Edward was looking forward to seeing the Halliwells again, especially Chris, he didn't know what it was about the boy that he saved, but he felt drawn to him, Carlisle said that he felt the same sort of connection but no where near as strong as the one Edward described as his own. He wasn't sure if it was this some what magical pool or something else that made him feel close to this Chris.

Many years ago, about twenty before meeting Bella who he thought was his mate, decided that he wouldn't let a little thing of gender determine who his mate would be. The vampire world didn't really class homosexuality as wrong; in fact there were many gay vampire mates through out the world that the Cullen's had come across in their travels, including a few members of the Volturi guard.

For eighty years school hadn't seen so slow, usually school would fly by, but today seemed to go for forever. He stared at the clock, seeming like hours in between each minutes per second and hours per minute. Ten minutes til the end of school, and then another two hours til when Paige would be coming to pick Edward and Carlisle up to go and check on Chris.

Bella nudge him on the shoulder, they still had to sit together in biology, and she passes him a folded note. He sighed and opened it:

What's wrong?

Why do you care?

Because we may not be together anymore but that doesn't mean I don't care about you. You're still Alice's brother.

Fine but if I tell you you're not aloud to tell anyone what I tell you... not even Alice.

She nodded agreeing to the terms and Edward then wrote.

Meet me behind the school after school and we will go somewhere private to talk.

The rest of the day went by slowly, and Bella was behind the school as soon as the bell range telling Alice that "she'd see her at home". Edward snuck up behind her breathing a creepy

"Hello Bella" making Bella jump,

"Where are we going" without answering her Edward pulled her over her shoulder and started running away from the school, into the woods, they ran for about ten minutes travelling a miles. "Where are we?" asked Bella,

"No where really" was all he replied.

"Right now what did you want to talk about?" she asked placing her bag on the ground next to a tree and taking a seat leaning against the same tree.

"Chris"

"Aha Alice knew that something was up with you and one of those Halliwells. So what are you two an item?" She said smiling. She had been feeling guilty since finding out that Edward had still loved her, and knew how hurt he was, but she couldn't change the feelings she had for the female vampire.

"No, but for the first time in 109 years I am having compulsions towards another man, I mean I haven't felt this for even a female since" he trailed off there.

"Since me?" she asked prompting hoping that talking would make him feel better.

"No, never like this before it's strange I mean I've never even talked to him" the discussed everything in the next hour, and Edward realised that Bella was just as surprised as him when she finally figured out what her feelings for Alice were, and he realised that he didn't hate either of them and he knew that they were both happy with each other. Edward didn't intend to stay so long, and he had to run faster than he wanted to with Bella to get back to the house in time to go meet up with Paige. He ran looking down at his watch, he was late, he wanted to get changed before leaving but it looked like he wouldn't have a chance now. Bella screaming at him to slow down but he ignores her pleas needing to get home.

He burst into the front door to find Paige standing there, holding onto Carlisle hand getting ready to Orb. He drops Bella on the inside of the door, and runs to Paige's side grabbing her hand, before she orbed out.