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Ch. 10
Recap:
"I haven't been a teenager for over 100 years, but I'm surrounded by them everyday at school." Edward replied.
"That's a long time." I replied. Edward just laughed.
"A very long time." Edward confirmed.
Edward and I talked some more until I finally convinced him to drive me home. If it weren't for my stupid human needs, I would have talked to him forever. "Can you drive me to school tomorrow?" I asked him before he pulled away. "My truck is still broken."
"Of course." he replied. "Goodnight, Bella." he said giving me a sweet smile. I melted right there. I could care less if he called me Bella. I walked inside my house, tripping only once, got something to eat, took a shower, and started on my homework. After half an hour of homework, my cell phone rang. "Hello?" I answered.
"Hey, Bella!" Alice greeted.
"Ugh." I groaned. "Not you too."
"Yes. Me too. If Edward gets to call you Bella, then so do I." Alice stated. "Anyway, about your project."
"Tomorrow everything will be up, I promise."
"Did you forget that you agreed for Edward to take you to school tomorrow?" Alice asked.
"Uhh." I replied.
"I'll pick you up tomorrow at 6:30." Alice said.
"That's insane!" I shouted. I was not a morning person.
"You better get to sleep now if you want to look good for tomorrow."
"Alice." I whined.
"Your pouting my work on Edward, but not with me." Alice replied. "I'll see you tomorrow." I sighed and hung up my cell. I took Alice's advice and went to bed.
My alarm woke me up at 6:00. "Great." I muttered to myself. I only had thirty minutes to get ready. Everything was packed in my backpack, ready to go, but my hair looked atrocious. I pulled my hair up into a ponytail, but I let the shorter layers frame my face. I got dressed in a pair of faded jeans and a long-sleeved shirt. I finished up getting ready by putting on some mascara and chap stick. I ran down the stairs, grabbed a banana, and waited for Alice. At exactly 6:30 sharp, she stopped in front of my driveway.
"Come on, slowpoke!" Alice called. "We have a lot to do." I hopped into her car and she speed off to school. The parking lot was vacant except for a few lonely cars that belonged to the faculty members. "Let's go!" Alice sang, dancing out of the car.
"I'm coming." I replied, trudging along, still half asleep. We walked into the school and Alice led the way to Edward's locker.
"Here we are!" she chirped.
"Okay." I replied, getting the supplies out from my bag. I suddenly got a rush of adrenaline as soon as I saw the silver stars that would soon be covering Edward's locker. Alice noticed my rush of anticipation and a wide smile spread across her face. Alice and I decorated his locker with silver stars. "How are we going to decorate his car?" I asked Alice. "The stars say 'meet me outside after school' and I still have no way of asking him."
"You can leave that to me." Alice replied. "Don't worry about a thing."
"Does he know that I'm asking him?" I asked her, sheepishly.
"He has no idea that anyone's asking him." Alice confirmed. I let out a sigh of relief. "We better head outside before anyone sees us."
"Yeah, let's go." I replied, picking up my bag. Alice and I ran outside and sat on a bench, pretending to do homework.
"Hello, Bella." a musical voice greeted me.
"Hi, Edward." I replied, smiling.
"So, will you tell me why Alice had to drive you to school?" he asked.
"Homework." I replied, pointing to the notebook I had in my hand.
"Homework?" he asked.
"Yeah, we have this project that we need to do for gym." I replied.
"And you couldn't have waited for tomorrow?" he asked.
"Nope." I replied.
"Is!" Jess called, running towards me.
"Yes?" I asked.
"I need to talk to you, in private." Jess said, tilting her head to the left.
"What is it?" I asked her. When we were a good distance away from Alice and Edward. I could feel Edward's eyes staring at me.
"Someone's trying to steal Edward away from you." she whispered.
"Oh really?" I asked.
"Yeah, someone decorated his locker, probably trying to ask him to turnabout."
"No way." I said. My countenance was filled with disbelief, or at least tried to look somewhat surprised.
"Way." she replied. "You should go ask him now."
"That girl decided to ask him first, but if he says no to her, I'll ask Edward. I promise."
"Fine." Jess replied. "We better get to class, then." Jess was obviously mad that I wouldn't ask Edward. She apparently loved to ruin other people's lives. The day went by slowly. Rumors were going around school about who's asking Edward to turnabout. From what I heard, very few people thought that I was the one.
"Hello, Bella." Edward called from behind me.
"Hi." I said, spinning around to meet him.
"Care to eat lunch with me today?" he asked.
"I don't think that Rosalie's warmed up to me, yet." I replied. "I can't right now after what happened yesterday."
"I understand." he said, disappointed. "This is an awkward question, but do know who's trying to ask me to the dance?"
"I've heard a lot of rumors going around, but I can't confirm anything."
"Well, I'll see you during biology." he said as we entered the cafeteria and parted our different ways.
"Hey, Is." Jess greeted me as I sat down next to her.
"Hey." I replied I was too nervous to eat my lunch and only jumped into the conversation a few times. The bell rang and we all headed to our classes.
"Can I walk with you to biology?" Edward asked me just before I walked out of the cafeteria.
"Sure." I replied. "Are you trying to scare off the girl that's trying to ask you to the dance?" I whispered.
"Yes." he whispered in my ear. He wrapped his arm around my waist and pulled me close to him. I tried to control my heart and breathing, but I could still feel the blood rush to my cheeks.
"Is something the matter?" he asked, sensing my blushed face.
"Everything's perfectly fine." I replied. I saw his face drop when didn't mention me wanting to go with him to turnabout. I felt sorry for him, but stuck to the plan that Alice devised. We walked into biology and he gave me a sad smile before we took our seats. It hurt to look at him like that. Any hope of him thinking that I liked him more than a friend had to be gone by now. I sat perfectly still listening to the teacher lecture about cells or something like that. When the bell rang, I was up from my seat and out of the door before Edward. I practically ran to gym class.
"You seem very frantic, Bella." Alice said.
"Did you decorate his car?" I whispered.
"Yup." she replied.
"He has no idea that it's me and I don't know whether to be proud or not." I whispered to her.
"He's been kind of down today, but I absolutely love that the guy that can read minds has no idea what's going on."
"Must be something different, huh?" I asked, changing into my gym clothes.
"Yup." she replied, smiling. "Let's head upstairs." Alice and I walked up to the gym and played basketball. Class was pretty much a free for all today, so Alice and I stood by the door and waited for the teacher to allow us to go downstairs to change. The teacher finally dismissed us from class and let us head downstairs. Alice and I were the first ones down there, no surprise there. I changed into my clothes and sprinted outside.
"I'll talk to you later, Alice." I called out before I ran out the door. The final bell hadn't rung yet, so I made my way towards Edward's car and waited. Alice hung up a sign that said 'turnabout?' and randomly placed stars all over the car. The bell rang and students started to run out of the school. A few people saw me standing by Edward's car and all I could do was blush. I saw all of Edward's siblings, but no Edward. They stopped and stared when they saw that it was me standing next to his car. I had no doubt that they were telling Edward that it was me. The finally began to make their way to their cars, which were situated on both sides of Edward's car. Great. Just another chance for Rosalie to laugh at me. But this time as she walked past me, she just gave me evil stares. Since all of my attention was centered around Rosalie I didn't even realize that Edward was following shortly behind her.
"Bella." Edward sang. He picked me up, spun me around, and kissed me. I felt an electric current go through me. My heart raced. "Why didn't you tell me that it was you?" I tried to talk back, but I was so lightheaded that I couldn't manage to get any words out. Edward just laughed at my lack of words. I blushed of embarrassment, but that only amused him more.
"So, is your answer a yes?" I asked him when I finally got my voice back. Edward tilted up my chin and kissed me, again. This time the kiss was softer and I didn't go all lightheaded. "All take that as a yes."
"Do you need a ride home?" Edward asked.
"Yes I do." I replied. Edward opened the door for me, I got inside his car, and he drove off to my house. He pulled up to my house and I leaned over to kiss him. "I'll see you later, Edward." I walked inside, dropped my bag, and laid on the couch, filled with happiness.
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