Well. Hello. It's been a while.

Like…a year.

This is awkward.

I thought I had abandoned this story, but I just felt like writing it today. This isn't even long. And you've probably all abandoned me.

Please enjoy anyway.

BPOV

Edward was staring at me.

Like…really staring.

It occurred to me that Edward's staring was kind of creepy.

It occurred to me that Edward's eyes were really green, so it didn't particularly matter.

It occurred to me that we had been sitting here, staring at each other, his hand on my cheek for a very long time.

"Hi," I said, a bit awkwardly. He looked bemused. "Edward?"

His hand flew away from my face and he shot away from me, staring at me as if he had seen a ghost. "I'm sorry, Bella, I have to go. I really have to go. I do." He stood up and started to walk briskly away from our bench. He shoved his hands in his pockets and shook his head as he moved away from me.

What the hell had just happened?

I stood up, grabbed Nessie and ran after him. "Hey!" His pace quickened. "Hey, Edward!"

I caught up to him and grabbed his elbow. He stopped, but didn't turn around. "Where are you going?"

"I can't do this right now, Bella, I really can't," he said, trying to pull his arm from my grasp.

"At least take Nessie, if you're abandoning me," I said reproachfully, handing him the leash.

"Right, sorry," he pushed his hand through the wrist loop, the muttered, "Oh God…"

I shot him a look of confusion, "Wha-?"

"EDDIEBEAR!" Tanya came zooming up in a shiny red convertible, strawberry blonde hair blowing in the wind, Ke$ha blasting, "What are you doing with her?"

"I'm sorry, Bells. Take her home for me, will you?" he detached himself from the leash and handed it back to me, "Sorry."

He hopped in the car, kissed her, and they were gone.

EPOV

I am an idiot.

Those were the only words running through my head as Tanya and I sped down the highway. She prattled on about the upcoming football game and all the routines "the girls" had worked up and I repeatedly imagined myself jumping out of the car. It would be quite easy. It was a convertible.

"Eddiebear, are you even listening?" she poked me in the shoulder with her razor sharp, bubble gum pink nail.

"Yeah, it sounds great, sweetie. You guys will look awesome."

"Eddie, I asked you if you where you wanted to go for dinner. I was thinking maybe The Lodge with the gang. You know, the usual…"

"Oh. Yeah, sure, fine. Sounds great."

"Good," she rubbed my arm for a minute, then turned back to the road.

BPOV

"No problem, Esme. It was nice to see you too," I said, as Edward's mom took Nessie out of my arms and shut the door.

I wanted to kill him. I wanted to kiss him. I wanted to kill Tanya. I wanted to go up to my room and cry for three hours.

Instead, I called Alice

"Hey, Bells, what's-"

"Alice. My house. Ice cream. Ten minutes."

"Got it."

There was a click as she hung up the phone. I called Angela, gave her the same message, and went into my house to prepare.

Ten minutes later, Alice, Angela and I were sitting in a circle on my bedroom floor, eating Ben and Jerry's as I recounted my story.

"…and then he kissed her and they drove off. The end."

"Oh, Bella…" Angela put her hand on my shoulder and smiled sympathetically, "He's such an idiot. He's been awful to you today."

Alice stabbed a spoon into her Cherry Garcia and slammed it onto the floor. "That boy could not be any stupider. I mean, I practically told him and he still…"

"Alice, what are you talking about?" I said, my eyes widening.

She slowly lowered herself to the floor and bit her lip. "Oh, nothing…"

"Alice."

"Edward and I had a little…confrontation today. After you left with Jazz."

"ALICE!" I jumped up and started to pace back and forth, "What did you tell him?"

"Nothing, really. I just, y'know helped him along. No big deal."

"OF COURSE IT'S A BIG DEAL, YOU TINY IDIOT. You talked to Edward. ABOUT ME."

"I didn't tell him anything! I just hinted. I mentioned Valentine's Day…"

"Oh my god," I sank back on to my bed and covered my face with my hands, "Alice…I hate you."

Angela came and sat down next to me. She pried my fingers away from my eyes and said, "Bella, it's fine. Alice didn't mean anything wrong by it. You know that."

"I know," I said, and pulled my cell phone out of my pocket, "But even still…" I dialed.

It rang for a moment and then a low voice with a slight Southern drawl answered, "Hey, Bella. What's going on? You feeling better?"

"Yeah, Jazz, I'm doing okay, but listen…" Alice eyes widened and she grabbed my hand, trying to pull the phone away from my ear, "Do you remember your birthday last year, when you found that stuffed dinosaur in your locker?"

"Uh, yeah," said Jasper. Alice was now on the floor of my room, her hands covering her mouth and her eyes the size of dinner plates. "'Rawr mean I love you in dinosaur', right?" He laughed.

"Yeah…I know who that was from. And you should, too. Just think about it for a while. It'll come to you. Oh, and Alice says hi." I clicked the end button before he could respond and burst out laughing.

"I hate you! I hate you so much, Isabella Swan, I could just kill you!" Alice jumped up and down, arms flailing. She looked insane.

Angela giggled. "She didn't do anything different than you, Alice. She just…helped him along! She smiled at me.

"You are so gonna pay, " said Alice. She sat down at my desk chair, crossed her arms and pouted. "I hate you both."

EPOV

After dinner, I returned home to find my mom sitting in the living room, playing with Nessie and Jake. "Hey Mom, I said, grabbing a glass of Coke from the kitchen and going to join her, "How was your day?"

"It was fine, honey," she smiled and pushed a few of her caramel coloured locks behind her ear, "You know who came by? Bella Swan! She was dropping of Nessie. She said you guys went for a walk?"

"Uh, yeah…" I pushed back my hair a bit sheepishly.

"I didn't know you were hanging out with Bella again, Edward. I always liked her."

I knew my mom had always secretly hoped that Bella and I would fall in love and get married one day, like in some stupid movie. "Not really. Every once in a while, I guess."

"That's nice, dear," she said, "You missed dinner. Want me to make you a plate? We had lasagna."

"No, that's fine. I already ate. See you later, Mom." I headed up to my room, leaving her alone with the dogs.

I needed some sleep.

I thought it was pretty good. A nice continuation. It's an update, at least, right?

Let's do this again sometime soon.

Reviews are better than…er…spontaneous updates after long absences.