A/N:
Hey guys :)
I enjoyed writing this chapter today, it was great fun!
It was important for me to describe Edward's emotions accurately.

Enjoy the surprises in this chapter and review.

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Chapter 7

Bella's POV

At the first moment I saw him I was a bit shocked. How could they dare? No one has told me that he would pick me up, instead of Eric. So, the gang helped Edward's attempts in apologizing.

"I am here to pick you up." He said in a natural tone. I didn't answer.

"You may follow me to the car?" He pointed at his car in our parking lot.

Without any words I took Angela's present, walked passed him to the outside and went to the car. He followed quietly.

As we sat in the car I felt an increase of awkwardness. He started the car and music sounded. I loved this song. I relaxed a bit.

After about one mile he started talking. "Bella, I am really sorry for what has happened. Please forgive me. Don't you see that I have changed? You can't ignore me forever, we are friends. And I know you like me too, so why can't we just act like it never has happened? I don't want to make you angry, I really like you." He gave me a glance. My heart bet faster as I looked into his eyes.

He went on, because I didn't say anything. I didn't know what to say. Of course, I have been angry for a long time but he really has changed and I was happy he did change. On one hand, I was afraid I couldn't trust him, but on the other hand I really wanted to be his friend again.

"Bella, I know it isn't easy for you to trust me again, but I try my best, I promise. Just give me a chance."

"Okay, one chance." He smiled at me. "That's all I asked for. Thank you. And now let us enjoy Angela's birthday."

As we arrived at the Rumerio, the others were already there waiting for us. I would speak with them later.

We got to our table and of course there were only two free seats left, which were coincidentally side by side. He has thought about everything. I smiled.

The evening passed by fast. It was great fun, we enjoyed the time together. Edward never tried to approach and this time I was happy about it. Everything was going fine. We finally were a group of teenagers without any awkwardness between us and it felt good.


It was already five weeks ago that I have forgiven Edward. We did more together than ever before and he was one of my best friends, now. I tried not to act unusual. My crush on him still was a secret and it also should stay one.

He did fine. I was proud of him. Finally, he didn't need alcohol to have fun. We watched movies together, with an important space between us, we often talked for hours, we played Wii together which was great fun. Sometimes, after school, we went to my home. Where I cooked for us and he and my dad talked about baseball.

I tried to not spent too much time with him alone. Because of that I often invited other members of the gang to spend time together with us. After a while the gang met at least once in a week for an afternoon.

I still had nearly every day contact with Sophie and Joshua. I was glad that they were still there for me, every time I needed them. They sometimes helped to see things from another perspective and I also talked with them about my crush on Edward, which was exonerating and helpful very often.

At the end of the month a boy who was a senior, Conan, announced the greatest party of all time and nearly invited the whole school.

The gang was invited, too. We all decided to go there together. Alice wanted to choose our outfits but everyone denied politely. She probably would have dressed us like we would attend a ball.

Finally, it was Friday night. I took on my black, tight trousers with an olive-green blouse and a grey leather jacket. Because I didn't want to wear heels, I decided to wear my black chucks. I put on some mascara and lipstick and then tried to make my hair. I gave up after about fifteen minutes. So, I wore it naturally; a bit curly.

The party was amazing! We got there about at 9:30 and it was already going on. We divided us so we could look around better. As I went through the crowd, someone touched my arm. I looked up and it was Andy.

Andy was in my English class and he seemed nice. Additionally, he also looked quite handsome. He was a bit taller than I and had brown eyes, too. He smiled at me and complimented on my good looks. He offered me something to drink. I appreciated it.

We drunk some drinks and talked a lot. Andy was a funny guy. We had a lot of fun together. He never stopped offering drinks so I already felt a bit drunk after one hour by his side. I was enjoying my first high school party a lot. I didn't realize how drunk I was.

I decided to look for my other friends and Andy was okay with it. "I sure will meet again, the house isn't that big." He said with a lovely smile on his face. Oh, he is so cute.

As I walked away from him I had problems with my balance and tottered a bit. I talked to some other school mates and they invited me to drink with them. I got even more drunk.

Suddenly, someone with a beautiful voice said my name. "Bella, here you are."

I turned around. It was Edward, of course. Although his hair was messy he looked great. The grey shirt he wore emphasised his green eyes. Handsome boy.

"Yees, here I am. What's up Cullen?" I babbled.

"I was looking for you, Swan. Do you want to go outside to get some fresh air? You seem a little too drunk, I think."

"Oh and you are my dad or what? I don't need someone to watch over me. I am here to enjoy the party; do you want to be a fun killer? Why don't you just get yourself some girl and have a little fun, too?" I couldn't control my mouth anymore.

"Shut up Bella. Come on, let's go outside for a minute. We will be back in a minute so you can party on afterwards."

"No thaanks." I babbled loudly.

Suddenly he stepped closer, put his arm around my back and carried me away from the others.

After that I had a total blackout. I don't remember anything until I suddenly was in the house again, talking to Andy. I had no idea how much time had passed.

Andy still accompanied myself and we again had great fun. We even got closer to each other and finally we kissed. It was lovely. His warm lips touched mine and my heart beat faster. I never wanted this moment to pass by; it was my first kiss! He took me closer to him and one of his strong hands was around my neck. We breathed loudly. Our tongues touched; I felt flutteringly.

I don't know how long we've been kissing. But we got interrupted after a while.

"Bella, we leave." Alice told me.

"I don't want to."

"Come on. I am sure Charlie is waiting for you at home and probably worrying. Andy, I am sorry but I think Bella should really go home now." She responded. "You two can meet again another time."

"It is okay." He said calmly. "See you Bella." He gave me one last kiss and left us alone.

"Come on Bells, let's go home."

She helped me leaving and I stumbled to the car. The others were already in in the car. Jessica was sleeping in Eric's arms, Angela sat behind the wheel and Edward sat next to Eric and looked out the window. He didn't look at us as we got into the car. He didn't say a word and he didn't look happy, he rather looked angry.


Edward's POV

I was nervous because of the upcoming party tonight. I have not been drinking for a while. If I could resist? I didn't know yet.

Alice drove and we picked up Bella. I got out of the car to ring the bell, but she was faster. She already had opened the door before I could ring. She looked stunning. I have never seen her so pretty before. She wore tight black trousers and a green blouse. Dammit, was she sexy! Her hair was even more beautiful as usually.

I smiled at her as we headed towards the car. We were good friends and she didn't suspect anything about my feelings for her. Afterwards, we picked up the others and went to Conan's party.

It was huge. It looked like the whole school was out tonight. We decided to separate us for a while. Although I didn't want to leave Bella alone, I didn't follow her when she started looking around. I wanted her to enjoy the party, so I would have to stay in the background.

Eric and I met some boys from our classes and joked around with them for a long time. The music was getting louder by the time. More and more people were dancing and drinking. Many girls tried to seduce me, but I didn't pay attention. They weren't amused about my antipathy for them but I didn't care about it.

A few moments later Angela and Alice approached us with Jessica in their mid. Jessica was a bit drunk. Angela told us to care for Jessica for a time because they needed a break. Eric and I didn't know what to do at first. But Jessica was quite funny when she was a bit drunk so we had a good time with her.

She begged us to go dancing with her. We accepted. She took Eric's hand and headed towards the dance floor. I followed them. Eric and I didn't really dance, we rather stood there and looking desperate.

Jessica danced like there was no morning. I didn't know where she got that energy from. I left Eric alone with her and walked through the house by myself.

I just wanted to enter the living room, when I saw a familiar person in the kitchen drinking shots. It was Bella. I approached from behind. Her hair still fell down beautiful, her leather jacket was gone but she still looked incredibly sexy.

As I got to her I realized that she was extremely drunk. She hasn't seen me yet. So I made myself recognizable.

"Bella here you are."

"Yees, here I am. What's up Cullen?" She babbled. How much has she been drinking? Her brown eyes looked at me innocently.

"I was looking for you, Swan. Do you want to go outside to get some fresh air? You seem a little too drunk, I think." I didn't want her to do anything stupid. Fresh air would be good for her. But she didn't think the same way.

"Oh and you are my dad or what? I don't need someone to watch over me. I am here to enjoy the party; do you want to be a fun killer? Why don't you just get yourself some girl and have a little fun, too?" I was getting angry. She knew that I haven't touched a girl for a long time now. It wasn't easy for me seeing her like this.

"Shut up Bella. Come on, let's go outside for a minute. We will be back in a minute so you can party on afterwards." I tried to convince her.

"No thaanks." She babbled loudly. I had enough, if she didn't want to listen I made her to listen. I stepped closer to her, put my arm around her back, the other hand to her knees, pulled her up and carried her away.

It was funny. At first she tried to escape my arms but she was too weak so she gave up and let me carry her outside. It was a great feeling. I have never been so close to her. She smelled lovely. As we arrived outside I set her down on a bench.

She didn't defend herself anymore, she just set there with her big brown eyes and her red cheeks, she was so adorable. I set down next to her and we looked at the stars. If this wouldn't have been a teenager party, I would have kissed her right know. It was romantic.

But it was a party. Bella was still drunk. I gave her a glance and smiled at her. Suddenly she started talking. I had problems with understanding what she was saying because she mumbled.

"I probably shouldn't …" she started. "What?" I asked.

"Noooo." She said loudly. "I can't. And"- she had a big grin on her face – "I shouldn't."

"Bella, what is it?"

"Ooh Edward."

"Yes Bella?"

"You know. I swore myself that I would never ever tell you that…" She didn't finish. What was she trying to say?

"What didn't you want to tell me?" I asked carefully. "You can tell my everything Bella, I can keep secrets."

"No I really shouldn't tell you." "You know, if I would tell you that I am in love with you, I really don't know what you would think about it." "Oops. Surprise." She gave me an uncertain smile and then quickly looked away.

Did she just tell me that she loves me? That's the best day of my life. I love you too, Bells.

"You don't need to say anything, Edward."

"But I, I want to." I said promptly. I took a deep breath. "I am in love with you, too."

She looked at me in surprise. I looked into her eyes. All I wanted to do was kissing her perfect lips right know. I think she thought the same because before I realized it her lips already touched mine; we kissed.

My heart beat faster. She tasted gorgeous. I immediately fell in love with her a bit more. But then I remembered in which condition she was at the moment and stopped the kiss.

"Don't you want to kiss me anymore?"

"Of course I want to Bella, but I don't think you are in a good condition right know. Don't get this wrong. I just want you to remember our first kiss as something special."

"Oh no. You are right. I am probably too drunk right to even remember this kiss." She giggled.

"Edward, let's forget it okay? I mean I am not sober right know and I think you aren't either so let's forget the last ten minutes and go on like it has never happened. We shouldn't endanger our great friendship; don't you think?"

I was shocked. How could her emotions change so fast? I wasn't drunk at all, I really meant what I said. Maybe she just said that she liked me more because she was drunk. Her words hurt but I didn't disagree. "Yes, your probably right."

We have been sitting at the bench for five more minutes when I recognized her sick look. "Everything alright?"

"I don't know. Maybe I have had too many of these blue shots." She babbled and laughed out loud. "But you know what? I have heard the best thing you can do, if you are drunk and feeling sick, is to drink more. That's how you fight sickness." Her voice was loud and she didn't seem like the Bella from a few minutes ago.

In the next moment she bent over and vomited. Oh, no! I held her hair back and tried to ignore the noises she made; I hate these noises. She finally stopped.

"Bella, are you okay again?" She sat down again. Although her face was pale and she looked confused, she still looked beautiful.

"Jap. I think I am alright again and ready for the partyyy!" Oh god, how drunk can a person be?

"Edward, I think I go inside and have some fun. Do you want to join the next drinking session?" She was excited.

"No, thanks. I think I'll stay here for one more moment. Please be careful Bella."

"Okaay. I have never thought that you are such a party killer." "Bye then. See youuu!"

And she was gone. I was extremely confused and didn't know what I should think. She kind of just told me that she likes me more than a friend but then she also said she wanted to forget it; why are women so complicated?

I set at the bench for about one hour. Angela found me and accompanied me. We talked for a while and then went inside. We went to the living to get a more comfortable place for sitting around. But at the moment we entered I immediately wished we wouldn't have.

On the couch in the living room were sitting two people. They were very close to each other. They were kissing each other. They didn't stop. They didn't care about any other people in the room. And their names were Bella and Andy.

As I saw her there with Andy, a part of my heart broke. It hurt too much. Now she was kissing already someone else, I couldn't believe it. I had to get out. I promptly turned around and went in the kitchen.

Alice, Eric and Jessica were sitting in the kitchen and talked. They didn't look enthusiastic so I suggested to leave the party. Everyone agreed and I left the house and headed towards the car.

The others followed. Alice went inside again to get Bella. While she was inside we already sat down in the car and waited for them. After a few minutes, Alice got out with Bella by her side.

Although there still was some distance between them and the car, I could see that Bella still was drunk as hell. She stumbled many times until they have reached the car.

Alice helped her getting into the car. She looked at me like nothing has happened; with her big brown eyes, like a young deer. I looked away immediately and looked out the window. I was angry at everyone and everything; the party, alcohol, Andy, Conan, Bella and I was extremely angry at me. Why didn't I keep an eye on her?

We drove home and as we arrived at our house, I immediately went upstairs in my room and cried. Yes, I cried, like I never did before, because I have never felt like this before.

I was angry, sad, disappointed and hurt.


In the next two weeks I tried to avoid Bella as much as possible. We never talked about the party. She had a few dates with Andy but I never asked her about it. I tried to act usually. I didn't know how it should go on between us.

When I got home from school that day my parents wanted to talk to me. I had no idea about what. They were sitting in the kitchen and both looked concerned.

"Edward, we wanted to tell you something. It isn't easy for me nor for your mother to tell you that right know as you just started enjoying Forks a bit." If they only knew.

"What is it?" Are you getting divorced?"

"No! No, nothing like that. It is just, I got an offer for a job somewhere else and we decided it would be the best for all of us, if we just move there all together."

"Okay." I said with monotone voice.

"Okay? That's all you have to say? We expected something like: "Please, let me stay here." But if it is alright for you too, we are both very happy." Mum smiled all over her face and dad looked at her with love.

"I am sure you'll find some friends at the new school, easily." Mum assured me.

But i didn't care about it because this was the best thing that could happen to me at the moment. Of course it would be hard to forget Bella and the feelings I had for her but moving away would make it much easier for me.

I have never thought that our friendship would end up like this, because I have believed in love, I have believed in her and I have believed in us.


A/N:

What did you like or not like about this chapter?
Edward is such a poor guy, isn't he?
Just because Bella doesn't remember her REAL first kiss...

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PS: I won't be able to update until next friday.
My exams are keeping me too busy at the moment.
But i promise as soon as they are over I'll write the next chapter.

See you.