I grimaced when I woke up to the early morning sun. After I woke up a little more, I smiled a bit. I might get to see Kevin. It had been a fairly blissful week. I saw Kevin almost everyday this week. It wasn't a daily thing, but I tried to flirt every time I saw him. I couldn't tell if he noticed at all though. I grabbed my bag and headed out the door and down the stairs to my apartment, looking through my bag for my keys when I ran into something cold and hard. I subsequently fell to the ground scattering my stuff. When I looked up to see what had made me fall, I was looking up into the eyes of the alabaster angel. His hair was gelled and perfect as always, and he was smiling down at me.

"You have a bad habit of making me drop my stuff" I said, laughing as he helped me up. His smug smile never left his lips while he was helping me up and getting my stuff. The look in his eyes was screaming of pent up laughter.

"So, what made you decide to come here this morning?" I asked casually.

"I figured we could run to school together." He said, pushing a stray curl behind my ear.

"Oh. Right. That makes sense." I said shoving my keys back into my purse.

"Race ya', Nessie" he yelled, taking off into the woods. I was struggling to keep up with him. He was fast. Even faster than my dad. Grinning, I doubled my speed, touching the door handle just nano-seconds before he did. Kevin, being the gentleman that I didn't know he was, walked me to my first class. At lunch, I didn't have to sit alone because he had skipped his 5th period class just for me. I was feeling pretty giddy, when I overheard some of the conversations going on around me. One girl from my English class was talking to a group of scowling girls.

"It's bad enough that she is obscenely smart and gets all the praise from the teachers, but she also gets the hottest guy in the whole freaking world? That's not fair! He was starting to look my way before SHE got here."

All the other girls nodded in agreement and he just smiled at me and whispered a quick: watch this into my ear. He slid out of his jacket and put it around my shoulders and I slid my arms through it. He got up and helped me out of the chair, then we walked away with his arm around my shoulders our bodies barely touching. We both laughed at the angry hisses that we heard from behind us.

A few weeks later, we decided that skipping class one day sounded like a great idea, so we skipped and headed to the mall. There wasn't much to say for Deerbrook mall except that it was homey. It seemed to bring out the genuine camaraderie between Kevin and I. We laughed and talked for what seemed like hours; stopping off at Barnes and Noble to discuss the innate possibility of us liking the same literature. He loved all the books that I loved. Austen, Bronte, Rivers, Shakespeare. It truly was like looking into a mirrored version of myself; obviously not the outer stuff, but when the inner working of the other's mind was revealed, and they turned out so similar, it was scary.

It turned out that we had similar musical tastes and both loved Story of the Year. We both listened to a little bit of everything; from country, rap, and rock, to classical and scream-o. He and I were almost like one person for those few hours. We walked and talked like the world was going to end and took no notice of anyone else. We could have been on a live stage and I wouldn't have noticed anything but him.

As Kevin and I had gotten closer over the last few weeks, I couldn't help but thinking about Jacob. I tried to think of when he and I had ever just talked like this, and honestly, the more I thought of it, the more I wondered when Jake and I had fallen in love. All I could remember was him always being there. Constantly worrying over me and babying me. It was so bothersome. He felt more like a dad the more I thought about it. I just hated always having him there to catch me. Sometimes I wanted to fall, I needed that much! I hadn't been able to truly live. We had never really even dated. Our relationship was more of a mutual understanding as opposed to a real dating relationship. It was just an understood thing that had always been and had felt like it always would be. But that has changed somehow because I can see what I was missing. I was missing a life and a place that wasn't safe from everything. A place where I could fail and fall. A boy who I could fall for, instead of just being.

It was strange though; Kevin and I had this connection that I couldn't quite explain. Part of me thought that our connection was just the intrigue of being around someone that I knew so little about. In my family, everyone I had ever been around I had known since I was a baby, or was someone that my parents trusted. Anytime a wayward nomad would come traveling through, they would be careful about letting them pass through our territory. My parents had always told me that you couldn't be too careful what with the Volturi being all over the place. It never really made a whole lot of sense to me about them being so cautious. Sure there were people like the Volturi, but then there were people like Kevin; sweet, a gentleman, and totally hot. I blushed profusely and it didn't escape Kevin's notice.

"That is my favorite part." He said brushing a finger down my face.

"What do you mean," I asked; confused.

"The blushing. I have never seen a vampire blush, and yet you can because of your human mother. It's just so interesting."

"It's not all that it's cracked up to be," I said laughing. Just then, a police officer walked up to us.

"Excuse me, but the mall is closing, so it is time for you two to leave."

"Thank you," Kevin said smoothly, turning toward the nearest exit. We walked out of the mall laughing.

"I can't believe that we just spent all day at the mall."

"And why not?" Kevin asked with genuine sincerity.

"Because it flew by so fast." I laughed.

"Come on goofball. It's time to get you home. We should probably go to school tomorrow." Kevin said grabbing my hand.

As we ran up the stairs to my apartment, I caught a whiff of someone. Not just any someone either. I couldn't smell Kevin and I knew my own scent, so it wasn't me. I searched through my memories and found out exactly whose scent that was. Mom and Dad! Crap! Kevin felt me freeze and turned around to look at me with a questioning look in his eyes.

"My parents are here." I whispered.

"What? I thought you said that they couldn't find you."

"I didn't know that they could!"

"Kevin, you have to go. They don't trust just anyone, and if they find out about you, then you might be ashen by tomorrow." He just looked at me and sighed.

"I guess it is safe to say that I probably won't see you at school tomorrow."

"You will if I have anything to say about it."

"Bye Renee." He leaned in and timidly pressed his lips to my cheek, then smiled at me and turned away without another word. The shock was overwhelming and made my knees weak. He kissed me! Wow. That was so different than any kisses that I was used to. I looked back after him with a longing glance and wished that this was not happening. I had to move. They were waiting for me. My mind was racing as I climbed the stairs; each step sounding like it was being amplified by a loud speaker.

I put my key in the door and before I could even turn it, the door flew open and all I could see was my father's furious face. I could see the worry there too, but it was far outweighed. Then I saw my mother sitting on the couch with a blank expression. My dad moved out of the way just enough for me to push past him. I tried to clear my mind and go into my meditation state, but not even that could keep my thoughts clear. My mind kept going to what my parents were going to say, and what I might be able to say back.

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Because I added stuff.

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It makes things more interesting and also helps with the story flow issue. :)

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