Ok, so I put some Spanish in here and didn't feel like putting accents. So if you can tell the difference, imagine them in your mind. :)

As I walked out of the classroom, I threw down my mind block. Edward! I screeched. We need to talk! You are so wrong I am insane!

"What makes you sa-" It was Edward, he had just spotted Sue. Thank God, otherwise we who have to make up a hell of a lot of lies. "Oh, sorry, I'm Edward. You are?" Like he needed to ask that question. Edward heard my thought and threw me a dirty look.

"Sue." AKA my second cousin...I think. Well I know we're related, just I don't know what you would call us... You know what, Edward? Thoughts equal private. Then I quickly put my mind block back up. I saw him smirk.

"Nice to meet you," he said. "So you're new, huh?" They carried on a conversation. Thank you, I do not need to be talking to that annoying, crazy person all day.

Suddenly there was a hot hand on my shoulder. I cringed and then recongized it as Jacob. "Sorry," I said quietly.

"It's my fault."

"No, not really."

"Where do you go now?"

"Like you haven't memorized my schedule."

"Very true. Jera, I really am sorry. I guess I should have..." I kissed him on the cheek.

"Let's not talk about that, ok? I'll see you fourth." Jacob nodded meekly and wandered off in the direction of his locker.

I sighed and rushed through the tedious task of collecting my things for my next class at human pace. Then I met Sue at her locker. Edward was still talking to her. I didn't really care that much. He had next period with me anyway. "Bella, Alice, where are you guys?" I half-heartedly murmered.

"Estamos aqui," (We're here) Alice said as she tapped me on the shoulder.

"No Espanol, por favor." (No Spanish, please.)

"But you know Spanish," Alice whined.

"Your point?"

"Fine," Alice sighed. "You know that you've been no fun since your surprise."

"Alice, come on, you can't be that dumb," Bella remarked. "We all know that a lot of stuff has happened since then."

"Well for Bella's information, because I think Miss Spanish over there already knows that Jacob and I made up."

Bella squealed. "Really? That's great!" Bella can be a real human sometimes. Is it annoying? Yes.

A locker door closed. I was 100 sure it was Sue's. Alice smiled at me an Bella and slipped away to her next class. "Better watch out, Bells, looks like you have competition," I teased in a quiet tone for vampires' ears only. She wacked me and giggled. I turned around, and sure enough, Edward and Sue were heading in our direction.

"I'm Bella, you must be Sue," Bella said with a smile.

"Yeah...so your Bella, huh? Is that short for Isabella?" I heard Bella growl lightly, Edward and I surpressed our laughter.

"By the way, Jer, Sue likes Jake not me," he murmered.

I smiled. "Like I didn't know that. But still it's fun to tease Bella." I saw Bella swiftly flipping me off. "I'm so offended," I said in mimicked distress.

"So," Edward turned to me and smiled. "You said you were crazy?"

"Pretty sure... I think Sue is too."

"Runs in the family?"

"Must, should be interesting to re-meet my cousin."

He frowned. "Are you sure that's such a good idea?"

"Why wouldn't it be?"

"What if she remembers?"

"Of course she'll remember me, but she last saw me when she was sixteen...or seventeen...maybe older?"

"Your eyes haven't changed?"

"Well no..."

"And your name hasn't changed?"

"My last name..."

"But not your first?"

"No."

"Then's there's always the possibility." I opened my mouth to protest more, but of course Edward had to have the last word. "So, now why are you insane?"

I looked away for a spilt second. "Well..."

Edward smiled again. "That can't be a good start."

"Yeah," I agreed. "It can't."

"So..."

"I don't know how to say it exactly. But like I am, or was, angry at Jacob for a reason that doesn't even make sense. I was thinking about suicide. Yeah...suicide. And all this other stuff..."

"You are kind of like me, Jera."

"Is that a compliment?"

"I'm not quite sure..."

"Thanks for that insight." I walked over to my usual desk. Were we already in our classroom? I loose track of everything now-a-days.

He put his books on his desk which was next to mine. "Bells obviously sees that as a good thing. But what I mean is that we both are put into hard situations, and have way to much time on our hands." I smiled.

"So does the rest of the family..."

"But they have other distractions."

"So do you."

"You too."

"Not as a good one though..."

"Try using your 'distraction' during this class, ok?"

"I highly see how that will help." The bell rang, and I sat on my chair.

"You'll be surprised." I rolled my eyes.

A few minutes into class, after, the constant breathing on my neck from Sue and stares from Edward, I decided to use my "distraction" instead of retreating to my mind. But where would I find something to play with that no one would notice? I scanned the desks around me quickly. Bella, who sat in front of Edward, had a peice of candy in her pencil case. Why? Well I have no idea, it's not like she's going to eat it. I looked at it. It was a pink Starburst. I have no clue what that tasted like, nor did that matter. Scarlet had often said that if you could unwrap a Starburst in your mouth, you were considered a good kisser.

I wonder if it counts if you do it with your mind.

Bella, never being one for detail didn't notice my work until after she spotted a folded up wrapper dancing on her desk. Quickly she snatched it. She held it tight, if I wanted to get it out of her grasp, I'd have to tear it. So instead, I started playing with her brown hair, which she stil washed with thatt silly shampoo. "All for Edward," Alice had explained to me when we were still in Forks.

Speaking of, what was in that box that Jasper gave Jacob... No, stay out of your own head, Jera. I giggled silently, that sounded funny.

Right, my "distraction." I played with various objects in the class. Damn, Edward was right, on both things. Damn.