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Being friends was harder than I expected it to be.

Sure, we'd say hi when we passed each other at school and sometimes, he'd walk over to our lunch table to talk to me and Alice for a few minutes.

Jasper still didn't trust him and, honestly, I didn't fully trust him either. Just because we were friends didn't mean I had to trust him.

Just as we started to fall into a comfortable relationship, things blew up.

It was just another day at school. It was during Biology. Edward normally sat next to Jessica, and nothing was different about that today. I watched with annoyance from my seat in the back as Jessica continuously flirted with Edward throughout the first 20 minutes of class. He would smile back at her politely, but never gave her much to work with.

But that was just enough to piss of my bio teacher.

"Okay that's it!" Mr. Banner finally yells. "I've been lenient for a few days because I figured it was the excitement of having Mr. Cullen here, but if you both can't pay attention, I'm moving you. Cullen, go sit in the back by Swan. Maybe she'll be kind enough to fill you in on what you missed while you were talking."

Edward grabs his books and stands up, waving a goodbye to Jessica before he turns his smile on me. I roll my eyes at him with a gentle smile and he chuckles.

"I hope I can trust you to still pay attention, Bella," Mr. Banner says seriously.

I smile and nod as Edward sits down next to me. "Yes, sir," I say.

Mr. Banner nods and turns back to the bored. Edward looks over at me and smiles. "Hello, Bella."

I punch his arm. "Focus on the bored," I whisper. He grins at me before doing what I ask.

Just as I start to scribble down more notes, I look forward to see Jessica Stanley watching me with narrowed eyes. I raise an eyebrow at her which only causes her glare to intensify.

The rest of the class passes without further incident. Edward takes notes quietly, but I can't help notice how much he fidgets. If he wasn't writing something, he was fidgeting with his hands. When his hands were busy, he was tapping his foot or bouncing his leg.

He even started to tap his pen incessantly, but I stopped that as soon as it started.

Shit hit the fan the instant I stepped into the lunch room.

My phone buzzes in my pocket as I step into the noisy ruckus that is the Forks cafeteria. I check it quickly, not surprised to see a text from Alice that said she'd be about 15 minutes late for lunch because she had to talk to Edward. That seemed to happen frequently with Alice and Edward, and she refused to talk to him in public.

As I stand near the door, waiting for Jasper to enter, Lauren approaches me with Jessica and the other members of her posse in tow.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Lauren says to me with fake kindness.

I smile at her with all the fake happiness I can muster. "Waiting for Jasper so we can go eat. You should try eating sometime. It's really a great thing," I say with a wink.

Her face goes red before she speaks again. "Stay away from Edward. Don't think I haven't noticed the way you've been looking at him lately. He's mine."

I roll my eyes. "It's okay to have friends, Lauren. And Edward and I are friends. Get over yourself."

She pushes me back against the wall. "Stay away from him," she practically hisses.

I can't help it. I laugh. "This is like some horrible movie about high school. What's next? Are you going to beat me up?" I mock. "Or dump something on me?"

She smiles at me with malice. "Well shit, you figured out the rest of the plan."

The next thing I know, I have chocolate milk being poured slowly over my head. It's cold and sticky. I can feel it seeping into my shirt as it makes its way down the short tendrils of my hair.

She pushes me into the wall again before she starts to back away. "Back off. He's mine," she says before she turns away.

I stand there for a few long moments, frozen in my spot with Jasper tugging on my arm, trying to get me to move. The chocolate milk smells sickeningly sweet as it starts soaking through my hair. I hate the smell of milk and, when a drop of it lands near by mouth, I can't stand it anymore.

I run.

I leave the cafeteria behind me along with the laughter of Lauren and her cohorts. I can hear Jasper chasing after me, yelling my name, but I refuse to stop.

I slow down for breath when I'm almost to the women's bathroom. I take a deep breath before I walk inside, but I barely put my hand on the door when I hear my name.

I turn around to see Alice and Edward staring at me in concern.

"What happened to you?" Alice says as she comes over to me.

"Lauren and her bitch friends, that's what happened," Jasper says as he runs up beside her. He looks at Edward with anger. "And even though I only saw the ending, I'm pretty sure I know what they were doing."

Edward stares at Jasper blankly for a moment before he looks over at me with horror on his face.

"They did this because of me?" He asks. Edward looks shaky again, almost as shaky as he was during Bio.

"It was nothing. Lauren's just a bitch. Now if you'll excuse me, I have chocolate milk coagulating in my hair that I need to attend to," I say snappily before I run into the bathroom.

I walk over to the sink and turn the water, cranking it so it's as hot as possible. I briefly glance under the door of each stall to make sure I'm alone before I turn back to the sink and dunk my head under.

I can feel the sticky milk begin to run out of my hair and blow out a sigh of relief. I'd rather have water in my hair the rest of the day than milk.

After I'm satisfied with my hair, I flip it back behind my back and feel the water begin to seep into my shirt. I splash some hot water on my face a few times before I blindly reach out to find the paper towel holder.

Imagine my surprise when I feel someone hand me one.

I wipe the water out of my eyes to see Alice standing next to me with a hand full of paper towels and a shirt draped over her arm.

She hands the rest of the paper towels to me before she pulls the purse off her shoulder. She unzips it and digs around for a long moment before she pulls out a small brush.

"Here," she says as she walks around behind me with a fresh handful of towels.

I feel her begin to squeeze out my hair while I continue to dry my face.

"I'm sorry for what they did to you," she whispers as she lets the towel absorb the water. "You didn't deserve that, especially not on account of Edward."

I shrug as I look at her in the mirror. "It probably would have happened eventually without Edward's presence. He just sped up the inevitable."

She groans as she walks over to the garbage can and throws away the used towels.

"People are bitches," she says as she hands the brush to me.

"Bitches pretty much run my life," I say as I pull the brush through my damp hair.

She giggles as she tosses the shirt at me. "Go change," she commands. "You're lucky I always carry an extra shirt."

I raise an eyebrow at her before I close the stall door. "And why do you do that?" I ask.

She's quiet for a long second before she answers. "It's a long story."

Cryptic? Yes.

It'll be explained later on. There's a lot about both Cullen children that will be explained later on.

Oh, and Emmett will be included in this story along with Rosalie eventually. Emmett will be related to Edward and Alice while Rosalie will probably just be introduced as Em's girlfriend.

Anywho, review, review, review, review, review. Please. It's a little discouraging when I don't get any feedback. It'll only take a sec and I really appreciate it :)

Love,

Emilia Elliot