"Miss Swan, may I please speak to you?" I looked at Alice in horror as she left me alone with Mrs. Blanton. She threw me an apologetic look before pulling out her cell. I hoped she was warning Emmett. He would be waiting for me and would freak out when I was late.

I turned to Mrs. Blanton and tried to smile. "Yes, Mrs. Blanton. What would you like to talk about?"

She held up a piece of paper for my examination. "What is this?"

I stepped closer and tried to read the small script on the page. "I'm not sure. I can't make it out."

She looked a little shocked, "Didn't you drop this on my desk before class?"

I shook my head in confusion, "No, ma'am. I don't even know what it is."

She continued to look at me skeptically, "It's a doctor's note form a Dr. Cullen saying that your tardiness from the first day should be excused due to an accident that kept you from class."

I groaned internally, I was going to have to talk to Edward. "I'm sorry Mrs. Blanton. I did not drop that on your desk, though I think I know who did."

She held up a second sheet, "Would it be the same person who dropped this one?"

The same writing was displayed on the second sheet. Part of me wondered if it was Carlisle or Edward who'd written the note. "I'm sure it is."

She adjusted her glasses and read the note, "Miss Swan should be excused from class Monday November 27 due to tramatization. –Dr. Cullen"

I sighed and internally cursed Edward. I hated situations like these. "On my way back to school after Thanksgiving break, I was attacked by a few drunk men. Luckily my boyfriend was able to pull me from the situation and get me to safety. He's a bit protective and worrisome so he wouldn't let me go to class that morning because he thought that I would go into shock. Dr. Cullen is his father so he probably asked him to write those notes. I would understand if you'd prefer to ignore them. As I told you before, I wasn't the one who brought them in to you."

She nodded thoughtfully. "I'm going to ignore the first one because it's been months since the incident, but I will take the second on into account. Just make sure your boyfriend doesn't prevent you from coming into class again."

I smiled, "Thank you, I promise he won't." I slowly turned and left the room as the next class began to file in. I needed to get to Emmett before he came looking for me.

I reached the student center and was glad to see him sitting with Alice at our usual table. He waved me over and I sat down to see a muffin and milk placed in front of me. I raised an eyebrow at Emmett and he just shrugged his shoulders.

"So what did she want to talk to you about?" Alice was bouncing in her seat next to me and I looked in horror to see a coffee cup almost empty in front of her.

"Apparently, a Dr. Cullen wrote some Doctor's notes to excuse me from the classes I've missed or been late to."

Alice stopped bouncing for a moment, "Why do you say it like that? If the professor said he wrote them, I'm pretty sure he wrote them."

"Oh, I think a Cullen wrote them." I glance up at Emmett to see if he knew.

"Don't look at me. I didn't write them." He threw his hands up in the air as if to show he wasn't armed.

I laughed at his expression. "I didn't think you did, Em. I think it was your brother."

"Would that really be such a bad thing?" Alice was looking at me like I was crazy. "If there's a doctor's note, you're excused."

I rolled my eyes. "Alice, he just can't do stuff like that. I've got to be able to take care of myself."

There was a tug on my ponytail, "What did I do now?"

I turned around to have my lips met by Edward's. I knew I was supposed to be mad at him, but trivial thinks like forging doctor's notes didn't seem to matter when Edward was touching me.

He pulled away to let me breathe and I tried to recollect my thoughts. "It's not fair to distract me like that when I was mad at you."

His eyes flashed, "Was?"

"Let me think about it for a minute."

He shook his head, "I don't think so." He pulled me out of the seat and into his arms, crashing his lips against mine. The boy did not fight fair.

"Seriously, if Rose and I can keep our hands to ourselves, so can you."

My brain took in my position. My hands were working their way under Edwards's shirt and my right leg was bent in anticipation of wrapping itself around Edward's waist. I pulled back slightly and saw him smiling. He was apparently proud of his ability to distract me.

Edward sat down in my former seat and pulled me into his lap. "Now, tell me what you were mad at me about."

"The doctor's notes that showed up mysteriously on my teacher's desk today."

He was watching me carefully, "So you wanted your professor to think that you were just skipping those days?"

"No, but you shouldn't have written them Edward. She thought they were fake and that I'd made them just so those days wouldn't be counted against me." I stopped when I noted his lifted eyebrow. "What?"

"I didn't write those notes, Bella."

The relief I felt was immense, "Really?"

"Really. I wouldn't forge a note from my father. That's illegal." He sighed. "I didn't mean to cause you trouble. I've never had a teacher or professor think that a note from my father was fake."

"Just let me know next time I'm going to be confronted by a teacher for one of your acts of chivalry."

He chuckled at the annoyed look on my face, "I'll try."

Alice and Emmett pulled our attention back to breakfast. They began talking about the party tomorrow. It was the last party of the semester because tests were starting next week. It was meant to help relax some of the students before finals. I wasn't really paying attention because I knew where I'd be for the duration of the party.

"Emmett, if you're going to set up a beer pong tournament, I want it somewhere besides the living room. It's really hard to dance around the table." I laughed at the memory of a very graceful Alice bumping into a guy as he was about to throw the ping pong ball causing him to fall and smash all the cups of beer. The living room had smelled like beer for two weeks.

"Where am I going to put it? The kitchen's too small and I can't put them in a bedroom." Emmet looked frustrated. He loved to watch as Rose dominated the Beer Pong tournament. I'd once seen her play the whole night without taking a single drink.

"You could put it outside." Alice suggested.

We all looked at her like she was crazy. "Alice, do you realize how much trouble we could get in?" Edward was the only one who could form words. "While we may not drink, there is a bit of underage drinking that goes on during the party and we don't want to draw attention to ourselves."

Alice pouted, "But I only go to dance with Jazzy. The Beer Pong table is in the way."

I sighed, "Alice, if you are so bent on dancing, go into Jasper's room and leave the door cracked open slightly. Just be aware that the walls are rather thin and Edward and I don't want to know if things get out of hand." Edward squeezed my hip lightly, apparently in agreement.

I watched as Alice thought the idea through. It apparently appealed to her because she let the subject drop. "So who's supposed to coming this time?"

Emmett shrugged, "Too early to tell. There's a facebook event up if you want to look at it."

She crinkled her nose, "I just want to make sure that twit Jessica doesn't show up. Last time she came she showed up with that vile Newton kid and then proceeded to throw herself at Jazz. She was so drunk that she didn't care that I was in his lap when she did so." I needed to make sure that Jessica was never around Edward. I never thought he'd go for the type of girl who gets black-out drunk, but I still didn't want to watch her throw herself at him.

"I can't promise anything, because we always have people who show up who we don't invite. It's one of the things you have to deal with when you throw a party."

Alice sighed, "Can't we get a bouncer, or something. We should make the party more exclusive."

"Alice, parties are times when you're supposed to meet new people. If the only people there are people we chose, we may never meet new people."

Alice propped her chin in her hand, "I suppose." She turned to face me, "When are you and I shopping for the party?"

I cocked an eyebrow, "You mean the party during which I'll be watching a movie in Edward's room?"

Alice pouted, "You always stay in Edward's room. It can't be as much fun as being at the party."

"Alice, no matter what you say, I'm not going to the party. The last time I went to one of Emmett's parties you abandoned me at the door, I ended up covered in beer, and I had to use a stranger's shower."

"I resent that," Edward started to tickle me.

"Okay, okay, I give up." I tried to breath, but he wasn't giving me any relief. "I ended up in the hottest guy at the parties shower, is that better?"

Edward stopped tickling me and kissed me on the cheek, "Much."

Alice rolled her eyes, "Okay, kids, if you're done playing around, we need to make our way to class. I've got less than half an hour to get across campus. Alice bounced out of her seat in time for Jasper to walk through the door and take her hand. They had their Calculus class together. Part of me was glad that I didn't have any classes with Edward. It would be very distracting with him sitting behind me playing with my hair, or sitting beside me tracing patterns into the palm of my hand.

I stood up and picked up my trash. Edward was close behind me. I didn't have another class today until after lunch, but he had one in 30minutes. So once my trash was deposited we began our journey to the science building. We tended to take the scenic route on mornings like this.

"So are you doing anything tonight?" Edward seemed slightly nervous when he asked which was out of character for him.

I turned to study his expression. "I don't know. Did you have something in mind?"

He gave a nervous chuckle. "Well, every semester the pre-med students do this big event. You know, dinner and music, that kind of stuff. It will be mostly a whole bunch of nerds discussing classes, but I thought, maybe, you would consider being my date."

I had to laugh, "Edward, you sound like the biggest nerd asking out the head cheerleader."

"That's not an answer."

I couldn't understand why he thought I wouldn't go with him. I mean, I was practically living with him. "Of course I'll go with you, Edward. Is there some kind of dress code?"

He smiled so broadly that you'd think I'd just given him a new, fast car. "Most people just wear jeans and a nice shirt."

I couldn't help but smile back. His happiness was contagious. We reached the science building and he kissed my cheek before heading into the building I was glad didn't contain any or my classes. Don't get me wrong, I was pretty good at science in high school, but I had a feeling that college science was horse of a different color.

As I walked back to the library to study before I met everyone for lunch, I continued to think about the way that Edward has asked me. I must have been missing something, because there was no reason for him to be worried about taking me to such a casual event. Maybe I should have realized then that things were not as they appeared.