Hi you guys! I'm grounded, so this is gonna be hard to put up. But if I somehow do it, I'm guessing you'll be happy? I guess…

I am soooooooo sorry this took this long. I wouldn't blame you if no one is reading this.

Anyways, it's Friday in the story. :)

EPOV

"It's Friday, Eddie!" Alice shouted at the top of her lungs.

I cringed. She could be really loud sometimes. REALLY loud. "Wow. Thanks for the update Alice."

She smirked. "Oh, come on Eddie. Ya know you're super excited, right? You're gonna be thinking about it all day. 'Oh! What should I wear? This has to be perfect! I'm gonna have to ask her out if this goes really well. What angle should I play? Funny and cute? Sexy and egotistical?'" She said, trying to mimic me and failing beyond belief.

"Oh, shut up Ali."

She smiled and ran out the door. "Come on, Edward. We can't be late. You have to talk to her before we get to class."

"Why? We already talked about what time we're meeting and stuff." I remembered our conversation yesterday. How she was so…out of it.

Alice rolled her eyes. "Edward, you kind of HAVE to talk to her before the date. She has to know that you're excited to be going out with her, even if it is a group thing."

I nodded my head like I understood the random tangles of a girl's mind. How did any of this make sense?

We got into my car and drove to school. Alice wouldn't shut up the entire ride. I was about to tell her that she needed to learn how to drive when Jasper jumped up behind her and she let out a little shriek and a giggle when she realized who it was.

Wrapping his arms around her small waist, he said to me, "Edward, you better hurry up. You have to go talk to Bella before we go to class."

I looked at him in disbelief. How was it that he understood that?

Alice looked up at him with love in her eyes. Then she gave me a pointed look.

"See, Eddie? Jazz gets it. Isn't it obvious? I mean, come on."

"Fine. I'm going Alice. See? I'm walking away. Going…going…"

I backed away from the happy couple and finally turned around and walked inside. Of course, with my amazing luck, I walked straight into Bella's friend Rosalie, making her drop all her stuff.

"Damn it." She cursed under her breath.

"Sorry," I said, crouching down to help her.

"Hey, you're Edward, right?" She asked me. I nodded. "Well, Edward," she said, her voice dripping with sarcasm, "I heard you like Bella. Well, you better understand that if you ever hurt her, if you are ever the cause of a single tear on her face, I will personally come to your house, grab a knife, and kill you."

I wasn't usually intimidated by girls, but Rosalie was fierce. I immediately thought of Emmett and how they would make a perfect couple. But that was beside the point. This girl was a bitch. How was Bella friends with her? Then, I took a second to think about it from Rosalie's point of view. She obviously loved Bella. She never wanted to see her hurt. It seemed like she and I had a lot in common.

"Don't worry, Rosalie. I don't plan on Bella ever being hurt if she's with me."

She looked surprised for a moment, and then collected herself. "Good," she said, "I think I've made my point." She turned on her heel and stalked away. I looked down and saw her shoes. How do girls walk in those death machines? I silently questioned myself. Shaking my head, I turned the other way and went around the corner.

"Edward!" Bella exclaimed right before I ran into her, too.

"Wow. Hi Bella!" I said, quickly racking my brain for something to say.

"Haha. Hi Edward. What's up?" she asked me.

My gaze quickly flitted down to her feet. Aah. Converse. A normal person. I added this to my mental list of reasons why I loved her.

"Nothing. I just wanted you to know I was really excited about tonight."

She smiled a bit. I could practically see Alice cringing. Why did I always have to say the wrong thing?

"So, who are you bringing?"

"Alice and Jasper, Ben, and Emmett."

"That's perfect! I shouldn't really tell you this, but Rose is in love with Emmett and Ben seriously likes Angela."

"Wow. That's great! I know Ben likes Angela, and Emmett hasn't said anything, but I'm sure he likes Rosalie." I replied, feeling happy that she had given me something we could talk about that was related to the date.

"Well, I'm glad we're gonna be able to go out tonight." She said, a genuine smile playing across her face.

The bell rang and she grabbed my hand and ran down the hallway. We made it into bio just in time. Our teacher walked in and glanced at us. He was pushing a TV and we all whooped.

"Movie day, kids!" he told us cheerily.

"Woah. No way." Ben said from the table behind me. Angela, who was his new lab partner, giggled. That girl was so obvious.

I glanced sideways at Bella and she was smiling. She seemed to like the fact that we were going to be able to watch a movie today.

Our teacher turned off the lights and played the movie. I can honestly say that I have no idea what the movie was about. I spent the hour gazing at Bella. The only sign she showed of noticing was she pushed her chair towards me a bit.

By the time the hour was up, I felt empowered. Bella was so beautiful, she could make any man happy. I understood why Newton and Tyler liked her so much. But that didn't stop me from thinking of how they looked at her and feeling jealous.

Bella and I walked to English together. I could tell this was going to be a great day.

BPOV

I really like Edward. I think, more than as a friend. He's just so awkward and sweet around me. Mike and Tyler are terrible. They think they'll get me by acting tough or whatever. Edward is so sweet and so completely clueless. It's so endearing. But I don't want to give in too easily. And I really don't know him. I should figure him out before I get into a bad relationship like the one with Aaron. I shuddered thinking about him. That was a terrible time for me. I was so glad to have Jake with me then.

Edward noticed my shuddering while walking to English.

"Are you cold or something, Bella?" he asked me.

"Oh, no. I'm fine. Thanks Edward." I replied.

That is what I mean. Aaron would never have noticed that. He would have been annoyed at me. He would have said that I was such a girl, made fun of me. Edward is so sweet. He actually looked worried about me. I am so happy right now. I can just forget about Aaron. I really should. He was a terrible thing. But we're over and now I have Edward. Even though I don't really have him. But I will.

Jessica, the school's most popular girl, walked up to us.

"So, Edward, having fun with your charity case?" she asked him.

"What are you talking about, Jessica?" he asked her, an annoyed look on his face.

"I'm talking about Bella, of course. You really don't have to hang out with her. I've seen you. You can ditch her anytime, you know. How about right now? You want to come to my car with me?"

Edward made a disgusted face. Even then, he looked good. I could tell why Jessica would want him for herself, but that the way she was acting was repulsive. I couldn't believe I had been her friend a short year ago.

"Jessica, I think you should leave." Edward told her.

"Oh, why Edward? Would you rather go to my house? We can do that too. All day." She said, running a finger down his chest.

Edward swiped her hand away. Jessica looked shocked, like she had never been rejected in her life.

"Jessica, you better leave right now before some bad things happen to you." I told her, fuming. How dare she speak like that to me, then touch Edward? I didn't care that he wasn't my boyfriend just then. All I cared about was the fact that Edward was my friend and Jessica was ruining his day and mine as well.

With that, me and Edward walked away, leaving a very annoyed Jessica behind us.

"Wow Bella, that was great."

"Thanks, Edward."

The rest of the day went pretty normally. We hung out during lunch, had the pre-group-date chat and left school. Angela and Rose came with me in my truck so we could get ready together.

"Ready, girls?" Rosalie asked us.

Oh yeah. I thought.