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Love is a Battlefield.

Chapter Three.

Edward's Point of View.

"So, that's it then?" She asked, her voice edging to the hysteria I knew was to come. You know, along with the fake tears, screaming, and guilt trips when things didn't go her way. I felt my car shift as she turned to face me, but I didn't bother to look her in the face. I might not show it, but I felt bad. After all, we had spent the last three year together. "You're breaking up with me for some girl that you only met yesterday?!"

I heard her voice crack and took a deep breath. "Yes Rose," I said, turning my head to look at her for the first time since I picked her up fifteen minutes ago for school. "When we got together freshmen year, do you remember what I told you? My conditions?" I asked one a single breath of air.

A strangled sound of distressed escaped her throat. "That can't be true! Edward Cullen, you and I both know that you do not fall in love! You don't even know that girl!" I bit my lip watching her tears over flow from her eyes. I didn't know what to say, and I wasn't sure how to reassure her. She was Rosalie Hale after all. Everyone at Forks High wanted a piece of her, so I had no doubts that she could easily replace me as the accessory she wore on her arm daily. " You don't know her!" She seethed, gently wiping the tears from her eyes- not wanting to mess up her make up.

I looked away from her for a moment, looking outside at the school as rain began to blanket around us. "You were so persistent three years ago. You asked me out everyday for almost four months, Rose, and when I said yes I made it clear to you that this wasn't going to be a forever thing. That when I found someone else we would be over. I found her yesterday."

Rosalie squealed and the next thing I registered was her hand colliding with my face. I turned to watch her get out of my car, eyes wide, and slam it behind her without another word. I lifted my hand to my burning cheek and rubbed it gently and couldn't help but think that this had went a hell of a lot better than I anticipated.

That thought, of course didn't last long. I leaned forward in my car, eyes wider as I watched Rosalie approach Bella, and I groaned loudly. Rosalie linked her arms with Bella's as she spoke, a huge grin plastered across her face and her eyes sparkling. She obviously got over her heart break fast.

I opened my car door and jumped out quickly, slamming it behind me. I had no idea what Rosalie was up to, but I knew she wasn't up to any good. She wasn't the time to forgive and forget- she got even and that worried me. I picked up a light sprint and easily caught up to them. Rosalie looked back at me and winked before releasing her arm. "Uh oh." She all but purred. "Got to go." She said as she skipped off into the direction of the school building.

"Bella." I said, looking down to the girl walking next to me. She glared up at me with her deep chocolate brown eyes as if I was some kind of monster. I opened my mouth to speak, but was cut off by the impact of her hand against my cheek. I stared at her a moment, completely taken aback.

Her face grew bright red, and her breathing was shallow and deep. "I don't know who you think you are buddy." She said threw gritted teeth. "If I were you, I would rethink the way you label people. I am not who you think or would want me to be, and if you were smart you'd stay the hell away from me." She turned away from me, leaving me standing in now the pouring rain shocked. "Oh," She added, turning to face me only a little. "And if you don't keep your distance you'll get the honor of meeting my big brother Emmett, and I can promise you that won't be pleasant."

I stared at her as she disappeared into the school, the rain soaking me from head to toe. "Rosalie..." I seethed, narrowing my eyes. I mentally cursed myself for not getting to them sooner, and shutting Rosalie's big trap. Whatever she said, and I would find out what it was, might have possibly destroyed any chance I might have had at making things better between Bella and I after my screw up yesterday. Stomping my feet I headed into the building, dripping water along the hallway as I walked to my first class. If that is how Rosalie wanted to play this game, it was on. She wasn't the only one that could be positively cruel.

Bella's Point of View.

He saw me as easy. Easy?! He had another thing coming to him. I, Bella Swan, am anything but easy! Yesterday he had simply caught me off guard, and that would never happen again. I would swear that on my life. I sniffled, walking a little faster down the hall as people's gazes began falling upon me, and to make things worse I felt tears of frustration begin forming in my eyes.

I took a deep breath as I picked up my pace once again, my body beginning to shudder as my sobs began to escape my throat uncontrollably. "What's wrong with her?" I heard someone whisper behind me as I ran by, but wasn't there long enough to hear the reply of the person ask.

It was in that moment I felt someone grab me by my arm, they books I had been holding fell to the floor and I stumbled over them. "Jasper get those for me. Take them to my first bell class. Tell Mrs.Blair that Bella and I will be a little late."

I turned my head to look at the girl in the eyes as she dragged me forward. I had recognized her from the locker room yesterday, which only made my tears fall faster. "Please just let me go." She didn't. She just continued dragging me down the now empty hallway. How had I missed the bell ringing? "If you aren't going to let me go at least tell me where you are taking me!" I demanded.

She stopped walking abruptly and I slammed into her, groaning softly. "Not far." She said in her soft angelic voice. Still holding onto my arm she pushed opened the door of the girl's bathroom and dragged me inside. She examined the room before releasing my arm in the middle of the room and turned to go lock the door. "Now," She began, approaching me from the doorway. "There is no reason to be so upset."

I narrowed my eyes at her and crossed my arms over my chest. "Excuse me?"I snorted, obviously annoyed. Who was she to tell me I had no right to be upset? I wanted to say that she had no idea what was going on, and to mind her own business, but I wasn't too sure I was correct on assuming that. She did know a big part of it because she walked in on it yesterday.

I was fuming now. She seemed like the type that was always sticking her nose in places it shouldn't be. Was she looking for gossip? If so, she was looking for it in the wrong place. The girl sighed, pulling me out of my malicious thoughts. "It's just that," She began softly, leaning back against the sink, looking to the floor. "you don't have all the facts."

"What facts?" I snapped, staring at her angrily as I backed up against the wall farthest from her. She looked up at me now, smiling a soft smile. I felt myself drop my guard a bit. "Outside." She said, her brows furrowing in annoyance. "I heard everything Rosalie told you and I can promise you that it is no where near the truth." She sighed. "Yeah, I'm sure it doesn't seem that way because of my brother's actions yesterday." She smiled then, pushing herself off the sink and headed towards me. "The truth is he actually really likes you. It is as simple as that."

I flinched slightly as she reached forward and twirled a lock of my hair around her finger, a gentle smile gracing her soft features. "I don't understand." I said simply, my eyes locked to her face as she stared at my hair she was absent mindedly playing with. "He doesn't know me, so how can you stand here and tell me that he actually likes me."

My lock of hair fell from her fingers and landed in place on my shoulder. "That's easy." She said, the smile on her lips broadening. "Edward has never been physically drawn to anyone, well, until yesterday of course. I watched his face light up at you walked into the room." She giggled. "I thought his eyes were going to pop of from his head. It's funny because he is normally so aware of everyone around him, especially me, but yesterday it was just you and him in the cafeteria. Of course until he dragged you out that is."

She pulled a tissue from her purse and began dabbing the lingering tears from my eyes, and surprising I stood there and let her. "How can I be sure I can trust you to believe all that? I don't know you either." I said as she turned to discard the tissue.

"Well, that's easy." She said turning to face, a huge smile on her beautiful face. " I haven't done anything to you that should make my trust questionable." She said simply.

"That is not exactly an answer." I groaned.

She shrugged, her smile not faltering. "But it is still an answer."

I sighed, leaning my head back against the wall, my mind swimming. Who was I to believe this girl, or Rosalie. It was in that second that I realized I never caught this girl's name and my head shut up and my eyes opened. "Who are you?"

"Alice Cullen." She held out her hand and reluctantly I took it. "Let's be friends from here out, okay Bella?" Slowly I nodded my head as I shook her hand.

"Maybe we should go to class now?" I suggested, pulling my hand from her grasp. She simply shrugged and pulled her cell phone from her purse to check the time. "I guess so." She said before throwing her phone back in her purse and linking her arm with mine. "So," She said cheerfully as she lead me out the door. "What are you doing this weekend?"

"Uh," I murmured, giving a slight shrug of my shoulders. "Probably-"

"Oh! I know!" She said cutting me off mid sentence. " We should double date. Jasper and me and you and Edward! It will be great!"

Before I could open my mouth to protest she pulled me into our classroom and I became quickly uneasy about all the eyes that were on us.

Author's Note:

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! For all of the wonderful reviews! It makes me so happy that so many people are enjoying my story. I hope to get many more reviews for this chapter. The next chapter should be up in the next day or two and will be about Alice's and Bella's double date. If you all have any suggestions on what you would like to see happen on this date please share your thoughts! Thanks again! Much love!

-Anna