*hangs head in shame* I know it's been forever since I updated, and I feel bad about that, but I'm back! My husband had been working mostly day shifts so I don't have as much free time to work on it as I used to (priority's and all that)

School

I woke to the sound of rain falling on the roof,

no surprise there,

I rolled over to check the time on my clock, it was ten minutes before my alarm was due to go off, I must have slept deeply because I couldn't remember waking at all, or having any dreams, which was strange for me, especially considering the events of late. I sat up on the edge of my bed, stretching my back and reaching my arms up above my head as far as I could, after hearing a satisfying pop from my shoulders I stood up, my legs also felt heavy, I lifted my left foot up behind me and grabbed it with my left hand, I wobbled one the one leg and nearly fell head first into my desk,

remind to self: never try yoga

I grabbed my toiletries bag and headed into the shower, my teeth felt all furry from not brushing the night before and my hair was like a haystack on top of my head, I stepped into the shower and let the hot water flow over my body washing away all sleepiness, I stepped out into the steam filled bathroom, and was cold again in an instant. I pulled on my jeans and normal long sleeved tee and hoodie, it was hard to be fashion conscious when you had to rug up so much. Going downstairs I tripped over my shoelace and landed on my hands and knees at the bottom,

great start to the day

Thinking about the coming day gave me nervous butterlies in my stomach, it took a second to realise why,

Edward would be back at school today,

After a quick breakfast of pop tarts and juice I grabbed my jacket and headed out into the wet morning, at least it would be warm in my truck. I drove carefully to school, the rain came down hard and my wipers had trouble keeping up, as I pulled into the school car park I noticed I was one of the first to arrive. I parked as close as possible to the walkway so I didn't have to run too far through the rain.

I found myself a seat in the main thoroughfare of the school while I waited for the classroom to open, a few students trickled by and after ten or so minutes the foot traffic got thicker, I turned up my mp3 player to drown out the sound of a hundred conversations and went back to flicking through my maths homework, I was sure I got some of the problems wrong, as I reworked one of my solutions a shadow fell over me and someone pulled out one of my earphones,

"Shouldn't you have done that last night?" looking up I was stunned by Edwards green eyes staring at me, his face wearing his usual crooked smile, I felt my stomach flip,

Stop that.

"I was just checking over my answers actually" I closed my book and put it back in my bag,

"I could have a look if you like, I remember that math isn't your strongest subject" he let out a little giggle, it irritated me,

"I am perfectly capable of finishing my own homework thank you very much" I slung my bag over my shoulder, but everything spilled out on the ground, I hadn't zipped it up properly,

"Dammit" infuriating me even more was Edward standing beside me chuckling,

"Here let me help you, or we'll be late to class" he squatted down beside me and began collecting my books and other belongings, begrudgingly I thanked him,

"No problem" laughter was still etched on his face, "Oh, don't forget your phone" he bent down again and retrieved my phone from under the bench, "Looks like you got some messages"

I looked at the screen on my phone, I had three unread messages,

Strange

Edward snapped me out of my thoughts,

"You coming to class Bella? or are you going to stand around all day staring at your phone?"

"I'll be there in a minute, I just want to check these messages"

"Okay, see you in there" he strode away, it was still strange to see him move, no longer fluid and graceful, he was almost clumsy. I opened my messages, I was surprised to see they were all from Jacob,

Morning beautiful, hope you slept well, I'll be thinking of you all day.

the second was much the same,

You awake? didn't get a message back, have fun at school today, still thinking of you.

I opened the last one, it seemed like Jacob was getting a little worried,

You still haven't messaged back, what's going on? everything okay? don't forget I love you. Plz message back.

I checked the times of the messages, they were all about 15 minutes apart, it wasn't like Jacob to message me this time of the day, let alone so many times, usually he would still be asleep unitl mid morning. I typed a quick message to appease Jacob,

Sorry didn't notice messages, thinking of you too.

I made sure my phone was on silent as I walked into the classroom, Edward was sitting at the desk next to mine, his books already open, I'd never seen anyone so eager for class to start, it was unnerving. The class seemed to go on forever, I resisted every urge to look over at Edward, even though I could feel his eyes on me every few minutes, I pulled my hair over my shoulder to make a dark curtain, hopefully he wouldn't see the flush in my cheeks everytime I felt his stare. When the teacher finished handing out our latest assignments he went to the board and wrote,

POETRY

there was a collective sigh, it seemed like poetry wasn't very popular in Forks High. The teacher handed out some battered old books, I looked at the cover of mine, below the crude pictures scrawled on the front was the title,

.

Blue Light, Clear Atoms

The teacher held his book up,

"It's pretty obvious poetry is next in the agenda so if you could all open your books up to page 167, we are going to start with love poems"

There was another groan from the class, this one even louder than the first,

"I know, I know, you guys aren't happy about it, but it's in the curriculum so you're just going to have to suck it up, and just to please you further the first poem we are going to study is SOnnet 116 by Mr. William Shakespeare himself"

Edward leaned over towards me and whispered,

"I love this poem"

I looked over at him but he was already reading from the ratty book in front of him, the sound of the teachers voice drew my attention away from him,

"So I'll read it to you first then we'll have a discussion" he cleared his throat and began,

"Let me not to the marriage of true mindes

Admit impediments, love is not love

Which alters when it altercation findes,

Or bends with the remover to remove.

O no, it is an ever fixed marke

That lookes on tempests and is never shaken;

It is the star to every wandring barke,

Whose worths unknowne, although his higth be taken.

Lov's not Times foole, though rosie lips and cheeks

Within his bending sickles compasse come,

Love alters not with his breefe houres and weekes,

But beares it out even to the edge of doom:

If this be error and upon me proved,

I never writ, nor no man ever loved."

The classroom was silent, most of them with a glazed expression on their faces, some looked out the window, others up at the ceiling, it was clear that hardly anyone in the room understood Shakespeare,

"So, does anyone want to tell me roughly what Shakespeare was saying when he wrote this?"

Edward raised his hand,

"Mr. Cullen"

"Basically Shakespeare was saying that true love never changes, no matter what, it is always constant, it never fades, lasting eternity" I looked up from my book, Edward was looking straight at me, I felt the blush rise in my cheeks.

"Excellent Edward, now can anyone else tell me anything about this sonnet?"

There was silence,

"Okay, can anyone tell me about the rhythm of the poem, about it's basic makeup?"

I raised my hand,

"Miss Swan"

"It runs in iambic pentameter?"

"Correct, does everyone know what iambic pentameter means?"

Silence again, this time it was broken by the bell indicating the end of class,

"We'll continue this discussion next class, please re read this poem again before next class, I want you all to understand it" the teachers voice was drownerd out by the sound of chairs scraping across the floor.

"Ready for biology?" Edward asked standing next to me,

"Biology, right"

"Don't sound so excited"

"It's hard to get excited about school, don't know why you're so cheerful about it, it's not like you haven't done yout fair share of hard time"

"I'm just in a good mood today, I haven't had too much human interaction lately, it's energising"

He wore a cheesy grin on his face all the way to the biology lab, we paused to let me enter first and then followed me to our table, it was almost like old times. I got my books out of my bag and sat them in front of me, we were early for class, I decided to check my phone before the teacher turned up, I had five missed calls and eight messages,

Gee, it's only been an hour, I thought. Opening up my missed call log I noticed they were all from Jacob, my heart started to pound,

It must be something serious, something must have happened

I quickly checked my inbox to see if the messages revealed anything, they were all from Jacob too, five just to tell me I had missed calls from Jacob, the other three were text messages,

Lets meet up after u finish school, do something together.

I opened the next one,

I tried to call, you busy? want me to meet you at your place?

this was not like laid back Jacob at all, I quickly moved to the last message,

why are u ignoring me? I thought we were all okay now, is HE at school today? is that why you won't answer me? got someone better to spend your time with now?

I hit the reply button, I wasn't sure whether to be mad or upset or both, I quickly typed out a message,

I'm not ignoring you I have been in class, yes, he is at school today but it has nothing to do with you and I, I would love to spend this afternoon with you but if you are going to behave like this perhaps I should spend it with Edward instead.

I hit send just as Mr Varner walked in,

"Put your phone away Miss Swan please we are here to learn not to socialise"

I felt my face get hot as I quickly put my phone in my bag, I heard Edward snicker quietly beside me, I flashed him a death stare, he stopped abruptly.

"Okay, today we are going to get organised for our next major assignment, I understand the break starts at the end of this week, but lucky for you guys, this assignment is to be done over the break and counts for about half of your grade for this year"

I felt the mood in the room head south, trust the teachers to try and ruin our break,

"Also it is to be done in pairs, whoever you are sitting next to is going to be your partner, so if you don't like who you are sitting next to, bad luck, looks like you'll be failing biology"

He walked up and down the aisles handing out folders, I opened up mine, it was full of forms and maps and diagrams, there were also phot's of a very familiar place, the tide pools at La Push.

"I have allocated the projects for each pair, I did this so no one ends up doing the same thing, there will be no arguing and I will not change any of the assignments, so look throught your folders and get started"

Edward pulled the folder towards him and started reading off the front page,

"Investigate the different life forms of the tidal pools, document any differences due to tide, time of day, water temperature and weather and any other elements that may influence them" he lifted his head,

"This sounds interesting"

"Yeah, whatever" my mind wandered to Jacob, why was he acting like this, wasn't it only last night he agreed to Edward and I being friends, and to not carry on like a jealous fool, it was only day one and already it was like he was keeping tabs on me, the more I thought about it the more it angered me, didn't he trust me?.

"Bella?" Edward waving his hands in front of my face snapped me out of my thoughts, "I was talking to you, were you even listening?"

"Sorry, I was daydreaming"

"I wanted to know when we can get a start on this? do you want to get in early and get it out of the way?"

"Sure, sounds good" I was completely distracted, he could ask me to sell him my liver and I would probably agree,

"This weekend okay then?"

"Yeah, sure"

"Bella, you're not listening to me are you?"

"Yeah sure that sounds great" he gave an exasperated sigh, it sounded like the old Edward I knew,

"BELLA" his raised voice made me jump, and everyone else in the classroom too, they all looked over at me, I felt my face go beetroot red,

"Glad to see I have your attention, now is this weekend okay with you to start our assignment?"

I tried to remember if I had any plans for the weekend, nothing came to mind, but I would definitely feel better if I ran the idea past Jacob first, with the mood he was in today I didn'think going home and telling him I was spending the weekend with Edward on the reservation would go down too well, that brought up another problem,

"But we have to go on the reservation, you won't be able to go" his brows furrowed, but then he smiled,

"There's no reason why I can't go on that reservation Bella, the treaty was only relevant when I was a vampire"

"Oh, right, well I'll have to check with Jacob to see if he had any plans first, but I'm sure it will be okay" he raised his eyebrows at me,

"Since when have you had to ask permission to do anything" I glared at him,

"Watch it Cullen, you're heading into no go territory there, and I don't have to ask his permission for anything, but don't you think it would be polite to let him know?"

"Sorry, of course, I was just teasing" the teacher was at the head of the class again,

"Does everyone understand the outlines? any questions?" no one raised their hands,

"Okay then, well that's it for today, for class tomorrow I would like to see some sort of schedule organised for each pair, see you all tomorrow"

There was a rush as everyone packed up there things and headed out to lunch,

"Can we have lunch together today?" his green eyes pleaded at me, I felt bad for him, now his family wasn't here I was the only friend he had, but I had other things I had to attend to,

"I'm sorry I have something I need to do, I'll be skipping lunch today" I wanted to go call Jacob and sort out whatever problem he had today,

"Oh sure, well, I'll see you later." he turned,

"Edward, I'll call you tonight, about making that schedule" he spun back around to smile at me, but it didn't touch his bright green eyes.

As we walked out the door, we headed in different directions, it made me feel guilty leaving him alone, but I had things to sort out. I headed out into the car park, the rain had died down, but here was still a soft drizzle falling, I jumped into the cab of my truck and rummaged through my bag for my phone. I dialled Jacob's number, it barely rang once before he answered,

Bella, it's about time, why haven't you been answering?

The tone in his voice surprised me, he sounded really mad,

"Jacob, I'm at school I can't just go answering my phone in the middle of class, what is it that's so important that you need to ring me a dozen times and send angry messages, I don't understand why you are so mad at me"

I admit I might have been a little unreasonable, but all I can think about is that you are spending the day with him,

I heard the snarl in his voice when he thought about Edward,

I told you I would work on the jealousy thing, but it's hard okay.

"Well you need to try harder, we've been set a biology assignment and Edward is my partner, we have to work on it over the break, so we will be spending time together" I paused before adding, "

"we have to study the tidal pools on the reservation" there was silence on the other end of the phone,

"Jacob?"

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You guys know I love a cliffy :D, hee hee I wonder what Jacob's reaction will be??? and the chapter was getting a little long, I want to try and keep them all around the same length, and it encourages me to update sooner! Also I'd like to apologise, when I sat down to write this chapter I wasn't really in the mood, but thinking about how long it had been since I updated I felt like I had to force it out, so it's not the best chapter, I almost considered scrapping it and starting again, but I persisted, and wouldn't you know it, now I'm in the mood to write again.

Now all that's left is to review!