I told Edward I had to grab something from my locker, so he went down to the lunch room without me. I pulled the delicately wrapped dessert from my bag, hoping it was still intact. When I walked into the cafeteria he saw me and waved. I smiled back.

"Hey where were you?" Alice asked. It was always fun to surprise her, it only happened a few time a year.

"Just getting something from my locker." I lied poorly (let's face it, I'm an awful liar), Alice's eyes squinted.

"Edward, I have something for you." I mumbled as I pulled it out of my lunchbox (yes I still brought my lunch from home), his eyes looked at my curiously. And then he saw the gooey delicious homemade chocolate cupcake that I had made for him.

I stood behind him as I placed it on his lunch tray and gently placed my head on his shoulder, "Happy birthday buddy." I whispered. He took me by surprise when he stood up and pulled me into a tight hug, with a huge smile planted on his face.

"I thought you forgot." He laughed running his fingers through his hair.

"I've known you all your life, have I ever forgotten your birthday? What kind of a friend do you think that I am?" I asked dramatically. He didn't know that I marked September seventeenth on my calendar with a big red heart (what most people do on Valentines Day), I wondered if he would ever understand how much he meant to me. I wondered if he knew how closely I watched him, he fascinated me with his words and expressions.

"Your present is at my house." I responded happily.

"Oh Bella, why did you get me anything? This is great, it's perfect." He whispered as he tucked a fallen lock of hair behind my ear, he had no clue what that did to me.

"Because I'm your best friend and you deserved an awesome birthday present." He rolled his eyes, I loved when he did that.

"You're pretty awesome on your own, you know that?" He asked sweetly, my heart skidded to a halt. Did he just call me awesome? Yes, yes he did! In my head I was jumping up and down, screaming hysterically. However since I didn't want him to think that I had some sort of chemical balance disorder, I played it cool.

"Yeah, I know. Speaking of which, you don't really have to help me with my biology homework that was just my way of getting you to my house. And after your done opening your gift, we can go see that movie. He pulled me into another amazing hug as he shoved the cupcake into his mouth. Man he has an appetite, where does he put it all, I wondered.

The rest of the day seemed to fly by. Soon we were on the road back to my house, I was suddenly very nervous. What if the gift that I was planning to give him, was too intimate? What if he just tossed it aside, like it was nothing, what would I do then? I had almost talked myself into giving it to him, when I heard him open my door.

"Bella are you okay?" He asked. I was great except for the fact that my hands were shaking and I thought that I might pass out.

"Yeah I'm fine. Just a little woozy." And true to my word, I stumbled a little bit. He steadied me quickly, his eyes questioning. Then he swept me into his arms.

"What am I going to do with you?" he asked while at the same moment I screamed "What are you doing?" He just laughed. He used his key to open the door. I always knew which one because he had carved a 'B' on it, just like I had carved an 'E' on his house key. People always thought that was so cute.

When we entered the kitchen he gently put me on the countertop and filled up a glass with water. "Drink this." He ordered politely. I guess he would know, his dad was a doctor.

After a few minutes of comfortable silence, I jumped off the counter and pulled him by the hand to my room. "What are you doing?" He asked me skeptically.

"Giving you your birthday present." I laughed. I glanced quickly around my room trying to remember where I put it. You think he would have noticed the various pictures of us that I had lying around, the charm bracelet he gave me when I turned fourteen that I never took off under any circumstances, and the twelve scrapbooks filled with thousands of pictures of just us from birth to high school. He never seemed to pick up the fact that I was desperately trying to tell him that I loved him.

"Ah, here it is." I flashed a CD case in his direction, "Brace yourself." I warned him. He laughed and sat on my bed completely comfortable. I placed the CD into my stereo and waited, I stopped breathing when the first cords filled the room. I was a pianist, and ever since I had known Edward this melody would play in my head when I was around him. He inspired my music. His eyes grew wide as he realized that I had recorded an original composition for him.

The song slowly drifted to a close, he sat there open mouthed for several seconds. I was waiting for him to speak before I took a breath. He shook his head back and forth and then rushed into my arms.

"Wow," He whispered, making my heart beat wildly. "That was the most beautiful, amazing thing I've ever heard. You wrote that?" He asked in awe. His appreciation was making me brave.

"Yah, I wrote it for you." He smiled a dazzling smile and pulled me into his arms once again. Oh yeah, I was in complete heaven. Life is good, I thought as I breathed in his masculine scent.