A/N: Only one of you correctly guessed both of my movie quotes, but the rest of you correctly identified the Mean Girls quote. The other quote was from Grease and was the fourth line of the chapter about ruling the school, lol! I wrote this chapter while sitting in class again, and wasn't expecting to actually finish, but this one flowed out pretty easily, and ended totally differently than I intended; I wasn't expecting to get to that point so soon, but you'll figure it out by the end. I'll talk more at the end of the chapter because I really want to just get this written now. Happy reading and please review.

Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight.

Chapter 4: I Have Nothing BPOV

Alice had been teaching me make-up and fashion techniques, so I was able to get myself ready for the date with James by 5:45. I wish that I had taken longer because the waiting was torture. I was starting to get really nervous, and I couldn't figure out why. It didn't seem logical for me to be nervous, but I was, even though James had explained that it was going to be so low key that it hardly qualified as a real date.

He arrived at my house at exactly 6, and we drove off in his classic, blue '66 Mustang GT with those twin white stripes down the center. I didn't know a lot about cars, but I was especially fond of Mustangs so I knew a lot about his car; it was absolutely gorgeous, pristine, and purred as we drove down the highway.

"Nice car," I told him.

"Thanks," he replied. "My dad and I started rebuilding it about 5 years ago. It was a lot of fun, and then he gave it to me for my 16th birthday," he continued as he got a dreamy look in his eyes.

I could immediately tell how much he loved the car, and he obviously took extremely good care of it.

"So, where are we going?" I asked.

"You'll see soon enough, we're almost there,"

When he pulled into the parking lot, I gaped at where we were. We had pulled in at Dave & Buster's, only the best arcade place ever. (A/N: I'm not sure if they have D&B in Washington, but they have one near me, and I thought it was a great place for a casual date. For those of you who don't know, it's basically a really awesome, giant arcade, but they also have a restaurant and pool/billiards (whatever you wanna call it).)

"So do you like it?" he asked.

"Like it, I love it; my parents used to take Jazz and I here when we were younger, before the divorce," I explained.

"I told you I'd find the perfect no pressure date,"

"You were right, this is going to be awesome," I said enthusiastically. If only I knew just how wrong I would be.

The actual date itself was great, and James was really nice and I kind of even liked him, but there was something very wrong about this date.

You know how people will say 'It's not you, it's me' when they want to break up with someone, and it's usually a lie? Well currently, that was the only phrase that I could think of to sum up the night. Don't get me wrong, I was having a great time with James, and lots of fun, but my heart was elsewhere.

Even though I could never admit it out loud, my heart was screaming at my head, 'You still love Edward!' I kept picturing his face in my head, and I was starting to feel a giant hole being torn in my heart.

I tried my best to hide my slow descent into depression, but apparently once we left and got in the car, James could tell that something was off.

"Are you okay Bella?" he asked.

"Yeah, just a little tired," I lied.

The rest of the car ride back was fairly silent; we talked briefly about our favorite games and our prizes, but that was it. I didn't really care all that much if he thought something was wrong because honestly there was.

There was something very wrong with not just me, there was something wrong with James, mostly that he wasn't Edward. I had finally admitted it to myself, and my heart wasn't going to let me forget it.

When we got back to my house he got out, and walked me to the door. I turned to him, and thanked him for taking me out and told him that I would see him tomorrow.

However, just as I was turning to go inside, he grabbed my shoulder roughly and turned me around. I was about to ask him why he did it, when he pushed me up against the house and tried to kiss me forcefully.

I struggled against him and tried to push him away, but that only made him grip me harder. When he finally let me breathe, I yelled at him to get off of me, but he immediately returned to his attack on my lips. Before I could attempt to push him off again, I felt him being pulled off of me with great force.

I assumed that either my dad or Jazz had saved me, but was met with great surprise when I turned to thank whichever one had saved me. Standing a few feet away from me looming over James, who was now on the ground, was Edward.

"Get out of here now, and stay the fuck away from Bella!" Edward screamed at James; James just lay there, silently gaping at Edward.

"Why the hell haven't you left yet?" Edward yelled. James immediately got up, dashed to his car, and peeled out of my driveway, his tires screeching all the way down the street.

"Bella, are you okay? Did he hurt you?" Edward asked, finally turning towards me.

"Edward? What are you doing here?" I asked, ignoring his questions for the moment.

"I'll get to that, just please tell me if you're okay before I go crazy,"

"Yes, I'm fine." Thank you for saving me; now will you please tell me why you are here?"

"Well," he said stepping back onto the porch, "I came to give you these,"

He handed me a bouquet of two-dozen red roses, and I immediately held them up to my nose. He knew how much I enjoyed the smell of roses so he let me sniff them for a moment before continuing.

"Bella, I came here to apologize for everything and to explain what happened with Tanya," he told me and then paused to gauge my reaction.

"Thanks you for the roses, they're beautiful," I told him.

"You're welcome," was all he said, but he looked like he had a lot more to day. That moment was when my second epiphany of the night came to me.

"I know that you want to explain what Tanya did, but there's no need,"

"What do you mean? You need to understand that she climbed on top of me, she . . ., she . . ., Bella I need you,"

I know, and I know that she came onto you and you had nothing to do with it,"

"You know? When did you figure this out?"

"I didn't, I just realized that I already knew," I explained to him, and then rushed forward, pulled his face towards me, and kissed him full on the lips.

"Bella, I'm so, so sorry. I love you, and promise never to hurt you like that ever again," he rambled, so I put a finger over his lips and hushed him.

"You don't have to worry, I believe you, and I love you too, but you talk too much," I told him before kissing him again, only this time I did it with even more passion and vigor.

Everything was right again, and I was finally content. I had Edward back, and my heart was at peace with my head. However, I groaned internally as I thought about telling Alice and how enthusiastic she would be. Whatever, I adore the crazy pixie, I should be happy to make her happy, and I was.

A/N: There is another movie quote in here, see if you can find it. I was sick of having to write chapters where Edward and Bella weren't together so I found a way to put them back together. This wasn't how I intended it to happen, I had something else planned entirely to get them back together, but it just flowed out and I am pleased with it. Please review; you guys lift my spirits : )

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