:( Mark my words. Anytime soon I might just hit break STOP at a Writer's Block. Gaaahhh -- that's my famous groaning sound for stress. :) hehe

Here it is, the SUPER SUPER DUPER important chapter. Why? Okay this is going to sound stupid but this was the chapter that made me decide to write this story. I had a weird daydream that one day Edward parked somewhere and his car got clamped on the wheels and he had to walk home in the rain. Then ofcourse I started wondering how it happened and yaa-dee-ya-dee-ya etc.

IMPORTANT

Another reason why this is important is to let you guys know that Edward and Bella are MEANT to be together. They got a pretty strong FRIENDSHIP BOND to even let a small thing like this come between them. To clear it up since you guys sent me such angry reviews about how I'm utterly horrid and mean to do this and Edward will get mad etc. they will fight etc. Are we all cool now:) I love my darling reviewers to little tiny bits no matter what too ;)

Disclaimer - I own nothing. I own an iPOD with tons of songs that inspire this story though :)

Playlist - I'm Still Here by Goo Goo Dolls

NO I'm not obssessed with this band. They just happen to make really good background music :D Besides - it's perfect because the chorus of this song was the background music in my daydream as Edward walks under the rain!

It's all a Mistake

Bella's POV

Morning came too soon for me. I woke up with a feeling of a pit in my stomach and somehow it just didn't seem to fit the theory of me being hungry. The tiny little grey clouds that were hovering outside in the current clue sky weren't very friendly.

I picked off the adhesive yellow note that Jacob stuck to my door.

Bella

I'm heading to school early with Quil and Embry to do some guy stuff. Didn't want to wake you up. Sorry that I have to make you walk to school. I won't do it again after this – just this once. I'll see you in school.

Jacob

I glanced at the sky once more. At least it looked like it wasn't going to pour anytime soon yet. I grabbed an energy bar and drank a glass of juice before leaving the house. Just as I finished locking up the front door, I heard a car honk.

I turned around and my eyes narrowed as I saw Edward getting out from his car at the front of the house. His timing is really good – I thought.

I inhaled deeply and reminded myself what he did to me yesterday and that he wasn't worth it. As I got closer and closer to him I screamed to myself. He's a jerk. He's not worth it. You don't take double standards from anyone.

"Bella?"

I nodded curtly towards him as I continued to walk down the sidewalk, "Hi."

Suddenly, I felt his cool hands gently grasp around my arm and turned me around, "Can I offer you a ride to school since you seem to be going on foot this morning?"

I blinked, "Why?"

He looked at me with the same puzzled stare, "Why what? You prefer to walk then?"

His eyes were so warm and inviting but again I quickly turned away to prevent myself from falling for that same hypocrisy once more. Once was enough – twice would kill me. Was I really going to go through with this dare?

"Come on," he urged pulling me closer towards him.

He opened the front passenger door for me and I tried to ignore the fact that he was probably trying to make up once more. When I got inside and he closed the door I began to curse under my breath silently. Damn it, Bella. Get a grip of yourself. Just remember it's all a joke to him. It's you who wasn't pretending. It was him.

As he began to drive, he shrugged, "Did you get home alright yesterday?"

I couldn't believe the nerve of him. This was too much. Here I was struggling to not burst out in tears because I was so hurt deep down inside and he calmly asks me the most irrelevant question ever.

"Yeah, I did. It's not that far."

"Good. Oh, here it is. Sorry to keep you waiting so long for it," Edward reached into his pocket with one free hand and brought out my flash drive.

I took it appreciatively, "Thanks."

Then, Edward exhaled out and I was surprised to notice that his breathing was a little unsteady, "About yesterday…"

I waited for him to go on.

"I had my reasons but I hope you won't take it too personally. It had nothing to do with you, it was me."

I gritted my teeth together again silently, "Yeah, your own reasons. I'm sure you did."

Edward laughed slightly, "I know you have your doubts but you'll know sooner or later."

Oh that's fine, Edward. I already know that you're a jerk who is just too shallow to admit it. I don't need to wait but thank you all the same for offering though – I mumbled under my breath.

As we drove into school and he parked under his reserved shaded lot, he turned to me and said, "I have something to collect from Mrs. Colby but I want to show you something."

"Oh, I'll meet you later by my locker then. You know where it is right? It's on the left and three down from the Geography room," I offered.

I nibbled my lip and I got out from the car. As Edward walked around to the corner of the building and disappeared, I stood there thinking hard. I refused to be part of the dare that Jacob asked me to do yesterday. Although, it was worrying as he kept telling me that he was going to get back at Edward for me.

There was something growing inside me that made me convinced that I was like a real monster – the merciless and selfish one that would stop at nothing to fulfill what they want. I knew I couldn't do it as I stood there staring at that shiny Volvo. Not to Edward – no matter how big a creep he was, I just couldn't.

Was I falling in love with him?

Suddenly, the first bell rang and knocked me out of my mindless daydream. I quickly rushed for the main doors. I pushed my way through the crowd of people to see him leaning neatly against my locker door holding something behind his back that I couldn't quite make out what it was.

"Edward!" I called.

He looked up and smiled, "Hey, why so late? I thought you would have reached earlier than me."

I panted, "Sorry. Now you know how slow I really am."

He laughed, "Anyway, I have something to give you."

My breathing slowed down a little and I looked up still distracted by the pounding in my ears. I had a really bad stamina and I guess I looked like a weakling compared to him.

"Close your eyes," he softly said.

Suddenly, I felt time slowing down once more and I closed my eyes. Even though there were crowds of people all around us I imagined it was only Edward and me standing there. I felt his cool hands once again take my wrist gently. The feeling of his hands on mine was amazing. I couldn't describe it in words.

Then, I felt him place something square and hard in my hands, "You can look now."

I opened my eyes and I saw a brightly coloured parcel in my hands with a beautifully crafted pink and purple ribbon around it. I was speechless and I just stood staring at it for quite some time before his voice interrupted, "You can open it, you know? It's for you."

"It's so pretty…" was all I could reply.

I saw him shrug, "Well, Mrs. Colby did all the wrapping decorations. This was why I didn't want you to come into the car yesterday. I didn't wrap it up yet you see so you would have seen it. After you left I went over to Mrs. Colby to ask her to help me wrap it up since she always said she had to repay me someday. I told her to keep it for me and I'll collect it from her this morning before classes started to give it to you."

He smiled at me his trademark crooked smile that made my heart leap, "I wanted it to be a surprise. It's not some apology gift either, Bella. I apologized already remember? I wanted to do this for you since you told me you didn't have one the other day. So I don't expect any favours in return."

You're killing me, Edward – I thought dreamily.

I slowly undid all the wrappings carefully and tried my best not to spoil any of it. I wanted to keep all of it somewhere and this was the first time someone had ever given me a present like this. Renee never bothered to wrap things up and my friends back in my boarding school never bought me anything except a birthday cake every year. This was something special. When I finally removed it the box was plain with no writings on it except a serial number and a price tag which I gasped at.

"Edward, this is so expensive. No, it's more than just expensive! It's -"

"Go on, you're almost there. I want to tell you something once you have seen what it is."

When I opened the box, there was a pink crepe paper wrapping all around this tiny delicate object that I still didn't know what it was. When I pulled back I stared at the shiny device sitting snugly in the middle of the wrappings. When I didn't say anything, Edward chuckled and reached out to remove it out of the box.

He twirled it perfectly it his hand and grinned, "Somehow I didn't know which model to get you but I saw this, I thought it had your name written all over it."

Then, he placed the device back in the box and gently tapped on my locker door, "Good thing we have these to keep stuff like this, huh?"

I just nodded slowly, still in shock.

Finally, the second bell rang and he stuffed both hands into his jeans pocket and before he walked away, "Oh, the thing that I wanted to tell you is…"

He winked, "The first number that has been programmed into it, is mine."

When he disappeared out from view, I slowly opened my locker to place the box back carefully over my brand new cell phone.

Angela nibbled at her bagel, "Well? Are you going to tell me what happened?"

She frowned, "Your face is red and not to mention a little warmer than usual. I don't know why you don't want to look up either which doesn't make sense since your plate is already empty."

We were sitting together with Lauren's group today and she was laughing at something Mike Newton said with a very high pitch scream that was hurting my ear. There was a girl with wild brown curly hair sitting next to Lauren called Jessica Stanley. According to Angela, Jessica secretly despised Lauren because Jessica always had a thing for Mike and Lauren knew this but still flirts with Mike openly in front of her.

When Angela saw me turning redder again, she sighed fondly, "Tell you what, you don't have to tell me if you don't want to. If you want to talk about it you know who to find right?"

She gave me a teasing punch on my shoulder. The last thing I needed was to let everyone know this but somehow something told me I could trust her. But I wasn't ready to tell just anyone yet about this. It was a pretty big thing to me.

All this while, my head was all jumbled up and I could hardly concentrate. Every time I thought about that gift in my locker and the person who gave it to me, my face would start getting hot all over again. During Geography after lunch, Angela commented that I looked as if I was getting a heat stroke.

Ten minutes before Geography ended, the sky that now was finally dark and clouded began to pour the rain down. I smiled when I saw Angela groaning and using funny hand gestures to point at the sky to me.

After class, I laughed to Angela while we were packing up, "At least you have a boyfriend whose name is Ben Cheney to send you home."

Angela shrugged, "I love the rain actually. It's a good thing we don't have lightning and thunder during this time of the season. I'd love to go walking home in the rain."

As we were walking out of the classroom, Angela suddenly stopped talking and nodded towards my right and I looked at her puzzled. She just gestured with her eyes once more and quickly said, "I think Ben wants to leave early today so uh, see you err – tomorrow."

I just gazed at her. What's got into her? And when I turned around, I found my answer.

"Hello," Edward smiled with one hand gripping onto his bag strap.

"Hey, what are you doing here? I was just about to go to my locker and get the uh, stuff."

He laughed when he realized what I was referring to, "Funny, Ms. Swan."

"I try to be." I walked towards my locker and opened it. I began to sort out how I was going to bring home the gift without getting anyone suspicious. I placed the wrappers and the ribbon inside the box carefully with the phone and closed the box.

I tried to ignore the fact that he was just standing next to me watching my every move.

"Anyway, I was wondering if you wanted a ride home today," he finally said.

"Don't you need to meet up with the others or something?"

"No, they left earlier. It's just you and me."

I closed my locker. "I think Jacob might be looking for me."

Edward's face fell a little. "Do you think he will mind if I gave you a lift home again today?"

I just stared in awe. This boy is an unbelievable gorgeous guy even with an upset face and with his piercing green eyes, he is impenetrable.

"I suppose not…"

Edward's face once more lit up, "Great! Give me a minute. I forgot something from my locker."

I walked out of the main door; I suddenly remembered the dare and my eyes quickly darted to the shade where Edward parked his car. There was nothing different about Edward's car. I was beginning to feel relieved until I saw it.

I felt my breath caught in my throat. If I didn't know better, I would choke but I was glued to my spot – stunned by what I was looking at. Then, I saw Jacob get up just from beside Edward's car with greasy hands. Soon, Embry and Quil followed but both of them saw me and quickly left the scene.

"Catch you later, Jake! You're on your own now!" Embry yelled above the roaring of the rain pour and both he and Quil both ran to their cars.

"So, what do you think?" Jacob's voice asked when he came up the steps to stand near me.

"Jake…I can't believe you…oh shit – crap…"

Jake's hair was dripping wet with droplets running down his jacket and his t-shirt was soaked. I could feel the terror building up inside me. Part of it was my fury at Jake for doing this and disappointment in myself to even give him the idea to so. I hated myself.

Then, I heard Edward's voice next to me, "Want to go, Bella?"

He looked up to see Jacob and nodded, obviously trying his best to be courteous, "Hi."

Jacob didn't even bother to be modest about it. "I hope this will make it clear that you are never to treat her like that ever again, Masen. Nobody should treat a girl that way, ever. I thought of all people you should know how to treat one."

I stared at my shoes. I couldn't bring myself to look up at him but I could still see from the corner of my eyes what was happening.

Edward arched an eyebrow, "Sorry?"

"Spare the excuses. All she wanted was her flash drive and your big-head just wouldn't allow that, would it?"

I saw Edward suddenly go rigid. He just stood unmoving and I could feel his gaze burning a hole right at my cheek.

Jacob pointed over to Edward's car, "Just a small token of appreciation."

"I didn't do much, unfortunately. Bella was too kind to you. In fact, she refused to be a part of it and I knew she would back out in the end," and I felt Jacob turning to me, "I kinda knew you wouldn't go through it. I just made that dare to make you feel like you had control over something. I was planning on doing this already anyway, with or without your participation. I left early this morning so I could steal the key and the clamps from the caretaker."

Jacob lazily looked back up to Edward and smirked, "The caretaker has gone home too so that means there is no spare key for you to open those clamps on your car. Looks like you have to walk home, Masen. You can collect your car tomorrow."

That was it. "Stop it, Jacob. Just, stop!"

Jacob blinked at me, "I thought this was what you wanted? He hurt you, remember?"

I took a deep breath, "Yes he did, but there was something else. Something that I missed and I overreacted. I trust Edward, Jacob. I really do. So please, give him the key so he can open up the clamps on the wheels of his car."

Jacob looked at me for awhile before saying, "I don't have the key. Embry took it with him."

I felt those familiar cool hands gently gripping on my wrist and Edward turned me around to face him, "Bella, it's alright. I will walk. It's fine."

I shook my head slowly, "It's my fault. You don't deserve this…"

Then, he did something strange. He smiled at me sadly and my heart was breaking. I swear I could almost here the cracking sounds of it.

"Maybe I do. It was wrong for me to treat you that way no matter what my intentions were. I felt sick after I did it, whether you're going to believe that or not. I know what you're probably wondering and I'll say it for you to hear. I am not angry at you and I don't blame you."

He sighed heavily, "Though I wish you would have just punched or slap me instead of involving the last person that I could ever have the most patience with."

Jacob grunted disapprovingly. I almost forgot that he was just behind me.

"I'll walk home with you…" I pleaded.

Edward chuckled as he left go of me, "And get your new gift soaked? I don't think so. It will be the only way I can contact you outside of school anyway."

Then, he humbly looked at Jacob and said in a calm but threatening tone, "If you ever touch my car again or abuse Bella's feelings by using them to get back at me, I'll make sure that you won't be able to do anything with those itchy hands of yours for at least a week."

Jacob rolled his eyes.

Edward finally walk down the staircase and stepped out into the open rain. He was soaked in a matter of minutes. He titled his head a little to push the dripping wet hair out of his face. Unlike Jacob, Edward looked like he has just finished posing for a hair-gel commercial or was in the process of filming one. With his shirt sticking to his incredible body, it was no wonder scores of girls who were huddling nearby by in umbrellas or raincoats were staring at him like they had seen heaven.

Edward's POV

I threw my bag neatly on to my chair and shut my door. I could still hear Caroline's voice grumbling about my wet clothes. I hadn't the nerve to tell her my car got clamped in school. I avoided Elizabeth's room too.

I removed my clothes and tossed them over to the laundry basket. I really needed a shower. I was freezing because of that little stroll under the rain.

As I stood under that gushing hot water, I sighed. As I was walking home today, I saw Jacob's car passing by. I could tell Bella was staring at me through the window but I didn't want to look at her. I probably had caused her enough trouble.

As I dried myself and slipped on a new set of outfit, I sat down and tried to start on my essay due for Economics. I shook my head in annoyance as I thought about Jacob. He was really getting on my nerves but I supposed he must have really enjoyed himself.

This was the first out of a long time since Jacob managed to pull a successful revenge on me. Normally Jasper and Emmett would be making sure that Jacob wasn't going to pointlessly try and pull a quick one on me. Ever since Jacob had told everyone about my biggest secret, he had just declared a second Cold War.

I always tried my best to stay out of his way and be as polite as possible if ever confronted but today, he crossed the line. Then, I closed my eyes when I thought about Bella. I must have really hurt her trust in me today. When she said back at the steps that she really trusted me, I felt like I had just been hit with a ton of bricks.

I suppose I deserved what happened today.

I began to draw and scribble aimlessly Bella's name around my empty essay paper. There was something about this girl that was getting to me. I never felt this way about someone before. Not even when Tanya said that she loved me. I didn't feel the same way and I knew it. But for Bella, I wasn't certain about anything.

But Jasper was right. I couldn't lead her on. Not when I'm already going to get married to someone. I should get my mind off her. The cell phone was neat, but now it's over. She's going to be just a friend and nothing more. I sighed again and crumpled up the paper.

Her face was stuck in my mind. Those beautiful brown eyes that were so full of emotion when she said she wanted to come along and walk with me in the rain. God – if only she could. I'd give nothing else than to hold her hand and walk home together in the rain. I remember watching The Notebook with the gang in the Cineplex once. Tanya kept telling me that we needed to kiss and make up if we ever quarreled like the way how Allie and Noah did. I grinned as I remembered how Emmett kept throwing popcorn at the screen.

Suddenly, my phone rang and I stared at the number cautiously before picking up.

"This better be good. I'm in no position to go shopping with you right now."

"You can go shopping to buy Bella something but you won't go with me?" Alice sniffed before continuing, "Friday is movie day! You know what that means right?"

"Yeah, you found another way to make me broke. Well done." And I heard Jasper erupting with laughter in the background.

Alice groaned, "Don't I wish? Anyway the bad news is that Tanya is going out of town for the weekend on Friday afternoon to run some errands for her Mum. Personal stuff I guess so we are short of one person."

"I don't need a date to watch a movie, Alice."

"Yes you do! I mean you would see like two pairs of couples and then suddenly, a lone wolf like you hanging around like a sore thumb. Don't you think that's a bit upsetting?"

"Okay so cancel the outing then. If it would kill you that much I mean."

"NO! Emmett has been bugging me to choose King Kong for quite sometime. It's directed by Peter Jackson and he's the guy who did Lord of The Rings. Even you liked that movie so don't you dare declare that this would be a crap movie."

When I didn't answer, she yelled, "YOU SAW THE TRAILER!"

"Okay! I'm going!"

"Great! Who are you going to bring? Err…Rosalie has made a list of people who are not allowed to be invited to take Tanya's place. Can I read it out now?"

"I don't think I have a choice do I?"

"No you don't. So, Lauren Mallory is not allowed because Rosalie thinks she's a total boot licker, whatever that means. Jessica Stanley is not allowed because Tanya hates her guts for asking you out in eighth grade. All the girls from your Business class are not allowed. All the girls sitting three rows in front of you for History are not allowed either. And -"

The list went on for quite sometime and I finally interrupted, "Actually, there is someone I would like to invite."

"Okay, see you tomorrow then. Bye!" and Alice hung up.

I twirled my pen around between my fingers. There was only one girl that I could think of right now. Probably the only girl I ever wanted as well. I searched through the contacts in my phone till I found her number. I remember saving her number from the moment I bought that phone for her. Before I could stop myself, I had pressed the call button.

It rang for a long time and I was just about to give up till I heard the voice that made the corner of my lips curl into an unmistakable smile.

"Hello?"

"Hi Bella, I was just wondering if you were –"

"Edward?" The tone of her voice made it clear that she was smiling too.

"Yeah, it's me."

"Sorry I took a long time to pick up. I couldn't figure out how to answer it…" and I knew she was embarrassed by it. It was something that I liked about her, especially if she blushed because she wasn't afraid to admit her flaws.

I laughed, "It's alright. It's cool. Anyway, I was wondering if you wanted to see a movie with me on Friday."

There was silence on the other end for awhile and I carefully said, "Bella? You still there?"

"Um, yeah. Just with you?"

I closed my eyes. My guess about her not wanting to be near me was true. To my surprise, it stung a little but I tried to ignore it. She probably thinks I'm a crazy lovesick guy who is deprived from love itself. I better approach with caution – I thought before answering her.

"No, no, no don't worry. The whole gang is coming. Alice, Jasper, Rosalie and Emmett."

She teased, "So, is it like a couple date?"

I twisted my mouth. You've come this far. What else is there to lose? There's no better day than to crash and burn right now if she rejected me. And over a phone line too – excellent.

"Well, if you don't mind. I would very much like you to be my date that day. I promise I won't try to hold your hand or…anything you don't want me to. We can just go as friends, you know?"

"I'd love to," she answered almost immediately.

There was a fire building up inside me. Every moment her addictive voice replied, the further it added more fuel to this flame. I knew I was gripping my phone very tightly and I nearly decided to bite my tongue from saying anything further. But it was useless.

I couldn't stop myself, "By the way, I was wondering if, maybe you wanted to sit with me during lunch tomorrow?"

Edward is rich - he can afford to buy her something like that. Sigh, damn it why is he not real?

So, for those who hated me thinking Bella was going to do something horrid etc. there you go. She didn't. :) I was debating with myself what movie they were going to watch and suddenly on HBO, King Kong flashed on the screen. I loved that movie! Although there was this whole talk about the original being better etc. I think Naomi Watts is gorgeous and Adrien Brody is awesome! Jack Black too! Peter Jackson is amazingggggg

Okay enough ranting. READ and REVIEW. I am bracing myself for lots of horrible reviews because somehow I just have this feeling many people will hate me for this chapter :( I'm sorry...but it had to be written one way or another.

Till next update! I can't wait to write the date scene - er the movie scene I mean. Can you imagine Emmett throwing popcorn around? Woohoo! A night to remember :)