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Bella's POV (Monday)

How is it possible that someone who is nearly always the most levelheaded one in the family can be this nervous? I mean, I've gone to new schools before, but somehow this was different. First of all, it was baseball tryouts day. Second of all, it was the day of Emmett's football tryouts. Third it was the day that I was getting back at Edward. AAAAAAAAAAAAAH! Help!

I had thrown together an Alice approved outfit the night before. I was now wearing flare jeans with a dark colored top, white zip-up jacket, and flip-flops. I added some jewelry and sunglasses to finish off my awesome look.

"BELLA! GET DOWN HERE! YOU DON'T WANT TO BE LATE!" SLAM! And she was gone. It was always a marvel to me how someone as small as Alice could make that loud of a noise.

"Fine!" I yelled back, even though she couldn't hear me. Grabbing my bag and helmet, I slid down the stair rail and raced to the garage.

When I opened the door, I smiled. Sitting inside was my purple Ducati 1089R Superbike. I had saved up for it with my own money, and paid my friend Jeff for lessons.

I pulled on my helmet, tied my backpack around my waist, and sped off. The trees rushed by me in a blur of green, with the occasional flash of some other color. I loved the wind in my face, the feeling that you could just speed away from any problems you would ever have. I sometimes wished that I could just go on forever, never stopping. With a sigh, I slowed down. When I pulled into the parking lot everyone turned to stare. I rolled my eyes.

I parked next to an empty spot. I pulled off my helmet, ignoring the looks I was getting. I was so not looking forward to all the attention the new kids got. I had walked only a few feet away from my motorcycle when Edward's shiny silver Volvo pulled up. I waved as he got out with Rose, Jasper, Alice, and Emmett. I laughed at the Hale's and Edward's obvious shock at what I had ridden to school. Emmett and Alice rolled their eyes at each other before we headed towards the office. Emmett kept a tight hold on Rosalie while Alice never strayed far from Jasper's side.

We walked inside, and I somehow ended up in front. I sighed internally as is stepped forward to introduce us.

"Hello…Ms. Cope. I'm Bella Swan and this is Alice and Emmett Swan, my siblings." I smiled kindly at her as she just stared. What is with people and that today?

"Sure…here are your schedules and a map." I could have recited along with her as she explained different aspects of the school. No matter where you are, first day of school was almost always the same.

We walked outside, as Rosalie, Alice and I barely contained our laughter. After Ms. Cope had finished talking, she had started flirting with Emmett, Jasper, and Edward. It was hilarious to watch her ask Emmett if he had a girlfriend as his arm was wrapped around Rose's waist.

"Yeah, yeah, yuck it up. I can't wait to see how the male teachers react to you too," Edward glared. "Mr. Banner has been hitting on Rose since freshman year."

"Don't remind me," she groaned as we headed to class.

1st Period – Spanish with Senora Gomez

First up I had Spanish. Alice, Jasper, and I had this class together, so Alice and I followed Jasper obediently as he led us onward. When we reached the classroom, we entered to see that the teacher's desk was across the room. That meant we had to waltz past our staring peers to get our slips signed. Jasper patted us on the shoulder before he sat down at an empty table. Alice and I traded looks before we nervously made our way forward.

Senora Gomez didn't look anything like what I expected a teacher to look like; with dark hair highlighted with streaks of blue pulled back into waist length pig tails, and a tattoo on her ankle that stated "Bite Me!" She was also wearing bubble goggles on top of her hair like a headband.

"Hola, senoritas, "she yelled as we walked up. Everyone immediately stopped talking while they turned to stare at us. I felt Alice tremble beside me. Squaring my shoulders and grabbing Alice's arm, I marched forward up to the desk. If Alice wasn't going to be the brave one, then I would be.

"Hola, Senora Gomez. Como esta?" I asked, handing her mine and Alice's slips. I had a huge knack for picking up languages, so I knew Spanish, French, and Italian as well as I knew English. Emmett knew French, while Alice knew Italian.

"Bien. Gracias, e tu?" She handed our slips back and smiled.

I grinned back while I replied. "Bien."

"Okay, well I think that you two should go sit by Jasper Hale. Jasper, would you raise your hand please?" Alice skipped over to him while I followed at a slower pace.

We worked on a worksheet for only ten minutes since Jasper knew Spanish almost as well as I did. When we finished first we were rewarded by getting to relax and talk for the rest of the period.

2nd Period – English – Mr. Mason

The only person I knew in this class was Rosalie. She smiled at me as I got my slip signed. Mr. Mason barely looked up, and quickly sent me to a seat behind Rose. I glanced at the reading list he had passed out, and nearly giggled. Every book on that list had been read by me multiple times. I would be getting by in this class too, it seemed.

We didn't do much, except debate the decisions of the characters in Romeo and Juliet. I had my next class with Rose and Edward, but I was not looking forward to it. I hadn't heard the best things so far. It wasn't the subject I minded…

3rd Period Biology – Mr. Banner

When we walked in, the little conversation going on died away. This time they stood with me while I got my slip signed. The whole time, Mr. Banner ogled my chest. I t took two coughs from Edward to get him to hand it back, and even then it was very reluctantly. Gross.

Finally we sat down together at a table in the back of the room. It was harder for my new classmates to stare at me in the back, but somehow, they managed. (A/N that was totally a Twilight quote right there.) Edward saw my nervousness and gave me a reassuring smile.

Mr. Banner started the lecture on Mitosis, something I had learned about before. I ended up doodling half the time, the other half answering the question Mr. Banner somehow couldn't find anyone else to answer. Insert sarcasm here.

When we walked out, I shuddered.

"Don't worry, Bella, he does that to me all the time," Rose reassured.

"I'm not sure that is a good thing, Rose." I followed them to the lunch line, once again ignoring the attention I was receiving. Edward explained that they usually sat on the bleachers near the baseball field to avoid the rest of the student body.

We had only been sitting there for a few minutes when Jasper, Emmett, and Alice arrived. The couples quickly sat down next to each other. Soon we were all listening to stories about our most embarrassing moments when we were kids. Edward had just finished telling one about how he managed to dye his hair pink when he was six when I heard a snobbish high pitched nasally voice behind me.

"Oh Edward that's, like, so cute!" I saw Edward's face fall in disgust before he quickly plastered a forced smile on his face.

"Hey, Lauren," he mumbled, looking at the ground. I turned around to see who was talking and nearly gagged.

Behind me stood a girl dressed in an extremely short cheerleading outfit. She looked like you could easily blow her over she was so thin. She had unnatural blonde hair and bubblegum pink lip color. Her hair was down except for a pink heart clip on one side, and she looked like could barely balance in her five inch high ballerina strap shoes. She also looked like she had had some work done.

Behind her, I saw a dark frizzy haired wannabe and a somehow feline like redheaded girl that was glaring at Lauren's back when she wasn't looking.

"Oh! Hi! Aren't you guys, like, the new kids? That's so cute! You guys are new and you're already, like, hanging out with these guys! This is Jessica," she pointed to the frizzy haired girl, and then she turned to the other girl. "And this is Victoria." Victoria smiled at me in this mischievous manner, as if she knew all my secrets.

Then Lauren smiled to expose the whitest teeth I had ever seen. They weren't the good type of white either; they were like chalky paint white.

Rosalie sighed. "Lauren. And for once I was actually enjoying lunch too. Oh well." She smiled at Lauren, who now looked like she just bit into a lemon. Lauren sputtered for a few seconds, sounding like a baby pig. Suddenly she smiled this evil grin; almost as bad as Alice's.

Lauren snorted. "Rosalie, if I wanted to listen to your attitude I would have let you join the cheerleading squad. But then again, you wouldn't have made it on anyway. I mean, look at your mother!" Both Rosalie's and Jasper's faces turned furious while Alice's, Edward's, and Emmett's faces showed complete shock.

I was furious. That was hitting way below the belt. I stood up quickly, while everyone else looked at me surprised. I smiled my sweet smile that got me everything. "Hey Lauren, I haven't introduced myself to you. I'm Bella. You know, I always wanted to be a cheerleader." I gave her my winning smile, leaving her looking a little jealous.

"Really? Well maybe you could, like, try out?" she offered sweetly. I widened my eyes.

"Truly? Thanks! Oh, but wait! I just realized something," I sighed. "This is just too bad. I was so looking forward to being a cheerleader." I shook my head sadly. Everyone looked at me with quizzical expressions on their faces, except Emmett and Alice. They knew what was coming.

"What do you mean?" squeaked Lauren. Ugh.

"Well, I guess I can't join since I don't have tissue stuffed down my bra," I stated, dropping my charade.

Behind me, everyone was laughing really hard. Emmett even fell off the bench. Lauren whirled around to make a dramatic exit with her two clones behind her. It failed miserably, however, when her left heel snapped off. She limped away while tears started coming to my eyes form laughing.

"That…was…so…perfect…Bella!" Rosalie gasped in between fits of laughter. I grinned.

Shortly after everything went back to normal, the bell rang. Alice, Rosalie, and I had our free period next, so we waved to the boys. I turned around to be met with an extremely scary sight. (A/N I was so tempted to end it there.) Alice stood with a huge shopping bag in her hand, while Rosalie stood next to her with a huge Zip-lock bag filled with makeup. I gulped. This can't be good.

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When I stepped out of the Girl's Locker-room, the football team was on the field. Walking towards the baseball field, I heard a few wolf whistles and cat calls before the coach shut them up. I blushed.

I was outfitted in a black zip-up black sleeveless shirt with sport pants. I was also wearing my lucky signed New York Mets hat. Even though I had never lived in New York, I was still a loyal fan.

Rosalie had informed me that the coach was a man by the name of Mr. Carson. She said he had a daughter in college who played sports, so she thought I would have no problem being allowed to try out.

I grabbed my stuff from my car and headed over to the baseball diamond. The only people there were Rosalie and Alice, who were sitting in the stands. I pulled out my bat and a couple balls and set them on the ground. Tossing up the first ball, I hit it over the fence in left field. Alice and Rosalie cheered.

I practiced for the whole period, before I put my bat and remaining balls in my bag. Handing my bag to Alice, I headed towards the fence. When I reached it, I jumped as high as I could, vaulting over the top and landing on my feet on the other side. Collecting all my baseballs, I did the same thing backwards. Heading back over to the girls, I noticed a boy from some of my classes staring at me in shock. I grinned, waved, and walked away.

After putting my stuff away, we headed back towards the school. After my free period I had Trigonometry, then Government. Nothing interesting happened, except Lauren broke her other heel. I had nothing to do with it, but I couldn't say the same for Alice. Lauren never suspected a thing.

The bell finally rang, signaling that 7th period was over. The girls and I headed towards the field, laughing at what Alice had done. Rose suddenly stopped, grabbing my arm. She turned and pointed at a middle aged man making his way towards the field. "That's Coach Carson," she whispered, and I ran after him.

"Hey, Coach?" I called. He turned around, startled. I smiled shyly, and ran up to him.

"Hello, Coach Carson. I'm Bella Swan. I'm new here, and I was wondering if I could try out for the baseball team." His eyebrows shot up to his receding hairline, and my stomach dropped.

"Were you that girl that was practicing out here earlier?" He asked. I was shocked. He had seen me? Then maybe I had a chance!

"Yes, sir. I had a free period earlier and I came out here to warm up and practice." I chewed on my bottom lip nervously, as he tapped his chin.

Suddenly, he grinned. "Well, with what I saw earlier I would be an idiot not to let you try out. And just between you and me, there is no doubt in my mind that you will make it." He smiled, tipped his hat, and walked on.

A sudden shriek in my ear made me jump and whirl around. "Alice! That hurt!" I said, rubbing my ear to try and relieve the ringing.

"Sorry," she whispered, grinning sheepishly. I shook my head, then turned around and headed towards the field. Placing my stuff near the bleachers, I jogged out with the boys to line up on the third base line.

"ALRIGHT! Listen very closely, because I'm only going to say this once. It doesn't matter whether you were on the team any of the years before this one; this is a new season and a new team. No one is guaranteed a spot here; no one is guaranteed not to get a spot here. That clear?"

The boys all nodded, and Coach smiled. "Good! Now pair up!" Before anyone could move, a voice came from farther down the line.

"Coach! There's a girl here!" Everybody turned to stare at me, while I stared straight ahead at Coach. Out of the corner of my eyes, I ignored a pair of emerald green eyes and a pair of sapphire blue eyes.

"Yes, John, I know. Don't worry, you won't get cooties."

"But Coach, this is a baseball tryout! Are you really going to let a girl try out?"

Coach Carson's expression turned cold, and I felt the boys on either side of me shake a little. I'll have to remember that look.

"John, do you really want me to answer that question?" His voice held no emotion in it, making one of the boys even shuffle back a step nervously.

"N-no, sir."

"Good. Well?" All the boys raced to pair up, leaving me standing by myself in front of Coach. His face turned kind again as he smiled.

"I'll pair up with you. What position did you play before this?"

I noticed out of the corner of my eye that most of the boys were staring at us, so I pretended to be nonchalant.

"Mostly pitcher, but sometimes I played whatever my coach needed the most. I can play catcher, too." I caught his first throw with ease, then wound up and threw the ball almost as hard as I threw it to Charlie.

THWACK!

Everyone on the field turned to stare at us as Coach switched the ball to his other hand.

"Jeez, Bella. I thought that what I saw earlier was good. I'm kinda old, so you don't need to throw it that hard." He shook his hand out, then got back into position. I shrugged, knowing that I could throw it way harder if I wanted to.

We passed back and forth for a while, before Coach called the guys in. He then assigned us field positions and a batting order. I was batting second after Jasper.

Jasper let the first two balls pass, even though the second one was actually a good pitch. He hit the last ball far out to right field. He got a double as Alice and Rose cheered.

I stepped up to the plate while adjusting my gloves. Edward was pitching, a blank expression on his face. I also noticed that both the infielders and the outfielders moved in. I held back a grin.

To get a feel for his speed, I let the first one slid. I heard a few snickers, but I ignored them. The second one came right down the middle. I swung my bat around just as it got to the plate.

CRACK!

I followed the ball with my eyes as it sailed effortlessly over the right field fence to land on the football field. Ignoring the stares, I jogged around the bases after Jasper. Alice and Rose met me at home plate; giving me hugs. Jasper offered his congratulations by giving me a high-five.

"That was amazing, Bella. They'd have to be stupid not to let you on the team after that," Jasper added, making me blush and smile at the same time. I headed back to the dugout to watch the remainder of the try-outs.

The rest of the try-outs went smoothly, except when one guy threw the bat. Most of the boys complimented me, while a few hung back and glared at me. Edward acted as if I wasn't there, which made me even more eager to put my plan into action.

Coach called all the guys together at the center of the field as I hung out on the bleachers with Rose and Alice. They each offered me their congratulations once more, and we whispered details for our prank.

Finally, five of the guys stomped off the field; headed for the Boy's Locker-room, Edward included. I jogged on to the field when Coach waved me over. "Congratulations, Bella. You're on the team." He shook my hand as the remaining boys cheered.

"Can I talk to you for a minute?" We walked a few feet away as the rest of the boys, with Jasper, headed over to the bleachers. "Bella, you definitely deserve you're spot on the team. I wanted to ask you if you wanted to be Team Captain." I stared in shock, and then managed to choke out a 'yes'.

"Good. I was hoping you would say that. Welcome to the team," he stated, clapping me on the shoulder.

Alice and Rose screamed again when I told them the news, and Jasper picked me up and put me on his back. He then ran all the way to the parking lot, where we nearly collapsed on the ground from laughing so hard. I decided he needed to be in on my plan. After all, he could help. As I told him, a smile slowly spread across his face.

Does that mean he likes it?

Jasper's POV

Oh, this was too good. Bella had come up with the perfect plan to knock down that stupid ego of Edward's that had slowly been growing.

Alice and Rose dragged Bella away to get her ready, while I headed to the Volvo to get Edward. He came over a few minutes later, looking murderous.

"Did you know about this?" he demanded. I shook my head and shrugged, then started in on my part of the plan.

"Hey Edward, will you come over to the pool with me? I'm meeting the girls there. Alice said that she took Bella and Rosalie shopping for new swim suits, and she had to show them off."

I knew temptation of seeing Bella in a bikini was too good to resist. He pondered for a few seconds, before nodding. He slowly loosened up as we walked, and turned back into his old self. We were talking about the try-outs when we reached the pool.

Alice, Rose, and Bella stood on the other side, dressed to kill. Alice was sporting a green patterned bikini, looking amazing. Even though Rose was my twin; I could tell that she looked great in a maroon bikini. Bella looked more beautiful than I had ever seen her, wearing a black bikini that showcased her sculpted abs. I thought Edward's eyes would pop out of his head.

The girls walked over, and I stood off to the side with Rose and Alice as Bella talked to Edward.

"Hey. So, nice pitching, by the way." She smiled, and Edward started sweating.

"Th-thanks," he stuttered, looking like he was about to hyperventilate. Suddenly Bella leaned forward.

"Why didn't you want me on the team?" She asked, sounding deadly. Edward's back was to the pool as he took a step backwards. Bella kept coming forward as he stuttered some nonsense about how he didn't want her to get hurt by the boys or get offended when someone made comments about her. She stayed silent, still coming forward. Finally, she leaned forward and whispered something in his ear.

I wonder what that was.

Bella's POV

"Why didn't you want me on the team?" I questioned Edward, making sure he heard the warning in my voice. He started to step backwards, as I came on relentlessly.

"I just didn't want you to get hurt, you know?" he muttered at 2000 miles per hour. "The boys will make fun of you, or they'll prank you, and if something happens they'll never let you live it down. I mean, come on!" I didn't reply, secretly enjoying his suffering. He kept backing up, continuing on his rant.

Growing tired of this, I leaned forward to whisper in his ear, "It's too bad, you know. Cuz I like you too."

When my breath hit his skin, he shivered involuntarily. While he was occupied, I put both my hands on his chest and shoved. He tumbled back into the pool, hitting the water with a loud SMACK!

Everyone nearby laughed as he popped is head up and swam towards the edge. His hair looked even more amazing as he stared up at me.

Finally, he spoke. "Will you go out with me?"

"Sure."