A/N: That's a pretty long chapter you got there (almost 10 pages)... Well, in case you want to know why, I decided to do a special chapter to celebrate the fact that Breaking Dawn is out! And I hope you enjoyed, are enjoying or will enjoy the book. I actually read it myself... but I'm not going to spoil anything, I swear!

Disclaimer: I don't own anything... Stop making me remember it constantly! I mean, don,t you think it's painful enough?

BPOV

"Attention everyone, we have an important message! All students are invited to the first dance of the year, which is the next Friday. The theme will be 'Back to the 70's ', so we expect you to show up in 70's clothes. Be ready for a blast from the past!"

Oh, great. A dance. It has to be one of the worst ideas I've ever heard. Who made up school dance anyway? I mean, it's just some stupid tradition created by bored high school students who want to humiliate publicly poor souls that cannot make two steps without tripping like me.

I once tried to dance when I was little. My mom signed me up for a ballet dance class, but all I achieved was to end up repeatedly on my butt or to fall on top of someone, creating a domino effect.

So I quitted, and since, I never tried to dance anymore.

And now, this dance was leaving me with two options:

1) I go and embarrass myself in front of all the school, including Edward. (Note to myself: Seduction always involves a good first impression, and a public humiliation resulting from a lack of coordination wasn't and will ever be a good first impression.)

Or

2) I decide to faint some sort of disease that make it impossible for me to dance- which is true, if we consider the clumsiness a sort of sickness.

Easy. I won't go. Simple as that!

"OHMYGOD BELLA! Did you just heard what the principal just said?!" yelled an excited little voice directly in my ear.

"No need to yell Alice! And yes, I heard what he said. Everyone in this school who isn't deaf heard it. And, as far as I know, I'm not deaf. Well, actually, I wasn't before you start screaming in my ear..."

"Oh, I'm sorry Bella! It's just that I'm so excited! High school dance always means shopping, make-up, new shoes, new clothes, and a lot of other fantastic things! I just LOVE high school dances." She replied, grinning from ear to ear.

I began to panic at her words. She just made me realize that I didn't have any sort of outfit in my closet that could pass for some 70's clothes, and if I wanted to go, I'll have to go shopping. Ugh, I internally grimaced. I had shopping in horror. Wasting 6 hours of my life trying tons of clothes in front of a mirror was a perspective that never attracted me. But, after all, it was just another reason to not go!

"We're gonna have so much fun, you'll see!"

"Yeah, hum… about that…"

She looked at my expression, and a look of confusion spread across her beautiful face. "Hey, why aren't you excited for the dance like all of the rest of the female population of the school?"

"Look Alice. I decided that I won't go to the dance…"

"What? Why? Does it have anything to do with me?"

"No no no! Absolutely not. Don't think that. It's just that, you know, I can barely make two steps on a flat surface without falling. Imagine me dancing! It'll be a disaster. And anyway, I don't have any clothes in my closet that could pass for 70s clothes." I admitted, staring at my feet and blushing because of my clumsiness.

I sighed, and when I looked at her face again, I suddenly realized that an evil smirk twitched the corners of her little mouth.

"Uh oh. No Alice. I don't know what you're thinking right now, but I have a bad feeling about it and I can already say that it's a bad, a really bad idea…"

"You're wrong, it's an awesome idea! I'll show how to dance, and I'll bring you to go shopping with me to buy you a typical 70's dress. You'll look fantastic."

"No Alice. I'm sorry, but I think it'll be way better if I just don't go to the dance. So please, just forget about it." I said, surprising us both with my authoritarian tone.

"Oh, Bella, don't you trust me?" she said, a look of pure pain appearing on her face. She looked at me with big puppy dog eyes like she was about to cry. Her lips started to shiver, and I felt my heart nearly broke.

"Aw Alice, stop, don't cry! Of course I trust you!"

"Then why don't you want me to help you?" she said, sniffing some more. Being me, I fell for her evil little plan.

"Alright, you can do whatever you want and play 'Dressing Bella' with me." I said, utterly defeated.

"I assure you that you won't regret it, Bella! "She promised, changing into the little evil pixie that she really was.

"Just promise me that you won't overdo it, okay?"

"Of course! "She replied, her eyes shining with excitement.

The bell signaling that we needed to get in class in exactly 2 minutes suddenly rang, and I told Alice I'll talk to her later. I headed to class with my biology manual, and, since my head was full with thoughts concerning the 70's dance, I didn't notice the group of boys standing in the middle of the alley. I collided brutally with one of the guys.

"Oh! I'm so sorry! It's my entire fault! I didn't see you, and-and …" I stuttered.

I had landed flat on my butt, and I tried to get up, but failed miserably. I somehow managed to take my books and helped the blond guy I had collided with to take his.

"It's okay." he said, while rubbing his forehead. He looked at me, and suddenly his blue eyes lighten up. He had a baby-face, and his blond hair was all maintained with gel in little spikes.

"You're new, aren't you?"

"Huh, y-yes."

"I'm Mike, Mike Newton" he said, handing me his hand to help me get up.

"I'm Bella Swan."

"And I'm delighted to meet you."

"Me too, thought I would have appreciated to meet you in others circumstances. And again, I'm sorry." I smiled sheepishly.

"Don't worry, everything is fine." he purred, winking at me. Did he just purr at me?! Hm. Weird. I guess it was supposed to be seductive, but I just found it a bit creepy.

"So you were heading to what class before you bumped into me?"He chuckled.

"Biology, with Mr. Banner."

"Oh, I have the same class! I'll walk with you." he grinned widely.

"Hum, Okay…"

When we arrived, everybody was staring at us. Awkward. I was wondering why, when suddenly my eyes caught off the clock, and I realized that we were 5 minutes late. Crap. I hated being late, because then it meant that I get attention, which I despised. I probably didn't hear the clock because of all of my chatting with Mike. Well, technically, it was all Mike that did the talking part; I just nodded when I had to, not really listening what he was saying. I knew that it wasn't really nice, but I just couldn't pay attention to him since all I could think of was the miracle Alice promised me she'll do concerning my 'ability' to dance.

"Well, well, well. Mr. Newton, Miss Swan, why are you both late?"asked Mr. Banner, giving us a reproachful look with his eyebrows raised.

"It was my fault," I automatically said," I tripped over and Mike just helped me."

"Oh. Are you alright?"

"Yes. It happens all the time." I admitted, blushing.

"I see. I hope this will be the last time you'll be late thought. You can both take places."

Mike went and sat with a little brunette that was glaring at me. I didn't understand what I did to deserve this dirty look when she suddenly turned toward Mike and began to bat her eye-lashes furiously at him. Oh, I thought, realizing that she probably thought that I was flirting with her man. She had nothing to worry about, thought. Mike seemed friendly, but I had no future plans of dating him. I was more attracted by Edward. Attracted by his good-looks, by his voice, by his- Oh, stop thinking about him Bella! He probably doesn't like you anyway... Well, maybe he does, but you're just another girl in a million to him.

"Bella?" Mr., Banner said, interrupting me in my thoughts.

"Oh, huh… excuse me, Mr. Banner." I said, suddenly realizing that I needed to get a place rapidly.

I searched the class with my eyes, and saw one place left in the back of the class next to a bronze-haired boy. People were staring and I was feeling really uncomfortable. I felt like they were burning holes at the left side of my head. Mental note to myself: Never again bump accidentally into some random guy named Mike Newton and be late to biology class.

I couldn't see the face of my table partner since he was hiding it in his hands. He looked like he was in some sort of deep reflexion, and I didn't want to interrupt him by introducing myself. So I just kept it quiet while sitting on my chair.

He seemed to acknowledge my presence, because he mumbled something under his breath, still closing his eyes. I didn't understand a single word he pronounced since he was practically covering his mouth with his hands.

"Excuse me?" I asked.

His eyes suddenly shot up open and he stared at me with a surprised expression. I immediately recognized his dazzling green gaze and his gorgeous face. Edward. From all the people on earth, I had to sit with him. With Edward. Arrgggghh, I internally grumbled. I'll just make an idiot of myself with all of my babbling and my intense blushing.

"I didn't say anything." He said with his appealing tenor tone.

"Oh, so-sorry, I thought so…" I stuttered.

What was I supposed to do now?! Should I talk to him or play it cool and act indifferently? I begged God or whatever form of life superior to humans up there to make Mr. Banner change places after his little opening speech.

"Those are the places you'll keep for the rest of year." he said genuinely. Damn.

"Today is the first official class of Biology of this year, since yesterday our class was interrupted by the principal for a reunion in the auditorium." Mr. Banner continued, "I hope that we will pass a good year together. We are now going to do a really quick revision of last year today. Let's start!"

Mr. Banner's tone was really monotone -I nearly fallen asleep- and I didn't really needed to revise last years science theories , so I just picked up a random notebook and began to draw something in it -I don't know what it was exactly, but I hesitate between an handicapped monkey and a deformed bird.

Suddenly, I felt a muscled arm touch lightly mine, and I immediately froze.

I stared at Edward from the corner of my eye, and saw him put a little note in front of me. He wants to talk to me! Edward Cullen - aka the sexiest man on earth... no wait, I meant the sexiest man in the world, since I'm pretty sure that all the extraterrestrial forms of life aren't as sexy as him - wants to talk to me, Bella Swan, your ordinary everyday boring girl. A big grin appeared on my face as I grabbed the note to read it. He had a wonderful hand-writing. So graceful, so delicate. Every letter was perfectly written.

But my smile faded gradually as I read his note.

Hey,

I'm Edward, Alice's brother. I don't know if you remember me, but I just want to apologize for yesterday at the phone. I just wanted to ask you on a date to get to know you, like a friend date. Not like a real date where most of the time we ... kiss. I mean, since you're new, I thought that I could help you get comfortable here in Forks by being friends and I could present you to the people I know. If you want to.

Edward

The harsh truth then proceeded to hit me. Alice was completely wrong. I couldn't believe that I almost believed that I could attract Edward in that way. He just pitied me, offering me to present me to his friends to help me fit in the school. He didn't like me the way I liked him. But who could reproach him that? I was just old plain me, with plain brown eyes and plain brown hair, and he was the most popular guy of the school. He could have every girl he wanted, and I was nothing special.

Hey,

Don't worry, I remember you. I would be glad to go on a friend date with you, if you still want to.

Bella

I handed him the paper, sighing. I thought that he liked me. How pathetic. It was simply impossible. And, most important of all, I wasn't the person he wanted. It was Tanya. His popular and beautiful girlfriend. When he said yesterday that he wanted to break up with her, they probably had a little fight. But they'll be together really soon, I was sure of that. They formed the perfect couple. Him, godlike and captain of the basketball team, and her, gorgeous head-cheerleader. It was typical; beautiful and popular attracted beautiful and popular. And I wasn't any of that. I simply wasn't good enough.

Of course I still want to go out with you!

We could go see a movie together at Port Angeles, if you want to. There's this new thriller I wanted to see with my friends of the basketball team, but since all they do is talking loudly and throwing popcorn at other people, we always get expulsed from the cinema and I never get a chance to see the whole movie. So we could together. If you want to. And we could talk before and after the movie, to get to know each other.

Sure, sounds good. When do you want to go?

How about later, after the school?

Okay then. Just let me go to my house to change clothes and everything.

I'll pick you at four o'clock.

Alright! But the traject to Port Angeles is pretty long. Will we be able to make it home before 10:00? It's my curfew...

Sure, no problem. We won't be late if you let me drive.

I looked at him with a questioning look, not sure of what he meant by that.

Okay. I can't wait ;)

He flashed me a little crooked smile and a discreet wink while mouthing ' me neither', and I felt myself nearly melt.

How can he have such a big effect on me?!

I didn't felt anything for him. He was just a normal guy... a hot, drop-dead gorgeous normal guy, with a sexy body and even sexier abs... I imagined myself running my hands on his bare chest, memorizing every curves and- OH SNAP OUT OF IT BELLA! I didn't like him. He didn't attract me. He was just a random guy. No big deal...

Oh God, I think my nose just grow up with all the lies I just said...

The rest of the day passed rapidly and nothing special happened. Until lunch that is. I was making my way in the cafeteria to buy something to eat when I saw Alice making big signs in the air with her tiny arms to get my attention. I was walking toward her when I noticed that she had already bought me a lunch.

"Oh Alice, you really didn't need to buy me something. How much was it? "I said, feeling uncomfortable.

"Why do you want to know?" she replied, looking at me with a curious look.

"Well, to give you back the money I owe you."

"Silly Bella, you don't owe me anything. Just sit and eat."

"No, I insist, how much was it?"

"Money is not a problem Bells. It was just 5 dollars. Why don't you just accept it?"

"I don't really like it when people spend money on me. It makes me feel... uncomfortable." I admitted.

"You shouldn't. I mean, just consider it like a gift. A cheap 5 dollars gift!" she said, rolling her eyes.

"Alright... But it's the last time you're buying me something, even if it's only 5-"

"Sure, whatever. Anyway, I just wanted to make plans to go shopping for some decent clothes for the 70's dance!" she squeaked excitedly, bouncing on her chair.

"Alice, calm down! The dance is just in two weeks, and we got plenty of time to go... shopping." I internally grimaced. I never understood why most of the girls liked to go shopping. The only reason I enjoyed it was because I spent some time with my busy mother. And even then, she had to drag me in the shopping centre against my will.

"Wrong. You said it yourself; we only have two weeks to prepare ourselves! We should get started right now! That's why we're going to go shopping for an outfit later today!" she said, making me nearly spit out the big sip of coke I had almost swallowed.

"Today?! Uh... I can't." I managed to choke out.

"And why exactly can't you?" she asked, apparently surprised but also curious.

"I have a date... with Edward."

"YOU HAVE A DATE WITH EDWARD?! "She practically yelled, making everybody in the lunchroom turn around and stare at us.

"Shhhhhhhhh!" I whispered/yelled since a discomforting silence had taken place in the cafeteria. Everybody had stopped eating to stare at us with bewildered expressions.

"YOU HAVE A DATE WITH MY BROTHER AND YOU DIDN'T TELL ME?"She whispered back hysterically, using the same tone I used.

"It isn't even a real date. It's a friend date. To get to know each other. As friends!" I said, feeling uncomfortable from all the attention we were getting.

"Edward never goes out with a girl on a friend date, like you said. He has a bad tendency to always want to be a little bit more than friend with the opposite sex." She sighed, looking a bit annoyed. "Anyways, how did you come up with the idea that he only wanted to be friends?"

"He said it himself..." I mumbled under my breath.

"WHAT?!"

"SHHHHH!" I said, exasperated. I looked up only to discover that they were still numerous eyes staring at us. There was even a tall strawberry blond that I recognized as Tanya glaring at me with a reproachful look, like I did something wrong. She suddenly stood up, arranged her miniskirt and began to walk toward us.

Alice not noticing her continued her babbling about how 'Edward wanting to be just friends with me was pure nonsense'.

"Hello Alice."Tanya hissed, interrupting Alice. She was looking at us with murderous eyes.

"Look Tanya, I'm busy right now. Can I ignore you some other time?" Alice replied, returning Tanya her look.

"I just wanted to know if you knew the girl... that Edward broke up with me for. "She said, whispering the last part. She apparently didn't want the whole school to know that the hottest guy in school just putted her down.

Wait a minute...so Edward really broke up with her?! For another girl?

...Who probably wasn't me.

Well, I knew from the beginning that he wasn't interested in me. He deserved so much more, and anyway, he didn't think of me in that way.

"He-he bro-broke up with you?!" I somehow managed to stutter, completely surprised.

"Yes. But I'll get my man back, don't worry." she said, looking me directly in my eyes. She suddenly took a good look at me, making me blush by her intimidating look, and she seemed to grow even more annoyed.

"And you, don't you need to get a license or something to be that ugly?" she snapped at me, making me completely taken back. I didn't understand the reason of her sudden hate toward me. I barely even knew her, and I never talked to her before. And if she was afraid that I could be the girl that Edward wanted, she was completely wrong.

"Shut up, bitch. And I can't believe you think that you'll get Edward back. "Alice snapped back, taking my defense.

"Actually, he'll be begging for me to take him back."

"Yeah Tanya, keep talking and maybe someday you'll say something intelligent that makes sense." Alice replied, rolling her eyes. She had taken my hand and guided me to the outside of the school, living at our table two incomplete lunches.

Once we were outside, she looked at my still shocked face with a concerned expression. "Don't listen to her Bella, she's just jealous."

"Jealous of what?"

"Of you. Edward just broken up with her for another girl. And she knows that this girl is y-"

"Is everything alright?" said a melodious voice behind us.

"Ugh! What's the problem with you people?! Almost every time I began to say something, someone HAS to interrupt me!" she said, turning her back to me to look at the person to who the songlike voice belonged to.

"Oh, it's just you Rose. I'm sorry, it's just that I got interrupted a lot in the past two days, and it's just beyond annoying." she said sheepishly.

"It's okay Al, I just followed you to make sure that when you said that Edward just wanted to be friend with a girl as beautiful as Bella, you were joking."

"I wasn't. And I can't believe it either! When did he start to ask gorgeous girls on 'friend dates' anyway?!" Alice replied. I began to feel the familiar heat in my cheeks. I knew that I wasn't ugly, but no one besides my family had ever called me beautiful or gorgeous, so I wasn't used to people complimenting me.

"Look Bella, I'm going to go talk to Emmet." Rosalie said, turning toward me, "He probably knows what's going on in Edward's mind. See you both later." She waved at us, leaving me with a thoughtful Alice.

"I don't really understand what is happening, and neither why everybody seem to not accept the fact that Edward just want to be friends with me, but I'm sure that you're just over-reacting."

"I am not over-reacting Bella... Let's just talk about it later, shall we? I'll go at your house after school and help you get prepared, and we'll see what happens next."

"But-"

"There's no but, Bella. I'll see you later."

"Huh...okay, I guess." I said, not really sure of the way I should act.

I was misunderstanding the whole situation. Why did everybody make such a big deal of it? It was however very clear to me; Edward wanted to be only my friend, and nothing more than that. Even thought I realized that I wanted our relationship to go farther than friendship, I respected that... But Alice and Rosalie were absolutely certain that he was hiding something, and Tanya seemed to think too that Edward wanted to be more than friends since she was acting like a total bitch with me. Now the question was...did he? Or not?

Ugh. Why does life have to be so confusing? When I moved to Forks, I was expecting a boring life livened up by some rare interesting events, but after two days of going to school, I realized that the life here was everything except boring...

APOV

What was he hiding? I thought that he was attracted by Bella! The way he looked at her and the way he acted whenever we mentioned her name had made me think that his feelings for her weren't the same he was pretending to feel in all of his other meaningless relationships with girls. It was with no doubt love... So why did he made it clear with Bella that he only wanted to be friends? I was definitely going to talk to him after school...

"Miss Cullen? Miss Cullen!" I suddenly heard a familiar voice call in the background. "Are you listening to me Miss Cullen?" I internally grimaced as I recognized the owner of the voice. It was M. Puerez, the Spanish teacher. His accent was almost comical, and every time he tried to talk in English, there was some students snickering in the back of the class.

"Of course I am!" I suddenly said, snapping back into reality. He glared at me with an ounce of suspicion in his eyes.

"I suppose then that you can answer the question I just asked you, Miss Cullen." he replied fiercely.

Crap. What did he ask me? I glanced toward the board and saw written in abominable hand-writing the question "Qué frase española utilizamos para indicar origen o calidades?"

Think Alice, think. What does it mean? Hum... Oh! I remember now, it was in last year program. He was now revising last year's grammar rules, like every other teacher decided to do to start the year.

"We use the phrase 'ser de' to indicate origin or qualities." I said proudly, flashing my famous smart-ass smile. looked at me with a surprised expression while raising his eyebrows, but he continued his class without another single word addressed to me. Not that I complained. I immediately began to think of reasons that could justify why Edward decided to ask so weirdly with Bella today. Maybe he suddenly turned gay... Nah, that was impossible.

I was definitely going to talk to him at home to figure out what he's been thinking. I turned toward the clock thoughtfully and began to count the seconds until the familiar bell will echoes through the school.

5, 4, 3, 2, 1...Riiiiiinnnnggggggg

I headed hurriedly toward the parking and waited impatiently for my car to start.

A/N:Why did Edward told Bella that he only wanted to be friend with her? What's Tanya going to do to 'get her man back'? Will we hear more about Mike? What will happen on Bella and Edward's 'friend date'?

...Read the next chapter to found out!

P.S. You guys are so awesome! I mean, 90 REVIEWS?! I love you so much! Your reviews always made my day. And... Well, I just wanted to know if I can get 100. If possible? Anyways, I really appreciate the fact that you read my story. It means so much to me! And I'm really sorry if I got errors, I just wanted to hurry up to get you this chapter before I go spend one week in New Jersey, at Wildwoods beach!

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