Chapter 6
EPOV
I was sitting in my room sad that Tanya had canceled. My phone went off and I looked at it I had a text from Bella. It said 'stop moping and get ready xoxo Bella'. I sighed and got up she was right I shouldn't mope.
So I got up and took a shower, then I put on a button up blue shirt and a pair of kakis. I looked at the clock and saw it was 6:51. So I grabbed my coat and my keys and said goodbye to mom who told me to 'have fun'.
By the time I got to Bella's house it was almost 7:00. I walked up the front steps and knocked on the door. Chief Swan opened the door.
"Hi Charlie." I said. Charlie and I had gotten to know each other pretty well over the last couple of months. He trusted me and didn't mind my friendship with his daughter. He also had started to insist that I call him Charlie.
"Hi Edward come in." he said smiling. "Alice is almost done with her."
"ok." I said following him to the living room where Jasper was waiting as well. He nodded at me in greeting.
I had just sat down with Charlie and Jasper when we heard them start coming down the stairs.
First Alice came down looking beautiful as always, she went straight to Jasper's waiting arms. Next Bella came flowing down the stairs in the most beautiful strapless blue dress I'd ever seen she was beautiful. I walked up to her and offered her my arm.
"You look beautiful Bella." I told her as we walked out to my car "I'm gonna have a full time job keeping Mike and Tyler away."
She giggled, "Yeah Alice did good." She said. "But I think I'll have a worse time with Jessica and Lauren."
"Did you even look in a mirror?" I asked shocked that she would think that way.
"Yeah, and I look good, but nowhere near as good as you do." She said like it was obvious.
"Bella when we walk into that room ever guy is going to be jealous of me because my date is the most beautiful girl in the room. You look gorges Bella don't you dare think anything else." I told her confidently, it was the truth and she should believe it.
"Thanks Edward." She said blushing like crazy. "I really need that."
"You're welcome." I said. "You ready to go in?" we had gotten to the school and were now sitting outside in my car.
"sure." She said taking a deep breath.
I got out of the car and walked over to her side, opened the door, and helped her out. We walked towards the gym and I could tell Bella was nervous.
"Bella are you ok?" I asked as we waited in line to get in.
"Actually I'm kind of nervous." She said shifting slightly.
"why." I asked confused. It was just a dance after all.
"I've never been to a dance before." She said turning bright red and looking at the floor. I was shocked.
"You've never been to a dance, ever?" I asked.
"You know about my balance issues right?" she asked.
"Yeah, you can't walk across a flat stable surface without falling." I said remembering the many times I've caught her.
"Yeah well my balance problem makes dancing almost impossible so I never went to one because I didn't want to embarrass myself." She said turning red as a tomato. I felt bad for Bella who has never been to a dance.
"Ah Bella, it's ok." I said hugging her to try and make her feel better.
"Thanks Edward." She said smiling.
"You know what Bella we'll make this the best first dance anyone has ever had." I said confidently.
"Ok Edward." She said laughing and shaking her head at me. "Whatever you say."
I chuckled and we walked into the gym and the music hit us like a booming wall. We saw Alice waving at us from a table in the back of the gym and we walked over to her. We sat and talked for awhile and I was surprisingly having a lot of fun. Alice and Jasper had left the table and Bella and I were alone.
"You want to dance?" I said remembering that she said her balance made it so she couldn't dance.
"Edward y9ou know I can't dance." Bella said rolling her eyes at me.
"Oh come on you'll be fine." I said standing up and pulling her with me to the dance floor.
"Edward." Bella whispered scared now that she was on the dance floor.
"You'll be fine Bella I promise." I told her with a smile.
She sighed defeated "fine one dance." She said determined.
"okay." I said smiling.
I placed my hands on her waist and she wrapped her arms around my neck. We moved in a circle to the beat of the music and Bella was doing fine.
"See," I said "you're doing fine."
"Yeah, I am." she said excited.
"I'm glad I came with you Bella. I'm really having fun." I told her truthfully.
"I'm glad." Bella said. Then all of the sudden her eyes locked on something behind me and she gasped and looked almost angry.
"Bella are you ok?" I asked concerned. Bella didn't respond, she just glared at whoever was behind me. I turned around to see who she was glaring at and what I saw made me want to cry. Tanya was walking through the door on the arm of Mike Newton. Mike Newton! I mean he is the most vile person on the face of the earth!
"Edward! Edward are you ok?" Bella said looking at me with great concern.
I knew that if i didn't get out of here soon I was going to cry in front of all these people.
"Bella I need to go." I told her as I held back tears.
"You wait in the car I'll tell Alice we're leaving." She said.
"Bella you should stay have fun, and not let me spoil your first dance." I said feeling guilty because I had probably already ruined it.
"Edward I don't care about the dance, I care about my best friend, I care about you Edward." She said.
I was almost at my breaking point so I nodded and ran to the car as I passed Tanya and Newton and saw them kissing the first of the tears escaped me.
APOV
"Alice." Bella yelled as she ran towards me.
I had had just seen her and Edward dancing together a little while ago they were so perfect together if only they were a couple. Soon I reminded myself, they will be a couple very very soon.
"What Bella?" I asked, she had that look in her eye the one that said something bad just happened.
"Edward and I are leaving and I thought I'd tell you first." She said in a rushed tone.
"What!" I exclaimed shocked at her statement. "Why are you two leaving?" I asked upset. They couldn't leave yet they had just got here.
"We are leaving because of that." She said turning around and pointing at none other than Tanya sucking face with Mike Newton.
"That little bitch." I said angry.
"I know." She said just as angry as I was. "I got to go, Edward is waiting."
"You go take care of Edward; I'll take care of Tanya." I said starring daggers at her from across the room.
"Ok Alice." She said "don't do anything that will get you expelled."
"I won't." I said, and then she was gone.
I stormed over to where Tanya and Mike were and stood in front of her with my hands on my hips.
"How dare you do this to him?" I screamed glaring at her with all of my anger.
"How dare I do what to who?" she asked.
"How dare you cancel on Edward and then show up with that thing." I said gesturing to Mike in disgust.
"Hey!" mike said but Tanya and I ignored him.
"Please he was totally fine with me canceling." She said like I was blowing this out of proportion.
"Yeah but did he know you were canceling with him so you could go with someone else?" I asked knowing the answer.
"I'm sure he figured it out." She said rolling her eyes.
"It seems like he had 'figured it out' when he and Bella left because he was so upset over seeing you and Mike come in he couldn't stay." I said angry at her total disregard for all of Edward's feelings.
"He was here?" she asked shocked.
"Yeah he and Bella came as friends, after you called and canceled she wasn't going to let him sit and mope all night so she dragged him here like any good friend would." I said.
"Well great now my night is ruined because I feel guilty." She said angry at me. "Thank you Alice."
"Your night deserves to be ruined. You ruined Bella and Edwards." I said outraged that she would get upset with me for ruining her night. Especially when you consider what she did.
"I do this all the time it's not that bad." She said.
"You know Tanya one of these days he's gonna stop taking your crap." I told her. Then I turned and walked.
The rest of the night was alright but I was worried about Edward. I realized this could be a good thing. It could show Edward how awful Tanya is and how great Bella is. Yes even though this hurt Edward it would most definitely be a good thing in the long run.
