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~Bella's POV

As soon as we walked into the door I headed straight for the bed. Today in math we had to do 102 problems. My brain no longer processes anything. I was walking to my bedroom when Alice stopped me.

"Where do you think you're going?" She asked. Oh, great.

"I'm going to sleep," I said, as if I didn't know where this was going.

"You have a date tonight! You have to look beyond beautiful!" She said, as if I should've known. I did.

I sighed. "Well, jeez. Thanks Alice," I said, pretending to be offended. She just giggled. "I want to sleep. Please?" I did the same thing that I did to Edward earlier today. She started to give in, but Alice was stronger than that. For now.

"You still have homework plus time to get ready. No time for naps," She argued.

"Please Alice?" I did the face again, but with full on effect. It used to always get to Charlie. Speaking of Charlie... "Ali-" She cut me off.

"Oh, fine." I'm waking you up in an hour," She gave in. These Cullens were just plain weak. I laughed.

"Actually Alice, I don't think I'll be getting a nap today. Charlie hasn't sent me money for a car yet..." I trailed off, wondering if that would be rude to call and ask when I was getting the money.

"Why does it matter? We all have cars? And if you and Jake keep going on dates, he has a car..." She wondered.

"Yeah, but sometimes it'd be nice to get out alone. Run some errands. You know?" Hopefully I wasn't making her feel bad.

"Oh, I see," She said. "Hm...Well, got to go Bella," She said grabbing her purse. I was confused. "Don't worry. I'll be gone for like 20 minutes. Jasper just needs something..." She said, trying to think of an excuse.

I laughed. "Ew, Alice. Have fun," I said. "Actually don't," I giggled to myself and she just rolled her eyes.

"Oh, I will," She smiled so beautifully it could light up the city. "See ya," She was out the door before I could even say bye. I was happy Alice had a boyfriend, though. She seemed so content with her life. She was Alice, but with more fluff. It was...overwhelming, but awesome. I went to pick up the phone. I needed to at least call Charlie.

"Hey. You reached Chief Swan residence. I'm not here right now. Leave a message and I'll be sure to get back to you," He voice sounded full of authority. I just rolled me eyes and smiled. Him and this Chief Swan stuff.

"Hey dad. It's Bella. Just haven't really heard from you for about 3 days. Even though you should be the one calling saying all that," I laughed, "I need to talk to you about something. No, it's not about boyfriend problems, so when you call back, please don't go there. Anyway, yeah, call me. Love you. Bye," I hung up. I went to take a shower, seeing as Alice would make me take one anyway. After the shower, I knocked out all my homework and took about a 25 minute nap. Alice was actually gone for about an hour and a half. I didn't mind though. I needed to get all that done without distractions.

Speaking of the devil..."Hey, Bella! I hope you don't mind, but I invited Jasper over so after you leave we can hang an stuff," She said.

"Yeah, it's fine. But it's already 6. shouldn't you be starting? How long will this take?" I asked, wishing to get this over wit as soon as possible.

"Oh, shoot! Bella, hurry, get in the shower. She said urgently, while going to get some cosmetics.

"I already did Alice," I said proudly.

"Well, get going the- Wait, what? You showered and I didn't even have to ask you?" She asked sarcastically, a smile pulling on the corners of her mouth.

"Yup. Seems that way," I muttered back, just as sarcastic.

"Well, that's great! Let's get started," She enthused. They should really make pill for a time like this. I have to sit still anyways, so why nnot be knocked out. Only for a good hour though and I'll be fine. Matter of fact, they probably do make a pill for that. I giggled, just thinking....Me taking it without Alice knowing, then whe she's doing my make-up and I fall asleep. She would just love that.

"What are you laughing at Bella?" Alice wondered. She sounded worried she messed up. I realized I just randomly laughed, probably soundding like an idiot.

"Oh, nothing," I said quickly. Alice just shook her head.

*

"I'll admit, Alice, as usual you do a great job," I smiled warmly and hugged her tightly. "Thanks," I said.

She looked like a kid on Christmas morning. I blushed and giggled. "Yay!" She sang. Didn't take a whole lot to make her happy. But it didn't take much to make her mad either. I just shook my head and giggled, as I walked to answer the door.

"Jake!" I said. I hugged him. He looked pretty handsome.

"You look so pretty tonight, Bella," He said sweetly.

"You don't look so bad yourself," I winked and hooked my arms through his. Let's go," I said quickly, avoiding Alice at all costs. He just laughed and escorted me to the car.

We walked out to his car and he opened the door for me. Such a gentlemen. I just smiled. He went around to the other side.

"You really do look beautiful. I'm a lucky guy," He winked and wrapped his arm around my waist with his other arm on the wheel.

"So ,where are we going?" I asked, curious.

"I'm taking you to dinner," Yay. I thought to myself. I was so hungry.

"This cars really nice, Jake," I said.

"Really? You know I built this thing?" He told me, with a proud smile on his face. I'd be proud, too.

"No way! That's awesome. Man, if Charlie knew about that... he would go ballistic. He loves cars," I explained.

"Ah," He said. Jake knew all about Charlie. As soon as we became close friends, I told him just as much as I told Alice. Something dawned on me then. And I mean really dawned on me. What if this date didn't end up going to well? What if me and Jake didn't like each other so much and things got just plain awkward? What if...it ruined our friendship? I knew I should've went out with someone else. Not that anything was wrong with Jake, but I definitely didn't want to lose him, especially not this way.

"Bella?" Jacob shook my shoulder. "Are you okay?" I felt all the blood drain from my face. I could never lose Jake... "Bella? Woo-hoo?" Jake put a hand in front of me. I realized we were already in front of the restaurant.

I didn't trust my voice too well so i just nodded and said, "Let's go," quietly. I took a deep breath, swallowed, rolled my shoulders back and attempted to forget about the negative outcomes tonight could have on our lives.

*

Jake dropped me off after dinner, giving me a light peck on the cheeks. I blushed and told him goodnight. He wished me goodnight too. So, the date with him didn't go that bad. In fact, it was a lot of fun. Only

problem was, it felt more like a "friend" date, not a "date" date. That worried me and I was scared that I may have led him on a tad to get him to ask me out. Hopefully he wasn't the obsessive kind...

I didn't realize I was looking down until I ran into something. Two people were making out. Ew. "Oh, sorry," I mumbled. The couple looked up, but all I saw was the guy. All I saw was Edward.

"Bella?" Edward asked smugly, as if he thought I was some kind of loser for interrupting. I saw him turn to the girl and roll his.

"I'm sorry, Edward. I didn't mean to..." I stammered. Tears were forming in my eyes and that scared me. Why did I care so much? I walked off quickly.

"Wait! Bella!" Edward ran over, leaving the girl looking dazed and confused. I laughed. "What are you laughing at Swan?" He came to a slow once he reached me.

"Nothing," I said quietly.

"Oh," He sounded disappointed. How come I always ran into him? And like this? There were plenty of people at this school...I didn't get it. (A/N: Maybe it's just fate, Bella. Hehe.) "You look good, Bella. Where

were you coming from anyway? Oh, right," He remembered, seeming sad to do so. "Your date?" He asked.

I just nodded.

"Well? How'd it go? He show you a bad time?" He laughed at his own joke.

"Not at all. I had a lot of fun,"

"Well, isn't that grand," He said sourly.

"What's your deal, Edward?" I knew I should be ignoring Edward completely, I just couldn't help it. No, I have to learn. I have to be strong. I told myself. "You know what? Don't answer that. Please," I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. I was already at my hall. "Goodnight Edward," I said and walked back to my room.


A/N: Wow. What did Edward last? Like 2 seconds? Someone is becoming a lovestruck puppy. :) Haha. At least Bella is still saying strong! Hehe. Sorry, it's so short. I hope you enjoyed it anyway. :D Review please! What are you looking forward to in the story? Even if you're not sure what's going to happen, what would you like to see happen? Let me know!