Disclaimer: I am not Stephenie Meyer, therefore I do not own Twilight or any of it's characters… but if I was Stephenie Meyer then I would own Twilight. Hey, a girl can dream right?

A/N: okay I know that it has been confusing about Bella's reaction to Maddie being in love with Edward. She is just being Bella and getting scared when Edward seems to be intrigued by another girl, something she learns from Edward, AKA overreaction. And I promise that there will be no Edward/Maddie relationship. So read on!

Chapter 9 : Suspicions, Suspicions

BPOV

Class went by slowly as I watched Maddie watch Edward. I came to realize that my anger towards her was not because she loved Edward. It was because he seemed so interested in the fact that she did. And he was right, she was very much like me when I met Edward, except for the whole me being his singer thing. She wasn't scared of him like I wasn't, and how everyone basically was. I contemplated the whole situation and realized that I had overreacted. Just because someone was similar to me, didn't mean that Edward would fall in love with her. He said she was similar to me, why would he want someone who is similar to me when he has me. Wow, I guess I picked up a couple traits from my love. Normally it was Edward who overreacted, not me. I instantly felt bad for thinking that she would take Edward away from me, she wouldn't. I had read her mind again and saw that she didn't think herself worthy of Edward and she thought that I should have him; that I was nice enough and I was good enough. Weirdly though, I liked the fact that she approved of me, because I knew that I wouldn't have approved of anyone being with Edward when I was human.

After school I stopped by the Volvo before heading over to my car. I had told Edward we needed to talk, but that was when I was overreacting and thought he was going to leave me. He had to know I didn't mean that.

"Edward?"

"Yes, love?" He said as he gave me that crooked smile that I love so dearly.

"I thought it over in biology and I kind of overreacted to Maddie's thoughts. We don't need to talk. I'm sorry. But you can come over anyway if you want… I can think of some things we can do to pass the time…" I said the last part with a little smirk on my face. We hadn't gotten much alone time in the past couple months because we were setting our story up. He smiled and kissed me on the cheek. I walked back over to my car where Alice was waiting.

"Ugh! Before you ask me anything, don't worry, I want to stay out of the house after that vision I just had… yughh" said Alice with a shiver. I started laughing. She must have seen what I was planning with Edward. Honestly, I wouldn't have minded seeing some of that but, I guess I wouldn't want to see her and Jasper doing anything so I understood. Alice drove home as fast as she could once we were out of the sight of any humans. I didn't mind driving fast now, I loved it.

As soon as I was inside I ran upstairs for my and Edward's alone time. I needed to get ready, but when I opened my door, I was shocked to see what was on my bed.

"Hello, love" Said a shirtless Edward. My jaw dropped. If I thought I liked the way he looked with his shirt on, I loved the way he looked with his shirt off. I didn't expect to see him yet, his house was farther away from the school than mine was, although not that far away. I smiled and ran towards him and onto the bed. He smiled back at me and kissed me on the lips then pulled back, making me want more. Oh, I see, he's playing now. I gave him a suspicious look; two can play at that game I thought. I got up from the bed and turned away from him.

"Mmm, you know what…? I think I'll slip into something more… comfortable…" I said trying to be seductive. I lifted my shirt over my head to reveal a periwinkle lace bra. Then I slipped my skinny jeans off my legs showing off matching panties (courteously of Alice insisting I needed more lingerie when I had told her that I had no need for it in the past, she said that I would need it now, I guess she was right), and threw my shoes in the corner. I turned around and gave him a seductive smile while biting my lip. I saw his eyes become as wide as quarters and look me up and down. Wow I must have been doing a good job, ogling a woman was beneath Edward, he never did it. I walked over to my dresser and pulled out 2 pieces of clothing. Without Edward seeing the clothes I pulled out I walked over and whispered in his ear, "I'll be right back." And as I winked at him, I could have sworn I saw a drop of drool on the corner of his mouth. I giggled as I walked into the bathroom and put on the clothes I had pulled out. I walked back into the room only letting him see my head; I smiled and bit my lip again. I giggled when I saw that he had stripped down to his boxers while I was changing, my plan going perfectly. God he looks good. I thought, but I had to stick to my plan. I told him to close his eyes and he silently obeyed. I walked into the middle of the room and stood there.

"Why, Mr. Cullen, I do believe you are a tad bit underdressed." I said as I saw him snap open his eyes to reveal me in my favorite sweats. I started cracking up. My plan had worked perfectly! He let out a loud breath and closed his eyes. Next thing I knew he was walking towards me with all his clothes on, including the shirt. I narrowed my eyes at him.

"Well, I guess I'll just go then. Since you obviously aren't serious about this." He started walking out the door and towards the stairs. My eyes widened and I went to go stop him. I meant to jump onto his back but instead, when I jumped, I landed in his arms and face to face with him. He gave me a crooked smile and kissed me with passion. My plan had gone horribly wrong but I didn't care right now. He carried me without effort to my room and onto the bed. He easily slipped my sweatpants off and only broke the kiss when he had to remove the sweatshirt over my head. Next it was my turn. I unbuttoned the buttons on his shirt and he threw it off. I unzipped and unbuttoned his pants and slid them down his legs that were parallel to my legs. He kicked them off his feet because I couldn't reach. He then rolled so that I was now on top and moved his kisses down to my neck and still covered chest. I moved my head so that it was now buried in his hair, breathing in his scent. He trailed kisses up my neck, along my jaw and back to my mouth. Then he rolled back so that I was underneath him again, while he was straddling me. This was all perfectly fine with me. Next came the part that Alice didn't want to see…



Geoff's Point of view

I was so mad. How could Cullen get her? I didn't understand! What was so appealing about him? Yeah, they had a relationship in Chicago but that had to be like 4 months ago! They didn't move on? He made me so mad. I used to be able to get basically any girl I wanted until he showed up. Well, his brothers were pretty wantable but they were a year older so they didn't bug me as much. Now I can't even get Bella to look at me. Stupid Cullen. After school was not an improvement. My grandparents were coming over for dinner. Yeah, Grandpa Mike was pretty cool, he was only 68. But Grandma Jess was just annoying. She constantly whined and wanted all the attention. My grandparents came in while I was watching TV. Grandpa Mike came over and sat down next to me.

"So, what's got your ass in a knot?" He asked me. Grandpa Mike always had a weird sense of humor.

"Just this kid at school. Everyone thinks he's so perfect! All the girls love him and there's this new girl, who's totally hot, and he's already got her. Well, they already know each other and had a relationship but still!" I said angrily. Grandpa Mike laughed at that. Why would he laugh at my discomfort?

"I'm only laughing because I was in the same situation once. I really liked this girl, but she became boyfriend and girlfriend with this kid that never dated anyone but all the girls wanted to date. What's her name?"

"Bella," I answered. His eyes widened.

"Bella?! That was the name of the girl I liked!" he said. That was weird. My grandfather had a crush on a girl named Bella, who was in the same kind of situation that my Bella was in. Hehe my Bella, although she never will be my Bella. I thought.

"Really? That's weird. Well, Edward has her wrapped around his finger. It makes me sick." Grandpa Mike stared at me. It was like he saw a ghost.

"Grandpa Mike…? Grandpa!" I said to him. He seemed to come out of his trance.

"What's this kid's last name?"

"Cullen."

"And this Bella girl's?"

"Bailey." He let out a breath I didn't know he was holding.

"Do you know if this Edward kid is named after anyone?"



"No, I don't think so. He's adopted." With that Grandpa Mike stood up. And went into the kitchen.

"Hey John, do you still have my old high school yearbook here?" he asked my dad. My dad went and got it. Grandpa Mike came in and flipped the pages of the yearbook. My gosh it was ancient! He found the seniors and looked on the page where I noticed the "S's" were. He pointed to a girl.

"That was the Bella I loved." He said to me. I looked at the picture and looked into the face of Bella Bailey, or at least a girl that looked almost exactly like her. Her name was Bella Swan. The only difference was that this Bella's eyes were darker and she wasn't as hot, but she was still really hot. My eyes widened and I stared.

"She looks exactly like Bella!" I said, still not believing it.

"Really?" said Grandpa Mike. He flipped the pages again and I noticed that we were now on the page with the "C's", he pointed to another picture.

"That was Edward" He said the name with disgust. If possible, my eyes got wider at the sight. Not only did this kid have the same name as Edward, but he looked exactly like him! If I was confused before it was nothing compared to now. Next to him I saw a girl with spikey black hair. I looked at the name under the picture and it said, "Alice Cullen." That's weird. That looks exactly like Bella's sister, also named Alice. This was just too weird.

I had asked Grandpa Mike if I could borrow it, to show to Bella and Edward, like a weird coincidence. I really wanted to interrogate them. I brought the yearbook to school with me the next day and was looking at it in the beginning of biology. I had no idea what to say to them about this but I had to say something. As I was looking at it, Maddie sat down next to me and started looking too.

"What is this?" she asked me.

"My Grandpa's old yearbook. Look," I showed her. "This girl looks exactly like Bella; she even has the same first name! And then on this page," I flipped to the page "Edward" was on. "This guy looks exactly like Edward and has the same name, even his sister looks exactly like Alice Bailey, with the same first name also." I saw Maddie's eyes widen as mine had done the night before. They then narrowed at the picture as if she was trying to figure it out. Mr. Moore had called the class's attention and told us we'd be working in our groups again. Maddie and I got up to walk over to Bella and Edward. If it was possible they looked even cozier than they had the day before. It made me mad. I decided that I was going to ask about it.

"Hey, Bella. Last night my Grandpa Mike was over and had his old yearbook. He was showing me his old friends from Forks when he lived here." I started. Bella flinched just the smallest bit and she looked interested.

"Oh, that's cool" she said, obviously uncomfortable. I continued.



"Yeah, he showed me a girl, who he had a crush on, and her boyfriend and his sister. And it was kind of weird. Because, look" I showed her the picture of Bella Swan, "She looks exactly like you, with some minor differences, along with the same first name. And her boyfriend," I flipped to "Edward's" page and continued, "has the same name as this Edward here and looks exactly like him and his sister, Alice Cullen, looks like your sister." I finished. She just looked at me shocked. So did Edward. Maddie looked at them suspiciously. It was Edward who spoke next.

"I forgot to tell you, Geoff, my grandpa used to live here when he was my age. My adoptive father is actually my dad's cousin. I was named after my grandfather." He finished. Damn, I thought I had something on him. But, that still didn't explain why Alice Bailey looks so much like Alice Cullen, or why Bella Swan looks so much like Bella Bailey.

"And a-as for me, Geoff. My m-mom's maiden name was Swan, so maybe there's a connection, we didn't really talk about my grandma much so I couldn't tell you if that's her. Maybe I'm related. And as for Alice, she was adopted when she was little and so maybe she's r-related to them s-somehow?" said Bella. Shit! Instead of discovering some "secret" I thought they had, I had successfully embarrassed myself in front of the girl I liked.

"Oh, well… y-you know, I was just kinda curious" I said with a shy smile. Bella took a deep breath and smiled back. Wow, some detective I am.

Maddie's Point of View

Something about their story made me wonder if they were telling the truth. It may have been the way Bella looked like she had just seen a ghost when she looked at the pictures, almost scared of something, or maybe it was the way she nervously gave her answer, which didn't completely make sense. I can understand that some people are the "spitting image" of their relatives, but the only differences between these two girls were that Bella's eyes were lighter and she didn't radiate in that picture the way she did now. The picture of Edward looked exactly the same; I mean he had the same name. Shouldn't he have Jr. tacked onto his name if he's named after his grandfather? And why wouldn't Bella know much about her grandmother? I didn't know why I was so suspicious; I just had a gut feeling in the pit of my stomach that went along with all my other suspicions. Like the way no one in her family or the Cullens ever ate lunch, the way they kept to themselves. The way they knew each other, even her cousin/sister, Alice. She didn't supposedly live with Bella in Chicago, so how did she get along with all of them so well? And the fact that they had the two farthest houses away from the school in all of Forks. The way that they all seemed to understand each other without saying a word to anyone. I could have sworn a couple times when I witnessed their weird understandings, I saw their lips move just the smallest bit. I mean what's the chances that all of this could happen. Something about the Baileys and the Cullens was different. I don't mean the weird different, I mean the not so human different. Wait, not so human? What was I thinking? Of course they were human! Weren't they? I had to figure this out. I am going to figure this out.

Ahh, what's going to happen next?? You will just have to read the next chapter to find out. Just to clear up some confusion that might occur, Geoff is no longer suspicious. He's too dumb like his grandfather to realize that they're lying, Maddie, however, issuspicious. Which gives her 

another connection to Bella. And no, Edward doesn't know this yet because he was paying more attention to Geoff's thoughts during this whole ordeal. So review, review, review please! Love you all!

-Dancer