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BPOV

We were back into the States soon enough, saying a goodbye to London and our family. I missed the break, but I knew that I had to get back to my normal routine and get back into the swing of school. Things with Rosalie still haven't been resolved, and I was starting to think that she was fine with the way things were.

She still had Emmett, had her best friend Tanya, minus two friends. Alice had basically been crying when she came over the day before school started up. And since Rosalie, Tanya's and Alice's familes are so very close knit, and they spend Christmas together, that it was horrible. Tanya hadn't even bothered to get Alice a gift, when Alice went out of her way to get her a beautiful designer sweater, trying to get back in good graces. When it came to Rosalie, she said that she got her a small bottle of pink nail polish from Charlotte Russe. Alice got her the new Marc Jacobs bag that Rosalie had been drooling over for literally months.

A bottle of fucking nail polish nail polish. The price tag on the botton said a dollar sixty six.

At this point, she was done. That was what she had told me.

Edward and I had basically blocked out the events of New Years and just went on. He seemed all fine about it, but I was slowly burning inside. It's eating me to the core and my being just wanted me to tell him everything, but I just can't.

Valentines day had passed and there was a flurry of job applications and college applications. I had to had to start filling out my applications to the college's and I was keeping my grades as sky high as I possibly could, along with going on job interviews. I've always dedicated myself to great grades, I've always been a straight A student.

After being declined for many different jobs, I finally got a job at Jamba Juice, a place that only sells smoothies made with fresh ingredients, no added sugar. I had memorized every single ingredient for every smoothie that was sold, and while it was hard, I still got through it because I needed the money.

Fall would be here soon and I needed money for college right now. With applications sent in at the college's I am applying for, I need a job to get some money in the mean time. I knew my parents had a little bit of money put away from me, and that made me less anxious about everything.

I was hoping that maybe it would be possibly for an Acedemic Scholarship. My whole life I had dedicated myself to getting good grades, and to have financial aid pay for classes, books and etc. would just be a breath of fresh air.

March 10th

Saturday

" Can you believe that in only three months we will be graduating. Then off to college. And you and Edward are going to New York. It's going to be hard without you Bells." Alice commented as she painted her toes.

I gave her a small smile " If I even get in. Columbia is an amazing school, and I will be lucky if I can get in."

She shrugged " Your so smart Bella, and you always dedicated yourself to school. Edward will get into NYU with the snap of his finger. I'm still really surprised that he just decided to go all the way and become a law student. I mean, he wanted to be a professor of law, now he wants to be a lawyer. I'm really happy for him, truly. Who needs Tanya bitch Denali."

" I'm happy for him, too. He needs to go to his full potential and never settle for less then he knows he can do."

Alice looked up at me, giving me a smile " Of course you think that."

" What's that supposed to mean?"

She shrugged " Oh, nothing...Are you lusting over your best friend?"

Yes

" No. That's totally stupid." I lied, flipping through the Covergirl magazine.

" Your turn!" she exclaimed, grabbing a bottle of emerald green nail polish.

" No."

" Is that all you know how to say? Yes! I am giving your pretty feet a pedicure." she said happily, unscrewing the top.

I rolled my eyes "Pretty?"

" Yeah. It's not like you have dry skin or fungus. Ew!"

Just to appease her, I let Alice paint my toe-nails and my finger nails. I did her finger nails when I finished drying mine. She was truly surprised that I knew how to paint nails, considering she'd never seen me do it before.

We chatted about girl stuff, and of course Jasper. She said they'd been kind of on the rocks until Emmett yelled at him to forget about what happened, and not to let it effect his relationship with Alice. She claimed that Emmett had punched him in the arm hard enough to bruise. He got the picture real fast and snapped up.

What happened really didn't have anything to do with Alice and Jasper, they were just being influenced by their family and friends. I didn't want anybody's relationship to be sprained by what Tanya had done, and what Rosalie caused afterwards.

" So, have you been applying to design schools?" I asked.

Alice nodded enthusiastically " Yes! And I am so excited. Well, of course I have to do internships and everything. But it's so exciting that I could someday be working for a famous designer. Or hell, I may be a famous designer!"

I smiled " That's really great, Alice. Your sketches are amazing. Anybody would be privileged to have you as an assistant, or work beside you on a line."

" Thanks, Bella." she said sincerely, leaning over to hug me.

" And one of these days you are going to own your own newspaper."

I laughed " I don't know if I can go that far."

We watched movies and ate popcorn all night, just acting like two best friends on a sleepover. It was nice to just act like a girl, not that I never did, but I couldn't really talk about girl stuff with Edward. Of course he wouldn't give a shit and tell me to talk to a girl. Which is why I loved Alice. Shopoholic or not, Alice was my friend and I liked girl time every once in awhile.

We fell asleep passed out in my bed around midnight, blankets and pillows mused up all around us as we slept comfortably.

" Every guys dream. Two girls in one bed."

Alice rolled to the side and threw a pillow somewhere in the room. Her hair was an absolute mess, and I wouldn't be surprised if mine was worse. Even though I am not a fan of sharing my bed, even with a friend, I slept like a rock last night, and Alice didn't even kick me or anything.

" Get out of here, Edward!" Alice screeched when he sat on the bed.

" Why?" he whined " I'm bored."

Slowly he wormed his way in the space between Alice and I, his lean form easily doing as such. I pushed against him towards Alice and she pushed him back against me. We shoved back and forth with him, neither of us wanting him so close.

" Sorry, Bella. I'm taken."

" I like this game." Edward grinned as I shoved against his body, he felt kind of...sweaty?

"Why is your shirt wet?" I asked, my face still buried in covers.

" Just got back from the gym."

" Ew! Get out!" Alice screeched, kicking him.

Edward flailed around trying to get Alice to stop, his hand flew back and hit me straight in the nose, also hitting Alice on the forehead at the same time. She brought her hand up to her forehead and I slapped Edward as hard as I could.

" Should of had a v8 Alice."

" You are so idiotic I think I am losing IQ points by just being in your presence." she bashed, stumbling out of my bed.

Like a jackass, Edward just smiled at her brightly " Love you, Alice."

" I hope you trip and knock your teeth out, asshole."

He rolled his eyes and she went into the bathroom, shutting the door

" OVER DRAMATIC!"

She yelled back at him and I heard the shower turning on. I rolled over, taking the pillow I was hugging with me. I sniffed once, yawned and draped my leg over a mound of blankets. I felt a hand on my hair, tugging annoyingly.

" What is your deal, Edward. Stop acting like a child." I complained.

" I can see your tattoo with the shirt your wearing." he announced, ignoring my previous comment.

" Congratulations." I mumbled against my pillow, hugging my blanket to my chest.

Just the slighest, I felt something brush against my back, but it was quickly pulled away. It was his lips, and only the slightest of pressure before he pulled away. A small gasp escaped my lips and I sat up, looking over my shoulder at him, but Edward was gone, the door left ajar.

.Hell

Alice had gone home around lunch time and I knew that it was time for me to get ready for my shift at two. I put on a pair of dark fitted jeans and a plain white t-shirt that clung to my figure. I slipped on my converse and threw my hair up in a ponytail.

Once I grabbed my bag I headed downstairs, bidding my parents goodbye and grabbing my car keys. The weather was abnormally warmer, now starting to hit the sixties and seventies. But it was spring and summer was approaching. I just hoped I could have a good summer before I went off to college.

I pulled up to my work place, parking out back and getting out. I slipped on my black apron with the Jamba Juice logo, tying it around my neck and waist, slipping on my visor. I waved to Heidi and Pat, my co-workers. Today I was taking register and the other two were blending.

The day was a whirlwind of Berry Lime Sublime, Chocolate Moo'd and Mango-A- Go-Go's. Heidi left for the day and Pat was blending himself, I helped him out every once in awhile, but it slowed as time went on. When I saw a familar person walking in, I wanted to run.

It was Kevin, also known as, the guy that fired me from my job without any notice. He smiled at me brightly. I wouldn't say that I hated him, but I was still upset at the fact that he fired me. Kevin and his siblings had known that I was using that money for college, and that I needed that money for college. But in the end, they acted like they didn't even care because a family member needed a job, when I was the one who probably needed it more then some sixteen year old. It just hurt me that he knew my situation, yet he went through with firing me in the long run. I wasn't going to hold it over him, but I couldn't help my feelings.

" Welcome to Jamba Juice, what can I get you today?"

" Hey, Bella. Strawberry Surfrider."

I asked his name, but already knew it, and he paid for the juice smoothie, swiping his debit card. As he waited on the side, he looked at me again, smiling. Pat mixed up his smoothie, glancing at me a few times upon seeing my weird expression.

" So, when did you get a job here?"

" I really don't think it's any of your business." I stated calmly, tapping my fingers

He sighed " Bella, I'm really sor-"

" Look, you knew my family situation, and that I needed money for college and an apartment, but you didn't give me notice. Don't apologize okay, just...take your smoothie and go."

Pat handed him the drink and he walked out, not looking back. It was five to ten and Pat was going to close up tonight. Heidi was supposed to but she had Pat take extra hours because it was her kids second birthday and she wanted to make it to most of her party.

" Former co-worker, eh. Awkward." he commented.

" Yeah...Awkward is right." I stated, dropping in the ingredients for two Berry Lime Sublime's.

" Taking smoothies home to the boy toy?" he asked, cleaning the blenders.

I scoffed " Yeah, right...No, just going to drop by."

Pat was a good friend, but he didn't know that I liked Edward, just that we were good friends. Edward came in once in awhile while I was working, just to bug me and joke around. As far as they knew, Edward was just a good buddy.

" Well, have fun at school, kid."

I put straws in the styrofoam cups and waved him goodbye. " Later, Pat."

When I reached home I got out and headed towards Edward's. I could see his light in his bedroom on, so he was still awake. I hadn't seen him since this morning, after the whole kissing my back. The front door was already unlocked so I just opened it and headed upstairs, knocking on the bedroom door before opening it.

He was sitting on his bed, playing a video game on the Xbox 360, in an epic Call of Duty battle. Edward paused when he heard me and I walked towards him, handing out the smoothie towards him. He smiled thankfully and took it from me.

" I love your job." he commented.

" Yeah, I know. I'll see you tomorrow." I said.

" Goodnight, Bella."

" Night, Edward."

I ruffled his hair, hearing his protests, and walked from his room, heading home. It was quiet like it normally was when I got home late. I did some last minute reading for school and drank my smoothie. After using the bathroom and brushing my teeth, I got into bed and fell into a deep sleep.

When I awoke, I was very tempted to slam the alarm clock into the wall and say fuck it. Instead, I got up and showered, dressing in simple clothes and putting on barely any makeup.

Edward drove both of us to school quietly, clearly he was as exhausted as I was. When we got out, I could hear Tanya's annoying giggles as she slung herself over Tyler. Edward frowned and I grabbed his hand, like I always did to comfort him, walking us inside the school.

I couldn't believe that she was actually dating him still. Him out of all people? She had to be cheating on him, because once a cheater, always a cheater. It's a very old, true, saying.

He shook my hand loose as we went up the stairs of the school. Hurt flooded my body and I felt a pang in my chest, clenching. When we got into school, I walked to my locker, staring into it blankly and feeling a little upset.

" Is it wrong to hold your hand?" I asked quietly.

" I just don't want people to think that it means something more."

I grabbed my books from my locker and shut it. " Okay... Well, I'd better go." I said just as quiet.

" Bella, I didn-"

" No, your right. Really. I'm sorry."

When I got to class, I really didn't even bother to pay attention. My next class was with Edward, he didn't really say anything, I did my work as I should and went to my last two classes before lunch started. I really was not in the mood to be here anymore, just feeling like I wanted to lay in bed and do nothing.

Lunch passed in a blur, and then Biology went. Next was beloved gym.

We were doing dodgeball, and damn to I hate dodgeball when Tanya Denali and her minions were against me. I moved quickly out of the way as best I could, and Edward was having a blast dodging all of these people. I turned around just a moment and was hit in the back of me knee. I fell of course, and got hit in the head.

Kill. Me. Now.

I was pissed.

I stood up, gripping a ball and throwing it at the first person I found across from me.

That was was very unfortunate for Mike Newton. I heard a loud, high-pitched scream before he cupped himself and fell to the ground. I knew that I had through that ball hard because I was pissed. I threw that dodgeball really hard

Coach Clapp let him stand out, and I smiled shyly as Edward laughed next to me. I apologized to Mike, not wanting to look like a bitch if I just stayed quiet about it. He was straining out words, which made me feel worse. I got a pretty good hit at Carmen, hitting the side of her head as she was about to serve a ball at Jessica Stanley.

Finally, gym was over and the end of school bell rang. I changed my clothes, putting on some much needed deodorant and heading back to my locker. I dropped off some of my books and brought the ones I needed with me in my bag.

Edward was quiet on the way back, so when he pulled up to his house, I just went home to get my homework finished for today. I got inside my house, seeing that my parents weren't home as usual. I went to my bedroom and flopped down on my bed, getting my homework out from my bag. I grabbed a pencil and did my Algebra homework, along with the packet for history.

At four I went down and grabbed a packet of fruit snacks and a granola bar. I heard the front door open as I was laying on my back, eating the food that I had retrieved from downstairs earlier. Edward walked in, seating himself beside me comfortably with a hard look on his face.

" Are you upset at me?"

" No." I sighed

"Good. Just making sure."

" You walked all the way over here just to make sure. Why didn't you just call?"

" Because I can tell when your lying by seeing your face.. Though I know the expression you wear over the phone sometimes. That's kind of creepy but I know you really well, so I guess it isn't that creepy. Do you think it's creepy?"

" Your rambling."

He shrugged.

" I'm bored..."

" Yeah...Me, too."

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