sorry bout the wait guys, with the sight bein down n all plus my computer's been having problems. but that's given me a lot of time to write more story. so here's a little more. thanks for the reviews, you know i love the reviews! so...on with the story!

Chapter 10

"Oh, honey I'm so excited!" Julie's mom said as she played with Julie's hair. "Your senior prom!" "I know," Julie said, fiddling with a strand of hair. "I remember my senior prom! I had a long, purple dress…" her mother went on, but looked down at her daughter. "Are you alright?" she asked. "Um…yeah," Julie said but she wasn't alright. Then again, she couldn't tell her mother. "I just forgot to call Chase." She said. "Well, you guys probably talked about it so much," she smiled and went on about something to do with teenagers, gossiping, and hormones, but Julie wasn't paying attention.

Her attention was focused on Edward and what happened that day. She wasn't so sure about liking Chase anymore, or just liking Edward. She also wondered if it was right to go to prom with Chase when she wasn't feeling anything for him, now. What was even more confusing was how she felt about Edward. She was almost sure she loved him…kind of. She wasn't so sure that she just liked him. But how would that turn out? No one but Emily knew he was there…some wedding that would be. Julie wanted to tell her mom, so much…but she wouldn't understand.

Later on, Julie called Chase. "Hey, what time are you picking me up tomorrow?" Julie asked. "Seven, remember?" he replied. "Oh yeah," she said. "So, what are you wearing?" Chase asked. "Chase, that's gross," "No…nooo," he said laughing "To the prom?" "Oh…um…you'll have to wait and see." "Why?" he asked laughing again. "It's a surprise. I gotta go, but I'll see you tomorrow." She said. They both hung up and Julie went to her room to go to sleep. She had a huge day tomorrow and wanted to get at least a little bit of sleep...

Julie looked at herself in the mirror. She was glad she had found the perfect dress for the prom. She thought she looked pretty good. She had black and green shadow on her eyes and her hair was up with a few loose curls coming out from the front. She also had a small green rose adorning the bun in her hair. She had on black strappy shoes and black chandelier earrings. She had a small fish netted coat thingy to wear, too. "Okay," she said to her reflection, "let's go."

"Julie!" her mom said snapping pictures with her camera as she came down the steps. "You look beautiful," her dad said taking her hand as she came down the last two steps. He handed her a bunch of flowers wrapped in tissue paper. "Thanks," she said. Her mom snapped a few more pictures just before the door-bell rang. "I'll get it!" she said and hurried to the door. Of course, it was Chase. He was wearing a black and red pin stripe suit with black shoes and a red tie. His hair was spiked just a little bit in the front.

"Chase!" Julie's mom said and snapped a picture, almost blinding him. "Thanks, Mrs. Burnham." Chase said. He stepped in and looked over at Julie. She blushed as he lost his train of thought looking at her. "I guess we should get going," Julie said. "Wait, take some more pictures!" Her dad said. Julie grabbed her small coat and they headed out the door after a few last pictures.

They got into the car and headed for the school. "Should we stop at your parent's house?" "No," he said, "they're not home. They were, but my Aunt's sick." "Oh," They arrived at the school a minute later and parked the car. "Well, here we are," Chase said. "Let's go," Julie replied. They held hands and walked in.

They walked in the gym and saw everyone. Everyone looked really nice. Julie hated to admit it, but they did. They both walked over to a table and sat down. Julie noticed that Chase seemed just a little bit tense. "You okay?" she asked as he sat down. "Yeah," he replied. "Peachy," "What's the matter?" she asked. "Nothing," he said irritated. "Wanna dance?" she asked. "Sure," he said. They both stood up and went out to the dance floor. A kind of slow song was on, so Julie wrapped her arms around his shoulders.

"Hey!" said one of the other couples coming over to them. "You guys look nice," said the girl. "Um…thanks," Julie said. Chase nodded. The couple went back to dancing. "Weird," Chase said. "Yeah," replied Julie. They both just stood there. Julie could feel the tension the rest of the night. They danced for a little while and from unfamiliar eyes, it would look like they were having a very good time, but Julie was still worried about Chase.

They were sitting down at their table, taking a break, when Julie noticed Chase looking really depressed. "Chase, what's wrong?" Julie asked. "Nothing, I just have a headache." He said and he walked out into the hallway, almost slamming the door behind him. People were now staring at him leaving and then at Julie. She grabbed her stuff and went out after Chase.

"Chase what's the matter with you?" "Nothing," he said, still walking. "Don't give me that, what's the matter?" she asked. Chase stopped and turned around to face her. He took her face in his hands. "I can't do this anymore," he said. "What….what do you mean?" Julie asked confused and a little scared. "This, us…you've just been…" "What?" "Different, I don't know…like, I never get to talk to you anymore unless you're asking me to cover up for you for something. You're never here anymore. And now all of a sudden, you're mom makes you go to prom and you take me like you're using me so you don't have to be here alone. "Chase, you know that's not true," "How would I know?" he said. His eyes were focused on her and he looked like he was going to cry. In all her time knowing her, Julie had never seen Chase come even close to crying. "What would it feel like to you if all of a sudden I stopped talking to you and never talked to you except to ask for you to baby-sit or just make excuses or cover up for you. You barely even talk to me in school anymore," Julie stood there in shock. She had no idea he felt this way, but all of that wasn't true! "I'll admit I have been busy lately, but I haven't totally neglected you!" "Well another thing is you barely even said thank you." Now Julie was very upset. That was definitely not true. "Why are you acting like this?" she asked, tears coming to her eyes. He then grabbed her face and pulled it to his and kissed her. Then he looked down at her. "I love you," he said in a shaky voice. Julie couldn't believe it. She had almost been waiting for this since she met him, but now…she couldn't accept it. She didn't want this anymore. "I…I'm sorry," she said gently holding his wrist which was still on her cheek, "but I don't. I really care about you, Chase and I love you, but-" "Not like I do," he said. He snatched his hand away from her and left the school. She chased after him.

"Chase! Where are you going?" "Why do you care!" he yelled. She rushed up to his car. "I can't control the way I feel, Chase. I don't want to hurt you." "Too late," he said starting up his car. He drove away, leaving her there, with tears streaming down her face.

Julie stood there in front of the school. She couldn't believe this. After all of the time knowing Chase, she thought he'd always be there for her and that they'd always be good friends. Now, he left her there at the school…on prom night!

Julie ran across the street and headed for her house. She started out walking, but then she found herself running. She ran right to the corner, but then stopped. She looked over at the path leading to her house, and then the path that lead to the mansion. She hesitated whether or not to go see Edward. Even thought she hated to go like this after everything she had told him about how happy prom was…then she paused and realized how bad she must have hurt Edward. "I asked my friend Chase to go with me," she thought. That's what she said to him…like he didn't even matter; like he wasn't good enough for him. With this thought, she turned and ran towards Edward's house.

She reached the gate and stepped over it, but broke one of her heals. She couldn't see very well, for tears blurred her vision. They still were falling from her face. She fell trying to run in those stupid shoes. She kicked them off angrily. She threw her purse on the grass of the garden as she ran threw it. She also threw the flower and gum band that held her hair up down in the grass, letting her straight dark hair flow free down on her shoulders. She slowed her pace and caught her breath and began to walk up the stairs. She went up to Edward's room where she found him sitting on his little straw bed and cutting some paper. She sobbed as quietly as she could, but he heard her and looked up. "Julie," he said eyes widened. "Edward," she cried and went over and hugged him. "I'm so sorry," she said. "I was so stupid to take Chase over you and now I think it was the worst decision of my life!" she sobbed.

He looked down at her and felt very bad. He carefully wrapped his arms around her and they both sat down. He rested his head on hers as she cried. Julie had fallen in love with him, but had Edward fallen in love with her? All of this made him remember the last time he fell in love…

Flashback (This is from the movie…I did not make this part up myself. This part does not belong to me!)

"Where is everybody?" he asked Kim, looking down at her worried, gentle expression. "Out looking for you," she replied. "Hold me," she said, tears filling her eyes. Edward lifted his hands up, but realized he couldn't. Jim was right: he couldn't touch anything without destroying it. "I can't," he replied and walked over to the window. He looked outside, feeling sad, heart-broken, and alone. Just then, Kim came over and wrapped his arms around her for him. She then wrapped her arms around him and they both stood there in each other's arms, comforting each other.

(Okay, now the rest of the story is mine. ONWARD!)

Even though he knew that it meant risking hurt and brokenness again, he knew in his heart that he had indeed fallen in love with Julie. And he didn't know this at the time, but Julie had also fallen in love with him…

(just so you guys know, what Chase is mad about isn't supposed to make sense which is why it doesn't that much. He's just being a jerk for some reason...rolls eyes men...)