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EPOV

Holy mother of knee socks.

I watched as Bella slowly slid out of Alice's yellow Porsche. I knew I shouldn't have told Alice about my little secret. Now I'm going to have a major case of blue balls for the rest of the day, well unless Bella decides to take care of that for me.

Fuck.

The image of Bella on her knees was not helping my situation at all.

"Hey." Bella's soft, sultry voice broke through my thoughts and, I silently thanked God that she couldn't read my mind.

"Uh, wow," I muttered out. She rolled her eyes and laughed at me.

"Alice tends to go over the top." She motioned to her outfit. A short, blue and green plaid pleated skirt, black knee socks, black high heels, a tie hanging loose around her neck, and a, wait-

"Bella? Is that my shirt?" My white button down, which was barely buttoned up, making her look sexier than hell. She nodded and bit her cherry red lip. "Ung." The bell rang. "Let's skip," I whispered into her ear, making her visibly shiver.

She let her finger run down my chest as she breathed into my ear, "Edward, you can't mess up your perfect GPA, now can you?" She let a few of her fingers slide into my waistband, she let them rest there. "Let's go to class." She tugged on my belt loop and I shamelessly followed her to first period.

Today was going to be hell.

I could see that Em and Jasper were also experiencing the same uncomfortable situation as I was, but they knew what was coming, so they weren't as shocked when Rosalie showed up in her slutty mechanic's outfit and when Alice popped out of her Porsche in a corset and skinny jeans, looking like a modernized civil war woman.

The two douche bags looked over at me and chuckled. I held up my middle finger and put my hand possessively on Bella's ass. She smacked my hand and rolled her eyes at me. "Pig." She cracked a smile and I knew I was forgiven. I wonder how she would feel about a boob grab...

First period sucked, big time. Bella sat across the room from me and she kept looking at me over her shoulder, giving me these seductive looks while crossing and uncrossing her long, perfect legs. She would nibble on her lip and chew on the end of her eraser. Saying that I was rock solid by lunch time was an understatement.

I swear to fucking God you could cut the sexual tension at our table with a knife. Emmett and Rosalie were groping each other underneath the lunch table and Alice and Jasper were doing that freaking creepy thing where they just stare into each others eyes, all lovey-dovey and shit. Bella sat across the table from me and ate her apple, occasionally running her shoe up and down my leg.

I reached over and yanked her chair next to mine, making her yelp loudly. "You, Isabella Swan, are driving me fucking insane. I can't resist you much longer."

She grinned and lowered her voice, breathing down my neck heavily, "I'm not asking you to." The bell rang and she grabbed her messenger bag, swaying her curvy hips as she walked away.

I groaned loudly calling unwanted attention to myself. I let my head fall to the table with a loud bang. "Fuuuuuck."

I pulled myself together and thought of Rosie O'Donnell, naked. I calmed down almost instantly. But, only to return to my previous state when I walked into Biology and watched Bella suck slowly on a red lollipop.

I sat down in my normal seat beside her and smirked. "Bella, is that a mirror in your pocket? Because I can see myself in your pants."

She giggled quietly, "Edward, don't tease me." She bit her lip hard as my confident grin faltered for just a moment. The teacher came it and we let the silence fall over us as Banner's painfully long class almost bored us to tears.

But, of course, with Bella nothing could possibly be boring. She slid a piece of paper over to me as class started.

Truth or Dare?

I smiled and quickly wrote back. Dare.

I dare you to tell Jessica that she looks pretty today.

I turned around to see Jessica flirting profusely with Mike Newton., "Jessica, I think that you look pretty today." I winked at her and her eyes went wide with shock as her breathing quickened. I turned around before she could rape me or jump me or something.

I think she might die of a heart attack. Bella, that was cruel. She read what I wrote and shrugged, rolling her eyes making me laugh lightly. Truth or Dare?

Dare. She quirked a freshly tweazed eyebrow.

I dare you to make Banner's pants fall down. She rolled her eyes, not a moment later Mr. Banner's pants fell to his ankles revealing too-small boxer briefs. There's an image I will never forget.

Edward, is there a reason you want to see him in his undies? Is there something you need to tell me?

I threw a heavy eye roll her way and wrote, This, I pointed to my overly obvious erection, is all because of you.

Her face blazed uncontrollably as her breathing became unsteady. I smiled, finally being able to affect her like she was affecting me. She cleared her throat and wrote, Truth or Dare?

Dare.

Hmm, I dare you to go in front of the class, take off your shirt, sit on Banner's desk and quote a Shakespearean play, of your choice. Oh, and don't forget your accent, love ;).

Is she serious? I looked at her and she laughed a little bit while gesturing to the front of the class room. She's so dead. But, there was no way in hell I was going to back down from a dare.

I strutted to the desk and ignored Banner's weird look as I stripped off my shirt. I glared at Bella when a few of the girls and front row moaned rather loudly.

I sat down on Mr. Banner's desk and prepared my best accent, which, if I was being totally honest, sucked.

"Did my heart love till now?

Forswear it, sight!

For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night."

I quoted Romeo and Juliet as I stared at Bella. I was ready to continue, but Mr. Banner grabbed my arm and threw my shirt at me, telling me to sit back down. Every single girl stood up and clapped, besides Bella who sat sucking on her lollipop with a bit of a shocked expression on her face.

I winked at her as I pulled my shirt back over my head and sat back down.

I slid the paper back over to her asking, Truth or Dare?

Dare.

Use your powers. Was all I wrote.

She exhaled loudly and thought for a moment. The erasers flew up above Mr. Banner's head, when he turned around she made the erasers get rid of everything he just wrote on the board. The students were staring in shock and utter disbelief. Victoria whispered something about needing to stop getting high before class to herself. Banner turned around and looked completely confused, scratching his balding head while picking up the marker to rewrite everything.

A huge gust of wind ripped through the classroom making papers flying everywhere in a furious tornado. The Bunsen burners flicked on, the flames growing so large they were almost touching the ceiling.

The fire alarm rang and after a moment the sprinklers turned on, making every girl screech about their hair and make-up. Bella just laughed as the classroom calmed back down. Mr. Banner was telling everyone to remain calm and make their way outside.

Bella was almost completely soaked through, as was I. She grabbed my hand and pulled me out of the classroom, we ran in the opposite direction of the exit doors and ended up in a janitor's closet.

We were both soaking wet and panting as we shut the door. Bella pulled on the chain to turn the light on. I couldn't even take in my surroundings because all I could see was Bella shedding her jacket, her tie came off next, falling at her feet. She bit her lip as she slowly unbuttoned her shirt, leaving the bottom two buttons still fastened.

She grabbed at the hem of my shirt and pulled it over my head. Tiny rivets of water were running down her neck and into her thin, bright red bra. We stood still and just stared into each others eyes, breathing like we had just ran a marathon. The only other sound in the room was the sprinkler running above our heads and the fire alarm in the distance. I heard footsteps down the hallway and doors opening. Bella's eyes grew wide and she grabbed my hand and stared at my watch. "Stop." Everything around us froze, it was eerily still, the water above us frozen like ice in midair.

"Now, where were we?" Bella's thick voice ruptured my wonderment.

I moaned as she placed her lips back to mine, grabbing my hair and twisting it hard with her fingers. I was trying to blatantly ignore the buzzing that was filling my ear drums as she opened her mouth to me. I shoved my hips roughly against hers once her tongue slid into mine. I pulled apart the last few buttons of her shirt and let it fall to the water soaked floor. I ran my my hands down her back, her skin feeling like pure silk under my fingertips. I lifted her up by her ass and placed her on a tall stool in the corner of the janitor's closet, our lips never parting, her hands stationed on my abdominal, feeling my body, and paying special attention to my happy trail of hair.

She wrapped her legs tightly around my waist. Her core pressing against my stomach. Fuck, I could feel her wetness. Suddenly, my eyesight was going blurry, my head began to feel light and, it felt like I was having an outer body experience. Fuck! Not now. I told myself to ignore it, convincing the angel on my right that this wasn't a big deal and that I'd be fine.

My lips were in line with her bare stomach, I let my lips run up and down her middle, her breathing was shaky and erratic. "Edward," Bella whispered, her voice was like gravel mixed with pure sex.

I pushed her plaid skirt up, showing me her lacy, red thong. My vision went black but, I ignored it and continued, kissing the inside of her thighs blindly. My heart was pounding painfully in my chest, my lungs were burning. I kept blinking my eyes furiously. My eyesight was going in and out.

I needed this., I needed to touch her and make her feel good because of me.

I pushed aside the offending lace and ran my fingertips over her lips. I could hear her groan and take a shallow breath. My head was killing me, I couldn't take this anymore, the pain was worse than anything I'd ever felt on the football field or on the basketball court, or in any fight I'd ever been in.

"I'm sorry, Bella." I tragically tore my hands away from her and slumped against the wall. My vision slowly returned, the first thing I saw was Bella crying on her stool her clothes were oddly returned to their perfect, dry condition.

"Edward! Oh fuck, thank God! Are you okay? What hurts? Please say something! Oh my fucking God, are you mute! Shit! Can you hear me?" I gripped my head in my hands and sort of smiled at her worry.

"Bella, love, calm down. I'm fine, just a little worn out, I guess. I should've stopped earlier, you couldn't have known, it's my fault," I said trying to reassure her.

"We probably shouldn't have done it at all, Edward." The look on her face was full of guilt, it almost broke my heart in two.

"Please don't tell me you regret that. That was amazing. No one has ever made me feel quite like that, Bella. Only you can do it." A small, sad smile broke across her face.

"Come on, let's go get something to eat."

-.-.-.-.-.-.-.

After convincing Banner that he was responsible for the fire and the flying chalkboard erasers and making him let us leave for the rest of the day due to 'emotional stress' Bella and I pulled up to the only restaurant in town.

I shoved a few fries in my mouth after dipping them in ketchup. "So, tomorrow's the big day." She took a bite out of her double cheeseburger.

"Don't remind me."

I chuckled at her. "Why not? I thought you'd be excited." The waitress brought me another chocolate milkshake.

"Birthdays bring attention, and I hate attention. I'd be better off if no one even knew about mine. But, I don't want to go through all the pain again, and I don't want to be frozen in time., I want to grow old with the person I love and get wrinkles and have grandchildren and I don't want to have to say goodbye to everyone I love. That will all happen because of my stupid fucking birthday. One day is going to change my entire life. And all I can really do is wish that this day would never end. The worst part of it all was that it could've all been prevented."

"How?" She finished off her Mountain Dew and looked at her shoes.

"Well, the night I 'died' I threw this huge fit because I wanted to make cupcakes for my class. We didn't have any cupcake mix, but we had brownie mix. But no, I had to have cupcakes because it wouldn't be the same if we had brownies. I cried and cried for hours until my mom agreed to take me to the store, and well, you know what happened after that. Just think, if I wouldn't have been so goddamn selfish my mom would be alive and I'd be ordinary."

"Bella, it was fate, you can't do anything to change it. You're extraordinary, and there's nothing wrong with that. It's what I love about you, it makes you special."

"It makes me a freak, Edward."

"When will you ever see yourself clearly, I wish you could just see yourself through my eyes." I ran my finger down her jaw and across her silk covered lips.

She ignored my statement. "Come on, lets go." I put down a twenty dollar bill earning a glare from Bella, making me smile at her ridiculousness.

BPOV

I sat down on my bed after changing into some sweats. The clock was glaring at me in harsh red letters. 11:11. Make a wish, Bella.

I wish that I could just be normal.

As I expected nothing happened. No miraculous miracle struck me. I was still 'special' or whatever you wanna call it. And I know that I was stuck like this for the long run, I couldn't change it now. I turned my attention to the calendar and looked at the spot where I cut out the thirteenth of the month.

What am I supposed to do now? Just sit here and wait for the pain and headache to set in?

My phone rang from across the room, I didn't move and grabbed the phone as it floated in the air above me. Alice texted me.

Be there in a few with everyone.

Xoxo. Al.

A few meant a few seconds, everyone jumped into my room, including Edward who looked completely stunned and amazed at what had just happened. "What the- I mean, I was just there and now I'm here, uh, what?"

Everyone laughed at him, Jake slapped him on the back. "Edward, its called jumping." Edward nodded his head cluelessly.

"What are you all doing here?" Edward sat on the bed beside me, wrapping his arm around me, pulling me close. I smiled at the amazing, warm contact.

"Celebrating, Bella! What else? We even brought presents and a cake." Alice clapped her hands and grinned proudly.

Rosalie gave me a sympathetic look. "We couldn't restrain her, and uh, we let Emmett make the cake, so I apologize in advance for the food poisoning."

I shifted uncomfortably under the attention and stares. I'm glad my friends care about me and all, but this was exactly what I didn't want. "Uh, thanks. I mean this isn't necessary, but it means a lot to me." I glanced at the clock twenty-nine minutes until my birthday.

Emmett stood up and open a pan, revealing a sad looking chocolate cake. "I tried my best on this, so I'm sure it'll be great." Everyone gave him wary glances as he cut his masterpiece and passed the pieces to everyone in the room.

I took the first bite. It was decent, a little grainy and overly sweet, but it was edible. "Wow, Emmett, this is great." Everyone fake moaned in agreement.

Em shoveled his enormous piece down his throat and smiled happily. "I think I'm going to be a baker in our next town."

Jasper smiled., "I thought you wanted to be successful in life, Emmett." Emmett threw him the bird.

Alice jumped up out of my bean bag chair. "Presents! I'll go first. I re-did your wardrobe, no need to thank me. I'll bring everything over this weekend, don't worry, you'll love it."

"Thanks, Alice. That's, uh, great." She didn't catch me reluctance to accept her gift, it was just too much for a birthday present.

Rosalie stepped up next with a small, rectangle package wrapped in green paper. "I didn't buy it, it's something that my mom had given me a long time ago. When I saw it laying in one of my boxes I immediately thought of you."

I couldn't wrap my mind around the sentimental value this must hold with Rose, and I felt almost bad for accepting it, whatever it was. I wordlessly took it front her hands and ripped the paper. It was an original copy of Wuthering Heights. I gasped and opened up the front cover, it was signed. Holy fucking shit, it was signed.

I put my arms around her neck and squeezed as hard as I could. "Ro, this is fucking perfect, thank you so much! I love it!"

"Good, I'm glad Bella. Emily Bronte and my mother grew up together before my mom moved to the states. When my mom found out that Emily was really Ellis Bell she immediately sent for a signed copy."

"Rose, you're present has nothing on my present, I'm afraid." He gently shoved his girlfriend aside and gave me an envelope, I gave him a curious look. "Just open it, you'll love it."

I opened the yellow envelope and pulled out coupons that said 'Hang Out With Emmett For Free'. I couldn't help but laugh at them. The present was just so Emmett.

"Thanks, Em. I'm sure I'll be using them quite frequently." He hugged me roughly, knocking the breath out of me.

"Well, I guess it's my turn. Happy birthday, Bella." Jasper handed me a thick, heavy book with a bow on top. "I kept the receipt in case you wanted to return it for something different." He bit his lip and shifted uncomfortably in his shoes.

It was a book on reading auras and emotions. "This is actually really great, Jazz. I have a feeling that this will come in handy. Thank you."

Jake was up next, even though I definitely wasn't expecting anything from him, seeing as I've only known him for a few days. "Happy birthday, Bells. This was something I've picked up throughout my travels." He gave me a small leather bracelet with a wooden wolf charm dangling from it, it was beautiful.

"Thank you, everyone. This has been a great birthday."

Alice looked from me to Edward, "I'll give you guys a moment." My friends shuffled out of my room and Edward looked at me with a perplexed expression.

"I haven't gotten a girl a present since second grade when Jessica told me that I had to since we were boyfriend and girlfriend. I know it makes me sound like an asshole but its the truth. And I'm trying to be different for you, and I want you to know that. And this, hopefully, will convince you."

He put his present down in my lap. "You don't seem like an extravagant jewelry type of girl. I hope I didn't screw up." I started to untie the red ribbon as he pulled out his camera and started clicking pictures of me. It was a black, leather bound journal. It was beautiful, it looked worn and it smelled like old books, my favorite smell in the world, next to Edward's heavenly scent of course.

"It's so you can write down your memories of us, or of high school or whatever, so you won't ever forget when your somewhere else in the world in a different decade."

I pushed away a tear that was running down my cheek. "Edward, shit, this is just what I needed. Thank you."

"I just don't want you to forget what makes you happy, you know?" I nodded and kissed him lightly on the lips. He sighed into my hair when Alice knocked on my door.

"Bella, Edward. Sorry to interrupt but we should probably take this to our house. Things might get a bit messy, and loud."

-.-.-.-.-.-.

I had two minutes, two fucking minutes before I became frozen in time. I paced around one of the guest bedrooms with my friends staring at me like I was a complete lunatic. "Why the fuck am I sweating?"

Alice turned on the overhead fan, "B, calm down its just a side effect." I glance at the clock before pulling off my sweat shirt. One more minute. "Bella, you're going to need to lay down. It'll be much easier." I did as she said as and I kicked my shoes off.

And that's when I felt the fire erupt in my veins, my head exploding with sharp jabs of pain. I let out a strangled pain-filled groan. This was much worse than the first time.

EPOV

I felt helpless as I watched Bella thrashing in pain on the bed, Alice instructed me not to touch her. It took all my strength not to reach out and grab her and pull her into my arms and kiss her softly in all the right places. But there wasn't anything I could do except watch in agony.

I stepped outside on the balcony with Alice for some fresh air. "Why is this even happening, Alice?"

"Her body is adjusting itself to accommodate her new and improved powers, her brain is sort of uh... stretching, that's a good word for it, so that it has room for the abilities to function."

"What does it feel like?" I was scared of the answer.

"It feels like you're in a pit of fire while someone stabs you and hits you with a truck repeatedly. It's the most painful experience of your life, Edward. But, Bella's strong, she'll make it."

"Has anyone ever not made it?"

"Uhm, yeah. Before Rosalie had Emmett she dated someone of our kind, his name was Royce King, very prestigious. He was extremely weak and his body just couldn't handle it. His heart failed." She must've seen the look of complete horror on my face. "Don't worry, Bella takes great care of herself. She'll be perfectly fine." I could've swore I heard her whisper 'I hope' as I walked inside.

I sat down in the chair diagonal from the bed and tried to fight my heavy eyelids, but it was a useless fight.

I woke up a few hours later to a blood curdling scream. I rushed over to the bed where Bella sat with her head in her hands. "Make it stop, please make it stop!" I didn't know what to fucking do. Her face was streaked with tears and her thin pajamas were sodden with thick, sticky sweat.

Her eyes flew open and landed on mine, I wasn't prepared for it. Her eyeballs were entirely white. No color, no red veins, just blank white. I held back my scream and followed my instincts. I grabbed her and pulled her into my arms, ignoring Alice's earlier request to not touch her.

Bella stopped shaking and screaming. Her nuzzled her face into the side of my neck. "You make it all go away, Edward." She slipped into a silent sleep as I held her tighter than ever.

And that's when I felt it, the horrible, angonizing pain. I felt like I was on fire, like I was stuck inside of a paper shredder. As I held Bella the pain grew more intense. I would take the pain for her, she deserves this, this is what I am meant to do.

I let out a bloodcurdling scream of pain and hopelessness.

I held tighter.

So, uhm, yeah.

I really hope you liked this chapter. It took me goddamn long enough to write.

On Friday I am leaving for a ten day trip to France :) I cannot wait. (To everyone who lives in France, if you see some random American girl walking around trying to speak French, and most likely failing, wiith an awful accent. It's probably me, don't be a stranger, hahah.)

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