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Chapter 4

Edward POV

I was glad I asked Bella to help me with art and even happier when she said yes. I really needed to do well on my art project. The only bummer now, was that it was Thursday and not one of the meeting days, instead I had track practice.

I was in the locker room changing when Jasper and Emmett came in. They met Bella at lunch, but I hadn't talked to them about her yet. All through lunch I couldn't stop staring at her. I couldn't believe how incredible she was. Her beauty is radiating and she doesn't even know it.

"So, Edward had a crush." Emmett teased, pulling me from my thoughts.

"Shut up." I mumbled pulling on my sweat shirt since it was raining and cold out.

"She's hot man." Jasper added. I gave him a dirty look before reminding him he was dating my sister.

"Dude, chill. I don't mean I like her or she's hot for me, I love Alice, I meant she's hot for you." He told me.

"So what do you think of her Eddie?" Emmett asked adding in my annoying nickname I loathed.

"She's beautiful, nice, sweet, and funny. What's not to like?" I told them as we made our way outside to the track. We met up with the coach and the rest of the team, so the guys' couldn't ask anymore questions.

I didn't want to tell them about the stupid, horrible bet I made with Mike about Bella. They either would be too supportive or not care about it. Either way, I didn't want to tell them.

I concentrated on running as long as I could before Bella came back in my mind. Only this time I started thinking about the bet. It could ruin everything between her and I. Of course, we only had a friendship and I had only just met her today, but I couldn't help but think that I wanted to be more with her.

Maybe not right away, but I definitely liked her and after getting to know each other I want to be more than friends. If it weren't for Mike, that stupid guy, then maybe things could be normal for Bella and me.

As I thought of Bella and the bet and Mike my frustrations pushed me to finish first and I was free to go shower and head home. I entered the locker room and showered then dressed in the clothes I wore to school. As I was packing up my things I heard the door open and then was greeted by Jasper and Emmett.

"Hey man, what happened to you?" Jasper asked.

"Finished early." I told them briskly.

"Man, what's going on with you?" Emmett asked.

"Nothing." I said grabbing my bag and tried to push my way past them, but since Emmett's one of the bet wrestlers at our school, I couldn't get threw.

"None of that crap Edward." Jasper said annoyed.

"Man, you can tell us. What's going on with Bella that has you moody?" Emmett asked.

"Ok, fine, I'll tell you. You can't tell anyone though, especially Bella."

"Promise." They both agreed.

"Okay, well after Biology Mike was starting to put his stupid moves on Bella when I told him not to and warned him I would hurt him if he hurt her, he proposed a bet though. The bet was whoever got a date with her first, won her. I didn't think much of it, because I didn't really like her at the time, I stupidly agreed. But now, all I can think about is how horrible this could become and ruin everything between her and I. I don't know what to do." I finished.

"So, now you like her, right?" Jasper asked. I nodded in agreement.

"Ok, I know what you do. Go through with it." Emmett said.

"What?" I asked confused.

"Listen to me. You go through with it, win her over, show her how sweet and charming you are, but don't tell her about the bet." Emmett said with a proud smile.

"Really? You think that will work?" I asked them both.

"Yeah." Emmett boomed with laughter and a happy smile.

"Worth a shot." Jasper told me.

"Ok, I guess I'll do that. It's better then Mike getting her." I said before thanking them and leaving to go home.

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When I got home the only person home was Alice. My dad was still working and my mom was probably still in her studio picking out furniture samples.

"Hey Edward!" Alice said cheerfully as she came in the kitchen.

"Hey, why are you so happy?" I asked. Even though she seemed to always be happy or cheerful with everything.

"Because, I have a new friend!" She exclaimed excited Bella was her friend.

"Oh, I see." I told her.

"You could be a little happier you know." She said, loosing some of the excitement in her voice.

"I'm very happy Alice!" I told her, faking excitement.

"You don't like her?" Alice asked annoyed, she had picked up on the mock excitement.

"No, I do. She seems very nice." I told her.

"But you don't like her like her?" Alice asked disappointed. "I could've sworn you would!"

"Alice, let's just see how it goes ok?" I told her. I didn't want to tell her everything, even though most of the time we could read each other's mind it seemed. I was just better to keep this to myself.

"Fine, by the way, she's coming to the mall with the group this weekend." She told me before heading upstairs. A wave of excitement washed over me, and as I kept thinking about Bella it continued to grow.

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Bella POV

After gym I rushed to my truck, excited that my first day was over. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, but I still couldn't get away soon enough.

Once home I began to relax a bit. I checked my email and saw I had one from Renee.

Dear Bella,

Hey sweetie! How's everything in Fork's? Is it still cold, rainy and boring? How was your first day at school?-any cute boys? Just a reminder, your room is still set up here, just the way you left it. Write back.

I love you,

Xoxo Mom

I clicked the 'Reply' button and wrote her back before I forgot or she phoned worried about me.

Hey mom!

Everything here is wet and green, but sort of pretty compared to brown and red in Arizona. It's still a small town, but it's growing on me. It's cold and rainy, but since I've only been here a couple days, I'm not sure if it's boring. My first day at school was ok, not too many teachers called me out as the new student. I've met some friends and so far there isn't any guy that stands out. Thanks for the reminder, but I'm happy here. I love you mom, tell Phil I said hi.

Love,

Bella

I sent it before I could regret lying to her about being happy here. I didn't love it here like I made her think, but it was the right thing to do, moving here.

I went down stairs and looked in the refrigerator to see what groceries Charlie had. Since he only seemed to have eggs, bread and milk I went out to the grocery store. I picked up some chicken, lettuce, salad dressing, vegetables and fruit, and then headed home.

I was glad to see that Charlie hadn't beaten me home.

I hurried and made dinner and just as I finished tossing the salad and placed it in two separate bowls, Charlie walked through the door.

"Hey Bells!" he called out as he came in and discarded his gun belt and jacket.

"Hey dad, how was work?" I asked.

"Pretty good, nothing too bad happened." He said. I couldn't help but think that the only reason nothing had happened during his work, was because nothing exciting ever really happened in Forks. "What did you make?" he asked, pulling me from my thoughts.

"Chicken and salad." I told him setting the plates on the table.

"Smells great." He said sitting down in his spot. "How was school?" he asked after a couple minutes of silence.

"It was ok. Made some friends, met some people." I told him.

"Who did you meet friend worthy?" he asked with a smile.

"Uhm, Alice and Edward Cullen, Jasper and Rosalie Hale, and Emmett Miller." I told him.

"All nice kids, especially the Cullen's. Their dad is a doctor at the hospital." My dad informed me. "Who else did you meet?" he asked.

"This guy Mike Newton." I told him. I'm sure he has heard of him, he knows everyone in Forks. I took a bite of my chicken as I waited for him to comment.

"Ah, not friend worthy though?" he asked.

"No, he is I guess. He's just a little weird." I answered.

"Yeah, he is." Charlie said as he returned to his dinner.

"So, Saturday Alice, Edward, Jasper, Rose and Emmett are heading up to the Port Angeles mall to do some shopping. I was wondering if I could go with them. I need some warmer clothes." I nervously told him. I wasn't sure if I had to ask permission to go places, with Renee most of the time she didn't care.

"That sounds fine. Who's driving?" apparently Charlie did care.

"Edward and Alice." I told him even though I had no clue who was driving, hopefully he wouldn't see through my lie.

"Sounds fine." He told me.

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After dinner Charlie did the dishes and I headed up to my room to do my homework. After trying to figure out my trig homework, I thought a break would be nice. I pulled my sketch pad out and began drawing the perfect face that been in my mind all day.

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There it is!! I know it was kind of boring, and there wasn't any interaction between the two, but I thought I should bring Renee and Charlie in the picture and of course Edward at track.

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