if any of these things offend you, please reconsider reading this story: teenagers smoking weed, teenagers having sex, chapters that aren't 10k words long, silly stories about high schoolers.

if you decide to continue, i hope you enjoy it.

To an outsider, the present state of my room would look like one of a dedicated student. Rose and I were sitting cross-legged on my bed, books piled all over, papers strewn about. She had on her black-framed glasses that she only wore when she wanted to look smart, and I was biting the end of my pen.

But what that outsider wouldn't know is that the only reason we were cracking down so much was because we procrastinated all week, and now we had a major Bio test tomorrow. Time to face the music. Time to get serious and concentrate.

"Hey, did I tell you that the Cullens are moving back into town?"

Or not.

"Um... what?" I tried to play it cool, but she pulled that out of nowhere, and to be honest it kind of shocked me.

"The Cullens are moving back into town," Rosalie repeated.

"Oh." I had no idea how to react. But then I figured I should say something more, because 'oh' would probably make her ask questions that I wasn't sure I could answer at the moment. "How do you know?"

"My mom showed them a house, and they bought it."

Rose's mom was a realtor, so she always had dirt on anyone new in town. Not that Forks saw new residents very often, but it happened every once in a while. She mostly got work in the surrounding towns.

"Do you know when they're coming back?"

"Yeah, she said they're gonna be finished moving back in this weekend. Apparently Alice and Edward will be in school on Monday. Oh, and their cousin, Emmett, too. All my mom knew about that was he got into some trouble in Seattle so his parents sent him to live with Esme and Carlisle when they heard they were moving back here."

I let that all soak in for a minute. "I can't believe they're moving back. Why would anyone move back to Forks?"

"I dunno. They're weird I guess," she paused for a minute. "I wonder if Emmett is hot."

I laughed, because that is so Rose. "Probably."

"Yeah, you're right. Damn that family with their amazing genes."

We went back to our homework after that. Well, Rose did. I kind of just stared at my notebook. Biology seemed pretty inconsequential at that point.

x-x-x

By the time Sunday night came around, I thought my heart might jump out of my chest. I tried, really tried not to think too deeply about the Cullens moving back into town, but fuck. How could I not?

They left seven years ago, when Carlisle got a job at some hospital in California. Alice was Rose's and my best friend at the time. When her parents broke the news that they were leaving, we were all crushed. There were tears and tantrums. We all tried to run away, but my dad caught us halfway down the block. I think I was actually relieved at that. I had clothes for three days and some fruit roll-ups in my backpack. Not exactly conducive to life on the road.

So they left. And we all kept in touch for a little while. But long distance phone calls were expensive, and Dad wasn't exactly down to roadtrip to California every month.

We hadn't spoken in six years. And I hadn't seen any of the Cullens in seven.

Of course, this wasn't what was making me so anxious. No, that was Alice's twin brother, Edward. He was my first boyfriend, which sounds ridiculous because we were just kids, but I loved him as much as a ten year old could. And even though Alice was one of my best friends, it was Edward leaving that broke my little ten year old heart. We talked on the phone a few times after they moved, but just as I did with Alice, we eventually lost touch.

And now he was going to be in school tomorrow. Probably in some of my classes, thanks to Forks High's small student body.

I turned over in my bed, trying to bury my head in the pillow and sleep. But it was no use. My mind was racing. Looking at the clock, I saw it was after midnight. I knew if I kept lying there, it could be hours before I fell asleep.

I knew Dad had been asleep for at least an hour, but I still tiptoed as I threw on some boots and a huge hoodie. I went to the back of my closet and grabbed the small bag I kept inside a Victoria's Secret bag and under a box of tampons. As the police chief's daughter, I could never be too careful about hiding my stash. Luckily, I knew Charlie wouldn't go near that bag with a ten foot pole.

I crept down the stairs and headed for the woods behind the house. In the bag I had my piece, some weed, and a lighter. Smoking from a pipe wasn't my favorite, but it was a necessary evil when I wanted to get high when Dad was home. I wouldn't risk smoking inside, and joints used too much weed for me to be able to justify rolling one when I was only going to take a few hits so I could fall asleep.

So I used my spoon. It was alright. Fit in my pocket, and was a nice blue color. Got the job done, which was what mattered most.

When I crawled back into bed soon after, I finally felt my eyes getting heavy. Thoughts of Edward swirled around in my mind, but instead of anxiety, I felt almost excited. Even though it was years ago and I was just a kid, I guess I never really got over Edward.