I'm back! Sorry for my leave of absence, I was involved with so many things and I've just started high school and everything is so frustrating now! But writing helps, so I've gone back to doing this, so please enjoy my next chapter:

Edward's POV

History was easy as always, but at least my next class is going to be with Johanna. I've never realized that she was so… pretty. I mean, I knew she was pretty, you would have to be blind not to see that, but there was just something different about her today that really made me think. There really hasn't been anyone that I have had feelings for yet, but maybe, just maybe Johanna could be an option. She is beautiful, and she obviously loves me, maybe I could try to love her back. I'm not making any promises, my mind is still set on the war, but it's just a thought.

I walked into English and saw her there. It was amazing that she was already a senior, she is only 15. I always tease her about her grades, but she is actually smarter than me. The only reason she gets worse grades than I is because she is just lazier than me. I sit down in front of her and ask her playfully, "So, did you survive your first class?"

She opened her mouth to speak, she looked slightly embarrassed, but the black-haired boy behind her spoke for her saying, "Barely, she was daydreaming, and I saved her from the terrible Mr. Carlson. It was quite funny, actually." I was surprised, I knew everyone that I have ever met, why didn't I know him?

I introduced myself and asked who he was, and he replied with a joke. Hmm, I always have a pretty good idea of what people were thinking, and I could tell that he was trying to win over Johanna. This Louis also was very…handsome. Anyone could see that, so some beast inside me got slightly angry at him. I think I am almost in love with Johanna, I guess you could call it a crush, but it made me feel uneasy to see him flirting with her. I'm feeling a bit, protective…

But the weirdest thing was the look on Johanna's face. She seemed like she was arguing with herself, and Louis seemed to be concentrating hard on something, hmm… that's weird, class hasn't even started yet. Oh well, I'll find out more about him later.

Later that night, I was walking home with Johanna as always, but this time Louis was walking with us, so I decided to learn more about him.

"So, when did you move here?" Johanna was walking behind us, probably daydreaming again. She had a very creative mind; she constantly was coming up with new fantasies that I encourage her to write down. She is a very good writer, maybe she'll be an author someday.

"I moved about a week ago." Short and simple. I didn't like it.

"Why?"

"My parents felt like moving to Chicago. It was their 'dream city' or something. I'm just going along with it until I'm eighteen."

"What will you do then? Go into the war?" Ah yes, the war. I stared past the trees and houses and imagined myself in the army overseas, gun in hand, fighting for our country. A hero's glory. That is all I want. I wonder if he wants to fight in it too… We could fight alongside each other and…

"Nope. I'm probably going back…" he coughed, "excuse me… going to college." He smiled, put his hands in his pockets and stared into the distance, probably past the trees and dirt as I did and said, "I want to learn more about the human mind. About how people think and use their mind to determine to do tasks. It's all very interesting."

"What do you want to be?" He looked away from me now. He was silent but my mind… wasn't…

Stop prying. The reason for him choosing a different path then you is his own business. Stay in yours and get out of his.

Weird, yes that's true, it was very weird, but I obeyed and changed the subject

"Um, do you have any siblings?" He frowned. He started to think again, and then after a minute he replied.

"Yes… two fraternal twins, Aaron and Elise. They would be 13 now… but they died when they were seven. They had a bad case of the flu… they died only a month apart. I think Elise died more of depression than the sickness however. They had such a strong bond…" He was looking very far away now, and I am starting to feel bad for him. Maybe I shouldn't have asked.

"Oh, I'm sorry." He looked back toward me as if he would say something else, but we reached our houses right then. I wished Louis a good day, and he did the same.

"Good day Johanna. I shall see you tomorrow." She nodded in her dreamy state. I walked up to the front door of my house. I greeted my mother and sat at the table as she prepared our supper. I couldn't understand him, but I knew there was something seriously weird going on with that Louis guy.

After I contemplated this, a single thought popped into my head:

Stay away from Johanna.

What could I do but obey?

Louis POV:

I've got this figured out. Johanna is hard to manipulate. She has a creative, intelligent mind that doesn't give in very easily. Not like Edward. No, although he is smart, and has the possibility to do wonderful things, his mind is fairly set on one goal: The war. Now I can see that he is starting to veer off this path and go on to loving Johanna, but this is just a very early stage of that process. He is willing to obey, and it is not hard to lead people back to a path that they are familiar with.

You know, that's one thing I've figured out about how humans think. Or at least how to manipulate how they think. If a person has a new idea-or a new path per se, it is just a new start, like a fresh snowball just about to roll down a hill. Now this idea snowball hasn't had time to fall, so it would be pretty easy to pick it up, move it someplace else, or just destroy it completely. No harm done, since it hasn't even gotten anywhere in the first place.

Now think of a snowball, or an idea, that has already rolled down the hill. Now it is heavy and is pretty sure of its path, right? Well it would be pretty hard to move it, seeing as it is so heavy, and even harder to destroy.

Well this is how it is with Johanna and Edward. Edward's love is new, fresh, just created out of fresh snow. Meanwhile, Johanna's love has been rolling for a few years now. That is a pretty big snowbolder. Yes, it can't even be classified as a snowball anymore. It is humungous. Try moving that.

So I' can't just take it away like I can Edward's. It's just too much a part of her.

But, if I just give it a little nudge in the right direction, it will fall into place right where I want it.

I'll take away Edward's love.

Tell her that it is gone, mentally of course.

Tell her that I love her.

Give her helpful hints in my direction.

Yep. There you have it. That is my game plan. And once I have her, I'll change her, and we will be in love forever.

Sounds like a good plan to me!

As I went "home" I decided I probably should hunt some more. Being around humans this much is making me thirsty. It was dark, and I found a nice lady to drink who was walking on a trail in the woods. She was a most wonderful smell, like honeysuckle. I was finished with her and buried her near the trees. But I could still smell her scent… that was weird, it was faint at first, but then It got closer. That's when I heard a small voice cry out, "Mommy!"

Oh no. What have I done? This lady has a kid? Oh great. What should I do?

Option 1: Run away. Let the live his life without a mother and get lost in the forest

Option 2: help the kid find someone who can help him, and then run away, still leaving him motherless. Or,

Option 3: Kill him. End his misery and let him live eternally with his mother in heaven. I'd get some more protection from drinking Johanna, and I get to save him pain.

I sighed. I hate to have to kill a kid, but it was the option that sounded the best. I found the kid and calmed him.

You'll be with your mother soon. Lie down now, sleep.

His eyes started to droop

There we go. lullaby, and goodnight to a sweet little baby…

I mentally and softly out loud sang to him the simplest lullaby I knew. He obeyed.

I went over to him. He had blonde hair, he could only be about 5… I leaned my head down to his throat…

Going to school, I whistled. It was going to be a good day. I could tell. I waited outside of Johanna's house, and she came out, happy as ever, and came over to me. Instantaneously, Edward came out, nodded to Johanna and me and went about his way to school. Yes! He has obeyed!

See, he doesn't love you. You should have listened to me.

Her direct thought back to me (I can only hear thoughts if they are directed toward me, other than that I am no mind reader) was:

'…yes…maybe you were right…'

Victory! My plan was falling into place, scoreboard: Michaels: 1, Masen: 0

Try to beat that, pathetic human!

Thanks for reading! I actually have anther chapter out! I'm so sorry that I haven't gotten to this in a while, but I've had so much going on… anyway, PLEASE please review, I want to know what you are thinking. Anything will do. I'll be writing more soon, so please stay tuned!