Hey! I updated faster than last time! Woot!! Okay, this chapter is dedicated to *drum rolls again*: wat did i do (there are periods between each word but fanfiction wouldn't let me that, so I had to write it like that. So sorry!)

Thanks for the Lauren idea! I hope it's to your expectations. It gave me a lot more ideas after your suggestion, so thank you

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Edward stayed by my side all morning throughout classes. Somehow he had managed to get our seats moved together and we passed notes, avoiding the subject of what happened in the parking lot. I think we were both scared of ruining what we had that moment, not that I'm sure what it was. We seemed to have friendly and playful conversations; nothing too serious. Finally, it was time for lunch. Edward walked me to my locker.

"I would say I'm shocked Emmett would do that but I can totally see him doing something like that. With a big smile on his face," I laughed as Edward told me a story about his brother getting caught on a dare. His friends dared him to climb to the top of the school, stand on the roof, and pull his pants down, flashing everyone. He did the first day of school senior year…but fell off and hurt his…frontal area badly. They gave him ice for his crotch and walked him to the nurses office with his pants around his ankles. Apparently they thought that would teach Emmett a lesson and embarrass him. Apparently they didn't know Emmett. On his way in everyone stared and laughed, but not at him. He was a hero. He saw one of the senior girls and when he got close enough to her, he smacked his ass earning a big squeal.

"Oh, his and her smile were the biggest I've ever seen. He was so proud. Mom and Dad weren't though. And he was grounded for the first semester from the phone and going over to anyone's house," Edward smiled.

"Yikes," I cringed as I opened my locker, "I'm guessing that ruled out hot girls too."

"Yep. Totally c-blocked him," Edward said. Angela came up then and looked confused.

"C-blo…you know what? I don't want to know," Angela shook her head and both Edward and I laughed.

"Are you sitting with us today Bella?" Angela asked. I opened my mouth to reply when Edward stepped in front of me and said, "Actually, I have a surprise for Bella. You may join us if you would like. There may be a slight chance you won't want to though."

Angela raised her eyebrow, "I don't really care. Do what you will. We'll save a few seats just in case." She gave me a quick hug and walked away. I watched her meet up with Ben then continued to the lunch room.

I turned to Edward to find him already staring at me.

"So you have a surprise for me?" I asked.

"Yes, I do," he smiled. I put my books away and shrugged.

"I don't really like surprises," I told him.

"I have a feeling you'll like this one," he held mischief in his eyes and gave me a knowing grin. I rolled my eyes but smiled anyway.

"Let's just go to lunch," I said, slamming my locker closed. Edward grabbed my arm lightly, pulling me close. It didn't bother me as much anymore, but I still was a bit tense.

We walked into the screaming lunch room and I heard two distinct voices over the rest. One screamed, "Bella!" in a tinkering voice, and the other boomed a chuckle. My head shot to my right and there was Alice, Emmett, and Jasper. An unconscious smile spread on my face and Alice attacked me in a huge hug.

"Alice!" I squealed. I was honestly happy to see her, "what are you doing here?"

Alice pulled back from the hug and passed me to Emmett who scooped me up bridal style and swung me around. I saw Edward looking at his brother worried, as if Emmett was about to drop me.

I laughed with Emmett and he placed me on the ground.

"We came to check out the place. It's been a while," Emmett's voice trailed off as he looked around the lunch room. His fists rested on his hips and he stuck out his chest so he looked like superman. People looked at him, a bit intimidated.

"Emmett, it's been like two years since you went here," Edward said.

"I know! Lots of things change in that time frame," Emmett defended, "Besides, we wanted to visit Bella in school. We even got these spiffy name tags!" Emmett pointed to his left breast and on a sticker it said Visitation Right to: and on the line below it had Emmett's scroll. I noticed Alice and Jasper had the same. I almost laughed at Jasper's bored and tired expression.

"Hi Jasper," I laughed, "I'm guessing you were dragged here." Jasper grinned shyly and glanced at Alice.

"Alice can be very persuasive," he said softly.

"I made you some food Bella! I had a feeling that it would be better than smelly lunch food that would give you a major stomach ache," She held out a brown back that was tucked neatly closed at the top.

"Thanks Alice," I grinned as I took it. Edward grinned with me and got closer.

"I knew you would like your surprise," He whispered in my ear. I shivered a bit and nodded.

We made our way over to a table with at least five open seats. Which happened to be right in the middle of the lunch room.

"Are you three just here for lunch?" I asked as I opened the lunch Alice made for me.

"Unfortunately. I asked the office if we could hang out in your biology room but he was convinced Emmett would knock over everything with his clumsy hands," Alice teasingly glared at her brother. Emmett just smiled.

"He still remembers me, it seems," Emmett said. I laughed. We laughed and joked around all of lunch. Alice had made me a pretty good meal that consisted of a turkey sandwich, an apple, a small thermos of milk, and two cookies that were fantastic! I honestly hoped she was staying longer in town so she could make my lunch every day; not that I would ask.

Emmett spent his time telling wild and crazy stories that usually involved feral hand motions and comical skit replays on the chair or on the floor. Other kids looked at him strangely and I didn't blame them. He acted like the hulk on happy pills.

"Banana!" he called at me, "are you paying attention?" I snapped back into reality just now noticing that Emmett was on the floor retelling a vulgar game of Twister him and Rosalie had during a party. Besides that, I was hyper aware of Edward's hand. Which was now rubbing my thigh.

That was a bit much for me. Not only was it making me blush, but my lust was filling my brain again and I couldn't let that happen.

I reached down and grabbed his soft hand in mine. I squeezed it briefly before taking it off my lap. From the corner of my eye I saw Edward frown a bit. Of course he would. He just got rejected by a woman he was pre-feeling up.

I let his hand go and went to put it back in my lap when he grabbed it tightly and interlocked our fingers. I guess that was okay…for now.

"So then we did this…" Emmett continued and I had to close my eyes as his hands moved down his body. It was a wonder why he wasn't getting kicked out for what he just did. Edward, Alice, Jasper, and probably everyone in the room turned away as well.

"Whoa, Emmett. PG in here please. Get your hand out of your pants, we're not at home" I heard Edward say.

"Oh, right," I heard Emmett say. I reopened my eyes and was satisfied to see Emmett sitting down at the table.

"I'm scarred," Alice said in monotone. I was glad I missed whatever he did.

Soon, lunch was almost over and I felt sad I had to leave these people. I wondered when I would see them again but then Alice answered my unspoken question.

"So are you coming over tonight Bella?" she asked.

"Sure, I guess. I don't know if Charlie will let me over two days in a row though. I might have to come tomorrow. Actually, that would be better. Edward and I still have to decide what to do for our project," I said, looking at him. I could tell from his face that he'd forgotten.

Epov

I must admit, I had forgotten the whole project. It didn't bother me though when I remembered. It just meant I had more time to spend with Bella. My sister frowned as she wanted Bella to come over tonight.

"Can you spend the night too?" Alice asked.

"I'll have to ask. But I'm sure it would be fine," my beauty said. I squeezed her hand, pleased. I was sorely tempted to kiss her, touch her face but I knew I would get kicked and sworn at.

But I couldn't help my thoughts. After the kiss that morning that was all I could think about. Her lips were so soft and tantalizing my hormones ran faster than any race horse. I held myself back pretty well, but I didn't want too. She intoxicated my brain and I don't remember what I was doing at all, only her movements. Bella's hair felt like silk and her skin, like cream, shivered under my touch in delight.

Bella had to want me on some level to kiss me like that. It wasn't a fake kiss just to shove off Jessica. She wanted it. I wanted it. Why couldn't we just…be? Oh, because Bella felt I held no love for her.

How very wrong.

The bell chimed signifying lunch to be over and I waited for Bella to get up before I stood up as well. We gave hugs to my family before getting ready to go to class.

I didn't let go of Bella's hand the whole time and I wasn't sure if she noticed. I didn't mind though.

After we left the lunch room, and were walking down the hall, I kept getting some strange looks from a few girls. More so from Lauren, one of the many fake women of this school. She had been beautiful once, but was corrupted with platinum blond hair and Barbie doll clothing.

As I passed with Bella she stood at her locker, smirking at me, then winked. I stood closer to Bella, disgusted. Lauren had always had a 'thing' for me. She was one of the ones who probably ruined my chances with Bella by telling everything plenty of crude stories about the two of us together and we were apparently keeping it secret for school; and that's why we didn't couple up in front of everyone. They were all complete lies. I wouldn't go for her even if she wasn't so fake.

Something about the way she looked at me made me dread what she was going to do. She had a mischief face and that was never good.

Bella and I went to her locker first, then to mine. We talked aimlessly about different stories we could do for our project.

"What's wrong with a nice Charles Dickens book?" I asked her. She rolled her eyes and brushed some hair from her face.

"What's wrong with Jane Austin? Charles Dickens is too difficult for me. I get bored with his droning," she complained.

"I get bored with Jane's arguing. Everyone's arguing," I sighed.

"That's because it's showing women having more of an independent personality," she told me. I smiled at her serious face.

"I know," I told her, "but I still find it extremely whiny. I don't like her books much." That didn't seem like the right thing to say.

"They are my favorite books so you can stop dissing them," she growled at me, pouting slightly. It was adorable.

"I wasn't 'dissing' them. Just stating a fact," I said.

"See!? We aren't meant to be! We don't even like the same books," she exclaimed. I grabbed her arm and tilted her face so she was looking at me. Softly I spoke, "we don't need to like the same things to be with each other, Bella. We're supposed to accept each other's differences. That's part of the whole relationship process."

I wasn't sure where I kept getting all this wisdom but I knew it was true. Bella never seemed comfortable around me and always made an excuse as to why we couldn't try to be together. She said she didn't love me. I knew it was true, but she did like me. She had to if she kissed me like that this morning.

I had to figure out why she wouldn't allow us to be. She hadn't accepted that I loved her yet. Maybe she was scared. I didn't want her to be scared. I wanted her to feel safe, and comfort.

Bella had nodded her head but looked away.

"We'll continue this conversation later. We must get to English now," I said as I looked at the clock. We were lucky we got 8 minutes for passing and we only had three left to get across the building.

I took Bella's hand and we walked quickly to our next class. I figured we would get there in time, but I was thwarted once again, by the devil; also known as Lauren.

She sauntered up to me.

"Edward, I know we said we could date other people, but this one…I don't know. You caught a rotten fish," she sneered Bella's direction. I honestly didn't know where she got the courage or why she possibly thought I wouldn't say anything about us not dating.

"Lauren, we're not together," I said slowly.

"Don't play sweetheart. I know the truth. You don't have to act like you don't know what I'm talking about around people anymore. They know, I told them. We can kiss freely now too. I know you've been dying to have a little of this. Meet me in the girls bathroom?" she trailed a hand up my arm, much like Jessica. Once again, Bella snapped to my rescue. Instead of a kiss, like before, she did something equally as charming and it set my heart into hyper drive.

"I don't know who told you Edward was yours but you are completely wrong about everything. I'm tired of people trying to steal him away, claiming him as theirs! He's my boyfriend, not yours!" Bella shouted in her face, stomping off into the classroom. Lauren looked at me shocked, while I smiled, giddy, back.

"E-Edward," she stuttered. Yeah, like she was really surprised.

"You heard the woman," I said. I didn't give her time to reply. I had to go to class.

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