Not to much happens in freshman year, this is pretty much because when I was writing the story, I'd originally intended for it to be just a few chapters long, not even 8, which is what it's at so far and I am thinking this will be at least a twenty chapter story if not more. So I didn't go back and add certain holidays, I've tried to cover each one at least once. Anyways, I promised myself that if I got to 40 reviews on this chapter, which I did, I'd post, so have you figured out the best way to get me to post? It's starts with re and ends with view (REVIEW!) When I get to fifty-one reviews or a week, I'll update again. (once again, understand that there is no promises on updating due to how out of sync my life is but I promise not to give up on my loyal readers.) So sit back and enjoy freshman year in a nutshell!

It hurt to breath, so I didn't, or I tried not to, but breathing was essential to life. So I took short, shallow breaths. I heard somebody by my bed move, shuffling around or something.

I slowly opened my eyes, things where blurry at first, but then it came into focus, my father was sitting across the room. Next to me was Edward, he was watching me.

"Edward," I said.

"Hi, Bella, I've missed you."

"How long?"

"A week, but that was a week to long."

"Jane?"

"Fine, after the boys attacked you, somehow, Jane got away from you, I found her wailing, Emmett was next to me, I took off in the way she was pointing, while Emmett grabbed her, following me. The three of them had gotten you quite a bit away from the door, Em had time to call Alice for Jane's sake, he saw Ang and Ben and handed Jane to them until they found Alice, Bella, I'm so sorry, I wasn't there sooner."

"Jane's fine?"

"Yes, mom's been watching her, Jane come's in once a day to see you, we thought best to keep her away from here, Carlisle's been your doctor. When I got to you, they had your pants down, I told Carlisle everything I saw. I'll tell you that I beat them to a pulp, I scared Emmett even, who got to you first, I had pulled the boys off and was already beating them, Bella, I was so scared for you."

"Edward, you are my best friend, but everybody thinks I'm a whore."

"So what are we going to do?" Edward asked, I noticed the way he said we.

"I'm going back to school. Nothing will change. Are the boys speaking?"

"No, are you?"

"No, I don't want Jane being dragged into anything. Plus whatever you've done to them is worst."

"They won't be playing football for awhile, but neither am I, I was suspended for the season. They thought about suspending Em but he didn't hit, he was sitting by you every second."

"Way to start my fourteenth year, huh?"

"Don't worry about it, Bell, the rest of the year will go fine," Edward smiled at me and I knew that things would be fine.

Six months later

"Bella," Edward said spring holidays. "Would you like to go to spring fling with me?" He sounded nervous, I wondered why.

"Sure," I said, suddenly feeling nervous.

"Cool, it's a date," Edward hung up as my eyes shot wide. I called Alice, thankful that Jane was laying down for her nap.

"Hey, Bella."

"Alice, your brother just asked me out."

"Oh, my god, Edward just asked you out. What are you going to wear. Where are you going?"

"I don't know and the Spring Fling."

"The dance, awesome. We need to figure out what you are going to wear, I'll get Rose over and we'll have a sleep over the night before."

"Okay, I hear Jane, I'll call you later."

"Did you have a good nap?" I asked Jane as I picked her up.

"Yes. Unka Emmie?"

"No, not today, mimi's watching you later, so you'll see him then."

"Momma, you?"

I couldn't believe how far my daughter had grown since the attack six months ago. She had shut down for a month, clinging to me at all times, going to school had been so bad that I'd had to leave her with Esme and I dropped Mrs. Hazel.

"I am going out with Alice and Edward and Jasper."

"Momma, Ed daddy?"

I knew this day was coming, I had just wished it wasn't right now.

"Honey, you don't need a daddy, aren't I doing well?"

"I wube you, but I want a daddy."

I let the subject drop as I took her to the potty, then let her go play.

"She asked me if Edward was her father," I told Alice the next weekend, we where out shopping for our dresses for the dance.

"Oh, I love this one," Alice held up a blue dress, it was a sweetheart cut and about knee length. "Look, she only knows Edward as a father figure, you and him are almost always together, you two are getting ready to start dating. Something I've totally seen coming for the last two years."

"Well, as happy as you are about this date, I don't know how to date, I mean, look at me, I have a 22 month old daughter."

"Who Edward knows and loves, come on, Bella, you two are meant for each other. What sixteen year old has Barbie Dolls on him at all times? I found a barbie shoe in his pocket the other day. That boy love's Janie and I'm sure he's on his way to loving you."

"To soon," I told her, grabbing the dress. "But I guess we'll hopefully have time before he drops the L word."

"He understands that you are skittish about certain things."

"There is still one thing between us; Jane and her paternity."

"He was fourteen when you meet him, he's sixteen now. Two years can change a lot."

"Remember the attack? He got so violent then, Alice, what if he did that again, Jane's father is very scary."

"Bella, he'll be seventeen in June, he'll know how to hold his temper."

"Maybe when we are older when I tell him," I said and went to try the dress on, which turned out to be the perfect dress.

"Sexy," Jane yelled, "uncka Emmie says Rosie sexy."

"Uncle Emmett is gonna get his," Rosalie started, I slapped my hand over her face. She realized what she was about to say, giving me a sorry face.

"It's okay," I said as I put my hand down.

"So, who is the lucky man, that asked you to the dance tonight?" Charlie asked.

"You didn't tell him about your date with Edward."

"Edward," Charlie said, his face turning blue.

"Dad, calm down, you've always liked Edward." His face slowly turned back to normal.

"Gut reaction to my baby girls first date. I'll go wait down stairs for him, I might clean the shot gun. Are the other boys picking you girls up here?"

"Yes, Charlie," Alice said as Charlie left the room, to clean his shot gun and wait for the boys.

"Mommy, up," Jane said and I picked her up.

"Janie, you want some make-up?" Alice asked, bringing a blush brush up to Jane's cheek, slightly brushing a bit of blush on Jane's cheek and following the motion with the other cheek.

Rosalie brushed some eye shadow on Jane's eyes and I put some gloss on her lips.

"My princess," I told Jane, she giggled and gave me a kiss on the cheek. She struggled to get down and I let her down, she ran out of the room and Alice descended on me with tissue to get the gloss off my cheek.

"Boys are here," Rosalie said, looking at her phone.

"Okay, we are going down first, count to five and come down," Alice said. I nodded and they started down the stairs.

I looked in the mirror, for my first date, I was looking pretty good, I hoped Edward thought I looked amazing. I heard the girls talk to the boys and knew it was my turn to come down, so I went out my room and slowly descended the stairs.

Jane ran up the stairs and grabbed my hand. She lead me over to Edward and placed my hand in his and then motioned for me to pick her up.

"Momma, Ed, Janie, famiee," Jane said, laying her head on my shoulder while putting her other hand out to touch Edward. I head the snap of a camera, I looked around to see my father taking the picture of my best friend and daughter.

I swear I heard sniffles from the others, I found Emmett wiping his eyes. I smiled, for the first time I realized that I was surrounded my the one's I love and who love me back.

It was time to go, after the pictures where taken, some including Jane, we slid into the car. Esme had let us borrow the van, Emmett was driving, Rosalie was in front, Edward and I where in the middle and Jasper and Alice were in the back.

The noise level in the car was loud, I couldn't understand why it was so loud and yet I could hear my heart, pounding so loud I was sure everybody could hear it, then Edward's hand snaked over to mine, a familiar gesture, but this time it meant so much more, and suddenly everything in the car was quiet, all that was in this car was Edward and I. I looked at him and he smiled that crooked smile that was amazing. I gave him a small, timid smile back and in that instant, I knew we where something different, we'd shifted from being best friends to something more.

And that scared the crap out of me!

We'd never be able to go back to being who we where in the past, if something should happen and we'd break up, we'd never be able to be friends again.

I shook those thoughts out of my head, focusing on tonight, my first date ever.

We pulled up to the school and slid out after Emmett parked, scaring a bunch of freshman in the process. Edward came around and helped me out. After I was out, he didn't let go of my hand and we walked hand in hand into the dance.

The dance was in full swing when we walked in, Emmett and Rosalie ran off to find their senior friends. Jasper lead Alice to the dance floor, Edward did the same with me.

"You look gorgeous," Edward told me as he positioned my hands for dancing during the slow song that was playing. He had his hands wrapped around my back and my arms where around his neck. I wondered if we could get any closer. Apparently we could, because Edward scooted us closer, our bodies where touching, a jolt of electricity shot through us.

"Thanks, you look very dashing."

We danced for awhile, just holding each other, the song ended and a faster song started. Conversation picked up and soon we where laughing and having a fun time.