Here's (finally) chapter 25!!

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And I don't own anything.. darn..

I was woken up by three rapid sounds of something small hitting something hard. I instantly sat up, looking around myself in a dazed condition. I yawned involuntarily and stretched. Another chopping sound drew my attention to the window, and I hopped down to the cold floor and hurried over to it.

I looked out, and was surprised to see Jared on the ground, grinning up at me with a handful of pebbles. I suddenly didn't feel tired at all anymore, it was replaced by an ecstatic and eager feeling that made my toes curl. I opened the window, and couldn't hide my own smile as I asked:

"What are you doing?" in a whispering voice.

"Want to come out?" he hissed back.

"Really?" I asked in disbelief. He nodded, smiling invitingly. "Two seconds." I grabbed a black hoodie from the floor, dragged on some socks and the only pair of shoes I had in my bedroom: Gym shoes.

Then I climbed up in the window and looked down. It looked just as far down as the last time, only now Jared held his big, strong arms out to catch me. Without hesitating, I pushed myself out of the window frame.

The next thing I felt was warmth of being cradled to Jared's body. I opened my eyes, which I had closed during the free fall, and stared right into his wide, dark eyes and boastful smirk.

"Nice catch," I complimented him jokingly.

"Thanks," he answered with a wolfish grin (no pun intended) and set me to my feet.

"Why the sudden change of heart?" I asked as I started walking away from my house.

"Just wanted to see you," he told me, and that made my heart flutter. I smiled giddily at him, biting my lip a little. I wanted to see him too. I always did.

"How did things go with Jacob?" I asked, only mildly interested.

"Not so good," Jared answered me, a bit sullenly. "I'll tell you some other time," he said automatically, but it didn't matter very much to me. Funny, now that he had learned to tell me everything about his werewolf-life, I didn't even care.

Or, I mean, of course I cared. But I was more certain now that he would tell me anyway, and that he wasn't hiding stuff from me anymore, so I didn't need to constantly go thinking about it.

"What do you want for your birthday?" Jared asked out of the blue.

"You don't have to get me anything," I told him quietly.

"That's not even a question. Do you want to celebrate it or something?" he asked. I shook my head.

"Can't it just be… us?" I asked.

"Sure it can," Jared answered, a smile in his voice. My stomach fluttered in excitement already, and I did a tiny jump in ecstasy. That put me out of balance, and I stumbled forwards. Jared caught me by my arms long before I hit the ground, and straightened me.

"You okay?" he asked.

"Sure," I said, waving it away.

"Are y –"

"New rule," I cut him off. "When I say that I'm okay, I am okay."

He shook his head, smiling, but agreed.

"I think we might have to write all these rules down," he mused.

"Maybe," I grinned.

We stayed out a couple of hours, then he followed me home. He got us both safely through the window, and saw that I was safely tucked away in my bed before he motioned to leave.

"Don't go," I pleaded automatically. A smile crept over his face.

"You want me to stay here all night?" he asked, smiling as if he liked that idea very much.

"If you don't mind?" I answered. He shook his head, still grinning, and I scooted over to make room for him. He lay down elegantly next to me, and we faced each other.

"Wonder what your father would think of this," Jared muttered, and I giggled.

"What he doesn't know won't hurt him."

"You're going to be dead on your feet tomorrow."

"And you're not?" I asked, smirking. "I don't think you've been sleeping in days."

"I've been up longer," he shrugged.

"I'm sure you have," I said, nodding hugely.

"That's true."

"What's your personal record?" That silenced him.

"I don't keep count?" he tried. I snorted.

"Right."

A hard tapping sound woke me up. The first thing I noticed was how warm it was. I tried to focus my sight, shaking my head to concentrate. I couldn't move.

"Kim!" mum's high-pitched voice yelled through the door. "Kim?"

"What?" I asked, dazed. I experimentally tried to lift my arms, but they wouldn't budge.

"Are you up?"

"Uh… yeah," I answered. Almost…

Horrified I realized what was holding me down.

"Jared!" I hissed, trying to turn my body to look at him. I was pressed with my back against his chest, and his freakishly warm and heavy arm pinned me down. He didn't respond to me, so I tried again. "Jared, wake up!"

Nothing.

Heavy sleeper, obviously.

I twisted my arm so that I could touch his with my hand. I nudged it gently, and then harder.

"Jared!" I hissed again, starting to lose my patience. One glance at the little blue numbers on my radio told me I had about thirty minutes till school started.

I started to panic a little, and tried to roll my way out from under his arm. He instinctively tightened his grip. I huffed in annoyance.

"Get up," I ordered a little louder. "Come on…" I pushed his arm with my body, and a loud whimper escaped me because of the effort I put into it.

"Kimmy?" asked mum's voice from the outside.

"I'm fine!" I answered angrily. I took a deep breath, sucked in all the air I could, and then I yelled:

"JARED!"

His reaction was instantaneous. He jumped out of the bed, letting go of me in the process, and leaped to the middle of my bedroom.

"Kim?" mum asked.

Jared stared at me, bewildered.

"On the phone, mum," I explained hurriedly.

"What?" mum's steps came closer to my door.

"Don't come in!" I screamed hysterically. The steps stopped. "I… I'm not dressed," I excused myself poorly. "And I'm talking to Jared on the phone."

Mum muttered something, but she didn't come in.

"You," I whispered, pointing to Jared. "Have serious problems."

"What?" he asked, still standing in the middle of my room.

"Do you know how hard it is to wake you?" I asked. He seemed to think about it. He looked very tired, so I just grumbled and nodded my head pointedly to the window.

"Get out," I said.

"See you soon," he answered, still sounding a little confused. He was out the window in one swift leap, and I let out a relieved sigh.

Who says I'm not good?

I'm a genius.

The rest of the morning went by in a blur. I usually need much time in the morning, so I almost ran out to Jared's car.

He, of course, had been waiting for fifteen minutes. Boys just have it so much easier.

At lunch I noticed that Cameron was back. He avoided everyone's eyes, but that didn't stop the oh-so-not-silent whispers when he passed. Alex surprised me by laughing out loud when she saw it. I looked at her curiously, wondering if she was faking it or if she really was that content.

Well, Alex always did surprise me, so why not?

Maybe she simply was that good?

I ignored it when Cameron sent me an angry glare as he sat down by a table – alone -, but Gina let out a small laugh, sending him a smirk over her shoulder.

"This is so fun," she told us with a grin. Alex grimaced, and I rolled my eyes.

Gina would always be Gina, I guess.

"Jared, I'm just wondering," Gina said. I noticed her the sly glimpse in her eyes and wondered what she was up to this time. Jared turned his attention to her, though a little reluctantly. "Why are you never with your friends anymore?"

I looked at Jared, because I wondered about too. I'd never thought about it, but now that Gina mentioned it… Well, I guess it made sense. After he became a werewolf, like Embry, he couldn't be with his friends because it was too much of a risk and they couldn't know.

Alex also lit up by the question, turning half the way around to see the table where Jared's old friends sat. I noticed that they didn't even seem to notice Jared's absence. I stifled a snort. Boys were so weird.

"Because we grew apart," Jared answered smoothly. It was clear that he had expected this one time or another.

"But surely you do have some guy friends?" Gina continued. I felt the urge to roll my eyes again. She wasn't very good at hinting. She practically spilled it all once.

"I do, just not in school," was Jared's easy answer.

"Who?" Gina challenged.

Then the bell rang.

I snickered at the cliché.

Saved by the bell.

Yeah, yeah, nine days, I know.

But it's because we had our exams this week! Or, today. It went very well, thank you very much for asking (not).

We had a presentation about Wuthering Heights and classics. Yay.

And to answer my own question, I would chose werewolf as well. I think it was just one who chose vampire, but I think it would be a little creepy..

I like warm.

For the ones that is interested, I also wrote a one-shot about Kim's POV in the bonfire in Eclipse. That was just the result of writer's block. But I'd like to hear what you think.

New question(s):

1: Have anyone ever happened to see a boy who writes or read fanfictions? I've only seen girls.

2: Darn. I had a good question... In my mind. Things usually gets lost in there. My friend has a note on her bedroom door: "Welcome to the end of all brain activity" or something like that. That should be my middle name..

Okay, okay, I've got a new one:

No.

Lost it.

New one... hm...

Okay, I got it, but it's not as good as the one I had in mind:

What did you think of the New Moon trailer??