A/N: This story has no Beta. All spelling errors and mistakes are my own.

Someone asked for an Edward POV. Luckily, I was in the process of writing one! =)

Edward POV

The annoying tone of my alarm clock pulled me from sleep. 06.30.
So I've had three hours sleep, big deal. I rolled out my bed, groaning when I rolled my head from side to side. My whole body ached.
The events of last night were hazy at best. But the headache I was now suffering confirmed how much I drank. I flexed my arms and stood, grabbing a towel from the cupboard.
"Morning, bro!" Emmett grinned as he exited the bathroom. He was always cheery in the morning. The epitome of a morning person was our Emmett.
"Whatever." I wasn't in the mood this morning.
The welcome heat of the shower relaxed my entire body. I leaned my forehead against the wall, allowing the water to beat down on my back.
Today was going to be a long day, I could feel it in my bones. I lifted my face to the shower and sighed. Same old routine.
How long until I could leave this place? How long until I could say 'adios motherfucker'?
Not long. Not long at all.
I left the shower and stormed to my room, passing my father in the process.
"Good morning, son." He smiled simply.
"Whatever." I closed the door on him and began to dress. There was nothing good about this morning. Nothing.

"Are you coming home for lunch today, boys?" My mother asked, sitting a cup of coffee in front of me. She was immaculately dressed in a pale purple dress, and of course, skyscraper heels. My mother always looked beautiful.
Emmett shrugged, "I'll see what Rosalie is doing."
My mother turned her loving gaze toward me, "No." I took a bite of my poptart and smirked.
"Okay. Well, your father and I won't be home when you get home after school. He's working late tonight and I have a dinner to attend." She began packing her bag, smiling to herself. "So, there's food in the fridge for your dinner, or I can leave money and you can order in?" She brushed a stray strand of her auburn hair behind her ear and smiled warmly.
"Whatever."
Thirty minutes to go.
Emmett sighed, "Just ignore him, Mom. He's hungover."
My eyes narrowed, "Snitch."
"Hungover? Really, Edward?" My mom shook her head disapprovingly, "You knew you had school this morning!"
I groaned. Not another lecture.
"What's happened to the Edward from summer? Where did he go?" She murmured, lifting her car keys, "I preferred him." She gave me a pointed look before kissing mine and Emmett's head and going out the door.
What happened? She left. She left and I missed her phone call. That's what happened.

I slammed my car door and stalked toward the school entrance, not even bothering to wait on my brother. Let's get this over with.
I spotted Jane skipping toward me. A slow, lazy smirk graced my lips. "Hey babe." I kissed her forehead and slung my arm around her shoulders.
"Hey yourself." She whispered, leaning her head against my shoulder. She looked good in her tiny cheerleading ensemble. Almost too good. Good enough to eat.
I scoffed to myself. Who the fuck was I kidding?
"You free after school tonight?" Jane gazed up at me, her blue eyes pleading.
"Why?"
"I thought...I thought we could, you know?" A blush appeared on her cheeks as she bit her lip.
I snorted, "Sorry, love. I have a date with my own bed." I removed my arm from her shoulders and started toward my locker.
Jane and I had been dating for a few months now. Four to be exact. It felt like years. She had an exceptional gift of making time feel like it was dragging in. It's her personality. She's about as vibrant and interesting as a pencil eraser.
"Hey man." Jasper leaned against my locker and sighed.
"What's up?" I responded, swapping books for first period.
"Not much. You seen Alice anywhere?"
I shook my head, "Just got here." I slammed my locker shut and groaned inwardly when I spotted Rosalie walking towards us.
"Good morning, Edward." She smirked, leaning her elbow on Jasper's shoulder. Jasper sighed, staring at her tiredly.
"Good morning to you too, Jasper."
I rolled my eyes, "My brother is still outside."
Rosalie's eyes lit up, "Good. Thank you." She blew me a kiss before linking arms with Jane and wandering off outside. What did Emmett see in her? Aside from her ass? I cocked a brow, watching her retreating figure. Her blond hair hung in waves down her back, and her ass jiggled in her pale blue skinny jeans when she walked. Nah, still didn't see the appeal.
Emmett and Rosalie had been dating since freshman year and they seemed to be more in love every fucking day.
I hated Rosalie to begin with. She was sickly sweet and polite, but now, I guess my 'fuck it' attitude rubbed off on her because now she's slowly turning into a head case.
Jasper slapped my chest, nodding behind me, "Alice has found a new girl to take care of." He sighed. I turned my head to see Alice talking animatedly to a brunette girl, dressed plainly in black skinnies and an oversize jumper. Had to admit, from behind, she looked alright.
"What is it with her helping out the newbies?" I muttered, shaking my head.
Jasper snorted behind me, "Fuck knows. She thinks it's good karma or some shit."
"Yeah. Or some shit." I turned back to Jasper and smirked, "Last night was fun."
"Yeah. Remind me never to cut you lines again." He chuckled, shaking his head.
I scoffed, "I wasn't the one who made the mess. Blame Jane for that one. Fucking amateur."
"Still, Edward. What happened to 'sobriety'?" Jasper cocked a brow and smirked.
"It took the next flight out." I muttered sourly.

Emmett plopped down next to me, neatly organising his homework for Mr. Varner.
"Are you serious?" I snapped, watching him take great precautions to ensure that everything was where it was meant to be.
Emmett sighed, "What now?"
"You should ask dad to check your brain. Maybe you have OCD or some shit."
"Seriously, dude? What the fuck? You've been in a bad mood all morning. What gives?"
I growled, couldn't he just leave me alone? It's bad enough I live with the guy, and now I have to sit next to him in Trig.
Mr. Varner stormed into the class, coffee mug in his hand and a furious expression on his face. It seemed like I wasn't the only one having a shitty morning.
"Good morning." He muttered, not bothering to look at the class, "Pick up where you left off yesterday."
I was thankful he stormed in, it meant I didn't have to listen to Emmett droning on and on my attitude, and no doubt something about Rosalie would've got thrown into the mix.
"Dude, I can't figure out this one." Emmett pointed his meaty finger at the page.
"Tough luck." I replied, tired. Like I was a genius? I wasn't even writing anything down.
Emmett growled under his breath, "Something happened to you, man. I don't know what, but you better sort your shit out."
Rolling my eyes, I stood up, grabbing my books.
"Mr. Cullen, where do you think you're going?" Mr. Varner's eyes narrowed so much that I swear he couldn't see me anymore.
"I'm bored. So I'm leaving."
I stalked out the room, ignoring the teacher's protests. Fuck him. Fuck Emmett. Fuck everything.

I decided to spend the morning in the library, hiding out from my friends.
I just wanted to be left alone. My stomach was in knots, my head pounding from my stupid hangover. And I couldn't shake this uneasy feeling inside my gut. It wasn't like sickness uneasy, but shits about to hit the fan uneasy. I sat a book in front of me, making it look like I was doing something so the librarian wouldn't kick me out.
It was peaceful in here. I could think straight.
My mind kept playing that night over and over. I hadn't realised she had called until it was too late. I was too busy getting drunk, and not giving a fuck.
Ever since she left to go back to Forks I had been feeling empty. Alone. Sure, I had Jane. But we had nothing in common. She was a spoiled brat who was only with me cause it gave her even more cool points. Rosalie joked that Jane and I were the perfect couple once. I scoffed, yeah right. If you call constant fighting perfect. I needed someone to fill the void when Bella fucked off home.
She broke your deal.
Yeah. She did. And it was fucking stupid.
Was I overthinking this? Maybe she didn't mean to call me. Maybe she butt dialled me or some shit. She never called back so it must've been a mistake or her part, right? And the voicemail she left was silent. She didn't leave a message. Should I have called her back?
Would you like a skirt to match your vagina, Cullen?
I scowled at myself. Yeah, okay. I was acting like a little bitch. I had to get over this. It was a 'fling' – God I hated that word – nothing else. Nothing more.
I had a reputation to maintain and moping around second guessing everything wouldn't cut it.
"Hey man." I looked up, finding Jasper smirking above me.
"Hey."
"When you weren't in English, I thought you had skipped the full day and went back home." He chuckled, sitting across from me. He was a good guy. Trustworthy. Jasper had been my closest friend ever since we were kids.
"Nah. I have to take Jane home after school." I muttered, sighing.
"Oh right, yeah. Cause her dad's out of town." Jasper nodded in understanding, "It's almost lunchtime." He commented, staring at the clock above the shelves of books, "I wonder if Alice has succeeded in convincing the new girl to join us."
I rolled my eyes, "God, I hope not." That was the last thing I needed right now. Jane was going to be at cheerleading practice which meant I had to sit with Emmett and the rest of them.
"Come on." Jasper stood, walking toward the door. I reluctantly followed. I didn't want to leave my safe haven.
Safe haven? Really? It's a fucking library.
I snorted to myself and followed Jasper to the cafeteria.

Grabbing a tray, I looked around, spotting Alice and the new girl with their backs to me.
"She succeeded." I mumbled, elbowing Jasper in the ribs.
Jasper tutted and grabbed his own tray, "Great." I payed for my lunch and walked with Jasper to the table.
"Here comes Jasper!" Alice squeaked, "And Edward."
The new girl stared at the table, hands shaking as they sat in her lap. What was her problem? Was she having some sort of seizure? She didn't bother looking up when I sat down, which irritated the crap out of me.
"Who are you?" I tried to keep my voice calm but I doubt it worked.
"Oh this is Bella. She just moved here from Washington." Alice grinned.
My eyes widened in sheer panic. It couldn't be. There was no way in hell.
Let me see your face, God dammit.
I clenched my fists and glared at the girl. She looked at me then. Fuck me. It's her.
She looked absolutely terrified. She should.
"Hi Bella. I'm Jasper." Bella tore her eyes from mine and looked up at Jasper, smiling politely, "Hi." She answered before turning her dear-caught-in-headlights-eyes back to mine.
"Washington, eh?" I growled, running my hand through my hair "You're a long way from home." What the fuck was she doing here? Is this why she called me? Nobody could know about us. Nobody! And here she was, about to fuck everything up just because she missed me or some shit.
"So, Edward before you rudely interrupted us, we were discussing summer flings." I tore my eyes from Bella to see Alice shaking her head at me.
"Summer flings? They're pointless." I spat. I couldn't help the words coming out of my mouth. I was angry. No, furious.
"They're romantic!" Alice argued, hugging Jasper's arm.
I clenched my fists again, reminding myself to breathe, "Only because the guy is trying to be nice to you so he can get laid." Okay, I didn't mean that. I regretted that as soon as I said it. Bella's eyes dropped the table.
Nice going.
"Come on, man. Like you would even know a thing about flings." Jasper laughed, pulling Alice closer to him.
"I'm going for a smoke." Bella stood abruptly, grabbing her bag.
"That's okay." Alice smiled.
"I wasn't asking permission." Bella hissed, storming outside. Bitch was feisty.
I dragged my hands through my hair and took a deep breath.
You fucked up, Cullen.
Well, it's not like I had expected her to suddenly appear here, did I?
"Nice going, asshole. You scared Bella!" Alice narrowed her eyes at me.
"How?"
"Your mood." She rolled her eyes, "Seriously, can't you just be nice?"
I stared at the pizza on my tray in disbelief. I wanted to go after her. I wanted to apologise. I wanted to pull her against my chest and take back the words I said.
Time to be an asshole again, Cullen.
I gritted my teeth, "Would it make you feel better if I go apologise to her?" I couldn't believe this.
Alice smiled in return, "Yeah, actually."
Jasper chuckled and kissed the top of Alice's head, "There's a first."
I narrowed my eyes at him and stood up, "Shut up."

I made my way outside, muttering profanities to myself. I was the biggest asshole in this God forsaken piece of shit school and I had to maintain that.
Not with her.
I groaned at myself, definitely not with her. I spotted her then, leaning against a tree, smoking. She looked so defeated.
"What are you doing here?" I asked, standing behind her.
Bella took a deep breath and muttered something to herself before turning around. Her brown eyes glared back at me, "What's it to you?" She snapped.
What the fuck? I found myself glaring right back, "What's it to me?" I hissed, "You're here. In Phoenix. In my fucking high school, Bella. So what the fuck?" I could feel my anger reaching boiling point. I never expected her to hold her own and talk back. I came out here to apologise for Christ's sake and here she was, talking back to me. "Are you here because you've turned into some crazy stalker or some shit? Jesus Christ, Bella, we made a fucking deal."
A deal that she broke, twice now. A deal that I wish I had never made with her in the first place. I patted my pockets for my own cigarettes and put one to my lips. I took a deep drag, closing my eyes, enjoying the feel of the smoke filling my lungs. This would calm me down, surely.
"No." She mumbled, her eyes fixated on the ground, "I didn't even know you went to this school."
"You better not tell anyone, I swear to God," I hissed, the last thing people needed to know was that, I, Edward fucking Cullen was in love. "I have a life here. A girlfriend. You don't fit into my world here."
Yeah, asshole, say it like that why don't you.
She shook her head then, finally finding courage to look up at me, "I wouldn't dream of ruining your perfect fucking life." She spat, throwing her cigarette on the ground, "Don't you fucking worry." She brushed by me.
I wanted to grab her, but instead I said the worst possible thing I could have, "You're nothing to me."
You fucking liar. She's everything.

The bell sounded, signalling the end of lunch. I had remained outside after my little altercation with Bella. I couldn't be bothered listening to a thousand questions from Alice. I wanted to calm myself down. Part of me wanted to go after Bella, but the other part? Well, it wasn't so eager.
Suck it up, Cullen.
I couldn't argue with myself. That's all I could do. Put on my façade.
I walked leisurely to class, "Mr. Cullen, you're just in time. Miss Swan is about to introduce herself."
I smirked, brushing by him and slumped into my seat. This should be interesting.
Bella slowly made her way to the front of the class. I noticed her eyes were red and swollen. She had been crying.
You motherfucker.
My smirk stayed on my face as I watched her stare at the floor.
"Uh…" She was nervous, uncomfortable.
"Start with saying your name and then how you've come to attend West Phoenix High." Mr. Banner smiled, trying to encourage her.
She turned to him and smiled sarcastically, "Yeah. Thanks."
I smirked again, I loved how feisty she was.
"Uh, my name is Bella. I'm seventeen." She took a deep breath and locked eyes with mine. Big brown eyes.
"I'm here because my dad has been diagnosed with Cancer and we had to move here to get better treatment."
My smirk faded. Was she serious?
Good going, Cullen. There was you thinking she was here for you.
"I wouldn't worry." She started, staring right at me, talking directly to me and only me, "I'm not planning on staying longer than I have to."
She turned to Mr. Banner and sighed, "Can I sit back down now?"
He smiled sympathetically and nodded, "Of course."

Well, didn't I feel like the biggest dickhead on the planet.