A/N: Hey guys, I'm SOOO SOOO SORRY! I haven't written for 6 FREAKIN' MONTHS! I know, I know, I'm terrible! Sorry! I really don't have an excuse except that my brain couldn't really think of anything..but now it's summer and I have time to force ideas into my brain! :D Woohoo! So, here you go, hope you like! 3

EPOV

Holy shit. She was looking at me. SHE WAS LOOKING AT ME! I wanted to look away, but her chocolate gaze captured me. She wasn't looking at me like the stalker I was, but rather like…I was someone she –dare I say it – cared about! She gave me a shy smile and returned her attention to Rosalie and Alice.

Emmett punched me lightly (well, lightly for Emmett) in the arm. "Dude, who are you loo- OH! Bella, eh? Not bad, not bad."

"Bella Swan?" Jasper chimed in, "Yeah, she's cute. My Alice is better though." He said with a smile.

"Dude, you're in so deep!" Emmett scolded.

"Oh, am I? What about you and Rosalie? You're not even going out with her yet and you're already head-over-heels for her!"

"Is that such a bad thing?"

"Oh, so now you're being hypocritical!"

"Hippo-what?"

And the fighting began. For best friends, they sure fought a lot. Well, at least the attention isn't on me for a while. That's definitely for the best.

BPOV

Sweet shitake mushrooms! He's...handsome. Like, gorgeous-handsome. Bronze hair…eyes the color of the Emerald City…Why haven't I ever noticed him before? I mean, I knew him, but I didn't really talk to him or think about him much. Weird.

I wonder if he likes me? No, that's a stupid thought. Is it really? My brain thought back. Then why was he staring at you? Shut up! I probably just had something in my hair or teeth. That's a pathetic idea. Don't bag on yourself –he likes you! No, he doesn't! Yes, he does! No, he"Bella?"

I quickly tore myself away from my internal war.

"What?" I replied, confused.

"Bella, help me calm her down!" Alice stage-whispered to me. I hadn't even noticed that Rosalie was still having a panic attack!

"Rose!" We shouted in unison.

"WHAT?"

"SHUT THE HELL UP!"

"Oh, okay. Sorry about that little…outburst."

Little outburst? Alice and I exchanged a glance. Oh. Well if that's all it was.. I thought sarcastically.

"Tell me about it." Came the reply in my head. Wait, WHAT! REPLY IN MY HEAD!

"ALICE!"

"BELLA!"

"AHHHHH!" We both screamed.

Rosalie jumped out of her chair.

"WHAT? WHAT?"

"Oh, I, um, saw a spider!" I replied quickly.

"Yeah, me too!" Alice said. She suddenly smacked her hand on the table. "Got it! Bella, come help me wash the spider off my hand."

"Okay! We'll be right back Rosalie."

"Oh…kay?" Came the confused reply. Most of the cafeteria was staring at our table as Alice and I ran to the bathroom.

EPOV

What the hell!

"Bella?" I said exactly when Jasper said , "Alice?" as we saw two dark heads disappearing out the door of the lunchroom.

"What the hell was that all about?" Emmett wondered aloud.

"How would we know?" I replied.

"Girls." Jasper simply stated, and we all nodded in agreement.

BPOV

Alice and I bolted to the bathroom.

"Am I crazy or are we BOTH crazy?" Alice nearly shrieked.

"I would have to go with option two, as I'm pretty freaking sure I just heard you in my head!" I shrieked back.

"Keep it down!" Alice said. "If someone hears us they're going to think we're on drugs or something!"

"Maybe we are!" I pointed out.

"Maybe…we should see if it works again. Think something."

'Um, okay." I replied nervously.

Pancakes. I thought.

Syrup. Thought Alice.

"AHHH!" I screamed again.

"Bella, calm down!"

"But this isn't possible! How the hell…why can we…huh?" The words stumbled out of my mouth.

"This doesn't make any sense to me either. But maybe it's not such a bad thing. Can you hear my thoughts right now?"

"No." I replied, surprised.

"Good. I think we can only hear what we want each other to hear. So no invasion of privacy, at least."

"Well, that's sure a relief! We can only hear what we WANT to hear! I don't want to hear ANYTHING! Can I do that? Huh?"

"Honestly, Bella, you have to calm down! Screaming like a mental patient isn't going to help either of us."

There was a knock at the door. Rosalie's voice called "Are you guys okay in there? How big was that damned spider? All I heard was screaming!"

"Um, yeah Rose, we're fine!" Alice called back.

"You sure? Why were you screaming?"

Alice and I looked at each other with a panicked look reflecting in each other's eyes.

"Um, we got into a fight and Alice pushed me!" I exclaimed.

Alice shot me a glare. "Yeah, I did, but it's okay because we made up!"

"Oh, well that's good." Rosalie answered, clearly confused about all of this. "I'm going to go back to lunch now. You guys ARE coming back, right?

Alice and I held back giggles. "Yeah, sometime in the near future, Rose." I replied.

"'Kay." She said, a hint of confusion still evident in her voice. "Um, bye."

Her footsteps echoed down the hallway.

Alice looked at me. "Alice pushed me?" She quoted my bad lie.

"Hey, it's all I could think of and it's better than, 'Oh, we're fine Rose. We can only hear each other's thoughts. Everything's okay!'"

She frowned at me. "I guess."

"You could have thought of something better! Why didn't you?"

"I was panicking!"

"So was I!"

"UGH! Arguing isn't going to help."

"You're right." I decided. "I have an idea. Let's see if this…power," Alice's eyes lit up at the word. "..works long distances."

"Good idea." Alice agreed. " I'll think something to you when I'm in Chemistry after lunch. We'll see if we can hear each other. Deal?"

"Deal."

"Okay then." She held out her arm to me. "Shall we?" Alice asked.

"We shall." I said, smiling at Alice as I linked my arm with hers.

And we walked back to the cafeteria together.

A/N: Ah HA! A TWIST! I wasn't even expecting this, but my brain decided to put it in the story. I'm not so sure about it, but we'll see how it goes! So, review, if you please! And again, I'm SOO SORRY about the long wait! I just didn't feel like writing..I know, I know. Flame away. Whatever. Well, Peace&Luv! ~Meg~