A/N: Hey!

So this is it...the beginning of the end.

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BPOV

Beep Beep. Beep Beep. Beep Beep.

I groaned and rolled over so I could see the clock.

4:15 A.M.

It is way too early!

I sat up and rubbed my eyes. Looking out the window I noticed it was still dark outside.

Are you kidding me?!

Reluctantly, I climbed out of bed and headed to the bathroom. The bus left at 5:00 this morning for East High School where the tournament was being held and I had to be on it…

After showering and throwing my hair up in a ponytail, I padded downstairs with my gym bag in tow.

I found Charlie reading the newspaper with a cup of coffee in hand as I walked into the kitchen.

"Why are you up so early Dad? You know its Saturday…right?"

"I know Bells, I just wanted to wish you good luck before you left." He chuckled.

"Oh, thanks. Are you and mom still coming to watch me play?"

"Wouldn't miss it." He said as he tried to stifle a yawn.

"Well we don't play until around nine so you can go back to bed." I laughed.

"Okay. Kick some butt today Bells." He yawned again before retreating back upstairs.

I eyed the still full mug of coffee he left on the table. I've never really tried straight black coffee before, it couldn't taste that bad…plus I needed the caffeine.

I carefully picked it up and sniffed it. It smelled fine, so I took a swig.

"Blegch!" I ran over to the sink and spit it out.

Maybe I'll stop for a cappuccino instead…

After getting myself a french vanilla cappuccino I pulled into the school's parking lot and noticed I was one of the first to arrive.

I boarded the bus and saw that Angela, Ashley, Erika and Ben were the only others that were here and took the seat behind Angela and Ben.

"Morning." Angela greeted me sleepily.

"How long is the bus ride supposed to be?" I asked, hopefully it would be long enough for a nap.

"About an hour. I don't know about you, but I plan on sleeping the whole way there." She laughed before letting out a long yawn.

"I'm definitely sleeping. I don't usually wake up on a the weekend until eleven at the earliest." I joked, but it was true. I'm not a morning person.

I set my bag on the seat to use as a pillow and laid down. My eyelids immediately felt heavy and I was out.

I started dreaming about a basketball game and I was just about to make the winning shot until…"GOOD MORNING ALL!!"

"Shutup Emmett!" I growled.

"Aww, Bella! Don't be a grump!" he said cheerily.

"Be quiet, let me get some sleep and I won't be grumpy." I snapped back.

"Okay, sheesh. Edward, enjoy your bottle of sunshine." He said flatly.

At the mention of Edward's name I suddenly perked up a little, but not enough to open my eyes just yet.

"Excuse me, is this seat taken?" I heard him whisper in my ear.

That did it. My eyes shot open and were rewarded with a beautiful smiling Edward.

"Hi." I smiled back.

"Good morning." He leaned down and gave me a quick kiss on my forehead. "So, can I sit with you?"

"Of course." I scooted out of the seat and let Edward sit closest to the window.

I sat back down and rested my head on his shoulder, drifting back into unconsciousness.

The next thing I knew, someone was shaking my shoulder and softly calling my name.

"Bella, we're here. Time to get up." Edward whispered in my ear.

"No." I replied groggily.

He chuckled and I heard the muffled voices of him talking to someone else.

Then…"WAKEY, WAKEY TIME TO SHAKEY!!" followed by Emmett's big hands grabbing onto my arm and shaking me awake.

"Emmett! Stop!" I barked out finally.

"I told you she'd get mad." Jasper snickered while shaking his head.

"Well tell Edward that, it was his idea!" Emmett defended.

"How about you all just leave me alone." I grumbled, burying my head into the crook of Edward's neck.

"Bella, we really do have to get off the bus now…" Edward whispered again.

"Fine!" I huffed and slung my bag over my shoulder before exiting the seat.

I caught up with Angela, not caring if I left the 'lets-wake-Bella-up-it'll-be-funny' brothers behind.

Us girls were led to our locker room and we quickly dropped our stuff in there and went to go find some breakfast since we didn't play until the second game.

At breakfast, Coach Clapp had given each of us a rough schedule of the games that would be played today depending on how long each game lasted.

Round 1

7:00 a.m. – Game 1: Boys Forks high school vs. Port Angeles high school

9:00 a.m. – Game 2: Girls Forks high school vs. La Push high school

Round 2

11:00 a.m. – Game 3: Boys La Push high school vs. East high school

1:00 p.m. – Game 4: Girls Port Angeles high school vs. East high school

Round 3

3:00 p.m. – Game 5: Boys Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 3

(other gym) Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 3

5:00 p.m. – Game 6: Girls Winner of Game 2 vs. Winner of Game 4

(other gym) Loser if Game 2 vs. Loser of Game 4

7:00 p.m. – Awards

It was going to be a long day.

-:-:-

We finished eating and headed into the gym to wait for the boys' game to start.

Port Angeles was already on the court warming up, but our team hadn't come out yet. I looked around the bleachers and saw that it was a pretty good crowd considering it was so early in the morning. I noticed Esme and Carlisle sitting a little higher up than me so I decided to go talk to them.

"Good morning." I smiled as I plopped down beside Esme.

"Good morning dear."

"You need to have a conversation with your sons about the proper way to wake someone up." I said, still miffed about Emmett's shaking.

"What'd they do now?" Carlisle sighed/laughing.

"I was asleep on the bus and I heard Edward telling me we were here, then Emmett started yelling and shaking me around and Jasper just sat there laughing." I pouted, "And apparently it was all Edward's idea."

"Boys." Esme said as she rolled her eyes, "I always wanted a daughter, but nooo!" she muttered teasingly.

"Don't worry though, I put them in their place." I assured her.

"Good."

Just then Alice and Rosalie joined us, Alice as bubbly and bouncy as ever and Rosalie looking half-asleep.

"I don't see how anyone enjoys basketball if you have to get up this early to watch it, let alone play the game." She grumbled.

"What are you two doing here?" I asked surprised, I hadn't expected to see them until around Round 2 started.

"To see you guys play." Alice answered me in a 'duh' tone.

"Well I guess I just didn't expect to see you here this early."

"We decided to carpool with Esme and Carlisle since Renee and Charlie weren't coming until the second game. And plus we're the Cullen Brothers/Bella's number one fans! We're not allowed to miss even one game, it's a rule."

"So your two are like our personal fan club? With rules and everything?" I asked to clarify.

"Well Esme, Carlisle, Renee, and Charlie are in it too but we're the presidents." Alice said matter-of-factly.

"And sometimes you're in the club too, when you're not playing. Same goes for Emmett, Jasper, and Edward when they're not playing." Rose added.

"How long has this club been…a club?"

"Since the beginning of the season." Esme said casually.

"How come I didn't know about it?"

"Well, we thought you did. Maybe we forgot to tell you because of your big hospital scare…" Alice mused.

I just laughed, "So what are all the rules? I must not have broken any seeing as I'm still in the club."

"Number one is obviously don't miss any of their games, number two, make sure you cheer for them as loud as you can so they know your there…" Alice smirked when she told me that one. We all knew her, Rose, and Emmett were always the loudest fans at games.

"Number three, make sure you tell them they played well after the game…and… I don't know. I'm kind of just making them up now, we don't really have official rules okay?!" Alice sighed dramatically.

"Alright." I chuckled as she sat down.

Our team came running out onto the court at that moment and Alice and Rosalie stood up 'whooing' and clapping for them. Rosalie shot me a look and I realized I was supposed to be cheering too, seeing that I was officially in their club now.

I talked with them for a few more minutes, but then had to go back to where I was sitting before since Coach told us we had to sit with the team when we weren't playing.

I watched as Jasper lined up for the tip off. The whistle blew and he snatched it out of the air immediately. He dribbled down the court and faked left, passing the ball to Emmett. Emmett charged through the screening of players in front of him and dunked it!

"That a way Emmett!" Rosalie yelled from behind me. I saw Emmett's face light up when he recognized her voice and winked at her.

The boys ended up winning the game, which guaranteed them at least second place in the tournament! I was so excited for them that I almost forgot how nervous I was about the game I had to play in a few minutes…almost.

Last time our girls played La Push I was still injured and they lost to them pretty badly. I remember practically ripping my brace off so I could go out there and play but Coach made me sit back down. I just hoped that we could beat them today. I wanted first place so badly.

"Great job!" I squealed as I gave Edward a hug. I didn't even care about how smelly and sweaty he was, I was so happy.

He picked me up and twirled me around on the court. "Thanks! Now go get your uniform on, your up next."

"Okay…" I said, a little hesitant to leave.

Edward noticed, "Bella don't worry. You're going to go out there and knock the socks right off of them. Remember, you were hurt last time the girls played them, they don't know about the secret weapon Forks is about to unleash on them." He smirked.

I just rolled my eyes and headed to the locker room.

Angela noticed I was nervous too and she told me we were sure to win now that I could play. I rolled my eyes again, I didn't think I was as good as everyone thought.

We rushed onto the court and started warming up. I could hear my 'fan club' cheering for me from the stands. I snuck a peek at them and saw my parents sitting with Esme, Carlisle, Rose, and Alice. Charlie was whistling and Renee was trying to get my attention so she could get a picture of me.

I looked down a little more and saw Edward smiling at me. When he saw he had my attention he quickly mouthed 'I love you' then I heard Emmett holler, "WATCH OUT FOR NUMBER 13, SHE'S GRUMPY TODAY." over towards where La Push was warming up. I glared at him and he burst out laughing. Jasper just shook his head again and mouthed a 'good luck.'

We didn't start out the greatest. La Push had gotten possession of the ball immediately and made a three-pointer right off the bat. I could feel the nervous butterflies fluttering around in my stomach and I hoped that I wouldn't throw up.

I channeled all my nervous energy into the game and stole the ball away. Sprinting down the court I made a quick lay up before any of the others made it over to me and then sprinted back to the other hoop to wait for La Push to make a move to shoot.

They passed it to what I'm guessing was the best girl on their team, since they always seemed to pass her the ball, and I watched her carefully. She faked right and then shot from behind the free throw line, hoping to make another three-pointer.

Not gonna happen.

I lunged for the ball and grasped it in my hands. The other team seemed a little shocked at first but quickly recovered as I passed it to Ashley and she dribbled to our hoop.

Coach called a time out and we huddled up. The managers brought us our water bottles and I hadn't realized how thirsty I actually was.

"Swan, I'm pulling you out for a little bit and Johnson, you're taking her place." Coach told us.

"Why?" I asked. I hadn't done anything wrong and I didn't want to just sit out and watch like I had been doing all season.

"You're working yourself way to hard. You need to slow down. I'm not about to lose one of my best players again when I need you the most." She explained.

I nodded and went to go sit on the bench. Coach made me sit out the rest of the first quarter and put me back in at the beginning of second.

"Swan, your up. I want you to cover number 30. She's made the most points so far, but remember to take it easy. I'm not about to let you refracture your leg again because you wanted to win the game." She warned me.

I took my place on the court and I heard my fan club erupt into cheers, putting the widest grin on my face.

At halftime we were down 28-30. I was so mad at myself for 'taking it easy' like Coach told me to. If I had put everything I had into it like I did at the beginning of the game, we would probably be winning right now.

We got the usual pep talk during our break and started third quarter. Once fourth began we were still down by two so I decided to kick it into gear and not care about what Coach said.

They continued to pass the ball to number 30 and she continued to sink every one of her shots. Luckily we were just barely keeping up to them so the next time 30 got the ball I jumped in and stole it, taking it back to our side. I lined up my shot and…whoosh! It went in and we were finally tied!

The rest of the time we switched from being tied to La Push in the lead. Finally, it was twenty seconds until the end of the game and the score was 51-49, La Push.

The whistle went off and surprise, surprise, the ball found its way to 30's hands. I blocked her as well as I could and she couldn't find anyone to pass it to, so she went for a shot. It fell short and Angela picked the ball up and started heading to the other side. I looked at the clock, we only had five seconds.

"SHOOT IT ANG!" I yelled. She was right at half court and looked at me wearily. I gave her an encouraging nod and she chucked the ball at the hoop.

The ball sailed through the air and hit the backboard…

ERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!

The ball wound around the rim twice before it fell to the floor…after it went through the basket!!

I started screaming and ran to Angela pulling her into the tightest hug.

"You did it Ang!! We won!!"

She must not have watched because she looked at me confused and then at the scoreboard before joining in with my screams, "AHHHH!! I made it?! No way!!"

We ran off the court cheering where Ben quickly stole Angela away and I went to go find Edward.

I spotted him in the crowd and ran over, but on my way I felt a sharp pain shoot up my leg. It went away quickly so I didn't think anything of it.

As I got closer I noticed Edward was facing away from me, so I hopped on his back and covered his eyes.

"Guess who?"

"I have no idea." He said sarcastically.

"You're no fun." I accused.

I jumped off of his back and he faced me, "Great game! But why did you have to sit out in the beginning?"

"Coach told me I was doing too much and she wanted me to slow down before I hurt myself again. I was perfectly fine though!"

"Well you shouldn't do too much. What if you were in the middle of a game and you landed on your leg wrong or something? Then what if it hurt so badly you passed out from the pain? What if-"

I placed a finger over his lips to stop his rambling, "I'm fine. My leg feels great. And I don't plan on passing out anytime soon."

"Alright. Sorry, but you can't do that to me again Bella. Remember what Alice told you about how messed up I was last time?"

I just nodded and gave him a hug.

Round 1 was over after we won our game and Round 2 had just begun, which neither of our teams played in. This gave us about a four hour break so Angela and I decided to take a nap in the locker room while the boys went and got something to eat.

After waking up from my re-energizing nap, Angela was still asleep so I ventured out into the gym to see how the games were coming along. I walked in and saw that Game 3 just got over and the score was La Push-47 East High-55. That meant that the boys would have to play East high school for first place.

I didn't see any of my family or friends in the stands so I made my way to the cafeteria to see if they were in there. Sure enough, all nine of them were seated at one of the tables talking.

"Hey. East high school just won against La Push. Looks like that's who you'll be playing Round 3." I told the Cullen brothers as I sat down.

"Yess! I was hoping we wouldn't have to play La Push again, it just gets boring." Emmett laughed.

"Did you sleep well?" Edward asked me as everyone else went back to their previous conversations.

"Yes, considering I didn't have my annoying boyfriend and his brothers to wake me up."

"Annoying?!" he asked dramatically.

"That's right, I said it." I quipped back.

"How can you call me annoying??" He asked feigning hurt.

"Well when you're by yourself its not as bad, but when you join these two oafs you're about as bad as the three stooges."

"Seriously?" he asked, all teasing aside.

"No, I was just joking! You aren't annoying…usually."

EPOV

Round 3 started and we were warming up for the game that decided who won the tournament. My nerves were shot and all I could do was stand there staring at the basket.

"Eddie?" Emmett waved a hand in front of my face. "Eddieeeee?"

"I think he's asleep." Emmett told Jasper.

"Em, his eyes are open and he's standing up. He's not sleeping."

"Well do you think we should slap him? He's not blinking…" Emmett wondered out loud.

"Yeah slap him, see what happens." Jasper encouraged, snickering.

I watched Emmett lift his hand back and swing it forward. I ducked just in time so it wouldn't make contact with my face.

"What do you think you're doing?!" I fumed.

"Hey!! Look who's back from la la land." Jasper teased.

I just blew them off and started warming up my shots. I didn't have time to joke around, it was getting down to the wire and we could win this thing. I wanted to win.

Turns out we had nothing to worry about. East High is not that good at basketball. Yes, they are better than La Push, but not by much. We won 67-45, in the first half we raked in the points and were ahead by twenty, so we started goofing off a little, you know playing keep away and trying out tricks, but then the other team began to catch up.

We got our butts chewed by Coach in the locker room during half time for 'not taking the most important game of the year seriously.' Long story short, we kicked it into gear and got first place!

I quickly found my family and friends, giving each of them a hug against there will. I was just so proud of our team and ecstatic that we got first place that I didn't even hear Alice and Rosalie complain about how gross I was.

I saved Bella for last and could tell she was freaking out again for this next game.

"You need to calm down Bella, you're getting yourself all worked up over nothing." I assured her.

"Nothing?! Edward, this is it. This is the game." She said frantically, her breaths getting quicker.

I rubbed a comforting hand on her back, "You'll do great. I know it."

"Okay…I better go get ready…" she sighed before heading to the locker rooms.

I hurried up and showered as fast as I could so I wouldn't miss too much of Bella's game. I decided to wear the girls' basketball shirt I had written 'Swan' on the back to hopefully cheer her up.

I entered the gym with time to spare as I watched the tip off, with us getting possession. Erika made the first points with a simple lay up and the game was officially on.

They made sure to stay ahead and by half time the score was 33-28. I was feeling pretty confident for them. I knew they had this in the bag but Bella still looked pretty nervous. They rushed back onto the court and I noticed Bella wince a couple times while warming up her shots.

Third quarter started and the other team came back with full force. They were making shots left and right. Soon the score was 50-48 and I was sitting on the edge of my seat.

By fourth quarter we were tied. The score kept switching between us being tied and us in the lead. There was one minute left on the clock and I could tell this would be a close game.

Bella was dribbling down court when number 8 from the opposing team came up behind her and shoved my Bella into Angela.

Angela's feet flew out from under her and she landed on top of Bella. The whole gym was in silence and I heard something pop.

Angela quickly hopped up and helped Bella up. Her pained expression told me something was wrong and I was immediately worried.

She limped over to Coach Clapp and they discussed a few things, it looked like Bella was pleading with her and Coach was reluctant to give in.

The ref went over and joined in and Ben had to hold me in place so I didn't march over there myself.

Finally, they dispersed and Bella lined up for her free throws. I could tell Bella was in pain; she looked as if she was holding back tears and she was wobbling as she tried to balance all of her weight onto her left leg. Bella tried to make it look like she was standing on both legs but I could tell she couldn't add any pressure to her right leg without it hurting.

No one had made even a peep as they watched Bella sink her two free throws, putting us ahead by four points now.

Coach Clapp called a time out when the clock hit thirty seconds. I could see her arguing with Bella as they both made wild hand gestures to the other team and the scoreboard.

We had possession of the ball, so when the timeout was over Bella practically limped out onto the court ball in hand.

The clock started and they kept passing the ball around, playing keep away with the other team. When it got down to ten seconds, they flung the ball to Bella.

9 seconds.

She positioned herself right at the three-point line.

8 seconds.

Bending down, she angled it perfectly…

7 seconds.

The ball flew towards the hoop…

6 seconds.

And it went in!

5 seconds.

The other team grabbed the ball and started charging down the court.

4 seconds.

The shot the ball…

3 seconds.

And they missed!

2 seconds.

Angela grabbed the ball and passed it to Bella once more. She started dribbling towards the hoop and I could tell she was fighting against the pain.

1 second.

She got right up near the basket and tossed it in.

ERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

They won! The score ended up being 60-55.

I sprinted out onto the court and Bella fell into my arms.

"It hurts Edward. Bad." She whimpered.

I scooped her up and carried her over to Carlisle. "Dad, I think it's her leg again."

I laid her down on the bleachers as Coach Clapp came running over. "You're a trooper Swan, but also very stubborn. She wouldn't let me have her sit out." She informed Charlie and Renee. They nodded in understanding.

"I wasn't about to sit out. I couldn't." Bella choked out.

Carlisle felt around where Bella had fractured her leg before and he didn't find anything wrong. "I think you may have cracked one of the bones. You'll have to come in for some x-rays, but I'm fairly sure you will have to wear the brace again."

Bella just groaned, "Can I at least stay for the awards?"

"You can't walk on your leg, it will only make it worse."

"I'll carry her…if that's all right." I offered.

"Charlie, Renee?" Carlisle asked turning to them.

"I didn't suffer through the end of that game just to be shipped to the hospital." Bella huffed.

"Well, I guess that's okay…seeing as Bella won't leave just yet." Renee chuckled.

A smile of victory spread across her face and I carried her back down to where our teams were sitting.

-:-:-

"Now…please give a warm round of applause for this year's tournament champions. The boys' and girls' Forks high school basketball teams!" The announcer called.

I lifted Bella up and walked out to the center of the court with the rest of our teammates.

The announcer handed the captains our trophies and asked if they would like to say a few words.

Ashley and Erika, the girls' team captains took the microphone and started in on all the people they wanted to thank.

"…And we wanted to give a special thanks to our MVP this year. We realized that without this very special girl, our team wouldn't have been as strong as it has been all season. And we know she'll refuse the title so we aren't giving her the choice. Bella Swan congratulations, we don't know of any other crazy girl that would beg to play after cracking a bone in her leg that had been fractured just a month ago!"

I smiled widely down at Bella who had her hands over her face.

"Bella…" I nudged her. She still didn't move her hands.

Then Emmett and Ryan took the mic. "We'll keep this short because Bella here has to get back to Forks for some x-rays…" The entire gym erupted into laughter as Bella removed her hands so she could glare at him.

They kept it short and sweet thanking our coaches and parents and everyone else who helped us throughout the season.

I went and grabbed our gym bags and loaded them into the back of my parent's car. The coaches let me ride with them since she was going straight to the hospital.

Bella decided she would rather wait and go to the Forks hospital so we fell asleep on the hour ride back home.

I dozed off instantly and found myself standing to the entrance of the Forks Annual Carnival.

There was no one there except for Bella, Alice, Rosalie, Emmett, Jasper, and myself. Emmett and Jazz were standing by Rose and Alice talking and Bella was sitting under that ridiculous kissing booth sign looking bored.

I slowly walked up to her and felt the need to introduce myself. She giggled and told me her name as well.

We talked for what felt like only a few minutes before Emmett and Jasper started pulling me away.

I reached out for her hand but Rosalie grasped it instead, slipping a piece of paper into it.

Then she was gone, I still had the paper in my hand, so I unfolded it.

It read,

Call her! 555-1073

I woke up laughing, remembering the day we first met and how it hand changed my life forever.

A/N: The End.

It's over :(

Epilogue will be up soon. Sequel following shortly after.

Favorite part?

"Okay, sheesh. Edward, enjoy your bottle of sunshine." He said flatly.
lol...oh, Emmett :)

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