~~5 months earlier~~

"BELLA!" Alice shouted at me from down the hall, her little pixie arms waving wildly above her head.

I stood beside my locker, waiting for her to battle through the sea of students to talk to me about whatever was so important.

"Bella! Oh my God! You have to go to the tryouts! Please tell me you'll go! You are so so so good at basketball, you have to go to the tryouts!" She squealed at superhuman speed as soon as she was by my side.

"Wait, slow down a minute Alice, repeat that." I said, staring at her in confusion.

"You have to go try out for the school basketball team!" Alice beamed up at me.

"What? Do they let girls into the team?"

"Yeah! It's just that either they don't try out, or just aren't good enough to get on the team. But you Bella! After the game two weeks ago, you know the one when we kicked Emmett's and Edward's asses because of you, there's no way you wouldn't get in the team!" Alice was now bouncing up and down excitedly.

"Well, when are the tryouts Alice?" I asked.

"Um, tomorrow I think, but you have to put your name down for them, you can't just show up. But I already took the liberty of putting your name down so you can't not go!" Alice squealed again.

"Aww come on Alice, I don't really want to be on the basketball team..." I tried to get out of it, but Alice used her signature puppy-dog eyes on me.

"Alice don't, you know I just give in whenever you do that..." I rolled my eyes at her and she pushed out her bottom lip, making it quiver as tears built up in her eyes.

"Fine Alice! I'll go to the stupid basketball tryouts!" I said exasperatedly.

"Yay!" Alice squealed, clapping her little hands together in excitement, with all traces of previous sadness gone, she was such a good actress.

"So, how many other girls are trying out?" I asked, not really bothering as long as there would be a few of us.

"Don't know..." Alice said, looking away. I became suspicious.

"Alice Maria Cullen! Tell me how many other girls are trying out for the basketball team!"

"A few..." She mumbled, she hated it when I used her full name.

"ALICE! MARIA! CULLEN!" I shouted, losing my temper.

"Fine, fine, Isabella Marie Swan! None okay? It's just you." Alice said.

"Just me? You mean I'm the only girl trying for the basketball team? What about you and Rose?" I asked while trying not to panic.

"Me and Rose can't play silly. You can though, you're better than half the guys on the team already! You're gonna get on it, don't worry about it!" Alice jumped up on a bench to pat my head somewhat reassuringly.

"So, why am I the only girl trying out?" I asked, curious now about why they wouldn't.

"Well, they all used to, but none of them were ever good enough to get in, so they claimed the team was sexist and they never bothered trying since. It's rubbish though, they all thought they were better than they are. I used to watch the practices all the time and the girls had nothing on the guys in the team." She was still standing on the bench, one hand now just resting on my head.

"Well, okay, I guess I could be on the team, as long as Mike isn't in it." I gave a small shudder at the thought of Mike anywhere near me. Alice laughed at my expression, giving my face a prod before she skipped lightly off the bench and grabbed my hand.

"Come on then Bella-Banana. We'd better get to class!" I scowled at her new-found nickname for me.

"You call me Bella-Banana I call you Pixie-Pumpkin." I said glaring slightly.

"Okay Bella-Banana!" She said, wrapping her little arms around my waist. I couldn't help but smile at the little pixie.

"Pixie-Pumpkin... it has a nice ring to it, don't you think?" She said laughing.

"Yeah, it does." I agreed, laughing along with her."So, Pixie-Pumpkin, how do the tryouts work?"

"Well, everyone who signed their name on the sheet goes to the hall along with the team from last year. All of them tryout, it doesn't matter who was on the team before, it makes it fairer that way. They split people into teams, they play a few games. Then they narrow down who was good and who wasn't that good. The good ones then play more games in different teams, until it is narrowed down to just a few, about twice the regular team number and they then play one on ones to see who the really good players are. The really good ones are then picked for the team. Get it?" She said looking up at me as we walked down the dreary school corridor.

"Yeah, I get it. I'm pretty excited now Alice. I can't believe I might be playing on the school team!" I almost squealed, but got a grip on myself just in time. Unfortunately Alice didn't.

"I know! I know! It's gonna be so awesome!" She was jumping down the corridor now.

"Oi! Pixie-Pumpkin, calm down, you're gonna land on someone!" I laughed.

She made a face at me and stuck out her tongue, but proceeded to burst into giggles.

I laughed and then did what Bella Swan does best, I tripped.

I closed my eyes and braced myself for the impact of the ground when I realised I should have hit it already. Someone had caught me.

"Watch where you're walking next time Swan. You could really hurt someone with that death wish you seem to have." Edward said, glaring down at me.

I squirmed upright and shoved his arms away, not wanting to feel how warm they were, how good they felt around me.

"Shut it Cullen," I sneered," Don't bloody touch me."

"Next time I'll just let you fall then, shall I?" Anger flashed in his emerald eyes.

"Yes, I would rather fall on the floor face first than be caught by you." Ugh, stupid Cullen, so fucking egotistical, thought he was God's gift to women.

He shoved past me roughly, barging me with his shoulder so I fell backwards onto my ass. Damn, that hurt.

"Thanks." I said sarcastically.

"You're welcome." He said icily and strode off.

"Bella-Banana! Are you okay?" Alice shouted, running over to me.

"Yeah, I'm fine, it was just your dipshit of a brother." I said, rolling my eyes as I got off the floor.

"Hmm, maybe basketball wouldn't be such a great idea for you after all..." Alice mused.

"It's okay Alice, when I focus I don't fall over. Basketball requires focus, so I don't fall over. Don't worry I'm not going to break my leg playing it." I laughed.

She looked away from me with a strange look on her face, I was just about to ask her what was wrong when she said.

"Yeah, I suppose you're right. Basketball would be good for you." She grinned and walked into class, apologizing to Mrs Cassetti for us being late.

"Music is all about timing girls! Don't forget that!" She shouted as we walked to our seats.

"Yes Mrs Cassetti..." We droned in unison, smirking.

"Good! Now, we have an unscheduled performing lesson today as I will not be here to look after you, I have a meeting with the other music staff, so you'd better all be working, I'll be asking for people to present work at the end of the lesson when I get back and it could be any one of you. Get to it!" She said and then waddled out of the class, she wasn't the skinniest teacher in school, but she was definitely one of the best.

"Awesome! Alice, what are we doing?" I said turning to her.

"Let's sing Bella, I've been dying to sing all day!" She hurtled out of the classroom to get a quiet spot for singing.

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A/N: Hey guys, I really hope no one is confused about how the time shifting thing works, this happens five months before the CD incident in the first chapter, 'kay?

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Sorry, just putting Edward back in my basement where I keep him lol

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