Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight, my name is not Stephanie Meyer.

Edward's POV

Come on Edward, you can do it. She's just a girl. I thought to myself as I pushed open the door to my Biology class. A girl who made me nervous just by being in a 50 foot radius of her. I scanned the room and she was nowhere to be found. I sighed, partly in relief but mostly in disappointment, and walked over to my table. I wondered where she was. She was probably with one of her friends or actually living her life. Unlike me, she had one.

For the second day in a row, I couldn't concentrate. All I could think about was Bella, again. I was lucky I knew this material or I would've never passed. I put my head on my desk and thought about her: what it would be like to hold her hand or watch a movie with her. The next thing I knew, I woke up to yelling.

"Mr. Cullen! Am I so dreadfully boring that you can't stay awake for this short period?" he asked in tone dripping with sarcasm.

"U-umm no Mr. Banner, I-I'm sorry," I stammered out. I've never been a bad student, and I didn't need to start now. My mother would kill me if she knew a teacher was upset with me. Mr. Banner glared and got out a pad of pink slips.

"For some reason, I don't believe you. You can make it up to me at Saturday school." Saturday school? I've never been scolded, let alone gotten detention. I took my walk of shame up to his desk and took the worst thing of my life. I wanted to cry, what would my mother say? Once I sat back down, the dismissal bell rang. A little late there, I thought towards the clock.

Bella's POV

"Bella!" I heard my dad groan from his room. Last night was not pretty. He came home a messy drunk, as usual. Last night, as usual, we got into a huge argument consisting of me saying he should get out of the house until he was sober and him calling me names that really shouldn't be repeated. The first time we had a fight like that was when I was 12 years old, the year my mother died. After our first fight, I had cried a whole week straight. Now, I could just blink the tears out of my eyes and go to bed.

"Bella!" I heard him yell louder. I got two pain killers and a glass of water. I took a steadying breath and walked into his room. He was a mess: still fully dressed with beer bottles littered on the floor.

"Here you go," I said quietly as I handed him the pills and the water. He took them in record time.

"I want you to stay home today. There's a lot to do around the house and I'm not feeling well today." The tone of his voice left no room to argue, but I wanted to see my new tutor with deep green eyes and the nerdiest glasses I had ever seen.

"But Da-," I started. He cut me off before I could finish.

"No, Bella. Now get to work." I slunk out of his room and began all the chores. The only good thing was that I had Saturday school, guaranteeing I could get out of this house.

Edward's POV

It was Saturday morning, 8am to be exact. I could my mother whistling and I could hear bacon frying. I walked downstairs as quietly as I could.

"Hey honey, you're up early," she said as she turned around, "Why are you fully dressed?" Here it was, my moment of truth.

"Umm, well you see," I started out, and then took a deep breath, "I fell asleep in class and now I have Saturday school." I closed my eyes and held my breath, waiting for her answer. After a long silence, I opened my eyes.

"It's ok; I know you have trouble sleeping when you're stressed. Just please, try not to do it again, ok?" I was dumbfounded. I expected restriction, I expected yelling, I expected anything but that. I nodded gratefully and turned towards the door.

"Love you Mom! See you when I get back," I called, hurrying out the door before she could change her mind.

When I walked into the detention room, it was boring and bleak. There were posters with encouraging phrases and math rules I learned in second grade. I sighed and sat down; this would be a long four hours.

Bella's POV

I woke up at 5am exactly and I was out the door by 6am. School didn't start for a few hours but I had to leave before my dad woke up. I lived far away from the school, but I had enough time to kill that I could walk. I didn't particularly like Saturday school. It was boring; there were no cute guys there, and the guys that were there were total creeps. I sighed and stepped inside.

My eyes went huge when I saw a very out of place nerd sitting down. His copper hair stuck out in every direction with a cute curl on his forehead. He didn't notice me come in. I slid into the seat next to him.

"Well, well, well if it isn't Mr. Big Boy himself. What did they put you in for?" He nearly jumped out of his seat when I talked to him, which caused him to blush a bright red. He looked at me and his eyes glazed over.

"U-umm well, I-I fell asleep in class," he finally managed to stutter out. I laughed; the littlest things got people in trouble nowadays.

"Why are you here?" he asked. The more appropriate question was: Why wouldn't I be here? I laughed again.

"Cullen, let's just say I'm still in trouble for something that happened a long time ago," I said. A very long time ago.

"What did you do?" I froze a little bit. I wasn't ready to tell him. Maybe one day, but he deserved to have an image that I was perfect still in his head. I wouldn't want to shatter his reality.

"Another time," I said nonchalantly, "How about you tutor me after this is done?" I actually did need the tutoring if I wanted to graduate high school. And I didn't want to go home just yet. And, the most embarrassing and weird reason, I wanted to spend time with him.

He blushed, I laughed. He said yes, I smiled.

Edward's POV

Did she just ask me out? No, of course she didn't. She needs a tutor and I'm her lab partner. Nothing more. We talked the entire time Saturday school lasted. I learned she was born in New York, moved here when she was 10, and wanted to be a writer. When I asked her about her parents, she got very quiet and changed the subject. This was the best punishment I've ever had. After it was over we walked into the parking lot.

"So where's your car?" she asked. Was I supposed to have a car? This was the part where she would laugh and leave.

"Well, actually I walked here. My house is only a 10 minute walk from here," I said very nervously. She shrugged her shoulders.

"Okay. Lead the way Columbus." I had never, in all my years of living, had ever brought a girl into my house. I hoped my mom wouldn't freak out. I led her to the door and the smell of fried chicken almost overpowered me. I heard something rumble and looked at Bella. She looked back at me sheepishly.

"Sorry, I forgot to eat before I left." Oh, that's what that noise was. I led her to the kitchen where my mom was making fried chicken from scratch.

"Mom, this is Bella, the girl I will be tutoring." I liked the way her name sounded. My mom reached over and gave Bella a hug.

"I'm so glad to meet you! Please make yourself at home. Lunch will be ready in about a half hour." Bella thanked her and then I led her up to my room. She opened the door and at that moment I wanted to die. I forgot to take down all my Star Wars posters and my action heroes. Bella started laughing uncontrollably and I had never wished to be invisible more in my life. Just when I thought she would go on forever, she stopped and looked at me. She walked forward and put her hand on my face.

"I'm sorry Cullen; I didn't mean to insult you. I think it's cute, honest." With that, I smiled and we sat down on the floor. I tried teaching her about genetics and Mendel's principles, but her eyes glazed over once I started.

"Edward, Bella, lunch is ready!" my mom called. I saw Bella shake her head and smile.

"Thank goodness, I didn't know how much more of that I could take. Not that you're a bad tutor! Just, Biology really bores me." She smiled. I knew I would have to teach it in a way that she would relate to.

Bella had the appetite of a teenage football player. It was a wonder how she could keep her body in such great… physical shape. Not that I noticed… After we were done, Bella said she was going to walk home. I tried to argue and told her I could give her a ride home. She countered with a look that said "Really, you wanna argue with me?" I decided I would walk her out the door. Once I closed the door she said:

"Thank you Edward, I had a great time with you. Well, besides the Biology part," and we both laughed at that.

"See you around," she said. Then, she kissed my cheek and walked away. I almost fainted. This was not a crush; Bella Swan was the love of my life.

Author's Note: Wow! It's crazy to think I haven't updated this story in I don't even know how long. I want to thank my first reviewer (: If it wasn't for that review, this probably wouldn't be up. So thank you, I hope you like it. In fact, I hope all of you enjoy it! Please read, review, and enjoy (: Also, below is a little spoiler for the next chapter:

The first thing I saw was her. Of course that instantly brought a smile to my face. But then, I noticed who was with her and my smile faded faster than the summer on a cloudy day. As if that wasn't enough, I saw what they were doing. That broke my heart, no not broke. If it was broken, I could recover eventually. My heart was shattered, destroyed beyond recognition.

Goodbye Edward Cullen, goodbye life, goodbye Bella Swan.