A/N: OMG Breaking Dawn! Truthfully, I loved it! I'm a little sad that there was no fighting, but I thought it was great. For anyone who hasn't finished it yet, first, what's taking so long, and second, if you would like to discuss spoilers feel free to PM me or put your thoughts in a review. My next point is that you guys are seriously slacking on the reviews. I was getting 5-7 reviews per chapter for a while, but for the last one I only got 3; it makes me sad. Ok, my life has been fairly interesting lately, so I will be adding myself to this story as a new character, Stephanie. She will be Bella's cousin, and has been going to Forks High the whole time, but never really hung out with Bella before this year. She will be a senior just like Bella, but is already 18(although that wont really come into play). They are going to have Government class together, and that is where I will introduce myself, further explanation of this character/me will come later through dialogue. Please, please tell me if you like this new addition, as it is very close to my heart because it is me after all. Stephanie will sort of sound like Bella, I guess, because I put a little bit of myself into her with the sarcasm, but trust me when I say she will be different as I won't be editing out stuff to remain true to any original character. I think this has been my longest note to date, so I guess I'll get to the story now.

Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight, I own a copy of it, but I unfortunately don't have any legal rights to it.

Chapter 7: 4Ever BPOV

I walked into 8th period American Government, my last class of the day. I had Mr. Dayton who was easily the hottest teacher at Forks High; all of the girls knew it, and silently swooned. It was an unspoken rule that no girl would ever let any of the boys know how hot we thought he was. Of course he had nothing on Edward, but there was just something about an older man.

I took my usual spot next to my cousin Stephanie; we were in the same grade, but rarely talked because we ran in different circles. She was tall, curvy, and very pretty; she also played volleyball, and was moderately popular.

Although she was pretty and popular she had never dated, and even had trouble with boys, boy troubles were one of the few things we talked about with each other. Honestly, I think that the boys at Forks High were intimidated by her presence, but in reality she was shy and self-conscious.

Barely two minutes after I had sat down, Stephanie passed me a note. (Stephanie, Bella)

Hey Bella, can I ask for your advice on something?

Sure, what is it? Boy troubles?

Yea, it's this boy Holden.

Ooh, sounds cute. What's the problem?

Yea, he's totally hot, and that's part of the problem, he's has girls hanging all over him all the time. Plus, he hangs around this girl, Becky, but then when I'm around he seems so into me.

Wow, how do you know this guy?

He's Rachel's boyfriend's best friend.

Oh, ok. You got anything else for me to go on.

Well this past week we've been hanging out a lot, and I think he might like me, but then he never does anything about it. Like two days ago we went to dinner with Rachel and Bradin, and we were talking and it was going well. Then we all decided to hang out afterwards, and we kept sharing glances, even Rachel noticed it. Then the other day they all came over to my house and we hung out in the hot tub, and we shared some meaningful glances, and talked a whole lot more. At one point we were talking about how I want to be a teacher and he said, "So you're gonna be one of those hot teachers?" and I was like "Yea," and he's like, "Cool," and then Rachel being who she is mentioned sex on the desk and then he got this look in his eye like he was thinking about it and we both saw it and then he's like, "that would be hot, like I come in for detention and then you decide to punish me," and then he drifted off but I was like WOW. Then we got out of the hot tub and sat around the fire pit and talked some more and shared some even longer glances and it was amazing. By the end of the night my heart was soaring because I could feel it in me, and he even came up to me when he was leaving and was like, "Anytime you wanna have me over to hang in the hot tub without them, you've got my number," and then he gave me a nice long hug. So then, Rachel and I escorted the boys around the front and said goodbye to them again and I got another hug and they left. Then I drove Rachel home and as I was heading back to my house he called me and invited me to go with him and a few other to First Beach the next day, he wasn't sure if he was going but if he was he wanted me to go too. He ended up not going, but still I was in shock.

WOW! That's a lot to digest, but I think I know what you should do.

Really? What? I need to know because I really like him.

I can tell that you do. Anyways, I think that you should really just be yourself with a little bit of enhancement. You're awesome just as you are, but he'll lose interest if you don't give subtle hints. Make sure you look cute, but not overdone when you hang out with him, and try to sit next to him, but don't make it obvious that you are trying to sit next to him, and just be nice and friendly and open. I've noticed that some guys are intimidated by you because you appear to be so independent when you are actually just shy, so make sure that you keep the conversation going, and let him know the real you that I know and your best friends know; he doesn't stand a chance.

Wow Bella, you always know what to say, how do you do that?

I don't know, I guess I learned a lot from watching my friends' relationships and the roller coasters that they were on.

Thanks Bella, I really needed that. So do you think he likes me?

Of course he likes you, he's just a stupid boy who's too much of a chicken shit to do anything about it yet.

You're right boys are stupid.

Hey, I think we should start paying attention to class; we've got a quiz coming up soon.

Ok, I'll let you know how things go as soon as they get going.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Poor Stephanie, that guy is really messing with her head. I hope everything goes ok because she deserves to be happy. She got messed with by this guy last year that didn't deserve her, and said things about her behind her back that were very hurtful and untrue.

After school, Alice and Edward came over to my house so that we could hang out. The dance was this weekend, and Alice wanted to work out the details. She truly enjoyed torturing me with all of the lesser plans for the evening.

"Alice I don't understand why Edward and I need to be here since you will be making all of the decisions anyways?" I asked.

"You need to be here so that you can insert your own ideas into the plans of course," she replied.

"It's not like you'll use them," I retorted.

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"It means that you'll ask for my ideas and opinions, but won't actually listen because you already have it all planned out in your head as to the way you want things to go like you've already seen it happen and you'll just use your own ideas for the evening without even considering anyone else's,"

"That hurts Bella,"

"I don't mean to be hurtful; it's just that I can't think of anything that you already wouldn't have thought of or done better. Your ideas are probably ten times better than anything I could possibly think of,"

"Oh well, when you put it that way, I guess you can go have your fun now; I'll just sort things out with Jazz then,"

"Ok, thanks Alice, I really didn't mean anything by what I said,"

"I know, now run off, I know you don't want to stick around for this,"

"You're the best Alice, now let's get moving Edward," I turned to him and pulled him by the arm into the living room.

"How on Earth did you do that? Edward asked.

"Do what?"

"Get Alice to let us go, I've never been able to escape one of her planning sessions,"

"I don't know, I guess it takes just the right amount of flattery and coercion, as well as a strong desire to be alone with my boyfriend,"

"You are truly amazing,"

"I could say the same about you," I replied kissing him lightly.

"I love you,"

"I know,"

"Hey, is that all the response I get? Don't you have something you want to tell me or are you getting all Hans Solo on me?" (A/N: If you don't know what I mean, you have seriously missed on of the greatest movie quotes ever. It's a classic and since it's pretty obvious what movie it's from, I don't have a challenge for you, other than to watch the scene from which it comes.)

"Does that make you Leia because I don't think that even you could pull off the hair," I laughed.

"Ha ha very funny Bella,"

"I know, it was pretty hilarious wasn't it," I wasn't going to give him what he wanted until he begged for it. He already knew that I loved him, but I was in a playful mood.

I stayed silent for a few minutes hoping it would drive him to insanity, not really, but I was curious as to what he would do. All of a sudden he tickle-attacked me, and I squealed violently.

"Edward, stop!"

"Not until you say it?

"Say what?" I managed to get out in between laughs.

"You know,"

"Ok," he stopped the tickling just long enough for me to say, "You know,"

"Bella," he groaned as he continued the tickling.

"Ok, fine, I love you; you know that baby boy,"

"I know, I just like to hear you say it,"

"I love you, I love you, I love you," I indulged him, and my favorite crooked grin of his spread across his face as his eyes lit up. It made me so incredibly happy to see him happy that I was constantly finding ways to make him irrevocably content. He was truly the love of my life.

A/N 2: So this is my introduction to Stephanie, everything that was mentioned in the note has happened to me, and I would like to know what you think. This is an ongoing saga in my life, and I will write about the result of the next time Stephanie hangs out with Holden. I would really like to know what you think about Holden and Stephanie; I may adjust the outcome of the pseudo-relationship depending on what you guys say. Holden is based very closely on this guy I know and have been hanging out with this summer, and what happened to Stephanie is what happened to me; if you have any advice for me please share it because I'm clueless, he confuses the crap out of me. He is also one of the hottest guys I have met in real life. I really need help! I was going to end it after we got through with the introduction, but I was bored because I'm stuck at my grandparents cabin in Wisconsin and have no internet access and so I added the Bella and Edward fluff. I hope you like it, and please review!

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