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First off, I want to thank any loyal readers and reviewers. And I'm sorry if you guys didn't like the way the last chapter went but I was just trying to be original. And I know a lot of you are mad about Alice being a word that isn't appropriate to say (well, in public anyway) but don't worry, she isn't always like that. But if you look at it from Alice's perspective, how would you feel if you told your best friend a deep dark secret that you thought they would keep, and then found out that everyone at school knew the secret and your friend 'lied', and wouldn't admit what they did even when you have proof? Don't worry, Bella didn't actually tell her secret, but somebody did. Which you will find out next chapter, when I force myself to write it. So you are supposed to be confused right now, but I've given so much away... bad me. Like anyone can figure out who told now, if they read the last chapter, this chapter, and my stupidity in giving it all away right now. So, I'll try to shut up and not give anything else away.

Everyone give a round of applause to my beta who managed to edit all my spelling and grammar mistakes. Its sad that some people who have English as a second language have better grammar then me. Anyway, big thanks to edward is my homeboy.

Now, without further blabbering from me... the story:

I awoke with my headache feeling worse then ever. The room around me was white and tiny, plus I was sitting on a cot. Most likely, I was in the infirmary in my school even though I couldn't remember what happen. Then it all came back to me in half a second: Alice and I talking, the last time we had been friends, the secret, and her slap. I leaned over and threw up in the garbage can.

I always tried to hard to forget what had happened between us because Memories always made me feel sick and sort of heartbroken. In truth, Alice had been the best friend I've ever had. She was closer to me then anyone in the world, and we trusted each other with everything. That kind of friendship was a once in a lifetime sort of thing, since I had never been that close with anyone afterwards. Even with Angela, my current best friend, I didn't tell her everything and I think she kept her secrets as well. Maybe Alice's betrayal destroyed my trust in friends. The fact remained that I hadn't told anyone the secret because there was no point. I had been the best of friends with Alice and I understood how huge it was. That wasn't the sort of thing you tell anybody. But why did I feel guilty over our ruined friendship? Was it that I felt I didn't do enough to fix the problem?

My thoughts were interupted because the door opened, and Edward stood in the doorway; looking anxious, then relieved when he saw me conscious. We both smiled at each other for a long second.

"Hey." he finally broke the silence and walked towards me, "How are you feeling?"

Shrugging, I said, "Fine, I guess. I've been better, but I've been worse. Just the flu I think."

Edward chuckled softly, "Yeah, but the flu didn't knock you unconscious. Alice did."

At the mention of Alice Cullen, I pulled a face; "Don't remind me. I should have known better then to get in a fight with Alice, she's mental."

As I realized how this could be taken, as in reference to her childhood problems, I winced. "I don't really mean crazy, I just mean…" Too late I remembered that Edward didn't know the story.

"Its okay, I know what you're trying to say; Emmett filled me in on the details of your little fight years back. A really weird conversation... never mind. So, how are you feeling from falling on the floor and passing out? I can't imagine that being comfortable."

"I don't remember falling. But I'm a klutz, so I'm used to falling. How did I get here?" I looked around once more.

Edward actually blushed, "I, ah, carried you here. I hope you don't mind, it's just that I couldn't leave you lying on the cafeteria floor like that."

"That's okay." I reassured him, "And thanks. So, are you in huge trouble from the party last time?" I was desperately trying to make conversation.

He grinned, "No. Mr. Hale doesn't really care about stuff like that, he found it quite humorous. I'm just glad my mom isn't here to find out. Did you get off easily?"

I scowled, "Not a chance. I'm grounded until I graduate, even though Jacob tried to convince Charlie my dad that it was his idea."

His eyes lit up, like an idea had just come to him, "So... you never answered my question at the party. About dancing, I mean. Maybe I will just have to wait until the next opportunity."

My imagination went wild, as I saw myself in a beautiful dress, twirling with Edward standing next to me. He was in a suit, and looked impossibly handsome as I stared up into his eyes, the glow of the moon illuminating both of us.

"Bella? Bella? Are you alright, Bella?" Edward was asking franticly.

I felt a blush spread across my cheeks. I must have slipped into my mind for a minute, "Huh? Oh, I'm fine. Probably just my headache getting to me. I'll, um, see you around." I jumped on the cot, and sprinted to my locker to get some homework.

Then I signed myself out at the office and drove home before I could do anything I regretted. My heart was beating as fast as it had been at the time Edward had asked me to dance at the party, and it had nothing to do with my flu. As soon as I realized this, I knew that I had fallen head over heels for Edward Masen, the most amazing guy to walk the earth.

I fell onto my bed with a sigh. Ever since I had gotten up, it seemed my day was determined to become awful. I woke up sick, I fought with Alice, I was forced to remember things I tried to forget, and I made a fool of myself in front of the entire school and the boy I loved. It was clear that I needed some serious advice, so I called Jacob on his cell phone, knowing he usually skipped school after a long night of partying. He liked to stay up late and sleep in late, so skipping school was a regular occurrence for him.

Sure enough, he answered on the first ring, "Bella! I'm so sorry about last night, I honestly didn't expect our dads to show up."

That wasn't too surprising, Jacob never bothered to think ahead, "That's cool. I'm calling because I'm sick and my day was absolutely horrendous and I need someone to talk to."

He was quiet for a second, probably thinking, "Why don't I come over to talk?"

"Aren't you grounded?" I wanted to know.

"Yeah... what's your point? I'm always grounded for something." that was true, his reckless behavior got him in countless fights.

"Okay, come on over then. Are Quill and Embry with you?" I named his best friends.

"I think Quill went to school today, or something stupid like that. Embry is here though. You don't mind him coming over, do you?"

I laughed, "Of course not. Just wanting to know how much food I have to prepare for you guys." Jacob and his friends always ate so much.

"Oh yeah. I vote that you order pizza. Embry says Pepperoni, I think Meat Lover's. Wait a sec, Embry says Meat Lover's too. And don't forget to order some soda."

I leafed through some papers to find the pizza company's number, "Got that: Two large Meat Lovers, one large mushroom, and three liters of coke." Personally, I wouldn't eat an entire large pizza by myself, or drink a liter of coke, but it was more then likely that Jacob and Embry would steal some of mine.

Jacob agreed with me and we both hung up. I hoped he would get here quickly, because we only had until Charlie came back from work. Although Jacob might not care about getting in trouble, I did. Or maybe Jacob would be able to come up with an excuse for both of us. He was always good at that sort of thing when his imagination wasn't running too wild. Don't remind me of the time he tried to get off with sneaking out to Port Angeles by saying he had to fight a war against vampires because he was a "werewolf". Needless to say, Billy didn't fall for it.

I called the pizza place, ordered our pizzas, and then did my homework while I waited for Jacob and Embry to show up. My mind was reeling from all the things that had happened the last two days. I was amazed at how most of the events had something to do with Edward Masen, the boy I adored. He was so different from all the selfobsessed, obnoxious boys I knew; Jacob, Embry, and Quil aside, of course. But they were like my brothers and Edward was the guy I had a crush on. It was weird for me, because I might have had several crushes throughout my summers in Arizona with Renee. And a couple of little crushes in Forks, I had never felt so strongly about someone. This was stupid, because he was perfect and beautiful and famous. And I was… just Bella. The plain girl who trips over everything, and whose own best friend has hated her for years. I jumped when the phone rang, buzzing out through the empty room. The caller i.d said it was Renee, and I cursed my luck. Charlie must have informed my mother about the party last night. When I picked up she was frantic and "horrified" at my behavior. By the time I said sorry for my actions, and assured her it would never happen again, Jacob and Embry were waiting on my couch, shoving back pizza slices, and waiting for me to begin telling Jacob about my horrendous day.

Trying to smile at them both despite my dark mood, I quickly ate a piece of my already cold mushroom pizza and finished it off with a fizzing glass of coke. Then I told Jacob and Embry all about my fight with Alice, and how I got sick and had to leave. They both knew the full story, so they were both really sorry for me but couldn't help but be mad at Alice and me. They were still friends with the Cullens, so they wished Alice and I wouldn't hate each other so much anymore. Honestly, I wished we didn't hate each other anymore as well. We took so long talking that I didn't know Charlie had arrived until I heard the cruiser pulling up in the driveway. The boy's eyes widened.

"Um, you got sick in school so I drove to pick you up from school and Embry came to drive your truck back, okay? And we didn't think you should be left alone sick so we stayed." Jacob told me.

I nodded and tried to commit the details to memory so I would have a story for Charlie. It was necessary because his face went purple when he saw the three of us sitting on the couches eating pizza even though we were all grounded. He angrily accepted Jacob's story but then promptly kicked the boys out as soon as they were done talking. Then he sent me to my room, which I did gladly because the sugar from the coke wasn't agreeing with my flu.

By the time I was ready to sleep, I decided I wasn't going back to school tomorrow.

Yeah, I know. Total fluff. But I wanted a fluff chapter after all the deep, emotional, exciting chapters and before I get right back into exciting chapters (well, next chapter is figuring out some more stuff, then it becomes super exciting and you will see where the whole 'celebrity comes to town' stuff actually comes in) Anyway, thanks for reading and please review or I will never update!! Mwahahaha.