It's so crazy for me when I check my email and have a bunch of alerts, it is pretty damn awesome. I am so glad you like my story, its good practice for me since I plan on majoring in English, although I don't think my college papers will be Twilight related. I should have an update in the near future, I'm offically out of my writer's block, so all of these ideas are brewing.

Keep the reviews and comments coming, I like to read you perspective on everything. A lot of you always guess what's coming up, its amazing, but it makes me feel predictable.

Disclaimer: Twilight = not me at all.

BPOV

When I parked my car on Monday morning, I realized that I was a little earlier than I had expected, seeing as though it was just me and that strange girl who pretends she's a butterfly sometimes. The sad part is, she even used to make fun of me when I was twelve.

I went into the bathroom, checking myself out in the mirror. Today would be my first day seeing Edward since our date on Friday and that made me feel pretty damn excited.

Even though I spent most of the weekend still sick, I could not stop smiling. Charlie would shake his head when he would look at me, but I couldn't help it. I felt good. It was kind of pathetic how much time I spent thinking about him and his crooked smile.

When I woke up this morning, the sun was out and shining, a first since I had moved back here. It made me feel a tinge of sadness, I really did miss my mom, even if I liked it here. I ended up wearing a cute plaid shirt and a pair of jeans with my black converse, not bothering with a coat because it was somewhat warm out today. I kept my hair down and curled it.

I stood in front of the bathroom mirror in the girl's room, smoothing down a piece of hair that kept sticking out. I heard two voices and I didn't want to have to listen to people ask me what it's like to be back, so I went into one of the stalls.

"I heard the party on Saturday at Mike's house was so crazy." One voice said as they came into the bathroom.

"Yeah, but there was no one good there." The other girl said, in a bitchy tone.

"You didn't get your wild night with Cullen?" I felt my entire body freeze up. I realized the voices belonged to Lauren and Jessica.

"He didn't show up, he told me a couple days ago he would be there." Lauren sighed, "He is totally playing hard to get." I held back a laugh.

"I heard he went on a date with Bella Swan." Jess said, I thought Lauren would get pissed and throw a tantrum but she laughed, full out cracking up.

"That is hilarious." She said, and stopped laughing after a little bit. "He is priceless."

"Who? Edward? Why?" Jess asked.

"This is the best prank he has pulled yet on that nerd, I mean tripping her that day in the cafeteria all those years ago was great, but this wins it."

"It's a prank?" Jess said curiously.

"Obviously, you didn't know?" Lauren said with a little giggle.

"No way…" Jess laughed, "That is awesome. So he's going to like pretend to like her or something?"

"Yeah." She was probably nodding her empty little head with a giant smile on her face. "Get Bella to think that he actually likes her and then make a complete fool of her after a few weeks, it's so good."

"And then you can get him all to yourself." Jessica said, walking out of the bathroom. I could hear Lauren say, "Exactly", while the door shut behind them.

I wanted to scream, or hit something or maybe even cry. My whole body was shaking with anger. Of course this was all a giant prank, it had to be. Edward and his friends were pulling this incredible joke on me, one that would crush me a thousand times harder than any other thing he has done.

I had tried to be this bigger person, forgiving Edward and everyone who did me wrong, but I was the one who was wrong. I have been sucked into this world again, gullible and desperate for people to like me. I grew up from this, I should of known better.

I didn't know if I was more upset with Edward or myself. I couldn't believe that a few crooked smiles was all it would take to make me lose everything that I had worked so hard all of those years to forget. I was pathetic, absolutely stupid.

Never again would I let my guard down here, show weakness. I would just come to school everyday until I could finally graduate and never have to see the Cullens, Hales, or anybody else in this school. Edward would never mess with me or my heart again.

I made my way to my first class, of course Emmett and Jasper sit right near me, how convenient. I sat down, not even looking at them, and when Emmett tapped my shoulder, I did not move or speak to them. I kept my eyes on the board, taking notes, and finally doing what I came here to do, go to school and learn.

The rest of my morning classes went by like that, me just paying attention to what the teacher was saying and not the kids gossiping about my date with Edward. They were probably all in on the joke too.

I saw Edward right before Spanish, he saw me and smiled. He looked so cocky, like he knew it was so easy for him to get me to like him. I narrowed my eyes, and stormed into class.

When my phone vibrated from a new text, I just deleted it, knowing that it was most likely Edward. When lunch came, I went to the library and got a head start on my homework. Of course I wouldn't be able to avoid him forever, since I did have Biology with him, but I didn't want to talk to him.

Lunch time went by way too quickly, and I avoided going to Biology for as long as I could, walking in just as the bell rang. I walked in, keeping my eyes glued to the ground, and sat down without a word.

I could sense that he was going to say something to me, luckily Mr. Banner spoke first. "We are watching a movie on Global Warming today, it's a very provocative issue this day in age, so pay attention. No talking." He said looking at Edward and I, I blushed slightly, not comfortable with attention that was put on me. "By the way Mr. Cullen and Mrs. Swan, I expect you two in detention today after school, since I wasn't able to attend last week."

"Yes sir." Edward and I said in unison.

Mr. Banner nodded, then went to shut the lights off and press play on the DVD player. Now Edward wouldn't talk to me, hopefully, but I could feel him burning a hole in me with his eyes.

He got closer, and in my ear he whispered, "What's wrong?"

This made my body stiffen in anger, if I wasn't in class I probably would have walked out. "Do. Not. Talk. To. Me. Ever." I said through my gritted teeth.

This worked, he stopped talking to me and kept his eyes on the movie. I still didn't know what was going on in the film, but I acted like I was paying attention. It was the longest class of my life, I didn't move once, nervous that if I moved he would look over at me.

When the bell rang I bolted, grabbing my stuff and started walking to gym. I knew he was following me, I could feel it on my back. Then I heard his footsteps approach next to me. "Can you please tell me what's wrong?"

"What part of ever did you not understand?" I sighed, walking a little faster. I wish he would just understand that I didn't want him near me.

"I just thought that we had a lot of fun on Friday and that we were okay, I just don't get what changed?" He said, stepping in front of me, which forced me to stop. I couldn't look at his face, it would just piss me off even more.

It made me laugh, I bet he wanted me to have fun on our date, that way his prank would go as planned. "Nothing…apparently."

"What are you talking about?" He ran a hand through his hair, yesterday I would of found that attractive. "I like you Bella."

"I figured it out okay, you can stop." I said, taking a quick look at him, and avoiding the fake I like you. Then I stormed off to gym class, for the first time I was happy to go there.

Of course gym class went by fast today, just because I had to spend an hour in detention with Edward. Biology was bad enough, now this had to happen. When I was done changing, I started to make my way to detention.

"Bella, wait up!" I heard from behind me. I knew the voice, it was Alice, I wondered if she was in on this little plan. I didn't want to be rude to her, she was always so nice to me, but I wasn't in the mood.

I stopped and turned around, she came running and stopped in front of me. "Hey." She said with a smile.

I ran a hand through my hair, "I actually have to go to detention, so I can't talk." I said, and then began to walk away.

"What's wrong?" She asked sadly. Why do I care so much about other people's feelings?

I let out a sigh, "Look Alice, I'm just done, okay."

"Done, what are you talking about? You looked like you were enjoying yourself here, everything was going good." Her face made my heart ache a little bit, Alice was the last person that I wanted to hurt here, but I had to.

"I was wrong, about everything." I bit my lip, sadly. "I'm sorry…I have to go to detention before I end up getting another one." I gave her one last look, and made my way to Mr. Banner's classroom.

When I got there, I was relieved to find that Edward wasn't there yet. I took a seat, putting my bag down on the seat next to me, so he wouldn't get any ideas. I took my math homework out and started doing it.

I heard him walk in and look at me, he sat directly behind me. Great, I would feel him looking at me the whole time. He did too, I could feel it on my back. I ended up getting two math problems done, both were most likely wrong. When Mr. Banner told us we could leave, it felt like Christmas morning. I grabbed my bag and started walking to the parking lot. Edward was walking behind me, which meant he would say something, and that was pissing me off.

I was ten feet away from my truck, when he spoke. "Please Bella, can you explain?"

I turned around, I felt sad, because of this situation and because this day was just dragging on. "I can't do this."

"Do what?" He said, a glint of pain flashed on his face, but then it was gone.

"You and me…us." I sighed, looking at his face one last time, and going to my car. Without looking at him, I drove out of the parking lot, and put Edward Cullen back in my past.

When I got home I laid in my bed and just cried. Not because of Edward, Alice or any other Cullen or Hale. I was tired, just completely drained. I wanted to forget Forks, the school, the weather, and especially the people.

I cried like I did when I would come home from school when I was younger, when I felt completely worthless. After all of those years in Phoenix making myself forget and get passed the pranks and name calling, I am back to where I was. I have not felt this insecure and stupid in years.

I lifted myself off my bed, going over to my computer to check my email. Maybe reading something from my mom would help me feel less horrible than I am. But there was nothing, she was probably having fun with Phil. It was offical, I was alone.

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Weeks of school dragged on, the even colder weather of November hit. I was still shutting myself out to everyone at school, only pretending everything was great for Charlie. I even stopped talking to Angela as much, she was with Ben now and very happy. I spent lunch time in the library getting a jump start on my homework.

In Biology Edward and I never spoke to each other. He and I ignored one another completely, just how I wanted it to be. When Mr. Banner would assign us partner work, we would each do half and then pass it in. In my mental world Edward Cullen did not exist anymore.

The weekends are the worst, having to put a smile on for Charlie when he would come home. I mostly sat around, switching between studying, reading, or watching TV. When Charlie walks through the door, I instantly put on an expression to show that I am fine, but he just looks at me with a smile filled with sadness. He asked what had happened with me and Edward once, but I just ignored it.

I quietly counted down the days until I could leave Forks. Of course I would miss my dad, having him be a part of my life was something that I wanted to keep. In the back of my mind though, graduation was something that I needed to come. I could go to college in Arizona, be near my mom, and catch up with old friends. Until then I would just stay silent, waiting for the time to move forward.

EPOV

It had been four weeks since I was left in the parking lot feeling like a piece of shit because of Bella Swan. I could not figure it out and I had given up trying to. Alice had bugged me about fixing everything but I saw the sadness in Bella's face, nothing could change that.

She didn't want me, I guess the memories of me being an ass to her were just too much. I could not fix something that was ultimately unfixable. I had to get over her, which I thought would be easy, it was only one date, but its hard to forget about someone who sits next to you in class everyday.

On the Tuesday after she said she couldn't handle us together, Bella walked into class like nothing had happened, like we never went out on a date. It kind of fucking hurt, but I went along with it and gave up on us, and her.

I spent the last few weeks doing all I could to get past all this shit. I went to all of Emmett's football games, even though I think the sport is just fucking lame, but he is my brother and I was showing my support. Then on the weekends I went to all the parties, making out with any slut who threw herself at me, which sounds wrong but it helped forget.

I was getting ready for a party tonight at Newton's place when Alice came running through my door. "That wood thing on hinges is this crazy invention called a door, its sole purpose is to achieve privacy."

"Yeah. Knock, knock. Whatever." She said rolling her eyes, and then sitting on the chair in my room.

"Is there a reason you came in here or do you just enjoy annoying me?"

"A little bit of both." She smirked. "I have some news."

"Okay, spit it out already and then leave." I said impatiently.

She stuck her tongue out, "I invited someone to go to Newton's party tonight."

"Please tell me the person's name starts with Angelina and then ends with Jolie." I joked, although it would be fucking amazing.

"In your dreams loser." She wrinkled her nose, "But then again I do not want to hear about those dreams."

I threw a pillow at her, "Who is coming to the party?"

"Bella."