BPOV

I woke up to see rare sunshine filtering through Alice's window.

The first sunny day in Forks in what must have been months.

I could hear shouting from outside, and was that?

Were they playing basketball?

I loved basketball, I'm pretty good as well, not to brag or anything...

I looked at Alice's alarm clock, it was about ten in the morning, a perfect time to get up, not too early and not too late. I stretched and yawned a little and then threw back the duvet and scrambled to my feet.

I showered and dressed and dried my hair in record time and ran downstairs to find something to eat.

I found in Alice in the kitchen.

"Hey sleepy!" She shouted as I came through the door and skipped over to hug me.

"Hey pixie!" I greeted her just as cheerily. "You guys playing basketball?" I asked her.

"Yeah, I just came in to get a drink. Wanna play?" She bounced up and down waiting for my answer.

"Yeah! That sounds awesome! What teams is it?"

"It's me, Jasper and Rosalie against Emmett and Edward. You could join my team!" She shouted excitedly, even though I was only a foot away from her.

"Isn't that slightly unfair on Emmett and Edward?" I asked, four versus two weren't fair teams...

"Well, not really, they are both pretty good. Come on, we can see which team needs you." She grabbed my wrist and towed me out into the back garden, they were playing on the paving stones just outside the doors.

"Guys! Bella wants to play! Whose team would she be on?" Alice called, they all stopped playing and started discussing.

"How good is she Alice?" Emmett asked.

"I don't know, I've never seen her play..." Alice confessed.

"She should be on our side, Jasper is our only good player." Rosalie said.

"No way, it was unfair having two against three, you can't have two against four!" Emmett complained.

"But you guys are a really good team, surely if we gave you another person, wouldn't they just get in the way?" Jasper said, I could see the way he had span it, so that it could be in Edward and Emmett's best interests to have me on the apposing team.

"Yeah, probably. And I bet Bella's rubbish anyway, so you lot can have her." Emmett said.

"Yey!" Alice screamed and towed me onto her teams side of the court.

"Right, start again from scratch. First team to twenty baskets wins." Jasper called. Everyone agreed.

For the first few minutes I didn't really do anything, I watched to see if I could find a weak spot in Emmett and Edward's playing. Dribbling was definitely an issue, they left themselves wide open because they were so cocky, and even some of their passes would be easy to intercept. I could tell that they all thought I was useless, so it was time to start really playing...

Emmett was lazily passing the ball to Edward just under three feet away from me, I intercepted, dibbled the ball up the court, made a shot, and scored! Alice bounded over to me and we high-fived each other.

"Lucky shot." Emmett called, laughing when Alice scowled at him.

The game continued, I intercepted another pass, threw it to Jasper, and he easily got it in the net.

I could hear Edward and Emmett muttering now, I swore I heard the words "take her out".

The guys were resorting to foul play?

We'd see about that...

The game went on and on, I was dodging, ducking, weaving with the ball, shooting as if my life depended on it, getting it pretty much perfect every time.

The score was tied, each team only needing one basket to win.

This was it, even if it was only a silly game between friends, my side had to win, if we didn't then Emmett would never let us forget it.

Everyone felt the tension, we were all playing at our best now, even Rosalie who had just stood around before. My team blitzed the ball up the court and Jasper took a shot...

He missed!

I nearly cried when Edward got the ball, but instead I went and snatched it back, Emmett was then standing in front of me, I couldn't do anything. I couldn't even pass the ball to my teammates.

I remembered a shot that my dad had taught me one summer I had been here to visit him, just before I headed off to basketball camp, I had needed practice. But he had shown me this circus shot or something like that, I could try it now, it was worth a try.

I did the best circus shot I could, I didn't know if it was any good, I didn't want to look.

"We won! Bella! WE WON!" Alice screamed. Sure enough, the ball had just passed through the net and was now bouncing aimlessly on the floor. I however was being squashed by Alice, Jasper and Rosalie.

Edward and Emmett were still standing where they had been when I had taken the shot, their faces both frozen in the same mask of shock.

They stayed like that while Alice's squeals of delight faded a little.

"Huh?" Emmett was still confused.

"We lost..." Edward was mortified.

"But we never lose..." Emmett looked like he was about to cry. Rose stopped squashing me and went over to Emmett.

"You silly teddy bear, it's just one little game..." She cooed, running her fingers through his hair.

"I suppose your right." He said, scooping her up into his arms and mashing his face to hers.

"Eww guys, public display of affection, I'm gonna bring up my breakfast over here..." Alice laughed.

Rosalie pulled away and scowled at Alice.

"Just because Jasper never kisses you like this!" She growled.

"Lies!" Jasper shouted and scooped Alice up in his arms, kissing her passionately.

"See what happens when I scoop Bella up in my arms!" Edward suddenly shouted and lifted me off the ground. I was silent for a moment, totally in shock. Then it came.

"Put me down you bastard! Put me down this instant! Ahhh! Let me go! PUT ME DOWN!" I shouted while wriggling and jerking and hitting every inch of him I could reach. I heard the rest of them laughing at me.

"I wonder what would happen if I tried to kiss you..." Edward mused loudly.

I froze and the rest of them went completely silent.

"You wouldn't dare..." I hissed, mentally slapping myself as I felt the blush rise in my cheeks. He leaned his face in towards mine until we were only an inch away from each other.

I raised my fist.

"Remember what happened last time Cullen, it would be a shame to waste that face of yours." I sneered, still helplessly trying to control the blush that was now rampaging all over my face.

"Yeah, I guess you're right." He said, semi-dropping me onto the ground and walking away.

EPOV

Walking away from her like that was awful, I wanted her back in my arms.

She had fit there perfectly, like she was meant to be there.

I could feel her staring at me as I walked away.

I wanted to go back over there and touch her beautiful face, stroke her hair, kiss those lips.

I wanted to tell her that this fight was stupid, that I was ready to give it up.

I wanted to tell her that I loved her.

But I couldn't, she wasn't mine.

She wasn't my Bella...