I will admit it was kind of nice to get to know Edward again. Its just to bad in the end I am going to destroy what I know of him.
I felt kind of evil.
''That was evil, Bells!'' Rosalie squeaked out between her laughter as soon as we entered our room.
I shrugged. ''He deserved it, if I had thought differently, I wouldn't have done that.''
''Well, I think it's time to finish this damn bet,'' Alice interrupted, the money in her small hands.
I slumped into the closest arm chair in the room, and waited until Alice gave me my money.
Maybe the whole bet was childish, I mean betting money over the fact that Edward, did in fact scream like a girl, but it was all worth it. But I had proved Rosalie wrong, who thought Edward screamed well, like a guy, but I knew better.
''So you guys know the plan, right?'' I asked as I was finnaly handed my money.
Even though they nodded, I went ahead and told them anyway once again. It didn't hurt to say it one more time, right?
''Okay, so I will slowly, because he said so, start to become friends with Edward. As soon as that's accomplished, I will pretend, because all of this is pretending, that I want more-''
''And after he agrees, you will dump him like the ass he is,'' Rose finished.
''Just be careful Bella, don't let other emotions play in this game,'' Alice warned with a serious voice.
I rolled my eyes. That couldn't happen, right?
''Bella! You shouldn't have gotten me anything,'' Edward complained in a whiny voice.
I rolled my eyes. I couldn't get him anything for his birthday, but he could get me tons of things in mine? Unfair.
''Edward, it's not a big present, I hardly spent anything in it,'' I assured him.
He studied my face for a few seconds, most likeley looking for something to prove me as guilty, but I was just stared back, completely positive that he was going to get his present and be happy with it.
Edward and I were really good friends, that kind of friends that you thought were going to be by your side through eternity, because they simply belonged there. No questions asked. Of course, Edward meant more to me than a friend, and I would admit I may had conjured a crush on him.
While I was overthinking way too much things in my brain, Edward reached out and grabbed his present from my small hands. He smiled his breathtaking smile, making my heart stutter.
''You better be telling the truth,'' he warned, winking at me to assure me that he was only kidding.
''You know, for someone who loves to give gifts, you are terrible at receving them.''
He made a funny face and stole the hat that was perched on top on my head and places it on top of his.
''Hey! Give it back,'' I demanded between laughter as he playfully lifted it above his head and away from my grasp. It certainly did not help that he was a good foot taller than me.
''No, Swan, that's what you get,'' he said playfully as he put the hat on. I just rolled my eyes and watched him as he opened his present.
It had taken me so long to find the perfect present, as I was torn about getting him so many things. Though, I had in mind that every of my birthday, he got me something special, something that meant so much to me, and I hoped this one could only be the same for him.
With that in mind, I had searched the internet and searched the mall until I finally found it. Sure, I could give him something like a folder to place all his piano compositions in, or his favorite cd that he had not had the oppurtunity to buy, or even the whole season of his favorite show, but it didn't have meaning.
Instead, I bought a photo album. It was a simply one, black, with velvet covers with the words The best of memories: friends in an elegant script. I made sure to fill it with as much pictures as I could, even asked his mom for some pictures that I could include in there.
Pictures of him, and the two of us filled the pages of the photo album, and now as he was opening it, I saw the glint of happyness in his vibrant green eyes.
He pulled me into a hug so suddenly that it took me by surprise, and a few seconds later to recripicate and hug him back.
''Best birthday ever!''
I woke with a start as the feeling of Edward's arms around me dissapeared. It had truly felt like I was back again, to the time that there was no revenge or anything standing between us, just friendship.
In a way, it was sad to think about how we ended up, our friednship ending. Our friendship was like anything else, it was something that always kept me going, just knowing that he was right there.
It has taken me a mighty long time to accept our friendship ending, more than it probably would have taken many people. But, he was so special to me, it felt wrong at first to continue going without him, to ignore him in my classes and in my life.
Slowly, he got the point that I wanted to be left alone with. I wasn't sure why he bothered to act like he cared after I heard the conversation between himseld and Tanya.
As our friendship came to an end, so did our relationship. I began to care less about things like looks and clothes. Surely you didn't need those things when you didn't have a best friend. My two sisters were suddenly the persons I looked up to, and no one else.
Don't get me wrong, I loved my sisters dearly, but it was sad for a long time knowing that I didn't have any other friends, that none of us didn't. I knew that I couldn't blame Edward entirely for that, part of it was my own falt, but I couldn't help it.
It certainly didn't matter right now as the revenge was closer than ever, and I couldn't backtrack from it.
Like Alice said, I couldn't let my heart play in this game.
Short chapter, I know and I'm so sorry. I have been having a busy time with holidays and parents. And I shouldn't forget about the fact that my dad is planing to cut the internet, so the only chance when I would get to type would be in his work laptop. :)
