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"Wakey, wakey!" someone screamed in my ear. I sat up quickly, and glared at the loud person.

"Want me to be deaf?" I asked, while rubbing my eyes. She giggled. Morning person…

"I already picked out your outfit," she said. "You better wear it!" I got out of my bed, and dragged myself to the bathroom. I stripped off my clothes, and got into the shower. Aah…

I love being in the shower. The way the hot water massages your tight muscles and loosens them, and the rhythmic beating of the droplets of water coming down. It just feels so good. I put on some strawberry shampoo.

I turned off the water, and got out of the shower. I didn't even notice the polka dot shower curtains. I laughed softly. Alice, I thought. I put on a towel and I realized I forgot to bring in the clothes Alice brought me. I went outside the bathroom.

"Alice! Where'd you put the—?!" I stopped at mid-sentence when I saw Edward beside Alice. "Uh…" Alice and Edward's eyes widened. I saw Edward blush a little.

"Well, this is…um, awkward," I muttered. I've been saying 'awkward' a lot. "Hi…Edward…" I bet my blush was dark crimson by now.

"H—hi, Bella," he said nervously. Alice sighed.

"Your clothes are on my bed. I forgot to bring it in the bathroom," she told me. I glared at her. "Sorry," she added.

"Well, I, uh, gotta go um, change," I mumbled. I pulled the bottom of my towel down a little.

"I'll wait," Edward said. I looked at him and smiled. He smiled back. I grabbed my clothes on Alice's bed, and ran—without tripping. Thank goodness!—to the bathroom. I dropped my towel and my clothes. I took a couple of deep breaths. Oh my freakin' gosh! I—the stupidest person ever—was half-naked in front of Edward!

"Stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid…" I kept mumbling that to myself. I sighed and got up. I put on my clothes, brushed my teeth, and brushed through my wild hair. I was about to go out until I heard Alice and Edward speaking…or arguing.

"Ask her now!" Alice whispered.

"B—but! I…don't…" He sighed.

Alice sighed, too. "You're weird…I bet you liked looking at Bella when she was half-naked," she said slyly. I pictured her smirking. I blushed when I heard Edward's comment:

"She's beautiful," I heard Edward say, "but not in a perverted way!" I heard Alice giggle. I turned the doorknob, and went outside. They both looked at me. Edward smiled, and Alice winked at me.

"Okay. Hi," I said looking at them weirdly. Alice gave me an 'I know you heard look'. I saw Edward looking at me with fascination. I didn't have the time to realize what I was wearing. Edward caught my gaze and blushed. I blushed, too.

Alice cleared her throat. "Sorry for interrupting your silent convo! But we are going to be late!" She tapped her left wrist for emphasis.

"Oh, right," I said. I got my schedule, the flats Alice gave me, and my bag. Alice scowled at me. "What?"

"You're not going to class with a wet hairdo, are you?" she asked. Shoot! I forgot to blow dry my hair! Alice threw me a ponytail which—due to my clumsiness—hit me in the eye. "Sorry!"

"Yeah, me, too," I muttered sarcastically. I was about to bent down and get it, but Edward already had it in his hands. "Thanks." I took the hair tie from him, and tied my hair in a sloppy bun.

"You're welcome, Bella." He smiled his crooked grin. I blushed, and my heart stuttered. Holy crow!

"Tick-tock, tock-tick!" Alice exclaimed impatiently. She looked at my hair. "That'll do."

Tick-tock, tock-tick? "I thought it was—," but I was interrupted by her.

"Let's go!" She grabbed me and Edward's hand and ran. "Geez! You guys—ugh! Seriously!" She let go of our hands, and we started to walk. I rolled my eyes. I looked at Edward.

"Who's your first period?" I asked him.

"Music and you have French next, right?" I smiled sheepishly at him.

"Yeah…" We both locked gazes, and I got lost in his beautiful, green eyes. I reluctantly tore my gaze away. "So…what's your favorite ice cream?" What the heck? Why did I just say that?

He chuckled. "Hmm…I guess chocolate—any kind of chocolate…maybe with sprinkles," he mused. "You?"

"Same." I grinned at him. "I just love how it tastes like."

"Indeed. Including, how it looks. It's just like your—" He stopped mid-sentence. I looked at him curiously.

"My what?" I asked. He blushed. I smirked.

"My what?" I urged. He sighed; he was giving up.

"Your chocolate brown eyes," he admitted shyly. Now it was my turn to blush. He's so...

"Sweet," I finished.

"What?" he asked.

"That was very sweet. Thank you." I smiled gratefully at him. He smiled too.

"Aaahhh!!" Alice shrieked. We both looked at Alice. I forgot she was even here with us.

"What's wrong?" I asked. She was staring wide-eyed at her schedule.

"They made my lunch period—I—ugh!—what the freak?!" she spluttered. "I don't have a lunch period! My third period is nurse assistant! Ugh!" (AN: Thanks for telling me that Little Miss falls a lot!)

"Then tell them to fix it," I told her calmly. Where is Jasper when you need him? By the way, they're dating.

She groaned, "Fine!" I looked at Edward; he was amused.

"It seems you are enjoying this, Mr. Cullen," I said. He looked at me.

"Why, yes, Miss Swan," he said. We both smiled at each other. Then he sighed.

"There's my room," he said sadly.

"I'll see you second, third, and fourth!"(AN: In the second chapter, I made a mistake! He actually has her for second and fourth. And of course lunch!)

"Bye, Bella." He held out his arms. I went over and hugged him. I felt a an electric shock when I touched him.

"Bye, Edward," I mumbled in his shirt. I let go of him—reluctantly—and waved goodbye. He waved back. I heard Alice giggle.

"You two so totally have chemistry!" she said, acting all giddy.

"No, we have physics," I told her. She scowled at me.

"You're so oblivious!" I rolled my eyes. We were in front of our room. Mrs. Ovacane. Weird name…Alice and I walked inside. We were both surprised to see the whole class there.

The teacher, who I assume is Mrs. Ovacane, glared at us. "Tu en retard!" she exclaimed. (My French is bad…)

"Eh?" Alice and I said. Mrs. Ovacane sighed.

"You're late," she said in a French accent. "Sit." We both quickly went to the two open seats in the front, and sat.

"I guess we got a bad first impression," I muttered to Alice. She giggled at me.

"So, class! I bet this school year will be excellente!" she exclaimed. "That's French for excellent. Stupide…" I didn't need this class to know what that means. "As I was saying…" I tuned out the teacher's introduction.

"This is going to be…ennuyeux," I muttered. I know some French words (that means boring).

Alice whispered to me, "What?"

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"I thought it was never going to end!" Alice sighed with relief. "She kept saying, "Act lady-like so guys can like you! Blah! Blah!" She pointed a tiny fist to the door. "Oh, yeah?! Voulez vouz coucher avec moi ce soir!"

I laughed out loud. "Isn't that "Lady Marmalade"?"

"At least it's French." Then she sighed. "I gotta go to Art."—she sniffled—"I'm gonna miss ya, buddy!" I sniffled too.

"Ditto!" I hugged her and she hugged me back. Too soon I let her go. "Bye."

"Bye." I went inside my Physics room, and saw Mr. Banner writing on the board.

"Nice to see you, Miss Swan," he said, not turning from the board.

"You too, Mr. Banner," I mumbled. I had him last year. I saw Edward sitting. He waved me over.

"Hello," he greeted.

"Hi," I greeted back shyly. "Didn't we have him last year?" He smiled.

"Yeah, but don't make it seem like he's stalking us," he said playfully. I giggled. "He switched to Physics."

"Oh." The bell rang and right on cue students came in. I saw Jessica Stanley. She waved at me. I just smiled at her. Soon, everybody else was in class.

"Okay, class!" Mr. Banner exclaimed. "I know you know that I was…" Oh, jolly good! More introductions. Edward passed me a note.

Bored to death?

I smiled and wrote down:

Duh! This is the same thing he said last year!

He smiled too.

True. Hey—want to do something later? Just me and you?

I blushed. I didn't have any plans. Plus, I get to ask that question that has been bugging me.

Sure.

I gave the note to him. He read it and smiled at me. He mouthed, "Thanks." I just smiled at him.

The bell rang. Finally! I grabbed my stuff, and headed for the door. But…I tripped. I heard people snicker. I blushed. I felt someone picking me up.

"You okay?" a velvet voice asked concerned. I looked up and saw Edward looking at me with anxious eyes.

"Yeah…thanks," I muttered.

"Let's walk together to our third period. After all, I do have you." He smirked at me. I blushed. Did he understand the double meaning to his last sentence?!

"Sorry for not catching you. I wasn't looking your way when you fell. I was getting my books," he apologized.

"It's okay," I reassured him. "I mean, you're not a vampire after all." He chuckled at that.

"Right…So is literature your favorite subject?" he asked conversationally. I nodded at him.

"I assume you, too?" He nodded, too. He opened the door for me.

"Ladies, first?"

"Thank you!"

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