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Last time....

I parked my truck and made my way into meet Will for dinner, glad that I was strong enough and settled enough to have my life on my terms.

BPOV

I made my way into the restaurant and started looking for Will.

"Can I help you miss?" asked the hostess

"No, I'm just meeting someone, and I can see him now, Thanks though" I replied and made my way over to Will. He was sitting there talking to the waitress, Wine menu open, looking at the list while she stood there playing with her hair and chewing on the tip of her pen obviously trying to act all cute in order to grab his attention, Unfortunately for her Will seemed oblivious to this and was just looking up with a frown when he spotted me.

"Bella! Great your here, what kind of wine would you like for dinner tonight, I can't choose." He said while getting up to come over to me and give me a kiss. The Waitress looked like she had just been slapped; she was obviously not used to being ignored. She gave me a look that could kill and changed her stance. She was no longer trying to win over Will, so she just wanted our order so she could get on with her night.

"Mmm no Wine for me tonight I think, I'll just have a Coke please." I told the waitress while I sat down.

"I'll have a beer then, whatever is on tap thanks" Will added sitting down again and grabbing my hand.

The Waitress let out a 'puff' noise and stomped away, "What's her problem" Will asked looking after her, " She was so nice when I arrived"

"I think that I Would be her problem- though you seemed oblivious to it, she was trying to hit on you before I arrived and I believe we spoiled her fun, you not noticing and me showing up" I smiled at him.

"Oh – Well, poor girl- I can't wait till we're married and the ring can stop this from happening" Will said

"If you think a ring will stop women from hitting on you then you are delusional Will, if anything it will make it worse, Women always want what they can't have." I told him

"Really, what is it that you want that you can't have then?" Will asked me with a smirk on his face

"Hmmm, George Clooney would be nice" I said

"Hey now!" Will exclaimed

"I'm just joking Will, You- It's only you I want and I'm just thankful I get to keep you"

"Hmm, you think you're funny don't you?" He said pouting " So enough of the games, how did your first day teaching go I want to hear all about it. Do I need to go beat anyone up for being rude to you?"

"No, no beatings required today at least. It went great actually. I was surprised really, I was so nervous walking in there, yet once I was up font it all just kinda came to me and it went smoothly." I told Will

"See, what did I tell you babe, you're a natural." Will said

"Yea, well it's early yet I think to tell if I'm any good at it, but I am excited it started off so well," I told Will while looking over my menu. "Oh yea and I had two of Carlisle kids in my class today, It was kind of weird teaching them after I just had dinner at their house on Friday."

"Oh yea, what two kids?" Will asked

"The two girls actually, Rose and Alice." I answered

"That's nice, maybe you'll get to know them better, you guys seem like you would all get along" Will said

"yes, well we'll see." I answered. We ordered our food and had a lovely dinner together, it was nice to be out and feel like a normal couple. We tried to stay away from the public eye around campus but we could only hide so much, we still had to live our lives. We finished our meal and after paying the bill we went our separate ways again to drive home.

It was so nice to get home and take off my heels, just because I could walk in them now was no reason I had to do so all day. I had school work to do so I slipped into my sweatpants and one of Will's t-shirts and started to read. Will got comfy also and sat down beside me on out couch. He held me in his arms while he graded his assignments around me. As per usual I fell asleep reading and Will carried me to our bed before he went to lock up the apartment and turn off lights, when he made it back to bed, he slid in next to me and I fell instantly asleep cuddled up to his warmth.

I woke up suddenly, it was pitch black outside still and I was breathing heavily. I tried to think back to what it was that roused me so forcefully from my sleep but I couldn't for the life of me remember what I had been dreaming. When I quieted back down and got my breathing back to normal, I finally was able to feel some more of my emotions and realized whatever had woke me up hadn't necessarily been a bad dream. I was so aroused it was painful, never before had I woken from a dead sleep to this intense desire. I leaned over and kissed Will, tonight, nothing was going to pacify me but Will. He woke up slowly never saying a word, just kissing me back and setting to work when he was awake again knowing what it was that I longed for. We made love silently, holding onto each other like it was the only thing that would keep us alive and when we were done I fell asleep again laying on Will's chest, breathing in the beautiful musky scent Will gives off after sex. We had still yet to utter a single word to each other when sleep over came me. I slept peacefully then until morning.

Tuesday was long and boring; the usual routine of class' and assignments to be done took all my attention. Will had a Faculty meeting tonight and wouldn't be home until late so I grabbed some Chinese food on my way home. It was kind of nice to have the house all to myself without having to clean it up or to be too busy with school work in order to enjoy it. I dished myself out some Chinese food – I always bought enough for a family of 12 since I loved cold Chinese food leftovers and so did Will- and settled myself down in front of the now barely used TV. I went through the TiVo and found my Greys Anatomy; Will would sulk that I watched it without him, we always watched it together, but I was here and had free time and he wasn't so he would just have to deal with it.

I thought I heard some weird noises a couple time on the balcony just off the living room throughout the night but every time I went to check on it, nothing was there. We were on the 3rd floor of our apartment building so it's not like it was easy access for anyone. I decided it must just be a bird or something and left it be. I must have fallen asleep because the next thing I knew my alarm clock was going off and I was in my bed next to Will. I groaned and hit snooze -probably a little more forcefully then I really needed to." Damn I really wish I could call in sick today" I said to will, who just hmmed in agreement.

I slowly sat up and stretched, my neck was sore most likely from falling asleep on the couch last night. "Thanks for bringing me to bed last night, I guess I fell asleep on the couch again" I said to Will

He gave me a funny look before saying, "what are you talking about, you were in bed when I came home."

I froze for a minute, what the hell, I do not remember coming to bed last night.

"You must have just been really tired and half asleep when you made your way in here" Will said throwing his covers back and his legs over the bed. thinking nothing of it.

"Yea must have." I said quietly, but something didn't feel right.

JPOV

Ever since Friday night's Family meeting our household has been in a weird limbo, the entire families emotions torturing me constantly. It was a very rare occasion that I envied any sort of human trait anymore, yet since Friday night I truly wished I could sleep and be saved from this emotional warzone for at least a couple hours.

Esme was more herself now and it was amazing to see, she had already gathered a bunch or home decorating magazines and been going online ordering things for the house, apparently she was going to redecorate and she even had blue prints for adding onto the house. Every time Esme would mention any short of new Idea for the house Carlisle's happiness would spike and he would just sit there smiling at her adoringly, happy to have his wife back. I swear she could have suggested anything and he would have agreed whole heartedly.

Carlisle's emotions were odd to me, and to try and explain them would be far too difficult. I think for him he was being attacked from too many emotional sides almost like me. He had his daughter back yet he didn't. He was proud of her and happy about the women she had become yet sad at what this was costing Edward. He was pleased that the family seemed to be healing slowly yet he was lost and unsure how to approach anything now.

My dearest Alice was the worst to see. The unbelievable joy that she had felt when Bella had walked into our house on Friday was all too soon overcome by sadness and hurt. I think she had assumed that no matter what Bella and her would be able to pick up where they had left off yet nothing could be further from the truth.

Bella hadn't exactly been cold towards our family, she had for the most part been quite polite, but we all knew that the politeness was a front and she would not have been there and not as friendly if it hadn't been for Will. She answered questions but never elaborated. The fact that Bella had ignored Alice's offer to help plan the wedding had struck Alice straight in the heart and since then has been lost trying to figure out how to proceed; This only got worse after Monday when she came home early by herself announcing that Bella had been her and Rose's TA for English and had been friendly yet short with them. To make matters worse Bella had left with Rose and they had sent Alice on her way breaking her heart once again.

Rose had a mixture of excitement and nervousness since Friday night, Rose was always doing and feeling the unexpected so it was no use trying to decipher her thoughts on the subject. This all changed though when she came home from school an hour late on Monday and all I could feel radiating off of her was excitement and hope, it seemed she thought Bella and her could be friends. Emmett's emotions continued on as that of a child's, changing minute by minute thought by thought, but he seemed hopeful that everything was going to work out and happy that Rose was happy.

Edward was no doubt the worst for me to deal with, if I had felt his deep despair was bad before, it was nothing compared to what he was feeling now. I honestly felt like my heart was being ripped apart slowly.

At least when he was just dealing with his sense of loss from leaving her behind he had also felt as though he was doing the right thing and this enabled him to mask some of his pain. Now though, Edward was a mess like never before, he felt the loss of Bella and a Hate towards Will that ate away at him. Back in high school at Forks I remember talking him down time and time again from his Jealousy towards any man who dared think about Bella. It was ridiculous the amount of times I had to tell him that Mike Newton, Tyler Crowley, and most of all Jacob Black were never going to have anything with Bella, so he could stop worrying; It used to make me insane.

It was different now though, the jealousy that ran through Edward now had taken on a life of its own and this time it wasn't just Edwards imagination at work- he was right, Bella was no longer his, Bella had moved on and given everything she had to Will and as I could feel and attest to, he had given his soul to her. The love that radiated off of him was powerful enough to be mistaken for a vampires love for his mate- Life altering, intense, and definite. Edward was warring with all of these emotions along with his struggle of wanting to try and get her back and the knowledge that he may no longer be able to nor should he try.

He spent more and more time off hunting alone now, which in a way was an improvement to his earlier actions, at least now he was doing something. He wasn't talking much, and we could all tell he was trying to figure out his next step. When school started on Monday again, he reluctantly went to his classes, I think the only thing that got him there was the idea that he might accidentally run into Bella while on campus.

I was glad when Wednesday rolled around and it was time for our last class of the day, I had Fridays off so that meant my week was almost over. Between the emotional warzone at home and the amount of lust, love, and infatuation that was rolling off almost everyone at school towards us I was ready for a long weekend- Maybe Alice would agree to go on an extended hunting trip with me this weekend so I could have a break. Just then my cell phone beeped signalling a new text message and to no surprise it was Alice saying she thought it would be a good idea to get away this weekend. I was following Em and Edward to our last class – a lab component for our mandatory English 105- When I smelled it, Bella.

We walked into class and there she was wearing a champagne coloured, short sleeved silk blouse, black pencil skirt and a pair of Black heals. She had her back to us writing her name on the board and the three of us just froze where we were.

"Excuse me but could you three move, you're blocking the way" came an annoying male voice from behind us snapping us out of our frozen stances. We ignored him taking our time to make our way to the front and claime a front row table for the three of us. I could feel Edwards want rolling off of him and he was nervous, probably not knowing how she would react to seeing us.

"Damn she got hot" Emmett said in a voice low enough that only we could hear him; Although I had to agree with him, it was still insensitive to say that in front of Edward.

Edward growled and I felt his anger spike. " Now, now, now boys remember where we are" I whispered quickly, "Emmett try to avoid thinking or commenting, Edward don't be so touchy"

Bella looked from the whiteboard to the clock and then turned around to face the class smiling. She didn't even flinch when her gaze ran over the three of us in front of her. She called the class to order, taking attendance, going over her expectations, and handing out the syllabus along with our first assignment. She was very professional and confident and the class ran smoothly for the most part – at least to the humans it would seem that way.

With each passing second we were in her class Edward's anger increased and he was losing more and more control, when I silently questioned him on this he replied "All the thoughts" and growled. After a bit of quiet questioning, it appeared our Bella had quite the male fan base in class and poor Edward had been sitting through class, being forced to listen to almost the entire male portion of our class play through some sort of sexual fantasy with Bella as the star; Even a few of the females had gone a little too far in their imagination according to Edward –humans so odd.

Finally Bella ended her lecture by assigning a reading and an essay to do before our next class and asked if there were any questions. The little idiot that had asked us to move at the beginning of class raised his hand.

"Yes, Mr. Tinley was it?" She asked

The little idiot's heart rate spiked and he answered her. "Yes Ms. Swan, but you can call me Nate."

"Well Nate, what was your question then?"

"Are you single?" he asked

Bella just looked at him for a second before answering him, "My person life is of no concern to any member of this class, I will say I am happily engaged but I would appreciate it if you all kept your questions focused on school related topics please." She paused looking at the class, "Now any class related questions?"

The kid next to the idiot Nate raised his hand smiling.

"Yes? I'm sorry I forgot your name."

"My names Josh, I was just wondering if you were available for private tutoring." The creep asked with a smile on his face.

Edward growled and went to get out of his chair when Em and I both grabbed him settling him again. "What's your problem" I hissed

"They're my problem, do you know what they're thinking?" he hissed out between his teeth. Bella glanced over our way obviously having seen the movement, but quickly got back on task.

"Are you finding yourself needing help in this class already then Josh?" She asked in such a sweet and endearing voice. His lust increased and he actually felt he had a chance.

"Well I could use a little extra help, if you wouldn't mind" he asked

"No, not at all, are you available Friday?" she asked and I couldn't believe she was falling for this creep's trick.

"Friday, would be perfect anytime." He smiled at her.

"Great, I will have Isaac call you Thursday to set up a time for you two to meet. I will get updates on your progress through Isaac and those progress reports will then be put towards your grade." Bella replied smoothly.

"But..." Josh started but Bella just continued "That's all the time we have for today's class but I hope you have a good week and I will see you all next Wednesday, essay in hand."

The class all got up and started to make their way out while Bella turned around and started erasing the white board. We stayed until everyone was gone and went up to wait for Bella to turn around.

She obviously had felt us standing there because she began to speak before she even turned around. "I'm sorry gentlemen but I am not available to talk this afternoon I have a class of my own to make it to on time." She said and then turned around surveying the room to make sure we were alone in the class before she continued. "As for your guy's medical condition that may keep you from class some days, it is as I told your sisters, not a problem – but note I do know what days are sunny and what days are not so I will be expecting you to attend my class when you can, just the same as any other student as well as do all the required work. Now if you will excuse me I must be going or I will be late" With that she grabbed her bag and disappeared through the door.

Damn she wasn't going to make anything easy on us was she I thought, "no not easy at all" Edward said answering my thoughts as we just stared at the empty door she had left us through.

A/N: Alright an update!

So you all have my deepest apologies for not updating until now, you are well within your right to throw rotten vegetables at me, metaphorically of course. Real life has unfortunately gotten the better of me and due to school and multiple family emergencies that I am still dealing with, I have been unable to write. I am sad to say that until at the very earliest May 1st, updating will not be a guarantee but that I will try my best to get out at least a little something and that after May first I will try to give you all regular updates.

All my readers and reviewers are amazing and I love you all for the great reviews, I never thought that I would get anybody who actually cared if I updated when I started this. Thank-you all for your patience and I will try my best to update as soon as possible. I promise you all I WILL finish this story though so although it will take some extra time to finish I will see it through. Thanks again

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