I'm so sorry! After waking up, I immediately started working on some last minute touches for my summer AP project and I completely forgot!

To CullenHathaway, instead of sending you the teaser and then immediately updating, I'll just dedicate this chapter to you!

Day 2:

I woke up feeling angry. Why the hell should I be haunted with dreams about stupid Edward Masen if he was probably just lounging around thinking about ways to ruin my life? I was determined that nothing he did today would spark a reaction from me. I wouldn't snap back if he talked to me, and I wouldn't melt if he smiled at me. He was officially off my mind.

Well, at least that's what I hoping would happen. At breakfast, I didn't acknowledge him, but that's only because I kept thinking, Don't look at Edward, don't look at Edward, don't look at Edward, do not look at Edward! I'm not sure how much of my goal to not think about Edward was accomplished if I had to keep thinking to myself to not to think about Edward in order to not think about him.

I hate teenage hormones.

Later on, we went swimming, and I stayed as far away as possible from Edward. Of course that stupid defined chest with water running down it kept popping into my line of vision. After that, we all piled into the canoes and paddled around the lake and the river connected to it. Once again, I was faced with the problem of seeing those stupid muscles flex as he rowed his canoe.

After lunch, I couldn't really take it anymore. I wasn't being able to fully enjoy myself because I kept thinking about Edward, so I decided to take Jacob up on his offer yesterday.

"Hey guys, I'm going to go hang out with Jacob," I said. "Does anyone want to come?"

Angela and Ben agreed to come, but everyone else stayed. Before we left, I caught a glimpse of Edward's angry grimace.

We walked around the perimeter of the lake until we saw Jacob's cabin. I knocked on the door and was greeted by a sweet teenager who introduced himself as Seth.

"Is Jacob here?" I asked.

"Yeah, come on in," he replied, moving aside so we could enter.

"Jake!" Seth called out. Two seconds later, Jacob appeared in the living room.

"Bella, hey! Angela and Ben, right?" Jacob greeted. Angela and Ben nodded.

"Well, how's it going guys?" He asked.

We spent a good two hours just talking, Angela and Ben pitching in every now and then, but mostly they just chatted with Seth.

"Want to go for a walk?" Jake asked.

I glanced at Angela and Ben to make sure they were fine with it, then agreed. Jake took my hand and led me outside to the shore of the lake. We talked about everything and nothing as we walked along the shore.

"So is there something going on between you and that one kid with the reddish hair?" He suddenly asked.

I grimaced. Why does everybody ask that?

"No," I said quickly. He let out an amused laugh.

"So does that mean no as in he likes you and you don't like him, or no, you both like each other but are too stubborn to admit it?"

I kicked at a rock near my shoe.

"No, as in he's a bipolar idiot and I want nothing to do with him," I said haughtily.

"Which obviously means you want everything to do with him, right?" he asked, a triumphant smirk on his face. I glowered.

"You know, he likes you, too," he said. "Just look at the way he's glaring at us from across the lake."

My head snapped up, and sure enough, a certain bronze-haired, green-eyed boy was sitting on the dock, his head turned in our direction. Jake raised his hand and waved, an amused smirk on his face. Edward just stood up and went inside the house.

"Goodness, talk about jealous," he muttered.

"He is not," I replied.

"Sure. All you have to do, Bella, is go up to him and kiss him and I bet you he'd be all over you," he replied.

My face burned at the idea of Edward all over me.

"Can we talk about something else?" I asked quietly. Jake just chuckled and started another conversation.

Angela, Ben, and I returned to our cabin at about six thirty. We ate dinner and then everybody settled outside to make a camp fire. Everyone chatted and laughed, except for me and, of course, Mr. Edward Masen. He was too busy staring into the fire, looking like something was troubling him, while I was too busy stealing glances at him, despite my earlier promise to not even look at him.

His eyes flickered up, and I quickly looked away. When I glanced at him again, he was staring at me, but his eyes quickly focused on the fire again. I felt a pang in my chest and noticed how my heart seemed to physically hurt. I turned in early that night.

Day 3:

"Bella," he whispered softly.

It was night, and the full moon cast just enough light to see every beautiful curve and angle on his face. I felt the wall to the cabin behind me, still warm from the heat of the sun that had set hours ago. His hands were placed beside my head, his strong arms creating a cage that I couldn't – nor wanted – to escape from.

"Yes?" I asked, my voice low and sultry.

"I really want to kiss you," he said, those dark hungry eyes flicking to my lips.

"Then kiss me," I said, letting my hands find his shoulders and tangle in his hair.

He inched forward, his sweet breath fanning over my face. I wet my lips and waited for his sweet touch.

Just as his lips were about to touch mine, I softly sighed, "Edward."

My eyes snapped open, and it took me a while to get used to the darkness in the room. Goodness gracious, tell me I did not just have a dream about kissing Edward Masen. And tell me that I was not still feeling that warmth in my tummy or the electricity on my lips. I was so screwed.

I got up, and quietly walked to the door, so that nobody would hear me and wake up. The sun's rays were barely peeking out over the horizon, but the dark still dominated the sky. I slipped on a pair of flip flops and made my way to the lake shore. It was a cool summer night, just waiting for the sun to warm up the ground. I closed my eyes and waded into the water, feeling its refreshing coolness wake me up and clear my mind.

There was a soft crunch behind me, and I whirled to find Edward.

"Didn't mean to scare you," he muttered. "Couldn't sleep?"

I felt my face grow hot, knowing that just a couple minutes ago, I had been dreaming of him kissing me. I nodded, knowing that if I spoke, my voice might sound a little breathy and embarrassing. He tuned towards the water and waded in beside me.

"How about you? Couldn't sleep, either?" I asked after a second, my voice thankfully sounding normal.

"Yeah," he said softly.

Not saying a word, we both started walking along the shore. The only sounds you could hear were the early birds chirping and the soft splashing as our feet hit the water. Suddenly, I had stepped on a rock and lost my footing. I braced myself for the cold splash of water, but instead, Edward's arms caught me and pushed me up against his chest. Instead of gasping because of the cold water, like I was expecting too, I gasped at the feeling of his hard warm chest pressed up against mine.

I looked up, and was caught in his stare. There it was again. My stomach filled with butterflies and warmth, and my hands itched to bury themselves in his hair. I felt my breathing speed up, and I'm sure my heart was skipping beats. My dream came to mind, and I burned to know what his lips would feel like.

Kiss me. Please, kiss me.

His face came closer, and my eyes fluttered closed. I waited for his lips to crash down on mine, but they never did. I opened my eyes, and Edward was looking away. He then stepped away, releasing me from his tight hold.

What the hell just happened?

I stared down into the water, trying to make sense of what had just happened. How could he just not kiss me? I let out a groan of frustration before quickly walking back inside the house.

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"I"m going to go hang out with Jacob today," I told everybody before getting up to leave.

"You go do that. Have fun with your boyfriend," Edward sneered quietly.

"I will," I snapped. I didn't even bother correcting the fact that Jake wasn't my boyfriend. He didn't need to know.

Rosalie and Emmett walked me over to his cabin, before leaving to go on a hike through the woods.

"Hey Bella!" Jake greeted enthusiastically. One smile from him and all of my frustration and tension melted away.

"Hey Jake," I said. "What are you doing?"

"Well, I was going to go for a canoe ride down the river. Want to join me?"

"Sure," I answered.

I wasn't the best person to go canoeing with, but we eventually got the hang of it.

"So how's it going?" Jake asked as we paddled along the river.

"I'm good," I answered.

"Really? Then why did you look like you wanted to kill somebody when you first came over?" He asked, his voice very knowing.

"I don't know what you're talking about," I answered, focusing on paddling.

"It had something to do with that Edward kid, huh?" He guessed. "What happened?"

"Do you really want this to turn into a girl talk?" I asked. He let out a loud laugh.

"Don't get into the girly details, but give me the gist. You know, nobody can help you out more about the opposite sex than the opposite sex," he said.

I sighed, knowing I wasn't going to get into this conversation anytime soon, especially since we were floating in the middle of a river.

"Well, I woke up this morning and went outside. He surprised me and we were walking together along the shore for a while. I tripped, and he caught me. Then," I tried to finish the story of what happened, but my face was burning thinking about this morning.

"You kissed?" Jacob asked.

"No," I sighed. "We were close. So close. I mean, you don't get that close without actually wanting to kiss, right? He was the one leaning in! But then, he just stepped away!"

I paddled a little harder than necessary as I felt all of that pent up frustration rise in me again. Jacob had a look of concentration on his face, probably trying to figure out what the hell was wrong with Edward.

"What happened between you guys? Why do you guys hate each other?" He finally asked.

"I don't know," I answered. "I guess it kind of goes back to fifth grade."

"What happened then?" He pushed, seeing as how I was suddenly feeling embarrassed.

"Well, we kind of went out, If you could even call it that. I got the guts to ask him out, and he said yes. It lasted a total of a day and a half before I freaked out, feeling way to uncomfortable, and broke up with him," I warily explained.

Jacob just looked at me with an are you serious expression on his face. Then he blinked once, and started laughing so hard, it rocked the canoe a bit.

"Are you done?" I snapped after he finally calmed down.

"Well, geez Bella, no wonder the poor kid acts so weird! You broke his heart at the tender age of twelve! Reject him once, that hurts, but if you were to reject him twice, that would freaking suck!" He explained, letting a chuckle roll in every now and then.

"We were eleven, not twelve," I grumbled.

"That's even worse!" He said.

"Are you kidding me? We were kids, it wasn't serious, it wasn't even a relationship!" I exclaimed, throwing my hands in the air. The canoe rocked dangerously, but we stayed afloat.

"Maybe, but come on! That's probably subconsciously scarred him! You completely deflated his ego before he had a chance to even get one!" Jacob explained.

"Boys and their pride," I mumbled. "You know what, we're done talking about this."

"Fine," Jake replied, amused. "I'm only going to say one thing, then I'll drop it. If you want anything to happen between you two, you're going to have to make the first move."

I frowned and we continued paddling down the river.

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Silly guys, did you think I would ever really make Jacob a threat? I'm Team Edward all the way!

Haha, the teaser was from the dream, they haven't really kissed yet. Anyways, first person to review gets to order me when to put up the next one! And I guess another teaser is in order!