Author's Note

Hello my dearies!

I sure hope you had a fabulous Thanksgiving (I know I gained about 20 pounds!) and maybe you even went Black Friday shopping today (I do it online. I don't like to fight the people).

…Now on to chapter two!

Oh, wait! I forgot to mention that translations will always be at the end of the chapter!

I'm finished now!

Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight or anything related to it; that all belongs to Stephenie Meyer. However, I do wish I had Edward Cullen as my hunky boyfriend. *Sighs*

Chapter Two

We Are Surprised

Bella Swan

Monday came quickly. The weekend was spent unpacking our house, and we finally finished it all. Ever since meeting Edward Saturday night, I felt a little less alone in this strange town.

Edward.

He was gorgeous, with his tousled bronze hair and his vibrant green eyes. His smile was breathtaking; I would do anything to see it again. And he was nice. He was compassionate towards me, and he actually listened to me. He made me feel like a real person. I never had any real friends back in Jacksonville, only people that pretended to be my friends. More like people I sat with at lunch so I didn't have to sit alone.

I hadn't used his number yet. In all truth, I was scared. Scared that he wouldn't want to talk to me again, or scared that he wouldn't even answer. Scared of rejection, I guess.

So that was what I've been thinking about for the past two days. Edward Cullen. I'm even thinking about him now as I'm driving to my new high school.

I found a parking space right away, but I guess that's because I got there really early. I had to go to the office and get my schedule. So I did just that. The secretary was very friendly. She instantly made my day just a little brighter. She offered me a map of the school, even, but I declined. This is a town of five thousand people. My old school had more students than this whole town. How big can this school honestly be?

I was wrong! I admit it! I was so, so wrong! I couldn't even find my locker!

I was walking down a random hallway when I felt two hands come around to cover my eyes. I shrieked a little, but instantly relaxed when I heard a familiar chuckle. "Guess who?" his velvety smooth voice whispered in my ear.

I spun around. "Edward!" I smiled, surprised. "I cannot believe we go to the same school now."

"Crazy, huh?" he grinned.

Thank God I'd have a friend here. If he wanted to be a friend, that is. I hope he does.

"Let me see your schedule," he said. I handed it to him and he quickly scanned it over. "Perfect! We have all the same classes! How does that happen?" he mused. "This means I can show you where all of our classes are, and you won't look like a new kid," he laughed. I loved the sound of his laugh.

"Good. I've secretly been nervous about being the new kid. That stuff doesn't get easier," I admitted to him.

"That's perfectly acceptable. Need help finding your locker? You looked kind of lost when I spotted you," he smirked.

"Si maiale," I said, sticking my tongue out at him. He burst out laughing.

"Forse, ma io sono un suino caldo," he shrugged. It was my turn to burst out laughing. He chuckled and took my books in my hand. He carried them as he led me to my locker. I opened it and started organizing my things as Edward leaned against a locker next to mine. "So, what possessed you to come to school so early on a Monday?" he asked.

"It's my first day," I said in a voice that implied he was an idiot. "I don't know where anything is, and I can't be late on my first day, Edward."

"Fine, fine, I see your point!" he said defensively. "Good thing I'm here to help you," he smiled.

"Yeah, lucky me." I said it with a sarcastic tone, but in my mind, it was totally true. I was really lucky.

Everyone was staring at us as Edward walked me to our first class. New kid and undoubtedly the hottest man in school walking together. Interesting.

"Edward!" I heard come out of nowhere. A tiny girl with long, straight black hair pounced on him, which caused him to laugh. Of course he has a girlfriend.

"Hey, sis," he smiled, setting her down back on the ground.

Or not.

"Bella, this is my fiery baby sister, Alice. Alice, this is Bella, my friend. She just moved here," Edward introduced us.

"Nice to meet you, Bella," she said. But she didn't shake my hand. No, she hugged me.

"So this is the girl you were with Saturday night?" Alice asked Edward with a knowing look.

"How could you possibly know that?" Edward asked, shaking his head.

Alice tapped the side of her head. "I know everything, big bro." She pranced away, leaving Edward still shaking his head.

Edward Cullen

The first half of the day was probably the best I've ever had, and I know it was all because of Bella. I cannot even explain how she makes me feel. It's like she knows everything about me, but doesn't care about the bad stuff. I guess she just understands me. It's hard to explain.

In fifth hour history, I told Bella she could sit with me and my family today at lunch. She didn't really like the idea.

"Really, Edward, it's okay. I'll feel like I'm imposing," she insisted, but I wasn't letting her get away with it.

"Sorry, Bella, but I'm not letting you sit alone. Nobody wants to sit alone," I told her. She huffed but didn't give in. "Come on, Florida! I've had to endure sitting with couples my whole high school life, and then you come along, and I still have to sit alone? Don't do this to me, Bella!" I pleaded.

Needless to say, Bella sat with me, Alice and Jasper, and Rosalie at lunch.

"Hey, guys, this is Bella. Bella, this is Jasper," I said, pointing towards Jasper, "Rosalie, and…" I looked next to Rose to find Nick not sitting in his usual spot. "Where's Nick?" I asked her.

Rosalie shrugged. "We broke up."

"What? You guys were having the time of your lives two days ago!" I said. Not that this news upset me. I didn't really like Nick.

"Things change, Edward. But I'm fine with it, don't worry," Rose said sarcastically. Not that she really wasn't okay, it's just the way she is; sarcastic.

Rosalie is definitely our mother's daughter, in that they're both very…um, passionate and sarcastic. They're the sweetest people in the world until you get them mad. They will go off on you, and you'll wish you kept your mouth shut. I just hope Bella doesn't have to see that side of them yet, and when she does, I hope she's prepared, because I intend to keep her around for a long time, whether it's as my best friend, or something more. I could only hope.

"So Bella, Edward sure took to you quickly. He's usually a stubborn ass who ignores everybody but his own blood. What did you do to break him?" Alice asked Bella. I stuck my tongue out at her, but I couldn't deny what she said because it was true. I don't talk to people unless they're my family or their significant others, whom I usually like (Jasper, not Nick). People just think I'll settle for anything because I'm "good-looking" (Alice's words) and I look like "a normal, slutty jock" (Rose's words). I don't click with the guys at school because they're all idiots who just want a girlfriend to have sex with, but not love, like they should. I don't date because all the girls here are fake and can't hold an intellectual conversation. And quite frankly, they just want the same thing the guys do.

"Well, Alice, I just told him he was my brother from another mother and he fell for my charm," Bella said seriously. Thank God my family is used to sarcasm (see Rosalie's comment above) and they laughed.

Alice mock-gasped. "You mean you're my sister?" she said dramatically to Bella. They threw their arms around each other and laughed. "You're good, Bellsy," Alice commented.

"Ha ha," I faked. "No, actually, we can't tell you how we met," I smirked.

Bella elbowed me in the stomach. "He just doesn't want to tell you that he was staring at me and I happened to open my eyes and catch him. Funny enough, it was him that screamed, not me." Bella recalled the memory and cracked up.

"Thanks," I muttered to her. She snorted, causing me to laugh with her. The others looked at us like we were crazy, but we couldn't stop. Bella had her hand on her stomach and her head was buried in the crook of my neck. I could feel her breath shake on my neck as she laughed. It was driving me crazy; I felt this need to kiss her.

But I didn't. Instead, I just kept laughing with her. I did kind of choke when I heard Rose mutter, "They're made for each other." I quickly looked over at Bella to see if she heard it. I don't think she did. Her laughter did slow, though, but not enough for her to appear as though she just heard Rose call Bella my soul mate.

Bella Swan

Oh, I heard it. "They're made for each other." I stopped breathing for a moment, but quickly continued to laugh, though not as hard, as to make it look like I hadn't heard Rose. I just hope Edward didn't hear her. As much as Edward being my boyfriend sounded great, I didn't want to ruin our newfound friendship. Plus, I really don't think Edward liked me like that.

After lunch I had Biology with Edward and Alice. I sat next to Edward at a table, with Alice behind us.

"So I was thinking we should all do something tonight. You know, to get used to each other. I have a feeling you'll be around a long time, Bella," Alice smiled and winked at me. I blushed a little, having imagined what she meant by that.

"That sounds like fun. Can I maybe bring my brother? He's nineteen and glued to video games. It'd be nice to get him out of the house. He's great, though. He's a big teddy bear," I say, hoping that Alice will be fine with that. I feel bad that he doesn't have any friends here, and he'll have a hard time because he's not in school anymore.

Alice waved off my desperate pleas. "That's fine, Bella! I'm sure anybody related to you is fantastic," she grinned.

Edward didn't seem to care. He just shrugged. This might be difficult because of Edward's lack of social skills. I hope he takes a liking to Emmett.

"What are we doing?" I asked.

Alice grinned mischievously. "Mini golf."

Edward groaned. I looked at him, confused. "Alice is the master of mini golf. Nobody's beaten her yet."

I have to admit, I love a good challenge. "You're on, Alice Cullen," I said seriously, making the "I'm watching you" move with my hand.

"Emmett Swan, get up and get dressed!" I yelled when I walked through the door after school. He was asleep on the couch in just his boxers. When he didn't move, I shouted, "There's a very attractive girl here to meet you!"

That got his attention. He jumped right up. "Where?" he asked, looking around frantically.

I wasn't lying to him. There really was a beautiful girl with me. And a very handsome man, but we won't go there.

After school, I asked Rose if she wanted to come with me. She seemed to warm up to me, and after I explained that my brother was single and very attractive, she figured it wouldn't hurt to come along. Plus, I didn't really know if Emmett would come mini golfing if just I had asked him to. Edward came too, but that's because he said carpooling saved gas. He drove Rose to my house while I drove my mom's car back home.

You should have seen the look on Emmett's face when his eyes landed on Rosalie. I swear he fell in love. It was actually really cute, seeing love at first sight. Rose seemed to feel it too. I've never seen her look so serene.

Not that I've known her long. Three hours hardly counts as "long."

I needed to tell my mom where Emmett and I were going, but I wasn't going to interrupt Emmett's moment of falling in love. My brother's never looked this happy before.

So I took Edward's hand (ignoring the spark that traveled through my body) and went in search of my mother. She was outside, planting some flowers in a garden that wasn't here this morning.

"Mom." She turned around and stood up once she saw I wasn't alone.

"Hi, Bells," she smiled, waiting for me to introduce her.

"Mom, this is Edward Cullen. Edward, this is my mom, Renee."

My mom pulled Edward in for a hug. "Edward Cullen? Is your mother Esme Cullen?" she asked him. Edward nodded. "What a small world! Bella, Edward's mother designed and created your bedroom!"

Wow. I wonder if Edward got any of his mother's creative genes, because she was brilliant. She really knew how to put things together without over-matching.

"That really is crazy," Edward commented. I laughed at that. I was going to say something in Italian, but my mom would have known what I was saying anyways.

"Mom, Emmett and I are going to go mini golfing with Edward and his sisters. Is that okay?" Yeah, that made sense Bella. Ask her if it was okay to go after telling her we were going.

"That's fine, honey! Be back by seven, though. And Edward, it was very nice meeting you. Tell your mother we'll have to get together for dinner sometime," Renee smiled at Edward. He promised he would, and we walked back into the living room. We were met with Emmett (now fully dressed) and Rosalie, foreheads connected, having a quiet conversation. Emmett must have just said something funny because Rose laughed, causing Emmett to smile widely.

Edward coughed and they snapped apart. Emmett stood and took Rosalie's hand. "Ready to go?" Edward asked. They nodded eagerly.

"Certo che lo sono," I mumbled. Edward chuckled and led me towards his car. Emmett and Rose took Emmett's new jeep, wanting to be alone.

Of course they did.

"I call pink!" Alice shouted once we reached Cancun Lagoon Golf Course. Edward told me all the mini golf courses in Myrtle Beach (ten minutes away from Surfside Beach and where all the fun things were) were all themed. This one was themed with the Mayan Temple. Kind of eerie, I'm not going to lie.

Alice got the pink golf ball, and Jasper got orange. Rosalie wanted light purple, and Emmett got dark purple to please her. I rolled my eyes; he's whipped already. I picked blue, and Edward went with teal because they didn't have green.

Everyone had taken to Emmett quite nicely. Even Edward didn't do too badly. Emmett cracked some jokes and had Edward laughing. Thank goodness Emmett didn't even think that Edward and I were dating. That wouldn't have gone over well.

I seem to think about Edward and I becoming a couple quite a bit.

"So, uh, Rose and Emmett, you two an item?" Alice asked, raising an eyebrow at the two of them.

Rose cracked a smile and Emmett tightened his hold on her waist. "You bet your bottom dollar we are!" Emmett boomed. "Rosie here likes my muscles," he grinned, showing his dimples. Rosalie slapped his chest but kissed his cheek anyways.

What sickening little lovers.

So apparently going mini golfing as a group means going off as couples. I went off with Edward, which was okay. Let everybody be all coupled and in love.

"You know what?" I said suddenly to Edward. He was hitting his golf ball around Chak's (the Mayan god of lightning and thunder) tomb. "Who needs them anyways? I have my bestie with me." My talking threw him off track and his golf ball landed in the tomb, forcing it to make a roaring noise. I cracked up. Edward threw his little putter down and growled at me.

"You're going to get it now, Florida," he threatened. I giggled like a freaking five year old. He grabbed my waist and threw me over his shoulder, making me shriek. I was met with his butt, and I tried my best to ignore it.

"Edward! Put me down!" I yelled, pounding at his back. I laughed as he pretended to throw me into the tomb. I clung to him for dear life. "Edward!" I screamed again.

He chuckled as he put me safely on the ground. "I'm your bestie, huh?"

I punched his shoulder. "Maybe not after that!" I huffed.

Edward fell to his knees dramatically. "Oh, Bella, will you please be my bestie again?" he cried out. I laughed and pulled him to his feet.

"Of course I will. You're all I've got, after all."

Author's Note

Translations:

Si maiale-You pig

Forse, ma io sono un suino caldo-Maybe, but I'm one hot pig

Certo che lo sono-Of course they are

So I felt like it needed to end there! What do you think? Comments and constructive criticism is very much appreciated, flaming is not!

Cancun Lagoon mini golf course is a real place, I do not own that either. I have a link to their website on my homepage if you want to see some pictures. The one of the Mayan god's tomb is on there if you're curious.

Just letting you all know, this story will focus on Edward and Bella being best friends for a while. I have the chapters planned out, and I know when, and if, they become something more. But you will have to keep reading and reviewing to find out when that is!

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Signing off,

Meggie Jay