BPOV
My dreams were getting to be a common thing. I would rush to bed every night in hopes of being with Edward again, since he probably wouldn't love me in reality. That was insane thinking. My Mike-deaths were less frequent and the dreams mostly revolved around Edward himself.
Last night in his utter perfection, Edward had been there with me. He had kissed me and confessed that he loved me too. Alice was dancing around us, but we ignored her. The moment was ours. She threw freesia around us. That part remained confusing, but the dream was too perfect to notice anything other than Edward Cullen.
I had high hopes that I would see a familiar Volvo in the parking lot. It was ridiculous that I should feel that way. I knew perfectly well that there was a chance he wouldn't be here and that I would be disappointed all day. But there he was – an angel in our small parking lot. I tried not to stare, though he was staring back.
"Bella?" He called softly.
"Y-yes?" I managed.
He caught up to me easily. Naturally, I dropped half my books in surprise while he was at my side. He picked them up in about one second.
EPOV
She was so beautiful. I had no idea what my plan was as I called her name. She blushed scarlet and dropped most of her things. I tried to pick them up slowly.
She stared into my eyes. I wonder what she saw.
"I was wondering if you would like to come on a date with me tonight." I asked quietly and softly.
I looked up at her from under my eyelashes and she was staring at me in awe. I could be Mike's brother, with my lack of brains.
Great, now I would never see her again, she was so disgusted. I knew from other female minds that they would have said yes. Then again, when had anything done by Bella Swan been normal? I was bound to expect the opposite reaction.
Her mouth continued to hang open slightly. Just lovely. I was utterly brilliant with this marvellous plan of mine.
"Of course." She practically whispered.
She more so mouthed the words, it was so quiet. It was so quiet, even as a vampire I had trouble hearing her.
I looked beyond those two words at the meaning. According to her dreams, I already knew that she loved me. That could have been coincidence. Kismet happens sometimes.
All I could do was smile at her.
BPOV
There were two options. I think I was asleep. Probable. There was a possibility that I was dead. Unlikely. There was the alternative to the two… that I was really awake and that Edward Cullen really did just ask me out.
I was fooling myself, but I played along with my wonderful dream.
"Of course." I mouthed.
I didn't mean to mouth the words, but that just happened because of the shock. He really was the most beautiful human I had ever seen. His topaz eyes melted when I said the two words. His smile was like dawn breaking. His bronze hair fluttered slightly in the breeze.
He reached for my hand, and I took it. He squeezed with the smallest pressure and we just smiled. Jessica caught my eye across the parking lot and gaped at me. Mike was nowhere to be seen, thank God.
JPOV
"Make it stop!" I threw my hands in the air and then covered my face.
Alice and I were in the car at the school parking lot. Edward was a few yards ahead of us, holding Bella Swan's hand. I was still too guilty to care much about the fact she was human. I didn't care about that.
The emotions! I had never felt Edward be so… Rosalie and Emmettish. He was worse than they were, if that was possible. All the loving romance stuff. The rest of the family couples had gotten over it after a couple of decades past a certain extent. How could I live with this?
On the plus side, Bella would be dead in about half a century. I could bear it that long. Probably.
Edward threw me a scowl. I looked away, feeling guilty. I had caused enough trouble. I couldn't deny anymore that Bella was what he wanted. All the constant love and need for her… it was overwhelming most days.
Alice patted my arm.
"I know." She sighed. "He's happy. Isn't it worth it?"
"I know." I sighed. "Edward deserves this. He's been waiting for so long without knowing what he was missing."
I smiled at her.
"He deserves her." Alice corrected.
"You act like you know the Swan girl so well…?"
"She's apart of my life – or will be soon. How long do you honestly think it will take for her to start getting suspicious? I know that you know how serious Edward is for her, how can she not know? He can't lie to her forever. I think she's already suspicious. Mike looks different and practically attacked her the other day-."
She stopped when I winced slightly. Alice patted my arm again.
"I know, Alice. What about the treaty? The Volturi? What of them?" I asked. "How will they react to us changing her or us keeping her as she is? She will either know to much or be the cause of a war… or she'll be dead."
I shuddered slightly, picturing my brother's life without her.
"Things will work out." She said confidently.
"You know this for sure?" I asked.
"Edward is being… difficult. Subconsciously, I he's planning how to be with her forever when he knows it isn't right. When he's in that mood, I see Bella old and withered beside him, one of us, or dead. When he is thinking about leaving her for her own good, I see her miserable. Miserable is an understatement. I'm pretty sure that it would kill Bella as much as it would kill Edward."
"So what has to happen?" I asked.
"We'll play it by year, there's nothing more to do other than that."
Alice and I watched as they walked inside.
"Edward frustrates me so much sometimes." Alice muttered.
I raised an eyebrow at her.
"Well…" she explained. "I saw him before planning gruesome deaths with Mike. I was getting rather used to the idea of him being dead and not having to worry about him. Then Bella goes and makes him all happy and lovey-dovey. The next thing I know, I see him actually thinking about apologising to Mike!"
MPOV
I paced in random circles. I would be doing this until I died. Oh great, I would never die, forget about that. Stupid Edward. And how to get Bella…
The Cullens' warnings were severe enough to make me stay indoors. I grimaced at the thought of their smug faces when they came home to see me bored out of my mind.
The Cullens didn't own me. They thought that I was their child or something. Wrong. I was my own man, and I was going to live my own life. I wasn't going to suck elk all my life either. Maybe I'd eat Jessica. That would be funny. Haha.
I made up my mind in about the space of a second. Number one on my list was to do a quick hunt – elk would have to do. Number two was to run as far away from here as possible. Number three was to kidnap Bella and scare Edward. Maybe I'd kiss her. Maybe I'd eat her. I bet she tastes good… either way, I didn't want to be a stupid vampire my entire life, no matter how cool the speed was. Nothing was worth living with Eddie.
All I had to do was kill Bella, freak out Edward, challenge the little freak to a fight and the last man standing would win. Either way, I would win. He could win and I would die and be rid of him at last, or I could win and run away over his dead corpse.
I could just run away, but I knew that they would just come looking for me. No doubt that Jasper would want revenge on me, same with the others as well. That would be a cool way to die – fighting.
I ran out the door towards the school to kiss, then kill Bella Swan. I didn't love her really, I just wasn't used to being neglected things I had really wanted.