Ah hello alright I got about five hours of sleep that's enough for me I am nice and rested now. I had Darkling read the fanfiction when she woke up and she is now doing homework that she put off until the last minute. It is due tomorrow lol. But as soon as I finish she's going to read this chapter so YAY. At least I know it's interesting. Oh and if anyone likes this and you submit a review plz make sure to thank Darkling for letting me use her computer XD

Halflings?

Chapter Five: Perhaps we shall meet sooner than you think

Edward chuckled and sat down next to Mira at the table. She just smiled, finding his company quite enjoyable when he wasn't acting quite as weird. "Are you always in such a cheerful mood?" she asked politely.

He seemed quite amused at the question. "Not really, you should have seen me last week. I think it's fair to say I was quite crabby."

She gave him another one of her thoughtful looks. "Everyone gets crabby once in awhile. Perhaps you didn't get enough sleep."

He shrugged. "Maybe, why do you say that?"

"Your eyes...you must have insomnia or something. You have circles under your eyes. I know the feeling, I have insomnia as well. I've gotten used to it though so two hours of sleep a night is enough for me." She picked her head up off the desk and took out her notebook as Mr. Banner walked into the classroom and started writing something on the board. He blinked and turned when he saw his students.

"Mr. Cullen? What are you doing here so early?" he then looked to Mira. "I'm sorry I don't know your name."

Mira smiled. "I'm a new student, my name is Mira Black."

"Ah I remember we discussed you at our staff meeting. Congratulations on the books by the way, I don't like to read such things but if you do something well you should go for it. Are you both here early to learn or are you just showing Miss Black around Mr. Cullen?"

"I was showing her around." Edward lied with a flash of his brilliant smile.

"Oh, alright then. As long as you are in class I suppose I can't complain. Just try not to do any labs or anything if I'm not here. Class doesn't start for another ten minutes so I am going to go and copy a few work pages today." Mr. Banner told them not quite wanting his classroom to explode while he was away.

"Don't worry Mr. Banner, we won't destroy the classroom." Edward said with another smile watching him leave. "So what is this about books?"

Mira blushed slightly. "I am in the process of publishing a few books. It's nothing really."

"Oh? I would definitely call that something, what might the books be about? Are they non-fiction or perhaps you are a fiction author." He leaned on the desk seemingly very interested in what it was that she had to say. She eyed him carefully, going to take Shay's advice anyways, just in case. But she wouldn't stay away from Edward, oh no, she wanted to know more about this Cullen, he was starting to inspire her to write. Hm he really IS a wonderful inspiration. Mira thought to herself with a smile.

Edward watched her with growing interest as he learned more and more about her. Humans could be fairly interesting when you weren't trying to attack them. How long can I keep going like this? If I get that hunger...I'm not sure if I will be able to contain myselfI still can barely do it now...even as we speak I'm finding myself trying to sit nearer to her, inhale more of that intoxicating aroma. If I could just...no...I will not do it...I will not put my family in danger. He sat up straight to keep his distance from her without seeming rude. Edward may have continued to smile, but his eyes were filled with conflict.

"I am a fiction author. I like to write about vampires and lycans and come up with completely different attitudes and such for them. My last book that is being published was a dream I had really...are you alright?" So Mira was possibly psychic, an author, an artist and she could read faces as well.

"Yes I am fine, why do you ask?" the softness returned to his eyes after he realized he had been caught.

"My eyes are fairly sharp...and I noticed that yours seem a little troubled, if you do not wish to tell me I understand." she smiled and rested her elbow on the desk and her head in her hand going into a previous pose from the day.

He chuckled. "You speak like an author sometimes. With a hint of some old sophistication." Edward watched as she broke out into a grin and her Sapphire eyes seemed to dance in the light above them as if enjoying some kind of inside joke.

"You would be amazed how erasing contractions from your vocabulary improves it. Of course, I don't always get rid of them." she chuckled. "Only when I feel like I am acting too ordinary."

Edward's smile never seemed to leave his face when he was talking with her. "You are anything but ordinary Mira." then just as he had expected, that wonderful pinkish red color had returned to her cheeks. He chuckled. "You seem to blush easily."

"Only around you." she corrected him, her blush fading. Mr. Banner came back into the room and conversation grew thin afterwards, yet Mira found herself wishing she could spend even more time with Edward. She stood and thanked him after class was over. "I was slightly worried how the day was going to go. Especially after almost running you over…which I still feel horrible for." She pushed some hair behind her ears gently before looking back at him. "But thank you, I feel fairly welcome here now."

Edward mentally kicked himself. "I welcome you, yet I'm not sure how good a thing that is Mira." He got his things and headed for the door opening it for her then following her out shortly afterwards. "I don't mean to scare you Mira, I just honestly think it is a good idea if we are not friends."

Mira chuckled. "Yet you want us to be friends, sounds sort of masochistic don't you think?" she shot him a grin over her shoulder that danced with teasing, yet her eyes seemed to know that what he said he had meant and stayed a clam lovely blue.

Edward couldn't help but smirk. "Some people are accustomed to pain."

"They shouldn't be." she said seriously just looking at the ground. She paused. "I have to go to gym next. What do you have next?"

He chuckled. "Not gym." he noted the way her eyes closed sometimes during a thoughtful smile which was what she gave him next.

"Then I'll see you tomorrow." she told him with a smile and a wave.

"Perhaps we shall meet sooner than you think." He also gave her a smile, then a wink and walked off towards his next and final class, leaving Mira to stare and feel her heart go all a flutter.

And done whew lol thank you for the awesome reviews JJ! I just can't wait to continue writing my next pieces of art! Lol R&R!