Jared's POB

Alright, come on Calculus be over already...

I'd been staring at the clock every five minutes since I'd gotten into class. I couldn't help but think about Kim. Her eyes, her lips, her smell, her everything. I was shocked I hadn't seen it before. I had known this girl since I was twelve, and yet it'd taken me until today to realize I'd found my soul mate. I sort of felt stupid now for waiting a whole two weeks to return to school. If I'd known I'd been keeping Kim waiting then I would have returned the day after I first phased.

I hated being a werewolf. You have to control your anger at all times, you have to share your mind with other people, you have to shave your head, and you can smell and hear and see everything. However, the imprinting part about being a werewolf was indescribably amazing. She is my whole world, and all I want to do is to make her happy. Kim had me in the palm of her hand and I could care less. As long as she was content, I was ecstatic.

Finally the lunch bell rang and I was the first out of class. Most people had taken it upon themselves to avoid me since I returned. I couldn't say that I blamed them. Hell, I would avoid a six foot, nine inch guy if he was headed my way. I maneuvered easily through the crowd and quickly made it to the cafeteria. I searched the room for Kim and found her a second later. She was standing by some girl in the lunch line. Amy, I think her name was, but I really could care less. All that mattered was Kim. She hadn't gotten her food yet so I headed over there to stand by her in line.

"Hey Kim." I said smiling. I couldn't help but smile when I was around her.

She turned around and a blush filled her cheeks. How adorable. "Oh, hey Jared. This is Amy." She said indicating her friend.

The girl waved and was looking at me with a mix of confusion and a bit of fear. I waved back but never took my eyes off of Kim. "Nice to meet you, Amy."

The line move and it was Kim's turn to order. "An apple please."

An apple? Just an apple; was she trying to starve herself? I guess if you weren't a werewolf you didn't have to eat so much, but still. She reached for her wallet, but I stopped her and shook my head with a smile. "Don't worry, I'll pay, Kim." She blushed and nodded. I ordered two pizzas and a coke for myself, paid, and lead Kim to an empty table. Amy had gone off with some guy, thank God. Now I had Kim all to myself.

We sat down at the table and I set the tray of food in the middle of us. Kim grabbed her apple and began playing with it in her hands. I didn't want to eat until she did, but it looked like she wasn't going to dig in for a while. So I took a small bite from one of my pizzas.

"You hungry?" She said looking at the tray, a smile playing at the corner of her mouth.

I grinned and nodded, "Yeah. I always am nowadays!"

She took a bite of her apple and said after a minute, "Why were you out for so long?"

I hadn't expected that. I slowly swallowed the piece of pizza I had shoved in my mouth, and tried to come up with a good explanation. Sam had told me to just say I'd had mono, but it felt wrong lying to Kim. I didn't want to start our relationship (if we had one, and I hoped we did) out on lies. I shrugged and said, "I was going through something horrible. But I'm better now." There. That wasn't completely lying, and I didn't break any rules by telling her what I was.

"Oh. Well, I'm glad you're better." She said quietly and looked down at her apple. She was so perfect. It almost made me ache not to be closer to her. If I had only found out I loved her sooner, then we could be so much closer already. Her hand was lying on the table, so I grabbed it. She seemed surprised but didn't remove it. I took that as a good sign.

"Are you doing anything after school, Jared?" She asked suddenly. I shook my head immediately, knowing that if I'd said I was supposed to meet Sam I could ruin everything. She seemed happy and continued, "I was wondering if you wanted to come over so I could help you with your missing history work?"

"I would love to come over! I mean, yeah, that'd be great." I beamed at her, and she smiled back. My heart dropped a little as I heard the bell ring to return to class. She sighed sadly which made things a little better. At least she didn't want to leave either.

"I'll see you after school?" I asked. She nodded and said, "Yeah, we can meet out front in the parking lot." I nodded and again kissed her cheek. She smiled this time and waved goodbye. I hated to leave, but really couldn't afford to skip class. Again, I didn't pay much attention in class. This girl had me falling hard, and she was the only thing I wanted to think about.