School trip, talks and discussing La Push.

Elena's POV: (Opening thoughts)

So back to school again. Edward is also nuts if he thinks I've given up. I have decided the truck not hitting me the first time is just pure luck. But the second time... that was Edward.

"I need your permission slips, okay," Mr. Melina tells us as we all prepare to get on the school bus. "Sammy, please collect them."

I give the boy mine and Bella's slips before heading towards where Bella is waiting near her car. I look down as I see the left over wreckage from the crash. I then look at the dint in the truck.

"Earth to Elena!" Bella says and I look around at her.

"Sorry," I tell her and she nods. "You go ahead!"

She makes a move towards the bus and I watch as she talks to Jessica. I spot Edward, Alice and Jasper walking towards the school bus.

Mike suddenly cuts through my line of vision. "Look at you, huh? You're alive."

I chuckle and nod.

"I know yeah," I agree looking down but I see Edward passing with a smile on his face.What's his problem? What's so funny? "False alarm I guess."

"Now I wanted to ask you..." he begins but I barely hear him as I watch Edward. "So what do you think?"

"About what?" I ask him completely confused now.

"Do you wanna go?" He asks but I am still completely unaware of what he said. "To prom? With me?"

"Oh, uh, I..." I say slowly as I am not a big fan of dances. "Prom? Dancing? Not such a good idea for me and plus Bella and I have something that weekend," Bella owes me for this."I'm going to Jacksonville that weekend."

Mike seems very disappointed at this. "You two can't go another weekend?"

"Non-refundable ticket," I explain to him and I see Edward smirking from a distance so I glare at him. "You should ask Jessica. I know she wants to go with you."

He glances at Jessica who waves when she realizes that Mike is staring at her. Bella had nudged her to let her know that he was.

He looks a little disappointed but smiles. Before he can say anything else Mr. Melina calls out to everyone. "Yo yo you. Hey guys. Come on. We gotta go, we gotta go! Green is what? Good."

As he continues I smile one last time at Mike and head towards the bus. I see Edward and his family heading towards the second bus. My twin is grinning at me as I head towards that bus. I glare at her and she chuckles.

I could kill my twin sometimes.

We walk through the greenhouses where we are for our trip. Bella and I walk past Mr. Melina as he and Eric are making a cup of tea for flowers.

"Now I am gonna make a steaming cup of compost tea," he tells Eric as he pours a cup but as he turns around Tyler takes it off of him and tries to drink it. "Yeah this is recycling in it's most basic form guys. Don't drink it!! It's for the plants!"

Bella and I share a glance and shake our heads. Then I glance at Edward as we approach him and I see Bella has slowed down and is now walking with Angela. I turn to see the smirk has returned to her face.

"What's in Jacksonville?" He asks me as I pass and I turn to him in confusion.

"How'd you know about that?" I ask perplexed, he was nowhere near me and Mike but he was watching us.

"You didn't answer my question," he points out to me.

I shake my head. "Well you don't answer any of mine so... I mean I don't even get a hello from you..."

"Hi," he says and I scoff.

I turn to him.

"Are you going to tell me how you stopped the van?" I ask him.

"Yeah," he begins and I continue to watch him. "I had an adrenaline rush. It's very common. You can google it."

Well at least it was an answer.I decide to answer his question. "Floridians. That's whats in Jacksonville!"

As I was talking I slipped and nearly fell but Edward gripped my arm.

"Can you at least watch where you walk?" He snaps at me and when I decide to walk away he stops me and I realise he regrets his words. "Look I'm sorry I'm being rude all the time. I just think it's the best way."

"Elena," Jessica says appearing with Bella who she is dragging by the arm but she looks shocked when she sees Edward. "Guess who just asked me to prom?"

Bella glances at me as he walks away and so does Jess.

"Who?" I ask her.

She hesitates for a second shocked before she answers. "Um... yeah. I totally thought Mike was going to ask you or Bella. It's not going to be weird for either of you though right?"

"No," Bella and I both say at the same time. I'm glad he's taking Jess."Zero weirdness."

"You guys are great together," Bella informs her and Jess eyes widen in excitement.

"I know, right?" She agrees with both of us.

Later after the trip, Bella and I are walking back towards the bus.

"Bella, Elena, look," Eric tells us and he is holding a worm with a stick and he holds it right near us making me cringe.I am not a big fan of creepy crawlies."It's a worm."

He laughs and Bella shakes her head as I shiver.

I look around as when we get to the bus we hear footsteps approaching us. I could have guessed it would be Edward. This time Bella stays.

"Elena, we shouldn't be friends," he tells me and I stop short.

Bella glares at him.

"You really should have figured that out a little earlier don't you think?" She snaps at him knowing how much his words would hurt me.

"She's right," I agree but he keeps his eyes on me and does not look at my sister. "I mean why didn't you just let the van crush me and then you wouldn't have all this regret?"

He turns to me with a look of disbelief. "what you think I regret saving you?"

"It's clear that you do," I tell him and Bella is still glaring at him. "I just don't know why."

"You don't know anything." he says slowly.Rude!

"Hi," his sister Alice says as she and Jasper approach us. "Are you gonna be riding with us?"

Before either Bella or I can answer Edward speaks up. "No our bus is full."

Edward hits the bus door and when the driver opens it the three get on.

"Who made him chief?" Bella snaps and then the two of us head for the other bus.

When we got home Bella and I found Charliethere at the table. I place my bag down besides the table while Bella places hers on the counter.

"Your mom called," he tells me and I freeze. "Again."

"Well that's your fault," I point out to him.

"Yeah I agree with Elena," Bella says nodding as she knows how overprotective our mom can be. "You shouldn't have told her about that almost accident."

"You finished?" I ask taking his plate.

"Yeah," he tells me and I take my plate over to Bella who was beginning to wash the pots.

"Yeah I suppose you're right," Charlie agrees taking a swig of his bear, while Bella passes me a glass of water."She always did know how to worry. She seems different. She seems happy. Phil sounds like an alright guy."

"Yeah he is," I tell him smiling at him and clearing my throat.

I go to say something else but decide better.

At school the next day I head with Bella to our usual table. I spot Edward with his family at his usual table and he glances up at me. We finally get to our table to see Mike sat on top of it and the rest of my friends are looking excited about something.

"Hey," Eric says when he spots the two of us. "La Push baby. You in?"

I freeze at the familiar name but Bella does not recognize it. "Am I supposed to know what that means?"

"It's the Quilette reservation beach," I tell her and the others nod. "I used to hang around there a few times when we visited."

"We're all going tomorrow," Mike informs us.

I don't know if I can go to that beach again. I haven't been there since Damien dumped me.

"Yeah there's a big swell," Jessica informs us.

Eric stands up and moves his hands around. "And I don't just surf the internet."

Mike stands on the chair like he is surfing.

"Eric you stood up once," Jessica laughs. "And it was a foam board."

"But there's whale watching as well," Angela, who I guess like Bella and I does not surf, suggests as something else we can do. "Come with us."

"La Push baby," he says again as I take a bite out of my chocolate bar. "La Push."

"Okay," I tell him and I glance at Bella who nods. "We'll go if you stop saying that."

Everyone laughs and Mike says. "Seriously dude it's creepy."

I head to the fruit section and go to grab an apple.

"Edible art?" A voice asks making me jump and I drop an apple.

The weird thing is that it bounces off of Edward's foot. As it comes up Edward catches it and smiles at me as I look up at him. "Bella!"

"You know your mood swings are kind of giving me whiplash," I tell him.

How is it one minute he wants to know me and the other he doesn't.

I go to walk away from him and around the counter to pick more food. But predictably he follows me.

"I only said it'd be better if we weren't friends," he tells me and I turn back to him with a confused look once again. "Not that I didn't wanna be."

"What does that mean?" I ask him.I feel like I am talking to Damien.

"It means if you were smart, you'd stay away from me," he explains but this makes me more confused not less.

"Okay," I begin wanting for some reason for he and I to stay friends. "Let's say for arguments sake that I am not smart and Bella's the smart twin. Would you then tell me the truth?"

He answers truthfully. "No probably not."

I turn back to the counter.You have to admire that he will not lie.

"Well at least your honest," I tell him.

"I'd rather hear your theories," he suggests and I hesitate. "Oh come on how bad can they be?"

"All right," I tell him. "I have considered... radioactive spiders and kryptonite."

"That's all superhero stuff right?" He asks and I nod, he noticed."What if I'm not the hero? What if I'm the bad guy?"

I shake my head in disbelief.

"You're not," I tell him. "I can see what you're trying to pull off, but I can see it's just to keep people away from you. It's a mask."

I see a look cross his face and I know I am right. I look down.Maybe he would like to come to La Push with us.

"Why don't we just..." I begin trying to sound casual but failing miserably. "Hang out? Everybody's going to the beach. I haven't been to this beach for so long... Please come. I mean... have fun."

He seems to think about it for a second and then he looks at me. "What beach?"

"La Push," I tell him.

This makes him tense.

"I don't know," he tells me and I wonder why he doesn't like La Push. "I just..."

"Is there something wrong with that beach?" I ask but I doubt he'll tell me if there is.

Edward glances at my sister and the others at our table. Bella seems to be interested in our conversation like it's a soap opera.

"It's just a little crowded," he tells me and I feel a wave of disappointment hit me as I would really like to hang out with him.

Maybe another time.

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