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Rated: T for some language

A/N: I hope I didn't take too long?

It took a while for the plot bunny to bite.

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Chapter Three:
Perfect for Me

Alice turned her head to me and smiled. "You know what you need, Bella?"

"What." I echoed, not really curious, just wanting to keep her talking so I had an excuse to look in her eyes like this. Lying on the grass hill by the House like we were, it was hard to do.

"A man."

"What?!" My eyes snapped wide.

"We need to get you a boyfriend!" She was getting animated, trying to talk me into it. "It'll be so much fun! You haven't had any yet!"

"You've had plenty for the two of us, Alice." I was nervous. I needed a way to dissuade her from her idea. "Listen, I'm really not ready for a boy—"

Alice cut me off with a snort. "Not ready, my ass. You'd be a great girlfriend, Bells!" Ouch. If you think so, why don't we give it a go? I thought. "We just need to find the right guy…." She looked into the distance, forming a mental profile of my "perfect man". "Definitely sweet," she decided. "Gallant. Understanding. And, of course, he has to love me, too." Alice sent me a wink that melted my insides.

"I don't like this…" I muttered. I knew my battle was lost.

She grinned. In her mind, I'd just given her my enthusiastic approval.

--

It didn't take her long to find the guy.

Edward Cullen, in my sixth period English class and her fourth period Science.

He'd been asked out several times, but never accepted….

Alice planned on changing that streak.

She talked to him in Science. Told him about me. Asked if he liked me. He said sure.

Soon enough, he'd asked me to go out with him, and I was in a relationship with someone I barely even knew….

//\\//\\//\\//\\

"Bella! Bella Bella Beeeeelllllaaaaaa!"

I took the phone from my ear and blinked at it. "….Alice? Is that you?"

"Bella!" Alice's voice shouted through the receiver. "Guess what!"

I felt myself become eager with her energy. Good news was coming, I was sure of it.

"What? What is it, Alli? I wanna know!"

"Guess who asked me out just now!"

My heart plummeted. I took a deep breath and kept my voice as eager as it had been a few short years ago. (Seconds? Really?) "Who! Oh my god. Who?"

"Well," she started, obviously taking relish in the suspense she kept me in, "I was walking back home from the soda machine, and you know how lots of kids from school live by the soda machine? Well, I was walking home, and Jasper came up to me and stopped me!"

"Jasper Hale?" I gasped. He'd had quite a few girlfriends, and all of them (very pretty) claimed he was a really sweet boyfriend. He went through the girls quickly though, much like Alice with boys.

"Yeah! That's his last name!" I rolled my eyes. That was my Alice. "Anyway, I am no longer single!"

"Again." I said.

"It's going to be so awesome, we can double!"

I made a noncommittal sound and was about to launch into my customary "try not to break his heart too badly" speech, before I stopped and thought about it. This was the first time Alice, my little player, had the chance of being played.

I gave her my first ever, "be careful, don't go too fast, keep your heart where it belongs: close to you" speech, got some sounds of agreement from her, and assurances that I had nothing to worry about, that I'd be the first to know if anything were to happen.

"I would say, Don't do anything I wouldn't do, but that doesn't leave you with much, does it?"

She laughed her tinkling laugh, the laugh I loved hearing, I loved causing.

"All right, all right, you'll be the little angel saying Don't do it don't do it, and the little devil will be like Don't listen to her, Alice! Do it, do it! And then you'll go over and smack the crap outta him."

I laughed. "'Kay, Alli. Talk to you later."

"'Kay. Bye."

Just as I was about to press the End button, I heard her shout, "Crap! Wait! Don't hang up!"

"What's up?"

"Do you wanna sleep over?"

I smiled. "Let me ask Renee, okay?"

//\\//\\//\\//\\

When I woke up the next morning, stretching and rubbing at my eyes, you were still asleep.

This in itself was odd. You were always the first one up.

We'd watched the scary movies you'd rented last night, screeching and jumping into each other, then bursting into giggles.

But once the movies were over, you'd refused to go to sleep yet. I tried staying up with you, but I'd drifted off. I supposed the movies had kept you up a bit longer than I'd thought.

We'd slept together on the floor, not wanting to be alone. You kept beating out tapping noises against my dresser, making me paranoid while you laughed.

I rolled onto my side and watched your chest rise and fall, your face, smooth and peaceful in sleep, your legs and arms splayed around you—

Your arm was inches from my hand. If I moved it even in the slightest, our skin would be touching.

I felt myself move my finger inconceivably, almost not moving it at all, and immediately jerked my arm away, cradling it to my body as though it'd been burned.

I let out a loud breath, sat up, and moved further away from you.

I watched you sleep, and thought of how I like you so much more that I should.

You're nothing like Edward. The one I'm supposed to like.

I sat there, watching you, thinking and imagining and aching to touch your face, caress your arm… I wanted so badly to lean over you, bring my face so close to yours I could count your thick lashes, and press your lips to mine again.

The memory of the first and last time I'd kissed came fresh to my mind, and my chest (Heart? I wondered) ached with it.

And it hurts. Because I want you.

I want you the way you want Jasper. Or not. Maybe more.

I want you the way you'll never want me....

I'm all wrong for you.

But you're perfect for me.

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fangrl: Wow thanks! There is love in my heart! There is! There just isn't love in the hearts of the damn plot bunnies! Sorry if I took long!

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A/N: This chapter has been beta'd by my friend Taylor, who would like to say something to you all.

B/N:haha!!!!!i edited this bxtch of a story, just joking. I didn't really do anything but read it =] oh and part of the story was based around me and my ex (I am Alice and my ex was jasper)

BYE!! =]

Additional Disclaimer (by the author):

I have psycho friends.

And also!

I am not Bella. Okay.

There.

Good.

Also, I do not own the soda machine, Taylor does.

Lol bye XD

(You can tell Taylor wrote that last bit.)