Disclaimer: I own none of Twilight. If I did own Twilight, New Moon would be re-written.


BPOV:

When Edward showed up in my bedroom last night, obviously I was shocked, but happy at the same time.

After school, we usually talk a lot, but he didn't call or appear online at all; so naturally, I was worried about him.

But when I called, he seemed pretty distant.

I spent the rest of the night lying on my bed, thinking about Edward.

I felt so sorry for him, I wished there was some way that I could help him. He was obviously upset. I mean, who wouldn't be?

I just wish I could be there to hug him or comfort him in some way. But what would it look like if I just showed up there?

So I just lay there on my bed, intoxicated with thoughts of Edward, and then he showed up.

I felt embarrassed when he discovered my bruises, but the way his lips touched my skin made me forget about them.

I don't know what made me ask him to stay, I felt the need to comfort him, and I needed him to comfort me.

We needed each other.

Especially after our kiss, and neither of us pulled away.

I decided to be true to my feelings and let Edward, in, like he's been wanting me to.

I didn't know what we were at this point, but I was planning on enjoying every moment of it - knowing me, it wouldn't last because he was Edward Cullen, a God (in my eyes). And I was Bella Swan, non-attractive, dorky girl. Two opposites.

I woke up with warm arms wrapped around my body; my face against thick material.

I lifted my head up to two dazzling emerald green eyes looking down at me.

When he registered me looking back at him, he smiled crookedly.

"Uh.. Hi?" I mumbled shyly.

He chuckled and bent down to kiss my forehead.

"Good morning, beautiful," he whispered into my ear.

"Mm, good morning handsome," I blurted out.

My eyes widened at what I just said, and to my dismay, his lop-sided grin widened.

"Ugh," I groaned, slapping my hand against my forehead. "Please tell me I didn't just say that out loud."

He laughed out loud and once again, he pressed his lips to my forehead

"Come on," he said, letting go of me and sitting up, "We have to go to school."

"Oh. Right. School." I chuckled nervously.

"Crap." Edward said, wincing.

"What is it?"

"I left my uniform at home." He said, making a face.

"Oh."

"I can run home real quick, change and then come pick you up. Do you think that would give you enough time to get ready?" He asked.

"Yes," I said, rolling my eyes. "I'm not as high maintenance as Alice."

"Alright," he chuckled, and kissed my cheek. "I'll be back in fifteen minutes."

"Alright, bye." I smiled.

When he was gone, I pressed my palm against the burn he left on my cheek.

I quickly got my school things together and took a quick shower, tying my wet hair back in a ponytail.

By the time I was dressed , had my backpack at the ready and was just getting a cereal bar - I heard a loud knock at my door.

I smiled and skipped towards the front door.

When I opened it, there stood Edward in all his glory.

"Hello." He smiled.

"Hey." I smiled back.

"Ready to go?" He asked.

"Yep. Want a cereal bar? I wasn't sure if you had grabbed any breakfast, and I just thought.."

"Please, and thanks." He smiled, taking the cereal bar from my hands. "That was very thoughtful of you.."

"Oh, it's really no problem." I blushed, closing the door behind me.

We walked to his silver Volvo, and he ran ahead to open the door for me.

I was learning that Edward was a gentleman. Always opening doors for me, always making sure I'm okay.

I think I'm beginning to fall for him more than I'd like.

"So.." I began once we started off to school.

"So.. What?" He asked.

"Um.." I fumbled with my fingers, not knowing where to start.

Edward chuckled. "Just spit it out, Bella."

"It's fine. It's doesn't even matter." I said, shaking my head.

"Bella. Obviously it does matter. Otherwise, you wouldn't have said anything. So please, humour me. What is on your mind?"

I took a deep breath and sighed. "I was just wondering.. What are we now?"

"What are we..?" He lifted one hand off from the steering wheel, motioning me for continue.

"Well. I was just wondering.. Well, we kissed. And, I just wanted to know where we stand."

"Where would you like us to stand?"

"Never mind. It doesn't even matter!" I waved my hand and looked out the window.

"Bella.." He sighed, as we pulled into the parking lot.

He took the keys out of the ignition and reached out and took my hand.

"Bella," he leaned in towards my face, "would you like to be my girlfriend?"

"Be serious, Edward." I chuckled, shaking my head."I am being seriously, Bella. More serious than I have ever been. Will you please be my girlfriend?"

I looked back into his eyes and saw he was dead serious. I couldn't help but surrender.

"Yes." I whispered helplessly.

He leaned in towards me and pressed his soft lips against mine, and they moved together for a few seconds.

When he pulled back, he smiled and whispered, "Good. Now wait here."

I nodded, watching him as he came around to my side of the car, popping on his sunglasses.

He opened the door for me once more, a big smirk on his face.

I climbed out, sliding my backpack on my back. "Thanks," I murmured.

He shut the door and we began walking towards the school.

I couldn't help but notice that every student that was once talking to their friends; they stopped talking and began looking at Edward and I.

He bent his head down to ask, "What's wrong?"

"Um, everybody's staring at us." I said, awkwardly.

"Well, we were going to have to face the lions eventually. Especially that one." He nodded his head towards Jessica.

I waved at her, but she only glared back.

I guess we weren't friends anymore.

"She's looking at you like you're the Devil." I whispered.

"Well, she's always had it for me, so she's probably wishing me to hell."

"Oh." I laughed.

"Well, if I'm going to hell, I might at well do it thoroughly." He said and wrapped his arm around my shoulders.

I giggle as we walked towards the school, while he was chuckling to himself.

Edward walked me to every single class with me, and sat beside me in all of them.

In every class, everybody looked at us really weirdly.

The girls would glare at me and the boys just looked weirdly at Edward, like they were thinking, 'what are they doing with her?"

Every time, anyone would look at me - whether it was good or bad, Edward would wrap his arm around me.

When a girl would glare at me, Edward would give an ferocious glare back. He was like a tiger.

We walked to lunch together, hand in hand, towards the cafeteria.

The moment we stepped in the doors, every single eye in the cafeteria turned towards us.

I blushed once again, and looked down to the floor.

Edward's fingers wrapped around mine, squeezing my hand reassuringly.

I looked up and saw he was smiling at me, and I smiled back, leaning against him.

He pulled me forward and he dumped a bunch of random food on the tray and paid for it with his money.

"No, Edward, please. Let me pay, or at least let me pay half!"

But he just chuckled, "Nonsense, Bella. I'm your boyfriend, I'm going to take care of you."

I rolled my eyes as he paid and we went to a table in the corner.

I saw Alice at a table and waved, she waved back enthusiastically.

I laughed to myself. It was obvious she knew. At least she approved.

I looked around her table and found Rosalie, Emmett and Jasper's faces, which were looking at our table.

Rosalie looked envious, but Jasper and Emmett were looking at us with pure curiosity.

I looked back to Edward, and saw that he was staring at me.

"What?" I smiled.

He shrugged, and smiled back. "Nothing. I just like watching you."

I stared at him weirdly.

Realization came across his face. "Not like that!" He laughed.

"Then like what?" I asked, opening my soda.

"I don't really know how to say it without quite sounding like a stalker. I like seeing your reactions to everything. I always want to know what you're thinking. What you say never fails to surprise me."

"Oh.." I murmured to myself.

"I'm sorry," he said looking down, "I really shouldn't have said that. Now I seem like a creepy stalker or something.

"No, no, Edward, it's fine." I said, grasping his hand with my own. "I completely understand. I think it's sweet. It's not stalker-like at all. Just never be afraid to say whatever you want to say to me, Edward. If anything, I just want to know the truth. Especially from you."

He nodded and kissed my cheek. "Same with you, Miss Swan. I always want to know whatever you're going to say, everything involving the truth. I love talking to you. You're truly a beautiful mystery to me, and I love it."

"I still don't see how you can say that."

"Say what?" He asked, curiously.

"When you call me beautiful." I whispered.

"But you are.." He said, confused.

"No, no I'm not," I laughed, mostly to myself, "I'm a world class dork, and not pretty at all."

"Bella," he sighed, "You really don't see yourself clearly at all."

I rolled my eyes and turned away.

"No, Bella, listen to me. You are beautiful in every single way. I see it in you, Alice sees it in you. Well, not in the same way, I hope." He chuckled.

"Edward!" I laughed, slapping his arm.

"Ouch." He rubbed his arm, feigning hurt.

"You're so silly, Edward."

"As are you, Miss Swan."

He leaned in towards me, about to kiss me, but it was stopped by a loud buzz.

School announcements, great. I thought they only happened during class.

"Good afternoon, everybody!" Sang the nauseating voice of Jessica Stanley.

"I hope you all are having a good day and having an amazing lunch! Now, you are wondering why I am, like, interrupting you! Well, all the senior year must report to the school gymnasium after lunch for this, like, exam couching. Me and like, other people will give each other, like pointers! Be there or else, it will be, like, bad!" I swear I heard cackling in the background. "Okay, well, like, bye!"

When it turned off, everybody went back to talking.

"Well, that was weird." I laughed.

"It usually is when it comes to Jessica. That sounded kind of off, though. I never heard anything about giving advice to each other for exams, have you?" Edward asked.

"No. Not at all. It certainly it strange." I pondered.

The school bell interrupted our thoughts.

"Come on," he said standing up, offering his hand, "We better go and face this most likely ridiculous thing."

"You're right." I sighed and took his hand.

We were one of the first people to the gym.

Alice, Jasper, Emmett and Rosalie were all sitting in the back in one corner.

They spotted us and Alice waved, motioning us to come over.

Edward and I both sighed and walked towards them.

"Hey guys." Edward said, while I waved.

"Hey, Edward. Sit. You too, Bella." Alice commanded.

We didn't bother fighting with Alice. We both knew that was an argument that we were going to end up losing.

We both sat down and Alice didn't even wait to start interrogating us.

"So, tell me, are the rumours true? Are you guys actually dating?" Alice asked.

Edward looked at me and I nodded, giving him my permission. "Yes, Alice. Bella and I are both dating.

"Well, it's about time!" Alice squealed.

"What?" I asked.

"Oh, come on, Bella. I saw this coming on for a while."

"Whatever, Alice." I laughed.

Alice and her freaky 'visions.' It's pretty amazing that Jasper has stuck around, especially with her obsession with the paranormal.

"Bella, this is my brother, Emmett." Edward introduced us.

"Hey, Emmett." I smiled.

"Sup." Emmett grinned.

I looked at Edward, and he smiled. I guess Emmett's grin was a good thing.

"And that is his girlfriend, Rosalie."

"Hi, Rosalie."

"Hello." She curtly looked at me to be polite, I'm assuming, and then went back to filing her nails.

"And you already know Jasper!" Alice smiled.

I nodded, laughing.

"So, does anyone know what this is actually about?" Emmett asked.

"Jessica's giving us advice for exams. Weren't you listen to her message?" Rosalie asked, annoyed.

"Yeah, but do you honestly think I'm going to believe her? That girl outdoes Pinocchio with all of her lying."

We all laughed then.

I hadn't noticed all the students filing in around us when Jessica and her minions, plus Jacob Black stepped up to the platform and Jessica spoke into the microphone. "Testing, testing. 1,2,3,4,5.. Uh. What comes after five?"

"SIX!" We all shouted.

"Oh, right!" She laughed. "My bad!"

"Anyways, since there's like, no teachers here. I might just get to the point of this whole thing. I lied, this isn't, like, about exam prep or whatever. I'm here to read you something from a book I found, which is very useful to you all. Especially Edward Cullen."

Jessica looked at my Edward with daggers and I grabbed his arm, feeling protective of him.

Then, she pulled at a thick, leather book with stripes across the front.

.God.

Please don't tell me that's what I think it is.

Jessica flipped through the pages, which showed some handwriting which showed me that it was exactly what I thought it was.

My diary. My personal diary.

Crap. She must have stolen it yesterday when I went to get my English notes for her.

I bet she didn't even need them.

So she stole my diary in my bag. That bitch!

To my horror, it looked like she was going to read out loud.

Edward must've felt me tense up because he started rubbing my arm. "What's wrong?" He whispered.

I shook my head. Too in shock to even speak.

"The diary of Isabella Swan." Jessica read out loud.

"Oh, God." I heard the Cullen's and Hale's whisper beside me.

"This diary was very interesting to me. And I think it will be interesting to you. Just listen to this, 'God, that Edward Cullen is one sexy beast. Look at Jessica. Jessica and Edward totally, like, want each other. I will make sure I will break them up. Edward is mine. Always.' So you see, senior class, Bella Swan was out to steal Edward Cullen from me! She is a liar. She's a poor, nerdy, dorky, lying phoney! I've photocopied each page of her diary for you to look at. Here!" She said and flung all of the copies of my precious diary into the air.

I sat there with my mouth wide open.

I couldn't believe she even did that.

I never even wrote such an entry! I never planned to steal Edward from her!

I look at Edward, who was looking at Jessica with venom on his face.

"Edward?" I whispered.

"Bella." He whispered, looking down at me.

"I'm so sorry, Bella. I can't believe she would do this. And to read out a fake version!" He shook his head.

"Wait, you don't believe her?" I asked.

"No, of course not, Bella. Everything she says is lies. And there is no way that you are a kind of girl who steals guys from people. And just to add to that - I was never even Jessica's! What a bitch."

I sighed to myself. "Good. I thought you might have believed her lies for a second then."

"Never. Is the entry she read true?"

"No!"

"All I need is your word. I believe everything that comes out of your mouth because you are one honest and sincere person. I told you before, I trust you with everything that I am. I just can't believe.." He shook his head.

I looked around the hall. "I guess I can't say the same for everyone else." I said, sadly.

"Who needs them, Bella? They're jerks." It was not Edward who said this, it was Emmett.

"I just can't believe that Jessica would sink so low this time." Jasper added.

"Are you okay, Bella?" Alice asked.

I shook my head. "Not really."

"Do you want to go home?" Edward asked.

I nodded. "But I still have the rest of the afternoon to go."

"I don't care. We'll skip. I'm taking you home." Edward said.

"You go take her home Edward, we'll take care of Jessica." Rosalie said, who was also glaring at Jessica.

"Yeah, we'll take care of her good." Emmett said, tightening his knuckles.

Rosalie slapped the back of his head. "We're not going to hurt her! Well.. At least nothing that could get us into trouble."

"Okay, well, we're going to get going before you guys do something illegal." Edward said, pulling me up and wrapping an arm around my shoulders.

"Let's go." He whispered, and I nodded.

We made our way out of the gym and everybody was pointing and laughing at me, throwing the balls of paper at my head.

I cringed into Edward's chest, and he wrapped both of his arms around me, soothing me.

Finally, we made it out of the gym and walked towards Edward's Volvo.

Once we were finally in the Volvo, Edward asked, "Are you okay?"

"I'm not sure." I answered.

"Bella. Don't pay attention to them. They're just stupid kids."

I shook my head. "They all hate me now. All my secrets and fears; everyone knows about them."

"Bella, how long has it been since you wrote in it?"

"I don't know. A month, maybe?" I wondered.

"See, it was all in the past. It doesn't matter. You think it honestly matters what they think?"

"Well, I can see they're going to plan on torturing me for the rest of the school year?"

"We have five months left of school and I'll be there all along the way. I won't leave you, I promise you I won't ever leave you. I won't let any of them say or do anything to you."

"Promise?" I asked.

"Promise." He smiled, picking up my hand and placing a kiss on my hand.

"Come on," he said, "Let's get out of here."

"Where are we going?"

"To a place I like to escape to." He smiled.

A/N: Poor Bella. :(

I broke my laptop by spilling soda on it. Don't laugh! I originally had a chapter on there, but since I broke it; it's gone. Apparently my laptop might be back to normal, but for now it won't turn on, so I'm using my mother's laptop. :/

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