A/N: I know it's taken me forever to update, but I was starting a new story. I had to get it going before I could update any other story. You guys should read it, though. It called The Impossible Miracle. The title sort of speaks for itself. Anyways, thanks for being so patient!

July 12, 2008

I don't own anything…

The day next day I was walking towards the English building and try to remember if we had a test today or not. Suddenly someone tapped me on the shoulder. When I turned to look no one was there. So I turned back and Edward was in front of me. "Ha-ha, very funny."

"I thought it was," he said smiling. He quickly grabbed my arm and pulled me into the side of the building. "I think I'm doing it today."

"Doing what exactly?" I asked looking around to make sure no one saw us.

"I'm going to break up with Jessica today. I need to be able to be with you in public for once," he said kissing me on the lips.

When I pulled away, unwillingly, I smiled. "I'm glad. Now, do you remember if we have an English test today or not?"

"Yep, we do," Alice said appearing beside us. I quickly pushed away from Edward trying to look like nothing happened, even though I couldn't stop smiling. "Oh please, I know you guys have been hooking up behind everyone's back. You don't need to hide anything from me."

"Please tell me you didn't tell Jasper," Edward asked with pleading eyes. "Wait you told our whole family didn't you?" Alice said nothing, but smiled. "Ugh, so that's why they were all so mad at me for going out with Jessica."

"Pretty much, now come on Bella, we have to go take a test. Bye Edward," she said grabbing my arm and pulling me away from him. I smiled at him then turned around to walk to class with Alice.

At lunch I sat next to Alice at the Cullens table. It wasn't that awkward considering everyone knew me and for the most part liked me. Edward, however, wasn't even at lunch. "Alice, what happened to Edward?" I whispered to her.

She looked over to Emmett and shrugged. "He is going to break up with Jessica now," Emmett whispered across the table. "And we all know why," he teased.

I rolled my eyes. "I didn't tell him to break up with her."

"We all knew he would though, once he had you back. He was only using her to get you jealous," Jasper said.

Alice elbowed him. "She wasn't supposed to know that!" She turned around to look at me. "Bella, you shouldn't be surprised, should you? I mean you could tell he didn't like her at all and he only wanted to get together with you, right?"

I shook my head. "I had no idea. I wasn't really paying attention to how they acted around each other, I only cared that he was going out with her. Wow, I feel so relieved that he didn't actually like her like I thought he did."

Emmet scoffed. "Good thing you didn't notice how they were around each other."

Alice glared at him. "What do you mean?" I asked.

He rolled his eyes at Alice and turned to me. "Well, she was always all over him. He was just trying to get away. Most of the times he would just escape to the library, telling her he had work to do," he whispered.

Alice cut him off then. "That's why I was a little surprised when he told me he ran into at the library, alone. Anyways, we shouldn't talk about it anymore. We'll just see what happens if or when they come into the lunch room."

Then Jessica burst into the cafeteria and headed straight to the table I was at. "Isabella, I'm going to make your life a living hell. I know he broke up with me because of you. You will regret the day you ever made that deal with me."

Oh no, not the deal. When she stormed off, with everyone looking at her, the Cullens and Hales all turned to me with confused eyes. I sunk down low hoping I could just disappear. I knew they were going to ask me, but how could I get out of it? "Um, I should go find Edward," I said getting up and walking out the doors.

I found him in the library in a total walled in corner. "Hey."

He looked up. "Hey," he said softly walking over to me and hugging me. "I broke up with her."

"I know," I said burring my face into his chest. "The whole school knows. She came up to me in the cafeteria and told me I would regret the day I made the deal with her."

"What deal?" he asked pulling me away to look into my face.

I couldn't even look into his eyes. I felt so bad that I ever made this deal. "The day I broke it off with you was the day Jessica cornered me and told me to break it off with you or else she would tell the whole school that we have been sneaking around everyone's back."

"When did she even see us?"

"The night before my Christmas Eve party. The night you walked me home from your house and we got into that argument," I said sheepishly.

"So, since you were afraid she would tell the whole school about us, you broke us up and didn't even tell me about the threat?" he asked angrily and confused.

I nodded. "But I didn't want break up with you! I was just worrying about Chris and how embarrassed he would be if that went around the whole school like that. I didn't want him to go through that. I didn't care about my reputation after we stopped seeing each other."

"You should have told me about it though. I would have made sure it didn't get around the school. I would have done anything for you, didn't you know that?" He paused. "Besides the whole school is going to find out anyways. Jessica will tell them."

"Edward I know I should have told you and I'm sorry I didn't. I was just so confused and worried that she would let it slip. I just did it without even thinking about it."

"So she was the enemy in your story? The girl who threatened the author?" he asked. His face was calculating something. I nodded, not sure what to expect. "So that's why you ended things with me on Christmas Eve?"

"Yes, but you should know that I have regretted it every single day since because I knew I shouldn't have done that if I really liked you, which I did, but I was just so afraid that this would just go around it and it would kill Chris and people would hate you even-"I started saying before he cut me off by kissing me.

"Yes," he said panting, "you should have told me, but I'm glad you told me now. I thought you broke it off with me because you no longer liked me, or you didn't think our thing was worth losing everything you had, even though you did lose everything for us. Bella, its okay. I still love you," he said cupping my face. "I love you."

I smile weakly at him. He did know just how to calm me down in most ways Chris didn't know. That's why I picked him. "I love you too, Edward. And I'm so sorry I didn't tell you, I know I should have. I won't do it again."

"I'm sure you will," he said chuckling, "but as long as you tell me at some point, I will still love you." He kissed my forehead and then took my hand. "Come on, we should get to class before we are late."

After school I was heading to my car thinking about what I had to do tonight. Let's see, I was going to go home and finish my homework and then Alice, Jasper, Edward and I are going to a movie and then back to her house to hang out, maybe make out…

"Chris," I breathed. "What are you doing?"

He looked at me and got off my truck and walked up to me. "Is it true?"

"Is what true?"

"What Jessica told me about you and that Cullen kid?"

My eyes went wide. Why did she have to tell him today? Why not tomorrow or something? "Chris, I don't know-"

"You don't know what, Bella? You don't know how to explain it? It's pretty easy if you don't. Just tell me if you hooked up with him while going out with me," he said raising his voice.

I looked around the parking lot. Lots of people were staring, great. "Chris, can we go somewhere else to talk about this? I think I could explain everything better somewhere else."

He shook his head. "No Bella. Explain it here, right now."

I sighed. This will be difficult. "Chris, it's complicated."

"How is it complicated? Did you guys just do stuff, or did you kiss and make out a lot?"

I nodded. "We sort of started hooking up the second day of school, when you got into a fight with him and we got into a fight. When I stormed out of my house that day I drove to his house and it just sort of happened. I broke it off with him in December because Jessica threatened to tell the whole school, and that's when she started going out with Edward."

He looked at me shocked. Like he thought I wasn't going to tell him the truth and I was just going to lie about it and say nothing happened and Jessica's just trying to get me into a trouble. I didn't, however, I basically told him the truth. "See, that wasn't that complicated," he said turning and leaving me standing there with people staring at me.

I sighed and hurried to my truck. My safe truck. At least I could go home now.

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I was lying on my bed, staring at the ceiling. I can't believe I had to tell Chris that in front of the whole school, minus the Cullens. Charlie will find out, and flip at me. He'll probably go and call Renee while he's at it and then she'll hate me too. Life sucks right about now.

Why did she have to tell him? Couldn't she just keep it to herself and realize Edward didn't like her at all? Did she really need to get back at me for 'stealing' her boyfriend, or did she really just hate other people happier than her? Was even my friend at all, or was she just using me?

Angela and Ben will hate me too, no doubt. Angela always thought I would tell her everything, but I never told her anything about Edward. I never even mentioned I talked to him at all. She and Ben will join Chris, Mike, Jessica and Lauren and I won't have any of my friends. Sure I'll have the Cullens, but I'll miss some of my old friends. They did survive most of high school with me.

I groaned and got up to look out the window. It's going to rain again. Could this day get any worse? Yep, Chris could show up, like he was… What?

I ran downstairs and opened the door. "Chris, what are you doing here?"

"I have to ask you something," he yelled getting out of his car.

I sighed. Is he just going to yell at me or something? "What do you want?" I asked him as he walked up to me.

"Don't give me attitude. I just want to ask you something I think I have a right to know," he said stopping right in front of my porch.

I nodded. He probably did have a right to know anything he wanted since I did this to him. "What do you want to know then?"

He looked down at the ground and then looked at me. "Are you in love with him?"

That was not what I was expecting. I thought he was going to ask me if I slept with him, which was a no. "What?"

"Do you love him, Bella? Is that why you broke up with me for him? Because you love him?"

"Yes, Chris. I do love him. I'm sorry, but I was never in love with you. I love you so much though. You were there with me when I needed you to get through my freshman year here, but I'm not in love with you. I thought I would be, but then Edward came and… it just didn't work out for us," I said waving in between us.

He nodded. "I understand. I mean after Christmas Eve, you seemed different. You seemed like you were missing a piece of yourself. Bella, I don't hate you."

I looked up at him "You don't?"

He shook his head. "I could never hate you. You were my best friend. Best friends don't turn on each other that quickly. Things may be awkward for us for awhile, but I will always be there for you. I'm not going to be like Jessica and hate you for something like this. You found your soul mate, Bella. I am happy you did. I wish it was with me, but I understand. I'm okay."

I couldn't help but smile at him. He's a great guy really. I walked up to him and hugged him tightly. "Thank you, Chris. I really needed to hear you say that. I'll miss you."

He chuckled. "Why? I'm not going anywhere. You can't get rid of me that easily."

I laughed with him. "Thank you so much."

He nodded and soon he left leaving me on the porch as the rain started to fall. I wish I loved him. He is so great to me. He didn't deserve anything that was happening to him, but I fell in love with someone else. Someone just as great and would probably be as understanding as he is.

Like Chris said, I found my soul mate. I'm not letting go.

A/N: I know, I know it was a really, really short chapter, but I had to get in a quicky before I leave for a week, again. Sorry, but I will update as soon as I get back! And I'll make that one extra long!

Preview for next chapter (one and only time I just feel bad with how short it is): Edward takes Bella on their first date! And someone shows who they really are to Bella and Edward by doing the unthinkable. ((now I just have to find out what that is… any thoughts? PS. It's something embarrassing/cruel…))