I KNOW WE FAIL!!!!!!!!!!!

*throws self into boiling pit of muck*

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Chapter 19: At Last

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BPOV

The weekend had come and gone. Jess had called me again on Sunday night and asked me not to tell anyone what had happened to her. She was too embarrassed about it to have everyone feeling sorry for her. It was very unlike her but I let it go. I got ready for school feeling dull inside, like the hope from liking someone was ripped out from under my fingers. To top it all off I had forgotten to do my math homework over the weekend. Great…

EPOV

Today was that day that I got to meet Marie. The day I had been waiting for these last couple months. She had told me that she would meet me by my locker before the morning bell. So here I was, standing by my locker, waiting. A part of me thought that she wouldn't show up. I waited by my locker until 8:20am right before the bell rang at 8:30.

"Hi Julliard," a familiar voice said behind me.

I turned around and was met with the eyes of Jessica. Jessica Stanley.

"You're Marie?" I managed to get out.

"That's me," she smiled her fake smile at me.

"It's nice to finally meet you. I've waited a long time to find out who I've been talking to for all these months," I forced a smile out. She seemed to buy it because hers got bigger and gave me a hug. I wrapped my arms around her. It was awesome meeting the person that I had connected with so much after these past few months, but inside I knew that I was slightly disappointed in who the person was.

"Oh my God me too. It's been a while," she grinned.

Smiling back at her I knew that I at least I had to try and give Jessica a chance to show me the side of her I met on the chat site. We went of to classes separately. I told her that I would see her at lunch and she kissed my cheek. Inside I grimaced but told myself to give her a chance.

Swan was sitting at her desk in English when I got there. She had her head down on the desk so I took the perfect opportunity to make a comment.

"Realized that no one wants to be your friend, Bella," I smirked.

"Shut up Edward," she mumbled. Suddenly I tripped but caught myself on the desk behind hers. She sat up and turned to look at me, "Don't mess with me," I noticed that her foot was sticking out in the isle. She was the reason I tripped.

English carried on and passed, as well as the rest of my classes. Lunch came too soon and I made my way across the cafeteria to our table where I saw Emmett and Jasper already sitting.

"Dude, did you find out who the girl is?" Emmett looked at me with a grin on his face.

"Yeah, Jessica Stanley," I nodded to him.

"But I thought it was-" Jasper elbowed Emmett to stop him.

"Wait, you knew?" I asked shocked.

"Uh, no, we were just taking guesses on who it could be," Jasper rushed.

"Alright…" I trailed off but let it go because Jessica came running over to our table.

"Hey Edward! I was wondering if it was like, ok for me to eat with you guys today," before I had the chance to respond she sat down next to me.

"Uh, sure," I shrugged. The conversation was staggered throughout lunch. There were just some things Jessica said that didn't sound like the girl I met on NDTeens. After school I decided to talk to her about everything.

Once we were dismissed from music I rushed outside to find her. She was standing under a tree with a couple of her friends.

"Hey Jessica, I was wondering if I could talk to you for a minute?" I asked. Her friends instantly started throwing flirtatious smiles while I talked to her.

"Sure, let's like, go sit by the, uh, picnic tables?" I nodded and followed her over to the outdoor eating area, "So what did you want to like, talk about?" she asked once we were seated on opposite sides of the table.

"Well, I just wanted to let you know that I was excited to finally find out who I had been talking to but you're just not the same girl that I talked to on the internet. I know that it's only the first day we've been talking in a while but I think that we should give each other a try. I want you to be able to show me the girl I met on NDT," I let all the cards on the table when I said this to her. I had hope in her for this.

"Edward, I would love to go out with you. I promise you that if you give me the chance I'll be the girl you're looking for," she grinned and grabbed my hands across the table. It was the first sentence I heard her say that didn't have the word 'like' in it.

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For the next week Jessica and I were almost inseparable. She spent every moment with me trying to prove that she actually has opinions, though she did fail miserably at pulling off the smart thing.

I didn't want to believe that the girl I met on NDTenns didn't exist. She was a sweet, charming girl who helped me get over my parent's deaths and so much more. Whenever I watched Jessica and her desperate attempts to seduce me, I felt my heart break a little more. I kept looking for little signs of the girl I spent so long talking to, but none seemed to appear.

My phone started ringing. I knew who it was. I didn't feel like answering at the moment, I had homework to do after all. School work is prioritized over romantic relationshits (whoops, I mean relationships).

Five minutes later it rang again. I let it ring hoping she would understand that I was busy. Almost as soon as it stopped ringing I heard the familiar sound of an incoming text message.

Annoyed, I picked up my phone to look at the message.

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Heyy Baby!

Call me when you get this
message. I think we should
hang out today. I miss you
Sooooooooo much already!

3 Jessica (Aka Marie ;P)

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I felt like texting her back to inform her of what exactly I would do to her face if she referred to me as an infant one more time but I refrained from doing so, causing myself great pain.

I shut my phone off, telling myself I will respond once I was finished doing school work. Summer exams were starting in five months! You can never be too prepared!

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BPOV

The week had passed by quickly with no major events happening except for the fact that Edward and Jessica had been spending quite a lot of time together. Rumor has it that they are now dating. It was suspicious. They dated in grade nine and he had cheated on her. So why would she trust him again? Something wasn't right here and I had to go to the gossip queen herself- Alice. Alice would know what was really going on. Luckily, I was sleeping at her house tonight so I would have the chance to talk to her. She was away for the week with her mum visiting family in New York City. Carlisle had to work and it wasn't Edward's side of the family. I had a feeling that tonight would be filled with her stuffing me into clothes she had bought while in the big apple.

I got out of my truck and walked up the stone steps to her front door. I wasn't even at the door when it flew open and Alice ran out to me.

"I MISSED YOU!" she yelled in my ear.

"ALICE, I'm right here," I calmed her down. Rose was already here so she helped pull her off of me, "Calm down, how was New York?"

"It was awesome! I bought so many clothes! Stuff for you too! I can't wait for you to try them on! You're going to love them!" she jumped up and down as Rose and I pulled her inside.

"Jasper, calm down your girlfriend," Rose pushed Alice over to him and she was calmed instantly.

Emmett was here also. We all spent the night watching movies and playing video games. Emmett actually cried when I beat him at Guitar Hero. After that he refused to play me ever again because I was running his 'manliness' as he put it. At about 11:30 Emmett, Rose, and Jasper left. They had to get up the next morning to drive to Bismarck with Rose and Jasper's family. Their cousin was getting married.

"So! Catch me up on the new gossip around school while I was gone, there has to be something good!" she threw me a look when we were up in her room looking at all the stuff she bought.

"Well, Edward and Jessica started dating," I shrugged.

"WHAT?" she yelled.

"Yeah, apparently they got together on Monday, it's weird considering that Edward cheated on her in grade nine," I told her. Alice seemed to not know this. This was weird, considering she knows everything there is about gossip.

"Edward has never dated her Bella," Alice was looking at me like I had two heads.

"That's what she told me. Though I'm not surprised, she does seem to lie a lot," the wheels started turning in my head and I realized that some of the things she told me were an utter lie. Then it hit me. What if she said what she did about Julliard to get me to stop talking to me? I don't think she would lie about something as serious as this though.

"What else has she told you?" Alice was suddenly paying more attention than ever. She never even focused this hard during a shoe sale.

"Last weekend she came to my house and told me about she used to talk on NDTeens but then she met this guy and his name was Juilliard_Bound. She talked to him for a while and they eventually set up to meet each other-"

"That bitch. As if she hasn't ruined his life enough already! I'm going to kill her the next time I see her! I can't believe she-" Alice stopped herself to calm down.

"What are you talking about Alice?" I asked. She was confusing me at the moment.

"She- Ugh- Nothing. I'll just deal with it on Monday."

The conversation was forgotten for the rest of the night and Alice started shoving me into the clothes she got. I have to admit. Clothes in New York City were MUCH better then they are in Grand Forks. Before we went to sleep are 1:30am I thought about what Alice said about taking care of things on Monday. I knew I had to be there for this. Alice was going to take that girl down.

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Monday morning came fast enough. Before I left Alice's on Saturday morning I asked if she could give me a ride to school on Monday. My dad was bringing my car into the shop that day. Of course, it was a total lie but Alice was more than willing to give me a ride.

We arrived at school at about 7:50am. Alice was never this early for school. The moment she got out of the car she was on a mission. My guess was that she was on a mission to find Jessica.

"Alice! Wait up," I called after her.

"Walk faster," was her reply.

I saw Jessica and Edward sitting on a picnic table. They looked like they were in a deep conversation. As far as I could tell, Edward was doing all the talking and Jessica was looking to the ground, trying not to cry. I snapped out of it when I heard Alice's voice.

"Hey bitch! Get away from my cousin!" Shit. I ran over to her as she walked up to them.

"Alice? What are you doing?" So Edward was just as confused as I was.

"You think you can screw around with my cousin. I know things you lying slut. You lied to Bella, you lied to Edward, and I bet you've lied to everyone in this whole fucking school. When I get through with you your face will be to fat to spread those lies of yours anymore."

With that Alice jumped at Jessica. It turned into a catfight. Alice was using her nails to her advantage. Jess was trying to fight back but was failing. Edward and I gave each other a look and went to pull the girls off each other.

"What the hell is wrong with you Alice?" Edward fumed after they were separated.

"She's lying to you Edward! She's lying about who she is," she threw her hands down and glared at Jessica.

"What are you talking about?" he let go of Jess and backed off to the side.

"She's not the girl you've been talking to on NDTeens! She lied to get you to go out with her! She's a bitch who has no purpose in life but to ruin everyone else's!" Alice screamed. People were starting to gather around now. I was surprised no teachers had come over to stop the interaction.

"How do you know this? Do you know who it is?" Edward looked at Jessica with disgust and turned all his attention to Alice.

"I know because the girl you were talking to is a good friend of mine! Jessica wanted to ruin her chances with you when she found out who she is talking to. OF COURSE I KNOW WHO IT IS!" Alice yelled.

"THEN WHO?" I could tell Edward was having enough with the guessing games.

"BELLA!"

What did she just say?

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I KNOW WE FAIL!

Thanks for reviewing anyways :D

There is probably one or two more chapters (either one REALLLY long one or two normal length ones) to this story the THAT'S IT!! Thanks for being with us all this time *tear* I might try to write more then those chapters so then Alyssa and I can update the last chapteron November 2nd , the day we posted the first chapter of Technically In Love exactly a year ago. *tears up*

Well I will save that speech for then! UNTILL THEN! Happy reading!!!

-oh and who caught the irony in the title of this chapter?!-