Edward and I were in line getting food. "Apple or orange?" I asked. We were playing a game called "This or That". It's a game in which a person says two things, and you have to say which is better. Then if the other player disagrees, they have to make a speech about why the item is or isn't better.

"Apple," he said. I took a slice of pizza, so did he. "Chocolate or vanilla?" I raised an eyebrow at him.

"Chocolate," we both said. I took an apple, so did he.

"You copying me, Pretty boy?" I accused. He looked at me with too innocent eyes.

"Maybe…Sweet cheeks," he teased. I laughed out loud at that. Some people looked at me, but I didn't pay attention to that.

"What?" I asked while laughing. He laughed, too.

"Well…whenever you blush, the color of your blush reminds me of something sweet…like candy," he admitted. "What about Pretty boy?" I blushed.

"Well…uh, um, you see…uh…," I stammered. Get a grip, Bella! Just say he's…so…

"Handsome," I stated. He looked at me with wide-eyes.

"What?"

"I call you that because—well, of course you're a boy and all…" His eyes narrowed at the word boy. "Or man?" He grinned at me.

"That's better. Well? Go on," he urged. I took a deep breath.

"It's 'cause your…handsome," I said the last word quietly.

"What's that?" he asked, bringing his ear close to me. But I knew he heard; he's just teasing me.

"You're handsome."

He brought his ear closer. "I didn't quite catch that, love." Did he just call me…love?

"I SAID YOU ARE HANDSOME!!" I screamed out. Everybody's eyes looked our way. I blushed and looked down. Edward cleared his throat.

"I think you're beautiful," he murmured quietly to me, so they won't hear. My cheeks became hotter. "You know…people should mind their own business!" He emphasized to they could take a hint. Right on cue, they looked away.

I sighed with relief. "Thanks for calling me…beautiful…even though I'm not," I muttered the last part so he won't hear, but he did.

"You are beautiful, Bella," he said gently. "They'd have to be blind to see that."

"That's because they become blind when they see me." He sighed.

"Don't treat yourself like that. A lot of people have looked at you—like me and Alice. Are we blind, right now at this very moment?" he asked.

"No."

"So…say you're beautiful," he ordered.

"No way!" I exclaimed.

"Bella…," he warned.

"Uh-uh!" I shook my head.

"Don't be stubborn."

"Edward," I whined.

"Bella," he whined.

"No!"

"Please," he pleaded. He looked at me deeply in the eyes. "Please, Bella." I stopped breathing.

"N—no," I stuttered. How the heck did he do that?!

He used that technique again. "Plea—"

"FINE! I'M BEAUTIFUL!!" I shouted at him. That attracted attention again. But they all turned away when they saw my furious glare.

"Now was that so hard," he said. I glared at him.

"No." I picked up my tray and headed over to where Alice and the others were sitting at. "Hi, guys!"

"Hey, Bells!"

"'Sup, Bellsy!"

"Hello, Bella."

"Hi, Bella!" I smiled at all of them. I sat down and started to eat.

"You are such a ditcher, Bella," Edward complained, while taking a seat next to me.

"Your fault for making me shout out those…things," I spat at him. He just smirked at me.

"They were true weren't they?" I muttered something intelligible. "What was that?" he asked.

"Sacajawea!" I shouted at him, but not loud enough for all the people to hear. I learned my lesson. His smile became bigger.

"Hmmm…those were compliments you were shouting out right, Bellsy?" Emmett asked, teasing.

"I believe so, Emmy," I replied, ignoring his tone.

"So…you called Edward 'handsome', right?" Alice teased.

"No! I yelled out, "Aah! Rapist!"!" I said sarcastically. Alice mock sniffled at me.

"Your sarcasm hurts, Bella!" I rolled my eyes at her.

"It's her thing," Edward spoke.

"Then what's yours?" I asked.

"Teasing you." I smiled.

"Same, same!" I said. I heard Rosalie giggle.

"I don't want to sound like Alice and all…but—" She was interrupted by Alice.

"What do you mean 'you don't want to sound like Alice'?!" she asked annoyed.

Rosalie continued on, ignoring her, "…but…," –she paused—"you two totally match! You might even put Romeo and Juliet to shame!" She kept on gushing. I blushed.

"Edward and Bella…hmmm…," Jasper mused. I glared at him.

"I got it!" Emmett exclaimed. "Edwella! Now, now, now…hold the applause." It was quiet, and a cricket chirped. He glared at us. "Critics…," he muttered.

"Lion and the lamb?" Jasper suggested. Alice squealed with delight.

"Cute!" Rosalie giggled.

"Who's the lion?" she teased Edward. He glared at her. Edward looked at me.

"We're still going out tonight, right?" he asked hopeful.

I giggled. "Yeah!" He smiled at me. Alice clapped.

"Yay! I get to play Bella Barbie!" she sang. Edward shook his head at her.

"It's nothing fancy," he sighed. "It's just friends," –he said that word weirdly—"hanging out. You know…catching up." I nodded in agreement.

"I'm still dressing you up! Fancy or no fancy!" And she calls me stubborn…

-x-

"No, Alice!" I whined. "Way too fancy!" She kept throwing me all these…things.

"Puh-lease!" she pleaded. "It's your first—" I raised an eyebrow at her "first date with little Edward!" This is sooo not my first date. But, I'm still nervous.

"Fine," I sighed, giving up.

"Yay!!"

The rest of the periods were boring, except for fourth period—no! Not because Edward was there! (Denial.) I like literature! Anyways, Alice did make me not bored, because she kept whispering things to me about the teachers. The only period where we got to go up front and introduce ourselves was my last period.

Weird day.

"Aaaaaand…done!" Alice announced. She pushed me to the full-length mirror. "Like it?!"

I was wearing a black jean jacket with a dark blue spaghetti strap under. I wore black capris, and black converse. I looked good I had to admit. My hair was in a ponytail. It was curled. My make-up was simple.

"It's nice!" I said. "Thank you!" I hugged my favorite little pixie.

"Thank me later, by telling me all the details of your date with Eddie!" she said. I sighed and nodded. "Good girl." Then someone knocked on our door. "I think I need to install a doorbell. That knocking is getting annoying." She let go of me and ran to get the door.

"'Bout time," she said. I gasped softly at Edward.

He was wearing casual attire. A white long-sleeved shirt and dark jeans with fully black converse. To narrow it down—he looked as gorgeous as ever.

He smiled at me. I think I was caught staring. I blushed. "Hello, Bella." I smiled at him softly.

"Hi, Edward." Alice squealed again. "And how many times have you been squealing?" She stuck her tongue out at me. She ran over to me, and pushed me towards Edward.

"You look beautiful," he complimented. I blushed again.

"You, too," I muttered. He chuckled. While we were walking to the door, Alice shouted:

"Be safe! Have fun! Don't do anything I wouldn't do!" she shouted while waving. "And use protection!" she added slyly. We both froze, and turned around.

"Alice!" we both hissed. She grinned.

"Rosalie's right! You both do totally match! Bye!" she shouted.

"Crazy pixie," I muttered.

"Annoying girl," Edward muttered. We both laughed. We went down the stairs said 'hi' to Mrs. Cope, and went out to the parking lot.

"Where are we going?" I sang.

"It's a surprise," he sang. His voice was like…well…way better than mine. I scowled.

"I hate surprises," I grumbled. He smiled at me and opened the passenger door for me. "You're such a gentleman." I sighed dramatically. I went in and put on my seat belt. He came in, put on his seat belt, and started the car. The Volvo purred.

"Thank you." He grinned at me. "You know…blue looks absolutely lovely on you," he commented. I blushed. "I love your blush." I blushed a darker shade of red.

"Thanks," I said shyly. "So…"

We talked on and on. Laughing at embarrassing moments, blushing at embarrassing moments—which was mostly me—, and all other kinds of stuff. Edward was amazing. I have to admit I kind of have a big crush on him.

"We're here," he announced. I looked out the window. We were at a beautiful park.

"Wow," was all I could say.

"Yeah, 'wow'," he mocked me. I glared at him. I was about to open the door when his arm hand stopped me. "Nope. I want to do this right." He got out of the car and opened the door for me.

"Very gentleman," I commented. His smile was smug. He held out his hand, and I gladly took it. He closed the door, and we headed…where are we headed?

"Um, I know this is a park and all but, uh…where are we going?" I asked.

"On a picnic in front of a beautiful lake," he told me. I was about to say something but his sentence wasn't finished. "But a lake that is nowhere near as beautiful as you." I blushed. He smiled.

We arrived in front of the lake. Edward was right; it was beautiful, but wrong about the comparison about my beauty. The picnic was already set up. I sat down cross-legged. So did he.

"This is so cool, Edward!" I gushed. "It's so…so…beautiful!"

"I'm glad you like it," he said happily.

"No. I love it!" I looked in his eyes. He gazed back. What is this powerful emotion I'm feeling?

"Are you hungry?" he asked. I nodded eagerly. "Have an apple." He took it out of the basket, breathed on it, rubbed it on his shirt, and gave it to me.

"Nice." I took a bite. It was delicious! "Yummy! Wanna bite?" I held the apple out for him. He nodded and took a bite.

"Yum," he said. I laughed.

"Hey, Edward…," I called.

"Yeah?"

"Uh…don't take this the wrong way but uh…why are you talking to me all of a sudden?" That question took him aback.

"Oh. Well…," He wasn't looking at me. I pulled his face gently towards me.

"Well?"

He sighed. "I've always wanted to talk to you, Bella. It's just that…I was shy." I blinked. He was shy? "The minute I met you, every time you visit us, every time we visit you . . . . I've always wanted to. Other than me being shy…it's because…everybody always stole you away. Every time you're alone, I say in my mind 'I can do this!', but whenever I go up to you, someone steals you away. Silly? I know. All this time I could've just walked up to you and say, "Hi, Bella". Finally, I was tired of not talking to you, so I went to your dorm. You remember right?" I nodded. "Good. I could see that you were shocked at me when I actually said something to you other than just smile. I am a very shy person, Bella, but only around your presence. And I asked you to hang out with me to tell you that…I…I…," –he took a deep breath—"have…huge crush…on…you." I took it all in. He misunderstood my silence. "I—It's o—okay if you don't—" I silenced him with on quick kiss on the lips.

"I have a crush on you, too," I admitted, while blushing. He grinned widely at me.

"Um…" He was nervous now. "Can I uh, um…kiss…you?" I giggled and nodded. He leaned in, and so did I. And then…we were kissing.

He was an incredible kisser. He had the softest lips ever. I put my arms around him, and he pulled me closer. I moaned. He let me go.

"Did you just moan?" he asked incredulous. I smiled sheepishly at him.

"Hey! I wasn't done kissing you!" I protested.

"Wait a minute, please…does that mean…we're…you know…official?"

I giggled. "I guess so." I leaned again. He gave me a quick kiss and stood up.

"Wait! I want to make it official!" he exclaimed while pulling me up.

"Edward! We both just admitted we like each other! You want to get married now?!"

"No-no-no! I just want to make the boyfriend girlfriend thing official!" he defended.

"Oh."

He took both of my hands and took a step closer—our bodies only inches apart.

"Isabella Swan." I looked in his eyes. "I like you very, very, very much! Will you be my girlfriend?"

I smiled hugely at him. "Yes." He smiled back, leaned down, and captured my lips.

-x-

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