WOW! It has been a loooong time since I have uploaded for this story! Soooo sorry! Forgive me? :) I've had major writers block. But here it is...

"It's okay."

She just talked. She just talked to me! Obviously this was a BIG deal judging from the shocked look on her face and Alice's mouth hanging open. I could feel the stupidest smile spread across my face, but there was nothing I could do to stop it.

Before I could say anything back, she grabbed Alice by the arm and ran from the table. As much as I wanted her to stay so I could talk to her more, this was obviously a big step for her. The only thing I was worried about was that she would get scared and not talk to me again. It was obvious that something bad had happened to her to cause her not to talk to anyone. And I wanted her to trust me enough to let me know. But I knew that would take awhile. And I could wait.

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I managed to find the rest of my two classes, all the while dodging Jessica the whole time. I ran to the parking lot, hoping that she was no where around. Then I saw Bella.

She was leaning against a car that looked brand new. One of the best looking cars in the parking lot. I went to the other side of the car, opposite of her.

"Hey," I said, in no where prepared for the reaction I got.

She whirled around. Hand over her heart. I felt horrible.

"Sorry. I didn't mean to scare you."

"No problem," she said. So low it was barely audible. Still, it affected me the same way as it had last time. Excitement coursed through my veins.

I had to be crazy, right? I barely knew this girl and just hearing her talk to me made me this happiest man on earth. Was it as special as I thought it was or did she just decide to start talking.

"I thought you didn't talk to anyone," I asked smiling, hoping she couldn't hear the excitement in my voice.

I heard her mumble a, "Yeah, I thought that too."

"Well, why are you talking to me?" I asked.

Before I could get my answer Alice showed up with her mouth hanging open. She got right in the car and Bella followed with out saying a word and off they went.

At this point most of the cars were out of the parking lot so I didn't have to worry about people seeing me get into the volvo.

When I got home I checked my messages. There was one from my mom sayingthis was there last trip. As soon as they were done they were coming home and that we could work on things. Yeah, right. I heard that before. I'm sure they would find another town or village that needed their help. I mean, dont get me wrong, I love my mom and dad and I respect what they do, but once you have a family shouldn't that be your top priority?

I noticed that I was all of a sudden starving so I went to the kitchen to get something to eat. As soon as I opened the fridge I knew I had to go shopping. In my fridge there was mustard, relish, a bottle of water and some turkey lunch meat. Yum.

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So there I was, in isle 5 trying to decide which bread to get. Why exactly are they so many different types? I mean, don't they all taste like bread?

Anyway, that's when the pixie attacked me.

"Edward!" she screamed, practically tackling me to the ground, "What are you doing here?"

"Um... shopping. You?" I asked, not knowing what else to say.

"Picking up some cake for desert. Another one of my aunts are visiting. Yay," she said, rolling her eyes and basically jumping up and down.

"That's nice," I say, finally picking a loaf of bread.

I turn to look at her and find she's standing there staring at me.

"Would it be weird if I gave you Bella's number," she said right when I was about to ask her why the hell she was staring at me.

"Not at all," I said, knowing the smile was huge on my face.

Apparently showing encouragement to Alice is the wrong idea.

"Yay, yay, yay!" she started jumping up and down again, "Let me see your cellphone."

I reached into my pocket and handed it to her.

"Okay, so when you call her she's not gonna answer so you'll have to leave a message, okay? And don't feel stupid 'cuz she's definitely there listening."

"Alright."

All of a sudden she was still, looking sad.

"What?"

"She's probably not gonna answer at all. The only person she talks to on the phone is me. She doesn't even talk to her aunt," she said, frowning.

"Don't worry, I'll leave so many messages she'll answer eventually."

She smiled, "I like you!" she handed me back my phone, "I put my number in there too, just in case. And if leaving messages don't work you can threaten her with this."

She pulled out a key chain and started taking a key off and handed it to me.

"What's this for?"

"To Bella's house."

I looked at her like she was crazy.

"She's very stubborn. You'll most likely need it."

"I appreciate it," I said, slipping it into my pocket.

"Well, I have to get that cake and go or I'll hear it from my mom. Good luck," she said, smiling like crazy and turned to leave.

"Hey!" I called before she got to far, "Don't go around giving Bella's keys out to random people, okay?"

"Of course not," she smiled and then she was gone.

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I have been staring at my phone for what seemed like hours. Here goes nothing.

As Alice had said she didn't answer. I found myself slightly disappointed even though I knew I would get the answering machine.

"Bella? I know your there. Would you answer the phone, please? I ran into Alice at the store. She told me that you would definitely be home and she gave me your number."

And then the machine cut off and I called her right back. I wasn't giving up.

"Look, I know you don't like to talk but can you answer the phone then hang up so I know your there?"

And she did. That's when I decided I had to see her again. And I couldn't wait until school tomorrow.

"Thank you. Now that I know your there I hope you don't mind if I come by your house. I'll take you anywhere you want. And from what I saw at lunch today, your probably mad at Alice so I'll even take you over to her house so you can yell at her, if you want," I laughed, recalling the moment at lunch when she nearly pushed her off the bench.