, I have no idea who wins. One believes in super heroes and the other likes Disney movies. I sometimes question how I ever kept my sanity with those two.

Anyways, when we entered high school, everything changed. We were three popular freshmen. Mostly because of me and Emmet. Girls just liked Jasper because he was good at almost everything. Then out of nowhere, Alice and Rosalie joined our group. I swear, it took me completely by surprise when Jasper told me he had feelings for my sister. I looked at him as if he lost it. I mean, I know Alice. She was quirky and weird. Always had been. But Jasper was serious. For all the time that we've been friends I had to accept it and help the guy out. But then Emmet came to us and told us that he though Rosalie Hale was hot. Now that was the last straw. I completely lost it that day and got in a huge fight with Emmet. I don't mean to offend our friendship, but of all the hot girls that Forks High School had to offer, he had to fall for the bitchest of all that is bitch. No way was I letting her in our group.

Now, years later, in our senior year, here is Rosalie Hale with Emmet. And we are still friends. So you can well imagine who won that fight. I still hated Rosalie though. Many times she just makes comments that annoyed me. Like this one time she was complaining on how I kept on dating Tanya even though I knew she was cheating on me with other guys and how much of a whore she was and that I deserved better. Now, for any girl that might have sounded cute and even sweet. But for me, it was pure bulls shit and I didn't want to hear it. I was a guy for the love of God! I didn't give a damn if she was seeing other guys. I could sleep with other girls if I wanted. I just didn't. No other girl really called my attention. And Tanya and I didn't sleep around. That was another thing that Rosalie complained about. That apparently I fucked too much. I just about started yelling at her that time. But let it go. I didn't want anyone thinking I was getting corny or anything like that. I had a reputation to withhold.

You might be wondering where the hell Bella fits in this whole picture. Well, first of all she doesn't. I have always ignored Bella as much as I could. Sometimes I would mock her or make fun of her. But that was for my enjoyment. She was too easy to annoy. Other than that, she didn't exist for me. Until now. I was just three months away from graduating and getting the hell out of this school, and she had to be thrust in my direction.

Bella might have been Rose's and Alice's best friend since elementary school. But that doesn't mean shit to me. She could be the freaking princess of England and I still wouldn't give a damn. Besides, if I thought Rosalie was a pain in the ass, Bella was ten times worse. Before I ever started dating Tanya, she had already judged me and thought badly of me. For a moment I thought that maybe she liked me and like every other girl in school she wanted me. So I went for it. That's one of the things that set me off about her. When I went to kiss her, she slapped me and called me all kinds of things. It wasn't the pain in my check that pissed me off. I have received worse. It was the way she looked at me as if she expected me to do it to prove her right. And damn, I fell for it. I fucking fell in her trap. Well, I won't do it again.

This time, we will just do our project, finish it, present it, and get it all over with. I will graduate and never see her again. It was just three months. Nothing could happen in that time. Right?

Back to the present.

"Nope, Emmet wants to go play some ball with the team. Wanna join us? Or do you prefer to be with sweet Tanya?" he responded mocking me. I tried to punch him but he dodged my arm and got my head through his arms. We always played like that.

"Thanks for the offer, but I'll pass. I have other stuff to do, that don't include Tanya" I answered. I wanted to make sure they wouldn't be mocking me later.

"Go it. See ya tomorrow man" Emmet said and they both got in his car and drove off. I turned around and went to my car. Before I even got to it, I noticed Bella coming out of the school building with Alice and Rosalie. We locked eyes for a second but then pretended we never saw each other. Just then, Tanya came out of nowhere and held me in her arms. For some reason, I have no idea why, I wished I were with the guys right now and not with Tanya. Having her hug me didn't make me feel anything. No sweetness, nothing. Normally I would be happy to have her holding me like that. But right now, I felt nothing. So I did what any other would have done in my position. I pushed her away and walked away from her toward my Volvo, leaving her there in the parking lot wondering what the hell happened to me. Well, I wish her good luck figuring that one out. Not even I had any idea what was happening to me.

As soon as I got home, I went and locked myself in my room. I put a Linkin Park CD in the computer, put it at full blast and started writing. Yes, I liked to write. This was my one and sole secret. No one, not even Jasper or Emmet, knew about this. I would rather die than have them think I was a poet or a romantic. I would never live off their mocking if they found out. So, many times I made them think I was with Tanya and lied.

And before any of you judge me, let me tell you that I do not write corny romance novels or anything of that shit. I am no Shakespeare. I am more like the Stephen King of my era. I liked action packed stories with blood, suspense, and tragedy. And no, I am not emo. I just like to give a touch of mystery to stuff. You just don't call someone emo because they enjoy watching movies like Resident Evil.

As I was writing another chapter in my book, I could hear the door opening, and girls laughing. Fuck! I would have to kill Alice later. I can't believe she came with Bella and Rose here. Oh well, as long as I stayed here in my room, no war would start. And I was quite happy here. Just then my stomach had to grumble and disagree with me. I looked around in my room trying to find some chips or anything that I might have left in the room to eat, but there were only empty bags. I swore. God was not being fair to me here. I really didn't want to go downstairs to enemy territory and be questioned by Alice and her friends. I swore again when my stomach grumbled yet again. Fine, I would wait until those girls went to Alice's room. I'm sure they would soon enough and my stomach could wait a few minutes, so I went back to writing, trying to distract my mind.

A few minutes later, I heard Alice's room close and I knew the coast was safe to go downstairs and hunt. I could not wait any longer. So I tiptoed my way downstairs, trying to go unnoticed and once downstairs ran my way to the kitchen. But there was someone looking for something in the storage closet, and I sighed in defeat.

When she found what she was looking for, she closed the closet door and noticed me looking at her. "Edward" she called my name.


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