Edward's POV

I walked through the crowded halls alone this morning. I usually road to school with Emmett, but he was sick so I had to go by myself. I thought about skipping, just for the hell of it. But then I remembered Bella and decided that school was worth going to just for the small chance of getting to talk to her.

The warning bell rang, and I made my way to Armstrong's class. I tore the envelope open, wanting to read Iz's response. My eyes flew over her words, taking them all in as a grin covered my lips. I had really began to love this pen pal project. Iz was really cool, and I actually enjoyed talking to her.

Share a childhood memory.

I rolled my eyes at the topic of the day, somewhat annoyed. These topics were so broad, but so select at the same time. It made me miss the days when we could write whatever we wanted. I turned to my left, expecting to see Emmett but only greeted by an empty seat. Without Emmett to distract me, I pulled out a sheet of paper and started writing.

Iz,
For my childhood memory, I'm going to share one with you that my entire family finds funny, even though I do not. Well actually, pretty much everyone's who's heard the story thinks it's funny, you probably will too. But keep in mind that this has scarred me. It was a warm summer day in June, I believe. My mom, dad, brother, and grandparents decided to go finishing and have a barbeque at the park. There were geese all around, so my grandma handed my brother and I a couple pieces of bread to feed them. Everyone was going fine until I ran out of bread. This one goose got pissed and bit me, so I kicked it and it started chasing me all over the park. I finally had to hide in a port-o-potty for like twenty minutes until it went away. Go ahead and laugh all you want, but I'm telling you beware of geese. They bite hard.
Anthony

PS, I'm still afraid of geese.

I shook my head as I put my letter in the envelope, unsure of why I picked that memory to share with her. There were so many possibilities, and I picked the one that made me look like a sissy douche bag. I wrote Iz's name across the front and handed it to Armstrong on the way out.

"Dude, Bella is totally checking you out." Jasper said as he approached.

I smirked. "Who wouldn't?"

"Are you still pretending that you don't love her?" Alice asked as she placed her hands on her hips.

"There's no pretending involved."

"Oh, so you'd be alright if I told her that my party for Saturday is canceled?"

"Why would you do that?"

"Well, I guess it doesn't matter if she's there or not, since you don't love her."

I sighed heavily and looked over at Jasper for help. He was trying not to smile, but failing miserably. I rolled my eyes and looked back at Alice would was grinning, knowing that she had won.

"I'll see you guys in P.E." I said and walked towards Bella since her friends had left.

She was exchanging the books she had in her hands for the books in her locker as she tried to keep her purse up on her shoulder and hold her tennis racket and lunch box at the same time. Just as her Trig book was about to fall out, I grabbed it for her and she sighed in relief.

"My savior." She said as she put the other books, racket, and lunchbox in her locker.

I smiled down at her. "Which way are you headed?"

"That way." she said and pointed down the same hallway that I was going.

"Mind some company?"

"Not if it's yours." She said and closed her locker.

I laughed as she started down the hallway. At first there was an awkward silence because I didn't know what to say. Usually I had no problem talking to girls, but when it came to Bella it seems like I forget how to breathe.

Soon we were laughing and joking, like we had been best friends for years. She smiled as I pushed her arm lightly. She stopped walking when we reached Mr. Fredrick's room and a scowl set on her face.

"Time for trig."

I gave her a light smile as I rested her trig book in her hands. She thanked me for carrying it for her and then we fell back into an awkward silence. Is it too soon to hug her? Definitely.

"So, uh. I'll see you later." I said as I scratched the back of my neck.

"Yeah, see ya."

Bella's POV

"Uh oh, I know that smile. You talked to Edward." Rose said as I sat down next to her in sixth period English.

"Maybe." I said with a sly smile as I opened Anthony's letter.

Rosalie had started talking about how she knew that I had because I couldn't stop smiling, but I was too busy reading Anthony's letter to answer her. Eventually she became quiet, and I noticed that she was working on her reply. Feeling that I should do the same, I pulled out a black sheet of paper and began writing. That is, after I finished laughing at his letter.

Anthony,
I'm sure you saw this coming, but that was the funniest thing I have ever read. I can definitely see why you're still scared of them though, I'm sure they're vicious animals. Apparently they're worse when they're hungry. I think you'll like my childhood memory cause it definitely shows how freaking cool I am. It was my sixth birthday party, and there was this boy there that I had never liked. We were standing by my pool cause my parents wanted to get a picture of us, because they had always liked him. Anyway, he went to kiss me and I definitely pushed him in the pool. Not nearly as cool as your memory, I realized. But that's the best I could do.
Iz.

PS, the picture definitely ended up me shoving him into the pool. It's priceless.

After class Rosalie and I walked through the halls, trying to get to study hall on time. We talked about the upcoming weekend and everything that we had planned, but I became uninterested when I saw Edward walking my way.

"I'll meet up with you in study hall, there's something I have to do." I said as I turned to Tiffy.

She smirked. "Have fun talking to Cullen."

"Hey." Edward said with a smile as I approached him.

"Hey, I meant to give this back to your earlier." I said as I pulled his bandana out of my purse and handed it to him.

He rolled his eyes. "Bella, I said you could keep it."

"Yeah, but I thought that you only said that because if you came back for it, you would have been late to class."

He laughed lightly. "No I said it because I meant it. I have a million of them, as you can tell." He said as he pointed to the navy blue one that was tied around his head.

"Oh, well now I feel a little lame." I said as my cheeks heated up.

Edward laughed again, taking the bandana out of my hand. "Hold up your arm."

I did as told and watched his tie is around my wrist.

I cocked my head to the side, letting a playful smile take over my lips.

"Isn't this supposed to go around my head?"

"You're much too cool to wear it like everyone else."

"Or maybe just too lame?" I joked.

Edward pulled his bandana off his head and tied it around his wrist the same way that he had just done to mine and smiled widely over at me.

"No, definitely too cool."

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~SoWrongItsRegan