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I turned around and saw Rosalie and Alice both grinning.

"You two knew about this?" I asked.

They both nodded.

"Sorry, Bella, but he wanted it to be a surprise!" Alice said.

"And Edward was scared you might say no." Rosalie added.

"Rosalie!" Edward growled.

"What? You were." Rosalie defended herself, rolling her eyes.

"But what about you guys? Are you guys actually going to prom?"

"Yes, of course silly Bella. We had to keep you entertained somehow. But now we must go and get ready. We'll be late, in style." Alice said, running down the stairs.

Alice and Rosalie both kissed me on the cheek goodbye and rode away in Alice's yellow Porsche.

"Wow." I laughed to myself.

Edward turned to me, taking in my appearance.

"Beautiful, as always. You have no idea what that blue on your skin does to me." He grinned.

"Well," I said, twitching my lips, "I heard that blue just might be your favourite colour on me."

He chuckled, leaning down and pressing his soft lips against the side of my neck.

"That it is," He whispered, giving me goosebumps and causing my skin to blush.

He must have felt it because he chuckled and pulled back.

"And that, is my second. Your blush, it's really lovely on your skin."

I shook my head, chuckling.

"You don't so bad, yourself. You, Edward Cullen in a tux, is certainly a sight." I smiled.

And then I noticed what he was holding in his hand – a corsage.

"Is that.. for me?" I asked, pointing at his hand.

He nodded, holding it out to me.

"They're red tulips; they stand for declaration of love." He smiled, taking the lid off of the box.

He took the corsage out of the box and slid it on my wrist.

"They're beautiful. Thank you, Edward." I smiled.

"Anything for you, my love." He whispered, pressing his lips to the spot beside where he slid the corsage.

He took my hand in his, leading me to his.. that wasn't his car.

"Edward, where's your car?" I asked.

"Right here, silly Bella," He said, pulling me to a sleek black car.

"But.. you have a Volvo. Not an Aston Martin."

"Bella, Bella, Bella. This is not just an Aston Martin. This is the Aston Martin v12 Vanquish!" He practically squealed like a girl.

"Right, right. Of course. How could I be so stupid?" I said, mocking him.

He rolled his eyes. "Whatever, Bella. This is The Cullen's special occasion car."

"You guys have special occasion cars?" I laughed.

"Yeah. Emmett usually has it, but my father reckoned that since was the first year I had a date, that I could use it."

"That was nice of him." I commented.

"I guess so. Or you could say it's him trying to buy my love back," He chuckled.

He moved to the passenger door, and opened it, ushering me in.

I still couldn't get over all of these gentlemanly things he did. Corsage's with meanings, opening doors for me.

I truly loved it.

"So is this is why you've been so secretive since yesterday?" I asked, once he was in the car and on the road.

"I thought you let the me sneaking off during lunch go?" Edward laughed.

I shrugged. "I'm still ever so stubborn, Edward. Have you learned nothing?"

"I guess not." He chuckled.

"So, are you going to tell me where you actually went?"

Edward sighed, and then he gave in. "Fine, I went to the florist and talked with them about flowers and their different meanings. And then I had to order my tux."

"Wow."

"What?" He asked, curiosity taking over his voice.

"I just.. never thought you could be this sweet." I smiled.

"Is the Bella Swan being dazzled by my presence?" Edward smirked.

"I guess I am." I chuckled.

"Why did you decide to bring me to prom anyways?"

"Well, last time I checked, you are my girlfriend. And as Rosalie said, I wasn't sure if you would say yes or no – seeing as how the last dance went. And I also wanted to surprise you. I know you hate surprises, but I just wanted to do this one thing for you. And when I wanted to ask you, people would always be around, or I would sound silly with the way I wanted to ask you."

"Edward, you are so silly! Of course I would have said yes. But I have to warn you, my dancing expertise hasn't gotten any better."

"Nonsense. Don't worry, I'll take care of you." He repeated those very same words he had used at the Halloween dance.

"You better. These heels are a death trap!" I laughed, extended my leg to show him.

He looked my leg up and down, probably more than I'd like.

I could see lust surrounding his eyes, it made me feel awkward so I hid my leg.

Edward reached over and took my hand in his.

Well, I guess it was nice to know that he wanted my body more than he was showing.

We pulled up to the parking lot and he reluctantly let go of my hand and unbuckled his seatbelt.

He got out of the car and ran to my side so that he could open the door for me.

"Are you okay?" He asked as I stepped out.

"Yeah," I nodded. "Just a little nervous, y'know."

He nodded back. "It's okay, love. I won't leave your side all night, I promise."

I smiled and he took one of my hands in his and wrapped the other around my waist as we walked together toward the school.

We walked into the school gym and I saw that disco lights were already flying around the room, music blaring and everybody was dancing.

"Wow, are you attempting to put me into a coma?" I whispered

Edward just laughed, "Bella we're here to have fun. And besides, now you can show off your hot boyfriend in front of Jessica and prove we're for real."

I smiled, leaning back into his side.

"Come on," He smiled, dragging me to the dance floor.

"Edward.." I said, awkwardly.

"Bella, it's fine. You'll be fine." He smiled encouragingly.

I rolled my eyes and smiled.

I am an arms dealer, fitting you with weapons in the form of words.

"I love this song!" I shouted, smiling widely. And Edward was doing the same.

And unaware of the dress I was in or the heels I was wearing, I let go to the song.

When the chorus hit, I banged my head to the song like a crazy rock star.

Messing up my hair and making a fool of myself, I'm sure.

I'm surprised I didn't even fall down.

I'm positive that Edward would have caught me before that happened.

He was always looking out for me, the sweet boy.

When the song was over, I found I was out of breath.

It turned to some odd rap number; Edward and I both despise rap to all costs.

He asked me did I want to get a drink, and I nodded, we both made our way to the table full of food and drink.

He grabbed two bottles of water and handed me one.

"Thanks," I smiled.

"Anytime, beautiful." He said, causing me to blush yet again.

"Hey guys!" Came the voice of my pixie best friend.

"Hey. You guys were fast." I noted, as Rosalie and Alice came up to us with Emmett and Jasper.

"Well, Emmett drove me, and Jasper drove Alice. And we both did our make up in the cars. But I had to re-apply my lipstick since somebody braked for no apparent reason!" Rosalie furiously added.

"Hey, it's not my fault! I thought it was a grizzly bear!" Emmett said, in defence.

"Emmett, there are no grizzly bears in Forks." Rosalie said, rolling her eyes.

"It could be a runaway bear!"

Rosalie just shook her head, while the rest of us last.

"You guys look amazing, though." I smiled.

"Thanks, Bella." They said in unison.

Alice was wearing a cute bright green dress that cut above her knees, with straps on her shoulders.

Rosalie was wearing a not-so-modest red dress with straps that curved over her breasts and came just below her upper thighs.

The boys, of course were wearing tuxes.

They look handsome, but nobody could pull off a tux like Edward.

Or maybe that was my possessive girlfriend side peeking.

"Bella.." Alice gasped.

"Alice?"

"What did you do to your hair?" Alice asked in utter horror, her pupils popping.

"My.. hair?"

She nodded, "It's like a haystack!"

"Oh.." I muttered, blushing.

"Bella kind of.. let go during a dance. Without any injuries!" Edward chuckled.

"Edward, you're missing the key picture here! Her hair!"

"Leave her alone, Alice. Let her have this night." Edward said, glaring at Alice.

"Thanks," I whispered.

"No problem." He whispered back.

Rosalie and Alice both went off to dance, and Edward and I remained in the same spot.

"For the record, I think your hair looks very sexy." Edward grinned, dimples showing beautifully.

"Yeah, right." I snorted.

"Bella, you really are. That hair just makes me want to take you right here and now," He murmured, kissing my lips chastely.

"Everybody! Everybody can I please have your attention!" Came the voice of the girl in our grade who tried to make my life an utter misery – Jessica Stanley.

"Ugh. Why does she want now?" Edward groaned beside me.

"Now, as you all know by now. Seventeen year old cheerleader reject, Bella Swan is here with Edward Cullen tonight," She began, which got the whole gym cheering.

"But what you don't know is that she told him from me! Yeah, that's right. Bella Swan is a boyfriend stealer!" Jessica screeched.

The gym was silent for a second, and then the whole gym roared in laughter.

Echo's of "Yeah right, Jessica' and "Wow, Jessica is such a loser' were chanted throughout the room.

"But, but, but! And that's not all! I have something else to show you! Turn down the lights!" She commanded to the DJ, and he did so. Probably afraid of what she might do to him.

"Now look at the walls around you." She commanded.

The whole gym sighed, but obeyed, due to annoyance.

I did the same, and what I saw not only shocked me, but pissed me off.

They were copies of the drawings of me in the girls' bathroom.

Drawings of me stealing boys, drawings of me in my grave and so on.

Not only that, but cruel words about me were written beside them with arrows pointing at me.

The wind was knocked out of me.

I couldn't believe that she was do something as low as this.

And the time it must have took to actually do all this!

Jessica Stanley had stopped lower than possible.

I looked up at Edward and I saw his face was full of pure venom.

I looked at The Cullen's and Hales and saw that Jasper, Alice and Rosalie were struggling to restrain Emmett from beating the crap out of Jessica supposedly.

I looked at the rest of our peers, and saw that they were looking at the graffiti, shaking their heads in disgust.

Some people were laughing, but that didn't bother.

I saw Edward make a move to go to Jessica, but I stood in his way, stopping him.

"Edward, don't!" I pleaded.

"Why Bella? This has gone too far! You won't be made a full of any longer!" Edward said, anger filling his voice.

"Just don't! You'll just make things worse!"

He was about to reply when Principal Tanner interrupted the whole fuss.

"Miss Stanley! Did you do all of this?" He asked, anger filling his voice.

"N-no. Mr. Tanner, I would never do something like this!" Jessica lied badly.

"That's not what other people have told me. Come with me to my office, Miss Stanley."

"But -"

"NOW!"

Jessica actually looked scared for once in her life, and nodded.

She hopped down from the stage, walked through the crowd to Mr. Tanner.

Everybody pushed and glared at her, and I couldn't help but smile at that.

"Enjoy the rest of the dance, kids." Mr. Tanner said and left with Jessica in tow.

When they were gone, the whole gym cheered and the disco lights came back on and the music re-started, and everybody started dancing again.

I took a deep breath, stepping back.

I noticed that Edward hadn't changed his position.

I touched his arm, rubbing it up and down, hoping to calm him down.

His posture relaxed and he did just that into my arm.

"Are you okay?" I whispered.

He nodded.

"I'm sorry. I just.. I get so angry when somebody deliberetly does something to upset or hurt you. It's just my overprotective nature for you coming out. I'm sorry, Bella."

I hugged him and whispered, "It's okay, Edward. Really. I kind of like it, if it's bold of me to say. I like it that you want to protect me. But you can't protect me over everything."

"I know." He sighed, resting his chin on my forehead.

"Hey! Are you guys okay?" Jasper said, with Alice in tow.

I pulled away from Edward reluctantly.

"We'll survive, I guess. Where's Emmett and Rosalie?" I asked.

"Rosalie is trying to calm him down. I'm surprised that he didn't rip off Jessica's head straight away." Alice said, amused.

I shook my head, smiling.

"Well tell him I said thank you, I guess."

Jasper and Alice both nodded.

The rest of the night went pretty smoothly.

Edward even got me to dance a few times!

According to Mike, one of the boys from our grade, Jessica got expelled for disfacing school property and slanderizing another student. Apparently, she had been caught drinking on school property all also.

We wouldn't have to deal with her crap anymore.

It was near to the end of the night, and Edward was leading me to a path outside the back yard, lights guiding the way.

There was a spot that was illuminated by lights, and deserted.

I looked up at Edward, and just smiled, leading me on.

We stepped up the steps and he pulled back from my arms and extended his arm.

"Shall we?" He asked, smirking.

"Edward, haven't I danced enough for one night?" I groaned.

Edward took a hand in mine and wrapped the other arm around my waist.

"A slow dance for eternity." He whispered.

He dazzled me with those emerald eyes of his and I couldn't help but respond.

I placed my other hand on his shoulder and we began moving to the slow music.

Say something funny, say something sweet. But don't say that you loved me.

We moved together to the slow music, Edward taking the lead.

"See Bella, you can dance." He chuckled.

"I guess, I can. With you. You're the only person that can give me the confidence to dance. With you, I feel like I can do anything."

"It's the same with me. When I'm with you, I feel like I don't have to pretend to be something I'm not. Or prove anything to anyone. I've gotten closer with my siblings and Rosalie and Jasper. And it's all because of you. You give me the power to be more open with people."

I couldn't help but smile at his words.

He told me those words almost every day, and yet it was always a shock to me and I could scarcely believe it.

But I knew what he told me was the truth.

He slowly dipped me, me holding onto his arm for dear life.

But I knew he would not drop me, Edward could never hurt me.

"Do you feel that, Bella? The feeling like you're going to fall, but you're not. The rushed feeling of adrenaline pulsing through your veins. That's what it feels like when I'm with you." He said, and he pulled me back up.

"The same with me, also." I admitted.

"I wish I could see the future. Because I know that right now, I want you in my future. But I don't know what it holds. I know what we both want, but.."

I was shocked at what I saw.

Edward was showing his vulnerability, and I wanted nothing more than to comfort him and be able to show him that everything would be all right.

"Edward," I whispered, "I can promise you right now, that no matter what happens, I will always be in your life as your friend, girlfriend, lover. Whichever you want. Please don't fear it. I will always be here for you."

I paused, and he knew I was going to say something, so he waited.

"You want to know the truth, Edward?"

"Always," He said, nothing.

"Honestly, there's only one thing I dream about. And that is.. I dream about being with you forever."

He smiled widely, and I returned it as I grabbed the collar of his shirt and pulled his lips down to mine.

His hands knotted in my hair and I slipped my arms around his neck.

His tongue darted around my lips, begging for entrance.

I happily granted it.

Our tongues both fought together, desperate for dominance.

I lost the ability to breath, but I didn't care.

All I cared about was Edward and I.

One in this moment together.

I'm sure whatever the future held, we could fight it.

Not only that, but we could fight it together.

I pulled back, and looked into his eyes.

They showed the emotion that I'm pretty sure mine were showing.

Pure love.

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