Characters do not belong to me…they are all Stephenie Meyers!

"Hey Bells. How was your trip?"

Bella couldn't believe her bad luck. Just as she was ready to leave and be a girl for once, Edward had to show up. The girl that was clinging to Edward slowly turned to face Bella. She smirked and put out her hand to greet Bella.

"Hello, I'm Tanya. You must be Bella. Eddie's told me so much about you."

Bella didn't have much knowledge of girl politics, but she knew when she was being talked down too, literally and physically. Bella looked up at Tanya and was shocked. Tanya's heart-shaped face was framed by strawberry blonde curls that reached halfway down her back. Her ice-blue eyes were slightly slanted and her pink lips turned up slightly at the corners. When she smiled, the only flaw Bella could find was the slight point her canines came to. When Bella looked at Tanya, as a whole, she was reminded of a cat that had sunk her claws into her prey.

"Yeah, I'm Bella. I live next door. I better get home or Charlie'll start looking for me. See you tomorrow Edward?"

"Su-"

"Of course!" said Tanya. We can't wait, can we Eddie?"

Edward just shrugged and walked inside. "I'll see you tomorrow Bells. There's some things I need to talk to you about," he said.

Tanya pushed her way past Bella and stepped inside the house. "Bye Bella," Tanya smirked as she shut the door in Bella's face.

After Bella stood looking shocked at the door for a moment, she ran home, past Charlie, and slammed her bedroom door. She could feel the tears forming and looked at herself in the mirror. She saw a short girl staring back at her, something that had always come in handy during baseball season. Her brown hair barely reached her shoulders and just hung there. Her brown eyes were too big, as well as her bottom lip. Biting down on said lip, Bella promised herself that she would show Edward just how similar they were and convince him to love her.

The next morning, a Saturday, Bella sprang out of bed, ready to put her plan in motion. She threw on her favorite baseball tee, a pair of jeans, and her green chuck taylors. She pulled back her hair as she ran down the stairs. Hearing a knock at the door, Bella threw it open and was immediately enveloped by a huge pair of arms.

"Belly-ache!" she heard as her feet were swung off the ground.

"Emmett," she gasped, "…can't…breathe!"

"Oops…sorry," he said as he lowered Bella back to the ground. "I just missed you."

Jasper peered from around Emmett's massive form. "Hey Bells, glad to see you're back."

"Same here," she said. "What trouble have you too been up to while I was gone?"

Jasper and Emmett looked sheepishly at each other and answered simultaneously, "Nothing! Why? What have you heard?!"

Bella laughed, glad to see nothing about these two had changed.

"So really," she said. "What happened while I was gone?"

So today was a productive day in my political science class…lol! Two updates in one day!! Since I work basically in my class, I can't guarantee when I'll update next. Thanks for reading!