I stretched and yawned, the snow was falling heavily outside. Ah, Christmas time in forks. I secretly loved coming home around this time because that meant Edward had to go back to his parents house and they had to go visit the grandparents in Chicago. Though my dad did have to leave for his early shift today, as I was walking up to the room I spent my childhood years I heard a tapping noise.

"Bells let me in I'm freezing my ass off here!"

I looked at his pouty face and then smiled, "I thought you could take the cold?"

"We were in fourth grade then, now come on!" I opened the window and watched Andy sneak in.

"No need to be quiet Edward's not here."

"Oh! Well then." He stomped down the stairs, "it was fucking cold out there Swan so I need warmth and it was hard fucking work climbing that damn tree, so I need nourishment! Kitchen now!"

"You know how to make hot chocolate," I giggled.

"Not without burning the mix! Plus my birthday's tomorrow!"

I smiled this was the boy I remembered from before the band, before life kicked in. After I showed off my skills at not burning the hot chocolate we sat down and talked, but what was there to really talk about when I had no idea who he was talking about in hollywood and everything I brought up mentioned Edward.

"Why?" I looked up at Andy and tilted my head.

"Why what?"

"Why stay with him, knowing your relationship is like that?" I stared at him, at his furrowed eyebrows and then looked down at my cup.

"I don't know, I mean, he at least showed a little interest, I was that girl that you can take home to dear mother and be proud of and show off to all your friends..."

"but he wants a girl who he can not take home or show off!"

"At least he's around!" I slapped my hand over my mouth and stared at him, oh fucking shit. "Andy, I'm-I'm-"

"Shut the fuck up, you know what. I only left because it was my dream to be in a band. I left because I wanted to make something out of myself, to be someone... someone to you."

"To me? You are someone to me. You're my friend."

He let out an aggrivated scream. "A friend! Seriously Bella! I don't want a friendship with you!"

"What?" I leaned closer.

"I'm in fucking love with you! Have been since you cried over Mike getting your fuckingly ridicoulous dress dirty!"

I stared at him in shock. This was not my best friend, the one who held me when my dog died or that spent more times burning food just to make me something when I was sick. The friend who I would stay up watching batman movies with. Where did my best friend go?

In my trip inside my head I didn't notice him lean closer. Not until he whispered.

"Bella, please, I love you." Why didn't I pull away?

His lips touched mine and I hit full panic mode then. I jerked away, knocking over our cups of hot chocolate, "you need to leave."

"Bella..."

"NOW!"

He got up, and I realized while most guys would yell and shout about being a complete tease or that they'd never come back, he only looked at me once and whispered an okay before leaving.

Never once in my entire life had I wished he would disappear again than I did that day.

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"AND YOU DID WHHHHHHHHHHHHAT!" I held the phone away from my ear.

"Rosie-"

"Don't you fucking 'Rosie' me, bitch you better go apologize NOW! I can't believe you, haven't you been wanting that boy to like you forever?"

"Rose that was back in sixth grade-"

"Bella. That boy, a boy who loves you for you, just amitted that he liked you and you like him to, but you kicked him out. Know what if I were you I'd say bye bye Edward hello Andy."

"But everyone wants me to-"

"Everyone wants this, everyone wants that. Bella do what you want to do. Now either come over here and join the birthday party- thank you Ashley- he said Andy refuses to leave his old room if you're not here, so join the celebration or stay over there and expect me to be over at you house standing over your bed in a Jason mask."

"Oh hell, shut up." I hung up the phone, I could go over ther it really doesn't mean I have to apologize does it? I walked over to the fence that seperated our yards and climbed up it. I looked at the front door and walked towards it.

"He's out back." I jumped and turned.

"Oh hi Mr. Beirsack!"

"Hello Bella, he's out back sitting in that tree house, you know I won't ask what happened but I hope it doesn't effect your friendship."

I only nodded and hugged him, then raced around the side to the old tree, almost sliding in the snow to get to it. I hated this thing but it held so many memories for us. Once I was inside I looked around and noticed him curled up with a blanket over him reading an old batman comic book.

"Hi"

He looked at me. "Bella."

"Happy Birthday." I sat down next to him. "So you're officially twenty now, feel any older?"

"No." He looked back at the comic. We sat there for who knows how long.

"You know you're missing your party."

"It's not really a party adults don't do that it's just a bunch of people gathered around to talk about how old you're getting and what to expect."

"Hey! I still hold parties."

"I came home to surprise you for your birthday and I couldn't ring the door bell, I couldn't do it. Just like I wanted to tell you back before I left to start the band. I wanted you to come along, for I knew that if you stayed I would've stayed too... but I knew you couldn't have liked me back be-"

I didn't think I just turned his head towards me and kissed him. "I made up my mind, I want to be the girl who you can take home to your mother, but also be the one who is liked because of love. The one who can be the batwoman to your batman!"

Andy started laughing. "If you haven't heard the new batwoman is a lesbian."

"Oh, then can you like some other superhero couple for a day."

"Nope." He was still laughing and I had to laugh too. Maybe this could work, I know it can. He leaned over and kissed me again. For both of us. I'm positive.