A/N: To the two of you who have consistently been reviewing my story, I am very grateful. To my newest reviewer, I am very glad that you have discovered my story. This story is very close to my heart, and I want to take it places. I was very excited to discover that a teaser trailer has been released for the Twilight movie; if you haven't seen it yet, I suggest that you go view it immediately. Okay, enough of me rambling, on to the story.

Disclaimer: I'm tired so all I have to say is Twilight isn't mine. Tear.

Chapter 10: Right Where You Want Me

Life was good. Summer vacation had started, I had the best most gorgeous boyfriend in the world, and I was a senior, finally.

I was having the time of my life enjoying the summer with Edward and my friends. We spent most of our time outdoors, and were constantly at the community pool.

"Alice, there is no way I am coming out of here in this," I protested. Once again, I had been dragged to the mall by the overeager pixie, and was being forced to try on a ridiculously skimping royal blue bikini.

"Get out of there now, or I am coming in to get you!" She yelled right back at me.

"Fine, but there is no way I'm buying it,"

"Whatever, just get your cute butt out here now!" I stepped out of the dressing room and twirled in front of her before quickly running back in to the dressing room.

"There, I came out of the dressing room. Happy?"

"Bella, what is wrong with you? You looked incredible in that suit, you are so getting it,"

"I told that I wasn't buying this suit," I stated firmly.

"Fine, I'll buy it for you,"

"Alice no, I cannot allow you to do that,"

"Bella, stop complaining now. I am getting you this suit, and that is final,"

"Ugh,"

"My brother is going to have a heart attack when he sees you in this," she said taking the suit as I walked out of the dressing room.

"No he's not because he is never going to see me in it,"

"That's what you think," she teased with a smug smile on her face.

"What do you know, that I don't?" I asked.

"Nothing," she stated, soundly just a little too guilty of something.

"Tell me what you are up to,"

"No, and I'm not up to anything,"

"I think you know that I don't believe that, but I am going to assume that you still won't tell me,"

"If I were actually up to something that would be entirely true, but I'm not up to anything, Eric is,"

"Ooh, he is so going to get you for telling me, and I am definitely going to kill that boy,"

"Shit, I told you nothing; Eric is going to kill me,"

"He won't get the chance if I get to him first,"

"Seriously Bella don't freak because you may actually like his plan,"

"Well maybe if I knew what the plan was,"

"Nope, not telling; I'm sworn to secrecy,"

"You are infuriating,"

"Good," she said looking a little over joyous, but then again that was Alice. Shortly after paying for my new 'swim suit', if you could even call it that, we left the mall, and went back to my house.

"Okay Bella, now that Alice has completed her part of the mission, I am going to fill you in on the plan," Eric stated as soon as we were all within the 'safety' of my room, as he put it.

"What is going on here?" I asked, completely perplexed.

"Did or did I just not tell that I was going to tell you?" he asked sarcastically and a little frustrated by my impatience.

"Fine yes, please continue," I replied.

"Okay well here is what you are going to do," and he continued to tell me of his plan. I was definitely going to have to kill my friends. They are much too involved in my personal life, and need to mind their own business. (A/N: You didn't actually think that I would tell you the plan right away, did you? Sorry, not yet, but you will find out soon enough. I promise it is in this chapter.)

"You cannot be serious!" I screamed at him, "There is no way in hell that I am going to do that!"

"Quiet down Bella, secrecy is of the utmost importance to the plan,"

"Screw the plan! I am no doing that, and Alice is right Edward will have a heart attack, and so will my father!"

"Calm down Bella,"

"Seriously guys, there is no way that I'm doing that here or anywhere for that matter,"

"Oh come on Bella, it will be fun,"

"No way!"

"Please, I promise that you will thank me for this later," he pleaded giving me the puppy dog pout, and then he nudged Alice to join in on the pout.

"That is so not fair you guys, I'm no match for both for both you, and that stupid pout,"

"Who said we were playing fair?"

"Fine I'm in, now what am I supposed to do again?" I asked, and Eric immediately began explaining the plan all over again.

Moments later Eric, Alice, and I made our way downstairs to suggest that we all go to the pool. Everyone agreed, and we left immediately left for the pool with the rest of the gang.

When we got there, I was pleasantly surprised that the pool was not very crowded despite the heat. There was no way I was going through with the plan if the pool got as crowded as it usually does.

"Tell me why I am doing this again," I questioned Alice.

"You are doing this because you have been going out with my brother for a couple months, and you still insist on dressing like a total frump around him," she replied.

"Just because you are fashion obsessed does not mean that I dress like a frump," I retorted.

"No, but you walking around in loose fitting jeans, and baggy sweatshirts does. It is time for you to step out of your shell. Besides you are going to be a senior, and then you are going off to college; you can't keep dressing like a fourth grader," she pointed out.

"Fine, I get it, I dress like a nine year old, but it's comfortable, and I like it that way,"

"Bella, you can come up with all the excuses you want, but you are still going through with the plan,"

"Alright, I give, you win," I said with a sly smile on my face. I was thinking about all the possibilities that the plan held.

"That's my girl, now go change, and don't forget the cover-up we don't need to kill Edward first thing,"

"You got it, pixie,"

"Finally," she huffed. After we both changed, we met up with the rest of the group, and set up a bunch of lounge chairs near the wading area.

Jazz was on the far end of the group; next to him was Alice, then me and Edward, then Eric next to Claire, then Bridget next to Mike, and Mandy next to Zach. Almost the entire group was now paired up. It was only a matter of time before Bridget and Mike started dating; they were starting to get really friendly. That only left Eric and Claire, and I was determined to find someone for each of them.

"Hey guys, how about we get in the water now?" Alice suggested, giving me a sidelong glance.

All of a sudden I was lifted into the air, and thrown over a shoulder causing me to squeal in shock.

"Baby!" I screamed, once I realized that Edward had been the one to pick me up.

"What?" he asked, while still making his way toward the water.

"What do you think you are doing? Put me down right now!"

"Why?"

"Put me down, so that I don't get my cover-up soaked because I know that you were planning to throw me into the water," I scoffed, but he promptly obliged.

"Better?" he asked, smirking slightly.

"Yes," I smiled in return, and began to slowly reach for the bottom of my cover-up dress.

Phase one of the plan was officially in action, as I slowly and teasingly lifted my cover-up over my head to reveal my brand new royal blue bikini. As I looked up, I noticed that Edward's jaw had dropped, and his eyes were raking my nearly exposed form.

"What are you looking at?" I asked him, pulling him from his trance-like state.

"Uh, . . . uh, I was," he stuttered as I strutted my way towards him, and placed a finger over his lips to silence him.

"That's better, now come with me," I said as I grabbed his hand, and pulled him towards the water.

He finally got the idea, and once again lifted me into the air as he ran towards the water's edge. He hoisted me over his shoulder, and began splashing through the cool water. Then he decided that it would be hilarious to drop me into the water.

"Edward! What the hell?" I screeched.

"What's wrong, love, are you hurt?" he asked as I saw the panic rise in his eyes and tone.

"Relax baby, that was fun, it's just really cold. Want to warm a girl up?" I asked, and coyly looked up at him through my eyelashes.

"Absolutely love," he replied and pulled me up into his arms as he waded into deeper water.

"Aren't you forgetting something?" I questioned.

"Um, I don't think so," he said as he looked around wondering what he could have possibly forgotten. "What did I forget?" he gave in after a few moments.

"My lips are still cold, hero boy," I replied with a giggle. He immediately responded my crashing his lips into mine, and gently pushing my back against the wall of the pool. We were in 5-foot deep water, which was a bit much for my 5'3" frame, so Edward was keeping my head above water as he deepened our kiss. After a few minutes, I heard a slight chuckle and a subtle gagging sound causing me to finally break the kiss.

We turned around to find Alice perched on Jazz's shoulders. She was holding her hand over her mouth and shaking slightly from holding back her giggles; Jazz was mockingly pointing his finger down his throat and making gagging noises.

"Shut up Jazz, it's not like we didn't have to watch you two make-out for months before we were even together," I informed him, and chuckled lightly at the thought of finally being able to get him back.

"Whatever Bells," he replied and made to turn away, but Alice made him turn around so that she could speak.

"For the record, I think it's cute, and I am very happy for you, and so is Jazz, he just won't admit to it," she told us.

"Thanks Ali, now shoo, I would like to get back to kissing my girlfriend, if you don't mind," Edward added in.

"Not at all bro, let's go Jazzy," Alice squealed in delight, and directed Jazz over to the children's area of the pool with water shooters.

"Now where were we?" Edward asked me as he leaned in, and began sucking on my neck.

"Um well, um I think," except I couldn't really think about anything with him doing that.

"Mmhmm?" he mumbled against my collarbone.

"Uh, I think that we were about to go on the waterslides," I spat out as quickly as possible, and turned towards the edge of the pool.

"Oh, is that so?"

"Yes," I stated as I began to pull myself out of the pool.

"Alright," he said as he swatted my butt causing me to drop back into the pool, and he effortlessly pulled himself out of the pool. I pouted at him until he finally came over, and pulled me out of the water.

We climbed the stairs to the slides hand-in-hand, and decided that we would go down Cyclone because it was the only slide that allowed tandem riders. We repeated the process a few times, and then decided to head back to the lounge chairs to rest for a while.

After several minutes of relaxing on the lounge chairs, I suddenly felt a chill, and noticed that it seemed darker. I opened my eyes to find that a blonde boy standing over me was blocking the sun.

"Can I help you?" I asked as I put my sunglasses on.

"Um, well I just came over here to ask you if you wanted get a chocolate shake with me?" he seemed somewhat nervous, and I almost felt bad for him, but he was really starting to creep me out with his closeness.

"Uh, no," I replied, hoping that a direct approach would get him to go away quicker, but he just continued to stand there.

"Well, how about a burger or some nachos?" he was definitely creeping me out. I was about to say no again when I felt another presence behind me.

"I believe that the lady said no," Edward replied taking a big step forward so that he was slightly in front of me. He was several inches taller than the boy, and most likely at least two years older. I then wondered why the child would even approach me.

"You didn't even give her a chance to respond," the boy retorted, but still took a step backwards.

"Bella honey, do you want to go with this child to get a burger or nachos?" he asked me.

"No thank you," I replied. The boy looked utterly defeated, and slowly turned around to head back to wherever he came form.

"That's better," Edward said slapping his hands together.

"You didn't have to do that. The poor boy was already so nervous, and then you come along and scare the crap out of him. It was cute how defensive you got, but I could have handled it on my own," I told him.

"Cute? That was not cute; it was manly and macho," he defended.

"Boys," I scoffed. "Only a boy would have a problem with the use of the word cute, but do you want to head over to the snack bar. I actually am kind of hungry?"

"Sure, let's go," he said as he grabbed my hand, and we walked over to the snack bar.

We spent the entire day at the pool enjoying the warmth of the sun, and the coolness of the water. I managed to execute Eric's plan perfectly, and caused Edward to lose his words; it was incredibly empowering, and I was beginning to consider letting Alice tweak my wardrobe if it meant that Edward would react like that again.

"Hey Alice, I've given your offer some thought, and well I would like you to help me," I told Alice over the phone, and immediately pulled it away from my ear slightly in preparation for the scream that I knew was coming.

"Oh my God! Bella, this is so awesome. You are not going to regret this," she gushed.

"I have a feeling I might, but I'm still letting you get your way. I enjoyed today very much, and wouldn't mind seeing him react that way again very soon," I confessed.

"Yay! Operation Speechless is officially underway," Alice declared.

"Alright, well I guess I'll call you tomorrow so that we can get started,"

"Definitely,"

"Okay, bye Alice. I'll call you tomorrow,"

"Bye Bella, I can't wait," she responded, and we both hung up.

I was definitely in over my head, but hopefully with Alice's guidance, I would be able to cause Edward to become speechless more often. He did it to me way too much, and he was in for a little bit of payback.