A/N-Hey guys! This is the first one-shot! Yay!!! This one is for Etheral Fae. I hope you enjoy!!

A Walk in the Park

I placed my head in my hand, and tried to pay attention to the instructor. Math was just so boring. I really couldn't understand why we need to know geometric proofs anyway. I mean really, it's not like I'm going to be in a supermarket or something, and be like 'I wonder what the proof is for this equation'. Yeesh.

"Sydney!" I jerked my head up, snapped out of my stupor. I cleared my throat, and felt my face heat up. Damn it! Why do I have blush so easily? My teacher stamped her foot impatiently. I raised an eyebrow.

"Erm…yes? May I help you?" I asked meekly. My teacher scowled briefly, before smoothing out her features once more.

"Yes actually you can. Care to tell me the answer to the question on the board?" I bit my lip and wrung my hands underneath my desk. Since when did I get in trouble? I never get in trouble? Yikes, what was with this teacher today? I looked up and squinted at the board.

"Uh…I'm…I think definition of congruent triangles?" I whispered. My teacher sighed, and pressed her hand to her forehead.

"Were you wandering again Sydney?" she asked. I quickly shook my head, but then thought better of lieing. I bowed my head, and I knew that my whole face was burning up.

"Yes. Yes, I was," I admitted.

"To the office," she snapped. I jerked my head up.

"What? Why?"

"For not listening. Now go!" I blushed furiously, and gathered up my stuff. I knew when I was beat. I scurried out of the classroom, and I could practically feel my classmates burning holes into the back of my head. I passed the rest of geometry class sitting in the principal's office, even though I felt severe injustice. The bell rang, and I sighed, standing to my feet and smoothing out my white blouse. I straightened my Mary-Jane pumps, and walked quickly to my next class. English. Finally, something that I actually enjoyed. I had barely made it, and I was stuck with the last seat in the back. I plopped down right as the bell rang, and dumped my stuff into the empty seat next to me. I glanced around the room, and suddenly noticed who was missing. Edward Cullen. I looked next to me, and groaned internally when I realized that I was sitting next to his usual seat. And he hated it when people sat next to him. The teacher walked to the front of the room, and I quickly pulled out my essay that I did this morning.

The class was about half way in, when the door opened, and Edward sauntered in, handing the teacher a pass. He looked around, and drew his eyebrows together when he saw me sitting next to his desk. I blushed furiously when he looked into my eyes, and I quickly looked away. I tried to shrink into my seat, trying to get his heated gaze off of me. I heard footsteps, and wished that my blushing would stop. I heard him cough slightly, and I peered up at him from underneath my lashes. He smiled gently, and nodded to my stuff, still on his desk.

"Is this yours?" he asked softly. My eyes widened, and I snatched my things off of his desk.

"I'm sorry. It's just that I had detention last hour, and I was almost late to this class, and when I came in, I was the last one, and this was the only open seat. I'm so sorry, I know how you hate it when people sit next to you. If you can suffer through this one class, I promise that I will never sit next to you again!" I babbled. Edward chuckled softly, and leaned back into his seat.

"It's okay. I don't mind sitting next to you," he whispered, as the teacher glared at us. I giggled, and blushed again. I saw him glance over at me out of the corner of my eye, and I tucked my hair behind my ear. It wasn't like I wasn't going to flirt. The rest of the class passed in a breeze. We had a quiz that I forgot about, but I just glance at my notes briefly before. Of course I got an A on it. I have a photographic memory. After English let out, I hurried down the hall. Suddenly, I heard someone call my name.

"Sydney! Hey Sydney!" I stopped, and turned around. Edward was walking down the hall towards me, a smile on his face. As he came my way, the crowd of students parted, like he was Moses crossing the Red Sea. It was amazing. I tucked my hair behind my ear, and tucked my books into my bag. I crossed my arms and smiled as he came closer. I had been crushing on Edward since the beginning of the year. You can bet that I was going to flirt my ass off whenever he talked to me. He sidled up next to me, and we kept walking. I noticed that he had his backpack slung nonchalantly over one shoulder, and he walked with a sexy swagger in his step.

"Yeah?" I asked. He looked over at me.

"I noticed that you got a hundred percent on that quiz we took. Did you study?" I shook my head.

"No. I have a photographic memory. I literally can picture the notes in my head if I look at them before a test or quiz," I said breezily. Edward smirked.

"No way."

"Way." He laughed. There was a brief moment of awkward silence as we both tried to keep the conversation going. The minute bell rang, and I hissed under my breath. Edward glanced at me and smiled.

"What's wrong?" he asked. I stopped at my locker, and dialed the combination swiftly.

"I forgot my lunch, and I don't have any money to buy lunch. God, I'm starving," I complained. Edward leaned against my locker with one hand. I glanced over at him, and felt my knees go weak. God, he's so hot.

"I could buy you lunch," he offered. I slammed my locker shut, and stopped to look at him.

"Really? You would buy me lunch?" He shrugged.

"Yeah sure. You're hungry, right?" My stomach gurgurled. I blushed, and nodded.

"Yes, I am. And my stomach thanks you," I said. He gave me his famous lopsided grin, and my heart melted at the sight. We walked to lunch in silence, and I felt everyone's eyes on the pair of us. I skipped ahead of Edward, and stood in line. He ran up next to me, and scowled playfully.

"You shouldn't run away from the person who is buying your food," he chastised playfully. I giggled and the back of my neck heated up.

"Sorry. I just wanted to get in line is all." Suddenly, the captain of the football team sidled up next to me.

"Hey Sydney," he said. I looked at him. He wasn't even looking at my face. The pig. He was staring at my large breasts. I tucked my finger under his chin, and tilted his head up.

"My eyes are up here," I said. He chuckled, and deliberately pushed his head down.

"Yeah, but I'm not interested in those," he murmured, so quietly that I didn't quite understand what he said. But Edward did. He slung his arm around my shoulders, and I froze.

"Leave her alone Mike," he said lowly. Mike glared up at Edward and pulled me away from him. He slipped his arm around my waist and nuzzled his nose into my ear.

"Let me know if you ever want to get away from boring Edward. I'll promise you that we'll have lots of fun," he murmured. My mouth opened in disgust, and I stamped on his foot. He yelled, and my knee found its way in between his legs. He howled and fell to the ground.

"Let me tell you something you dirty fucking scumbag! I would never, ever, go out with you in a million years! If you ever come by me again, I will fucking castrate you," I whispered into his ear. I made sure that my voice was so soft that only he could hear. He glared up at me.

"Don't worry Sydney. You'll change your mind. They all do eventually," he spit back in my face. I saw movement out of the corner of my eye, and a fist made contact with Mike's face. He grunted, and fell back onto the ground, his eyes lolling back into his head. I looked up, my eyes wide, to an angry Edward. His eyes were ablaze, and his fists were shaking at his side. I stood up, and put a hand tentatively on his shoulder. He snapped his head in my direction, and I noticed that his eyes were black. I gasped and jumped away. His face immediately calmed, although his eyes remained the color of coal.

"Sydney. It's okay. He won't bother you anymore," he said reassuringly. I could not keep my gaze off of his black irises.

"What's wrong with your eyes?" I asked. He started, and then frowned. He grabbed me by the hand, and dragged me away from the scene of the crime. He marched outside, me towing behind him. He walked towards the forest right behind out school. I struggled to keep up with his long stride.

"Edward? Edward, where the hell are you taking me?" I screeched. I had just been saved from one potential rapist, only to land in the hands of another. He grunted, and suddenly picked me up into his arms. He looked down at me, and smiled wryly.

"I'm not going to rape you," he said. I started. What the?

"How did you know I was thinking that?" I whispered. Edward grunted again, but didn't answer. Instead, he ran. I must admit. When he started to run, I nearly peed my pants he ran so fast. I screamed in delight and clung to him for dear life. It never once crossed my mind how he could run practically at the speed of light. I didn't care. I was much too focused on the fact that he was carrying me, and that I had my arms wrapped tightly around his neck. It also vaguely hit me that his skin was ice cold, but again I ignored that. All of my common snese flew out of my head when he picked me up and hugged me to his chest. He raced into a dense part of the woods, and set me down. He blurred, and he was sitting in the crook of the tree. I stood awkwardly at the base of the tree, and hugged my arms to my chest, gazing up at him. He shifted, and stared up at the sky.

"Sydney..." he began. I took a step closer.

"Yeah?" He cleared his throat, and jumped out of the tree, stopping jsut inches away from me.

"I can't even begin to describe how I feel about you but...." he let his voice trail off again. I held my breath. Was he going to ask me out? Kiss me?

"Sydney...would you go on a date with me?" he asked, turning back to face me. He had that lopsided grin on his face again. I broke out into a wide smile, and nodded estactcally. He chuckeld and ran a hand through his hair.

"Well I'm glad that you said yes, but there's one tiny little problem." I fronwed. What could be wrong? Edward Cullen had just asked me out.

"I'm not who you think I am. I'm a dangerous person," he said slowly. I stepped closer to him, and daringly put an arm around his waist.

"I don't think you're dangerous," I whispered. He shook his head and pulled away.

"I'm a vampire Sydney." There was a minute of silence, before I burst out laughing. He looked at me, a shocked expression on his face. I was pretty much doubled over with laughter.

"Ha ha. Yeah right Edward. Woo. You got me there. Good one." I siad, wiping the tears from my eyes. He frowned, and in a second was right up to my nose.

"You asked me before what was wrong with my eyes, and why I seem to be able to read your thoughts. Did you not notice how fast I ran before, or how cold my skin was? I'm not lieing to you Sydney," he siad. I stilled my laughter and looked at him more seriously. He didn't seem to be joking...

"I'm not joking," he said furiously. I gulped. Maybe he was telling the truth but...vampires weren't real.

"We are real. I'm standing before you aren't I? I'm as real as they come. Just one question. Do you still wish to go out with me?" I chuckled. What a silly question.

"Hell yeah." Edward smirked and bumped into me.

"Are you sure?" he whispered into my ear. I lifted my head up, and my breathing quickened. I wanted so badly to kiss him right now. I pushed forward, and our noses rubbed against each other gently. God I wanted to kiss him. Edward suddenly snarled and jumped back.

"What?" Edward's eyes were wide, and he was staring at me.

"You mustn't try to kiss me Sydney. I don't know if I could stop myself from killing you," he whispered. I suddenly realized how hard it must be for him to constntly be around humans, and not kill them. I blushed at the fact that I was making him uncomfortable.

"Sorry," I murmured. His face smoothed out, and he jumped right back to my side. His hand ran down the side of my face, and I shivered.

"I'm sorry," he said. "Let me make it up to you by taking you out next weekend," he whispered into my ear. I blushed, and nodded. He smiled at me.

"We should probably get back to class," I whispered. He grinned and picked me back up into his arms.

Edward and I spent the next month in extreme happiness. Well, I was in pure bliss. I didn't know about Edward. I would like to assume that he was happy with me. He was a very chivarlous fellow. He was always pulling out my chairs for me, and opening doors, and offering to carry my books. I soon got over the fact that he was a vampire. I knew that he cared about me too much to hurt me. Soon winter ended, which I was very thankful for. Spring arrived, and I was always in a good mood. One day after school, Edward was drving me home. It was a Friday night, and Edward drove right by my house. I looked out the window as my house speeded past. I turned back to Edward.

"Erm...I don't know about you, but I'm pretty sure that you just passed my house," I said. Edward grinned, and looked at me.

"I know. I'm taking you somewhere special tonight," he replied.

"Why?" Tonight wasn't special. My birthday had already passed, and our anniversary was yesterday. So what was so special about tonight?

"What, your boyfriend can't take you out on a special date without you getting suspicsous?" he teased. I scowled at him. I hated it when he read my thoughts. Edward chuckled again.

"Yeah I know. It's why I do it," he said playfully. I laughed and slapped him playfully on the arm, although I harmed myself more than I harmed him. I dug out my ipod, and turned up the sound and closed my eyes. If it was going to be a surprise, I didn't want to spoil it for myself. I didn't know how long we were driving, but it seemed a long time before Edward pulled over his Volvo. Before I knew it, my door opened and Edward was holding out his hand to me. I smiled and yanked my ear buds out of my ears, discarding my ipod on the carseat. I tugged my red hair down out of its ponytail, and mussed it up a bit. i put my hand in his, and he pulled me to my feet. I took a good look around us. We were ina park. I looked up at the sky, and sighed as I counted the many brilliant stars. Edward snaked an arm around my waist tenderly.

"I knew how much you like the stars," he whispered. I could have cried right then and there. How lucky was I to have an amazing boyfriend like Edward Cullen? Edward laughed, and tugged me forward. We walked along the path of the park, surrounded by beautiful trees. I leaned into Edward as I continued to look at the sky. We talked all night long, about small things, to the deep dark secrets of our past. Edward told me how he became a vampire, and I told him about my life before he entered it. We walked and talked for a long time. We styaed out until the sun started to rise. Edward then pulled me into the shadow of a tree, and cupped my face with both hands. He gazed into my eyes for a long moment, and I into his.

"Sydney...I've been wanting to do this for a long time," he whispered. And then his lips met mine. His lips were cold and hard, but I was so delirious happy that he was kissing me that i did not care. I kissed him back passionately. One of his hands slid from my face down to my spine, and I shivered at the contact. I tangled my fingers into his hair, and his thumb was rubbing small circles into my cheek. After a few seconds, he pulled away.

"Sydney?" he murmured. I sighed and rested my head on his chest.

"Yes?" I whispered back. Edward wrapped his arms around me soundly.

"I love you," he whispered into my ear. My heart swelled, and I hugged him to me even more tightly.

"I love you too Edward Cullen."