I don't own twilight


"Dark blue, dark blue. Have you ever been alone in a crowded room? Well, I'm here with you. I said the world could be burning and burning down" My phone rang from across the hall. It was probably Hannah. I jumped off the couch, relieved to leave the awkwardness of the room while Edward thought about my dream.

"Hello?" I picked up the phone.

"30 Minutes!" Hannah squealed!

30 minutes? How long was I out for? I walked back into Edward's room with my phone up to my ear and sat on the couch next to him.

"Any way, my mom wanted to know who you were going with."

"I'm going with Edward."

"Thought so. I'll see you there." She said before hanging up.

xXx

I we were dressed and out the door in under five minutes. It took a total of 20 minutes to walk there, my slow human pace slowed us down but Edward didn't seem to mind too much. Alice, Jasper, Rosalie and Emmett all took Emmett's jeep to get there. They didn't look bothered that they were one of the first ones there, unlike anyone human would have felt at a party, maybe that was just me. Around 8:20 the pool area was filled with people. The Mixer played upbeat songs and usually stopped the song right in the middle to switch to a new one.

"This is an awesome party!" Hannah had to yell to me, even though we were about a foot and a half away from each other. "I saw a lot of guys from our school here."

"Thats weird." I yelled back.

"Some were eyeing you!" She giggled.

I looked over to Edward. There were two girls who were trying to get him to dance. "It looks like Edward has fans." I nodded in his direction. Hannah laughed but stopped when he looked her way. "Should we go save him?" I asked.

"No I think he has this covered." She turned back to me and her eyes widened. "We've got company!" She smiled, looking over my shoulder.

I turned to glance at a group of guys who were walking towards us. Two tall, muscular guys were leading a tall but not as muscular guy over in our direction. The boy had strong green eyes and dirty blond hair. I turned back to Hannah only to find that she ditched me. I turned back around and was less then a foot apart from the blushing boy. I had to tilt my head up to see his face.

"Um.." The boy started. He looked to his friends for encouragement but they left him. He laughed a nervous laugh and began again. "I was wondering if you wanted to dance with me. You sat out the other dances and you haven't been asked yet, have you?"

I looked over to Hannah and Edward with a question on my face. She nodded and gave me a thumbs up. Edward was standing, a little annoyed, starring at the boy in front of me. I looked back up at the boy and smiled. "That would be nice."

"Oh, My name is Chandler." He smiled and led me over to to two seats near the wall to wait for a slow song to come.

"Bella." I smiled at him.

"Do you live around here?" He asked.

"Yeah, my brother goes to collage here. We live fairly close by."

"Really? My sister goes to school here too!" He smiled a toothy smile and began again. "Who's your brother?"

"Edward." I nodded towards the angry statue.

"My sister has a major crush on him." He laughed.

"Who doesn't?" I rolled my eyes. As if on cue a slow song started to play.

"Fall for you, Secondhand Serenade." He smiled to himself and stood up. "You want to dance?" He asked and put out his hand.

That was an Edward move. I smiled and took his hand. He lead us to near the middle of the floor and placed his hands awkwardly on my hips and I in turn wrapped my arms around his neck.

"You have beautiful eyes." He smiled to me.

I let a giggle escape. "Thank you." I blushed. I wasn't necessarily attracted to him but he was cute, I had to admit. He seemed like a soccer or football player that would ask a blond cheerleader to dance, not a brunet book worm.

The mixer didn't let the song last long and cut it off before the bridge. I turned to walk to a fuming Edward and an overly excited Hannah.

"Whats up with him?" I asked Hannah.

"I don't know but he is pissed about something." She shrugged.

I decided to go find out myself. "Whats has you so pissed off?" I asked Edward.

He unclenched his teeth and glanced at me for a second. "Jacob Black."

"You rang?" A raspy voice said behind me. It was Jacob alright.

"Jake! Of all the nights you had to choose this one?" I complained.

"I didn't get the memo." He smiled. "Can we talk outside? Its really loud in here."

I nodded and was left the loud pool. "Whats up, Jake?"

"The usual, just coming to check up on you."

"I'm flattered but is that really necessary any more?"

"What you don't like me coming down every so often?" He fake sniffed. "I'm hurt!" He smiled and so did I.

"You know what I mean. Can't your dad trust the Cullens? Its been eight years!"

"Seven and, well, I don't know what my dad's problem is. I guess he is still a little mad that you didn't come to live with us."

"Jake, I'm not going to lie. You were such an jerk when we were little." I laughed.

Jake just smiled. "Those were the good old days."

I stood up smiling. "There's still a good hour of the party left. You can stay if you want."

"Nah. I'll pass. It's been a long day and I'm tired. I'm going to head back to the hotel." I stood up to hug me. "I'll see you tomorrow?"

"I'm not sure. But definitely soon." I smiled.

The dance continued as if Jacob never came. Chandler greeted me awkwardly by the door, still a little shy for some reason. I shouldn't really be talking; I never actually talked to the guy except for the wait for our first slow dance. I tried to get Edward to dance with one of his many admirers but he always told me 'I'm alright. Go dance.' or 'I don't even know who she is.'. He really looked miserable here.

Lauren Gallaher, "the bitch of the area" Hannah calls her. Blond haired, blue eyed, 5"5', 100 pounds; Every boy's dream girl. She walked over to Edward for the fist time this evening with a plan in her head, get Edward. Hannah, Hannah's dance partner Jeremy, Chandler and myself were all having a pleasant conversation with Edward when she just decided to make herself part of our group.

"That's too funny!" Lauren giggled, failing to get Edward's attention.

We all looked at her like she was out of her mind. She giggled awkwardly but didn't leave, instead she moved closer to Edward.

"So, I was wondering if you would like to dance, just this once." She pouted her lips.

"If you don't mind, I've decided to sit this one out." Edward glanced at Lauren.

"Come on!" She begged and wrapped her arms around his neck. "Please. You haven't danced once this whole time."

I glared at Laurens back. Her forcefulness on Edward was starting to really annoy me.

"Lauren, not tonight. I'm not up for a dance right now." He sighed, prying her off of him.

"Later?" She asked and tilted her head to the side like a confused puppy.

"We'll see." He turned his attention back to our small group.

Lauren drifted back over to her friends, bouncing as she told them that Edward would save a dance for her.

"OK Ladies and gents!" The DJ began. "Last slow song of the night."

I looked to Lauren and her friends expecting a head turn to Edward or something to suggest that she was waiting for him to come over and invite her to dance but still she was talking to her gal pal's about something.

"Hello? Earth to Bella!" Chandler tapped my shoulder. "Would you like to dance?" Hannah and Jeremy were still standing with us as if they were waiting for my answer.

"No thanks. I think I'm going to sit this one out." I replied. He nodded and led me over to the door.

The rest of the night was wonderful; walking around campus with Chandler made it wonderful. He was more charming when we were alone. I could feel a blush coming to my cheeks more often then ever and my heart picking up it's beat with every minute.

"Where are you from?" I asked, wanting to break the silence.

"North Carolina." He said shortly before sitting down on a bench outside of the science building. I sat down next to him and looked up at his face. For a moment we just sat there with his arm around me not saying anything, kind of like an old movie. He turned to face me, leaning in and closing his eyes for a kiss. My cheeks burned with embarrassment before I closed my eyes, my heart racing.

"Bella?" Hannah yelled, perfect timing to ruin my first kiss.

Chandler and I opened our eyes. He smiled and kissed my cheek before I got up and ran to Hannah.