BPOV

I stumbled out the door in a daze. I just told the biggest and most convincing lie I've ever told. It gave a rush which scared me. Haha. I started down the hallway and out the dorm building when I realized I had no second date and did not know where Edward was. I plunged my hand in my pocket and grabbed the phone. I dialed his number quickly and started walking away from the building. I sat and listened to the phone ring and ring and ring before he finally answered.

"Hello?" He said. His voice sounded groggy and irritated.

"Um, hi. It's, um, Bella, Edward. Did I wake you up? Sorry if I did." There was a short pause on the line before Edward spoke.

"Oh! Bella, no you didn't wake me up. Um, so what's up? I'm sorry about earlier. I had no idea they would show up."

"It's ok. It wasn't that bad. Jake seemed…nicer." I laughed. Edward laughed too.

"He was sober. Jake's a great guy. He usually doesn't act like that." He added. I just gave a short. Mhmm.

"So, are you, uh, busy…right now?"

"Nope. I'm actually just watching some T.V….why?"

"Well, uh, I was wondering if you could, maybe meet me over by my building? You know since we didn't get to talk earlier…" I felt my face grow hot and my throat burned. I mean it's not like I've ever asked a boy out. I stood listening to the wind and wondered what was going through Edward's head at that time.

"Yeah, sure. I'll be there in a few." He said happily. My heart jumped into my throat and I felt light and breathless.

"OK. I'll see you soon I guess." I laughed nervously. A butterfly flew around in my stomach violently.

"See you soon." He echoed.

"Bye."

"Bye." I hung up the phone and a breeze lifted my hair up and surrounded me. I had an irresistible urge to scream and laugh and jump up and down, but I held it in and took a deep breath. Well, look who's all grown up now. I thought to myself. In just a few short days, I'd gone from this shy, quiet girl to a shy, outgoing girl. Okay, so not a huge difference but to me it was. To me this meant….a lot. I hadn't been this happy in a long time.

People always told me to go out and live my life.

I was finally doing it.

EPOV

I hung up the phone after talking to Bella and jumped off my bed. I felt ecstatic at what had just happened. After the whole Jake/Lauren episode at the pizza shop, I really wanted to make things up to her. I pulled on some jeans and a t-shirt and walked out the room. Jake was sitting on the couch and watching television. When he saw me, he gave me a once-over and turned his attention back to the screen.

As I walked past the couch, he said,

"Another date with Bella?" He asked indifferently. I stopped and hesitated.

"Yeah," I finally answered. Without looking up he just pointed to the closet.

"You might want to get a jacket. It's going to get colder." I stared in shock at my roommate.

"Um, thanks." I said smiling. Then, becoming suspicious, "Wait, why are you so cool with this? You going to crash this date too?" At last Jake looked at me and laughed.

"No way, man. I actually feel pretty bad. I didn't play fairly and I feel guilty about some stuff. Like this bet. Look, just go out and have fun. May the best man win." And that was it. No smart ass comment or snide remark as I headed out the door to see Bella. Just…may the best man win. Walking down the sidewalk I plugged in my iPod and studied the sky. Jake wasn't a bad guy and he wasn't an asshole. He'd just been through a lot of crap he shouldn't have had to go through but did. I don't know where the time went because when I looked down from the sky I saw Bella sitting under a tree looking at the grass. She was picking the grass out of the ground and seemed to be inspecting it. Some pieces she stared at long and hard, while others she just simply glance at and threw behind her shoulder.

She looked cute.

Innocent.

Bella looked like someone I had never met before. Sure I'd met plenty of shy brunettes that were smart and certainly had one or more of the characteristics Bella had, but they all lacked something. Something Bella had. I didn't know what Bella possessed that other girls didn't but I loved it. I loved whatever this girl had that others didn't and I had a feeling that the closer I got to her the closer I would get to knowing what she had.

BPOV

Time flew by and I sat on the ground underneath a tree picking at the grass. It was sort of fascinating. I was bored. I sat there, defacing nature, and then something compelled me to look up. Edward stood across the street and seemed to be staring at me. I felt my face flush and quickly regained my dignity. I stood up and waved him over. He immediately started walking over and I started walking towards him too. When he was just a few feet in front of me, he was grinning rather widely. I think I was too. The two of us just stood there grinning at each other, when something spectacular happened.