All characters belong to Stephanie Meyers

Ch. 5

When the door opened, Bella came face to face with Tanya.

"Oh, hey Bella. I thought you were the pizza guy. I hope you like veggie!"

The thought of vegetables on pizza was enough to make Bella ill. However, she had been raised to be polite to strangers, especially when those strangers were friends to friends.

"Of course, Tanya, how thoughtful of you." Bella walked past Tanya and sat down next to Edward.

"Sorry about the veggie pizza," Edward said. "Meat makes her sick. I hope you don't mind if Tanya joins us. She's never seen Star Wars before."

Within minutes the pizza had arrived and Bella's carnivore appetite stomached through the meatless fare. When Edward put in Episode 1, Tanya immediately began cooing and ahhing over Anakin and Obi Wan. Bella couldn't help but role her eyes, especially when Tanya laid her head on Edward's lap. Throughout the movie Tanya made commentary on either the cuteness of the male characters or the design of Amidala's dresses.

Finally the movie was over and Tanya excused herself to go to the bathroom. After making sure she'd left the room, Edward turned to Bella and looked her in the eyes.

"Bella," he said, "there's something I have to tell you."

This is my chance, Bella thought. He's going to say he loves me and ask me out.

"I have to tell you something too," Bella said. "You go first though."

"Ok, well I've been doing a lot of thinking over the last two weeks and I've realized something."

Bella leaned in closer and nodded, encouraging Edward on.

"I think…I think…I think I'm in love with Tanya. You're my best friend and I had to tell someone. Well, what do you think?"

As quickly as Bella's joy and excitement had built up, it was instantly destroyed. Realizing her jaw was hanging open, Bella pushed back the tears forming in her eyes and forced her mouth to smile.

"I'm so happy for you," she said, hearing the fakeness in her own voice. "I've gotta go. I promised Charlie I'd make dinner tonight."

Bella quickly scrambled off the couch and grabbed her bag.

"Wait, wasn't there something you wanted to tell me?" Edward asked.

"What? Er, yeah, but it can wait. I'll tell you at school on Monday. See ya."

Barely holding her tears back, Bella raced for the door. As she left the living room, she saw Tanya leaning against the wall, smirking. She knew Tanya had seen and heard the entire conversation.

When Bella got home, she threw herself across her bed and found herself crying for the second night in a row.