A/N: Well, here's chapter 3. I hope you enjoy it!

Disclaimer: Twilight is not mine.

I didn't have to wait long for Edward to show up. We stood and "talked" for a couple of minutes, then Alice showed up.

Edward held the door open for me and I climbed in. Within seconds, he was in the driver's seat and Alice was in the backseat.

He drove off, I didn't even care about his speed.

…ah, that was just too good…

I turned around in my seat, Alice was smirking, a dazed look on her face as she remembered something.

"What's up?" I asked.

"Oh, nothing…" I just totally socked Mike in the face after you left him in the dust.

"You WHAT?" Edward and I both said simultaneously.

"Oh, after Bella left, I socked him."

"Why?"

"Because he's hitting on my best friend who just so happens to be dating my brother…"

"I see."

"I think he's learned his lesson."

"You didn't hit him too hard though…" I said, worried. Being a vampire, Alice could punch him hard enough to crush his skull.

"Oh no, just enough to get him a bloody nose. I think his ego's more damaged than his face…" He totally deserved it.

He deserved worse than that.

If he keeps it up, I'll sock him.

Edward turned and smiled crookedly at me.

In no time, we had arrived at the Cullen's house.

"I need to be home by five." I said as Edward held the door open for me and Alice.

"I'll drive you," he offered.

"I was going to run, but that works too."

"Good. I'll drop you off, you can spend the evening with Charlie, then I'll pick you up around eight and bring you back here for your piano lessons."

"Okay."

We spent the afternoon doing our homework. All three of us worked together. It was fun working like that. I was so used to working by myself that this was new to me.

Of course, Edward and Alice had already done this many times. This was only my first year as a senior, but it was still easy.

Alice commented on how stupid it was to give us homework on the first day of school, but since we finished so early it didn't even matter.

It was four o'clock when we finished. That left an hour before I had to go back to Charlie's.

We spent it listening to Alice's favorite band, Evanescence. I had never heard them before, but I found them interesting. Some of the songs described me and others just made me happy. I know knew why I had never heard them before, mom would have found them depressing, she's just like that.

Alice gave me the CD. "I have another copy around here anyway."

I smiled and slipped it into my backpack.

Before I knew it, it was almost five.

Edward and I headed out to his car and he drove me to Charlie's.

"I'll see you in a few hours."

"All right."

I didn't have to wait long for Charlie to get home. It was only about fifteen minutes. I was cooking him dinner when he walked in.

"Smells good. What is it?"

"Spaghetti. You probably smell the garlic bread though."

"Cool."

He went into the living room until it was done.

While he was eating, I cleaned up the kitchen.

"So, Bella, what are you doing tonight?"

"Well, I was going to spend the evening here with you until Edward picks me up about eight."

"I see."

Both of us were silent. I didn't need to hear Charlie's thoughts to know what he was thinking. He was thinking along the lines of how he was going to spend two hours with his daughter who wasn't any more sociable than he was.

I was thinking the same thing.

"How about a game of cards?" I suggested. "We could play Egyptian War?"

"Sounds fun."

We spent the next two hours playing Egyptian War, Spit, Speed, Double Solitaire, and any other card game we could think of.

We were in a game of Go Fish when Edward rang the doorbell.

I let him in and he waited until Charlie and I finished. When we had, I bade Charlie goodbye and promised to be there in the morning when he left.

A/N2:Review please! More to come soon!