I woke up eager to start the day. I have never been so amped to be going to school. I felt like I was getting out of prison after a long sentence.

I swung the front door open and took a deep inhale of fresh air as I eye the good outdoors. I felt like breaking out into that famous quote by King Martin Luther; "Free at last, free at last, Thank God almighty, we are free at last."

I held my head up high and one strap of my book bag on my shoulder as I made my way across the school yards. I even got a few greetings and acknowledgments along the way. It was nice to see some people noticed my absence and possible missed me.

As I made my way to the parking lot, Edward and Alice pull up in their mother's expensive Lexus. The car was their mother's price possession. I remember many times Alice had asked, even begged to be able to use her mom's car to drive and every time the answer was no.

"Hey Ali." I greeted as she made her shinning appearance, wearing her designer sunglasses and grinning ear to ear like a big dork.

"How do you like my ride?" She joked.

"I can't believe your mom actually let you take the car." I announced in amazement, as I eyed the beauty of the Lexus.

"Yeah well, ever since your incident, my mom freaked out about your safety and her cars safety of sitting in the garage unsupervised and she decided to let us me have the car for school. Isn't that amazing?" She gushed.

"It's unbelievable. I'm the one that gets hurt and here I am walking and you are the one that gets the hot car to ride around in." I voiced through a pout.

"Well, I'll tell you what Jazz, if you play your cards right and treat me the way a princess should be treated, I might be able to make the effort and allow you to ride with us to school." She teased, acting all high and mighty.

"Oh please Alice, get over yourself. I'm not sucking up to anyone." I voiced between snickers along with Alice.

I turned to Edward who quietly stood next to me. He seemed to be off in his own little world like the old nerdy Edward I used to know so well.

"You okay?"

"Yeah, it's just… this is the first time we will be walking together and hanging out at school since the … you know… it's a little awkward now that people know me and about what happened." He said, looking over his shoulder, gripping his backpack tighter than necessarily, out of nervousness and uneasiness at all the prying eyes.

"Yeah Jazz, Edward has become somewhat a hero around here, you know? Everyone loves him know. People greet him, high five him and girls actually flirt with him." Alice added as she grabbed her books out of her car, well her mom's car.

Edward blushed scarlet red when I looked back at him. I gave him a smile and nudged his shoulder, trying to get him to losing up.

"That's great Edward, you finally fit in. Congratulations, your officially one of us." I praised, as we started to walk towards our school building.

"Yup, and all it took was a wardrobe change and for you to get hit on the head." Alice joked.

"Haha, very funny, Ali."

Edward walking with me side by side as Alice lead the way with her books in hand and her designer bad ass sunglasses still on.

Every once in a while the gap separating Edward and I would close and our hands would bump into each other. At one point It even felt like his hand graze my intentionally as if he wanted to hold hands. I looked up at Edward curious but his face stayed locked on what was in front of him, a school full of students that suddenly knew who he was and thought of him as a heroin.

I could only imagine the nervous energy running through his veins at that moment. He set a high standard for himself as this hero, mister all mighty I will protect you guy, when he stepped into my house that night, and he didn't even know it.

The easy part to make Edward popular was over. Now came the hard part. Edward living up to the new image of himself everyone has created for him.

I grabbed his hand in mine and gave it a squeeze in comfort. As soon as I did I saw Edward let out a breath he had been holding and he relaxed before my very eyes, even turning towards me to give me a small smile in gratitude.

In that instance, I felt good about the vibe between Edward and me and that everything was going to be alright. However, as soon as Alice opened the large red door to our school, everything changed. Edward tensed up a bit and immediately dropped my hand as he was met with greetings and smiles and even winks.

I basically had to step to the side and wait for the mob to greet Edward and watch him plaster on a fake grin and greet them back, even giving a couple of high fives Alice mentioned to me earlier.

Who is this guy acting all cool and confident and where is the nerd I fell for?

I gave Alice a questioning look. She just grinned and shrugged. She was just happy to see her brother mingling with people, having a life, even if he wasn't really being himself. It was definitely a step up for Edward, from where he was weeks ago.

I knew all too well what was in store for Edward and the thought made me cringe.

Heroes didn't act like dorks.

Heroes weren't gay.

Heroes were people pleasers and confident and sometimes cocky.

Heroes always got the beautiful girl in the end.