I'm a little sad. I got a lot of hits and views, but not a lot of reviews. Did you just not see the part where I said reviews give me more motivation? Oh well. I wrote an extra long chapter to see where that gets me. Oh, and LISTEN UP!! Edward will not have the silver Volvo. Yet. He gets it eventually. It's just not his first car. Okay? Okay. And all the songs mentioned in this chapter and later chapters will be on my playlist. There's a link on my profile.

Bella, Edward, and Jasper- Sophomore

Rosalie and Emmett- Seniors

Alice- 7th grade

I don't own Twilight by the way…Just figured I'd let you know…

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CHAPTER FOUR

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.:EPOV:.

I was walking through the house calling for Jasper and couldn't find him anywhere. Doors were slamming open and closed through the house as I looked for him without an ounce of luck.

Finally, I heard him down the upstairs hallway. But, when I opened the door, he was on top of Alice.

"What the hell are you doing?!" I yelled at them. "Get off my sister!"

I tried to throw him off of her, but he wouldn't budge. He just kept yelling my name. Something was making me shake violently, but when I looked to see what it was, everything was disappearing.

"Edward…Edward!...EDWARD!!!"

I shot up in my bed, the covers falling off my chest, and saw Jasper and Emmett standing next to me. They were looking at me like I was crazy. Well, Emmett was. Jasper looked a little scared.

Thank god it was only a dream. Jasper wouldn't actually do that. No. He wouldn't like Alice like that…

The two were still staring at me.

"What?!"

Emmett was the first to speak up. "So uh…what were you dreaming about, Edward? Sounded a little exciting." He tried to hide a smile, but I saw it and it just annoyed me even more. I noticed Jasper was looking a little uncomfortable. Seriously, what was his problem this morning?

"What're you talking about, Emmett?"

He took one long look at me and started laughing his ass off. Now he was really starting to piss me off. He was taking deep breaths trying to calm down and then started to tell me why he was laughing.

"Well, Jaz and I were eating upstairs when we heard some yelling coming from down here. So, we came to check it out. But, when we came in your room-" He started to snort again, but stopped himself. "Well, we started to think that you really were going gay on us." I looked at them in confusion. "You were calling out Jasper's name in your sleep. Seriously, what the hell were you dreaming about?"

At that moment, I felt like Bella as my whole face turned red. Out of embarrassment and anger. So that's why Jaz was looking uncomfortable in here?

"I was not having a gay dream about Jasper!! I'm not gay you idiot! How many times do I have to say it for you to believe it? I. Am. Not. Gay!" Emmett had been calling me gay for so long just because I've never had a girlfriend. He even says it when I'm checkin' out Jennifer Love Hewitt on TV. She is so hot by the way.

Emmett ran out of my room laughing his head off again, leaving Jasper in here.

"So uh…what were you dreaming about?"

"You wouldn't ever touch Alice in the wrong way right?" I asked quietly. He slowly nodded, looking even more confused than before. And even a little disgusted. "Cause she's my baby sister and besides, she's only in seventh grade." Alice was actually supposed to be in sixth, but she skipped a grade because her teachers said that her grades were "outstanding". I think that's a bunch of crap, but whatever.

"Dude, I wouldn't ever go for your sister. She's a little kid. What's your problem perv?"

"I was just making sure your head wasn't messed up. Anyway, what time is it?"

He looked at his cell phone. We all call it his PGP. Pink Gay Phone. It was his sister's old phone and his parents said they wouldn't buy him one until he could pay them back. So the phone he had now was a friggin hot pink V3 razor. Ridiculous.

"It's about quarter till ten-"

My bedroom door burst open suddenly, cutting him off. Brian came running in and jumped on the bed, almost knocking me off. He was laughing so hard that he almost fell off my bed and into the bedside table. I had a feeling as to why he was laughing so much. I'm going to kill Emmett one of these days!

"Haha! I had you figured out all along! I knew you swung the other way! Haha- oof!!"

I shoved him off the bed hearing a satisfying thud as he landed and hit his head, all the while, he's still fucking laughing. I hate him sometimes.

"No really, I think that poster of Jennifer Love Hewitt on your wall is for show. On the inside, you know you're thinking it's disgusting."

I lunged at him from my bed and pinned him to the floor. I know he's okay because we have fights like this a lot. And he's got a lot of muscle. But no one talks about my Jennifer poster! I love that thing like it's a gift from the gods. She's laying on a bed only in white panties and a men's white dress shirt. It's not even buttoned. She's holding the middle together so that her breasts don't fall out. Personally, I wouldn't have minded either way, but whatever floats your boat. And her brown hair splayed out over the pillows is so sexy.

But, my mom has no idea that I have that poster and I'd like to keep it that way. If she saw that, she'd take it away and never give it back. My dad knows, but he doesn't really care. He likes Jennifer too.

I stopped fighting with Brian and sat up on the floor. Jasper was still there with an amused face. Then Brian had to open his stupid mouth.

"Ed, I know I'm cute and all, but I just don't swing that way. You don't have to tackle me. And I thought you like Jaz anyway." I shoved him again while he laughed at his own stupidity. After he calmed down a bit he started again. "So the party doesn't start till 11:30. That means we still have a couple of free hours." He waggled his eyebrows at me, winked, and blew me a kiss. "You know you want this." Why am I friends with him again?

Emmett and Rosalie are seniors this year and it's the end of the school year so they're having a party today. I'm already sixteen along with Jasper and Brian. Bella's still fifteen till next year. Which means that I have to drive her everywhere, but I don't really mind.

I got up and pulled on some dark grey sweat pants. As Jasper was leaving my room he said, "Damn, Edward. You got a nice six pack goin' there." He winked and left. I rolled my eyes and slipped on my red spiderman t-shirt. That's right. Spiderman. It even says "Ftang!". You know, like the comic books? Awesome.

I started for the stairs so that I could get some breakfast, Brian following me. When I got up there, Emmett was sitting at the bar with Jasper and Alice. They heard us and Emmett turned around to wink at me and lick his lips. "Hey baby."

I flipped him off and headed towards the fridge to get my morning dose of chocolate milk. I love this stuff.

"You shouldn't use such gestures around the little ones." He looked towards Alice, emphasizing his point.

"Hey! I'm not that little!"

"You are compared to me. Especially since you're only five feet."

I rolled my eyes at my siblings' banter, and checked my phone for any missed calls or messages. I'm a heavy sleeper, so nothing can wake me up except for my ass hole of a brother. Or my mom. She's scary when she wakes me up in the morning.

Scrolling through my messages, I noticed that I had a text from Bella. I opened it up and saw that it was sent an hour ago.

Hey. Can you pick

Me up for the party

Today plz? I'll be

Ready around 11.

Call when you get

This.

-B

I called her immediately after I read it and listened to her ring back tone while I waited for her to pick up. Neon by John Mayer. Good song. I actually introduced that song to her because I played it a couple times on my guitar.

"Hello."

She always answers the phone with a cute voice when I call. It sounds like an adorable little kid.

I chuckled. "Hi. I just got your message and yes I can pick you up today. Any excuse to drive my fuck awesome car."

My mother walked in right when I said that. "Edward Anthony! Watch the language."

"Sorry Mom." I mumbled. Bella had heard it and was giggling. "Shut up. You know my car is the best." I had a black Audi r8 that my parents gave me when I got my license. It really is the best. "Anyway, do you think you'll be ready soon?"

"Um…yeah. I think I'm ready now actually. A little earlier than planned, but oh well." I could just see her biting her lip, thinking about it.

"Okay then. I'll see you in a bit then, Bella."

"Kay. Bye Eddie."

I growled at the name, but said bye and told everyone I was going to get Bella. I slid on my shoes by the front door, grabbed my keys off the hook, and went to the garage for my car. As I drove through the rainy town of Forks, I noticed that it was actually sunny out today, which was a good thing because the party is a pool party at Rosalie and Jasper's house across the street.

Slowly rolling down Bella's street, I pulled into her driveway next to Charlie's cruiser. I walked up to the front porch and opened the door. They said that I don't have to knock anymore because I was practically family. Same with Bella at my house.

"I'm home!" I called out jokingly. I heard loud footsteps coming down the stairs and didn't know if it was Bella or Charlie. Bella isn't the most graceful person in the world.

I saw her turn the corner carrying a tote bag with her stuff in it. I could see her towel sitting on top.

"Do you have everything you'll need?" I asked. She started checking things off on her fingers to make sure. A lot of it was just mumbles. After a minute, she looked up at me and gave me a smile.

"Yep. All set. Now let's go! By the way, nice outfit." I looked down and noticed that I was still wearing my sweats and my spiderman shirt.

I shrugged. "Spiderman's awesome. Don't deny."

Bella rolled her eyes at me and walked out to the car. I took a moment to realize that she was wearing the faded jeans and dark blue tank top with paint splatters all over them from when we repainted my bedroom. I flung a lot of paint at her on purpose. She got pretty pissed, but I thought it was hilarious. Now she loves those jeans and the tank top. I even painted my name on the butt of her pants later. I had told her that I was washing them, but I really just wanted to piss her off even more because she was cute when she got mad. So I painted EDWARD on the backside of her jeans and she doesn't even care now. At first, she was raging mad, but she got over it.

And now as I watched her put her bag in the car, I saw EDWARD on her ass and I burst out laughing.

"Nice pants, Swan."

She sat in the seat and stuck her tongue out at me. Just like any mature person would.

I got in the driver's seat and started up the car, relishing in the low purr of the engine. I love this damn car!

We got back to the house and Bella, once again, jumped out of the car before I could open the door for her. She says it makes her "feel weird". Big baby. My mother raised me to open doors for women and when she sees Bella open the door on her own, she gives me the "mom eye" again. But she doesn't know that Bella just won't let me do it for her.

I got my keys while Bella got her bag from the backseat and I locked the doors. Together, we walked to the door and headed towards the living room. Rosalie was here now and I could see that beneath her clothes she was wearing her swimsuit. Brian, Jasper, and Emmett were playing the Xbox and Rosalie had looked pretty bored up until Bella came in.

"Oh thank god you're here! Another girl to talk to!" She ran up and hugged Bella as I sat down with the guys.

"Hey Edward?" Bella called over to me.

"Huh?" I was a little preoccupied watching the game.

"I'm just going to get ready upstairs, okay?"

"Yeah…okay." I just waved her off as she walked up the stairs with Rose.

BPOV

(this won't happen often)

I walked down the hall to the guest room that Rosalie uses and started to get my things out. Before I could get in the room though, I saw Edward's little sister, Alice, walking into her room before she noticed me.

"Oh hi Bella!"

"Hi. Why aren't you getting ready for the party?"

"Oh…I wasn't invited I guess. I'm just the little sister anyway." She looked sown sadly and I really felt bad for her. I like Alice and she should be able to come to a friggin pool party. Even if she's really young compared to us.

"Alice, come here for a minute." She walked over to me and I brought downstairs to the living room where everyone was, except for Rose who was following us with a look of confusion. I told Alice to wait there for me before I walked over to Edward. I sat next to him and talked quietly so that I didn't distract anyone from they're precious game.

"Edward, I think someone's feeling a little left out by her big brothers today."

He turned to me with a confused face. "Alice? Why does she feel left out?"

"Are you really that stupid? Everyone's going out to the lake for the pool party and she isn't. She looks pretty upset. So I was wondering if we could bring her along?"

"Oohh…uh yeah. I guess she can come. We just have to be careful not to land on her when jumping in."

I chuckled and pulled him into a hug, thanking him. "Well, now I'm really going to go get ready and then we should all be ready to leave." I flashed a smile and went back over to Rose and Alice.

"Hey Alice, you're coming with us. So go put on your swimsuit."

She smiled hugely at me and gave me an Emmett worthy hug before running up the stairs to her room.

Rose and I walked into the guest bedroom as she said, "That was really sweet of you, Bella. I feel bad that we leave her out sometimes, you know?"

"Yeah. I don't know why we don't bring her with us to do things. She's fun. We should do that more often."

We talked until we were both ready to go. Alice came in soon after, dressed in shorts and a t-shirt with her suit on underneath. I still had to put a shirt on over my bikini top that I had put on in the bathroom a minute ago. I had already put on my jeans.

Alice looked at me and said something that made me blush so bad.

"Whoa! Bella, when did you get boobs?"

Rosalie started laughing her head off and I decided not to answer that question as I pulled on my tank top from earlier.

EPOV

Brian, Jasper, Emmett, and I were playing a new game that we got when Brian spoke up.

"Edward, you know that Bella's going to be in a bikini right?"

Way to pull that question out of your ass.

"Yes, I am aware of that, Brian. What's the big deal? It's Bella. It's not like I'll be staring at her ass and boobs all day. She's my best friend."

Emmett just had to butt in with something else stupid. "Of course you won't be staring at her. There's nothing there to stare at." Okay, now that was a little harsh.

Just then, Rosalie, Alice, and Bella came down the stairs telling us that we were ready to go. As we were all heading towards the cars, Emmett stopped and turned to Alice.

"Do you have on your swimsuit right now?" He asked her.

"Yes…why?"

"Take off your shirt." I'm sure we all stood there with wide eyes, wondering what the hell he was doing.

"Excuse me!?"

"Take off your shirt. I need to make sure my little sister's swim attire is acceptable."

Oohh…that's a good idea. I walked over to them and stood beside Emmett. Alice gaped at me, not believing what she was seeing. But the two of us just stood there like the over protective brothers we are. Realizing that there was no other way out of this, she huffed and yanked her shirt off. We inspected it without trying to look like we were some creeps staring at their sister.

It was green and gray. Luckily, it passed the inspection with not too much cleavage-not that there would be much to show anyway- and there's nothing falling out. Not too much skin. It was fine I guess. But I wasn't quite finished.

"Alright. The top is fine. But I gotta see the bottoms." She knew there was no other choice right now, so while blushing, Alice showed us the swimsuit bottoms and as soon as I saw them, I relaxed. They were the shorts kind. If she was wearing the actual bikini bottoms, I would have made her keep on her denim shorts.

Emmett was obviously done with the inspection when he started to look a little awkward. "Okay. Put your clothes back on you crazy lady!" We all rolled our eyes at Emmett and went to our cars.

Bella and Jasper are riding with me and Emmett was taking Rosalie and Brian. When Alice got her clothes back on she looked at me silently asking who I was riding with. Before I could say anything, Emmett answered her.

"You're riding with Edward, squirt!"

Well that answers that question. The only problem I have is that she'll be squished in the back seat with Jasper. My car is only a two door and the backseat is usually like my travelling closet. I had to shove all of my stuff in the trunk yesterday so that people could ride in my car. You may be wondering why I don't like the idea of Jasper and Alice squished together in the back of my car. Well for one, my dream this morning. And two, Alice isn't very good at hiding the fact that she likes him from me. She can hide it from everyone else. Just not me. Of course she doesn't know that I know about her crush. I think it's absolutely ridiculous. He's sixteen and she just turned thirteen.

I was brought out of my thoughts by John Mayer coming out of my speakers. I noticed that Alice was already in the backseat. She must've gotten in on Bella's side while I was thinking.

I started to pull away from the house and down the driveway as Comfortable by John Mayer was playing. It's kind of a sad song, but I just like the guy's music. I guess Jasper doesn't.

"Man, why must you listen to this depressing shit? Turn something else on please."

I chuckled and switched CDs. Skillet's song Rebirthing came on and Jasper looked appeased. Bella got me this CD for my sixteenth birthday. I didn't think I would like it, but I do.

About five minutes later, there was green surrounding us except for Emmett's giant red jeep. We were going out to my Aunt Katrina and Uncle Will's house because they have a lake behind their house. They pretty much own it, so no one will come bother us. I looked in the rearview mirror only to see Alice with a slight blush looking over at Jasper. He seemed oblivious to the fact that Alice was so blatantly staring at him. Looking back to the rode, I asked,

"Jasper, what the heck did you say to my baby sister to make her blush like that?"

"Huh? I didn't say anything. I have no clue why she's blushing. Why don't you ask her?"

Bella turned around to Jasper. "Maybe Alice is blushing because she's going to be swimming with hot older guys."

My head snapped in her direction. "Two of them being her brothers, perv. Are you excited to swim with hot guys?" I asked flexing my arm muscles.

She noticed and laughed at me. "I've known you guys forever so in my eyes, none of you have gotten much cuter. Except for Brian…" She trailed off dreamily. My eyes got huge.

"What? Brian? What the hell, Bella?!"

She laughed again. Fucking laughed.

"I was just messing with you, Edward! Calm down. It was a joke. What I meant to say was that Jasper got cuter."

"WHAT?!"

They were both laughing and I'm sure there were two unhappy people in the car now.

"Edward really, you have to know it was a joke. Did you want me to say you got cuter?"

"Ugh no! It just freaked me out because they're my friends. Like if one of them told me they thought you were hot, I would freak out like that because I'm protective of you. In a brotherly way of course."

She looked at me like I was crazy. "Okay first of all; no one is ever going to call me hot, so you've got that one out of the way. And second; if anyone ever did call me hot, I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be Brian or Jasper. Especially not you. So that one's out too. I don't see what you're so worried about, but whatever. Think what you want to."

I rolled my eyes and pulled into my aunt and uncle's driveway. I would never call Bella hot. That's just not right. She's cute, but I don't really pay attention to her looks anyway. Besides, Jennifer Love Hewitt's my girl.

Jasper kicked the back of my seat. "Edward! You were thinking about Jennifer again weren't you? Get out before I shove you through the windshield."

"Okay, don't ever kick any part of my car again. And yes, I was thinking about her. She's my girl. Why do you care?"

I had gotten out of my car by then and Emmett was over at his car getting stuff out. He had overheard our conversation and said, "Ed, have you ever noticed that Bella kind of looks like Jennifer Love Hewitt?"

"What? That's ridiculous, Em. They don't look alike in the slightest."

"No seriously dude. Look at Bella and think back to Jennifer. Do you see the resemblance?"

I looked over at Bella and saw her getting her bag out of the car and talking to Alice and Rose. I noticed her hair was sort of the same color as Jennifer's. And the brown eyes. How she sort of glowed.

OH MY GOSH!! Why the hell haven't I noticed that before?! They do look kind of alike. And I have a sexy poster of her on my wall! Now I'll think of Bella every time I look at it. I have to take it off of the wall as soon as I get home. That's just…UGH!!! I'm sorry Jennifer, but I can't love you anymore.

Emmett and Jasper saw my eyes get huge and started laughing uncontrollably. Brian walked over to us with his towel and asked what they were laughing at. I didn't answer, still looking mortified. The other two just started laughing harder. I wanted to kill them.

Jasper finally calmed enough, still letting out a chuckle sometimes, and told Brian about my newfound realization. Along with the other two, he started laughing. Dicks. I rolled my eyes at them and went to the house. Before I could even knock, Katrina threw open the door and hugged me. She was a petite little woman still in her early thirties and pregnant. I don't see much resemblance between her and my father, but her hair looked kind of like mine except really long, almost to her waist, and she had bright blue eyes. All in all, she's a really nice lady. My favorite aunt.

"Hi Edward! How are you, hun?"

"Pretty good I guess." I shrugged.

"How's Bella? Are you two still best friends?"

Before I could answer, Bella came up next to me with everyone else. "Yes, we're still best friends. He hasn't done anything too horrible yet."

Emmett, Jasper, and Brian snorted. I shot them a glare and they tried to get a hold of themselves. I looked at Bella standing next to my aunt and it was sad that Katrina was almost shorter than her.

I heard a loud crashing noise from the kitchen and Katrina rolled her eyes with a sigh. Their Siberian husky, Jake, came trotting in and we heard a "Shit!" come from the kitchen again. I love Uncle Will's entrances.

"William! What did you break this time?" We chuckled at that as she walked to the kitchen. Following her in there, we saw Will standing over a shattered cup.

"Will, I just bought those damn cups! And I got them because you kept breaking the other ones! What's your fucking excuse this time?" By the way, my aunt has a mouth on her. You should hear her when she's drunk. That would be the only reason my parents wouldn't want me around them. They're both bad about the language. But it's too late now. We all slip up sometimes.

"I'm sorry, angel. Jake got under my feet when I was getting the glass and caused me to trip."

"Really Will? You're blaming the dog again? How many times have you used that one?" She huffed and actually looked a little intimidating for such a small person. Word of advise; never piss off a pregnant woman. "I want that cleaned up. Now."

He walked past us to get the broom as we all chuckled at him. He was a tall guy. Taller than Emmett's six feet. I'd give him maybe six foot four compared to his wife's five foot one. He had black hair about the length of mine and hazel eyes. His skin was pretty pale too.

Will came back with the broom and dust pan and started sweeping up the shattered glass. We all got startled when Jake started barking. I turned to see what he was freaking out about. He was looking up at Brian and barking at him. I started laughing at his reaction.

"No! Bad dog, bad!" He looked a little freaked. It just made me laugh harder when Jake jumped on him. "Get this dog off me!" Everyone was laughing by now except for Katrina.

"Jake! No! Leave him alone. Get down!"

The dog got down and gave one last bark before walking over to his dog bed and started chewing on his bone.

"I'm sorry about him. I have no idea what his problem is." Will walked over to us still holding the broom and dustpan.

"Hey guys. Sorry 'bout all that. So, how're you doing?" We all answered with a little "fine" or "pretty good". "Hey Bella. Haven't seen you in a while." He turned to me. "So Edward, are you two having sex together yet?" All the guys burst out laughing and my eyes got huge. But he looked pretty serious about it.

"No um…we're only friends, Uncle Will." I gave a disgusted shiver and looked over at Bella. She was blushing like crazy.

"Oh. Well, with how much time you spend together, I would think that you guys would at least add benefits or something."

If possible, my eyes got even bigger and I started stuttering. "I-I...what? That's not- that's just…UGH! She's my best friend! Nothing more. No benefits. That's just… not right."

"William, leave those two alone! Why do you always have a one track mind? He's sixteen and she's fifteen. Not twenty." Katrina turned to us. "I'm sorry about him. Why don't you all go out back to the lake instead of staying around here and listening to his shit? If any of you need a bathroom its right down that hallway, third door on your left." She pointed towards the hall and the guys headed there so we could put on our trunks.

Emmett got there first and hurried back out in his black shorts saying he needed to see his Rosie. Something to do with her in a bikini. Brian went in next and came out in his orange shorts. He walked back down the hallway towards the kitchen instead of the back door. Jasper pushed past me to get in and a minute later came out wearing his green trunks. Before he even got to the back door, I hurried into the bathroom and changed into my red swim trunks. Walking back down the hallway, I was about to open the door when I saw Brian standing in the kitchen talking to my aunt. My uncle no where in sight. I stepped closer wondering what they were talking about.

"So Katrina, will you be joining us in the lake?"

"Not today. I have some things to do around the house."

"What a shame. I was looking forward to seeing you in a swimsuit. You're pretty cute."

I am officially grossed out. He's flirting with my aunt! Not to mention she's twice his age.

She raised her eyebrows at him. "Really Brian? You're flirting with a married pregnant woman whose twice your age. You do realize that don't you?"

I didn't want to hear what he had to say, so I butted in. "Brian! Stop hitting on my aunt and get your ass out to the lake."

They both looked at me and he started towards the door. "You suck you know that?"

"I suck? You were hitting on a married woman. What's your problem?"

"She's cute."

I rolled my eyes and grabbed my towel from the pile that Katrina had left for us incase we forgot one. We went out to the sand by the lake and saw that everyone was out here. This place was really amazing. Trees were surrounding the lake with the sun shining down on it. A nearby tree actually had one of those ropes that you could use to jump into the water. I love that thing.

Emmett, Rosalie, and Alice were already in the water. Jasper was setting up the towels in a line on the little bit of sand we had there. Bella was next to the water still in her clothes. She was talking to Rose who was at the edge of the water. Then, Bella started to take of her jeans and tank top and I heard Jasper drawl out, "Holy shit." He was obviously looking at Bella who was now in a navy blue bikini. It had a small gold ring on each hip, holding it together and a slightly bigger gold ring holding the halter top together in the middle of her chest. (swimsuit on my profile)

I have never seen Bella look more like a lady than this moment. I actually noticed that she's a girl. Like, actually a girl. And I'm sure the rest of the guys saw that too. Of course, I wasn't so blatantly staring at her chest. She's still my best friend, so the only difference for me is that I can finally tell she's growing somewhere. Because she's been the same height for a year or two.

From my side, I heard a low whistle coming from Brian and Jasper said, "Emmett! You might want to take back that comment you made earlier!" He was referring to the comment he made about Bella not having anything for us to stare at. She definitely did, but I wasn't going to be staring anyway. I mean…She's BELLA. That's still messed up.

I ran towards her and jumped into the lake right next to where she was standing. When I came back up, I was satisfied with what I saw. Bella was standing there, drenched. I started laughing as she said, "Oh you are going to pay for that Edward Cullen!" And she jumped towards me into the water, making me get brought down with her. As we came back up, I started laughing again and splashed her to make her mad. She splashed me back and I dunked her under the water. She came back up sputtering and moving hair from her face. She glared at me and I swear I heard a growl as she launched toward me to try to get me under the water with no luck. I grabbed her waist to pull her off of me and actually threw her away from me, listening to the splash she made when she landed in the water.

Jasper had made his way into the water along with Brian. Jaz was laughing, watching our little display. I headed over to Emmett to try to dunk him because I was the only person that ever could. I noticed that Bella had come back up and looked like a drown cat. I tried to hold in my laughter as I came up behind Emmett. He was talking to Rose who was clad in her red string bikini. She noticed me, but didn't say anything to him. As he was saying something while using big hand gestures, I jumped on his back and pushed him under the water. We both came back up and I was laughing my ass off. He was pissed.

"Faggot!"

He went after me and we were now literally having a water fight. Dunking each other every other minute when we could catch our breath. Jasper came over as our fight was calming down and came up to me.

"Edward, watch. This is gonna be great!" Confused, I watched as he went under the water. It was lake water, so we couldn't see anything in it. A second later I heard Bella shriek before she went under the water. Jasper came back up laughing and when Bella came up, she turned around to see him and started yelling at him which only made him laugh harder. Suddenly, she got yanked under the water again, but it wasn't Jasper. Brian came up on the other side of Jasper, laughing with him. Bella came up and saw Brian and started yelling at both of them. I started chuckling at the whole thing. They really knew how to piss her off. I looked over to see Alice talking to Rosalie and Emmett. I'm glad our friends don't treat her like a little kid.

I guess the yelling was over when Jasper came back to us.

"Hey pixie." Alice turned to him with a confused face. "What? I decided that's your new nickname. Instead of Alice, you're Pixie." She giggled and kept talking to Rose and Emmett.

Oh no. He gave her a nickname. Now she'll fall even harder for him. This is not supposed to happen.

"Edward." I turned to Jasper. "Wasn't that stunt with Bella funny as hell?"

I chuckled a bit. "Yeah. You guys really know how to piss her off."

"It's not actually that hard to make her mad. Anyone could do it."

I laughed as he turned around and headed back over to Bella. Brian had been talking to her and came over here when Jasper got there. We started talking with Alice, Rose, and Emmett for a bit about nothing in particular. Jokes that we've made, stupid things that we've done. I stopped listening to them when I heard Bella shriek and then laugh. I turned around to see that Jasper was still over there and was laughing with her while they had a fight. She kept trying to splash and smack him while he would bat her hands away and tickled her sides. They were both laughing and looked like they were having a good time. And now I'm wondering; Why do I not like that they're having fun?

I guess it's just that protective brother side of me coming out again. But I still didn't like that he would do little things to so obviously flirt with her. And either she didn't notice or just didn't care.

He pushed her down into the water and pulled her back up just to see her start laughing again. She wasn't even mad! Her hair was in her face and he brought his hand up to move it away. I could see from here that she blushed. Jasper smiled sweetly at her and I swear I saw him inch a little closer.

"Well it looks like we might get another couple on our hands soon." I heard Emmett say. When I turned to look at him, I saw Alice and I could tell she was trying to hide that her heart was breaking watching the exchange. That's why she shouldn't fall for a guy that barely even knows her. Sure he comes over to the house a lot, but they never really talk. That's why I think she just has a silly crush on him and likes him too much. She's setting herself up to get hurt. Alice made up some excuse and got out of the water. I looked back over to Jasper and Bella and saw them talking. His hand was on her arm and he said something that made her giggle. Fucking giggle. For some reason, I hate this more than I should, so I got out of the water to go sit by Alice on the towels.

"I'm glad that you and Emmett are letting me hang out with you guys. I feel kind of abandoned by the people my age. It's nice to have friends. But don't worry; I won't try to steal any of your friends from you."

I looked at her. "The only way you could steal one of my friends is if you started dating one. Which I don't think is going to happen." She didn't say anything. "You're not very good at hiding it you know." I said to her. "At least not to me. No one else seams to know."

She looked up at me. "Hiding what?"

"Don't act like your heart wasn't breaking at the sight of Jasper flirting with another girl. I can tell you like him. You're so defensive when you're talking about Jasper. The other day when I asked what you were writing about in your journal, you said, "About guy problems. Not about Jasper though." It's so obvious to me."

"Oh no. Are you gonna tell him? Please don't tell anyone." She pleaded.

"Why would I tell anyone? And what would be the point in telling him anyway? It's not like anything's going to happen. He barely even knows you." She was silent. "You're thirteen and he's about to turn seventeen…how can I put this?...He's awesome and so are you…But you're two different kinds of awesome. I would love to see Jasper end up with someone I love, but… I mean, I want you to have someone great when you're older, but this Jasper thing won't work. He's one of my best friends. Do you see why that would be weird? You're going to be a freshman in high school when he's a senior. All the freshman/senior relationships I've seen end up crashing. It just wouldn't work."

"You know, you say you try not to hurt people's feelings, but right now, you're not trying very hard not to." She snapped and got up to grab her towel and go back inside the house. I didn't want to start anything too horrible, so I just went back to the water.

Jasper and Bella had come over to everybody else and they weren't flirting anymore. Which made me happy. Jasper looked at me when I got over to them and asked, "Where'd Alice go?"

"She didn't feel like being outside anymore, so she went in."

Rosalie said, "She looked kind of upset when she got out of the water. Is she okay?"

"She's fine. Just didn't want to be out here. Something about the water was gross." I lied.

Jasper rolled his eyes. "What a girl." He said under his breath. Jasper and Alice? Yeah, not gonna happen.

Emmett decided to bring up the mood by asking, "Who wants to play chicken?" Of course Rosalie agreed and he helped her get on his shoulders. "Who's going to face us?"

I suddenly felt someone jump on me and noticed that Bella was trying to climb onto my shoulders. Chuckling, I helped her up and got a weird feeling as her bare legs rubbed my shoulders. I shook it off and Emmett started some rules. Once he was finished, Rose added some of her own.

"No pulling hair or scratching with nails." We laughed and Bella agreed. Once we started, I made sure I got a good grip on Bella's legs and tried to watch them above us. I could see them trying to push each other off of our shoulders and it sounded like such a cat fight. It was hilarious. Until Bella tightened her grip on me with her legs. Why does that feel good? Why the hell did that just turn me on? Her bare thighs gripping onto my neck while she was giving out groans and shrieks…okay, I think I just figured out why I was turned on. But this is Bella. My best friend. It's probably just hot because she's a girl.

Jasper and Brian were cheering on the girls and eventually, I don't have a clue how, both Bella and Rose fell into the water. I turned to help Bella out of the water and she laughed at herself. She was adorable in the water with her hair everywhere and laughing. I smiled crookedly and moved her hair. Not in a romantic way though. Now I think I understand why Jasper did that earlier.

Wait. Did I just think that Bella was adorable? What the hell? I need to get a hold of myself. I'm going insane. I just need to snap out of it. It's probably just because she reminds me of Jennifer Love Hewitt. Yeah. That's it.

You just keep telling yourself that, buddy.

We all stayed in the water for a couple hours, just sneaking up on each other and getting screamed at by Bella and Rosalie when we splashed them.

When we all decided it was time to go inside or else the bugs would eat at us, we got our towels and Rose and Bella both put on a strapless wrap thing textured like a towel, over their bikinis. Rose's was black and Bella's was brown.

I took my towel and rubbed it roughly over my head to try to dry my hair a bit. When I brought the towel down, Bella saw my hair and laughed at me. I wouldn't blame her for laughing. It probably looked worse than it usually did.

We walked into the house and saw everyone eating sandwiches that Katrina had made for us. My aunt was sitting on the couch and Alice was cuddled up to her side, asleep. Katrina said that Alice had already eaten. I went to get a sandwich for myself and Bella. We ate and laughed quietly, as to not wake up Alice, at things that had happened today. When Bella finished her sandwich, she walked back to change into her clothes in the bathroom. She came back out in her tank top and jeans that she wore earlier.

After everyone was done, we started to say goodbye to my aunt and uncle. I walked over to Katrina and she quietly asked if I could take Alice. Agreeing, I carefully picked her up bridal style with her head lying on my shoulder. Everyone had headed out to the cars and as I got to the front door, Katrina stopped me.

"When Alice came inside earlier, she was so sad. I don't know why, but I think you do. Just…try to fix it okay? I hate seeing people I love so torn apart."

I solemnly nodded. I knew exactly why she was upset. Honestly, I didn't feel bad earlier, but now I do. Once I actually thought about it, I realized that I was a little harsh on her. I guess I was just upset about my friend flirting with my best friend. It just didn't seem right.

After saying my final goodbyes to Katrina and Will, I headed out to the car, Alice in my arms, and Bella opened up the door for me. Jasper was sitting in the backseat again and, even though I didn't like it much, I asked him to hold her and make sure she didn't hit her head on the window or something. He agreed and I set her next to him in the back. He put his hands on her waist to keep her from falling over and her head fell onto his shoulder. I didn't exactly like it, but I couldn't do anything about it.

I backed up and let Bella get back in her seat as I ran over to my side of the car. She turned on some soft piano music and sat back with a sigh. Looking over to her, I noticed that her eyes were closed and she looked pretty tired. I couldn't blame her. We were out there for a while.

Five minutes later, we were pulling into the driveway behind Emmett. Alice and Bella were both asleep so it had been a quiet ride back to the house. I had kept looking in the rearview mirror to check on Alice and Jasper. Really, it did make me feel awkward to have them so close to each other, but I tried to remind myself that he was just making sure she didn't hit her head on the window. He didn't mean anything by holding onto her like that.

I opened my door after shutting off my car, and left it open for Jasper to get out with Alice. Holding the chair forward for him, he got out holding onto Alice and went inside. Quickly walking over to the other side of the car, I quietly opened Bella's door and leaned in to unbuckle her seatbelt. She didn't stir when I picked her up bridal style and shut the car door with my foot. When I got to the front door of the house, my mom was already there to hold it open for me. I smiled a thank you and headed towards the guest room downstairs. It actually wasn't much of a guest room as it was Bella's room. We had decided that this was Bella's room in our house because this is where she always went. Probably because my room is right next to hers.

I carefully opened the door and laid her on the bed in the middle of the room so that I could turn on a lamp on the bedside table. It was a queen sized bed with plain white sheets and comforter blanket. There were a lot of white and cream colored pillows piled up against each other. It was these colors because it had been a guest room, so we made it to fit a guy or a girl.

I leaned down to the end of the bed and slid her sandals off. I looked at Bella and new that it's uncomfortable to sleep in jeans, so I debated weather to take them off or not.

Not like it should matter. She's my best friend for cryin' out loud! It really shouldn't matter if I take her pants off…that sounds a little odd, but oh well. Would she freak out later? I don't think so. I'm just trying to make her feel more comfortable right?

After thinking about it, I decided that I wouldn't want to sleep in my jeans either, so I leaned towards her and forced my hands to the top of her pants. Feeling my hands start to get clammy, I undid the button and slowly but surely, pulled the zipper down, only to reveal part of her dark green underwear. I hesitantly started to pull her jeans down her legs and saw that she was wearing dark green cotton boy shorts.

Now, why the hell did I like that? Best friend. Best friend. BEST FRIEND!

When I finally got the pants off of her, I put them on top of her dresser for her to find later when she woke up. Walking back over to her while trying not to look at her panties, I gently lifted her up and pulled back the covers on her bed. I laid Bella down in the bed and pulled the sheet and blanket back up to cover her. I walked out of the room, leaving the lamp on, and quietly shut the door.

Once I got into my room, I flopped on my bed and pulled out my iPod. With my headphones in, I turned on my favorite band, Skillet, and sat back on my bed. The sheets were white, but the comforter was black. I had some black pillows and a couple white ones. I had just wanted a plain set. Nothing fancy. So that's what I got when we all picked out our bed sets. Of course Alice got that friggin fancy shit with flowers and swirls all over. At least she had gotten over her pink and purple fetish. It was green stuff now. Doesn't matter what shade, she loved it all. Dark, lime, pastel…all of it.

Not to long after listening to The Older I Get by Skillet, I drifted off into a dreamless sleep.

BPOV

I woke up and rolled over in the bed to burry my face in the pillows when I noticed that I wasn't in my bed at home. I was in my room at the Cullens' house. I really loved this bed. It was so comfy! Fluffy feather pillows and a warm soft comforter. I relished the feeling of being snuggled in the blanket until I realized that I was hungry. Looking over to the clock, I noticed it was about eleven PM. Reluctantly; I left the warm bed and noticed for the first time that I didn't have my jeans on. I walked over to the dresser and pulled out my red and black plaid pajama pants. The dresser had been filled with things that I could wear just in case I decided to sleep over sometimes. That way, I was already prepared.

I walked out of my room and up the stairs to the kitchen. Since it was eleven at night, I just wanted to have a snack to stop the ache in my stomach. I reached up to the top of the fridge to get the peanut butter Oreos, but they weren't there. I started to look in cabinets and the pantry, but no luck. So much for the Oreo idea.

"What are you doing?" I heard a hiss behind me. I spun around, almost slipping on the linoleum, and saw Edward sitting at the counter in the middle of the kitchen. With the Oreos. And a glass of milk. He smirked when he saw me eyeing the Oreo package. "Looking for these?"

"Yes. I am. I was hungry and wanted a snack."

"Well, I guess you'll just have to find something else…These are my Oreos in case you've forgotten."

I rolled my eyes at him and walked over to his stool that he was sitting on. "Can I have some Edward? Please? Your best friend?" I asked, giving him an over exaggerated pout.

"Do you really have to pout? That's ridiculous. You know you can have some, Bella. No one else can, but you're the only exception."

I beamed and took an Oreo while dipping it in his milk. He rolled his eyes, but didn't say anything. We sat in silence for a few minutes, eating Oreos and taking turns dipping them in his milk. When we both finished, he took a sip of the milk left over and then handed the cup to me so that I could finish it. I gulped down the rest and put it in the sink.

I turned to Edward. "So, what are you doing up?" I asked.

"I woke up and wanted a snack. Just like you."

I nodded and we started talking as we headed downstairs to the entertainment room.

"Does my dad know that I'm sleeping over here tonight?"

"Yeah, my mom called him earlier and told him that when you came back from the lake, you were out cold."

"Thank God. I didn't want to have to drive back to my house at midnight."

He chuckled and turned on House MD on the huge flat screen. We didn't watch much of it because we started talking during a commercial and just kept going throughout the show.

Eventually, Edward was quiet and I looked over to see that he was asleep. I gently shook him and told him that he should go to his bed. He barely opened his eyes and slowly got up off the couch. I stood and took his hand to help him up. He put his hand on my shoulder to steady himself and mumbled something that sounded like "good night", as he dragged his feet over to his room. I turned off the TV and went to my room and flopped into the bed.

Thinking about my interesting day of flirting with Jasper and hanging out with my best friend, I started to fall back to sleep. All in all, I had a pretty good day today. With that in mind, I finally fell into a dream filled sleep of swimming and seeing water flow down my best friend's six pack.

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-Noella