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I stood at my locker and tried not to look around me. It was Monday morning and I was trying to get my books ready for class.
Suddenly someone banged my locker door, I moved it slightly to see who it was. I hoped it wasn't Edward, I wasn't ready to speak to him yet.
I looked at Hannah and Lizzie standing by my locker door with deep frowns on their faces. They were angry.
Here we go, I thought to myself.
"Hi guys," I said cheerfully.
"Don't you 'hi guys' us!" Hannah said angrily.
"Yeh!" Lizzie agreed, "Why didn't you tell us you went to Edward's brother's wedding?"
"How did you guys know?" I asked.
"I rung you last night when you were in bed and your mum said you were probably still recovering from Saturday night…" Hannah scowled.
"Why didn't you tell us?" they repeated together.
"Because this would happen…" I said quietly.
They looked at each other for a minute and then shrugged, "We're too nosy to stay angry at you…" Hannah said quietly.
Suddenly they started bouncing up and down on the spot, smiles breaking out across their faces.
"Tell me everything!" they commanded.
I stood and explained the events of Saturday night to them and tried not to laugh at their facial expressions as they took in my words. Truthfully they looked like detectives, they way their brows deepened and they discussed what Edward's movements could've meant.
I laughed with them when I told them about Edward doing the chicken dance with Jasper, that was one of the highlights of the night, as well as when we were so close to kissing… They nearly fainted when I told them that part…
"So," Hannah said as I lifted my bag and began moving away from my locker, "Do you now think he likes you? After we told you how many times?" she looked at Lizzie who was on the other side of me.
"Oh, I don't know… About twenty million?" she said.
I ducked my head to look at the floor and shook my head as I laughed.
"Here comes Romeo…" I heard Hannah say.
I looked up at her to see her face and suddenly I walked into a brick wall. No it was Edward… Again.
"Sorry…" he said, looking down at me.
I looked up at his face, my cheeks burning and my eyes wanting to look into his, I tried to fight the temptation, "No, I wasn't watching where I was going…" I said quietly.
"Later…" I heard Hannah and Lizzie say as they walked away. I hated them…
"So, um what did you get up to on Sunday?" he asked me.
"Homework…" I answered. Why was it that when I looked into his eyes I couldn't form a sentence longer than four words?
He laughed, "Did you have a good time on Saturday?"
"Yeh, it was fun…" I stuttered.
"Yeh, it was… Jasper really likes you…" he said.
"Really? He's a nice kid…" Five words!
The bell rang and I jumped, "I'd better go…" I said.
"Yeh, see you later…" he said, looking over his shoulder at me and smiling a breathtaking smile.
He certainly made sure of that…
I bumped into him at break and again in the lunch queue. I kept glancing over at him as he sat with his friends, and sometimes our eyes would meet.
"Why does he keep looking at me?" I asked Hannah and Lizzie as I picked at my sandwich.
"Maybe he wants to get your attention?" Hannah said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"To ask you out…" Lizzie said, her mouth full of a chicken and coleslaw baguette. "Or maybe he's trying to get a message to you, to tell you its okay to ask him out… Maybe he wants you to ask him out!" she almost shouted, slapping her hand down onto the table and straight into a pile of coleslaw that had fallen out of the bottom of her baguette, "Ew!" she moaned.
While Hannah laughed hysterically at her, I stared at Edward. Maybe he did want me to ask him out… But if he liked me so much why couldn't he ask?
I lifted my tray and went to the bin.
The final bell rang and I headed to the English room that the newspaper was run at, it was always held for an hour after school on a Monday.
I walked in and stopped suddenly, I stayed rooted in place as I saw Edward sitting on one of the seats.
I glanced at the door number, it was the right room…
"Come on in!" I heard Mr Richards say cheerfully.
"Um…" I looked at Edward, I felt my brows furrowing.
"Yes! This is Edward. You remember I told you about Sammy dropping out of the paper last week? Well Edward kindly agreed to take over his place! Edward this is Bella…" he said guiding me towards him.
"We've met…" he said never taking his eyes off me.
I smiled slightly and nodded. He smiled a wide smile at me.
"Right, I'm going to get my coffee," he said as I sat down at the table beside Edward, "It's only us today, the rest are away on a Geography trip! So, I am putting you two in charge of our biggest story this year…" he said smiling at us.
"What is it?" I asked after a long moment.
"I don't know," he shrugged, "It's up to you two to decide, pick something big! I'm giving you a week. I know you two can do it…" he said heading for the door, "Think of ideas now…" he said as he walked down the corridor.
Edward and I sat in silence for a long moment, neither of us speaking. Suddenly he jumped up from his seat, "Okay," he said, "You take the computer and I'll shoot out ideas…"
I stood up, "Okay…" I said quietly.
I watched as he moved to the window, picking up a tiny foam football and squeezing it in between his hands.
I sat at the laptop (the only one in the school), it faced the door and thankfully not the window, I turned on the notepad.
"Right…" he said still from the window, I had my back to him, I could think better that way, "How about… Previous Prom themes, how they were handled, what happened, any exciting stories from back then and then we could have a bit on our Prom, which is coming up in a month," he said, as if reminding me of the fact, "And then we could choose three themes and set up a polling box, and then people can vote for their Prom theme…"
I sat in silence for a minute, taking in his idea. It was amazing, better than anything I could come up with…
I turned slightly to look at him and started speaking, "That's-" I couldn't finish, Edward was suddenly beside me, his head hovering over my right shoulder, he was staring intently into my eyes and I felt my breathing stop.
He smiled slightly, his lips just inches from mine, "That's?" he asked.
"Amazing…" I breathed.
"Thank-you…" he said quietly. He began moving closer, his hand moved to the table as he leant in to kiss me.
I closed my eyes and moved towards him…
"Thought of anything yet?" I heard Mr Richards' cheerful voice.
My eyes flew open and I watched as Edward moved away from me, his hand clenching into a fist.
"Yes…" I said turning back towards the teacher, "Edward came up with a good one, about the Prom…"
"Oh! Yes that would be brilliant!" he said smiling brightly, "Say… Have you found anyone to go with you yet, Bella?"
I bowed my head as my cheeks flushed, "No sir…"
He frowned slightly and then moved his gaze to Edward, "And what about you Edward?" he asked.
"Not yet…" I heard Edward say from behind me, I could almost feel his eyes burning into the back of me…
It was nearly five when we were leaving. We'd managed to work for the hour and not have a 'moment'. I packed up my things, saved our plan for the essay and turned the computer off.
I saw Edward putting his things away from the corner of my eye. I grabbed my bag and headed for the door.
Suddenly someone caught my hand, "Wait…" Edward said softly.
My heart pounded in my chest as I turned towards him. We were alone, Mr Richards had already left.
I looked up at him from under my lashes, he smiled at me and took a deep breath, he still didn't let go of my hand, "Will you go on a date with me?" he asked quietly.
I looked at him for a short moment, of course I wanted to go on a date with him! I gazed into his bright, hopeful eyes and then I nodded slowly, "Yes…" I answered.
His hand loosened slightly on my wrist but he never let go. He smiled, "Good…Um, how's this Saturday night?"
I thought through my empty schedule and then I nodded, "That's good…"
He laughed, obviously pleased with himself, "Okay, how about that new Chinese restaurant in town? Do you like Chinese?"
I smiled, "I love Chinese…"
"Okay, I'll pick you up at about seven?"
"Yep…" I nodded again.
"Okay, I'll see you later…" he said.
I looked down at my wrist that he was still holding, "Oh!" he said taking his hand away, "Sorry…"
I laughed and turned down the hall…
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