Thursday. The second last day of the week. The day before Jessica's party. And the day that rose becomes the happiest woman on earth.

"What!?" I yelled in surprise. "Oh my god! ROSE!" I jumped up and hugged her full on, wrapping my legs around her waist and hugging her so hard around the neck I thought it was going to break.

She spun me around. "Bella, you don't know how happy I am!"

I jumped off her and held her at arms length, looking into my best friends eyes. "Have you told Alice?"

She laughed. "Well if that's how you reacted, I'm not in a hurry to tell a hyper active pixie."

I laughed too. She's got that right.

I looked over roses shoulder, "speak of the devil." I muttered. "Oi! Hyperactive pixie! Quick!" I yelled over the throng of people. Man I am so over crowded lockers.

I waved my hands telling her to come. "Okay fatshit!" she yelled back.

I pretend to scowl. "Well I'm fat, you're ugly! I can diet, you cant!" I think some passersby were caught offgaurd by our exchange.

But it meant something different to us. Obviously Alice was not ugly. Like come on. And she always tells me I'm fat because I eat heaps.

But I'm actually skinnier than her.

Oh the complications of explaining inside jokes.

"Okay, what's up?" Alice chirped as she came up to us.

I looked at rose, "should we put her in a straight jacket first?"

Rose laughed, "Actually not a bad idea, you know. You have one?"

"Oh yeah, I carry one around everywhere." I said sarcastically. We laughed, even Alice did.

But she had no idea why we were contemplating getting her a straight jacket.

"Okay, can someone tell me what's happening?" Alice asked after our laughing fit.

Rose took a deep breath. "Well, you know Jessica's party tomorrow night? Umm…I have a ride." I never thought I would ever see anyone blush as red as me, but rose just came pretty close.

"OOOOOMIIIGOODDDDDD!" Alice squealed. It was so loud that the crowded hallway volume went a few clicks down.

And, as we thought, Alice began dancing on the spot and then circling rose singing, "I knew it. I knew it, dah dah dum, dah dah dum, I knew it…"

Meh what the hell. I joined her singing and started to dance on the spot, impersonating Alice. "I knew it too, I knew it too. Dah dah dum, dah dah dum…"

Even though I was absorbed in the moment, I did notice the small crowd that was gathering around, circling us. Mainly girls, but that didn't stop Alice. "Come on everybody!" she invited the crowd. "Did you know it?" she sung, pointing at random to someone in the audience. "I knew it!" the person sung. It started to remind me of a musical. I laughed to myself.

"What about you?" I sung, spinning my arm around and pointing randomly to someone behind me. "Yeah! I knew it!" it was bec. She happily contributed to this embarrassing, yet trend-setting display.

I stopped singing, turning to look at Alice. "Wait, what do we know?" I asked confused. Everyone around us just burst out laughing, because it was true, we had no idea what was going on. Alice was on the floor, and rose wasn't far behind.

I turned to our crowd that had gathered, about 15 people, and said through my laughing fit, "sorry about that folks, you can get back to… whatever you do best."

The crowd slowly walked off in twos and threes, leaving us to finish our conversation.

"Hey Alice," I warned, "you better actually know it, or we just did all that celebration for nothing."

She squealed again, not quite as loud as the first time but pretty close. "Of course I know! Rose! You and Emmett are going to be so cute!" she hugged rose tightly.

"Nothing official yet, Alice."

Alice let go. "Okay, but tell me what happened!"

Rose shrugged, "well, last night I saw him down the street, he came up, we talked and he asked if I was going to Jessica's, I said yes and well…"

I hadn't heard the full story yet, so I was on the edge of my seat… well I was standing up, but you get what I mean.

"AND…" I asked impatiently.

"Well, he asked if I wanted to go with him. Obviously I jumped at that and said I would love to." she finished.

Alice was smiling but then turned serious, "that's it?" she didn't sound impressed.

"There's meant to be more?" rose asked.

I could see rose was holding back, "no secrets here." I said, motioning between the three of us.

"Ha, yeah right." She said sarcastically.

I pretended I didn't notice. But I stared at her, getting her to confess.

She bit her lip. "And then… he kissed me?" mine and Alice's jaws dropped.

Rose started up furiously, "well what else did you mean when you said is that it!?"

Alice and I controlled our expressions.

"You-"

"I-"

Alice and I went to speak at the same time. She smiled and motioned for me to go first.

"You kissed Emmett?" I asked.

She went red, again. "Well he kissed me but… yes okay, I kissed him."

"Aww!" I hugged rose gently. I knew what this meant to her. "I know how long you have been waiting for that rose." I whispered in her ear. "I'm happy for you."

She smiled, it looked like she was going to cry. "Thanks, sis." I smiled at that.

"Oh come on. It was a kiss, not a death!" Alice said. Our serious moments never lasted longer than 30 seconds. Someone was bound to make a joke by then.

The bell rang for first class.

Rose and I were heading in the same direction, so we said bye to Alice and made our way to the technology rooms.

"I knew only you would understand Bella, understand that this was more that just a kiss."

I looked at rose, "we are more alike than you think."

And there it goes again. An awkward silence that isn't awkward.

-000-

"So, what are you doing this weekend?" I asked my boyfriend.

We were able to find some unsuspicious time together, just before lunch. And I was really missing him at the moment. I don't know why. Maybe its because I haven't kissed him in over 24 hours. Or maybe because we haven't hugged today. Or he hasn't held my hand. But it was something.

He sighed, "well, I'm out tomorrow night, and I'm hoping to spend Saturday or Sunday with this really amazing girl. She has beautiful brown eyes and long brown hair. And did I mention that I'm dating her?"

I held back a smile. "No you didn't, but I know now. I feel sorry for that poor girl. I mean, what did you do to make her date you? Force her to eat 10 burgers or something. That's all people seem to be worried about these days, getting fat. However I would happily eat 10 burgers. So if you want someone to go out with…" I left the sentence hanging.

He laughed, "no but seriously," he asked in a lower voice, aware of people around us. "Are you free this weekend?"

I thought about it for a second, "actually, I'm out tomorrow too, but Saturday and Sunday I'm good."

He looked surprised, "where are you going?"

"What, tomorrow?" I asked.

"Yeah."

I looked at him, "Aren't I allowed to go out? And why should I tell you anyway?" I said a bit louder then intended, trying to get him to say it out loud.

"Because I'm your boy," he said the last word as a whisper, "friend." And he yelled that word louder than necessary.

"Well maybe my boy," again whispering the word like he did, "friend should mind his own business!"

He smiled and began to open his locker, I didn't even notice we where there. "Your not going to tell me are you?" he said rather than asked.

I smiled, "well, its not my fault your going to a party without me. Do you know what its like to have my boyfriend going around to parties with millions of other girls without me."

He smiled, "well how do I know what you are doing tomorrow isn't a party as well? With millions of other guys?"

I stopped and thought for a second. "Hmmm, good point. You just going to have to trust me."

There was no one closer than comfort, and as far as I could tell, none was paying a great deal of attention to us.

"Do you think we could sneak a kiss?" I asked him, biting my lip.

He looked at me. "Well we could just go public right here right now." He suggested slyly.

I looked at him seriously, "no."

He sighed, "well then no kiss for you."

I grabbed his arm and spun him around, slamming my lips to his. I made sure the door of his locker covered us from one side and Edward's body was screening us from the other.

I broke away, my lips tingling.

Edward was stunned.

I looked around, quickly scanning the faces, looking to see if anyone noticed our two-second rush.

"Wow." Edward stated, still staring like a loser at me.

Then I thought of something.

"Now for the opposite effect." I brought my hand across his face quite hard. A resounding slap pierced the air.

"What the hell was that?" he almost yelled, in surprise.

I smiled, "for the people who saw me kiss you."

He laughed, "at least warn me next time."

"I did. I said, and now for the opposite effect." He looked confused.

I stalked away, as if I was actually angry with him. But when I was halfway down the hall, I felt bad.

I shoved my books over to my left hand and pulled out my phone;

My hand hurts.

I held my phone as I walked, knowing it wouldn't take long for him to reply. And sure enough, I felt my phone vibrate again.

So does my face.

I laughed.

"Something funny?" rose came up beside me, chewing on a biscuit.

I contemplated telling her for a second. Because she's being open about Emmett, I sort of feel guilty for hiding Edward.

But nah.

"Um, yes actually. Your face." I said seriously.

She looked at me, "ha ha so funny." her voice full of sarcasm. "But seriously. Who you texting?"

"Dad?" I said, the first person that came into my mind.

Rose rolled her eyes, "ha ha, I believe you." She was sarcastic, and she was still expecting an answer.

I stopped, "if I say nobody will you just accept that?"

She looked more interested now, "No, probably not."

I sighed, "well nobody."

"Bella." She snatched at my phone. I was holding it loosely so she easily took it from my grasp. I didn't stop her, she deserved to know that we text each other.

"My face hurts?" she asked, looking at me weirdly.

I bit my lip, "yeah umm, you can give that back now." As I reached for it she held her arm up higher. That's so unfair.

I'm not short, she's just tall.

"Rose! Come on, I don't do this to you!" I said, lazily attempting to jump high enough to reach my phone.

"What happened to no secrets Bella?" she teased, not taking her eyes of my phone.

"Ooo, hmmm, inbox. Edward, Edward, Edward… Edward-"

"Okay, that's enough rose." I said finally, pulling her arm at the elbow and snatching the phone in one smooth move.

"Bella, you not telling me something?" she asked suspiciously.

Okay, lying to a best friend, harder then you think.

I sighed, "No I just, well me an-"

"What the hell was that Bella!?" Alice crashed into me, saving my explanation. and hyper as usual.

I took a second to process information. "What was what?"

Alice looked straight at me, "well, me, Tanya, Jessica, Lauren and a few others witnessed your little scene before."

Oh no, oh no! They saw me kiss Edward! No no! This is bad, but I swear they didn't see, no one did.

I was lost for words.

"I-uh-well he-we…" I stuttered.

Alice laughed, "Don't have a heart attack, I just want to know what made you do it. A slap like that doesn't get received for nothing." She looked impressed.

Rose looked between Alice and I. "what what? You slapped someone?! Who?"

Alice laughed, "little hot Eddie. Pretty hard too."

"Not so hot no more." Rose smirked.

"Yeah not with a red handprint." They found that amusing for some reason.

I was still reeling around in my mind. Alice didn't see the kiss, just the slap. Yes! Well, that was the purpose of it.

Rose stopped laughing, "woahh, back it up. Why did you slap him?"

Okay, I need to make up a story. Quick.

"Umm, cause I felt like it?"

They didn't buy it. But rose clicked.

"Ahh, that's why he wrote 'my face hurts'! Ha, I get it." she seemed proud of herself.

"His face hurts?" Alice chimed in.

Wow this conversation was getting side tracked.

"Okay, stop!" I said to them both. "I slapped him, because he said something that annoyed me. I walked away, blah blah, and we're in the present."
"Who wrote my face hurts?" Alice asked again.

"No one!"

"Edward!"

Rose and me yelled at the same time. I was getting frustrated now.

"Dude, you should see her inbox on her phone." Rose commented to Alice.

I took a deep breath. "What exactly are you guys trying to get at?" I didn't like arguing with them.

"So Edwards face hurts?" Alice still looked confused. But I don't think she was confused about why Edwards face hurts, more like why he text me saying that if we are supposed to be angry at each other.

"Alice!" rose and I sighed in unison.

"What?" she asked innocently.

Rose shook her head and turned her attention to me. "What's going on with you and Edward?"

"Nothing." I answered too soon.

They both rolled their eyes, "Bella we know, we have known for ages." Alice sighed.

I sort of started to panic, I knew what they meant.

But how in the world did they find out?

"Know what?" I asked, sounding as innocent as I could.

Rose smiled, "How are your La Push friends anyway?"

Instantly I knew what she was getting at. When I went with Edward in his car…

…They were at my house.

-000-

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