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EPOV

When everyone was dismissed after school, I headed towards my locker. When I turned the corner, to where my locker would be, there was Lauren talking and giggling to her friends in front of it.

Damn it!

Ever since this morning, Lauren had been waiting for me after all of my classes, and she would always hug me and shout my name just so that everyone knew that I was hers. It was annoying. I didn't know why Lauren wanted me so much. I mean, I was just a regular guy going to high school. But I was being a hypocrite thinking that. I understood how she was feeling, since I wanted Bella as badly as Lauren wanted me. Bella was just an ordinary girl, but somehow, she just stood out from one another.

I sighed and started out for the exit. Screw the locker, I'll just go home.

On my way to the car, I thought about what I had done.

I didn't know if I had made a mistake, by asking Lauren out. All sorts of questions were buzzing around me. Would my plan go as I had hoped? Will Bella even be jealous at all? Part of me was saying that Bella will be jealous, but most of me was saying that this wasn't the way to go. That instead of doing this, I should start out by being friends with her and make her come to realize that she might just like me too. But I had already gone too far, now I was stuck on a date with Lauren. I would just have to survive. Finally, I decided what to do. I would go on a date with Lauren. I would then somehow become friends with Bella and convince her that I didn't like Lauren.

"Eddie?" I girly voice called behind me.

I froze mid-step.

"Eddie!"

I slowly turned around, and saw Lauren running up to me. Before I knew it, Lauren was hugging me again for the tenth time that day. My arms were at my side being limp. I didn't want to hug her. Not even one little bit.

Lauren's perfume was so nauseating whenever she hugged me. She wore so much of it, that I wouldn't be surprised if she said that she used a whole bottle every week. Lauren's smell was nothing compared to Bella's though. I could tell from her smell, that Bella didn't wear perfume. It was very refreshing.

"I thought that was you!" Lauren said giggling. "I was waiting for you at your locker. Did you see me?"

"No," I lied.

"Oh, well. You see me now," she exclaimed.

"Yeah," I grumbled in a dull voice.

"So where are you taking me tonight?" Lauren asked me.

"Well, I heard there was a new pizza place in town. I thought that I could take you there."

"Okay, but I'm not going to eat a lot. I don't think it's good for my flat stomach," she said.

I looked away and rolled my eyes. "Fine," was all I said before walking away from her.

Its just pizza I thought to myself. It wasn't like she was eating a whole cow.

When I got to my car, I stopped abruptly, not sure if I was hallucinating. Was Bella really standing there waiting for me? Her back was to me, so she couldn't see me. I took a step closer, and saw that Alice and Rosalie were waiting there too. Disappointment washed through me.

"Alice, why are they here?" I snarled. It had sounded harsher than I had planned.

"They're coming over so that we could get ready to go out to dinner with the guys tonight and they're sleeping over," Alice said, trying to sound innocent.

My eyes flashed over to Bella. She looked guilty. Was she going to ask me? Bella lowered her head and stared at the ground, not giving me any eye contact at all.

I looked back to Alice and grumbled, "Fine, let's go."

I walked over to the driver's side of the car and got in. Bella sat behind me while Alice sat in the passenger's seat with Rosalie sitting behind her. I glanced at the rearview mirror just before I pulled out. It had Bella's perfect face on it. My eyes kept flashing over to the mirror. Bella's eyes were closed, and I could see that she was breathing deeply. Comprehension crossed through me and I grinned. She was smelling my car. I was about to let out a small laugh when I heard Rosalie whisper to Bella, "Why was he looking at you?"

I watched as Bella's eyes popped open. She blushed and shrugged.

"Did you invite him?" Rosalie asked.

Bella shook her head slowly. That's why she had looked down at the ground before. She was feeling guilty.

"He has a date with Lauren," responded Bella.

"Lauren? Are you serious?" asked Rosalie in disbelief.

At least Rosalie felt the same way about Lauren, I thought to myself. We had finally arrived at my house. I parked the car into the driveway and stayed in the car for a few seconds before getting out. I quietly followed the three girls into the house.

Right when we entered the door, I heard Bella breathe the word, "Wow."

I then heard Rosalie whisper, "I know."

"Come on guys let's go upstairs to my room to get ready," Alice spoke.

"But we aren't going out till six," Bella said. Her face scrunched up in confusion.

I smiled. Bella had clearly had no idea what she was getting herself into.

"Yeah, but we need to pick out our clothes then get ready," Alice informed. "I'll even put help you with make up and clothes."

Bella blushed.

In my opinion, Bella looked beautiful even without designer clothes or make up. She was a natural beauty. Rosalie and Alice hurried upstairs while Bella slowly followed them. She peeked back at me, worry in her big brown eyes. Bella then turned the corner at the top of the stairs, making her disappear. I walked into the living room, which consumed of the big plasma T.V.

I collapsed onto the black leather couch and turned it on. I flipped through the channels, but there was nothing interesting on. I sighed. I might as well watch a movie. I stood up and walked over to the movie shelf. I skimmed through the names and finally decided on the movie Jumper. I put it into the DVD player and sat back down onto the couch.

The previews passed by and the movie finally started. Halfway through it, I started to wonder what Bella was doing. How could she stand being Barbie? An hour later, after all of the credits were done, I checked the clock. It was fifteen minutes before six. I lazily got up and headed upstairs, and into my room which was all the way at the end of the hallway.

I changed into a long sleeved green button down shirt that had the sleeves rolled up and a pair of jeans. I walked back out into the hall. I heard Esme, my mother's voice call to Alice from downstairs. "Alice, you have company!"

It was most likely Emmett and Jasper. "Tell them to hold on for a minute!" Alice shouted back.

When I reached the place in the hallway that was right next to Alice's room, I couldn't help but listen in for a few seconds.

"You ready, ladies?" Alice's voice asked from the other side of the door.

"Like I have anyone to impress," I heard Bella's soft voice say.

"You might be surprised," said Alice.

Was she talking about me? I quickly walked away from the door before any one of them could catch me. When I got downstairs, I saw Emmett and Jasper talking to Esme.

"Well hello Edward. You look handsome tonight. Do you have a date?"

I nodded.

Then I heard Jasper gasp a little. I turned my head towards my tiny sister who was walking down the stairs. She, for some reason, always had to dress up and make an entrance. Alice then walked over to Jasper and gave him a swift hug. I could tell that Jasper was extremely happy that she did. My attention turned back to the stairs to where Rosalie was making her entrance. Emmett gave a small whistle and walked over to stairs, meeting Rosalie at the last step. I turned my head hastily back toward the top of the stairs, not wanting to miss a second of Bella's entrance.

I wished that I was the one waiting for Bella, like Emmett waited for Rosalie and Jasper waited for Alice. I knew that it would never happen, but I couldn't help but hope.

And then there she was. Bella was walking down the steps staring at her feet. I could feel a grin forming onto my lips. She looked spectacular. Her curled hair was up, and the color of her shirt looked great with her pale skin. When Bella had finally reached last step, she looked up and instantly blushed a rosy red. Before I knew it, she was falling towards the ground. I ran over to her and rapidly grabbed her waist before she could connect to the ground.

"We've got to stop meeting like this," I whispered. I liked how close she was, and how it felt to hold her, but I did not want her to get hurt.

I balanced her on her feet.

"Thanks," she muttered under her breath.

My lips cracked into a smile.

"Let's go then," Bella said turning to Emmett.

They headed outside.

"Well, I got to go pick up my date, I'll see you later tonight," I told Esme kissing her cheek.

"Okay, sweetie, I hope your date goes well," she said.

"I hope so too," I lied.

I didn't like lying to my mom, but what was I suppose to tell her. That I was using my date to get to Bella? That sounded too mean, and Esme wasn't into meanness.

"Bye, Edward," Esme said bidding good bye.

"Bye."

When I had reached the driveway, Bella and the rest of the group had already left. Now I had to pick up Lauren. My mind drifted off to what the group was doing. Where were they having dinner? I wished I was with them.

Fifteen minutes later, I was walking up Lauren's driveway and ringing the doorbell. I waited for a minute before Lauren opened the door and squealed throwing her arms around my neck.

"Hi Edward," she exclaimed, closing the front door behind her and pulling me with her towards my car. "So what took you so long?"

Lauren was wearing a wearing a lavender silk top that was so revealing that it practically showed her boobs. She wore a denim miniskirt that showed part of her ass. Lauren also wore high heels that had a bit of black and a few ruffles sticking out. She also had big leather bag was hanging on her shoulder. If this was how she always dressed, then I could actually make a mistake of thinking that she was a hooker. (A/N Her outfit is in my profile)

I furrowed my eyebrows. "What do you mean?"

"I mean, why didn't you come earlier?" asked Lauren.

"You told me to pick you up at seven," I said.

"I know, but I usually liked to be picked up earlier. I guess you didn't know since you're new and all," Lauren sighed.

We climbed into my car and I started driving towards the new pizza parlor.

"So what do you think of Forks so far?" Lauren asked me.

I glanced quickly over at her. I had a feeling that she wasn't asking about what I thought of Forks, but what I thought about her.

"It's okay," I said.

Lauren frowned and I couldn't help but smile. I wasn't trying to be mean, but I never really liked girls who had two sides to them. I called them fakes or plastics. They were the girls that were really nice and fake to a person in front of their face, but really mean to them behind their backs.

"What do you like about this town then?" she asked.

"I like what it has," I said thinking about Bella. When I remembered that she was talking about herself, I regretted the answer right away.

I looked over at Lauren to see that she had a big smirk on her face. I bet she was thinking that I was complimenting her body or something. That thought disgusted me.

"You really like it?"

"No," I answered simply.

Lauren was quiet for the rest of the car ride which was a big relief. I bet that answer confused her.

"We're here," I said pulling into the restaurants parking lot. It was called Brickhouse Pizza.

Lauren and I got out of the car and started walking across the parking lot towards the small building. Lauren was walking next to me, and I could feel her hand trying to grab of mine. Before she could though, I shoved my hands into my pocket. When we had finally reached the door, I opened it, holding it open the way Esme had taught me to do whenever I went on a date. Lauren smiled at me before walking through. As Lauren and I were walking to a small table in the far corner, I looked around and stopped dead in my tracks. There she was, talking and laughing with a girl that I'd never seen before.

Was it just a coincidence that my date with Lauren was picked at the same place that Bella was having dinner with her friends, or was the universe just trying to tell me something?

"Ew. What is she doing here?" Lauren asked from next to me.

I shrugged, before continuing to walk to our small table. Lauren sat down, while I went to order our pizza. I took another glimpse of Bella, who looked so flushed. Bella was glowing was glowing with happiness.

"Hi, what would you like today?" the guy asked from behind the cash register.

"I'd like a medium pepperoni pizza and a pitcher of lemonade please," I ordered.

"Okay, is that all?"

I nodded. The guy, who's name was Eric, from the tag pressed a few buttons placing our order. I gazed off into the distance where Bella was again.

"She's quite a lady, huh?" I heard Eric say.

I turned to look at him. Instead of answering him I just turned and walked back to the table where Lauren was waiting impatiently.

"What kind of pizza did you order?"

"Pepperoni."

Lauren winced. "Sorry, it's just that I don't really like pepperoni, I like cheese more. It doesn't have as much calories, but I guess I could eat just a slice or so."

"You want me to change the order?" I asked politely.

Lauren smiled at me. "Would you?"

"Sure."

I walked back up to the counter. "Hey, do you mind if I changed the order of pepperoni to cheese please?"

"No problem, it will just cost you a little more though."

I nodded pulling out my wallet. I gave the guy the money and he changed the order.

"You're drink will be out in a minute."

"Can you give us two cups too?"

Eric nodded. "Sure."

I went back and sat down in the chair across from Lauren.

"Thanks, sexy," Lauren purred. I felt her heels kick my leg softly, trying to start a round of footsies.

"No problem," I replied dully.

I heard footsteps walk over, and watched as Eric brought over our pitcher of lemonade and set down two cups next to it. I saw Eric glancing down at Lauren's chest when he bent down to put down the drinks. He was such a pervert. When he walked away, Lauren asked, "Do you think this top is too revealing?"

I raised my eyebrow at her. Was she kidding me? Her boobs were practically popping out. "No," I lied.

"Well, I think it is," Lauren answered. Huh. Maybe she was smart after all.

"I got this top from Victoria's Secret," she told me.

I stared at her in disbelief. That's why it was so revealing and… sexy? All of a sudden, a weird thought came into my head. How would Bella look in it? I knew that Bella, like the person that she is, would never wear that and Alice would never make her wear it either. I pushed the thought out of my head, and tried to turn my attention back to Lauren.

She was articulating about all of her designer clothes and shoes. Alice would love to hear about this, but I had a feeling that Alice wouldn't like Lauren either. I sighed and just sat there, listening to her constant chatter about shopping.

The food had already arrived, and Lauren was still talking. By now, she was talking about all of the gossip she heard from school.

"I'll be back," I interrupted, and standing up.

I walked over to the little hallway that led to the restrooms. I went into the men's restroom and walked over to the sink. I turned on the water and splashed a handful of water onto my face. How much longer was I going to have to suffer? How could talking be such a pain in the ass? I got a few paper towels and wiped my wet face. I threw it into the trash and headed back into the hallway.

Before I knew it, a small body slammed into me at full force. I took a step back, surprised by how hard the collision was. I took a look at the person who had run into me, and froze. I watched as Bella touched her head and winced slightly. She looked up, her eyes getting wide.

"Sorry?" she asked, looking a little lost.

I laughed from her puzzled face.

"Why were you running so fast?" I asked a bit concerned.

"Oh, nothing. It was a conversation at my table," she said, staring down at her feet.

"Okay, but are you sure you're all right?"

Bella nodded, her curls bouncing.

"So who's that girl that you were talking to?" I asked trying to make conversation. I did not want to go back to Lauren.

Her head snapped up, eyes locking into mine. "That's my friend from Phoenix," she said.

"I see."

"So you're with Lauren?" she asked.

I grimaced at her name, but quickly replaced it with a grin. Maybe my plan was working after all. Maybe, just maybe, Bella felt jealous.

"Yeah, but she's really boring. I don't even know if I want to go back," I confessed sheepishly.

She laughed her infectious laugh. "Don't be mean, you should go back. I'm going to be sleeping over at your house tonight, and at least want to hear something entertaining."

That answer had taken me off guard.

"Really?" I asked in disbelief. A jealous person wouldn't want me to go back. Oh well, at least I would be able to talk to her later tonight. Maybe even get to know her a bit.

"Sure," Bella said nodding.

"Okay then, back to my boring date," I declared. When I passed her, I couldn't help but whisper in her ear, "I'm only doing this for you."

It was true. If it hadn't been for her, I never would have asked Lauren out on a date, and I was only going back so that I could talk to her tonight.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw her smile, and then I walked away. Mission accomplished I thought to myself. I went back over to Lauren's table and sat down.

"You ready to go?" I asked.

Lauren nodded.

We got up and headed outside. Right when I was about to go out the door, I saw Bella walking back to her table, and her friend hugging her.

I smiled and headed to my car with Lauren.

"This was a great date," Lauren said, when started driving in the direction of her house.

"Yeah," I whispered, thinking of the conversation with Bella.

Lauren was quiet, as if waiting for me to ask her to go out again. I stifled in a laugh. I would never make the mistake of asking her out again, unless my sane mind went insane.

"We're here," I said pulling over to the curb in front of her house.

"Yeah."

Lauren looked over at me with an expectant expression. I just stared back at her. I was not going to give her a kiss.

"Okay, bye," she huffed, getting out of the car and slamming her door.

I pulled out, back onto the street and headed home. Excitement was buzzing through all around me. Tonight was going to be awesome.

After I had arrived home, I went upstairs to change into a pair of basketball shorts and a t-shirt.

When I got downstairs, everyone was already down there.

"Hey," I said casually, walking up to their group.

"Hi Edward," Alice said happily, holding Jasper's hand.

"Why don't we go change," Rosalie said to the girls. They all nodded, agreeing. The three of them hurried upstairs and into Alice's room.

"So I saw you were on a date with Lauren," Emmett said heading towards the living room.

"Yeah," I said.

"How was it?"

"Lame."

Emmett's booming laughter filled the room. "Man, I'm so sorry. I don't know how you survived that."

I chuckled. "I don't know either."

I walked over and plopped down on the white leather loveseat, while Emmett sat on the big couch and Jasper relaxed on the big beanbag.

"Nice T.V.," Emmett whistled.

I shrugged. "Yeah, my dad bought it when we moved here."

"Where are you guys?" I heard Alice call from the hallway.

"Living room," I shouted.

Alice, Rosalie, and Bella all walked in.

They were all wearing their pajamas, which were tank tops and shorts. Alice had gone shopping two days ago, and bought a bunch of clothes that I didn't think that she would ever wear.

"What's with all of the clothes?" I had asked her.

"They are just incase Rosalie and Bella come over," Alice explained.

"But they didn't even invite you to anything yet," I said.

"No, but I have a feeling that they will," Alice implied cheerfully.

"Whatever," I had muttered.

Alice and Rosalie went over to sit with Jasper and Emmett. Bella looked around and smiled when she saw me. Bella walked over and dropped down next to me. She twisted herself on the seat, so that her back was relaxed onto the cushioned arm rest and her face was towards me.

"Hey there," I said.

Bella smiled at me. "Hi."

I watched her lips as she said, "So tell me about your date."

My eyes moved back up to her eyes, slowly and deliberately.

"It was horrifyingly boring, but a certain someone that I met next to the restrooms, made it somewhat better," I said.

Bella blushed, her cheeks turning into a wonderful color of ruby red.

"So what was she talking about that made everything so boring?"

"Clothes, shoes, gossip. Stuff you would want to talk about to a girl." I made a face, making Bella laugh.

"You're nothing like a girl," I heard her murmur.

"Thank you," I said.

Her eyes widened then she grinned at me. I noticed how she actually looked happy. There was a sparkle in her deep brown eyes that looked amazing.

"So what happened after?" Bella asked.

"Well, when I dropped her off, she sort of hinted me that she like the date, and that maybe she wanted to go on another," I told her.

"Did you ask her?"

"No, I ignored her," I answered.

Bella laughed, but threw one of the pillows from the love seat at me. "You are such an ass!" she exclaimed.

I caught it and asked, "If Mike Newton hinted that he liked a date and wanted you to ask him to go out again, would you ask?"

Bella thought about it for a minute. "No, I guess not."

"Yeah, that's what I thought," I said tossing the pillow back to her.

"Okay, so what else happened?"

"Well, she started hinting that she wanted me to kiss her when I was in front of her house," I stated.

"Did you?" Bella asked. "I mean, kiss her?"

I could hear disappointment in her voice. She could never be an actress I thought to myself, grinning.

"No," I said.

When Bella heard my answer, she perked up right away. "Really? Why not?"

I laughed. "Because I don't like her and I don't want to lead her on."

"Well, do you like somebody?" Bella uttered softly.

"Yeah," I said. "Yeah I do."

I watched her intently, fascinated by everything that she did. Especially the way that she blushed and how she would always stare at the ground like it was the most intriguing think in the world. I wanted to know what she was thinking whenever she did that. Was she trying to avoid something? If she was, then what was it? I was determined to find out.

"Let's watch a movie!" Alice erupted. She stood up so that everybody could see her.

I turned to look at her. "What movie do you guys want to watch, because right now, it's too good of a night to just be talking," Alice said, putting her tiny hands on her hips.

"Let's play DDS!" Rosalie declared.

"What's that?" I asked. I had never heard of such a thing.

"You don't know?" Bella asked.

I shook my head, making Bella grin. An evil glint was in her eyes. "It's called the game of Deep Dark Secrets."

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