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Chapter… what is it? 10?

Bella's POV

Over the course of the next week, I had had trouble ignoring the Cullens. Now that I have unfortunately discovered my true feelings for Edward, I wouldn't be able to pretend to be mad at him. As for the other Cullens, well it wasn't their fault that Edward left me and wouldn't let them say goodbye. I found myself missing Alice most of all. I missed her so much; I would even willingly go shopping with her just to see her.

At this, I heard a squeal across the lunch room. I was at lunch early, and so were most of the Cullens. Sam had failed to get to lunch early, and so had Danny. I had met him and found him a nicer, boy version of Sam. How odd.

So the squeal happened to be Alice, ironically. She ran, human speed, through the lunch room. Actually, it was a mix of running, dancing and skipping. "Alice, get off the red bulls. They're not good for your health!" I said jokingly at her. She rolled her eyes. The Cullen table was surprised at why I was joking with Alice, and why Alice squealed in the first place.

"I had a vision! You agreed to go shopping with me!" I sighed. She was a better mind reader then Edward. Isn't that sad?

"Ok, I'll go shopping with you!" I said in a happy way. Alice hugged me tightly. "I missed you," I whispered to her.

"I missed you too," she whispered back.

"How about we skip the rest of school and go catch up, OK?" I asked. She agreed fast, and we headed off to the parking lot, ignoring the jealous looks headed towards Alice from the rest of the Cullens.

Sam's POV

I was headed towards lunch. I walked extra slow, not wanting to actually be at lunch because of the smell. Don't get me wrong, I like Danny, a lot, but I don't want to eat him. I'm starting to actually get to know him as a person, so if I kill him now, then I would really hate myself.

"Sam, wait up!" Oh, speak of the devil. Danny walked up towards me. I smiled, something I don't do to just anybody.

"Hey, Danny! How are you today?" I know, I'm being nice to someone. It's a rare sight, so don't get used to it.

"I'm great, now that I'm with you," I swear, that is such a lame line, but when he said it, it would have made my heart stop if I were human. "Do you mind if we go talk somewhere else?" I shrugged my shoulders and we headed off to the parking lot.

Bella's POV

Alice and I sat on the bumper of Edward's Volvo. Edward had the keys to the car the Cullens came in, while Sam had the keys to the car that we came in. We could have easily hot wired the car, but what was the point? So we sat here in the parking lot, talking about random stuff.

"Do you love my brother?" asked Alice suddenly. I decided to play dumb.

"Well… I do love Emmett, but only as a brother and nothing more. And he has Rosalie, and I wouldn't want to cross her over Emmett," I say, trying to hold back the laugh at how weird that sounded. Good thing that we were far enough away to be out of vampire hearing distance. Sadly, Edward could still probably read Alice's mind.

Alice giggled a little, but then turned serious. "Answer me for real. Don't worry, I know how to block my thoughts from Edward, so he won't know what the answer is." She smiled eagerly, waiting for an answer.

I sighed, and stayed silent for awhile, then opened my mouth to answer. I was cut off by Edward himself walking into the parking lot. "Alice, Bella!" He called to us. I snapped my mouth shut quickly, but Alice looked gleefully. She must have seen what I was going to say in a vision before I actually said it. I hope she can block her thoughts pretty well.

"Bella, I need to talk to you," Edward said with sadness in his eyes. I nodded sharply. Edward glanced at Alice, and she took the hint by running/dancing off towards the school building. Knowing Alice, she would still be in hearing distance.

"Bella," started Edward. "I still love you. I never stopped. All the things I said in the forest were lies, and I'm sorry that I lied to you." I opened my mouth to object, but he cut me off. "I don't know if you believe me now, but it is true. And I can tell by the way you've been treating me lately, that you don't love me anymore."

He paused, and pain came across his face. Did he really think I didn't love him? I know I've been hiding the truth since I figured it out, but I didn't think I was that good at faking my hate for him. I do love him, I finally admit it in my head, but I do not trust him.

"I know that you won't believe me, being as stubborn as you are, but I wish that you would. I realized that my family coming here is hurting you." He looked down. "And if we are hurting you that much, then we could leave."

I felt anger weld up in me. I wanted to punch this guy! He was going to leave me again! "You're going to leave?" My voice cracked, and I felt the tearless sobs starting to shake through my body.

"Not if you don't want us to." Everything was silent for a second, before he continued. "Do you want us to?"

That was the real question. Did I want him to leave? I would never give Edward a second chance, in fear he might break my heart again. His being here would just tempt me to take him back and get hurt again. But could I survive him leaving again? That was a no. I didn't say anything in a while, and Edward must have taken the silence as a 'yes.'

"You want us to leave?" He sounded broken, in a way. Did he really love me? I had trouble believing him, and was unsure how to answer. Lucky I didn't have to.

"No she doesn't!" answered two voices at the same time. I was shocked to see Alice and Sam, with Danny trailing behind.

Sam's POV

I walked along the rows of cars in the parking lot. Why in the world had Danny wanted me to come out here? Was something wrong?

Suddenly, he stopped walking. I turned to look at him. "Sam… I really like you and was wondering if you wanted to go out some time?" Oh… So we came out here so he could ask me out. I was afraid he had found out what I was or something.

I didn't know what to say. Do I want to go out with him? Well, that was a yes. Could I handle his scent for a couple extra hours of a day? Was it worth the risk? I wasn't sure.

When I had made up my mind to make an answer, I could hear the conversation of Bella and Edward drift into my ears. This was something that I just had to hear. I was too preoccupied at listening to Edward's pathetic-ness and cluelessness that I had forgot Danny.

"Sam?" asked Danny's voice asked, which fear of rejection.

"One second," I said, shutting him up so I could hear Bella and Edward. Their conversation was just getting interesting, and I could tell Bella didn't know what to do. I decided to help. I started walking briskly to the spot where they stood, on the other side of the parking lot. Danny followed, obviously confused.

You want us to leave?" Edward said in a broken voice that I would normally laugh at, but I held in my humor for Bella's sake. Bella didn't know what to say, so I jumped into the conversation.

"No she doesn't!" I know, I hate Edward, but I know Bella loves him, so she's just going to have to accept that fact eventually and get over it.

I wasn't the only one who answered for Bella. Alice had jumped into the conversation. I was always slightly jealous of Alice, for she held a special place in Bella's heart that I didn't.

"What do you mean?" asked Edward, looking at Alice. He seemed to be reading her mind, but from the frustrated look he got, he had gotten no good information from his mind. He then looked towards me. I couldn't block my mind, and let a memory of mine flood my thoughts.

"Sam! I need your help!" cried Bella. I walked over to her room. She had a troubled look on her face. "I need help with this problem I have."

"Ugh. Problems. You have them, too?" I said in a sarcastic way. Bella shot me a look telling me to shut up.

"I think I still love Edward, but I don't trust him." I motioned my hand for her to keep going. I mean, it was obvious she still loved him but couldn't trust him, so I saw this as old news. "That's it. What should I do?"

"I don't know. Give him a second chance?" I was never good a boy problems and Bella knew that. Why she was seeking my help was beyond me. The only reason I said this was because I felt sorry for him.

"That's interesting. You hate the guy, but say he deservers another chance. Interesting," she repeated. I could tell she wasn't going to take my advice, but it was worth a try.

Edward's eyes lit up at the memory. "You love me?" he asked in Bella's direction. Obviously, he was thick headed. Bella glared at me, and I glared at Edward.

"How many times do I have to tell you? SAY OUT OF MY MIND, YOU NO-GOOD, HEART-BREAKING, BELLA-LEAVING, MIND READING, ASS OF A VAMPIRE!" I said that pretty loudly, forgetting we were at school. At least no one was around to hear.

"Vampires?" Oh wait, Danny was still there.

"Ah, damn," I mumbled and turned to Danny. I guess it's time for the truth.

TADA! Sam's sooo smart, isn't she? That was sarcasm, by the way. So, did you like it?