Bella's POV

A/N I'm a sped and don't remember the schedule that Bella has or the one that I made up so most likely, it's going to be different in this story then in my previous chapters! Sorry about.

Oh and sorry for not updating soon. I was away for like a week so I couldn't write. And I also had major writer's block. Seriously, I couldn't think of anything to write. I'd just write like one sentence and then log off because I couldn't think of anything to write. Hopefully it's not too horrible.

I know, this is a very long author's note but I have a lot to say! Fist off, guess which author won 2nd place in Irish Froggy's The Mike Challenge? Yes, ME!! I couldn't have done it at all without all of you, my faithful readers. I had no idea that I'd ever get this many reviews or story alerts. You should definitely read the first place and the grand winner of the contest; they're really good!

Lastly, this is only the first half of this chapter. I had only half done and I knew that I hadn't updated in awhile so I decided to just update at least half of the next chapter. Hopefully it won't take as long to get the second half up. If you have ANY ideas, comment please! I have writers block, unfortunately.

Enjoy!

Bella's POV

After Alice had her vision of my boyfriend, and vampire, Edward, we all hung out at the mansion until we had finally stopped laughing and Edward had finally managed a chuckle at the idea of him playing tennis. It turned out, then, that I got home far later then I would have any other time. Carlisle was nice enough to call Charlie up and tell him that we had all been hanging out and lost track of the time. Charlie wasn't mad at all about it; he just asked that I get home before midnight because I had school in the morning. Carlisle promised and Edward and I piled into his Volvo and headed back to my house.

On the way there, he held my hand and stared into my eyes.
"Do you honestly think that it's a good idea for me to be on the tennis team?" he asked me.

"Well," I said, almost in a joking manner, "it would be nice to go to games and cheer you on!"

He looked at me, as though questioning my sanity. "That sounds like something Jessica or Lauren would think, and I would know that," he said in reply.

"Edward, just give it a try and see how you like it." We were at my house now so I gave him a quick peck on the lips and went inside.

"Bella?"
"Yeah, Dad, it's me. Sorry I got back so late."

"It's okay. So what did you do all day? I feel like I haven't seen you at all."

"Well, Mike challenged Edward to a tennis match, which Edward won, and then the Cullen's and I all hung out at their house. It was a lot of fun."
"I didn't know Edward could play tennis? How much did he win by?"
"I didn't know either so I was really surprised. He creamed Mike. Well, I'm going to bed. Goodnight, Dad," I yelled to him.

"Goodnight Bella!"

I went upstairs and sure enough, there was Edward on my bed. I crawled into his lap and put my face into his chest. He took a deep breath and I looked into his eyes.

"What's wrong?" I asked him.

"I just think that this tennis thing is a horrible and ridiculous idea of trying to make me miserable."

"You're going to play, though," I told him.

"How do you know that? Can you read minds now, too?" he teased.

"No, I just know that since Carlisle wants you to play, and you would never disappoint Carlisle," I replied, happy at my attempt at logic.

He gazed into my eyes for what seemed like hours. Neither of us wanted to break the gaze or the silence.

Finally, he spoke. "You're right. I would never want to disappoint Carlisle. But would I not playing really disappoint him?"

"It would. He'd be disappointed that you don't want to do anything you can to seem inconspicuous; that maybe you think that you're just too great to be playing tennis." I smiled at him again and he couldn't help but smile back. We were both enjoying this conversation.

He leaned closer in, his lips almost touching mine. We closed our eyes at the same moment, almost as though we couldn't help it.

"Then I'll have to tell Coach tomorrow to sign me up," he whispered to me, before he crushed his lips onto mine. My hands went automatically to his hair, twisting them into his bronze locks. He moved his arm to my lower back and brought me closer to him, his other hand on my upper back, guiding my head around his lips. I deepened the kiss and all too soon, he released my hands from his hair and my lips from his. We were both breathing loudly and too heavily. He chuckled a little, then scooped me up and put me into my bed. He crawled in next to me and held me close. He started whispering my lullaby in my ear as I fell asleep, with my angel holding me tight and protecting me.

I woke up the next day and Edward was in my rocking chair. (A/N I almost typed Robert, as in, "Robert Pattinson" in that last sentence! Oops! laughs)

He smiled when he saw that I was awake and then came over to me. He gave me a gentle kiss on the lips. After a whispering a promise that he'd pick me up for school, he jumped out the window and ran home. I crawled out of bed and got into jeans and a t shirt. I grabbed my jacket and ran downstairs. Charlie had already left for work so I made breakfast myself, like I normally did. I went outside after I was done getting ready and sure enough, there was Edward in his Volvo. I climbed into the passenger seat, and again, after a quick kiss on the lips, he took off for school. We arrived in the parking lot with a few minutes to spare until the bell rang. For some odd reason, I was almost always late whenever Edward drove me to school. He helped me out of the car, probably so I wouldn't trip and hurt myself, and then held my hand all the way into school.

As we walked past the gym, Coach Clapp came out of the doors.

"Cullen! There you are! I've been looking all over for you!"

"Hello, Coach. I just got here."

"Good, well then, so, did you decide if you were going to play or not?"
Edward glanced into my eyes for a second and I gave him the go-ahead to accept the offer of a position on the tennis team.

"Yes, sir. I've decided to play."

"Good! We need more players like you. Well, I need you to sign these release forms and get an exam done. Practices start in a week so you better hurry with those forms! Well, I have to go." Edward dropped my hand so he could grab the forms.

I turned to look at Edward and he already had the papers in his bag. He took my hand again and we started walking towards my locker.

He gave me a kiss on the lips as we departed for our different classes. Mike wasn't in the classroom and for that I was grateful. I took my seat and took out a book that I had picked up at the library in Seattle the last time I was there with Edward. It was this romantic vampire story. It was getting really good and I wanted to know what was going to happen next. I was just getting into it when I felt a hand tap on my shoulder. I screeched loudly and dropped my book on the floor. Mike picked it up and handed it back to me, doing that weird thing with his eyes again.

"Thanks Mike"
"No problem, Bella. Is that book any good?"
"Yeah it's really good. It's a romance though so you might not like it"

His eyes got kind of scared at the thought of having to read a romance book. He recovered though and took a deep breath. I rolled my eyes, which, hopefully he didn't see. I opened my book back up, found my spot, and placed my bookmark in it.

"Hey can I see your book mark?"
"Sure. Here," I said, giving it to him.

"Hm," he said as he looked at it. "Did he give this to you?"

"No, I took that picture of him when he wasn't looking and then Alice found it and made it into a book mark for me."
He handed it back to me and I put my Edward bookmark back into my book. Class passed by slowly without Edward there and Mike had been trying to get my attention the entire class. As soon as class was over, I raced out of the room as fast as I could without falling, and made my way to my locker, where I knew Edward would be. Sure enough, there he was, looking like a god, as usual. I wrapped my arms around him and buried my face into his chest. He kissed the top of my head and breathed deeply. I stared into his eyes and he stared into mine.

The day passed by slowly and the end of the day couldn't come soon enough. Edward and I were making our way to his car when we heard a yell from behind us, calling my name.

"Hey Bella!"

I turned around and as I did, I caught a look of annoyance in Edward's eyes.

"Hey Mike."

"So Bella, I was wondering if you want to go out on Friday after school. Maybe we could see a movie together?"
"Mike, if I'm going to the movies with anyone, it will be with Edward because he's my boyfriend. And Secondly, I'm busy on Friday, that's Edward's first tennis match."
Mike looked shocked at my last statement.

"Oh, so you joined the team? Well, congrats, I guess."
"Thank you, Mike. Now, Bella and I must be leaving."

He put his arm on my lower back and guided me to the car, making sure that I didn't fall.

"Bella! Wait!"

I groaned so only Edward could hear me. He held in a chuckle and then became annoyed again. I guessed it was because of Mike's thoughts.

"I'm having a little trouble in Trig. Do you mind tutoring me? I know you're really smart."
"Mike, Jessica's in Trig too. Why don't you ask her?"

"Nah, she's not that smart. Besides, all she'd do is making googly faces at me. Do you know how annoying that can get?"

I met Edward's eyes and tried to hold in a laugh at the irony of Mike's last statement.

"I'm sorry, Mike. I have to go. Edward and I are…"
I quickly looked at him to finish my sentence of something that could get me far away from Mike.

"We're going to spend the day at my house with the rest of the Cullen family. Emmett's home, too so it should be fun."

Mike looked absolutely terrified at the thought of Emmett Cullen. I think it was because of when he saw Emmett at that dance studio that one time. Having Emmett threaten you is a pretty scary thing.

"Well, ok, Bella. I guess I'll see you later! Bye!"
He ran away towards the school and Edward and I made our way back to his Volvo. He held my hand as he drove.

"So are we really going to go see your family?"
"If you want to. I just read Mike's mind and I could tell that he was still scared of Emmett so I thought I'd throw that in there. Make him even more terrified."

"That's kind of mean, but Mike deserves it. Let's go to our meadow. We haven't been there in awhile."

"Ok," he said as he made a wide u-turn to head in the right direction of the meadow. We came to the familiar woods and he threw me on his back and started running towards our meadow. The rain was falling in a light drizzle so Edward's hair got a little wet. He put his jacket on the ground and sat down with me resting in his lap against his chest. He kissed the back of my head and I closed my eyes. The steady sound of the rain was soothing and the Edward's smell was invigorating. He started humming in my ear and I knew that the world could never be more perfect. We sat there for minutes, hours, days; I wasn't paying attention. All too soon, Edward scooped me up and threw me on his back, apologizing.

"I'm sorry, I didn't realize how late it was getting. Charlie's going to be home soon."
"It's okay. I rested my head on his shoulder and enjoyed the piggy back ride.

We made it back to my house with a couple minutes to spare before Charlie came home. I tossed my jacket across a kitchen chair and got myself a glass of water. Just as I finished my water, Charlie came storming into the house.

"Edward! Hey, how are you?"
"I'm fine, thank you. Bella, I have to go get my sports papers filled out. I'll see you tomorrow."
We both knew that I'd be seeing him a lot sooner then the next day but Charlie had no idea of Edward's nighttime visits, nor did I ever want him to find out.

"You play sports?" Charlie asked.

"I sure do. I actually just signed up today."

"What sport?"
"Tennis. Mike recommended me to Coach and so I decided that it might be fun."

"Tennis, huh? I never really took you for a tennis kind of guy. Hey, to each his own."
"Yes sir. Bye, Bella"

He gave me a hug goodbye and shook Charlie's hand. We ate our dinner in silence and soon enough, I knew that it was late enough for Edward to be in my room. I crept upstairs past Charlie's room because I knew that he'd be sleeping.

And there, standing in the middle of my room, was the godlike creature that I call my boyfriend. He smiled when he saw me and I ran into his arms.

"Carlisle is filling out the forms, forging them of course. I can't really go to the doctor without having a heartbeat. So, the first match is Friday. Are you coming?"
"Of course! I wouldn't miss it for anything."

"Oh, really?"

"Yes, really"

He kissed me and a little while later, I was asleep.

FRIDAY:

The week had passed slowly and uneventful except for Edward's new tennis practices. I stayed after school and watched although he begged me not to. He called it juvenile but I, of course, didn't listen to him. I had noticed that Mike stayed behind once too. He didn't appear to be watching Edward play but I knew that he was checking out the competition for first singles. Unfortunately for him, Coach had given Edward the spot. Mike didn't play but he didn't want Edward to be the best.

MIKE'S POV (yeah!):

As it has happened before, my plan backfired. Cullen is now the best player on the tennis team and Bella still isn't my girlfriend! Besides that, I'm still taking dance lessons with my mom, but that's another story.

I asked her nicely, you know, if she could tutor me; or we could see a movie. I think Cullen is abusing her. I know she wants me but she can't let go of him. I have to help her! But first things first, I need to get rid of Cullen. I need a new plan…

BELLA POV:
I sat in the bleachers watching Edward as he warmed up for the upcoming match. Actually, he pretended to warm up since he technically didn't need to. It was cloudy but not raining so he wouldn't have to worry about rain or sunshine getting in the way. I watched him until a voice made me jump.

"I can't wait to see him play. It's going to be so funny!" I was so startled I almost toppled off the back of the bleachers.

"Why are you scared of me now all of a sudden?"

I turned around to see Alice standing behind the bleachers. The top of her head didn't even make it to the top of the bleachers so she climbed up the bleachers and sat next to me. I looked off and saw Edward jogging off of the courts and to me.

"You know, you actually look amazing in that tennis uniform." It was true. The white shirt and shorts combo looked amazing on him, unlike his other teammates.

"I feel like idiot," he replied.

"You're a fashion disaster. Ugh, I wish I could redo the entire uniform. I'd get rid of the white, first thing," of course, Alice had to speak her mind about the uniform. I glared at her and to make Edward feel better; I gave him a quick kiss on the tip of his nose and rested my hand on his cheek as I put my forehead against his. We stayed like that until a shrill sound of a whistle pulled Edward to his team. He gave me one last kiss on the forehead and jogged over to his coach. Right away, he took the tennis balls and jogged onto the court. Suddenly, he stopped short and glanced over at Alice. I followed his gaze and met Alice's eyes, only she wasn't meeting mine. She was having a vision and Edward was listening in. It was fast; over in about thirty seconds, although they were the longest thirty seconds of my life.

"Alice? What did you see?"
She didn't meet my gaze; instead her eyes met Edward's. He had a curious look on his face; a look of amusement and annoyance.

Alice took a deep breath and said, "Mike has a new plan."

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