Copyright Page This book was automatically created by FLAG on April 19th, 2012, based on content retrieved from http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6144926/. The content in this book is copyrighted by Aylah50 or their authorised agent(s). All rights are reserved except where explicitly stated otherwise. This story was first published on July 15th, 2010, and was last updated on September 30th, 2010. Any and all feedback is greatly appreciated - please email any bugs, problems, feature requests etc. to [email protected]. Table of Contents Summary 1. Chapter 1: ABC 2. Chapter 2: DEFG 3. Chapter 3: HIJKL 4. Chapter 4: MNOPQ 5. Chapter 5: RSTUV 6. Chapter 6: WXYZ - 3 - Summary With only twenty-six days left of school, second grade teacher Bella is supposed to be running her classroom ABC Countdown. However, all she can think about is her sexy co-worker Edward, and the much naughtier version of the ABC Countdown he inspires. - 4 - Chapter 1: ABC *As of May 7, 2011, this story was taken down and reposted. No major changes were made! Thanks so much to my betas and Awesomesauce76 and Brits23 for helping me get this chapter up. Thanks also to my pre-readers Kyla713, lazykatevamp and loss4words81, as well as to Heatherdawn for making yet another incredible banner! I love you all to bits! This is fic is going to be light-hearted, smutty and fun! Rated M for lemons in future chapters. Twilight belongs to SM. - A - Twenty-six days left of school. That's when the teachers in the primary grades began our ABC countdown: each day we did a fun activity starting with a letter in the alphabet. The first day was obviously "A" and my second graders were doing Arts and Crafts. But me? All I could think about was Mr. Cullen's ass. He taught fifth grade, and the upper grades didn't do ABC Countdown. Those kids had too much attitude and burgeoning hormones for that. My students, however, were ecstatic as they created all kinds of artistic things out of leftover popsicle sticks, felt, feathers and glitter. Watching them both filled my heart with joy and broke it just a little bit; they were my very first class here at Forks Elementary School. Knowing that in a few short weeks, they would be third graders and not my students anymore had been causing me to tear up a lot over the previous few days. I moved to Forks the year before from Arizona, where I lived near my mom, her new husband Phil and their kids. I'd been teaching there for a few years when my Dad got hurt in the line of duty. He was a cop and when he received a gunshot wound during one of the very few violent altercations that took place in Forks, Washington, I knew someone needed to move there to take care of him. - 5 - Moving in with my father at the age of twenty-three wasn't something I was looking forward to, and neither was leaving my tenured position in Phoenix. Luckily, when I arrived the summer before, I discovered there was a classroom opening in Forks Elementary School. The Superintendent of Schools owed my father a favor, and before I knew it, I had a job again. The kids in Forks were very different from the children back home but I fell in love with all my students almost instantly. That was also the day my massively inappropriate, borderline-obsessive, crush on Edward Cullen began. It also happened to be when Edward's sister, Alice Whitlock, became my best friend. Alice was the other second grade teacher in school; Forks was apparently one of those weird towns where families stay there forever and everyone knows each other, so having siblings teach at the same school they'd attended themselves wasn't strange at all. She had realized my insane crush on Edward immediately after we'd met. At the beginning of the year, there had been no point to my attraction. Edward was married to Tanya Denali Cullen, owner of the local - and only - modeling agency in Forks. She was beautiful enough to have been one herself, and I had been totally intimidated by her. However, Tanya apparently had been a little too close with one of her male models, because in February, Edward caught her cheating on him in her studio. It started what became a very long and messy divorce, finalized just the previous month. Since then, there had been some mild flirting between us, which only served to fuel my crush. He'd held the door open for me a few times when we'd both left the faculty room together, he'd complimented me on my outfit once or twice (always outfits Alice had put together for me), and once I swore I'd caught him breathing in a whiff of the strawberry scent my hair retained after using my favorite conditioner. While Alice and I had clicked right away, I had a harder time getting to know her best friend, the Kindergarten teacher, Rosalie Cullen, also known as Edward's sister-in-law. She was rough around the edges to say the least, and didn't have an easy time getting to know new people but warmed to me eventually. I found out later that Rose's sullen demeanor was a result of her inability to have children; anyone who saw her with her class would know how much she loved them and desperately wanted one of her own. Her husband, Emmett, was child enough for her to deal with, however. He was a - 6 - guidance counselor up at the high school, as well as the Varsity Football and Baseball Coach. Emmett and Edward were polar opposites. While Emmett was fun loving, wild and boisterous, Edward was quietly sarcastic, occasionally crabby and absolutely beautiful. Ah, there's another "A" word that describes Edward! Absolutely beautiful…his ass, his absolutely beautiful ass… "Ms. Swan? Can I?" Madison, one of my favorite students interrupted me from my daydreams. I shook my head a little, trying to clear my thoughts. "Can you what, sweetie?" I answered. "Can I make something to give Julianna tomorrow? To thank her for being my Reading Buddy this year?" Julianna was a fifth grader in Edward's class; our students were "buddy classes." Once a week during the year, his students would come down to my room and read with the younger children. It had really been a great experience for all the kids. My heart sank when I realized that tomorrow was "B" day: "Say Bye to Reading Buddies Day." It would be the last time they read together. "Sure you can. As a matter of fact, that would be a nice thing for all of you to do." The children cheered; it was fine with me for them to continue crafting. It was sweltering in my classroom, which was surprising weather for the end of May, and there was a half hour left until dismissal. No way was I going to try teaching under those conditions. At three o'clock, I'd dismissed the children to their busses, the last of them waving as they left, skipping down the hall. "Walk, Scout!" I heard Alice yell to one of my more rambunctious boys before coming into my classroom. After a full day of school in an intensely humid building, she still looked perfectly put together while I was a frizzy, perspiring mess. She looked adorable in a perky, fifties style dress and ballet flats. I however had sweat through my jersey tank top and my cotton skirt was sticking to my legs. "It's Wednesday! Time for our faculty meeting!" she sang, her voice a cheerful tinkling melody. "Can't wait," I sang back sarcastically. - 7 - "Well, at least it's air conditioned in the library…and Edwaaaard," she drew out his name, "has Union business on the agenda." "Alice, stop! People will hear you!" I cried out in a forceful whisper, giving her a playful smack on the arm. "So? Everyone knows," Rosalie said dryly as she entered the room. "Except, of course, for my extremely unobservant brother-in-law." I exhaled heavily at her response. "What? It's true!" she replied, giving me an annoyed shrug. The truth was I didn't just like him. Actually, I was pretty sure I was in love with him. And insanely attracted to him. Attracted! Another "A" word that made me think about Edward. I swore I could create an entire ABC Countdown on the sexiness of that man. Suddenly, I giggled to myself, an idea forming into a complete thought in my head. "Hey," I began, stalling for time and trying to figure out a way to get Alice and Rose out of my classroom for a few minutes. "I forgot to print out my, uh…classroom newsletter! I'll catch up with you guys in at the meeting. Save me a seat!" Alice agreed, skipping out of the room and Rose followed. As soon as they walked out the door, I opened a blank document on my computer and typed at the top: "ABC Countdown: 26 Days of Sexy Edward Cullen." I skipped a line and began typing my list. "A: Edward's Ass, he's Absolutely beautiful, I'm so Attracted to him." I didn't want to end up accidentally printing this list for my classroom or for a parent instead of the real one, so I saved the file as "ABC Countdown S.E.C.". Glancing at the clock, I saw I was about to be late for the meeting, so I quickly shut down my computer and dashed out of the room. As I hurried down the hallway, I slipped on the newly buffed surface and tripped right in front of the glass windows of the library. Our custodian, Fred Banner, helped me up, pulling me by my elbow and asking me if I was all right. After assuring him that I was and thanking him for his help, I bent down to rub the ankle I'd twisted. - 8 - God, I hope nobody saw me do that! I thought, standing up and hobbling into the library. As I opened the door, the cool air fanned my face, giving me sweet relief from the sticky torture that was my classroom. Like a teenager with a crush, I immediately sought out Edward, scanning the room full of people for his perfect face. Ohhh, there he is. He was sitting in his usual spot, the table in the back right corner of the room with the other fifth and sixth grade teachers. My stomach flipped-flopped as it always did whenever I saw him. His piercing green eyes seemed to sparkle even in the dull, fluorescent light of the library. My heart fluttered a little as I took in the rugged lines of his jaw, a faint trace of soft scruff covering his chin and just above his lip. I hadn't seen him much this week and didn't know he'd started growing in a beard. The humidity had made his already unruly copper hair more wild than usual. My fingers twitched involuntarily, itching to run through his soft locks. He didn't look up at me as I stood there; he was too busy talking to Jessica Stanley. She was a sixth grade teacher and another graduate of Forks High. She'd known Edward pretty much her entire life, and had a crush on him for equally as long. I was immediately jealous of her proximity to him as she stood over his shoulder, reading something off the meeting agenda. She reached down to point something out, and as she did, her hair fanned down in front of his face. I bit back a grin as I saw him grimace slightly and pull back, trying to move away from the intrusion of her locks in his vision. Jessica didn't seem to notice. Suddenly, I felt someone grabbing my hand. "Bella, you're staring!" Alice whispered as she tugged me towards the table she was sitting at. I hadn't even realized she'd been standing next to me as I'd been gazing at Edward and I shook my head in embarrassment. I'm so pathetic! Alice gave me a sympathetic smile and Rose rolled her eyes as we sat down with the third and first grade teachers. Our meetings were always like a high school cafeteria; everyone always sat with their own kind. It was a good thing, too, or I'd probably get there early just to try to sit next to Edward. As it was, I felt the hair on - 9 - my neck standing on end just by being in the same room with him. Our principal, Jane Volturi, cleared her throat and began going over the meeting's lengthy agenda. It included report card due dates, year-end preparations, and procedures for packing up our classrooms for the summer. After a few minutes, my mind began to wander and I found myself doodling on the paper. When Jane arrived at the line item that included "year end preparations," she addressed the table where I sat. "Primary grades, I'd like you to work with your buddy classes to create some kind of end of the year project to send home to parents. You can use photos, lists of books they've read, whatever you want." Buddy classes! An enthusiastic smile appeared on my lips as I realized this project would require that Edward and I work on it together. I bit my lip and tried to force my excitement off my face, but I knew it was useless; I'd always been an open book and could never really hide my emotions. "Uh, Jane," Edward raised his hand to get her attention. "I assume we will be getting substitute coverage while we are supposed to be working on these projects?" She momentarily grimaced at his words. "You don't expect us to work on this after school hours," he continued. "Especially when we have all of this to do?" He waved the agenda in the air to punctuate his words. Edward was the faculty representative to the Teachers' Union, and because of this, he was always challenging Jane on anything that went against our Union rules. He was slightly arrogant about it and unrelenting in his defense of teachers' contractual rights. It reminded me of the chivalry held only by an older generation, and I found it incredibly sexy. "I don't think it should be a project that will take up toomuch of your time," she replied acridly, visibly irritated at his suggestion, but she pursed her lips at him and smiled. "However, if you need coverage, I'm sure it could be arranged." Since the entire faculty was watching this interchange, I felt no shame in turning to glance at Edward. His answering smile to Jane's words was polite, but it wasn't - 10 -