Beep Beep Beep

Stupid alarm clock, maybe I can sleep in a little longer; I mean it's only 10:30... Wait what. "Damn alarm clock, would it kill you to go off at the right time." I sneered at my alarm clock. My alarm clock has a habit of going off an hour later than it's supposed to. I always intend to buy a new one, but every time I'm at the store it slips my mind. So now, I have thirty minutes to get ready and to get to my Shakespeare class.

After a lot of speeding, I made it to my class with minutes to spare. I looked around for an empty seat and froze. Damn The only empty seat and I do mean the only empty seat is right in the middle of the Cullen's. I grudgingly made my way to the seat, but not before scanning the rest of the classroom one more time.

"You guys are unbelievable." I muttered when I sat down. So now, I had to endure a two-hour class, while sitting next to Edward and Alice.

"Bella, what a coincidence, we had no idea you had this class." Alice said innocently.

"For some reason I don't entirely believe that." I said while I glared at the front of the room.

"Bella." Edward whispered. Please stop talking. I thought hearing his voice was hard, but hearing him say my name was so much worse. Luckily, for me the teacher came in shortly after he said my name, so there wasn't any chance for him to say anything else. Have you ever noticed that when you want something to end, it takes so much longer. I the whole class spent staring at the clock, trying not to think about the man sitting next to me. When she dismissed the class I dashed out of my seat, but unfortunately, the Cullen's were faster and beat me to my truck.

"Why won't you leave me alone?" I asked.

"Bella leaving the first time was a mistake, and I'm not going to make that mistake again." Edward said.

"Just go home; I don't want you here." I said.

"Were not giving up." Alice said. I walked past them and started getting into my truck.

"If you don't talk to us now, we'll just talk to you at work." Emmet said.

"Why are you even working there? It's not like you need the jobs." I exclaimed.

"Were working there because you're working there." Alice stated.

"Are you ever going to leave me alone?" I whined.

"Just come over to the house. Esme is dieing to see you." Jasper said, ignoring my question.

"I can't." I said before I got in my car and drove off. I ran up to my apartment and everything I tried not to feel came crashing down on me. The pain from when they left, the loneliness from when they were gone, the pain from when they came back, but also the slight happiness I felt at seeing them. I don't know how long I sat there, but when I finally got up, I felt lighter. Like something was lifted off my chest. It amazed that the short amount of time that I was with them, made me feel again. I realized that I couldn't hide my feelings. I wasn't sure if I was ready for the Cullen's to be back in my life, but I was ready to feel again.

I threw on my uniform and headed to the diner. I was a little early so not many of the people from my shift were here. I was dreading seeing the Cullen's again, because I had a feeling they weren't going to put up with my ignoring them today. I was glad the the first half of our shifts were pretty busy, so that made it a little easier to avoid them. I was getting nervous though, because they all had that look in their eye, which made me feel like they were planning something.

"Hey Dave I hear you have a hott date tonight." I said to one of the regulars. Dave and I talked a lot when I first started working here.

"Ya, her names Lisa." he said with a smile.

"Lucky man." I said.

"You know I'm still holding out for you. I could reschedule with Lisa and me and you can paint the town red." he joked.

"You're not that lucky; I think you're a little too old for me." I said.

"Damn, well congratulations to the guy who snatched you up. He's a lucky man." he said.

"Thanks, Dave. Have fun tonight." I said as I gave him a one-armed hug. Things were dieing down, so I went to get my books.

"Bella, can you go and grab a box of straws from the storage cabinet." Jerry asked.

"Sure, I'll be right back." I said. I was trying to find the straws, when I heard the cabinet door close. I turned around quickly only to be met by Edward.

"I just want to talk to you." he said. I pushed past him and tried to open the door, but it wouldn't budge. I had a feeling the four other Cullen's were leaning against it.

"You guys sure are persistent." I complained as I sat down on a box.

"Please give me a chance to explain, then you can go back to ignoring me." he pleaded.

"Fine." I said, trying not to let the pain show in my voice.

*"I lied. When we were in the forest, when I was telling you goodbye. You weren't going to let go." he whispered "I could see that. I didn't want to do it- it felt like it would kill me to do it- but I knew if I couldn't convince you that I didn't love you anymore, it would just take you that much longer to get on with your life. I hoped that, if you thought I'd moved on, so would you."* he whispered. ( * is from new moon.)

"You lied." I whispered back.

"I still love you; I will never stop loving you." he said, while he placed a hand on my waist.

"Edward, I can't do this. I'm engaged." I said.

"I know, and I respect that; but that doesn't mean that I'm not going to be waiting here for him to mess up." he whispered. "I'm going to be here until the moment you say I do."

"Why don't we try to be friends?" I suggested.

"Friends." he mused.

"I don't know if I'm ready to accept you guys back into my life, but I'm willing to try." I said.

"I'm definitely willing to be your friend." he said.

"Can we get out of here now?" I asked.

"Sure." he said as he turned around and knocked on the door twice. It opened revealing four very happy Cullen's.

"Don't look at me like that. I'm still mad that you locked me in a cabinet." I said as I walked past them. A part of me was happy about this decision, but another part of me was hoping I wouldn't regret it.


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