I AM SO SORRY!! I was rushing to get to work and didn't even realize that I did that. Oh my god, I am such a dumbass. Ugh, I feel so bad now because I promised an update in the morning. The next chapters will make it up to you, I promise on my life. Okay, so I am posting this as 11 when it's really chapter 10. And chapter 10 that's, all the stuff in the chapter will be erased.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything in relation to Twilight, obviously, or else I'd be writing this in a NOVEL.

Author: Dress Up Romance xx

Beta: lillitgirlx2

Rating: M

Summary: Bella is the new arrival in Forks, best known to the male population as FRESH MEAT. Edward Cullen is infamous for his way with the ladies, so his friends decide to challenge his charm. Can he win their money or will he fail miserably? Bella isn't as innocent and sweet as pictured; she's got a bit of a past and reputation. What happens if Bella finds out about this 'little wager'?

Author's Note: WHOA. So, you guys beat my requirement so a lemon shall be delivered. It may have nothing to do with the plot or it may have everything to do with the plot. That's up to the author! But, as I told you it's not coming until next chapter so REVIEW to get it. I already wrote ten, I just left my author's blank until after I got all these reviews. 73? I want to make sweet, sweet love to you all. OH! No one got who was in the living room right. Hehe! Also, because I know a lot of people enjoy Edward's POV, this chapter has a lot from him!!

I got a review in which someone said that Ayden's development bothered them. I expected this from a lot more people but honestly, I've seen a two year old that aware and advanced. The person Ayden is based on is very advanced. He's really just the cutest kid.

EDWARD'S POV

Bella and I planned to meet each other at the mall for the day, but she never showed. At first, I thought she was running late but after three hours I figured that wasn't the case. I called and text her, Alice, Rose, Esme, and even her dad. No one responded back. I was in the process of walking to my car when I saw a familiar mane of brunette hair bobbing along side a guy with sandy brown hair. I frowned quickly before jogging over to their side. When I was just five feet away, she turned around. Her pale face went from shocked, to annoyed, and then disgusted to see me. What? She crossed her arms over her chest while sneering at me. Since when did Bella sneer? Okay, since when she did she start doing it to me again?

"What do you want?" She snapped. The guy turned to see who she was talking to. As I expected, it was Mike. His face broke out in a wide grin.

"We were supposed to meet up," I reminded her. "We were getting clothes for…you know," I didn't want to say Ayden in case Mike didn't know about him. I had no intentions of embarrassing her, even if she stood me up for that prick.

"His name's Ayden," she spat. "Or are you too revolted by him to even utter his name?"

I was reminded of the Bella I first spoke to. The Bella who saw me for what I truly was. The Bella was so much better than me. The Bella I prayed would never come back.

"I love Ayden! You know that Bella. What's going on?" I was truly confused as to why she was with Mike.

"I'm not buying it anymore Edward," she huffed. Mike wrapped his arm around her waist, his eyes dancing with mirth. What the fuck? "I know what you did. How could you?"

"I explained everything to her Edward," Mike's voice was filled with laughter. "Seems like you're too late."

Everything came crashing down on me in that moment. Bella knew just how terrible I really was. She knew about the bet. Mike probably twisted the situation around to make me look like the bad guy, which in essence I was. I'd lost her. I lost her and Ayden. There was no winning this. I knew Bella. She was stubborn, she was determined and she was relentless. She'd never forgive me, no matter how hard I tried.

"You better watch your back," She glared at me. "Cause you fucked with the wrong person."

"Toodles," Mike said with a wave of his hand.

I fell to my knees, unable to suppress the tears that were now freely flowing down my face. How could I have been so stupid? I'd forgotten the bet! Of course she'd find out. Of course she'd leave me. Of course I would lose everything that ever mattered to me. I didn't deserve it. I didn't deserve her. She was too good for me. I was dirty, so dirty. I was worthless.

Suddenly my world was shaking. The buildings crumbled around me, while the earth opened up. As I fell down, to the fiery pits of hell, I heard someone calling out to me.

"Edward! Wake up!" It was Bella! My angel! She was here…with me. But where? I was falling down, the fire being the only thing around me? "Edward!"

My eyes flew open to meet with Bella's big, beautiful brown eyes. Her lips were curled up into a smile. "You were having a bad dream."

"No," I lied. Had I been sleep talking?

"Don't lie Edward," she giggled. "I know you were. You were moaning and groaning. I even think I heard you saying, 'no Bella!' but I won't push it."

I wrapped my arms around her middle to pull her up against my chest. I had to make sure this was real, that she was really here in my arms. That I hadn't lost her, yet. I couldn't lose her. I wasn't willing to. I was gonna have to tell her about the bet. But how?

"Bella," I tried to say, but my voice was strained. She looked at me, her eyes conveying her bewilderment. "I have to…"

"ISABELLA!" An unfamiliar voice called. She rolled her eyes before pulling herself out of my grasp.

"We have some visitors. You can tell me later, okay?" I nodded, thankful and grieved by the interruption. She pecked my cheek before dancing out of the room. Someone's feeling better.

I followed her down the stairs and back into her living room. I expected just her father, but was surprised to see my sister and Rose sitting on her sofa as well. Alice's face was blank while Rose looked anxious. She was probably waiting for Ayden to wake up, Rose loved kids. She was much better with them than teenagers; she had more patience for them. Sitting in the arm chair was Chief Swan. I'd never spoken to him before, but I'd seen him enough times to know who he was. He was still in his uniform, but lucky for me, his gun holster was hung up by the door. Well, I actually wasn't that luck. Just cause the holster was hung up didn't mean he didn't have his gun on him...

"Please sit Edward," his voice wasn't very commanding, but I knew better than defying my girlfriend's father. I sat down next to Bella on the loveseat; he flinched a little but said nothing against my choice. "So, I see that you two are together."

Bella had wanted to tell everyone, not have them just find out. She was incredibly afraid that her father would be disappointed with her, along with Rose and Alice. She knew my sister would be the worst though, seeing as she disliked me the most. It wasn't like she didn't have a reason, I never said she didn't, but some days her hate for me seemed a little bit overplayed. I wasn't that terrible. I couldn't be, could I? According to Bella, Alice believed so.

I took her hand in mine, squeezing it for reassurance. "Yes we are. We actually we going to tell everyone today, but Bella got sick."

"Edward," I looked to Charlie in order to read his expression. It was blank. Fuck me. "Your sister has told me all about you." Well, there goes everything!

I could feel Bella stiffen at this. My sister never spoke adequately of me. We both looked to her, wide eyed. Alice only shrugged at us, Rose mimicking the action. I had a very bad feeling about this. Charlie seemed to miss this exchange, or he chose to ignore it, because he continued on.

"It's comforting to know my daughter has finally met a respectable guy." Respectable? What? "She's really been through a lot and I'm happy to know that you're very patient and willing to wait, which you will, to pursue a serious relationship with her."

Bella was having one of those silent conversations with Alice while Charlie stared me down. I had no idea how to react to this. It was out of my ballpark. I just nodded; fearing words would fail me as of now.

"So, I'm not mad at you guys for not immediately telling me about your relationship. Although, from this point on, I'd like to be the first person you guys come to about things."

"Of course Chief Swan, we wouldn't have it any other way," and if that meant he was okay with Bella and I, that was how it was going to be.

Charlie seemed appeased by my words. He stood up, cracked his back and left the four of us alone. Alice's blank stare turned into a vengeful one. Fuck me twice.

BELLA'S POV

I knew Alice would be mad. That much was expected. Rose would be disappointed, but she'd get over it much quicker than Alice. The thing about Rose was, she tended to focus on things that truly affected her, which this matter didn't. But Alice, she was my best friend. She knows my whole past, all my dirty secrets. I begged her to guide me, to show me what was right. And I basically went against everything she taught me. We spent so many nights talking about how Edward, and men like him, were the enemy. We planned lives in which we'd meet our Prince Charming and how wonderful things would be after. But, I met my Prince and he was pretty charming. She just didn't really see it that way, like I hadn't. It was going to be a hard adjustment for her to make, but if I knew Alice, she'd make it for me. Edward, on the other hand, was going to suffer.

"Who wants to tell me the truth?" She finally said.

"Uh," I looked to Edward. His eyes were locked on the ground. Since when was he afraid of little, old Alice? She was barely five-foot and he stood way above six feet. What could possibly be so intimidating about her?

"Bella?" He set me up! He didn't want to answer, so he strategically avoided her gaze. Damn he was good.

"Well, it all started the other day," I replied.

"Yea, I saw," she moved her hands around, prodding me further.

"And well…we're dating!"

Alice and Rose shared a looked. Rose flipped her hair casually over her shoulder. "You act like we don't care about you Bella."

"When we really do," Alice's voice was sharp. I wasn't used to it. She always sounded so chipper and happy. I never pictured this side of her. "It hurts our feelings that you can't trust us enough to tell us. What, are we so bad that you can't tell something as simple as you dating my egotistical, womanizing, ignorant, lame, rude—

"Hey!" Edward finally said, standing up. "You don't need to hound on Bella, none of this is her fault."

"Oh, so you're forcing her to date you?" Alice stood up, her hands on her hips. "Tell me why I'm not surprised."

She was glaring daggers at Edward. Rose stood up too which forced me to stand up as well. I chose to hide behind Edward, he seemed like a good shield. "Guys, can't we all just talk about this calmly?"

"I'm not forcing her to do anything," Edward practically shouted. "She's with me out of her own free will."

"OH, is she now?" Alice shrieked back.

"Yes! And I promised to take care of her as long as we were together. Forever!" Edward countered. Forever? Could he possibly mean that? My heart swelled at the thought. "Do you really think Bella would be with me if she didn't want to be?"

"Of course not," Alice laughed. What?

"Exactly," Edward agreed, missing Alice's remark. "Wait, what?"

Rose and Alice both broke out into fits of giggles. What was I missing here? Shouldn't they be tag-teaming Edward? What happened to the screaming? Why wasn't I being bitched out anymore? Had Edward won the fight? Like everything in my life as of late, this made no sense. Why in the name of hell were people in Forks so damn confusing?

Rose was quick to recover from her little outburst. "You two are priceless!" She pointed at us. "I'm not forcing her to do anything! You should hear yourself Edward!"

"What the hell is going on here?" He snapped, just as annoyed and confused as I was.

"Edward, Edward, Edward," Alice was shaking her head at him. "I thought you were so much smarter than this. And you Bella," she turned to me, "how didn't you realize all of this?"

"Uhm, easily?" I asked.

Again, they were giggling. Rose smirked at me. "You two really think we'd just leave you alone for hours on end and not know the consequences?"

The consequences? What did they mean by that? What happened besides us getting together? Oh. No they didn't! Yes, yes they did. Why would I even think to put it past them? This was Alice and Rose we were talking about.

"I thought you'd get it," Alice smirked at me. "Did you really think you were masking your feelings for Edward when we talked?"

Yes! I was very good at pretending I wasn't falling, fast might I add, for her jerk of a brother. I was drawn to his type; it's not really my fault. I can't help but like men who have a tendency to treat me badly. But, lucky for me, Edward wasn't really like that. He just had a bad boy reputation, which instinctively drew me. Or at least, he wasn't like that anymore.

"But you hate me," Edward was looking at Alice, absolutely baffled. "Why would you ever want me to be with Bella? I imagined you as the number one oppose of this. Since when did you switch over to the light side?"

"Same day as you."

I wasn't really able to understand the moment they shared, but I got the gist of it. They were going to back off each other, moderately. It was basically their way of saying truce, without actually admitting to it. As long as I got to keep my boyfriend, best friends, son, and father, I was perfectly content.

EDWARD'S POV

Bella trusted me. How could I have been stupid enough to let that happen? I was still involved in the bet! I had to end this before it got any worse. But what would Mike do? Would he be willing to end this? Would he tell her everything? How would she react when I told her? There was only one way to find out. I'd have to talk to Mike.

Mike seemed to be thinking of the bet as well, because on my way to English he pulled me aside in the hall. "So, how's that bet going?"

I looked around, making sure no one was watching us. I quickly pulled him into a classroom and locked the door. He strut over to one of the desks and plopped down onto it. "I guess it's not going to well."

"Listen," I really had no idea how to go about this. Mike was very temperamental. He'd most likely freak out, but I could handle that. I just didn't know if I could handle what he'd do afterwards. "I need to call off the bet."

"No way man," he shook his head angrily. "You're not backing out of this because you can't get her."

"I'll give you everything and more, just as long as you let me out of this," I wasn't begging but I was ready too.

He sat in thought for a minute. "What gives?"

"Nothing! I just can't do this anymore. It's too hard," and it was true.

"I don't know, how am I supposed to believe you'll give me everything?"

"I have everything with me," I told him.

"You have five grand on you?" He asked incredulously.

"I have a credit card with a limit of five thousand, it's for you."

"And you'll probably cancel it as soon as I walk away."

"No," I shouted. "You can tell her if I do! Just take it, take everything," I threw my phone and car keys at him. "Just tell me this is over!"

I could sense he was trying to picture the odds of me giving up my bet, but he didn't verbalize this. After a minute or so, he smirked up at me. "Fine. It's over. I win."

"You win, you win," I repeated. "So we're done with this? We wont talk about it with anyone?"

"Yeah whatever," he waved his hand at me as he started walking towards the door. I stepped in front of him. I had to make sure he wasn't going to tell. I had to tell her myself. It was going to be bad, but it'd be twenty times worse if she found out from him.

"No, you have to promise me that this is the last you'll speak of the bet."

"Cullen, get out of my way," he attempted to push me, but his strength didn't match mine. I didn't falter. "Okay! Not a word. Now let me go!"

"Good."

"Yeah, sure," he sneered before stomping out of the room.

Now that that was done with, all I had to focus on was telling Bella. I could only imagine how she would react. She'd curse, kick, scream, and threaten me and just when I think she's done; she'll start all over again. Of course she'll dump me, that much was unavoidable, but I could pretend it wouldn't happen. I could act like this wasn't going to be the worst thing to ever happen to me. But I'd always know it was. Losing her, after so little time, would be much too painful. We'd barely gotten to be ourselves with one another. I had so much to say and not enough time to say it. I wanted to tell her I loved her. But how could I tell her? She wouldn't believe me. She would say it was a sham. She'd say I'm lying just to keep her with me. I wouldn't be though. I really did love her. I loved her so much, it was scary. How could my heart have so much love within it? I went from emptiness to overload! When and how had this happened?

The rest of the day went by uneventfully. I was in the process of changing for gym when I noticed someone was missing from the locker room. Emmett was to my left, Jasper to my right, and then no one was next to Jasper. That's not right. It usually went Matt, Emmett, Me, Jasper, and then…Mike. Where the hell was he? He'd never been late to gym a day in his life. That freak thrived on showing off to all the girls. Don't worry about it, he's probably already out there. I decided to listen to my conscience, it was probably right.

But, when I got out into the gym and was immediately aware that someone else was missing, my heart sank. Bella. She wasn't there. Alice was stretching by herself in the corner, Bella no where to be seen. I quickly jogged to her side. I swear, if Mike went to Bella I'd kill him.

"Alice!" I said frantically.

"Yea," she didn't look up to see me as she touched her toes.

"Where's Bella?"

She looked up then. Her eyes scanned the gym, like mine had a few minutes ago, and she frowned. "She said she'd only be a minute. Someone wanted to talk to her."

"Where'd they go?!"

"Just outside the building. Why, what's going on?" She was finally looking at my face now. I'm sure she could see my concern but I didn't have time to explain.

"Shit!" And before she could ask me anymore questions, I ran at top speed out of class. I had to fine Bella before it was too late.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Soooooo, what's gonna happen next?! Okay, so I just wanted to let you know that this chapter wasn't beta'd because I'm a woman of my word. My beta will look over it later and I'll repost it, just to have my edited version up. My word was 65+ reviews got the chapter Thursday morning and a lemon in chapter 11. So, next chapter gets you a lemon but you determine when you get chapter 11. SO REVIEW! I know, I've become a review whore. But it's hard not to when I have such loving fans like you guys!! If anyone wasn't to ask any questions of me, send me a private message. I'll always respond. OH!! Does anyone want different POVs, not for every chapter but special. Like Alice, Rose, Emmett, Jasper, Jacob, Charlie, or even Ayden.

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