Following that delightful other anon ask, what if Edward was a figment of Bella's imagination? The other Cullen kids exist, and for some reason Bella thinks there is an attractive, single one of them thaf sits next to her in Biology.
Anon's referring to the time Bella was a figment of Edward's imagination.
She still spots the Cullens, Jessica still dishes, she just leaves out the part about the hot red head. Bella assumes he must be dating one of his siblings too and is vaguely disappointed.
Biology is weird and she wonders why the red-headed boy hates her and if she smells weird. Mike doesn't say anything about the Cullen behind her so Bella assumes she overreacted, even when she later sees him storming out of Mrs. Cope's office.
He's not there for the next seven days, and Bella mentions as much, but flushes violently when Jessica gives her an odd look and tells her that all the Cullens are there like usual.
Bella decides not to think about it.
Then Edward's back and talking to her! He's so enigmatic! And hot!
Mike confronts her and asks what she was doing. He noticed her mumbling to herself. Was she practicing for something? (This is the only reasonable thing Mike can think of).
Bella gives him a funny look. He's joking, right? He laughs because Bella's hot and he doesn't want to press. Yeah, sure, he's joking, it's totally a joke, I'm hilarious.
Bella gives him a funny look and spends gym thinking about Edward.
This is all well and good because the next day, Bella's nearly hit by a van. (We'll say that, somehow, she avoids it even as the Cullens booked it into the woods so as not to eat her. Otherwise, this post is boring. You know how it ends.) She believes Edward saved her.
Bella is carted off to the hospital and is seen to by Dr. Cullen.
Bella notes to him that Edward saved her.
Carlisle wracks his brain, trying to think of an Edward in town, and says something like "ah, that's good then". Bella stares at him, wondering why the man is so casual about his superhuman son.
Bella tells him Edward was all the way across the parking lot.
Now it's Carlisle's turn to stare.
"Really?" he asks dumbly, then assures her that doesn't seem right. Edward would have had to be fairly close to her to pull her out of the way in time. This sometimes happens with head injuries.
Bella's kind of miffed at Dr. Cullen for being so blase about this. He's not even appearing as if he's trying to hide anything, he's just acting like he doesn't care.
Edward then comes in to drop enigmatic threats that invites Bella's interest. Here's the secret they were clearly trying to hide! She knew it!
Bella's reinvigorated for all that Edward claims they're in a stalemate.
Edward Ignores Bella, Bella Ignores Edward, No One Notices
Bella now believes Edward's ignoring her so she chooses to ignore him in turn. Those like Mike take this to mean Bella is a normal person who's not interacting with the person that doesn't actually exist.
Until, of course, Edward breaks.
Then Bella goes to have lunch by herself one day out of the blue. Everyone watches, including the Cullens, who wonder why Bella's talking about Spiderman to herself of all things.
"Weird," Rosalie concludes.
Everyone agrees with that.
Bella does also go to the beach, and being interested in the otherwise real Cullens, asks Jacob about it and gets the vampire answer.
Bella Goes to Port Angeles and Uh...
Well, following canon, things go poorly. However, we'll say Bella gets out of this one too somehow. She has dinner with imaginary Edward and notices that Edward doesn't order anything (this is because he doesn't exist). SUSPICIOUS.
Edward then invites Bella to the meadow, which is really just her frolicking around by herself. This is after hours to find her way out as Bella has no idea how she got there and there was no trail to the place.
And Then Things Get Awkward
Bella invites herself to the Cullens because Edward invites her to the Cullens. Bella, of course, is horribly concerned she'll make a bad impression and makes sure to wear her best khaki skirt and blue top. Edward assures her she looks stunning.
She gets to the Cullens house and finds Dr. Cullen standing at the doorway, staring at her dumbly.
"Ah ha ha ha, Edward invited me," she explains.
Carlisle continues to stare.
Edward from school who saved Bella Edward? That Edward? That Carlisle still isn't sure attends Forks High? And he invited Bella to... the Cullens house.
"Terribly sorry," Carlisle explains, "He, um, had no right to do that. Please go home."
Bella now is mortified beyond imagination. She's been rejected! Just as she thought she would be because she's human! Edward had been wrong (indeed, hallucination Edward is aghast, how could Carlisle?!)
Bella explains it's fine, Edward told her they're all vampires, and that they eat animals and she's totally okay with it.
Now Carlisle's really staring.
"Pardon?" he asks in a panic.
Edward can only be from the Quileute tribe, he thinks, for all that name's still not familiar.
"You simply must leave," Carlisle then says and slams the door. That's it, they have to get out of town.
Bella is mortified when, the next week, the Cullens have packed up (sans Edward who remained behind for his girlfriend) and left town. Edward comforts her through this and promises he'll live with her for the rest of her human life.
"Turn me!" Bella demands, as then she can join his family for real.
Edward, who isn't real, gives her a slightly strained smile, "Later, Bella."
