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Chapter seven: Regrets, winning, and losing

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"BELLA!" A high pitched voice yelled out to me as I placed a thing of banana's in the shopping cart. I looked to the direction of the voice; it was a short spiked-haired pixie… Alice. She was practically skipping her way towards me.

"Alice." I stated simply once she approached me. She carried an overfilled basket of junk food and a thick fashion magazine sat on top.

She eyed the items in my cart, "What's with the health kick?" She was referring to the fact that I had a lot of fruit and vegetables in my cart.

"Oh, my dad has this cholesterol thing so he needs to eat more fruits and veggies." I lied, it was more for me. After the new heart I was put on a strict diet. I did not mind fruit, but I've never been a big vegetable eater.

"Oh," Alice shrugged her shoulders then smiled at me, "You should come to my party on Friday night."

Party, uh, I hated parties. Loud music, loud people, and people dancing and talking. I went to a party once back in Phoenix and I got bored real fast.

"Uh, I don't think so."

"Oh, come on you have to come. You're new here and if you had not figured it yet but the closest thing to fun in Forks is the next city."

Okay she had me there, we could actually agree on something. From what I've seen about Forks in the past few days was just dull and boring.

You got that right." I stated without emotion. I grabbed the cart and began walking around the corner into the next aisle. From the corner of my eyes Alice stood there looking confused but then shrugged it off and caught up with me.

"So…"

"So… what Alice?"

'You know what… Bella. You need to come to my party." Alice looked very happy-go-lucky, her demeanor never changing, like trying to convince me that coming to her party was not a chore.

"It will be fun." She said and almost jumped in the air. Not only was Alice really happy but she has a lot of energy too. Back in Phoenix there were a lot of people like her but they were also conceited bitches. I actually felt like smiling at Alice, she just kind had that affect on people, making them want to smile, I could only guess that though.

"Alice I'm a not a partying person."

"SO!" She was happy that I was not a party person, I suppressed a laugh. Alice, from zero to sixty and back again in five seconds. She just stared at me, "Look Bella you really don't have a choice. You are new here and I'm going to show you a good time. Regrets are monsters Bella and I just know that you'll regret not coming. You can honestly tell me that you'd be okay with lounging around on a Friday night, something that you can do whenever you wanted if you think about it."

"You're not going to give up, are you?" That much was obvious.

"Nope, I'll give you the directions to my house tomorrow at school"

Alice smiled at me and walked off.

"Hey! I didn't say yes!" I yelled to her.

"I know! But you were going too…"

"So you are going to Alice's party?" A deep velvet voice whispered into my ear.

I turned around and stared at Edward angrily, why couldn't he just leave me alone?

I was angry at him for so many reasons. For practically stalking me, how he was interested in why I was seeing a cardiologist – I could only imagine what he knew about me now – and for wanting to be my friend…

That one hit me hard. I was being stupid, to be angry at someone for wanting to be my friend. I might as well be insane. Friendships had never been easy for me in the past. Friendships always come and go, why set myself up for more heartbreak.

"Yes I am." I stated and turned back around to sort through my locker.

"Well you don't strike me as the partying type?"

Here we go more attempted small talk. I was beginning to hate the term small talk. Very overrated.

"You got a problem with that?" I turned back to face him crossing my arms over my chest. I glared at him as I waited for his answer.

"So what you don't like to party, I actually meant how did Alice get you to say yes to going." Edward talked like it was the most shocking thing in the world, like it was a really big deal. I did not see as shocking though.

"Regrets," I answered.

"Regrets?" He questioned in a confused manner.

"Alice said regrets are monsters, that I'd regret not coming to her party. Plus it's seems to be the only fun thing to do around Forks."

Edward just smiled at me, Alice was right about regrets because in that moment I regretted telling him and I really had no reason too.

"Well Alice is right! If there is one thingI've learned over the years is too not bet against Alice." He seemed very serious about it. I looked to the floor and stared aimlessly at my shoes, if I were to walk away he would just follow me.

"Edward! Why are you talking to me? I think I made it clear where I stand with you."

If I kept up the conversation then I'd be a hypocrite for the way I wrote him off yesterday.

"Yeah you did and I think you're crazy." He responded eagerly.

Wow! It was like he was reading my thoughts or something. I just told myself I might as well be crazy for not wanting his friendship and her he was stating an almost fact.

"So Edward then it's really simple I don't want to be your friend."

"That's not fair Bella, because it would make so happy to be your friend and I think it would make you happy too."

"Because what Edward? You DON'T EVEN KNOW ME!" It was the truth, no one really knew me.

I almost shuddered at the memory, I hated when anyone made assumptions about me. I would tell him again, and hopefully he won't argue with me.

"Edward don't you remember what I told you yesterday, I-"

"Did you not hear anything I just said Bella. You are not going to win this one."

Edward had that 'two-can-play-this-game' look, he was intimidating me, and he was fighting back. Even in his stubbornness I admired his determination.

"Well here's the thing Edward. I've lost a lot in my life, and for once in my life I'd like to win."

Edward's demeanor went from determined to concerned in a sympathetic way.

"Bella…" He hesitated, unsure of how to put his words. "I-I wish you would let me win. I can tell that you want to win, but I want to me your friend. Period. End of story, let me be your friend and I'll make it up too you."

"Well here's the thing Edward, if I had a heart I would let you win."

Please leave a review. If you seemed confused by that last statement the confusion ends here… The old Bella, before she got the new heart would let Edward win, and even though, yes she has heart, it's not Bella.

If any of you are reading Lost and Found, I promise to get an update soon. The plot is through my mind but my muse for chapter fifteen keeps changing and I don't want to disappoint.