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Random person on the street: I can't understand you!!

Me: DISCLAIMER: ALL TWILIGHT CHARACTERS BELONG TO STEPHENIE MEYER.


Edward POV

I walked back to my room in tow with Jasper and Emmett, feeling as aged as I was. What had happened half-an-hour ago had put me in a really bad mood. You have no idea…

* * *

Flashback

"What the hell?" the sharp-witted Rosalie was the first to speak. Alice looked just as angry. My Bella, though, blushed furiously, apologizing to my parents with her eyes. No, I couldn't read her mind, but I could most certainly read her face. She was different than everyone else no matter how stuck-up she acted.

"Is this some sick joke?" Alice demanded next.

"You guys…I-I apologize," Bella said, her face now a cruel mask, "but you've got to be kidding me. This is completely…"

"Odd? Weird? Stupid?" Emmett supplied the words, his trademark grin with dimples gone and replaced by a hard set of the jaw. He looked rejected.

Bella blushed again, looking down. "Sorry. We have to go. Come on Rose and Alice."

The girls flipped their hair, stepped on Jasper and Emmett's feet, and briskly walked out the door while Bella just glared at me and then hurried to catch up with them. It was silent as we stared after them.

"Hey, those chicks have got some power. Our feet would kill right now if we had normal skin," Emmett said, trying to crack the tension, but we all saw his face and knew he was hurt, too.

End Flashback

* * *

I knew Bella was different, but I also knew that she didn't like me. My pasty-pale skin, my unnaturally bronze hair, and the way it was messed up no matter what I did? She must have really hated that. We just moped around until Emmett, being the most cheerful out of all of us, raised his head and said "AHA!"

Jasper raised an eyebrow at him and I groaned. Emmett was looking at us with a large smile like he always did.

"There is only one way we're going to get those girls. We have to impress them!"

Jasper and I looked at him, and then at each other.

"Get those girls? You mean ask their hand? Be respectful, Emmett," I mumbled.

"How the hell are we supposed to do that?" Jasper asked, frustrated.

"Guys? It's time to hit the fashion magazines." He grinned, rubbing his hands together.

Swell. Let Emmett the fashion guru take over and make you feel alive, well, as alive as vampires can feel. Right. May I remind you that Emmett was just as fashionable as Jasper and I, which was not very much? This was going to be bad. And I didn't mean Michael Jackson's definition of bad.

Esme POV

Oh, I told Carlisle! These are human girls, not vampires. Their hearts need to be won in order for them to love our boys. Our vampire ways aren't going to work. These girls like to have choices, and if we tell them we are vampires, the Volturi will get involved and we will have no choice but to turn them immortal. The boys will have to try a different way…

"ESME!" Emmett bellowed.

"Yes, dear?" I asked, breaking out of my thoughts.

"We want those girls to like us. Help."

I laughed. "Just be yourselves, but you're going to have to be brave. Ask them out on dates. After they see how charming you are, they will love you if they're good enough."

"Mom," Edward said, walking in with Jasper, "you mean mine and Jasper's charm, right? Emmett doesn't have anything charming about him. You should have seen him hunting last week."

Emmett laughed. "Well, I hadn't had a decent bear in weeks. You do what you gotta do when you're hungry."

I shook my head. "Okay. Don't worry, boys. If the girls are worthy of you, they will love you."

They nodded slowly and shuffled back to their rooms. There was something about those girls that made me think they were perfect. I knew my boys would have their soulmates. I believed it.

Bella POV

"Alice? Do you think they were serious?"

She scoffed. "Umm. No. Who the hell invites you to their house and tells them they love you and want you to be their soulmate? I definitely think they were just trying to embarrass us." Her voice broke a little at the end.

"But their parents were there," I added softly.

"Their parents were in on it."

"Do you actually believe that?" I said, sitting closer to her.

"Yes."

"If you think this whole thing is a joke, why are you crying?"

She turned, her face streaming with tears. "Bella! All three of us came here as new kids a year ago. We became popular! We got accepted! And now, those…those nerds decided to ruin everything!" She started sobbing in my lap. "Jessica Stanley and Lauren Mallory saw us storm out of their house. The whole school's going to be talking about us tomorrow. How can you not be mad at them?" she asked, glancing up at my face.

I sighed. "I'm mad. Of course, I'm mad. But, Alice, I'm starting not to care. This whole popularity thing is getting on my nerves. You're one of my best friends. You know how I am. I love to read and haven't been to a single party this whole year. Popularity's not for me, Alice. It's for you and Rose. The Cullens had a reason for inviting us to their house like that, and I intend to find out. I'm going to let them come up and talk to me tomorrow."

Alice nodded. "You're right. Popularity isn't for you. But the school's still going to make fun of you tomorrow, and talking to the Cullen nerds won't help."

"Let's hope for the best."

Rosalie walked into the room and stared. "Are you serious, Bella?"

I took a deep breath and nodded.

"Well, then I'm with you. Hell, I don't care what anyone thinks."

I raised an eyebrow and she rolled her eyes. "Okay, I care, but my curiosity is bursting. I want to know why they did this to us, too. I'm with you."

Alice looked up at us and wiped her tears. "Okay. Let's do this."

* * *

We walked down the hall, flipping our hair as everyone stared and whispered.

"And the rumors begin," I whispered to Alice as she pouted.

"Bella! Alice, Rosalie! What's up?" Jessica asked with fake concern.

"Oh, nothing. Why?" I asked, playing it cool.

"I saw you three leaving the Cullen house yesterday. Why were you there?" she asked, probably hoping for more juicy gossip.

"Tutoring?" Rose scoffed.

"But you three don't need tutoring! Especially you, Bella."

I tensed up and suddenly, Edward Cullen came up behind me.

"Hey Bella," he said in a nerdy voice. I crossed my fingers behind my back so he wouldn't make it worse.

"Her mom was at our house for a book club," he replied to Jessica.

"A-and my mom made me drop her off," I added quickly.

"And we decided to come with Bella," Rose saved Alice and herself.

Jessica smirked. "Hmm, okay. See you at lunch!" she skipped off and we breathed sighs of relief.

Edward cocked an eyebrow.

"Um, thanks. We owe you."

He smiled. "Yes, you do. How about the three of you join my brothers and me for dinner this weekend?"

My mouth dropped open. "Wait," I said. "You have some explaining to do, first. Why did you call us to your house and tell us you wanted to be our soulmates?"

His smile disappeared. "Because we like you."

I opened my mouth, but he stopped me. "Don't worry, we know it's not going to happen, but you owe us, so…dinner?"

Rosalie looked at Alice and Alice looked at me.

"Okay. Nowhere public," I said, considering Alice's phobia. "Your house."

He nodded and walked away. Something told me this year was going to be somewhat different, and twice as exciting…


AN: The couples are going to get together soon! Review!