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A/N: I got such positive feedback already from all of you so im definitely thankin ya now! THANK YOU! lol but seriously though it's good to know that you like it…and, hmm, maybe she won't choose Edward and choose Mike instead…but, alas, you'll just have to suffer until the end…darn for you lol j/k I need some more conflict though so I can make a whole lot more chapters SOMEONE HELP! Lol by the way, you guys, it was weird because I wrote that whole second chapter in one sitting in about two hours or less yesterday…yikes I don't think I've ever done that before lol

Alrighty, so these are for all of you chapter 2 reviewers out there! Enjoy your praises!

Opaque: yeah I know it is a bit harsh for Bella, but I felt it was necessary to get her point across, if you know what I mean…lol

Seraphyn: yeah I know it's strange to think about her kissing some guy like Mike shudders lol

Twilight.xx3: lol I made you cry? Lol that's funny hehehe evil laugh lol j/k yeah don't we all wish Edward wins? Lol like I said in the author's note up there, you'll just have to wait and see who wins…lol

Bluemoon-175: thank you! I will, see im updating right now! Lol

Raging Raven: thanks! Lol yup im continuing! Yay! lol

Now, I won't delay this any longer…here you go!

Edward's POV:

I can't believe she just left me here. I tell her I love her and she just runs off to her classroom without even saying one word to me in response. But it was true; I really do still love her. I probably always will, even if she doesn't feel the same with me one day. But, I still don't understand how she could be with Newton. It disgusts me even thinking about the two of them together. I mean, she couldn't honestly tell me that she has the same feelings for him that I do for her, could she? Either way, I need to get out of this school. It's stifling in here, with certain couples kissing all the time.

Bella's POV:

I haven't seen Edward all day, now. He was nowhere to be seen at lunch. I'm looking at the Cullens' table right now, where there were only four of them. I kept my eyes on the look-out for Edward, prepared to argue if that was what he really wanted, but I never saw him. I decided that I would talk to the Cullens for the first time in months. It's still lunch right now, so I had time. I took a deep breath and got up to walk to them.

"Where's Edward?" I asked them abruptly.

"Well, well, well," Rosalie started. "If it isn't little miss Bella, finally coming to talk to us again. Don't you know where he is?"

I glared at her. "No."

Alice turned to me. "Bella, he only came back because he wanted to see you again. Not see you and him together. Edward apologized. Can't you just forgive him?" she said in a soft tone.

I took in a hard breath and looked to a lunchroom wall. "I can't, Alice. I just can't. I don't think you know what it feels like to have your boyfriend just up and leave with no warning."

"That may be so, but we all know what it feels like to have your brother just 'up and leave,' as you put it. Edward never gave us a warning, either. He was just gone one morning, with a note for us and another for you. So, please, don't think we don't know how it feels. Because we do." Alice turned back to the rest of her family, leaving me standing there, stunned. "Go find him. Please. Talk to him. Before he decides to leave again, under the impression that you don't still love him or have even the slightest feelings for him. Even though we all know you do." I walked away slowly, feeling bad about what I had said to them. I decided to skip the rest of the school day after lunch and go look for Edward.

"Mike," I addressed him at our lunch table. He turned to look up at me. "I'm not feeling too well, I think I'm going to go home."

"Oh, Bella, are you sure you'll be okay? You're not getting sick, are you?"

"No, I think it's just a stomach ache. There's no need to worry, I'll be fine," I told him, and gave him a kiss on the cheek before turning to head out the cafeteria door.

"Well, alright, but feel better," he said hesitantly. "I'll call you later, then."

I just nodded my head and left without another word. I felt bad for lying to Mike about it. He didn't even know that Edward was back yet. But I had to do this myself, and my way. I needed to find Edward.

"Bella." Shock overcame Esme's face when she opened the door to the Cullen household, me standing on the steps leading up to it. "Well, this is a surprise," she announced and smiled at me.

"Hi, Esme," I greeted her with a smile then paused. "Is Edward here, by any chance? He came to school this morning and we sort of got into a huge argument. Do you know where he is? I really need to talk to him."

Esme smiled wholeheartedly and opened the door even further. "He's upstairs in his room, dear. You can go right up. I think he'll be pleased to see you again."

I smiled at her as I moved past her, and thanked her shyly.

I walked the steps leading up to the second floor slowly. I found myself at the door to Edward's room sooner than I would have liked. It felt like I was walking to my death. I didn't think that this was going to go over very well.

I knocked on the door. "Edward? It's me, Bella." I paused before saying the next thing and took a deep breath. "Do you mind if I come in?"

About five seconds later, he opened the door slowly, a heartbreaking look on his face.

"Hi," I greeted.

"Isabella."

"Oh, come on, Edward, don't be like that!"

"Like what?" he asked, then moved all the way over to sit on his couch in the blink of an eye.

"You know what I mean. I don't want you giving me the third degree and everything just because you think that I should just be able to forgive you all of a sudden just because you want me to!" I hadn't meant to yell it, but it just seemed to come out that way.

"Yes, maybe that isn't the way I should act."

"Thank you," I told him, my voice calming down a little, and I looked at the floor for a moment.

"I should be jealous." I looked back up at him.

"What?" I asked, not quite sure if that was what I heard him say or not.

"I should be jealous of Mike. He's the one who has the most beautiful girl in the school. The only girl who I've ever really loved. Mike doesn't know how good he has it." He said this last part a lot softer.

"And why exactly is that?" I asked, folding my arms over my chest.

"Mike never really liked you for your personality, Bella, it was all just for your looks. He doesn't deserve you."

"Don't act like you know everything about our relationship, Edward. Please, just don't."

He got up and came over to me. "I'm not trying to. Can't you just believe me when I say that I'm sorry? I know, I shouldn't have left, but it seemed right at the time. I'm sorry for everything. Everything that has happened since I left. I'm sorry that Mike got to ease your pain before I could. I'm sorry that I missed your birthday. I'm sorry that all the times that you were with Mike that it could have been me you were with. I'm sorry, Bella, I'm so incredibly sorry." He was looking at me now, staring deep into my eyes, with my hands in his, making me stare right back at his. We were definitely too close right now. I mean, we were broken up; I was with Mike now. Couldn't he just accept that fact? I suppose he couldn't because at that moment, he interrupted my thoughts by kissing my lips. Hard. Passionately. I had forgotten what that felt like. It was so different from what kisses I had received in the last three months.

As if suddenly realizing what was happening, I tore myself away from Edward, breaking the kiss, and leaving him standing there, amazed. "No. Edward, no." I couldn't help but keep repeating the word. I muttered it all the way as I walked down the stairs and started to open the door, but was then caught by Edward's cool hand.

"Bella, wait!" he called after me as I walked out the door and to my truck. "Wait," he pleaded as I started to unlock the door. He was holding a large box covered in gift-wrap with a dark blue bow on it. I looked from Edward to the box and back again.

"A present?" I asked, completely confused.

"Your birthday present. I wasn't there. I told myself that even if I missed it that I would buy you something and give it to you when I returned." He smiled.

I looked down at it, took it from his loose grasp, and got in my truck. "Thank you, Edward," I murmured softly before going out of the long driveway. I tried hard not to glance over at the gift while driving but it was much too tempting. I ended up pulling over on the side of the road to open it when I was a little less than halfway home. I picked it up from off the seat. It was surprisingly light. The present was perfectly wrapped in paper that was light blue with white angels holding balloons in their hands. I found myself smile at that. I opened up the box's cover only to find one of a smaller size inside of it. I opened up the next. It went on like this for a few more times. In a box further down, I found a note taped to the top of it. It read:

Okay, okay, I won't delay any longer. Open up the next to find your present.

Love,

Edward

I gave a small smile at his idea of a joke. I then read what he wrote at the bottom of the note.

P.S. There are actually two parts to your present. Look at the back of your present to get the surprise. And yes, I know that you hate surprises, Bella, but, please, just humor me.

I was confused at that. What could he possibly be surprising me with? I sighed, and then opened up the box that the note was taped to. Inside there were white and red roses, all in petals, which replaced the tissue paper. I found a stack of about four CD's, all of them different types of music. I searched through them, finding out that they consisted of Debussy, Muse, and Anna Nalick. I had only once told him about how I liked her because some of her songs reminded me so much of our relationships, along with The Veronicas, another one of the CD's he had gotten me. Taped to the back of the Debussy CD, which was on the bottom of the stack, was another note.

Dear Bella,

I would like you to meet me tonight. I have something special planned for you. I'll be at the meadow, waiting. I know that you're upset with me right now, but please come, Bella. I've missed you so much. Every rose petal in here is for each day I've been away from you. I wish I could have come back to you sooner, but I thought that if I did something horrible might happen to you and I would be the cause of it. I'm ready for it now. Trust me, I am. Every second I was away from you it tore my heart in two. Please forgive me and meet me there at seven o'clock.

I love you,

Edward

It was so hard to be mad at him when he spoke such beautiful words to me. He must have just written that today, because how else would he have known that I was mad? I slumped back in the seat of my truck, wondering what I should do. Should I go? Should I go to see the man who left me months before and who broke my heart? Or should I stay with Mike, who was the only comfort to me in my time of need? What was I going to do? And how was I going to explain to Mike that I had cheated on him, when all he ever did was be nice to me the entire time, even when I was still with Edward and treated him so badly? This was a disaster in the making. And it would get even worse if I went to meet Edward tonight.