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More 'Edward-Bella' moments in this chapter! Enjoy...


Dusk and Dawn: Chapter 17

Jeopardy

BPOV

"Bella?" she said with a high-pitched voice. How'd she know my name? I looked at her completely clueless of who she was. "You don't remember me?" she smiled widely.

I winced and tried to remember… nothing.

"I'm Alice", she said. "Alice Cullen?" she looked at me. Alice! Something about her reminded me of a Dolce and Gabbana bag … My memory was still a huge mess. This Alice person was holding my wrist, I slowly took my hand back.

"I-I'm sorry", I replied. "I don't know you."

"Come on, Bella", she urged. "I'm Alice. We were roomies in summer camp. Don't you remember?"

I lightly shook my head to respond. The short hair was familiar but then the name was still blurry.

"Alice Cullen?" she repeated. "I'm Edward Cullen's sister"

It hit me that time. I suddenly remembered those times when she used to make me wear clothes I didn't like. I suddenly remembered I missed her. A few more memories flashed through my head. Not just those that were good, but those that were… unpleasant. The revolving door suddenly turned when a guy in a red graduation suit entered.

My heart was now frozen. It all fit into place. It all came back to me—all those memories I tried to avoid and forget had decided to turn and come back. He looked better than before. His hair was in place, but something made him seem better than he did before. He walked towards the others who I could now recognize. The blonde guy was Alice's boyfriend, Jasper. The blonde girl was Rosalie and the funny goof was Emmett.

I suddenly missed all those memories and envied my old life. Could I have been happier then than now? But then I looked at Edward… his amazingly crooked smile still took my breath away. He conversed with the others as he kept his hands in his pocket. I couldn't believe how much he's changed but he still felt like he was the guy I first fell in love with. I never forgot my first kiss which I shared with him. I never forgot all those past feelings I felt before I finally realized I was falling for him.

My attention was off Alice as I glanced over at Edward. I couldn't completely see his face since his back was turned towards my direction. They must have that reservation I saw earlier.

"Bella?" Alice asked, she's been repetitively waving her hand in front of my face.

I blinked a couple of times until I was finally out of my daydream. Daydreams again…

"Are you okay?" she asked looking concerned. "Are you feeling okay?"

'No', I wanted to answer. I just felt a weird feeling at the pit of my stomach. I practically wanted to faint. "I need to go", I replied. I walked away and gave her a small wave before walking off. I turned to the corner of one hallway and stood behind the arch. I crocked my head to the side; Edward was still talking to the others. It was a good thing he didn't notice me.

The last time I remembered was when he said goodbye to me at the hospital. It's something that I wanted to avoid. All I needed to do was to stay away from him for tonight and he might be off in some different college. He would completely never see me. The last thing I wanted to do was to bring another hectic chaos into his life.

EPOV

Emmett and I kept discussing about the last championship game he and Jasper played against the Forks Spartans. The winning shot that Jasper made was enough to have the Eagles as the championship winners.

"That last shot was the best!" Emmett said loudly. We were still waiting for the other students to come.

"We know, Em", I replied.

"I think this is the first time you've ever mentioned it ever since you guys won the game", Rosalie smiled sarcastically.

"How many times do we have to keep celebrating that victory?" Alice walked towards us and gave Emmett a look of exasperation.

"Sorry", he held his hands up. "We only get to be seniors once", he added as he showed of his red toga. "And I graduated", he said coolly. "Even when I just try to pass every test we have."

"It must feel so good", Alice played along. She was one of the top honors and she didn't really mind the award or medal since she says that she'll never get to use them in fashion designing.

"Whatever", Emmett said smugly and formed a 'W' with his fingers. "We can't all be geniuses!" Sigh. They never stop arguing.

Alice shot him a glare, I saw Emmett twitch for a second and he suddenly kept his mouth shut.

BPOV

I jumped when someone tapped me on my shoulder. I turned my head, hoping it wasn't one of 'them'. I was relieved it was just Jessica. Sigh.

"You completely scared me", I breathed.

"I'm sorry", she apologized. "Where have you been? The party's about to start!" She pulled me into a powder room.

"I told you that I need to do this for you", she smiled and patted powder on my face. "Ever since you've put Mike and me together, I feel like I owe you so much." It was about three weeks ago when I made Mike realize that he had been in love with Jessica all along.

"That was a long time ago, Jess", I replied as I closed my eyes and curled my lips inward to avoid the dusty powder. "You don't owe me anything."

"Well, you probably owe yourself something", she replied. Now she was applying eye shadow to my eyelids. I couldn't understand what she was doing since I was completely inexperienced with handling make-up. "I mean you're simply beautiful, we know that. But a little more beauty never hurt", she said as she used a soft brush to finish off with my lips.

"Simple beauty isn't enough to knock guys off their feet", she continued. "I'm going to make you look heart-stopping tonight!" she squealed as she put some blush on my cheeks.

"I hope I don't kill anyone", I joked, making her grin.

"Of course you won't", she replied. "You'll just make them get off their feet", she teased. I felt all the make-up on my face become a sticky feeling. There was a strange feeling on my skin, which I didn't like. She made me put on a dress when I arrived a few minutes before graduation in black jeans and a plain, white tee. She didn't like the whole outfit, though it was what she called 'plainly acceptable', she didn't like it on me and made me switch into a dress.

She motioned for me to take my toga off. I shook my head. I didn't like seeing myself in the dress. She didn't stop. I finally gave in and sighed exasperatingly. The make-up was enough for a returned favor.

I unbuttoned my toga and took it off, revealing the dress she made me wear. I huffed before handing her my toga.

"Chill, Bella", she said. "You look great. No even better, perfect", she applauded to herself.

I looked at the mirror. I saw how the beautiful blue color of the Jessica's halter dress I had on made it in contrast to my skin. I saw how the nice blue eye shadow Jessica put on match with the glossy lip gloss she put on my lips. My cheeks were slightly rose pink with the blush she added. I actually didn't look so bad. She curled my hair this morning, making sure that the curls would last for about three days. The curves of the dress had perfectly formed a nice shape around me and the midnight-colored strapped sandals she made me wear complimented the knee-length dress. Although, all this looked too formal for a simple graduation party.

Jessica was wearing a strapless, periwinkle dress that reached below her knees. She matched a silver necklace with a diamond in the middle of the heart-shaped, silver pendant. She kept her make-up dark and put her hair into a neat bun with a clip that netted around it and looked like it was studded with diamonds.

Jessica wouldn't give me my toga back for me to hide in. She kept it along with hers on one of the coat racks after we walked into the party. It felt so awkward for me to walk in with a dress on.

"Bella", Angela waved and I walked over to where she stood.

"Hi, Angela", I greeted.

"You look great", she said. "Where'd you go, anyway? We've been looking for you."

"I got lost", I chuckled. "It was a good thing Jessica found me."

She handed me some punch. "Let's just enjoy the party. I don't really like being here either", she smiled.

I looked around; a lot of people were dancing in the middle of the room to 'AM to PM' by Christina Milian. I saw Lauren dancing with the Spartan basketball captain, Chad. Jessica had joined Mike in a corner, talking to the basketball team members. I spotted Eric Yorkie taking pictures of people. Angela looked at him eagerly; she had a heavy crush on him.

"Go talk to him", I told her.

She shook her head. "He's a little busy", she said but her eyes were still on him.

"He won't mind", I added. "I think he'd want someone to talk to."

She grinned. "You really think so?" she looked at me then looked at Eric.

"Yeah", I smiled. "You can do it", I nodded.

"You know", she grinned even wider. "I can", she moved from where she was standing. She turned her head to me before she was ready to walk. "How about you? You can come with", she offered.

"I think I'd like more punch", I replied. "Have fun"

"I will", she walked across the room.

I eyed her, she shyly walked towards Eric. Angela had a sweet smile of her face. It seemed like they were in a good conversation. Eric handed his Canon SLR camera to someone who took a picture of them. He asked her to dance, I thought to myself after seeing him lead her to the middle of the floor. Angela flashed me a smile and went back to dancing with him. I smiled back and stood watching them.

"So", Jessica walked to my side.

"Yes?"

"What did you do?" she grinned and looked toward Angela's direction.

"I just told her that she could talk to Eric", I replied.

"Ah", she said. "So, does this matchmaker have her eye on someone?"

I shook my head and gave her a fake grin.

"Come on", she encouraged. "I did not just do your make-up for nothing. Go dance with someone."

"I don't like dancing"

"How about James?" she said. James was the best soccer player from our batch. "He's smiling at you."

I looked across the room and saw him. I turned to Jessica, "I'm good just standing here and I have to go to the bathroom anyway."

"Okay", she said. "Just call me when you need anything", she smiled and walked towards Mike.

APOV

I tugged Edward's sleeve before he was about to walk in.

"I have to tell you something", I whispered.

He looked at me first before he stopped. The others had walked in ahead of us.

"What is it?" he asked.

"I hope you don't panic or have any sudden reactions."

"Just tell me what it is."

"Bella's here", I blurted out. "I was talking to her before you came in. She doesn't remember anything, Edward." I bit my lower lip, expecting some sort of angry silence from him since the last time I spotted Bella.

It was actually at the championship game. I didn't get to talk to her when I told Edward I wanted to. I watched Bella sit with a blonde girl, who had a cute purple tank top on, and a brunette with glasses on. Bella dressed better now. I guess that blonde must have been doing a good job for me.

I would have still been friends with Bella if Edward would let me. Ever since Edward darkened my day with his 'break-up news', he warned me not to have any form of communication with Bella—under any circumstance. If I didn't respect him so much, I would have driven away to the hospital and get the nurse to give me Bella's telephone number long ago. I couldn't reach her with my phone since she switched to a new number.

If I did refuse to comply with him, I would still be great friends with Bella right now. Sigh. Brothers: You can't live without them having to pester you. This also had me wondering on why Bella never bothered to call any of us. I mean, I get it, the 'separation' part, but I so wouldn't hate her.

Edward didn't say anything, except his expression turned to a frown and he removed his arm from my hand and walked in.

"Edward!" I followed behind him. "There's nothing wrong with talking to her, Edward."

"I don't want her to see me, okay, Alice", he walked towards the others.

"She didn't", I continued. "She seemed like she didn't recognize any of us."

"Good", he said stiffly and kept walking.

The truth was, to me, Bella seemed like she didn't want to remember us.

An hour later, I was getting sick of the passion fruit they've been serving us. Having to plunge it down my throat was getting unbearable, and I shouldn't make boredom the excuse. I couldn't take it anymore. And I was already curious on how much of my make-up had been lost. I badly needed to go to a powder room right now.

"Jasper", I whispered.

He turned his head to me.

"I have to go to the powder room", I told him. "I need to."

He grinned. "Everything seems fine", he assured me.

"Please", I pouted

"Okay", he gave in.

"Thank you", I got up and kissed his cheek before walking off.

"Make-up check." Emmett scoffed. I sighed loudly, showing exasperation.

I walked to the right of the hallway after leaving the room and walked to the powder room. It was locked once I kept twisting the knob. Ugh.

I hurried to the nearest restroom and walked in. I spotted a brunette who had just walked out from a cubicle. Bella looked stunned, more over, frantic when she saw me. I was beginning to think I was intimidating to her.

"Hi, Bella", I smiled. I looked at her entire outfit. The blue looked good with her skin. I'd have to give the credits to whoever convinced her to be in it tonight.

She looked at me quietly and turned to the faucet.

"I love your dress", I complimented. It was true, her dress looked great on her, and the way her hair was curled made her even look prettier.

"Thanks", she said beneath her breath and grabbed a paper towel. I suddenly forgot about the make-up check. Bella began to head to the door. It's like she didn't want to make any eye-contact with me.

"Bye, Bella", I said, adding a tune to my voice. I missed getting to dress her up.

BPOV

"Bye, Bella", she sang as I quickly walked out. It was Alice again. I was trying to avoid her tonight; does fate not want to agree with me on that?

I turned to the right corner. I was ready to head back to the party now, ready to sit there and sulk in my seat. I quickened my pace, I was probably close to the party, I couldn't really tell since I kept my eyes on my feet, trying not to trip in these three-inch heels. My feet were starting to throb, when I suddenly bumped into something hard.

I dropped my purse, making all its contents fall out: an ordinary lip balm, i-Pod, two-year-old cell phone and anpen. I crouched down and started picking all my things. Fortunately, the man who bumped into me also crouched down and started helping. I stretched my hand to reach my i-Pod which was too distant for me that I felt his hand get in contact with mine. I looked at him , because I wasn't able to see who 'he' was. My body felt like it was trembling and I felt a familiar frisson flush through my veins when I saw a familiar pair of green eyes. This is probably the best time to spell disaster in bold and capital letters.

He looked at me with stunned eyes. His green orbs were looking back at me, with complete shock and I felt I was returning the same expression he gave me.

"E-Ed", the right words couldn't come out of my mouth and I was stuttering. I was such a klutz. I was able to pull my hand away ever since it rubbed against his soft skin.

He didn't say anything, all he did was push me back up on my feet, held my elbows for support and hand me my i-Pod.

"Excuse me", he said quickly when he saw Alice come out of the bathroom and walked to her side. "The others are looking for us."

"Hi, Bella", Alice grinned at me widely, and then looked at Edward. "Did I miss anything?"

I saw Edward grimace and pulled her behind him as they walked away.

"Bye, Bella", she sang and waved her fingers. "Nice seeing you again!" Frisson had completely taken over me. For a second, I felt like I couldn't move. For the next second, I felt like I was going to fall of these heels again. I was so clumsy, that I bumped into him.

"Bella", Jessica and Angela called.

"We've been looking all over for you", Jessica twined her arm with mine.

"They're about to give away all the prizes. You shouldn't miss this", Angela continued.

"We were beginning to think that you stormed away with some guy you might have spotted and not bother telling us", Jess giggled.

They dragged my frozen feet down the hall.

"Bella!" Jessica pinched me as Angela waved her hand in front of my face.

"What's wrong with you?" Angela asked.

"No-Nothing", I replied. The truth was, I was still feeling completely stunned of when I saw Edward. He was dressed in a formal way and his hair looked even better than it did before. He didn't smile my favorite crooked smile, though. There was another huge dilemma. I know he's still angry at me. For what happened years ago, I felt that he still hasn't found it in his heart to forgive me. There was no use for explanations, it's been so long. I'm sure he's found the right person already and that he's happy.

"Stop spacing out, Bella", Eric said. Apparently, my daydream was longer than it usually was, considering it gathered a small mod around the chair I was is. I didn't like attention, so I decided to stay perfectly still, and let them walk away.

"I-I'm not"

"Then what's gotten you to keep stuttering all the time?" Angela eyed in suspicion.

"Nothing", I said straight.

A few minutes later, dinner was beginning to be served, and Josh Stoner, a 'DJ', decided to leave the music on while he ate. Jessica, Mike, Angela and Eric joined me at my table.

"Bella", Jessica whispered beside me.

I looked at her curiously.

"Will you tell me who that guy is?" she grinned widely.

"What are you talking about?"

"That guy who's made you so absent-minded this whole evening. I'm surprised you haven't 'killed' anybody with the way you look", she nudged me before going back to eating her lasagna.

"There's no guy", I replied.

"You are such a bad liar", Angela enunciated while shaking her head. "Just spill out whatever's bothering you, we won't tell anybody."

"Face the disappointment", I smiled sincerely and shook my head. "Nothing's going on."

"Hmph", Jessica 'gave in'. "I'm going to get it out of you soon."

APOV

That moment seriously sent squeals down my spine. I enjoyed watching the way Edward acted when he saw Bella. And why wouldn't he, like I said, Bella looked extremely stunning tonight. But the look on Edward's face was priceless. It was as priceless as the look I saw on Bella's face.

"Stop grinning, Alice", Edward said with chagrin.

"I can't", I smiled. "Not with the way both of you acted."

"How else would you expect me to react?" he led me to the party.

"Much more professional", I enunciated the word 'professional'

Edward didn't speak anymore when we reached the others.

"Hey", Emmett boomed. "You found the overly-dressed, overly-maked-up, lost sheep!"

"Keep your corny jokes to yourself, Emmett", I grimaced.

"Touchy!" he replied, sounding melodramatic.

Rose smacked his head upright. "Thanks, Rose", I smiled and she nodded.

"What was that for, babe?" he pouted.

"I could ask you the same thing, baby", she smirked.

I walked towards Edward. He had ostracized himself from the group.

"What?" I looked up at him. "You don't want to talk about it again?"

He looked straight across the room, at nothing, and kept himself silent.

"You're just going to pretend none of this ever happened and wake up the next day thinking you've never seen her?"

"I've made myself accustomed to that, Alice"

"You're such a jerk for being such a coward, Edward", I replied. Though I didn't mean the 'jerk' part.

"It's not that, Alice", he said, "I'm just trying not to interfere in her life anymore."

"When will you get over that, Edward?" I felt like I snapped. "I mean, I'm sure Bella has. And what just happened is something you can't take for granted. Embrace the opportunity."

He shook his head and smiled like I was trying to be funny. "She hates me."

"No, she doesn't hate you, Edward. Why do you keep thinking that? You must get over yourself."

"We've talked about this before Alice…"

"And I was furious with you when you tried to hide from her ever since that day. But I'm not allowing you to keep hiding."

"She's moved on, and so have I"

"Ugh!" I was ready to smack him on the head and knock some sense into that pea-sized brain of his. "If you don't go talk to her, I swear, you'll regret it someday!"

"I love regret."

EPOV

There was no metaphor I could use to describe that scenario. It was like cupid decided to strike me with his arrow and that someone had shot my achilles heel at the same time.

This all seemed very complicated. Now that we've seen each other, I might have increased her hatred for me. My life seemed to be fine, until tonight. Coming to this party wasn't my idea. Esme convinced me that as a student with honors, it is mandatory for me to come. Alice on the other hand, wanted to come in her new, red Valentino dress, which she was in right now.

I wanted to escape when I dropped them off and made them think I was going to park the car. I couldn't stay away anymore. Curiosity was getting into my nerves and frisson was definitely trying to get through me. I was weak and pathetic enough to have given in to Esme's plea in the first place. If I had denied, I would have saved myself the trouble of being here tonight.

But then, I didn't expect to meet her outside the girls' restroom. She was still as gauche as always, as fragile as always. I strived to have made my mood lugubrious for her to see, and for her to avoid me. Alice found it amusing that I decided to take that course of action. But you can always get unpleasant surprises from her.

I would much rather be at home, behind my desk and getting my nose into the latest book a friend had lent me. Or the family could have spent the evening in a baseball game. Unfortunately, according to Esme, Dad had a sudden appointment to attend to. But to my own intelligence, Dad had been planning a surprise for Mom since their anniversary was in three weeks.

The party was finally over, and most of the other students were leaving.

"Edward", Jasper put a hand on my shoulder. "I'm going to head home with Rose. But, Emmett wanted to come with us, then Alice didn't want to be left out, so…"

"I'll get back home alone", I understood what he meant. "Someone needs to take my car home."

"Okay", Jasper said and walked to the others.

I was probably the last one to leave, since looking for my misplaced keys took a long time. I walked out the lobby. A lost of students from Forks High School were leaving. There were only about ten students left among all the other business executives.

BPOV

"Wait", I said to myself after seeing Jessica drive off. "Jessica!" I forgot I was supposed to catch a ride with her. Now, I had no way of getting home. Angela already left before Jessica. The only ones left from my school were the basketball team, with Chad, and Lauren who had decided to glue her arm with his. There was no way I would be asking them for a ride.

I opened my bag and took out my phone to call my mom. She didn't pick up after I called her countless times. So I decided to put my phone back and get a cab. Hold on. I don't have my wallet with me since I distinctly remember leaving it in my drawer back at home.

I decided to call Jessica and ask her if she could turn back and drive me home. It was a good thing she didn't mind. I decided to walk back inside and wait for her there. I looked around to pass the time. The couple talking to the receptionist seemed to be complaining about some reservation and the rest of the businessmen decided to leave. It was down to me and… Edward—he was talking to someone on the phone. He hasn't left yet. This is pretty awkward, but not too much since we were about six meters away.

He hung up and put his phone in his pocket, still oblivious that I was around. It was an advantage for me, that way, I didn't have to see his reaction once he realizes that the only thing between us was a huge, round rug.

Jessica's car finally pulled up in front and I quietly walked outside, making an escapade. I hope he didn't notice me.

How was it? Is there any difference with Bella's POV after two years?

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