BPOV

"Alice do I have to?" I begged in a childish voice.

"Yes, you are going to the Halloween Ball whether you like it or not1 I have been working entirely too long to get your curfew extended to midnight! You are coming over to my house after school so that I can fit you for a costume," she replied and walked down the hallway.

I groaned. This was going to be a long afternoon. Alice had to make me a costume, and the ball was tomorrow.

EPOV

Jasper, Emmett and I stood in the middle of the ballroom. The boys had promised their dates to meet them there.

"Found them…" Jasper's voice trailed off. He was pointing toward the grand staircase, so I turned to look and gasped.

I noticed Alice and Rosalie in their costumes at the top of the stairs, but there was literally a spotlight on the girl in between them. She was wearing a peach quiceanera dress that went almost to her knees and parted at a peach rose on her side, where it puffed out with white chiffon. She had a peach beaded mask on her face, and her hair was in a side ponytail, but there were lilies of the Nile where a hair tie would be, and there were somehow sheer pick ribbons woven elaborately through her curled her that hung over her shoulder.

Alice and Rosalie smiled at her and they began their descent. The spotlight followed them down, and I saw a blush color the girl's cheek at the attention.

"Um, Alice, Rose, who is that?" Emmett asked when the two of them reached us. The fairytale princess girl had stayed at the bottom of the staircase.

"You mean you don't know?" Alice asked with a giggle.

"Yes, we do. That's exactly why we asked you who she is," I said sarcastically.

"Well, Edward, considering we both have dates and you don't, why don't you go talk to her and find out?" Rose asked, and the others voiced their agreement.

"Fine," I grumbled and left them. I walked up to the girl who looked at me with a shocked expression.

"Edward Cullen?" she gasped.

Okay, I had never heard this beautiful girl's voice before. That narrowed it down considerably. It was hard to find someone in the school I had never met.

"Um, hi. Do I know you?" Yeah, real smooth, Edward.

"Well, I'm in two of your classes, but I don't believe we've ever spoken," she replied.

"I think I'm beginning to regret that," I said and she giggled. "Would you like to go for a walk?"

"I'd love to," she said softly, and I gestured to a side door for us to exit.

"So, do you plan on telling me who you are?" I asked.

"Uh, no. You're going to have to figure that one out on your own."

"Fine then. Why have we never spoken before?"

"I'm not sure. I suppose it's because we run in different circles. I'm not exactly the most popular person at our school. Unless you define that as being well known, in which case I would be, because people always say I'm a geek.

"I've known you for five minutes, and I already believe you are not a geek."

"That's a first."

Hey, full moon tonight," I commented when we passed by a giant oak tree in the middle of the garden.

"Why, Edward Cullen, are you trying to be romantic?" she teased.

"Maybe," I replied simply.

She smacked my chest playfully.

"Will I ever find out who you are?" I pleaded.

"Hmmm, how about if you don't figure it out tonight, I'll drop subtle hints for you. And I did say subtle, so don't go thinking it's me when a cheerleader comes prancing up to you because you are looking for me. They'll probably try to say that they are me."

"Sounds fair enough. So do you have any siblings?"

"Nope, it's just little old me and my parents."

"What are your favorite flowers?"

"Lilies."

"Color?"

"Blue."

"Fruit?"

"Pineapple."

"Drink?"

"Smoothie."

"Animal?"

"Koala. Are you done now?" she asked in an annoyed tone.

"I guess," I teased.

"So, how is soccer going?" she asked.

So she knew I was captain of the team? "Does that mean you are involved in the sports at school?"

"Yes, I go to all of the games, but you didn't answer my question."

"Pretty good, I guess. Judging by your earlier statement, I'm assuming you don't like the cheerleaders?"

"I despise them. Never have been one, never will be."

"Why don't you like them?"

"Because they are all Lauren's friends, and she spilled juice on my mat in kindergarten and told everyone I had an accident. Lauren being head cheerleader is the main reason, though."

"Where do you spend all your free periods at school?"

"Usually in the library, but I also help backstage with the upcoming play."

"What is your free period at school?"

"Fifth."

"Mine too!"

Well, duh, Mr. Cullen. Everyone knows yours. You go parading down the hallways with your team to go outside and practice for a soccer game."

I chuckled. "That's true."

How did I just now notice she was wearing elbow length gloves? True fairytale princess.

"And you are a friend of Alice and Rosalie's?"

"That is correct."

We came up to a lake, lying perfectly still in the night. "Will you dance with me?" I asked.

"Really, Edward, to no music?"

I just started humming a random melody, and she sighed, putting one hand on my shoulder. I put one of my own at her waist and gently took her free hand in my other. We began waltzing to my hummed tune.