A/N- Hi, thanks again for the reviews! We're over half way to one hundred so yay for that! Thank you for all the lovely comments, I'm so happy people are enjoying this.

So yeah, we're back to Edward again. This is almost a filler chapter... but not quite because its got two things in it that will lead to big twists later on. Besides, I wanted another chapter of Edward getting to know his Bella and more of him falling for her, I hope you all like it. And one thing : if this chapter doesn't make you love Edward, then I don't know what will.

I'm obsessed with the song for the chapter... try and listen to it. Its one of those songs you wish you could have sung to you, and just the way this Edward feels about Bella.

I really hope you all like the chapter, please review and let me know what you think!

"Oh her eyes, her eyes make the stars look like they're not shining.
Her hair, her hair falls perfectly without her trying.
She's so beautiful, and I tell her everyday,
When I see your face… there's not a thing that I would change.
Cause you're amazing just the way you are.
And when you smile… the whole world stops and stares for a while,
Cause girl, you're amazing just the way you are."
~ Just the way you are, Bruno Mars.

To Wish Impossible Things

Chapter Six.

Edward Cullen

September 2006.

The days and nights passed quickly and before I knew it, the middle of September was fast approaching. It was the fastest that time had passed for me in a long time – I know that my family may say the opposite as they think of time as endless and say it always passes quickly… because they know they'll never run out of it. But it was different for me… until now; time had passed so slowly because I had nothing to fill it with. I was alone and internally panicking about the idea of eternally staying this way, so the years had passed very slowly – even a day seemed to go on and on.

But everything had changed now… time was passing so much quicker because my life was quickly beginning to revolve around Bella.

At first when I got here I was completely obsessed with finding the beautiful girl I had seen in Alice's visions and getting to know her as best as I could. I was in love with the idea of her… someone who would be able to bring life back into me. However, as I got to know her, I gradually began falling completely in love with her. We had a lot in common and I found her to be completely endearing – and although I was confused at first, I now loved the fact that I couldn't read her mind. She was always surprising me, and saying and doing the last thing I expected.

I had asked Carlisle why I couldn't read her mind, but he had no idea as to why that was. He was currently researching ideas of what could be different with Bella's mind to cause this, but it didn't really concern me… I loved that she was different in this way.

I quite literally adored her already.

It wasn't just me though, as my family already adored her too – especially Alice, who was already gushing about how Bella was quickly turning into the best friend she'd never had. I was glad to see how well they were getting on, and how accepting Emmett and Jasper were of the idea of her being around. I noticed that the more they got to know her the more they liked her… just like how I did. Emmett liked her quick wit and humour, while Jasper loved how thoughtful and intelligent she was. He noticed that Bella herself was becoming more comfortable too – even though she was incredibly confused as to why we were paying so much attention to her. He said that she often felt unworthy and inferior too, which was something we all planned to change.

She'd been sitting at lunch with us while Angela and Jessica were forced to work on a project they had left to the last minute to complete, and I couldn't help but notice how much she fitted into the family… she was like the missing piece to the puzzle. The piece that we didn't know we were missing until now.

Even Rosalie was managing to be a little more friendly to Bella as she also learnt things about her – I knew that her thoughts weren't so kind but I ignored them easily… all that mattered was that she was being nice out loud and not upsetting Bella. As far as I was concerned, Rosalie could keep her thoughts to herself.

As a way to get to spend even more time with Bella, I now made it a habit to get to school earlier just to wait for her to arrive… at first I started off just watching her, but a few days ago I started going over to walk her to her first class. It was a good opportunity to talk to her and find out even more things I wanted to know, so I planned to make it a permanent activity of mine.

Alice had been shopping with her a couple of days ago and found out something very interesting – that it was Bella's 18th birthday on the 13th of this month. Initially I was surprised that Bella hadn't told me or anyone else, but I eventually realised it was because she was a private person and didn't want too much attention.

However, knowing Alice she was probably already planning something, just as like how I was… I knew I hadn't known her long, but I just couldn't resist the idea of buying her a birthday present. I just had to decide what to buy her now.

I contemplated my options as I stood leaning against the lockers, watching the hoards of teenagers pass by. Many of them glanced at me as they walked by, and I heard their thoughts and their spoken comments that were also focused around me, or in their words, 'the weird new kid' so needless to say none of them really took my interest.

… Instead I was just holding out for a glimpse of Bella.

More people passed and I felt my hope waning… perhaps Bella was already in class. It didn't matter that I wasn't going to be able to walk her to class; I would see her there anyway, as it was Biology next.

I was just about to give up and walk to class, thinking that Bella was possibly already there when someone blocked my path. I looked up to see Bella's vile friend Jessica Stanley in front of me, a wide, flirty smile on her face.

"Hey Edward," she murmured in what I assumed she thought was a seductive tone.

I nodded at her, before looking away down the hall, "Hello," I murmured.

She took a step closer to me, "I'm Jessica; it's so great to meet you."

"Hm," I nodded, glancing around the hall desperately trying to think of some excuse to leave that wouldn't make me come across as rude. Nothing against her, but I had a feeling where this was heading already – I had heard her thoughts through the last couple of weeks, and lets just say she was very creative in her mind. It included several images that I wish I had never seen and instantly told me to stay away from her… if not this could get awkward, considering she was Bella's friend and all.

"How are you?" she asked, acting as if we were friends and that this wasn't the first time we were speaking.

"Fine, you?" I replied, keeping my replies curt.

"I'm great thank you!" she grinned, stepping closer to me. "So do you like it here so far?"

I tried to step back but found it impossible since I was already leaning against a locker. "Erm, yes its okay," I replied.

"Good! Listen, how about I make it a little better?" she asked. "How about-"

I didn't hear what she said after that, because I suddenly noticed Bella walking past us. She took one glance at me and how close Jessica was stood before looking downwards, and completely diverting her view away from us. She picked up her pace and quickly walked by and out of sight, into the crowd of people.

I stared after her longingly, silently cursing Jessica and her horrible timing.

I listened to Jessica's thoughts and noticed that they were all centred on me and my looks – she didn't know that Bella had walked by because she walked behind her.

"So what do you say?" Jessica asked, breaking my train of thought.

"To what?" I mumbled, finding myself annoyed with her – if she hadn't have appeared then I could be talking to Bella right now.

"I asked if you'd like to go on a date… with me?" she told me slowly.

I sighed, and managed to fight off the urge to roll my eyes, "no thank you," I told her bluntly, knowing it was the best way.

"What, why not?" she asked me, her voice rising in surprise.

"I'm just not interested, sorry," I told her.

She looked shocked for a moment before covering it up with a smug smile, which was far too confident. "You will be… someday," she murmured, leaning impossibly close to me.

I managed to side step her and turned it around so she was the one leaning against the lockers. I took a deep breath and made sure my voice was level and calm, "Trust me, Jessica, when I say this - I will never, ever be interested, okay?" I told her, before I stepped away, turning my back on her, "I've got to get to class."

"But wait-"

I didn't hang around to hear what she was going to say next and headed straight to class. When I arrived Bella was already there like I expected, and was sitting down at our table with her head bowed down and her hair covering her beautiful face.

I frowned, wondering if she was okay, and quickly made my way over to the table. She looked up at me in surprise when I sat down, and I felt my heart break when I noticed her blurry eyes, which looked like they were due to spill tears at any moment.

"Are you okay, Bella?" I asked quietly.

She nodded, "I'm fine, why?"

"You just… you look a little sad that's all," I told her softly.

"I'm not, I'm fine," she insisted, turning towards the front of the class just in time for Mr. Banner to walk in.

I sighed, and leant back in my stool, wishing for one moment that I could read her mind after all – just so I could see what was bothering her.

She moved her hair to one side, which gave me view of the tattoo on her right shoulder, which she'd gotten a week ago. It was of an ordinary swan, with its wings spread backwards as if it was going to fly. I figured it was a type of metaphor – the swan was her family name, representing her, and the wings spread showed what she was probably planning to do with her life.

It was a great tattoo, and I made sure to tell her so the first time I saw it. It was a beautiful tattoo for a beautiful girl.

Mr. Banner eventually stopped talking but to my dismay Bella stayed focused on her work, and didn't show any signs of wanting to start a conversation. So I decided to leave her for a little while, not wanting to upset her any further. However, after a while to my pleasant surprise, Bella lifted her head and looked right at me, her expression more determined then upset now.

"Can I ask you something?" she whispered.

"Anything," I told her breathlessly.

"Do you like Jessica?" she asked softly, her voice almost hurt, "I… I could set you up on a date with her if you'd like."

I looked up at her in surprise, "why would you think that?"

"Think what?" she asked, shocked at my tone.

"That I could like Jessica," I told her.

"I just… I saw you talking to her and you looked pretty close," she replied.

"Believe me that was all Jessica's doing not mine," I laughed humourlessly, "she's not my type."

"So what, gorgeous isn't your type?" Bella asked me sadly.

I internally felt down seeing her like this… she was making herself feel inferior and unworthy once again. It was time for me to prove just how special she was.

"Yes, it is," I breathed looking into her eyes, "but she's not it."

Bella blushed at my close proximity and tried to break eye contact, but I refused to let her do that.

"Bella… please believe me when I say that I'm not interested in Jessica," I whispered to her.

Bella almost smiled at my words, but still looked dubious, "You might end up liking her."

"That will never happen," I shook my head determinedly.

"You can't be sure about that," she murmured, saddened once again.

"Oh, I can," I insisted, leaning towards her, "just trust me please, Bella?"

I so desperately wanted to tell her that she was the one… the only one… but I knew that would scare her off. Sure, we had talked a lot already, but we hadn't really known each other that long yet. Bella clearly cared on some level - her jealousy over the idea of me and Jessica being together was proof of that – but she wasn't ready to hear my undying devotion just yet.

Luckily she changed the subject from then on and seemed to accept what I had told her. From then on it was much lighter conversation, but I made note to never speak to Jessica again, and to always make sure Bella knew that she was so much better then her. I knew that Bella didn't see herself as perfect or beautiful, but to me she was amazing in every way, just the way she was.

And I vowed to make sure she realised it someday.

We eventually moved back to our interests – I already knew her hobbies, her favourite films, books and TV shows, and many, many other things, but today we somehow ended up talking about music.

I asked her what her favourite bands were, and she was very thoughtful with her answer.

"To be honest I don't really listen to that much music to choose a favourite band," she replied thoughtfully.

"How come, do you not like music or something?" I asked her curiously.

She shrugged, "Its not that I don't like it, I don't have any way to listen to it. I only hear some things on the music channels or the radio every now and then."

"You haven't got an I-Pod?" I asked.

"I haven't even got a stereo," she laughed.

"Oh, please tell me you're not a technophobe," I teased her, grinning.

She laughed quietly, "a little… but I have got a cell phone, so I guess that makes me pretty modern huh?"

"It helps," I shrugged, laughing along with her.

Mr. Banner then walked over to our table to check on our work, which was a little embarrassing because we hadn't got anything done yet. After a stern look we decided to focus on our work for the rest of class – we always had tomorrow to talk after all.

The bell eventually rung and Bella looked over at me once again smiling causing me to smile back. Seeing my expression, she then looked into my eyes for a long time, clearly debating whether she should say something or not.

"You were right by the way… Jessica isn't your type," she told me gently, "you deserve someone who will actually appreciate you for you, and how great you are. I love Jessica, she's one of my best friends, but she has always gone for the guys who have the best looks, not the best personality."

I nodded, thoughtful, "are you different to her?"

"Very different," she nodded as we stood and began walking out of the classroom, "but she's still my friend all the same though."

"It's nice to see how much you care about her and Angela," I complimented her.

"They've been there for me a lot, so of course I care," she told me gently, smiling up at me. "They've always been my only friends, throughout my whole life."

"Not anymore," I smiled down at her, placing my hand on her back to make sure I didn't loose her in the crowds on teenagers filling the hall. "You've got me now, and Alice, Emmett and Jasper too."

She nodded, absorbing my words, and looked up at me with yet another breathtaking smile. "Yeah I have," she whispered.

EBEBEBEBEBEBEBEBEBEBEBEBEB

The next day I made sure to get to school as early as I could, knowing today was a very important day. It was important because I was finally going to start showing Bella just how much she meant to me through my actions.

Alice insisted on driving in with me which in turn meant Jasper came with us too. I was certain that I would be there with plenty of time to spare, but to my surprise when we pulled up Bella was already there. Her truck was one of the only vehicles in the car park, which was proof of how early we all were.

I pulled up across the car park from her, surprised when she didn't immediately notice us. She was standing by her truck, looking around for all of us. I could see she was wearing the clothes Alice had bought for her – which only accentuated her beauty even more.

So instead of just running right over to her, I decided to stay back for a moment just watching her and appreciating this moment – a moment I never thought I would have.

Only, she then turned her eyes in my direction and noticed me watching her. I smiled at her and made my way over to her, almost running in my haste. When I was in front of her, I immediately wrapped my arms around her, hugging her for the very first time. It was incredible finally getting to hold her… being able to feel her and her warmth. She must have been surprised at my boldness, but didn't say anything. Instead she just wrapped her arms around my neck and hugged me back.

Smiling at her actions, I leant down so my lips were close to her ear and whispered - "Happy birthday, my Bella."

"How did you know?" she gasped, pulling away from me.

I shrugged one shoulder, smiling at her, "Alice," I said simply.

Bella gasped and turned to mock-glare at Alice who had now appeared behind us, along with Jasper.

When Alice noticed Bella's glare she frowned, "Oh come on, you're not mad are you?" she asked.

Bella stood silent for a moment, looking at Alice, before letting out a sigh and shaking her head, "no, I'm not mad, why would I be?" she smiled.

"Good!" Alice grinned, "I think we should all celebrate properly then!"

"How?" Bella asked.

"Come around ours! We could have a little party and then you could stay over the night!" Alice suggested, grinning.

"I don't know… are you sure the rest of your family wouldn't mind?" Bella frowned, glancing between us.

"Oh, I think they can handle it," Jasper murmured, winking at Bella when she looked at him – she looked surprised at the action, but smiled nonetheless.

"Please, Bella?" Alice pouted, grabbing hold of Bella's arm to make sure she looked at her.

Bella sighed and reluctantly looked at her, before shaking her head, "Must you always use that expression on me?" she muttered more to herself then anyone else, "… Alright then, it sounds great, thank you Alice."

"No problem!" Alice grinned, pulling Bella into a hug. "We'll do it tomorrow as it's a Friday!

Bella bit her lip, but nodded, "Okay, if you're sure," she murmured.

"I'm sure, it will be great," Alice insisted, kissing Bella cheek before pulling away.

"I know it will," Bella smiled, reaching out to ruffle Alice's hair, "thanks Pixie."

Alice instantly reached up to sort her hair out but internally loved that Bella had given her a nickname. Her thoughts were all pretty much the same -

Edward I love her, I love her, I LOVE HER! Can I have her?

I laughed quietly and shook my head subtly, knowing Alice would notice. Bella looked at me, confused as to what I was laughing at but I only shrugged, smiling crookedly at her.

Alice then began to talk to Bella about some more of her plans in detail, so I just stood back, knowing better then to interfere with her. There was one thing worse then crazy Alice and that was angry Alice. I'd had the misfortune to encounter her very angry multiple times.

I smiled as Bella laughed and replied excitedly to something Alice said about birthday cakes, loving to hear her laugh at look happy after yesterdays biology class. She was just so mesmerising that I was finding it impossible to tear my eyes away from her, although Alice kept her so focused that she only managed to smile over at me a couple of times. I was getting impatient to have osme time alone with her, and was just about to finally intersect Alice when Jasper -who had been quiet until now - let me know exactly what he was thinking.

Man you've got it bad, the amount of adoration you're feeling is making me want to steal Alice away right now.

"There's nothing stopping you," I whispered quietly so only he would hear my comment.

He nodded, smiling, and his thoughts steered towards the idea of taking her away for a romantic weekend soon. I smiled back at him, before looking back at Bella and watching her once again. She laughed loudly again, throwing her head back before leaning forward and hugging Alice.

She is pretty though Edward. She suits you perfectly – Jasper smiled at me.

I nodded, even though I only half agreed with his comment… she was so much more then just pretty.

I continued to stand there listening to the girls, but out of the corner of my eye I noticed that other students were about to arrive. I found myself growing impatient, knowing at this rate I would end up running out of time to give Bella her gift.

Luckily Jasper sensed my impatience, "hey Alice, didn't you want to go to your locker before classes start?" he asked her softly, throwing a subtle smile my way.

His question seemed to snap her out of her Bella bubble and she smiled widely, "yeah I do! Good remembering there Jazzy," she grinned, skipping over to his side. "Do you mind if we go ahead and meet you in there?" she asked me and Bella.

I smiled at her.

"No, that's fine," Bella smiled, "I'll see you in class, Alice."

"Yep, see you there best friend!" Alice grinned as she began pulling Jasper away.

Good luck Edward, she'll love it! – She told me in her mind.

I grinned and turned back to Bella who was smiling up at me. "Eighteen huh? I'm going to start going gray soon!" she laughed.

I laughed back, "Eighteen's not that old."

"It's older then you! You're still seventeen right?" she asked me.

Not exactly, try 105 instead.

"Yes, I am unfortunately," I eventually replied, before smiling crookedly, "Turning eighteen is definitely something to celebrate though. I, erm, I got something for you."

I pulled the wrapped gift out of my coat pocket and held it out to her. I was delighted to see a surprised, happy expression on her face.

"Edward, you really didn't have too," she murmured.

"Believe me, I did," I grinned as I handed it over to her. "Go on, open it."

She bit her lip but obliged, quickly unwrapping the gift. I smiled as I saw her nearly drop her gift once she realised what it was.

"An I-pod?" she gasped, "You got me an I-pod?"

I nodded, grinning.

She gave me an incredulous look before looking back down at the gift in her hands which were shaking slightly, "I can't… I mean this is amazing, but I just can't accept it. I would have trouble accepting gifts like this from my dad, and I've known him all my life, but I've only known you for a couple of weeks!" "I can't have you spending this much money on me."

I caught her hands to steady them and couldn't resist leaning over and kissing her on the forehead gently. When I pulled away her face was frozen over in shock, but a sweet smile was in place.

I squeezed her hands, "Bella, this is my old I-pod – it works perfectly and is great, but I wanted to get the newest version out as I'm kind of obsessed with owning the newest gadgets. I remembered you saying you didn't have one or any way to really listen to your songs, so I thought I would get it a new case, put some music I knew you liked and give it you… for your birthday," I told her gently.

"Really… this is second hand?" she asked dubiously as she looked at it.

"Yes," I lied – in reality it was of course brand new, but as far as I was concerned she never had to know that.

She looked doubtful, but still smiled nonetheless, clearly delighted with the gift. "You swear?" she asked slowly.

I made sure to be convincing, "I swear," I told her gently, looking into her eyes the entire time.

She nodded, and her smile grew, showing that she believed me. Internally I hated lying to her even if it was something small like that, but it's not like it was over something bad. I would never do that – I would always tell her the truth as much as I could. But I was so desperate for her to accept this gift… mainly so she could see the songs and playlists I'd put on there for her last night. I hope she would understand the message I was trying to put across – that she was worthy.

"Thank you, Edward," she whispered, "I feel guilty accepting this… but it's so perfect, I love it. Thank you."

"You're welcome," I smiled.

Completely elated that she loved the gift I reached out and pulled her into my arms, and this time she came more then willingly. As I wrapped my arms around her waist being careful to not hold her too tightly, she clung on just as tight, burying her face into my neck. I hugged her gently to me, and softly rubbed her back in soothing strokes. I heard her sniff and knew that she was crying, so I just held her tighter, and buried my face in her hair, kissing her head several times.

Everything was going perfectly so far… I prayed that nothing would come along to ruin it. I don't think I could bare it now I've finally got a taste of what it would be like to be cared for by someone like Bella.

Even though I was already dead… I knew I wouldn't survive if something or someone came along and took her away from me.

I shuddered at the thought, and kissed her hair again, before whispering into it, the words I so badly wanted to say, but I knew I couldn't just yet.

I love you.

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(Bella)

As the time passed I knew it was hopeless – I wasn't going to get any sleep. How could I sleep knowing he was so close to me?

I decided to go downstairs to get some water noticing how dry my throat was. So I got up, and walked out into the dark halls, and quickly made my way downstairs, when a noise froze me in my tracks.

It was a piano… that was playing the most beautiful, the most complex melody I had ever heard. It was a tune that was full of so much love and longing that it automatically bought tears to my eyes.

I made my way down to the main room and slowly peaked my head around the corner, wanting to know who was creating this masterpiece.

And when I saw, my breath caught in my throat.

It was Edward.

Quite a long chapter that was. They should all be this long from now on though, got lots to cram in! I'm also trying to keep updates to once a week, I'm sorry I can't do anymore then that though. But yeah, next chapter should be next friday!

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