So I was a little upset with how little of reviews I got :/ So, I guess this is my way of a test. If I don't get many reviews, I am definitely discontinuing this story. On the other hand, the more reviews the faster I update. Reviews are my way of knowing that people enjoy my story and want to read more. So when I get more reviews I feel confident and write until my heart is content. However, when I get few I feel like I am a crappy writer and that nobody is reading this story.

Disclaimer: I do not own twilight, nor am I making any profit from this story. Twilight belongs to SM

And also, the only thing that I own is this plot, none of the companies or objects are associated with me.

Also, since this chapter might be the last, I'll make it the longest too.

Both Alice and I sat in our seats in the back row, Alice humming to herself next to me. How could Jasper stay with this terrifying creature? Even her parents are afraid of her! Whenever she wants to go shopping, (which is always), all she has to do is whisper something in their ears and she's off with one hundred bucks! She says she only whispers 'please' but the look on her parents' faces says otherwise. I would kill myself if I had a daughter like Alice.

She must have finally realized that I was glaring at her because she innocently turned to face me while Mrs. Smith gave a lecture on something that I already knew.

"What's wrong, Edward?" Oh, she knew, I could see it written on her smug little face. She was trying to hook Bella and me up! Hook up as in sleep with or go out with, I'm not sure, but she was still doing it. I don't know how many times I've said 'I don't like her' but I'm pretty sure it was enough to get it through her puny head! Bella is nice, and pretty and smart but her and I would never work! With her looks, I'm sure she's popular and I'm nothing of the sort. Plus, even if I did like her and I did go out with her, I would want to get her help but she would always refuse, and I'm sure that it would kill me seeing her get hurt and not be able to do anything about it.

Bella and I, will never be more than friends, if that.

"What's wrong?! It's pretty obvious that you're trying to get me and Bella together even though I told you I don't like her!" I whispered low so Mrs. Smith wouldn't stop the lecture and ask me and Alice what we're talking about, I've seen her do that to other people and although I've never experienced it, by the look on their faces, it must be embarrassing.

Alice shrugged off my comment and doodled on the piece of paper we were supposed to be taking notes on.

"Alice." She sighed at my warning call to her a turned back to me. "Edward, do you think Bella is pretty?" I glanced back to Bella who was smiling at something Mike whispered to her, although the smile looked forced, it still sent butterflies to attack my stomach. Male hormones.

"Yes." I mumbled. Alice giggled. The answer must've boosted her confidence because she sat straighter in her seat. "Do you like talking to her?" I thought back to in my room, I kept wanting to ask her more questions, I wanted to know everything about her, I never wanted to stop talking to her. But, that's only because it seems like she can hold a conversation unlike most girls my age.

"Sure...?" I wasn't too sure where Alice was going with this. "Do you think she's nice?" Well she certainly wasn't mean, she was polite, even.

"Yes. Where are you going with this Alice?" Her small smug smile turned into a full out grin and she seemed thrilled with this news. I waited patiently besides her. "So you think she's pretty, you like to talk to her and you think she's nice. So obviously you like her! The signs are all there!!" By this time we were working in our books and everyone in the class was talking to their neighbors, so hopefully nobody would hear this conversation.

Even though Alice says those are the signs to know you like someone I was fairly sure it wasn't. I thought Alice and Rosalie were pretty, they were fun to talk to (when they weren't all over their boyfriends or talking about girl stuff) and I thought they were both nice, and I'm one hundred percent I do not like Alice nor Rosalie. She wasn't going to let up on this unless I let her see it my way,

"Do you think Emmett is attractive?" She paused to think about this for a second obviously debating on whether or not to tell me she did, both Rosalie and Jasper would be furious if they knew she thought he was attractive, and although I would never stoop to their level and start rumors, I knew she had her doubts. I also knew she did think he was attractive, every girl in the school did.

"Well, Yeah...Kind of..." Her eyebrows furrowed together before quickly adding, "But not as attractive as Jasper!" This she yelled causing all eyes on us, including Bella's who were lingering on me, she must've been worried I told someone her secret.

"Is Emmett... fun to talk to?" She cocked her head back and forth while fiddling with her pencil in her hand. I knew she though Emmett was fun to talk to, because he was. Emmett could easily make anyone laugh and that's why everyone loves him. He could easily be the most popular boy in school if it wasn't for hanging around with me all the time.

Alice laughed finally, most likely remembering a specific conversation with Emmett that was funny. She nodded her head frantically and giggling loudly. "Definitely!"

"Do you think Emmett's nice?" I raised my eyebrows when she gave me a confused look. Then, she finally answered, "Yeah of course Emmett's like one of the nicest guys I know." Now it was my turn for the smug look, I knew Alice didn't like Emmett like that, she was too deep in love with Jasper. I may not have ever been in love but I know what it looks like, I know how they look at each other. I just don't know how it feels.

"So you like Emmett." It wasn't a question, just like she didn't even ask me if I like Bella. She acted like she could read my mind and just know that I liked her. If that was the case then she is a terrible mind reader.

"No." She said calmly, turning back to her abandoned homework assignment that I had already finished over the weekend, I like getting a head start on my homework so when it's time for sports I don't have to worry about getting my homework done. The way she can easily say no but just as easily be confident I like Bella really miffed me.

"What? How can all those so called 'signs' be there for me and Bella but not you and Emmett? That's a little hypocritical don't you think?!" I was yelling at her over the other students but I still remembered to whisper Bella's name. She gave me an angelic smile, trying to look as innocent as possible for a girl who lost her virginity in the 7th grade.

"Because, Edward dear, you are different than me and the rest of the world. You don't usually think of girls like that and now you suddenly think one girl like that, that surely means something." I know she was trying to help but all she did for me was give me a headache.

"That's not true! I think you are Rosalie are pretty, I think you two are nice. I enjoy talking to the both of you. So how is it different? Does that mean I like you two as well?!" I don't think I've ever been so mad in my life, everything was complicated and I would love to tell them that the only reason I stare at Bella is because I want to make sure she's okay, because her father beats her. All the while Alice's smile never faded. She gently shakes her head at me.

"Don't you think Bella's prettier than all the other girls? Including me and Rose? Don't you think she's sweeter; nicer? Don't you want to talk to her more than anyone ever before? Don't you think she's Different." That caused my heart to ache. She was more different than the other girls, but that didn't mean I liked her. Did it? My hormones are just acting up, that's all.

Alice but a hand on my shoulder when I didn't say anything, I guess she figured she was right. "I'm not saying you do like her I guess I'm saying..." She glanced over at Bella, who was talking to the teacher and smiling at something she had said to her. "I guess I'm saying that I see potential liking for the two of you." Just then the bell rang and I quickly gathered my books and mumbled a 'You're ridiculous' to Alice before stalking off to lunch.

When I got to lunch I thought about just sitting by myself instead of my annoying, nosy so-called friends. But I really didn't want to be that person that sits alone at a lunch table because they have no friends, so I thought ignoring them would be just as good. I grabbed a sandwich from the lunch line along with a coke and sat next to Jasper and Rosalie. Emmett and Alice weren't my favorite people at the moment.

Everyone stared at me while I chewed in silence. "Do you want me to sit somewhere else?" I asked in an angry tone, by the way they stared at me they looked surprised that I sat next to them.

"No, no." They muttered. Were they keeping something from me? I glanced at Emmett, who can never keep a secret. His lips and nose were twitching and he kept looking up at me like he was expecting me to bring something up. His eyes held sympathy, at me I was sure. I glared immensely at Emmett who took a rather large bite out of his carrot, Emmett hated carrots. He was definitely keeping something from me.

"Emmett, just tell me." I let out a sigh and pushed my empty coke can away from me.

Alice jumped towards Emmett, clamping her hands over his mouth. "Emmett if you tell Edward you know what we'll do to you." Emmett's eyes got wide at Alice's threat and her nodded furiously.

I glared at all of them in fury, they stared back.

"Some fucking friends you are." I rarely swore but at this point I couldn't care less. Aren't friends supposed to not keep any secrets? My friends are the worst.

I stomped off to gym.

xXxXx

I quickly changed out of p.e. clothes and furiously stuffed them into my gym locker. Jasper eyed me, guilt like and I just glared back. I was in no mood for my so-called friends. I slammed my locker shut and walked out the back door when the bell rang, shuffling my way to science.

I was thankful Ben was in this class because if he heard the rumors about me liking Bella (which I'm fairly sure he has) then he's not the kind of person that would being it up unless I brought it up.

That struck a thought.

What if Bella has heard about me liking her? I will be humiliated. That's it, I'm getting new friends first thing tomorrow. I really hope they sell friends on e-bay. I let out a deep sigh and push the Science's door open and Mr. Miller greets me immediate, along with Ben. I nod my head and sit next to Ben, my lab partner.

starts off class by ringing a loud bell to get our attention, which effectively works. He claps his hands together and begins what I hope to be directions for a lab. I really don't think I can handle another lecture today. "Alright class, today we're going to be switching seats which means... New lab partners!" Some groan some celebrate. I could really care less, I'll probably just end up doing all the work in the end anyways.

He assigns everyone seats one by one. I'm called to the back row, where the kids with good grades are put. It's kind of like a privilege I suppose. Almost at the end, and I still have no partner. I can handle not sitting by anyone. I hear the door creak open and I lift my head to see Bella, looking very flustered, standing awkwardly next to Mr. Miller.

"Well Ms. Swan, so nice of you to join us. Care for an explanation?" Mr. Miller's voice drips with sarcasm, I wanted to punch him, which is strange because he's typically my favorite teacher since he always keeps the classroom fun and exciting, but now, all he's doing is making Bella look and feel bad. She was staring at her shoes and fiddling with her fingers.

"I'm.. I'm sorry I had to stay back in Ms. Taylor's classroom." She said this just loud enough for me to hear, I'm sure that if anyone were to talk I wouldn't be able to hear but since all eyes were on her, the classroom was silent.

"The home economics teacher? Well then, do you have a note?" For a brief instance Bella's eyes snapped to mine, I wonder if anyone else noticed.

"No sir." She mumbled out then looked towards the floor again. "Well you're in luck Ms. Swan. We were only assigning new lab partners. Since there is only one open seat, why don't you sit next to Mr. Cullen?" Bella had a faint blush on her cheeks that I could only see as she was walking towards our lab desk. Had it been there the whole time?

She finally reached our table and sat next to me.

Mr. Miller left us with a worksheet due for tomorrow, the answers were easy, A, C, D, F, True, True, False, True, Yes, Yes, B, C, No, False.

By the time I was done Bella only had her name written down. Maybe she didn't understand this worksheet? It would only be right if I helped her.

"Do you need help, Bella?" Her eyes found mine and the close proximately made me blush. Her eyes made their way back to her paper and she shrugged.

"Yeah... I just don't feel in the mood to work on this right now." She bubbled in the first answer correctly; A. I wondered if she guessed on it or she just knew the answer. "Oh." It was silent for a few minutes before Bella quietly pushed the now completed worksheet away, every answer correct. I watched as she pushed her long brown tresses in front of her face, shielding her beauty away from me. She pulled her sleeves down a little more, I had to wonder why. Since I couldn't exactly look at her face I let my eyes trail down her body. Her arms were covered with her white long sleeved shirt, and I knew the reason why. What does she do during summer? Granted Forks, Washington isn't the hottest place around but some days it reaches mid 90's. My eyes roamed past her curve of her breasts, if I got caught staring at her that's the last place my eyes should be. Her stomach was thin, almost sickly. Her legs were long and I couldn't see if they were thin too are not since she wasn't into wearing those ridiculously tight jeans the rest of the school's girls wear these days.

Her hands were in her lap, playing with each other or pulling at the hem of her shirt. I looked up just in time to meet her coffee brown eyes staring intensely back at me. Was she angry at me? I searched her eyes for any signs of emotion. There was defiantly worry, mixed in with fear and something else unreadable.

"Have you told anyone?" Her musical voice barely came out above a whisper, and in response to her question my eyes furrowed together. Did she think I was untrustworthy? Hadn't I told her that I wouldn't tell her secret to anyone? It was true that it was killing me, and I wanted to tell anyone who was willing to help, but I'm no Emmett and I can keep a secret.

"Of course not!" I said after a few seconds of self-musing. her shoulders relaxed slightly, I hadn't even noticed she was tensed. The conversation seemed over but her eyes never left mine, my heart skipped a few beats. I'm positive that my heart just isn't used to a girl paying so much attention to me.

And a gorgeous one at that.

I involuntary blushed. A smile plastered onto Bella's face and she let out a tiny laugh. A beautiful sound that escaped her lips. "Why are you blushing?" She asked with a giggle. I turned my head to face away from her. What was I supposed to say? Bella, I was just thinking about your gorgeous self and how you make my heart speed up when I look at you.

She'd probably guess the rumors are true if I told her that.

"I'm not blushing," I finally replied in a huff "I'm just hot is all." I probably sounded something similar to a grumbling three year old. "Huh, alright. Are you still going to Alice's after school today?" I wasn't sure if I still was, I wasn't really in the mood to deal with Alice trying to hook me and Bella up. If I went Alice would just figure she's right and it would boost her ego to the sky. Plus, I was still pretty pissed off about the whole lunch ordeal.

"No, probably not." I finally answer, turning back to face her once more. She looked confused, her eyes practically begging for a longer explanation, and for some reason, I felt obligated to give her one. "We got into a fight, and I'm not really ready to deal with her crap." Bella 'Hmmm'ed this and nodded slightly. "What was the fight about?" I wasn't sure if I should tell her or not. It would probably be best if I told her, it would definitely clear up the whole 'I do not like Bella Swan' thing if I told Bella Swan herself that I do not like her.

"Well Alice, for some reason beyond me, thinks that I like you and managed to convince all my friends that too. The only reason she invited me to her house was to hook me and you up." I added my signature blush at the end. Bella looked at the desk for a few moments but then back up at me.

"But, you excepted the invitation..." She let the rest of the sentence hang in the air. I shrugged my shoulders and leaned back in my chair. "Yes, I did. I was just confused though. I thought there might actually be a legitimate reason for me to go to Alice's, but obviously getting me and you together was her main priority." I let out a sigh and ran my fingers through me already tousled hair.

"Oh." That was the end of me and Bella's conversation. After the bell rang we went our separate ways. I headed off to art while Bella left for gym, I only know that because she has gym with Emmett- since he sees her bruises that are formed from her 'clumsiness'. Was she really clumsy? Or is that just a cover up?

I walked through the art doors and sat next to Eric, ready for this day to be over.

xXxXxXx

I had just thrown on some plaid pajama pants and a cotton tee and I was ready for bed. My homework was done, my dinner was eaten, my teeth were brushed, and my body is tired. Just as I was about to turn off and hit the sack I hear a light tap. The source seemed to be from my window. I stared stupidly at my window while it made the tapping noise again. I made my way to my window, opening my drapes I see the same girl who was in my room last weekend, my heart stuttered all over my chest.

"Bella?" I whispered, even though I knew she couldn't hear me with the window shut. She was sitting on a tree branch outside of my window. I've never been able to climb that tree so how could she? I threw the offending window open and stepped aside to let Bella in, she had changed her clothes into darker jeans and a red tank top. I could see the bruises all over her arms and collarbone. I shut the window and turned to face her, she had a guilty look on her face.

"Edward?" She whispered out. I've never liked the sound of my name so much. I didn't say anything, just continued to look at her.

"Edward, will you help me?" I thought she said she didn't want to tell people her dad abused her? Had she finally had enough? Where would she go when they took her away from her dad? Did she live with her mom? Could she live with her mom? Would she move away from Forks? Would I ever see her again? Would she be safe?

"You said you'd help me, right?" Her voice cracked and she was shaking, trying to hold in the already forming tears.

"Of course, what do you need me to do?" I kept my voice soft and gentle, I tried my best to comfort her. She sighed in order to pull herself together and took another step closer to me. "You, You're the only one who knows my dad hits me. If I talk to anyone else about it, I, I don't know what will happen. Will you just allow me to talk about it? I have nobody else..." She sniffed and looked into my eyes.

Of course, I was hoping that she wouldn't come to her senses and wanted me to wake my parents up and have them drive to the police station to report a child abuse case, how that would work with her father chief of police I wasn't sure, but I just wanted her to be safe.

But, if this is how she wanted me to save her, then in was better than watching her break.

"You talk, I'll listen." An eye-blinding smile broke out on Bella's face. That was thank you enough.

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