Parachute

"She Is Love"

I've been beaten down, I've been kicked around,
But she takes it all for me.
And I lost my faith, in my darkest days,
But she makes me want to believe.

They call her love, love, love, love, love.
They call her love, love, love, love, love.
She is love, and she is all I need.

She's all I need.

Well I had my ways, they were all in vain,
But she waited patiently.
It was all the same, all my pride and shame,
And she put me on my feet.

They call her love, love, love, love, love.
They call her love, love, love, love, love.
They call her love, love, love, love, love.
She is love, and she is all I need.

And when that world slows down, dear.
And when those stars burn out, here.
Oh she'll be here, yes she'll be here,
They call her love, love, love, love, love.
They call her love, love, love, love, love.
They call her love, love, love, love. love.

She is love, and she is all I need,
She is love, and she is all I need,
She is love, and she is all I need.

Months fly by and it's finally May. I already explained to Jessica about being official with Edward and as awkward as it was, she seemed pretty happy for me (like I would care regardless). Of course since it's our senior year in High School, prom was just around the corner and what girl doesn't want to go to prom? I kept hinting to Edward about wanting to go, but of course…

"Its too expensive, Bella."

"Too expensive? Right. You're right."

Rosalie convinced me to go to this raffle our school had for anyone who wanted to win a free tuxedo from Sexy Men Wearhouse and I agreed to go. As stupid as I thought it was because whenever we have these stupid raffles, WE NEVER WIN, I decided to go just to see my chances.

We're walking in the student auditorium and give our tickets to show that we paid to be here and I give Rosalie my ticket. We go to sit down and sure enough we're sitting next to Victoria. It's time to call out the raffle number and I tell Rosalie to just give me any one since chances are I never win anyways.

"Will you stop being so pessimistic?" Rose says.

"Sorry, I just don't see why you dragged me here if we never win these things anyways."

"Well I'm here because I want to win this tux for myself." Victoria interrupts our conversation.

"Ohhkaaay." We say together.

"And tonight's free tuxedo goes to number 0621."

Here I go… to slouch in my chair to save myself the disappointment.

"Crap! Bella! You won!"

"Ha…ha… very funny Rose. "

"Bella you dummy get up you won."

I look down and see the last four numbers of my ticket, 0621.

"Holy crap I did win."

"Uhh 621, we're waiting unless you're not here."

I walked up to the stage and collected my prize. Rose gave me a lift home, but not before stopping to make an important phone call.

"What are you doing?" I asked her.

"I'm calling that dumbass boyfriend of yours, that's what."

"Don't bother he's not going to answer. He doesn't have a cell phone only Emmett has one."

"Cool. Let's call him. What's his number?"

"Are you insane? The guy doesn't even like that I'm with his brother; can you only imagine what he would say if he knew I was giving out his number?"

"That's why we're blocking sweetie. "

"Fine".

Rose dials the number and as we hear a voice that sounded almost high we just say put Edward on the phone.

"Uhh hello?"

Rose flashes me a "really?" kind of look.

"Hey dumbass…"

"What?"

"I'm telling you right now what your girlfriend has to offer you is only going to be once and once only, so I suggest you take the offer before I give it to my man."

"What is it?"

Rose hands me her cell.

"Hey Edward, well I was just wondering since you said prom is too expensive, do you think if I got you a tuxedo you'd go?"

"Why would I want you to pay for that? It's okay I don't have to go."

"Well that's too bad because you're going. I won the raffle at school. "

Edward laughs like if his only excuse for not going was taken.

"Oh man. Alright then it's a date."

"There's just one more thing." I say deviously.

"What?"

"You have to earn it."

"Wait, what? How?"

"You have to ask me to prom. See you tomorrow at school."

"Wait, but how – "

I click instantly.

"How do you feel Bella?"

"You know, for years I've watched you and Mike look so perfect together. I've watched everyone be with someone and it always made me happy to know that you guys were happy, but now it's my turn. I didn't think this would ever happen to me."

Rosalie hugged me in silence because she knew it was true. She knew I'd never fallen for someone and been so stuck.

The next day at school is amazing. Everyone hates me. Everyone is offering me money for the prize, but only my man can have it and he STILL has to earn it.

I walk to my locker and Edward did his usual poke me from behind and give me a hug. I could hear Victoria tell him how envious she was. I loved it.

"So how am I supposed to ask you to prom?"

As I feel his strong arms hold my waist, I simply say "Roses. I love roses: pink, red and white."

I give him a kiss and walk to class. He stands there dumbstruck like if it were a puzzle with missing pieces I'd told him to solve.

During our police academy class Rosalie and I are talking about prom and how we'd wanted to be officially asked.

"I want Mike to get down on one knee and take me to a park and make it a perfect date. He'd have to ask me by a lake or something."

I can tell she's been planning this.

"How about you, Bella?"

"I want him to give me a rose and like you said, he has to get down on one knee and pop the question."

We both just sat in 10 seconds of silence before…

"I HAVE AN IDEA!" we say at the same time.

"Were you thinking what I'm thinking?" asks Rosalie.

"You mean how I'm going to hint at Mike about how to ask you to prom and how you're going to hint to Edward? Uhh, yeah!"

"Cool. I'll get right on that."

"let the games begin." Rose and I hug and begin to walk to class.