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Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight. You know the glorious woman who does. (This disclaimer applies to EVERY CHAPTER of this fic. )

A Shot at Failure

The world has utterly gone topsy-turvy. How is it possible that Isabella Swan—the innocently beautiful Isabella Swan—dates the outrageously arrogant, thinks-of-himself-too-much Edward Cullen instead of me? She, literally, is insane. Despite my irresistibly cute baby face and gorgeous pale blond hair, my physical features weren't enough to catch her attention.

Choosing a Cullen over a Newton? Hah! She has made the biggest mistake of her life. And I'd be more than glad to correct her ways.

The awful shriek of the bell tore me from my reverie. Biology's up for my next class and, as lucky as I could get, the girl of my dreams would be there, too. Finally. Today's my chance!

I dashed through the busy halls of Forks Highschool, taking no notice of the populated classrooms or familiar faces calling my attention. The plans on my head could never wait for another minute and so, I have to get there. Fast.

Running with as much speed as I could manage, I reached the classroom in fifty-eight seconds flat, panting and gasping for air as I steadied myself on the ground. I grabbed the handy mirror in my bag and took a glance at myself. I look awful; my blond hair a horrible mess and sweat kept dripping on my face. I hastily dabbed an infinitesimal amount of gel on my precious hair and cautiously fixed it into orderly spikes. I wiped every drop of sweat seen on my face and took another quick glance at the mirror.

I was ready. I strutted my way into the classroom confidently, keeping my every step as light as possible. I settled onto my seat and restrained myself from looking at their direction. I succeeded. Never did I chance a glimpse at Bella and that boy—as I prefer not to say his name—but I fairly knew how close they were sitting with each other.

Stay calm and get a grip on yourself, Mike. Just go straight to Bella and ask her to be your partner for the spring dance. She won't say no. She won't say no. She won't say no. I thought.

Well, how should I ask her? Hmm.

Bella, will you give me the pleasure of being my date for the spring dance? No. Too formal.

Hey, Bella. You're so lucky to be my date for the spring dance! No. Too cocky.

Hi. Be my partner at the spring dance? No. Too straightforward.

Oh, Bella! We'll be rockin' and slidin' and groovin' on the spring dance next week. Ain't that sweeeeeet? No. No. No. Heck, I'll make a total fool out of myself there.

I felt infuriated with myself. I can't even form one simple question, for Pete's sake! My level of coherency instantly dropped to zero, all because of a girl that wouldn't even care to pay any attention to me. Great.

I broke the restriction I held for myself and slightly peeked at her direction, only to find him bursting into a roar of laughter. What the hell is wrong with that guy?

I decided to ignore his apparent weirdness as I stood up from my seat and walked towards Bella. It took me a handful amount of courage to be near her, to be able to inch closer to this girl even in his presence.

I saw him shot a daggering glare at me, and almost instantly, he pulled Bella's face closer to his and kissed her softly on the lips. It was a slow, tender kiss at first but the urgency that radiated from the two of them never failed to make my blood boil. I found myself stupidly staring at their intimacy and I literally had to hit myself for doing so. I turned my heels and walked back into my seat, annoyed and rejected.

Stupid, lunatic Cullen kept grinning the whole of our Biology class. I'll have my chance. You'll see!

Yes, I know. This is way too short than my usual stories. But I just had to play with Mike's character once in a while. haha! And yes, I changed the course of events here. Bella's with Edward already even before Mike decided to ask her. Anyway, I haven't really decided if I should continue this and write a few more chapters or leave it alone as it is. Tell me what you think. :)

My midterm exams are coming up this week and I probably won't be able to update as much as possible. I'm curently working on a new multichapter fic and hopefully, I'd be able to post the first few chapters after my exams.

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