Author's Note: I hate to say it, but it seems like I will be without internet starting Monday afternoon until Friday afternoon. I'm still writing, in fact I have the first 15 chapters done, so I think I'll post 3 of them in the next two days and then 2 on Friday. Again though, I definitely will be writing, it's just that from the middle of the ocean, internet costs around 50 an hour… Thank you for reading!

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CHAPTER 4: YOU DUMB IDIOT!

APOV

I was so excited to have a new friend! I mean, not that I didn't have friends, it's just that when half the girls at school only talk to you to get to your brother, it's hard to know who to depend on. I could see Bella was different. She was so open and sweet and hadn't even met my brother! I skipped down the stairs to get us a snack without realizing that I had no idea what she would want to eat. I decided to pick out a bunch of things for us, maybe she would stay longer if we had lots of food up there! I started pulling out anything I could think of; gummy worms, popcorn, chips, M&M's, and anything else I could find. I went to the garage to find something for us to drink when I heard shouting. I ran back into the house to see Bella coming towards me. She seemed a bit angry, but pushed it aside and began to speak.

"Alice, I'm sorry, I have to go. I forgot I had promised to make my dad dinner tonight. Call me okay?" I went to hug her, making sure everything was alright while trying to smile and show that I wasn't upset she was leaving. Was I taking too long? Maybe it is just that she had to go.

I let go of her and said, "okay. You should come over tomorrow though, my friend Rose is coming to hang out and you could meet her too! You would love her!" It was true, Rose was so much fun and I bet Bella wouldn't mind meeting more people before school started.

She nodded and sped out the front door. I was about to put away the gummy worms and I turned to see Edward in the hall Oh, please do not tell me he just ruined my friendship with her!

"What did you say to her, you stupid, dumb idiot?!" I yelled, running at him and hitting him with the bag of gummies still in my hands,

"Alice, stop! What are you doing?! Stop hitting me! I didn't even touch her!" he said. I stopped my gummy attack on him. He was smiling, so I could tell he had done something.

"What did you do, Edward? I really like her!" I stood with my hands on my hips, feeling almost like a child in front of Edward's tall frame.

"I just complimented her! I guess she didn't take it well," he said, starting to walk away.

"Oh no you don't!" I said, making him turn around. "I know what your compliments sound like. You need to apologize to her AND MEAN IT! I want her to be my friend and if you ruined it for me with your stupid guy brain I am going to show every girl at school the picture of you potty-training! Yes the one with the cowboy boots and lipstick on the toilet!"

I knew I had won as he looked at me in horror. "Fine, Alice, fine. But I better not hear about that picture ever again. And I was going to talk to her! I didn't expect her to run out like that." He looked sincere enough. I was pleased with myself.

"You better! I want her to come over tomorrow and if she says no, I know it was your fault!"

He nodded at me and hung his head before walking back up the stairs.

EPOV

I hate that potty-training picture. If Alice didn't have that leverage on me, I would've been able to tease her when she had braces, when she got her first boyfriend, and for a million other things. On my list of thins to do, finding that picture was up at the top.

Now to figure out how to talk to Bella. I honestly was surprised that I had not been able to dazzle her. How did that happen? Most of the time all it took was for me to call a girl beautiful and I had her wrapped around my finger. Bella almost seemed offended by it. Perhaps it was that I had brought up what happened last night. That had to be it.

Actually, now that I was thinking about I knew that I shouldn't have brought it up. She had been embarrassed by it and a part of me felt bad. Not a big part, I reminded myself, but a part of me nonetheless. I hope she wasn't embarrassed about how she looked. She was beautiful. Her eyes were big and brown. Her hair was up from last night and wet, but still long and shiny. Her skin was pale, but the color in her cheeks made her skin bright. Her lips were full and soft. Beautiful.

WHAT? I never say beautiful! I say pretty and hot and sexy, but I steered away from beautiful, like there was too much meaning in it. Whatever, maybe she was.

After dinner and the silent treatment from Alice, I went up to my room to see if Bella's window was open. It wasn't, not that I was surprised. I went to see if Alice was in her room, only to find it empty, and not as clean as Alice usually kept it. There was clothing on the floor. I realized from looking at it that it had to be Bella's. She must have been in the rain. I picked up the pieces from the floor and folded them under my arm.

They smell so good. It smells fresh, like, I don't know, flowers. That had to be it. Every girl that came into my room smelled like vanilla or whatever else they sell at the mall. I liked the flower smell. I walked down the stairs and out the back door towards her house. I saw that no one was downstairs, so I began knocking. Out of the living room came Charlie. Him and my dad had been friends for some time, so he smiled when he saw me at the door. Usually, parents thought I was charming. They just didn't know I was charming the pants off their daughters. Well, not Bella, but still.

"Edward! How are ya?" he said, patting me on the back.

"I'm good Mr. Swan. How are you?"

"Edward, I'm Charlie and you know it" he said. "I heard you met my Bella today!"

Oh God, what did she tell him?

"She was so happy to have you and Alice in the neighborhood!"

Thank you. "Yeah, we're happy to have her here too," I said. "Actually, I came to give her these," I said, motioning to her clothing. "I think Alice dressed her up earlier and she left these at the house."

"Sure, sure," said Charlie, nodding at me. "I know how your sister loves clothing! She's in her room. It's upstairs and to the right."

"Thanks, Charlie," I said as I headed up the stairs.