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Edward's POV-

School and life had become a lot more interesting now that Bella had come. Only one week had passed and already she was one of my best friends. She was easy to talk to and she was fun to be around. She came over almost every night to hang out at Alice and mine's house. It was amazing that her father didn't question how much time she spent over with us. Bella was certainly just as much my best friend as she was Becca and Alice's.

Alice and Becca still wouldn't stop saying that I liked Bella though. Even though I didn't, and I was pretty sure Bella didn't like me either, they wouldn't quit. They would set us up, leave us alone, and always make us sit by each other. No matter where we went or what we did, they would torture us.

Finally, Bella snapped. "God, Becca! What if I don't want to sit by Edward?"

She rolled her eyes, "You so want to sit by Edward."

"That's not the point!" She argued back.

"Why do you want to sit by him them?" Alice asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Maybe because we're friends?" I offered.

"Stay out of this!" Alice commanded.

I rolled my eyes. "Fine," Bella said, "but I'm tired of this. If I liked Edward, I would have done something by now!"

For some reason, I felt a pang when Bella said that. I didn't really understand why. I didn't like Bella like that…or did I? No, we were just friends. Besides, that would mess up any chance for friendship that we could have in the future! That just wasn't right.

One day, when I was sitting up in my room, and after Bella had left for the day, Becca and Alice came knocking on my door. They came in and sat down on the edge of my bed. "So," Alice begun, "Bella's birthday is this weekend."

"She doesn't like parties, Alice. We're not throwing her a big party," I said, not even bothering to look up from the book I was reading.

"We don't have to have a big party. I was thinking, well after Becca told me no big party, that maybe it could just be us, Emmett, Rosalie, Jasper, and whoever Becca invites."

I sighed. "Is this another one of those times where you're pairing everyone up so Bella and me get left together?"

Alice rolled her eyes, but Becca glared. "Yes, it is, Edward. We don't care what either of you say! You can tell by just watching the way you two get along that you like each other. It doesn't take a genius."

"Obviously," I muttered.

"What's that?" A small smile creeped on to Becca's face.

"I said obviously."

"By saying obviously that means that you agree that it doesn't take a genius to figure out that you like Bella. That means that you like Bella!" Becca exclaimed, and Alice clapped her hands.

"Becca, your mind works so wonderfully!" Alice giggled.

I took this in for a moment. Did I like Bella? Or was she just another one of Alice's crazy friends? "And what if I do like Bella?" I started, "What happens then?"

"Then, we do everything in our power to get you and Bella together."

"You wouldn't force her, right? That's definitely not what I want," I warned them.

Becca rolled her eyes, "We would never force anything on to Bella."

I nodded, "Whatever, then."

They squealed and ran off.

Bella's POV-

They had thrown me a party. I hated parties. They were the one thing I dreaded even more than gym class. Although, gym class now wasn't half as bad as it used to be. Edward would normally make sure we were on the same team. That made it a lot more fun.

I was sitting on the sofa, feeling sort of alone when Edward came and sat down next to me. "How do I manage to be invisible in a part with only eight people? And no less, the party is for my birthday!" I laughed quietly.

"You're not invisible," Edward smiled at me.

My heart momentarily stopped. He was so close, he looked so good, and that smile. God, that smile pretty much killed me. "Really?" was the only pathetic word I managed to utter.

"Really," when he said that word, it sounded like it belonged.

I had to stand up. I had to get farther away from him…yet, really, I didn't want to. I mentally slapped myself. I couldn't do this. Edward was like my best friend, and best friends don't feel like this about one and other. "You know, I've never actually seen the second floor of your house before," I said suddenly.

Edward raised an eyebrow, "Really? Come on, I'll show you."

He stood up and reached out his hand. It was a friendly gesture, I knew that, but it made my heart skip at least one beat, if not many more. I grabbed the hand that he offered and suddenly my heart beat went frantic. He led me up the spiral staircase and to the upper floor. It was decorated nicely, just like the downstairs was. It had pictures of Emmett, Edward, and Alice lining the walls. I smiled and let go of his hand as I looked. "I like this one," I giggled as I looked at one of him from when he was younger.

He walked up behind me and groaned. "I thought I told mom that she needed to take this one down!"

"Aw, but that would ruin the fun, Eddie!"

I laughed again. I knew how much Edward hated being called Eddie. "Oh, now you're going to get it!"

I giggled and took off running. I ran into the room that had his name on a sign on the front of the door. I hid in his closet. "Hm, where could Bella be?" He said as he played along.

I got down on my hands knees in his closet. Then, he threw the closet door open. "There you are!" he called as I crawled around him.

I got back up, but he grabbed me around my waist from behind before I could go any further. My heart nearly stopped at the sudden contact. Of course, my clumsiness ruined it. I tripped slightly, sending us both crashing down on to the floor. I was suddenly on top of him, staring right at him. Silence.

It was one of those silences where you really wanted to do something to make some type of noise. However, you were afraid that you'd ruin the feeling of anticipation if you made that noise.

Suddenly, I wanted to kiss him. It didn't matter that he was like my best friend, nothing really mattered. I found myself pressing my lips to his, hesitantly, afraid of his reaction. He kissed me back, just as hesitantly.

Then, we heard giggling. Becca and her date were standing at the door. "So, Edward, is this your birthday present to Bella?" she asked casually.

I quickly stood up and walked away. "Um, see you later Edward!" I called as I fled to Alice's room, which was downstairs.