It's a Love Story…
Ch. 2 You were Romeo
Thanks for the reviews! By the way, this story may get a little OOC at times, but don't worry! The characters true personality will shine through! Hehehehehe.
BPOV
The day I dread most all year is tomorrow. The day where everyone gives me attention and gifts and such, is tomorrow. My birthday is tomorrow. It's my least favorite day of the year
"Bella! It's time for school!" Charlie shouted. I guess I have to go. I have to go face another day of freshman year.
"Be down in a second!" I yelled in reply.
There was only one thing on the planet that was dragging me to school. Much to Charlie's disliking, it was Alice Cullen. She was my best friend in the world. I could talk to her about everything. Mostly because she seems to know everything I am thinking. Charlie should have gotten over it by now, but for some reason he lingers on it. It didn't help much when Renee came back when I was twelve
I shuddered at the memory. I, and I'm sure the Cullens, are very happy that Carlisle is married to Esme instead of my mother. I don't hold it against him that he sort of tore my family apart. It was hanging by a thread anyway. My dad sure holds a grudge, though. He hates that I'm best friends with a Cullen. I feel bad for hurting him, but at the same time, Alice is the person who helped me through the hardest part of my life.
As for Edward, her brother, we never became very close. We are friends, but he's a very guarded person. Doesn't make friends easily. I'm most likely the only friend he has. The reason Edward and I get along is because I can talk to him about whatever, and he knows he doesn't have to give advice. Although we aren't best friends, he knows every detail of my life. And I know every detail of his.
"Bella Swan! Get down here now!" Ugh. I forgot I have to go to face my nightmare.
As soon as I got to school, I was greeted by a huge hug from Alice and a smile from Edward.
"Hey guys!" I said, with a genuine smile.
"Hi Bella!" Alice quickly said.
"Hey, Bella," Edward said quietly. With that we walked off to our first class, which we all had together.
Our first class was English with Mrs. Carlton. She was very nice and young, but I didn't pay much attention. Alice was talking my ear off and Edward seemed really distracted. I wondered why to myself. He has that look when he's stressed out. Suddenly, the bell rang and before I could walk out the door I was stopped by a blonde hair, baby faced boy.
"Hi, I'm Mike Newton. You're Bella Swan, right?" I blushed at the attention. I didn't like it very much.
"Um, yes. Hi, " I answered, awkwardly. I really didn't feel like talking, and Alice had already left. No one was there to save me from this boy who wouldn't shut up.
"Bella?" He asked. Oh whoops. I must come off as an idiot.
"Yea? Sorry," I replied. Wait, Edward!
"What's your next class?" He asked, somewhat impatient.
"Um, history with Mr. Andrews," I told him. Please don't let him have that class…
"Same here!" Of course. Suddenly, I felt someone's arm snake around my waist. Edward?
"Hey Bells, you ready to go?" Oh, I see. He was saving me. Thank God for Edward.
"Mhmm. I was just talking to a friend," I emphasized friend as much as possible.
"Is this your boyfriend, Bella?" I heard Mike ask, with a hint of sadness.
"Uh-" I was cut off.
"Yes, that's me!" Edward said. Wow, I can't believe he is doing this for me. It's so unlike him.
"Oh, well, I'll see you later, Bella. Edward." Mike said, much more unhappy then before. I waited until he was out of earshot so I could thank Edward.
"Oh my gosh, Edward I cannot thank you enough!" I wrapped my arms around him. But it felt different then before. He smiled and went back to his usual, shy self.
"It was no big deal. I'll see you at lunch!" I waved and walked off to history, where I was pleased to see Alice. And then not so pleased to see that she was talking to Mike Newton. I immediately gave Alice a warning look. She smiled at him apologetically and stormed off over to me.
"What Bella? What could you possibly need? I think he likes me!" Alice said, obviously annoyed that I pulled her away from Mike.
"Alice, please don't even give him the time of day. He tried that on me about five minutes ago," This kid was not very creative with hitting on girls. I saw Alice's face fall. Then she suddenly got angry. She was so dramatic. To continue her soap opera, she went back to her seat and grabbed her stuff, barley looking at Mike. She sat down with me on the other side of the room. Then the bell rang. We weren't off to a very good start on the school year. It was our first day and we were already so bored that we didn't pay any attention. I told her about what Edward did for me.
"Its just, he always seems to come through for me when I least expect it!" Alice started giggling.
"What? Alice! Seriously!" the teacher shushed us and we paid attention for about 2 minutes before going back to our conversation. "What was so funny, Alice?"
"It's just that either you're a really good actress, or you are completely oblivious. And I've seen you act. You're not that good," I brushed off the acting comment and kept the confused look on my face. "Oh, Bella. He's in love with you. Edward, I mean. He loves you!" Alice looked completely serious while saying this. Not a hint of lying in her eyes. That couldn't be true though. Edward? I mean…Edward? Wait, I know what she's doing.
"Alice! You almost gave me a heart attack! Don't do that!" I whisper yelled at her. I mean, couldn't she have found any other way to take my mind off of my birthday?
"Bella, what do you mean? Edward is in love with you!" Alice said. Come on! How far was she going to take this?
"Alice, don't play stupid, I know you just want me to forget about my birthday. I really appreciate that, but you to find something a little more rational to make me believe!" I told her through my giggles. We were shushed once again and Alice dropped the subject for the rest of the period.
APOV
This is great! I'm so excited I need to go talk to Edward! He's going to be so happy! Bella made it so obvious! She totally likes Edward back! Time for me to play matchmaker.
"Edward!" I called in a sing-song voice. "I have some very good news for you!" He groaned in annoyance. He probably thinks I'm taking him shopping or something.
"What do you want, Alice?" He asked. He was about to be so happy! I told him everything, while he stood there in shock. About Bella thinking that I was just trying to distract her. She was so obviously covering up the fact that she loves Edward too. Edward stood there in shock. "Alice I really don't think that she meant it that way. I'm pretty sure she genuinely thought you were lying. You know well enough that Bella doesn't love me. Let's drop this, okay?" Oh, I see. He's going to be stubborn! It looks like I'm going to have to push this further. Of course, the bell rang. Better sit down.
As class ended, I pestered him a little more.
"Edward, you have to fight for her if you love her! FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!" He blushed immediately. As soon as the redness went away, a scowl appeared on his face.
"Drop it, Alice!" he hissed. Fine, then. He sauntered off to lunch and I followed. We instantly saw Bella, who had fallen down. Again.
"Bella!" Edward called, being the little hero he is. He needs to tell her. Now. He picked her up on to her feet and she blushed even worse than Edward had only a few minutes before. "Are you alright?" He asked. I knew when he was acting sweeter than usual, and this was one of those times. They went to go sit down at the nearest table, completely disregarding me. I scurried over to where they were, and sat down. Bella was eating her lunch and Edward sat there with an embarrassed look on his face. Was this love or what?
"Bella, do you want to come over after school? I promise, no makeovers!" I told her. And I meant the no makeover thing…for the most part! She nodded her head like she always does and then started telling a story about her Algebra 2 class.
"Yea, Mike Newton tried to ask me out during math," she began. I started laughing and Edward's hand clenched into a fist. He was really mad about this. "He was all 'Hey Bella, how much does this Edward dude mean to you?'" Edward looked up, remembering that he pretended to be Bella's boyfriend. Oh, boy this will get interesting. "And I was all 'Oh, he 's the best boyfriend ever! I couldn't ask for better!' And I'm surprised he didn't go attempt to find Edward and kill him!" I giggled at the thought of Mike trying to pick a fight with Edward. He could take him out in a second. Edward choked out a laugh. Poor guy, convincing himself that the girl he loves, doesn't love him back.
"Bella! Come on!" I called. She was always late for everything. Finally, I saw her walking out of her last class. "Let's go!" I told her, practically dragging her over to Carlisle, who was driving. He better not bug us while I'm setting up my diabolical plan!
"Alright, alright, Alice! We still have to wait for Edward, you know," she told me. Oh, right him! But before I had time to answer he was already walking this way.
"Looks like we won't have to wait too long!" I teased. She smiled and hopped in the car. "Bella what do you want to do when we get there?" I asked, hoping she wouldn't have anything in mind so that I could put my next plan into action!
She shrugged and said, "I don't know. I have tons of homework already so I think we should do that first, if you don't mind."
"No! Not at all! I have homework too! But then we'll think of something fun to do!" Perfect! I know exactly how to execute this! Bella and Edward will be together in no time! We got to the house in under five minutes, thanks to Carlisle's fast driving. I think he could tell what I was getting at, because he pulled me to the side and made me explain everything I was doing. Busted.
"Well, as long as no one gets hurt, it's fine with me," He said when I asked him if it was okay. Not that I would listen if he disapproved. But I knew he always liked Bella, or at least never had a problem with her. Esme on the other hand...
"Bella? Are you up there?" I called upstairs. She answered yes and I ran up to my room. She was already working on her homework. "Okay, someone wants to get that homework done!" I said as I discretely put a note in her binder. It felt like forever until she finally found it. But the look on her face was not expected. She looked disgusted. No! How could this have happened?
"He is the most pushy person on the face of the Earth! Why can't he give it a rest?" Bella said, irritated. I tried my best to keep a straight face.
"What's going on Bella?" I asked, genuinely interested.
"Look at this!" She shoved the note in my face, even though I already knew what it said:
'Dump him. I'll be better for you'
Or not…
Apparently, Mike and I aren't very creative with telling people how they feel.
Bella, infuriated, looked at me and said "He obviously doesn't understand the concept of no! I just wish for once, someone would come and TELL me how they feel, not give me some stupid note!" She yelled. I panicked and grabbed the note that I gave her as soon as she wasn't looking.
"Yea, jerk!" I said, as convincingly as I could. That was close.
(A/N) ExB was so close! I thought I'd throw in a little Mike Newton for any deranged fans of his out there. I personally despise him, but he's fun to make fun of! And a little more EdwardxBella coming your way! Let me know what you think! I'll post chapter 3 tomorrow!