So this is my first story, and please no flames

I don't own twilight

School…. Possibly the single most annoying place I have ever had to be subject to.

The annoying jocks with their D+ grades and their football jerseys. The cheerleaders with their curly high ponytails with sparkles making their faces almost blinding to look at (no offence to anyone who is a cheerleader, that's just the way they are at my school)

Then you have, of course, the geeks and nerds, who you hate to admit, will no doubt one day rule the world you know and become your boss.

But what can you do about that. I'll tell you what, nothing absolutely nothing. Which is probably the number one reason why school basically sucks butt.

The only thing that gets me through each and every day of torture is my best friend, Edward Cullen and of course it doesn't hurt that this is the last year we will ever have of high school. That's right, senior year baby, oh yea!!! Plus there was only two weeks left, nice! Which for me and Edward includes hanging out at each others houses and watching movies, life of the party right.

Oh well, thoughts of how to subject Edward to Romeo and Juliet, for the 3rd time this week, ran through my mind as I slammed my locker shut.

"Ahh! Jeeze Edward don't do that!" I screeched as his dazzling face startled me from behind my newly shut locker.

He quietly chuckled, making my head that much more dizzy.

"Bella, it's not my fault your extremely easy to scare." He spoke quietly still chuckling.

"Yea Yea keep it up and I refuse to watch Night of the Dead tonight." I said in a condescending tone. Edward has been looking forward to watching this movie all week.

His face suddenly dropped from his crooked smile, he ran his fingers through his hair and let out a sigh, "actually, I'm not going to be able to make it to movie night tonight."

I felt my face pale, twice a week we have been having these movie nights, not once has he cancelled since the first night back in sophomore year when we had started. Edward had moved here to Forks in sophomore year, he had been adapted by the town doctor Carlisle and his wife Esme. They had no other children so it was pretty lonely for Edward. He was in my gym class, we bonded over my clumsiness and started, quite possible the tightest bond I would ever experience.

"Why? What's going on Edward?" I said in a quite voice "Are you going on a date or something?" Possibly my biggest insecurity was that Edward would finally chose from one of his 49 fan club members and leave me behind forever. I started getting cold just thinking about the possibility that no longer did he want my company.

"Of course not!" He roared "how could you even think that, that I would ditch you for someone else. I can not believe you" The relief was instant but so was the anger.

"It's not that odd, sometimes I even wonder why you even hang out with me its not like I'm good company or anything. Why else would you cancel movie night." My insecurities just pouring out of my mouth.

"Bella, Bella, Bella," he sighed "when are you ever going to see your self clearly."

My anger was still rising at his constant mood swings, pms much, seriously. "Then tell me why you're bailing on me" Noticing that he was still avoiding the question.

"Your not going to like the answer." He said in a quiet voice "I'm enlisting in the army"

He wouldn't look at me. My heart dropped.

"When did you decide this? When are you leaving? Two weeks of school left Edward, two weeks. When were you planning on telling me this, when you left?" My voice was steadily rising as the panic began to creep up.

My chest was heaving now at the very thought of him being taken away from me. The tears already welling behind my closed eyes as I tried to collect my thoughts, what if he died? What if I never got to see him again? How was I supposed to go through my days knowing that he might be fighting at that very second being inches from death?

My mind was going a mile a minute and I was vaguely aware that no one was left in the halls to see this mental break down. No questions of whether or not I was ok and the lies I would repeat over and over again that yes, I was fine.

Edward was staring at me, his face pale and repeatedly running his hands through his hair, an action, I had noticed, of stress. He pulled me into his arms and like always the spark was there.

We didn't talk about the spark, the first time he had touched me back in sophomore year I had felt it, he looked at me strangle and said "did you feel.." "Yes" and that was it.

Nothing more was said about it, it was comforting in his arms like the world had stopped for a second and whatever it was we could handle it together. The thought of not being able to be held just broke me up more.

"I was going to tell you, I swear, I didn't want you to feel like this. I've been thinking about it for a while now, I want to help people and I feel like it's my duty to my country. I will always come back to you." He whispered in my ear.

I was probably totally over reacting but I didn't care. My rock was being taken away from me and without him I was left to struggle through the waves alone.

"You want to HELP people? For gods sake Edward become a doctor or something." I sopped into his shirt. I didn't care how selfish I was being right now, all that mattered was that he was here, safe, and with me.

"I won't be leaving for a while Bella, I'm just signing up today. I don't even know how long I'll be gone it might just be for a year, I really don't know." The sad look was still in his eye as he continued to squeeze me. I was surprised he wasn't gasping for breath at how hard I was squeezing him.

I tried to put on a brave face. "As long as it makes you happy." I lied because I didn't really care how happy this would make him, yes I'm that much of a selfish monster, I just wanted him here.

"I want to come with you though," as much as it would kill me I had a feeling he needed me there and I would be like gum to a shoe until his departure.

"Thank you" he whispered like I had the answer to his prayers in my simple request."

Keeping his arms around my waist and mine around his neck we walked down the hall. Into my nightmare. My heart continued to squeeze painfully and we walked out of the school and into his car.