Hello again. I'm back in black peoples! Watch out! lol. (sighs) Just a pointless funny put out there. No one gets my humor. :)

Ok, so, as promised... drum roll, please... DEDICATIONS!

First one, and everyone please read this, goes to mjuyhnbqtrfv: I thank you for your review and love for the story however, dun-dun-dun, you said my story's flawless. Well dear people, I found a flaw. A-hem. In chapter two, it states that Lauren and Bella are in English first period. Then, when I got to the end of Edward's POV it said that Edward and Lauren were going to second period English therefore, having Lauren do English two periods in a row. To fix this, I'm just going to have Lauren have a free period second period which she just happens to spend with Edward in his class as a helper to the teacher. So... yeah... :P

lovesanime92, APC720, Chelmo, K.M.Browen, bay girl, ali93, and Selene'BoOk LOvr', here's your update! I tried to get it out there as soon as I could! lol. Thanks for the kind words.

World of Peace, thank you for the love. Too bad the love can't get through to the world, eh? I agree with your username.

ema666, why thank you so much for the review. I'm glad it wasn't boring!

Finally... the playlist: Unbelievable by EMF

Edward's POV

I walked out of class with some guys on the football team, laughing at some geek who was shuffling his way to the cafeteria. We followed him.

Why we made fun of him? I honestly have no idea. His clothes were a little dated, he sported some acne and a little Irkle attitude goin' on but, seriously, he had the IQ of a genius. If anything, he would probably be dancing circles around us one day, waving green paper in our faces, drinking a martini.

So why did I do nothing but laugh with the guys as they pestered the poor guy? I scoff in my head. Because I'm a follower in my own destruction. My image is important and that means, sometimes, having someone else suffer for my insecurities.

It's a pathetic excuse to maintain the high social status. I start thinking about how I used to be, how I could be: the better person. But, of course, that little nagging voice in the back of my head told me to shut up and chill. So I did. And continued on.

We had made it inside the cafeteria by now.

"Look at the guy!" A player from the team laughed and started imitating the 'geek's' walk.

I was bored with their antics and started seeking my friends. Normally, Jasper and Emmett would have met me by now. What was up?

I looked for them, ignoring the goofballs surrounding me. I finally spot them sitting at a table. Normal seating arrangement with two extra. Jasper and Alice... Emmett and Rosalie... some chick named Angela if I remember correctly, and... Whoa.

I literally felt as if my breath had been knocked out of me. The most gorgeous creature I have ever layed eyes on, check that, a woman. She had long brown, luscious hair cascading in waves down her back. Beautiful, full lips, a cute nose, and from where I was standing, a really good figure. And, yet, there was something oddly familiar about her.

I quickly separated myself from the group and made my way to the table, mentally congratulating myself on my use of adjectives to describe this girl I was now almost close enough to touch.

"Hello." I give everyone a grin before settling my eyes on the hottie. God, did she have beautiful eyes. A rich brown I could see myself getting lost in. "I'm Edward Cullen." I pick up her small hand, raising it to my lips. "And you are?"

She's blushing, somehow this is a turn-on, and I hear Jasper clearing his throat. I ignore him. Can't he see I'm busy?

The girl still hasn't answered yet and I continue to hold her gaze, winking.

This seems to put some emotion back into her and a flash of annoyance crosses her face. I'm confused as she takes her hand back and narrows her eyes, grinning sweetly.

"Don't you remember me?" Her voice is even beautiful. Dammit.

A crease forms in my forehead as I struggle to understand. "Umm...no."

Alice snorts, shaking her head in amusement. I feel that I should be mad at my sister but I'm just seriously confused at the moment.

"Bella Swan." Her smile falters a little as I fake drawing a blank. I know exactly who she is now and I am... there are no words. She sighs softly and scoffs. "Chubby Bells, at your service."

My mind is swirling at the moment to the point of feeling lightheaded. Chubby Bells. Bella. Of course. Emmett had told me just before second period but my mind had strayed to other things since then.

Bella. The same girl that was shy, had acne, blushed at nothing, and had been chubby? I, personally, always found the chubby to be kinda cute but I still made fun of her for it. Oh my God. I made fun of her. I was right along there with Lauren; she made the rude comments, I just laughed, acting as if she had just made the funniest joke. We were the hunters, Bella was the prey and there was no doubt in my mind that she had been hurting.

This gorgeous female sitting in front of me had been my target. I suddenly felt very ashamed, embarrassed, stupid, and worst of all, vulnerable.

Cut it out. You are Edward Cullen. THE Edward Cullen. You will not let some chick bring you down. The annoying voice said again. The past's the past.

I notice that everyone's waiting for me to say something. "Wow." I finally say, replacing the shock with a cocky smirk. "Chubby Bells no more, huh?" I come out sounding like a jerk and I instantly regret it.

Alice glares at me, Angela, Emmett, and Jasper are looking everywhere but at Bella and I, and Rosalie... just continues to paint her nails.

Bella moves her head to the side, thinking. All I can think about is how the curve of her neck dips delicately as it gets to the base of her throat.

"I guess not." She says finally. "But I suppose you're still the same arrogant, ass faced Edward I've grown to know." Bella gets up and shoves past me out of the cafeteria, leaving a speechless table, and me, to look after her.

"Now look what you've done." Alice hisses at me, hurrying after Bella. Angela followed, Roslaie towing behind, blowing on her nails as she walked.

I take a seat, replaying what just happened and look up at my friends. Emmett and Jasper look as if they're about to pee their pants, trying to stifle their laughs.

"Arrogant, ass faced Edward has nothing to say?" Emmett's voice cracks a couple times before he starts laughing his ass off.

Jasper snorts, trying to contain himself and pats my back. "What'd you think of the new Bella?"

I shake my head. "She's..." At a loss for words.

"Hot." Emmett says after finally calming down.

I shake my head again. "Gorgeous."

"Who-ho-ho. Should we all be worried that your vocabulary seems to have expanded in the past two minutes?"

"Shut up." I'm still trying to wrap my head around what happened. The fact that I just got dismissed by ex- Chubby Bells is horrific. This shouldn't be happening.

The fact that I just got dismissed by ex- Chubby Bells I now have the hots for, is disturbing. I have got to stop referring her to that name. It's Bella. And she just turned me down. No one rejects Edward Cullen. It just doesn't happen.

"So..." Jasper starts. "What're you gonna do? Physically, Bella has changed. Mentally, she's the same. She's shy-"

Emmett snorts.

"She's still herself just with more self respect. I think we should honor that." Jasper practically whispers the last part.

"Yeah, Bella's cool, man. She's clumsy as Hell, blushes still, and is funny. Why weren't we friends before?" He raises an eyebrow at me. Already I could tell Emmett was protective of Bella: like he was her brother. Shit.

Jasper repeats his question.

I pull it together and roll my eyes. "She'll come around." Lauren and Jessica join me as I get up. Perfect timing. "Until then..." I wiggle my eyebrows at the ladies in front of me as they loop their arms through mine and head off in the opposite direction.

I notice Jasper frowning after me, Emmett just shaking his head as if karma's gonna come bite me in the ass.

Lauren's talking to me but I'm barely aware of her at the moment. My focus seems to be on Bella. Funny too, but I don't even find myself looking down Lauren's shirt when she bends over, purposely giving me a sneak peek.

In fact, I suddenly seem to lose interest in the women in front of me, flaunting their assets in my face. Their conversations are fake, their moves too scripted.

I seem to want Bella's realism surrounding me again... even if it did wound my ego.

Bella's POV

What the Hell did I just do?

What the Hell did I just do?!

Seeing Edward made my heart skip a beat. Having Edward's lips touch my hand almost caused me to start hyperventilating. I was almost considering taking a liking to him again but then... he opened his mouth.

God, what a nice mouth he had- and his voice! Deep, smooth, sexy... It had taken me awhlile to actually get what he had said. When I registered the shock on his face, I couldn't help but feel a little pleased and annoyed at the same time.

"Chubby Bells no more, huh?" Edward's voice was alluring... but he was smirking, and he looked exactly as he had when I left in the seventh grade; an arrogant jerk who needed to get off his high horse.

Anger had taken over my actions, ignoring my conscious. "I guess so. But I suppose you're still the same arrogant, ass faced Edward I've grown to know." I stood up and shoved past him, my arm tingling where we made contact, and headed out of the cafeteria.

And now I was in the girl's bathroom, being comforted by Alice, Angela, and Rosalie.

"My brother's a jerk!" Alice fumed then spoke softer so I wouldn't hear. "If he doesn't get his act together soon, there's no way my plan will work..."

"What's that, Alice?" I'm trying to focus on something besides Edward's face that, somehow, keeps entering my mind.

"Nothing." She hugs me. "We'll get you through this."

I look up in surprise. "Get me through this?" Rosalie tsks at Alice. "There's nothing to get me through. I'm perfectly fine. Edward just needs to be knocked down a few pegs." Or a few hundred.

Alice stares at me, contemplating about something.

"I have never let Edward get to me and I will not start now." Half's a lie. Edward always used to get to me. But I'm older now and not a pushover. The guy's an asshole.

"Ok." Alice nods slowly, still looking as if she's trying to figure something out. "Well, then why did you run out of the cafeteria?" She doesn't say it accusingly, but like she's really trying to understand.

Hell, I'm still trying to understand. Why did I run? "I don't know. Overwhelming I guess. It just felt like the thing to do at the time. I kind of feel bad calling your brother a name." And I did. I could've handled punching him better than I did calling him a name.

Rosalie all the sudden smirks. "Ass faced Edward? AHA!"

Angela starts giggling and pretty soon, all four of us are laughing.

"Seriously Bella," Alice says, chuckling. "What made you say that? What happened to the shy Bella we know?"

"She's changed, ladies." We lock arms and walk out of the restroom. "She has changed."

Edward's POV

Sixth period, Biology. Easy. Why don't I just skip? I needed to think about somethings that involved a certain someone anyways.

For some reason, my foot kept moving in front of the other in the direction of Biology, as if my body was being pulled there.

Ugh. I go inside the class and sit at the lab table I'm assigned to.

"Mr. Cullen," Mr. Banner walks in, sitting at his desk. "You're awfully early."

"Biology calls to me, sir."

Mr. Banner chuckles. "Uh-huh."

Students start puring in through the door a minute before the bell rings. I reach for my notebook under my chair when I smell the most wonderful smell next to me; a mix of freesias and strawberries. I quickly sit up and look next to me, no one sits there, and freeze.

"Hello again." Bella smiles but expression's guarded, as if wondering if she hold even be talking to me.

God, make her, please, keep talking. "What are you doing here?" Dammit, Edward! You fucktard! It's like my mouth has a mind of its own when around Bella... it's infuriating. I'm the one that knows what to say and makes the girls swoon and then I do something like this?!

Bella glares at me and I can't help but notice how cute she looks angry. Focus, Edward! I scold myself.

"I happen to take this class too. Is that a problem?"

"No. What are you doing sitting here." You just keep getting better and better, dude.

"It's the only open seat in the classroom unless you want me to go sit on Mike's lap over there."

Mike (another football player) looked up as if he'd heard and smiled at Bella, inviting her to do as she said. I wanted to rip his head off and looked back at Bella just as she grimaced.

"This is fine." I say quickly then catch myself before I start sounding desperate. "Just don't mess up on the lab today. I have an A in this class and I don't want to have to suffer for your lack of participation." Shit, Cullen. Even I flinched at my words.

"Don't worry. I'll make sure to pick up your slack." Bella snorts, disgusted, and turns to face the front as Mr. Banner begins to speak.

I can't concentrate. Bella's scent is delicious, her voice is like freak'n sex... and she's real. The most real person I've talked to in a long time. She calls me out when I'm being a dick, doesn't try to impress me... wounds my ego again. I don't know how to feel about her.

She's attractive in every way. But she doesn't like me. It's shocking, really. Never before has my charm been rejected and this is what irritates me. I know I can get cocky but Hell, we all get a little ahead of ourselves sometimes.

A little? Sometimes? A thought suddenly occurs to me.

I wait for that little nagging voice in my head to give me a boost again. Strange, it seems that at the time I need it most, it deserts me and I'm actually left to think for myself.

The lab goes smoothly. We are dissecting a dead cat. Bella doesn't groan and act like she's going to throw up like other girls do and I'm impressed. We barely speak two words to each other, just taking turns on dissecting. She knows her stuff, calling out every part perfectly. I do the same and I catch a surprised look on her face when I'm correct, as if she amazed that I actually have a brain.

I think I should be insulted but the way her cheeks blush when she sees I've caught her looking distracts me.

We finish the lab before anyone else and Mr. Banner comes to look at our work. "Well done." He gives us praise. "I think you and Miss Swan make an excellent team."

Bella blushes about ten shades of red. "Well," She says, curtly. "I'm impressed Edward. You actually know the anatomy of a cat and I didn't have to correct you at all."

Hmmm. So she's warming up to me. "I also happen to know the female anatomy just as well." I grin at her.

Bella's eyes flash and her foot holds mine to the floor, crushing my toes with her heel as she speaks. Ow.

"Great. You're lucky these aren't your balls I'm doing this to." She whispers. "You have a lot of nerve, Edward. I am not the same girl you knew before and I will not be another toy you're going to play with. You can go play with your sluts and tell them your knowledge on their anatomy. In the meantime, think to yourself why the Hell you can't grow up and stop being such a pig!" Every word she emphasized caused her heel to go down harder on my foot.

She looked at me in the eyes, furious, for a moment before raising her hand. "Mr. Banner, may I go the nurse's? I'm not feeling so well." Bella acted as if nothing had happened, and judging from the way the class was still absorbed in the lab, it seemed as if no one else noticed what had just went down.

Mr. Banner hands her a slip and tells her he hopes she feels better. He walks over to my table and grins. "Guess the cat got to her, Mr. Cullen. What? Didn't notice the pain she was goin' through cutting open the poor animal?" He's teasing but he has no idea how much truth there is behind the double meaning of his words.

I force a weak smile and Mr. Banner checks on the other tables.

Bella's words echo in my head. Grow up and stop being such a pig!

Think straight, Edward! Don't listen to her. She's a girl who doesn't know what the Hell she's talking about and-- I block out that nagging voice and think.

I think about what Bella said.

I think about how beautiful and hurt she looked when she told me off.

I think about just how right she might be.

And then I take her advice and ask myself, Why the Hell can't I grow up and stop being such a pig? That's easy. Image purposes.

Now I ask a slightly different question. When the Hell am I going to grow up and stop being such a pig?

I pinch the bridge of my nose. The easiest questions are the hardest to answer.

They've met! This week again...but it seems that Edward doesn't remember the ticket incident... oh well. What did y'all think? Remember, I listen to suggestion in or out of the story. lol. :)

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