Hello you wonderful people! I love you all so much and I really love reading your reviews! They make me feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside. They are the only reason I burst out my laptop and start writing like mad! I love the support people! Keep it up! You can't imagine how I feel when I check my email and see dozens of stuff from ! I start singing "I feel good" and "I'm walking on sunshine" so loudly that my mom sometimes threatens to send me an asylum :(. Anyway this chapter is 4,474 words long and I think my hand fell off. It still hasn't recovered from yesterday! But I fear death threats if I don't update soon so that definitely gives me motivation! Now WARNING: You may get confused at certain points because Bella is having an internal battle right now and the end shows her accepting defeat to something you all want to happen!

And congrats to Locketful o' Heartache for correctly guessing that I stole the name O'Shea from The Host (which is unfortunately rightfully owned by Stephenie Meyer who also again owns Ian. Where is the justice? First Edward now Ian! THIS IS SO UNFAIR!)

Oh right! I forgot about this! THERE IS A POLL ON MY PROFILE FOR WHO YOU WANT BELLA TO END UP WITH SO GO AND VOTE OR ELSE I'LL MAKE HER END UP WITH ARO SOMEHOW! DON'T TEST ME I MAY DO IT! SO GO AND VOTE!

And so the story continues *the curtain rises*

Disclaimer:

Me: Hey Stephenie I finally own Twilight *waves deed in her face*

Stephenie: WHAT?!

Me: Yup I own Twilight. You don't anymore. See it's right here written in black and white * flashes page at her*

Stephenie: *grabs deed and reads it* This is a project on fungal diseases

Me: *grabs paper back* Um…that's my Science project *pulls out deed* there *points at paragraph* It says here that Stephanie N. owns Twilight from now on not Stephenie M. *does happy dance* See? DREAMS DO COME TRUE!

Stephenie: Cullens, Denali and Volturi covens and Quileutes, assemble!

*All the Cullens, Denalis and Volturi and the werewolves appear out of nowhere and Steph is pinned down*

Me: *screams* Get off of me, Edward! Whoa that's one thing I never thought I'd say!

Stephenie: *grabs deed and tears it to shreds* HA! I, STEPHENIE MEYER, AM THE ONLY PERSON WHO ONWS THE AWESOMENESS THAT IS TWILIGHT!

Me: *Picks up shredded deed* NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! *sobs*

Stephenie: In your face sucka!

Me: Edward?

Edward: Yeah, Steph?

Me: On second thought, please stay where you are!

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Chapter Five

I hopped in my Ferrari and sped home to prepare for my "date". I know I'd sworn off guys but I decided that Demetri might just be acceptable. I mean he was sweet, talented and it helped that he was so gorgeous. He could never be like Jacob I decided. Although I was excited and couldn't wait, a small part of my conscience kept nagging me that he wasn't the right guy. It felt like the gut instinct I had when I first started dating Jacob. The same nagging feeling had been bothering me but I had pushed it out my mind. But now here it was again…. No! I thought, nothing bad will happen. Demetri was not Jacob, he would never hurt me. He was too nice and sweet and besides he was an artist. Artists could never hurt other people. They were too insightful. They loved the world and could never hurt anyone it. But my internal battle raged on inside.

No, I thought fiercely, Demetri won't hurt me. I pushed the thought of it to the back of my mind and concentrated on what I'd wear this evening. I reached home and skipped upstairs. The house seemed empty so I guessed that both Mason and Renee were out. I started my homework and by the time I was done it, it was 5:20. I took a long bath and washed my hair in my favorite strawberry shampoo. I wrapped my head in my towel and put on my robe. I stood before my closet trying to decide what to wear. Just then my phone rang. It was Alice.

"Hey Bells! Wanna come over tonight? Esme is just dying for you to come back and Em wants you to play videogames with him since me and Rose completely refused," Alice's chipper voice chirped excitedly. "We can have a girls' night!" she gushed.

"Hey Ali, I'm sorry but I can't. I have a date tonight," I said happily. She gasped, "With who? Details!"

"You know Demetri Volturi?" I asked. She gasped again. "Oh My God! Rosalie Lillian Hale, get your butt in here now!" she shouted. I heard Rose ask, "What's up Alice that you need to pull me away from your brother?"

"Bella has a date with Demetri Volturi!" she screamed. I could hear Rose gasp. "Bella, I'm putting you on speaker!" Alice said. I heard a beep and then I could practically hear Alice and Rose breathing down on the phone.

"Uh guys, what's the big deal about me having a date? I thought I was pretty?" I sounded fake hurt at the end.

"Isabella Marie Swan, this is so not a joke!" Alice screamed into the phone. Ouch…my ear hurt with her screaming and I had to hold the phone away with my ear.

"Alice calm down for Pete's sake! You're screaming my ear off!" I shouted into the phone.

"Well, how else do you expect me to react?! You have a date with Demetri Volturi! The hottest guy in the school! The hottest most undateable guy in the school! He never goes out with anyone!" she said, still screaming.

"Wait, he doesn't date? Ever?" I asked stunned. Whoa…I expected with his looks he must have dated millions of girls.

"NO! How did he ask you? Was it romantic? I bet it was romantic! He's so dreamy and mysterious but ever since he moved here he's been secluded from everyone. He doesn't talk to anyone let alone date. So what happened?" she screamed again.

I held the phone away from my ear. "Rose, please take Alice away from the phone before she gives me permanent loss of hearing."

I heard Rose wrestling the phone away from Alice. "Alice…no…give…it…to…ME!" she gasped. "Ouch!" she exclaimed. "Bella, she bit me!"

I laughed. "Alice Mary Swan, hand over the phone to Rose now," I said, my voice ringing with authority.

I heard Rose sigh. "Okay I have the phone now," she said, breathlessly. "Alice, you are so going to pay for biting me," she swore. "Now, Bella, explain everything slowly and don't even think of leaving out anything, else I'll make Alice bite you."

I explained everything that happened in Music. "OMG, Bella you are so damn lucky! You have Hottie-Mc-Dreaminess as your partner and you have a date with him! AHH! I wish I was you!" Alice screamed as I finished. Dang that girl could burst an ear drum.

"Yeah, Bella, you are really lucky. I swear if I didn't have Emmett, I would be after Demetri," Rose said, her voice going all lovey-dovey at Demetri's name. Wow Demetri had these girls crazy and they had boyfriends.

I was getting dizzy with all the information. "Okay, guys, I gotta go get ready for my date," I said.

"You HAVE to tell us everything! Call us after!" she screamed again. "ALICE, KEEP IT DOWN IN THERE!" I heard Edward's voice yell. I heard a door burst open. "What is going on in here?" I heard Edward ask.

"Alice, he knows already. I forgot to tell you. Edward and I are now dance partners," I said, resigned. I heard her and Rose gasp and Edward's voice asked, "Bella?"

"Hey Edward," I said tiredly, "Okay guys I'm going. Demetri's gonna be here in about thirty minutes and I still have to get dressed. Bye, I'll call you later," I said, just before I hung up the phone.

I picked out my outfit, finally satisfied with the result. It was a three-quarter pants that reached just above my knees. It was a creamy color and I picked out a dark blue tee to wear on top. It had swirly silver patterns on it. I picked out my favorite silver metallic flip-flops. It was cute yet casual. I washed my face and just applied some lip gloss. I was going au naturale and I put my hair up in a clamp. A few strands hung in my face and I tucked them behind my hair just as the doorbell rang. I smiled at my reflection before skipping down to answer the door.

I opened the door and there stood my handsome date. He'd changed into a simple t-shirt and dark blue jeans. His hair was still wet as if he'd not too long gotten out of the shower and his depthless ice blue eyes surveyed me. I felt as if he were looking into my soul. He carried his guitar case in one of his hands. I smiled at him and he grinned back. "Hey!" I said. "Hey," he said back, in that deep accent of his.

I invited him inside and we sat down in the living room. We began talking about ourselves. He told me all about himself. Apparently he was born in Volterra, Italy and he had lived there until his parents and siblings died in a car crash. He had a brother, Alec and a sister, Jane who had been four and two years older than him. He had been ten at the time. His parents, Felix and Heidi, had left all their money and property to their children but Felix's your sister, Gianni, had been named the guardian of the children if anything had happened to them and had control of the money until they turned eighteen. Gianni took him in and cared for him like her own child. He loved her like his own mother and shortly after the accident they moved to America. He had just turned seventeen and his birthday had been two weeks before. His birthday was January 13th and his favorite color was green. He had gone to school here for so long yet he'd never found anyone he could relate to and he'd applied to Julliard and was currently awaiting the letter of acceptance or declination.

"Until I met you today, I've never actually spoken to anyone. But when I heard you singing, I realized that you were different," he said, looking at me.

I blushed, "Is that in a good way of a bad way?"

"A good way," he whispered. "You have more soul and more talent than the rest of the girls. Your music reflects who you are inside and the song that you wrote showed that you've been hurt before. I don't know what happened but I can tell that it was a guy who hurt you. Am I right?" I nodded and told him everything about Jacob. It was surprisingly easy to talk to him. He listened intently and when I finished he shook his head. "That Jacob guy…he's the biggest jerk I've ever heard of. More so than that Edward Cullen. Congratulations on what you did today."

I looked at him puzzled. He laughed and explained, "I saw what happened in the parking lot. That was very rude of him and I loved what you told him. I would beat him senseless if he ever touched you like that again."

I laughed, "Thanks for that, but I think I can handle him. That guy just doesn't know when to quit."

"Well, he doesn't want to give up on you. You're the only girl who's ever resisted him and he can't accept defeat like that. Besides, you're the most gorgeous girl in the school and he hasn't had you. That's got to be a big blow to the guy who's had every girl he ever wanted since he was in his diapers," he said matter-of-factly.

"Gorgeous?" I laughed, "I think not." He didn't laugh. Instead he looked at me seriously and brushed a strand of hair that handed landed in my eye behind my ear.

"Yes, gorgeous, you are the most beautiful girl I've ever seen," he whispered as he leaned in. Our lips touched and my skin felt as if it were on fire. The fire spread all over my body and pulled me closer to Demetri. My fingers entwined in his hair and his hands were on my neck. His tongue licked my lower lip, asking for entrance and I granted it to him gratefully. We battled for dominance and eventually I won. We pulled away all too soon for air. We panted, looking at each other.

"Wow," I said. I had just broken my pact to myself. I had fallen for this guy. I couldn't help it. It had been all too easy and now I just prayed he wouldn't hurt me.

"Wow indeed," he said leaning in again. We continued making out until finally we pulled away.

"So where does this put us?" I asked, looking at him. He looked at me seriously and said, "I think now we could be boyfriend and girlfriend. It depends on if that is what you want? I promise you I won't ever hurt you like Jacob. But the decision remains on you. Do you want to be my girlfriend?"

I looked at him and nodded, "Yes." He smiled at me and my heart melted. He held me in his arms as we finally decided to work on our assignment. We worked on a song together. He was really good at the lyrics but he made it so that I could sing it alone.

"Are you sure? I mean you should sing too," I asked. He shook his head. "No, you'll sing and I'll play the music. We'll both get the same marks. Besides, your voice has much soul in it and it makes the music flow better," he said. I blushed and we kissed. We already finished the song for that week and we practised it a little before finally Demetri had to leave. It was already eight.

"I better go, before Mom kills me," he said, referring to Gianni as Mom. He kissed me goodbye and left in his black and silver Porsche.

I sighed and went upstairs. Mom and Mason returned home a few minutes later. "Sorry honey, we had to go sort out something with the lawyers. How was your evening?" asked Renee, her head popping through my door.

I smiled, "Magical."

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The next morning, I got up in a good mood. Nothing could spoil my buzz today. I got dressed in skinny jeans, my boots, and a striped black and blue tank with a short sleeved jacket on top that ended right in the middle of my stomach. I added a blue and white Converse to the outfit and accessorized it with chandelier earrings, a charm bracelet and a heart shaped necklace. My hair was kept back with a clip but it still was to the middle of my back. I looked presentable so I applied some lip gloss and eye shadow.

I skipped to my car after being stuffed by Mason's cooking again. He was like a chef. Within a matter of fifteen minutes I had reached the car park and found a decent spot after circling a few times. I spotted Demetri's car and walked over to it. He was inside listening to music. I knocked on the window and he smiled and opened the door. He stepped out and we stood there, looking at each other.

"Hey there," he said leaning into to kiss me. "Hi," I said as I kissed him. We pulled away and I recognized "New Divide" playing on the radio. We started talking about Linkin Park and we were so engrossed in our conversation that we didn't realize we were being watched until we leaned into to kiss again and were interrupted by a loud squeal. Alice, Rose, Jasper and Emmett all stood there watching us, big smiles plastered to their faces. It was of course Alice who squealed. Demetri and I grinned at each other. Alice and Rose winked at Demetri before pulling me away. I saw Em and Jazz talking with Demetri out of the corner of my eye. They seemed to be getting along nicely.

I received a sharp blow to the arm. Alice had smacked me. "OW!" I exclaimed, "What the hell was that for?" I glared at her.

"That," she hit me again, "was for not calling us last night and that," Rose hit me on my other hand, "was for withholding wonderful details." I glared at the both of them. "Why are you two so interested in my love life?" I asked.

They looked at me disbelievingly, "Hello, it's Mr. Hottie McDreaminess, how could we not get interested?" Rose said, looking incredulous.

"Oh so just 'cause it's Demetri, you care," I said, pretending to be hurt and pouting. Apparently it worked and Alice and Rose glanced at each other before hugging me. "Of course we care about you, Bells," Alice consoled me. I laughed at their guilty expressions.

They seemed to realize they'd been fooled and they looked at each other before both hitting me on both of my arms.

"OW!" I screamed, rubbing the now tender spots, "That's gonna leave a bruise you know." They just gave me the evil eye. "Now you know how Emmett feels," said Rose with an evil grin.

"Now," said Alice seriously, grabbing my hands and shaking them as she spoke slowly, "What. The. Hell. Happened?"

I glared at them and then launched into the story of my magically wonderful evening before they could hit me again.

"Whoa…" they said, both misty-eyed. I laughed at their expressions and they snapped out it and gave the evils again. I shut my mouth and wrapped my hands around my body in case they hit me again.

"So is he a good kisser?" Rose asked seriously. I smiled, "Amazing."

"Details please!" Alice screamed at me. She and Rose listened intently as I described it.

"Wow," they said misty-eyed again. I took advantage of their vulnerable state and smacked them on their arms like they had done me.

"Ow!" they said in unison. Thankfully I was saved by the bell and I ran away to my History class. I was the first one there and a few minutes later, Rose arrived. She gave me an evil glare. I smiled angelically back at her. The rest of my first two classes passed uneventfully. Then it was time for Dance. Alice seemed to have gotten over me and Demetri and we made our way over to the dance studio after changing into our clothes. Like the day before I was attacked by Edward again.

"Hey there, Bella," he called, still trying to dazzle me, "don't forget we have practice with Ms. Nebsit tomorrow after school." He smirked. Ugh…I'd forgotten that I had practice with Edward and he was my new dance partner. Hopefully for him, he'd survive because if he continued his stupid player act any longer he was going to be strangled soon.

Alice seemed to come up with a stroke of inspiration and she skipped over to Edward and whispered something in his ear. I could've sworn I heard the words, "Bella", "Demetri" and then something about "kiss". No, I had to be mistaken. Alice wouldn't dare but judging by Edward's furious expression, she had. Ooh the pixie's gonna die, I thought menacingly. Not even Jasper could spare her. She skipped away, back to my side and I was prepared to yell but just then the door opened.

Ms. Nebsit entered the class and called order to the class. She called Edward and me aside. "Okay you two," she said, her eyes sparkling, "you will be practicing today with one of my old students, Trish. She's going to teach you some basic hip-hop moves today. Now there are three parts in the competition; one of them is a hip-hop/ freestyle dance, the other a classical dance or ballet and the last one is a special dance that can incorporate both classical and freestyle moves but just basically a normal dance similar to what we did yesterday with the dance war." We nodded as she finished.

"Edward, I know you are quite good in the freestyle department," she continued, "and Bella, I know you were in ballet so the two of you are good in each department but need to learn the other so you will be learning the moves together. However, where the choreography for the entire dance comes in you need to make up your own routine. I cannot make it up for you and then re-teach you it. The smart thing to do is after you've learned the moves, to get together and make up the dances. You also have to decide on your music," she continued. "And I know you two don't like each other but for this competition I need you to put aside your differences. Edward, I know your reputation and I know that you flirt like mad and I can see you like to annoy Bella but that's going to have to stop," she said bluntly. Edward looked shocked that she knew so much about her and she smiled at his expression. "Yes news gets around in the teachers' lounge."

She turned to me, "Bella, I'm going to need you to put aside your dislike for Edward." I nodded.

Maybe I can do that, I thought. Then I looked at Edward and saw the smirk again. Or maybe not, I thought.

No I can and I will do this, I firmly resolved.

"And from both of you," she said looking at us seriously, "I'm going to need co-operation." We nodded solemnly and said, "Yes, ma'am." She smiled at us before waving a girl looking to be her late twenties forward.

"Now this is Trish, she's going to teach you whilst I teach your classmates," Ms. Nebsit said, before leaving us and going to the class.

"Hi y'all," said Trish in a southern accent, "okay now let's do some stretches before we start dancing…"

We stretched and then she taught us some of the moves. As Ms. Nebsit has said, Edward was pretty good in this department. I managed to grasp the moves at the end and Ms. Nebsit came over at the end and made us show her what we'd learnt. We showed her and she was pleased, "Wonderful! So tomorrow you will learn some ballet which will be a lot harder to grasp as you have to develop your body more. You can go now," she dismissed us. Ha, I thought, tomorrow I'd get to see Edward struggle.

Speaking of Edward, he'd been surprisingly quiet the entire class ever since Alice had told him about my and Demetri's date. But I was grateful for that otherwise he might not have been alive by now if he kept the player act up. I had felt his eyes on me the entire class though and I felt a bit creeped out to tell the truth. He wasn't acting like himself; he hadn't even tried to flirt with Trish. I was surprised and almost unnerved by his silence. It was so unlike him.

The boys' and girls' locker rooms were right next to each other so we had to walk together. I felt his eyes on me so I rounded on him, "Why do you keep staring at me like that, Edward?"

He just looked at me and for once I was captured by his green gaze. The same connection, I'd felt the day before, started again. I felt drowned in his gaze and it seemed like we were the only two people in the world and only us mattered. I had never even felt like this with Demetri although we'd just become boyfriend and girlfriend and I felt that deep down inside we were meant to be with each other and might even be soulmates. What was happening? Why was this happening? I'd heard of this in books and wondered if I would ever experience this in real life. I thought it would be when I found my soulmate but this wasn't my soulmate. This was Edward. Stupid shiny Volvo owning, player, idiot, Edward. So then why was this happening with Edward and not with Demetri? I didn't even like Edward. Or did I? I thought. No, I don't, I thought fiercely. He's a stupid player who loves to break hearts. I've survived one heartbreak and I sure as hell don't want another. Which is what I would get if I even thought about liking Edward. Besides I liked Demetri, not Edward. At least Demetri would never hurt me like Jacob did. Edward, on the other hand, had the nature and surely the potential to do it. I was a commitment type of girl; I needed a guy who could commit. He, however, could never stay with a girl longer than a week tops. I had to admit it though, despite the fact that Edward was annoying the majority of the time, he was gorgeous. I know I've said that Demetri was more gorgeous but… there was something about Edward that just made him seem more genuine than Demetri.

Argh! What is wrong with me? I thought. How could a player be more genuine? And besides what am I doing here staring into Edward's eyes? I mentally screamed at myself. I finally came to my senses and managed to break the connection by looking away. I settled myself with an uneven breath.

"Edward, is something wrong?" I asked him. He looked at me his eyes filled with some emotion that I couldn't put a name to. He then shook his head and stormed away into the locker room leaving me stunned and looking at the closed door.

"Hello! Earth to Bella!" I was snapped out of my thoughts by Alice's voice. She waved her hand in front of my face and then knocked my head with her knuckles, "Hello? Anyone in there?" she shouted in my ear. I began chasing her and she ran around in circles. "You… told… Edward!" I shouted at her. Just then Jasper came out of the locker room and Alice squealed and ran behind her. "Save me, Jazz!" she squeaked. Jasper grabbed my arms which were flailing about trying to get at Alice.

"Now Bella," he said in a fake southern drawl, "Why are you tryin' to kill my girlfriend?" I told him what she had done. He became serious but I could tell it was and act. "Leave her punishment to me," he said, his blue eyes glittering mischievously. I didn't even want to know what he had in mind so I just rolled my eyes and went to change. I was out in record time and off to Calculus with Jasper.

The rest of the day passed uneventfully. In Biology, Edward was absent. Probably off ditching and doing who-knows-what with some bimbo. Like that day before, I convinced myself that whatever kept happening with Edward meant nothing. The player means nothing to me, I chanted in my head as I looked at his empty seat. But my dang conscience kept nagging me. It kept telling me that my and Demetri's relationship was wrong and that I did in fact feel something for Edward. But I refused to accept that. I do not like Edward. He's a stupid player. I feel absolutely nothing for him. But deep down inside, I felt it was a lie but I ignored it anyway. In Music, when I saw Demetri, I tried to make whatever happened with me and Edward to happen between me and Demetri and prove my conscience wrong. But no matter how hard I tried to get lost in his eyes, I just felt as if I were looking into pools of ice. I tried to dive into it but something was blocking me. I felt that the more I got to know Demetri, the guy I called my boyfriend now, it seemed that he was keeping something from me. It was probably nothing. Just my head working over time. I hoped. Edward was still absent, most likely still off doing whatever he was doing. The thought of it made my heart feel funny. Was it hurt? No it couldn't be. But the thoughts of Edward with some bimbo made my heart reel. Ugh…what was wrong with me? I smiled at Demetri and laughed off everything and focused on the song we were writing.

"One thing is certain," I thought as I laughed as something Demetri had said, "I have no feelings for Edward."

As soon as I thought this, my conscience answered with, "Or are you falling for the player?"

After all the resistance I had put up all day, I didn't bother to answer that question.

Even as I looked now at Demetri, I still felt the attraction towards him. I knew I liked him a lot. He was everything I wanted in a guy; sweet, charming and most importantly he wouldn't break my heart. Though I thought I had broken the promise to never fall again, I didn't feel that I'd actually broken it. Why was that? I answered that question as soon as I thought it. Because I didn't fall for him. I just liked him but I hadn't fallen like I had with Jacob. I did feel something with him, it was different from what I felt with Jacob but it was certainly something. With Edward, though, something was completely different from the other two guys. It was stronger somehow. I still liked Demetri yes, and I was certainly attracted to him but it wasn't the same as yesterday. Why? I asked myself. Nothing was different. Except… Edward. He had bee different today when he was silent and brooding for once instead of his normal player action. For some strange reason, I just felt completely different about this Edward. He seemed foreign and different from everything else I had ever experienced. I was… attracted towards this side of him?

Ugh… no, I thought trying to convince myself for the umpteenth time, it's nothing.

I knew I was lying to myself. Some part of me was noticing the little things that were good about Edward. The way his lips would curve when he smiled, the way his eyes sparkled in the sunlight and the way his arms felt when they held me when we danced. But the one thing that trumped them all was the way I felt when I looked into his eyes. It was like gravity didn't exist. I felt strangely… weightless. There was no other way to describe the feeling.

Oh crap, I groaned inwardly, finally accepting the truth, I think I'm falling for Edward.

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