Guess who's back; back again; APL's back; tell a friend. Hey there everybody. First off, Happy New Year's Valetine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Chinese New Year, April Fool's and any other holiday i miss. Second, i'm so so sorry it took me so long to update. i had some problems with my damn flashdrive and had to rewrite some chapters then when i did, my beta was having some problems w/ her computer then i could get in touch with her so i had to get a new one and it was this whole big thing.

ok so it's been a while so just in case you forgot, i'm going to help you out. last time we left them; they just told each other they love them and they had their first time. they were about to do it in his class but they heard the click, click, clicking of some heels. who was it; you have to read to find out.

b4 i forget, let me thank Coral-may . she rocks because she caught me when i needed a beta, so i thank her. she was the first to read this so if you don't like it, blame her because she didn't tell me to fix anything (jk) and she will be the first to read the rest so DON'T ASK HER ANYTHING BECAUSE SHE WILL NOT TELL YOU!

ok you didn't come to hear me talk so here is what you've been waiting for. APL; Chapter 12. enjoy. (btw: don't own Twilight)

12. Morning After

"Edward, fix your shirt." I repeated with more urgency. I quickly starched my shirt off the floor and ducked behind his desk that was facing the wall.

He did what I said anyways. "Bella, what's-" I didn't want him to ask. If he see me ducking behind his desk, obliviously something is wrong.

"Someone's coming." I cut him off, answering his unfinished question. I continued to hear the clicking. "Hurry, the person is next door."I told him. Once I said that, he started moving as fast as he could.

I froze when I heard the knock on the door. I looked up to see if Edward fixed himself. When I saw that he did, I nodded to the door. When he walked away, I turned back to the wall. I repeated combed my fingers through my hair so it could be somewhat presentable.

"Hello Lauren." I heard him say politely. Lauren; Lauren Mallory? I repeated to myself. What the hell is she doing here?

I never see her after school. I usually see her and her little clique of stupid skanks the first ones to leave and the last ones to come to class. Sometimes they don't even come to school until its half way over. By then, I personally don't see the point. You might as miss the whole damn day if you do that.

"Hi, Mr. Masen." I heard a smile in her voice. I made a disgusted face at it.

The reason being, I know how she felt to him. Like every other girl in the junior class, she had such a thing for him. The only thing was she was more upfront about him than the rest of us. So upfront, that the whole school predicted that she'll be with him by end this year.

Another thing is I wasn't one of her favorite person in the world. We use to be friends in grade school; her, me, and Alice. But the summer before freshman year, she went away and came back totally different. Then when school started, she became a cheerleader. She left us and started hanging out with girls who were known to be easier to hit than an oversize target.

Which brings me back to her and Edward. Well, let's just say when she found out that I had a small crush on him, she stepped up her game.

She even came to me and said 'He'll never go for someone like you. I know you see his eyes all over me all the time. It's kind of embarrassing.' She said the last part with a smug chuckle.

I almost wanted to laugh at the irony.

"Are you doing anything?" she asked him.

Besides spending time with me; no, nothing important. "No. why is something wrong?"He said.

"Yeah. I'm kind of stuck on a problem. Little help?" I heard her. So that was it. She must be failing and want some extra help or something. Understandable, in a way, but did it have to be today?

"Sure, come on in." he said. Then I heard those goddamn heels again. Man, I hate those fucking things. They were pissing me off to no end. They were the reason we had to stop.

I looked down and remembered that I still didn't have my shirt back on yet. I wiped my own shirt over my head. When I pulled my head through the hole, I bumped my head against the side of the desk.

"Ouch! Damnit!" I accidently cursed out loud.

"Bella?" I heard her question.

I quickly finished putting my shirt on. I popped my head over the desk. "Yes?" I questioned. The minute she saw me, her face changed completely. She almost looked annoyed that she and he weren't alone.

"Are you okay?" he stepped in.

"Yeah, are you okay?" she repeated before I gave her a look that said shut up bitch, we both know you don't care.

"I'm fine. I just hit my head." I said rubbing it, as if it will relieve the pain.

He must have seen it because he stepped in again. "Is everything okay?" he asked pretty much the same question twice. Then I remembered something. I needed a reason why I was behind his desk.

"Yeah. I was just looking for my contact." I lied quickly.

"Contacts?" she repeated. "Since when did you start wearing contacts?" she asked in disbelief.

"Since the summer before freshmen year." That one wasn't a lie. I did actually wear contacts.

I had some problems seeing when I was younger so I had to wear glasses. But the thing was, I also had braces. I didn't want to have both. So, I never wore them. When my braces came off, I still hated my glasses so I asked for contacts.

My mom made me a deal that if I could wear my glasses for two years straight, I could get them for high school. So I wore those damn things for seventh and eighth grade. And the summer before freshman year, we made the switch.

"Did you find it?" he asked.

I looked at him then nodded. "Yeah. Somehow it ended up under your desk. That's how I hit my head. When I reached to get it, I bumped into your desk."

"Great. So you can leave now." She chipped in. I narrowed my eyes at her. And leave you alone with him; I don't think so, chick.

"Actually, the reason I'm here was to get help." I told her.

Edward gave me a look that asked me what was I doing. I gave him one back that said, watching her. I do not trust her as far as I can throw her. And trust me, that is not too damn far.

I got off the floor and walked over to them. I grabbed a desk and pulled it to the other side of him, so he could be in the middle. I wasn't going to let her sit next to him while I sat next to her. Can you say giving her easy access?

XXX

All three of us sat there in silence for more than a few minutes. The most sound that was in the room was Edward going back and forth between the two of us to 'help' us.

The only reason he was going back and forth was because every time he turned to her, I made up some problem that I 'needed help' with. I hate that I kept doing that. I felt like a child who was playing tug-o-war with someone with a toy that was mine in the first place. My damn jealously was kicking in again.

I sighed hard as I rested my head on my hand. The thought fucking frustrated me. And that wasn't the only thing.

I heard his voice but noticed he wasn't leaning my way. I peeked over to them from the corner of my eye.

They were close. Too close for me. I looked under the desk. She was facing towards him so her leg was basely on top of his. He was leaning close to her, making their faces inches apart. One wrong turn and their lips would be together. But that could be my imagination.

But imagination or not, once that thought of their lips touching made my face hot with anger. I turned my head back to my paper. I wanted something to distract me. I got my wish, but not for long.

"Mr. Masen, your cologne smells really good." I heard her said. This bitch was testing my patience. I wondered if she was doing that on purpose.

"Thank you Laruen." He replied. I looked at them again. She was in just the right distance to smell it, because he didn't have a lot on. In fact I could barely smell it.

"What kind is that?" I saw her smiling. What was wrong with her? How can she just openly flirt with a teacher like that? Did she really have no shame at all?

"I'm not sure." He said. I was happy that he kept his head down.

"Maybe I can figure it out. Mind if I try?" she smiled. My eyebrows lifted. Of course, an excuse to be closer to him than she already was. Why was I so surprise?

He fixed himself so he wasn't so close to her anymore. He looked at me. I want to give him a look telling him hell no, but I turned my head to my paper again.

"Sure." I heard him said. I looked up again. She was leaning into his neck. I was how she was getting lost in the scent. And the damn sight was pissing my off. The reason being was that she could easily touch his neck with her lips.

That's it. I couldn't take it anymore. At least when they were too close, a kiss would be an accident. If she kissed his neck, that would be intended.

I looked down at my paper again. I sighed hard. They didn't pay it any attention. Okay I get it; too sudden.

I began tapping my pencil against my desk as if I was thinking about a problem. I continued tapping it until I drew their attention to me. She needed to get away from him.

"Can you stop that? It's really irritating." she snapped in annoyance. Oh I'm sorry, did I ruin your sick little fantasy by reminding you I was still in the goddamn room.

I lifted my pencil and started flicking it between my index and middle finger. Really, I was being irritating? Her damn being was irritating me. I turned to her and gave a fake smile. "Sorry. I do that when I'm frustrated." I said. She rolled her eyes and went back to her work.

He turned to me. "Are you having trouble with another problem?" he asked. I nodded. And she was sitting on the other side of you. He sighed. "Okay. Let me see it." He probably was getting tired of getting pulled in opposite direction. I don't feel bad. He should've let her in in the first damn place.

He leaned my way. I pushed the paper and my book between us. "These problems aren't hard to get." She said. She really felt the need to inter-fucking-jected? Of course she did, because her plan wasn't working.

"That's not the only thing that's hard to get." I mumbled as low as I could. It wasn't low enough because he heard me. He looked at me from the corner of his eye. I rolled my eyes away from him.

I turned to her. Luckily, her head was down now. "What can I say, Laruen? I'm not a genius like you." I said with a sarcastic sweetness. She must've scented it. She slowly lifted her head to me with a glare. "Why don't you help me?" I challenged, continuing with the sarcasm.

She responded with the same tone. "I don't think I can handle it. But I'm sure Mr. Masen will help you just fine." We rolled our eyes away from each other. Man, I can't stand her.

"Shut the hell up then." I mumbled again as I started to tap my pencil again. I felt him elbow me in the ribs. He must've heard me again. I need to work on being quiet. I looked at him.

"Bella, stop it." He hissed in a low voice. "Show me the problem." He said louder. I pointed at a random problem. He nodded. "Yeah that one's a little hard." He said going along with it. "Let me see your pencil." I handed it to him."This is what you have to do." He began writing on my paper. I looked down and saw he wrote a sentence or two on it.

Stop going back and forward with her. I told you, you have nothing to worry about. He wrote.

I took the pencil back. It's not my fault; she keeps pushing me. What do you want me to do? I wrote back.

He held out his hand. I put the pencil back in it. Maybe you should just leave. I don't want her to get the idea and she will if you keep snapping at her. He wrote quickly. I probably wouldn't be able to stop.

"So, you want me to move this number; leaving these two alone." I spoke in code.

He looked at me and nodded. "Nothing is going to happen to the number that's supports to be with the equation." He spoke back in code. I looked over to her to see she was still looking at her paper.

"You really want me to leave?" I mouthed to him.

He shook his head. "Of course not." He mouthed back. "But…" he stopped and nodded to her.

I sighed hard. I hate to admit it, but he was right. if I kept trying to get his attention on me, she would notice something. "I think I get it." I said closing my book. I pushed my chair away from him so I could get up. I put my book in my bag and swung it over my shoulder. "I'll see you guys tomorrow." I said as I walked out.

When I got to my car, I heard him call after to me. When I turned, he jogged towards me. I closed my door and leaned against it.

He smiled when he got to me. I folded my arms and looked away from him. I didn't want to look at him. I think I have a right to be upset.

"Bella, don't do that."

"I'm not doing anything." I said in denial. I knew what he was talking about.

"Yes, you are. You're pouting." He pointed out.

"I know." I admitted. "I don't like her with you." It made me uncomfortable thinking about it.

"Bella, she's a student." He stated "What was I supports to do, turn her away?" he asked. I knew the answer but it wasn't the one I wanted.

"I guess not." I slowly lifted my head to look at him. "Speaking of which, shouldn't you be in there helping your student?" I said bitterly.

He smiled at me. " No. because I wanted to tell my favorite student that she forgot something."

My face dropped to worry. I wasn't surprised. I would most likely do something like that. "Really, what?"

He looked around to make sure no one was looking at us. He turned back to me with his smile still on his face. "This." He gently grabbed my chin and lifted my face to his to kiss my lips. I smiled against his lips and responded. "So you okay?" he asked me when we pulled away.

I gave a sad smile. "I guess."

"Good." He smiled.

I turned my face to a stern frown. "I don't want you to touch her." I pointed at him. "I don't care if she burst into flames or something worse. You keep your hands off her." I told him. It wasn't him I didn't trust, it was her. One small touch will give her any reason to be all over him like a bad rash. I didn't want them to touch each other at all.

He chuckled. "Okay. I got it." He nodded. He leaned in and kissed me again. "I should go before she comes looking for me." I rolled my eyes. He saw it and continued. "I'll call you as soon as I leave." He promised.

I nodded. He backed up a little. When I was off the door, he opened it for me. I got in and smiled at him before driving out of the parking lot.

XXX

When I got in the house, my mom greeted me; like any other day.

I opened the refrigerator to get a bottle of water. As soon as I did, my phone rang from my pocket. I looked at the screen and smiled. "Alice?" she guessed.

"Ummm…yeah. She probably just wants the homework or something. I'm going to go to my room." I told her before jogging up the stairs. When I got to my room, I closed the door behind me before going to my bed.

"What took you so long?" his voice came through the speaker when I answered it.

"Hi to you too, Edward. I'm sorry, but I had to make sure I was out of ear shot of my mother." I told him as I laid on my bed. "So, she's gone already?" I guessed that's why he called. He said he would.

"Yes. I told her I needed to go."

"So, where are you now?" I had to ask.

"On my way home." He said. That might explain why I was hearing the purring of his car in the background.

"You're driving?" I asked with concern. He knows how I felt about him driving and talking on the phone. His driving wasn't the best. I don't mean he was a bad driver, he was actual a really good one. But he drives too fast to have his attention spilt like that.

"Yes. I told you I'd call as soon as she left and that's what I'm doing." He reminded me. "If I didn't, you would've asked why." He continued. I rolled my eyes. He was right. damn him. I hated when he used what I said against me.

"Yeah, but you could have waited until you got home. You know how I feel about you driving and talking on the phone."

He chuckled. "Calm down. I've been driving longer than you have. I think I can get home" he said. I don't really think that's fair. I've only been driving a year. "But I love that you're worried about me." He teased.

He wants to go that route. Well two can play that game. "Whatever. At least I don't get speeding tickets." I shot back. The man doesn't know how to slow down when he sees a police car. He pays more in speed tickets than taxes.

"Ouch, low blow." He said. I just laughed.

I knew we would continue to talk for hours. We don't know how to say when. I had to stop if I wanted to get my homework done. I didn't; I much rather talk to him for hours on end. But damn school comes first, as much as I hate the damn thought.

"Edward. I'm sorry but I need to finish my homework."I told him.

"I understand. I have work to finish, anyways." He said as I heard the car stop. He must be at home now.

"Right. I'll call you before I go to bed." I always do that if I'm not there. I like hearing his voice before going to sleep. It's a better chance I dream about him. A dream Edward is better than no Edward.

"I'll be waiting." I heard a smile in his voice.

"Okay. I'll see you tomorrow. No more talking on the phone while you drive."I lectured.

He chuckled again. "Yes, mom." I knew he said that to please me. I knew he wouldn't listen. He never does. He was going to use the phone the next chance he get, completely forget what I just said.

I said good-bye one more time before hanging up.

It went like this for the rest of the week. I would go to his room after school but everything we got close, I heard those mother fucking heels.

As much as I hated them, I'm glad she wore them. Every step she took was telling me how close she was. And depending on how much of our clothes were on the floor, it was much needed.

What was worse than not being with him after school was that I couldn't be with him on the weekend. I had to actually sleep over Alice's house because we did have an actual project to do for History. So to say that I missed him was a bit of an understatement.

On Monday, it was the same thing.

We were in class, trying not be so obvious. Only difference was since I didn't go to his house this weekend, I was actually done with my homework and I didn't have anything to keep me distracted. So I was kind of forced to look at him today.

Which probably wasn't a good idea. My eyes were following his every single move.

"You're starring again." Alice reminded me. I told her to let me know if it look like I was more interested in him than his lesson; which of course I was. But everyone wasn't supports to know.

"I know." I said, not bothering to try and tear my eyes from him like the other times.

"Don't you think you should stop." She said.

I shook my head. "Not really."

"What if someone else notices?" she reminded. I groaned softly at how right she was. I turned my head to my notebook and began drawing randomly around the holes of the paper. "You're usually not starring at him as much." She said.

I shrugged. "I usually have something to keep my mind busy. Unlike any other weekend, I actually finished my work. So, my mind is free."

"You can try actually taking notes." She said.

"That's funny." I said, humorlessly. I looked at her. When she didn't say anything. By her face, I could tell it wasn't meant to be a joke. "You know I don't need to do that." I told her that I stop worrying about his class because I no longer needed to. I offered to share was I knew. But she said that was 'cheating'.

"I don't know what to say then." She said as she started to copy the example he wrote on the board.

I looked at the board so I could give for the allusion that I was working. But then he turned back to the class and our eyes met. It was never good when our eyes met in class.

He winked at me as soon as he saw I was looking at him. As if by instinct, I smiled back and bit the end of my pen. He quickly looked away before getting too into it.

Okay, I admit, what I did didn't help the sexual tense between us at this point. But he should know not to wink at me. We both had our weaknesses the other one knew. Mine was the way he looked when he winks at me.

"Bella." Alice said in my ear again. I remove the pen – that I didn't realize was still in my mouth – and looked at her. She chuckled as she continued to write. "Can you two be anymore oblivious?"

I smiled at her observation. I didn't think it was that noticeable. "To the naked eye, yes." The second the 'naked; came out, I started picturing us on his bed, both without a shirt.

Before the thought could go that far, I tried to shake it away. But it was stuck. I bit my lip and sighed. Alice looked at me at the sound.

"You need a moment." She said with a teasing smile before turning back to her paper.

I chuckled. "Yeah, but there's too many people in the room." I said in a low voice. And I needed it with the teacher. But I didn't say that out loud. It didn't stop her from making a disgusted face.

After school, Alice and I walked stayed to we could talk to our History teacher so we could see what finishing touches we needed to put on our project. Which meant we had to pass by his room.

Edward stopped me before I got the chance to pass the room. "Bella." He peeked his head out. I stopped and turned to him. "I think we should try that problem we were working on all last week." He spoke in code because there were more than a few people in the hall.

I smiled at him. Before I could go, I remembered I was with Alice. The fact that she grabbed my wrist as I started to move was a reminder. I turned to her. "What?" I said in annoyance.

"Bella, our project." She reminded me.

I sighed. That's right. "Alice, please. I didn't get to see him this weekend." I brought my hands together in a plead. "Please." I begged.

She rolled her eyes. "Fine. But if we get anything lower than a B, it's your head." She threatened.

I smiled and hugged her. "Thanks. I owe you one."

"Actually I think we're up to you owing me about ten." She said as I walked to him.

He smiled as he grabbed my wrist and pulled me in the classroom.

When he leaned in, I leaned away. He gave me a confused look. I nodded to the door that was still open. He got the hint and hurried to close it.

"Okay, door's closed." He said reaching for me. I backed away from him. "What?" he asked.

"There are still too many people in the hall." I told him. He looked through the window to see that I was right. We had to wait a few minutes.

I shrugged as I walked to a desk to sit down in. he turned the desk next to me so the open ends would face each other. He took my hands in his. "Did you miss me this weekend?" he smiled.

I smiled as I intertwined our fingers together. "Of course. Did you miss me?"

"Since the second you walked away." He leaned in. "I think the halls are empty enough." He whispered inches away from my lips. I turned to the window.

There were still more than a few people. I turned to him and shook my head. "Not yet." I smiled. He sighed as he pulled back a little.

We talked for a few minutes. While we talked, I realized that it seemed like forever since it was just us and we sat and talked. But then I remembered the real reason I was here. I looked at the window again.

"Edward." I said as I turned back to him. He lifted his eyebrows for me to continue. "The hallway is clear." I smiled at him. He looked over my shoulder.

"Huh, you're right." he smiled back. He leaned into my lips like he did before. This time I let them lock.

I got out of the desk and leaned into him until he was laying against the other side of the desk. He hugged his arms around me and pulled me to his body. I ran my fingers through his hair.

I was going to deepen the kiss until I heard him groan. What made me stop was that isn't a good groan, but one as if he was in pain or something. I pulled back. "What's wrong?"

"This is uncomfortable." He complained. I could see where he would get that. If we do it like this, I would definitely feel that pain later.

"Okay. Then how you want to…?" I said, trailing off because I didn't know what else to say.

He looked around the room. He stopped and smiled. "I got an idea. Get up." he loosened his grip and I did what he said.

He followed my lead then took my hand. He damn near ran to a counter where he kept extra books. He pushed the books out of the way then turned to me. He lifted me and sat me on the counter.

We smiled at each other before I pulled him to me by his shirt. As he wrapped his lips around my bottom one, I started unbuttoning his shirt. Once it was open, I pushed it out his shoulders.

He followed me as I lay down on the counter. "Edward, I don't think this can hold us." I giggled under the kiss.

"Let's find out." He said under the kiss before he fixed himself so he could lay on top of me. His lips went to my neck at the same time his fingers went to my shirt. It was a good thing I decided to wear a button-up today.

He unbuttoned all the way with one hand. Once my shirt was open, he wrapped his arm around my bare waist and pulled me to him. He pushed my bra down a bit so he could kiss my collarbone.

I ran my fingers down his body to his belt. I was about to unbuckle it when I heard that sound that came to be the sound that was worse than fucking nails on a goddamn chalkboard.

I removed my hands from around his neck and placed on hand on his chest. "Edward, stop."

"Your mouth says stop…"he paused to run his hand down the side of my body to the hem of my jeans and pulled on them as if to pull them down. "but your body says go."

He was more than right at this point. I didn't want to stop, but we had to. "No, Edward you have to get off of me." He pulled away from my neck and looked at me. "She's coming."

He groaned as he sat up and jumped off the counter. He put the belt back in the loop before grabbing his shirt and putting it on.

I sat up and fixed my shirt before buttoning it. "This girl is really starting to get on my nerves." He said as he did the same with his shirt.

I chuckled as I got off the counter. That made two of us. Hell, she's been on my nerves. "But Mr. Masen, she's a student." I mocked.

"Yeah, but she interrupting time with my favorite one." He smiled at me before giving me a kiss. I pushed him away before it went too far. I still hear her heels and she might walk in.

"I should go before she sees me." I quickly walked over to where I left my bag. "I'll see you tomorrow." I blew him a kiss before swinging my bag on my shoulder and going out the door.

I continued to straighten out my shirt, making sure all the buttons were right. We did have to rush. We've became use to it so it didn't seem like it. Once I made sure my shirt was right, I started to rub my neck with my sleeve.

I've come to find out that if I rub the wetness off my neck before it dried, it will prevent the marking. It wouldn't completely disappear, but it will make it barely noticeable.

As I rubbed my neck – I pushed my shirt down so I could get my collarbone too – I bumped into someone. Luckily, I caught myself by reaching out to hold on to the lockers I was walking by. But my bag dropped on the floor.

"Excuse you." I snapped as I bended down and picked it up.

"Watch it, you freak." Someone snapped back. Not just any someone. The one that just pulled me away from Edward. I looked up to see Lauren smoothing out her shirt.

She looked up at me and her face changed. "Oh sorry, Bella. I didn't see you." Was she being nice to me? Probably not.

"Yeah, apparently." I said as I put my bag back on my shoulder. "I gotta go." I said as I walked pass.

She grabbed my wrist before I could go any where. "Bella, what are you doing here so late?" She asked when I turned around.

"I was just finishing up my project for History." The lie was reasonable since that was why I was staying in the first place. For some reason, I felt the need to run my fingers through my hair. "What about you?" I ran my finger through my hair again.

"I needed some more help from Mr. Masen." She told me what I already knew. I resisted the great urge to roll my eyes and to tell her to leave him the hell alone.

"Okay. I think I saw him about to leave so you better hurry if you want to catch him." I told her.

"Okay." She let go of my wrist. "Why do you keep doing that?" she asked. I moved my eyes to my hair to see my fingers in it again. I must've done this about five more times now. Then it came back to me. I was trying to recover my hair from the make-up session –because that was as far as we could get – with Edward.

"No reason." I dropped my hand from my hair. "I really have to go." I repeated.

"Okay. See you tomorrow then."

"Yeah, see you." I said in a confused voice as I turned away to walk outside.

That was weird.

XXX

The next day, I thankfully have English homework that I didn't finished last night. So I could keep my eyes off of him toady. And that was good, especially after that 'almost' yesterday.

As I was working, I heard him talking to the class.

"Okay, class. I'm feeling nice today." He said. That's funny; I would think he was frustrated more than anything. I know I was. "So, I'll allow you to work with a partner on some problems…I want you to work on problems ten through forty on page 124." He said as he – what sounded like – writing on the board.

"Whatever you don't finish is for homework." He continued. The whole class groaned at the amount of work he gave. "Or we could take a quiz." Everyone gave a fake cheer at the compromise, choosing the work instead of the quiz.

He chuckled. "Get to work if you don't want homework for my class." I heard desks start to move and conversations start to form. "Don't get too loud, I have work to get done."

I looked at Alice and nodded. Of course we would work together – rather I would watch her work – it was a given.

I finished the question I was on before closing my English book and grabbing my Math one. I wanted to look like I was doing something.

Before I could move my desk next to hers, I felt myself being stuck. I looked down at the leg to see why I couldn't move and saw a foot wrapped around it. I looked up it to see Laruen smiling at me.

"What?" I asked.

"Bella, I can't get this. Mind if we work together?" she said. I crooked an eyebrow at her. First yesterday, now this. Was she taking some kind of drug or something that was making her be nice?

"I was going to work with Alice, but I guess you can work with us." I said. Something told me I would regret it later. She moved her desk next to mine.

Minutes into us working, Lauren started to talk. "I like that shirt on Mr. Masen. Bella, don't you think that's nice shirt?" she nudged me.

I looked up at him. It was a nice shirt and fitted him nicely. Why did it look so familiar? Oh yeah, it was the one I used after we had sex for the first time. I resisted the urge to smile. "It's okay." I said as I looked down.

"He is so hot. Don't you think?" she continued.

I shrugged. Yeah, more than she knew. "I guess. He's a teacher; I don't look at him like that." I lied.

"How could you not? I mean look at him." she said. I wanted to, but then I might attack him if I do. "He is just so…sexy." She said like she was having a moment.

I really hated how the words came out. I get it. You think my boyfriend is hot, stop fucking talking about it.

"I know one thing. If I got with him, I would definitely not waste any time fucking him the very first chance I got." She said.

I felt myself getting anger. So anger that I looked at my hand and saw it was tightly gripped around my pencil. I didn't feel it as I did it. The only reason I knew how tightly I was holding it because my knuckles were turning white.

I felt Alice rubbing the top of my hand. "You're okay." She said in my ear. I nodded as breathed deeply.

"But I would keep it in his house." Laruen continued.

I turned to her. She was looking at Edward as if she was fantasying about it. "What do you mean?" I asked, trying to push the anger that came back up back down.

She turned to me and smiled. "I saw on the news that teachers are sleeping with their students and the main reason they get caught is because someone walks in on them fucking on the teacher's desk." She said. "Kind of dirty if you ask me." She said with a small shrug.

Dirty? Was she serious? This coming from someone who fucked two different guys on both the football and basketball court? And the guys weren't even from our school. But I kept quiet.

Instead I said something else. "Why are you telling me this?"

She looked away and gave a small smile. "Just thinking out loud."

Before I had time to say something else, the bell rang. Laruen got her things together and left before I did. "What was that about?" Alice asked me as we got our things together.

I rolled my eyes. "I don't know. Maybe all that fake tanning finally went to her head." I joked. She laughed as we walked out of the room.

As second period started, I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket. I looked to see the teacher writing on the board so I was free to take it out.

I smiled at the name I already knew that would be flashing on the screen. How's history? His text read.

Not as good as your class, Mr. Masen. I texted back and quickly pressed sent before someone might have the chance yo look over my shoulder.

Yeah, I always feel a little down when first period's over too. He wrote back.

I smiled. And why is that? I texted, already knowing the answer. It was the same as mine.

Because I have to see you walk out of my classroom. And I don't get to see you for five more hours. I smiled at the screen. Before I could type a text, another message popped up. It's torturous.

I typed one word because it was exactly what I was doing. Blush. But then I thought of something else to write. I hate when you do that.

Another text came in the matter of seconds. But I love it. You look so cute. I did it again.

Stop it. I am in class. I reminded him.

Lol. You're right, I'm sorry.

Is there a reason you're texting me? I asked. I wanted to know why I was risking texting in class.

Yes. Remember that thing we keep trying to do… how could I forget? You think it will work today?

Not in your class. It's too risky. I typed and pressed send quickly again.

I know. I was thinking somewhere a little more closed off. He replied.

I gave a small chuckle. Like where, a janitor's closet? I typed as a joke.

But he didn't get it as a joke because he sent back ….

I sighed. Edward .

I know it's not the best, but we'll finally be together. When he puts that way, I didn't want to say no.

Okay. I texted. I started to put my phone away but then I remembered something. Shoot. I can't today; I have to finish a project with Alice. What about tomorrow?

I waited a while before he texted back. Okay. I'll be waiting. Now get off the phone. Shouldn't you be paying attention?

I rolled my eyes. You're the one who texted me. I reminded him.

Lol, right. I luv u. he texted.

I smiled. Even on a tiny phone screen, it made me happy. I luv u 2. I texted.

"Miss Swan." I heard my History teacher. I looked up from my phone. "Is there something on that phone more interesting than your project that's due Monday?" he asked. Yes. On my phone, I was talking to a great guy. On my project, I was talking about World War I. I would say that's a little more interesting.

"No, sir." I smiled as I pressed send then put the phone back in my pocket.

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Alice and I stayed after school; like I said we would. I was actually more force so we finished before we had to leave. It was a nice looking poster, if I do say so myself.

"Okay. All we need to do is label the events and we'll be done." Alice said. "But I'm tired of cutting and gluing so can we finish tomorrow?" she asked. I nodded. Me being a few minutes late to Edward would make our chances of not getting caught would be better.

We put away everything. When we were done, it was twenty minutes to four.

"Alice. I'm going to see if Edward is still in his room. I'll talk to you later." I told her as we walked down the hall to his room.

"Okay. See ya." She said. She hugged me then walked out of the school.

I was happy to surprise him because he wasn't expecting to see me until tomorrow. When I got there the door was cracked. But before I could push it open, what I saw stopped me.

Edward was in his chair at his desk, Laruen was on his lap. But that's not what froze me.

They were kissing.

So how was it? So please review because i miss them. and i have a poll on my profile. you might not read my other ff but i really want you guys to vote b/c your options matter to me.

Ok, so, since i hadn't updated in a while, i will not be doing it every wed like before. it will be more often now.

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