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This story starts when Edward and Bella are seniors in high school and moves toward the present. The prologue allows you to see where we are headed and then what will eventually happen to Bella and Edward. Many of the events of the story has either happened to myself or to my close friends. I hope you find some of them as funny as I do at times.

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Disclaimer: The Twilight series and its characters belong to Stephenie Meyer.

Chapter 1: Memories of Friendship Song - Check Yes Or No - George Strait
Reasoning: The song has some lyrics that closely tie in with the story.

Chapter 1: Memories of Friendship

September 2003

"Bella, get out of bed. You're going to be late."

Groaning, I rolled over in bed and shoved my head down in the pillow. Renee Swan was just too perky in the morning. At times, I wondered if she didn't pick up the wrong baby at the hospital to take home because we were nothing alike. After pulling the covers back up around my head and was settled enough that I could fall back asleep, I felt the covers being ripped off my body and I jerked around to see her standing at the foot of my bed.

"Up."

I glanced at the alarm clock to see it read 5:30 in the morning. Snatching back the covers I rolled over and tried to go back to sleep. Again, the covers were taken and this time she didn't release them. I rolled over to stare at her.

"It's too early," I groaned, "Let me sleep."

My mother's tone said it all. "You shouldn't have let Edward break your truck then. Now you have to depend on him getting you to school. Get in the shower. He'll be here early you know."

Watching her leave the room, I kept wondering how she was actually my mother. I picked up my glasses that were lying beside my bed, put them on, and finally climbed out. I almost stumbled to the floor, but that wasn't anything really new though. Morning wasn't my best time of day. I required a few hours worth of wake up time to be able to walk.

After grabbing my toiletries, I went into the bathroom and shut the door behind me. I was internally grumbling at Edward. My mom was right too. I shouldn't have let him break my truck, now it's at his house, parked next to his car being fixed. He wanted to try off-road driving with my truck and it ended up breaking all my shocks, so the engine now required a complete tune-up. I really hated him sometimes.

It's at times when he does these kinds of things that I questioned my sanity about being his friend. Edward Cullen wasn't your typical guy. He just had this way of doing things and most people really didn't understand him. I, however, have been his friend since my family moved to Forks all those years ago. Some days I would think back to those moments. It almost seems like yesterday when it happened.

"Mom, I don't want to go to school here. I am going to miss Sarah and Maggie. I can't go to school without them."

I remember my mom taking my hand and leading me up the steps of Forks Elementary school and into the principal's office.

She leaned down and whispered, "You will be fine, Bella. Kids move to new schools all the time and you will make new friends."

After what felt like forever, Mom lead me down the hallway past the other classrooms and stopped in front of the door that had a large three by it. Third grade. . . Meeting my eyes, she realized I was terrified.

Wrapping her arms around me she gave me a sense of security, but I knew that she couldn't stay here like that with me all day or forever. She looked at me and smiled. "Bella, you will be fine. You will make all kinds of new friends and soon this place will be like it was back in Marion." She kissed me on the forehead and released me from her touch. Motioning to me to open the door, I reached out, turned the knob and pulled the door open. I looked once more at my mother before I urged myself inside.

Everyone in the room stared at me. I never liked being the center of attention but I was at this point. Crossing the room, I stood before the teacher with the small handful of papers that I had to give her. She appeared to be very nice. She was small in stature, and had brilliant eyes. Her voice sent me to a place of comfort.

"Hello, Isabella. I'm Mrs. Kern. Welcome to Forks."

I blushed. I wasn't used to people calling me by my full name. "Just Bella, please." She smiled and took my hand and led me to the front of the class.

"Class, this is Bella Swan, she just moved here from Marion, Illinois. I know you all will make her feel welcome here and please help her if she needs it."

I blushed again at the attention. She led me across the room to an open desk and that was when I saw him. He had the greenest eyes ever and his bronze hair was a mess. He looked up at me with cold eyes, and it frightened me even more.

Mrs. Kern told me to sit down there and she retrieved me some textbooks to put in my desk. Out of the corner of my eye, I watched the bronze-haired, green- eyed boy next to me. He seemed just annoyed that he had to be there.

The boy a seat over leaned over and whispered, "Hey, Edward… kickball at lunch?"

"Jasper, that is a really stupid question to ask me. Yes."

Edward…

The day went on and on, but I spoke to no one. I was just too shy to talk to anyone. I had never been one to be too talkative, and it was clear now too. I ate lunch alone, but I saw the boys called Edward and Jasper eating lunch with another boy and two girls. I didn't know why I was fascinated with Edward. I never really played with that many boys back home. They had cooties. He glanced over my way when I was looking, but I glanced down at my food in hopes that he hadn't noticed me staring at him.

Lunch recess was very uneventful for the most part, but it was near the end that the problems came up. Two girls came up to me while I was on the swing and stood in front of me, blocking me. One, who was obviously the ring leader, spoke to me with a very nasal voice. "I'm Lauren. This is Jessica."

"Hello."

The one called Lauren then pulled at my shirt and sneered at it. "You must be poor, because you don't have very nice clothes." I looked up at her and I was terrified. Both girls started to laugh at me and when I tried to get away from them, Jessica pushed me to the ground.

I didn't want to cry in front of them, but I couldn't help myself. While this had happened more and more kids were circling around me. Second, third, and forth graders were all laughing at me.

"Hey… leave her alone."

I looked up to see those green eyes again looking at me. He was pushing kids away from me and placed himself in front of me. He looked very menacing too. The group acted as if they wanted to get involved more but the sight of another boy scared them off. He was huge!

"Got this under control, Eddie?"

He glared back at him, "Yes, Emmett." He didn't move from his stance in front of me either.

Lauren stood in front of the group and glared at him. "I guess you have another freak to add your group of friends, but I wouldn't want her with me either if I was you. I thought you had better taste than someone like her, Cullen."

The group scattered and I still sat on the ground, trying to wipe away my tears. What really surprised me was the hand that was extended in front of me. I looked up to meet his green eyes. He looked almost sad. I took his hand and stumbled some and he caught me to keep me from falling to the ground again. I tried not to look him in the eyes, but he took his fingers and raised my face so that our eyes met.

"Are you okay?"

I nodded. He smiled at me and helped me to my feet. I thought he would turn around and go back to his friends. I was going to go back to my swing and leave them alone too. He reached out and grabbed my hand to stop me though.

"Come with us."

I stared at him and looked to the others that were with him. The two boys looked confused but not really upset at the thought of me being with them. One of the girls, one that I recognized from class this morning, looked rather annoyed by my presence. The other, small and very pixie-like, was jumping up and down next to that I knew to be called Jasper. She dashed over to my side.

"Hi, I'm Alice. I'm Edward's sister, the big guy over there is our older brother, Emmett, and they are Jasper and Rosalie Hale."

Alice seemed really sweet, but a little on the hyper side. The school bell rang to tell us to go back to class and Alice took my hand and walked with me. When we got back inside, I noticed that Alice went into the second grade class and Emmett to the forth. I stood there and turned to see Edward staring at me.

He extended his hand to me again, and I wrapped my own around his. "I'm Edward Cullen, it's very nice to meet you."

"Bella Swan."

"Jingle Bells…"

I smiled at that. I thought it was cute. He led me to my seat and the rest of the day he helped me with everything. I would glance over at him and when our eyes met, he would smile back at me.

I then did the most childish thing. I passed him a note. It read:

Would you be my best friend? Check yes or no.

Yes No

He read it. He pulled out a pencil, wrote on it, and passed it back to me. I opened the note see a check. He checked yes. I turned to him and he smiled back to me. I had never had a best friend, not even back home.

Most of all, I remember when we walked out school that day. He took my hand and led me out of the school and I saw my mom waiting for me. I told him bye, and that I would see him tomorrow and he just smiled back to me. It was a sense of security. He was my safe place in that school now.

"Bella… hurry up."

I shook my head and finally finished getting ready. I was back in my room, in front of the closet, when I heard the rumble of his car. He had to make it as loud as possible. The neighbors hated it, but I thought it sounded awesome. Being his friend made me appreciate cars more.

I was standing in a bra and a pair of jeans when he came into my room.

"Hey Jingle Bells."

He still thought he was so cute and funny.

I sighed. "You know, you can actually call me by my name, Edward."

"What would the fun be in that?" He chuckled.

He threw himself on my bed while I was still searching for a shirt to wear. I turned to see that he was in his typical black t-shirt, tight blue jeans, and motorcycle boots. His hair was the normal bronze mess, and his eyes still sparkled like emeralds. All the girls in school thought he was gorgeous. I didn't know what the big deal was. They thought he was this "bad boy" too. He wasn't really, but it was clear that they didn't care about that. They just wanted him to get in their pants. It was rather annoying being his friend at times.

"Come on, Bells. Your mom has food and I'm hungry."

"Go eat then."

I turned to look at him and he glared at me. He always would wait on me to change clothes before we did anything. I don't know why, but he did. I finally pulled out an old volleyball t-shirt from last years season, and grabbed my backpack.

"You are such a geek, Bells."

"I might be, but I am going to get into a good college."

He shook his head and took my bag from me and I followed him down the stairs. He was in the kitchen at the table eating some of my mom's homemade cinnamon rolls in seconds. I pulled my hair up in a low ponytail and joined him there.

"So, you ready for our senior year, J.B?"

Another one of my many nicknames from him. I couldn't think of one for him except 'royal pain in my ass', but that wasn't nice so I kept it to myself.

"I guess. I have to do good though. I want a scholarship. Plus I have to retake my ACT to get a higher score."

He rolled his eyes. "You worry too much, Bella. You are going be valedictorian and you are stressing over this crap."

His parents had more money than they knew what to do with and he thinks I am crazy for stressing. Carlisle Cullen was a brilliant surgeon and his wife, Esme, was a great interior designer. So money wasn't an issue. I on the other hand had parents that were a kindergarten teacher and the local police chief. I wanted to be somebody, to get out of this place. Forks was just not the place that I wanted to be. Edward on the other hand, was happy being here for the most part. He had his family, his garage and his car, "Christine." Yes, he named his car.

"You two better move or you are going to be late," exclaimed my mother.

I looked at the clock and saw it was five till eight. I grabbed my bag from Edward and we were out the door.

"Thanks, Mrs. S. Breakfast was awesome," called Edward as he rushed out behind me.

I climbed into the passenger seat, and he turned the ignition as the car roared to life. He slammed the car in reverse and was out of the driveway in minutes. I really wish this car had seatbelts… because I really wanted to arrive at school alive.

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