Sorry I took so long in updating…I left my notebook with this chapter at school during our break and couldn't get to it. The site also hasn't let me submit, I don't know why. I just tried…I'm so sorry. I am going to try again later tonight. Ok, It's still not letting me submit this, so I've decided to extend the chapter and make it much longer than usual.

I entered the lunchroom warily. Alex immediately got on line but I stood back. I let my eyes scan the room flitting from one face to another.

"Looking for someone?" I jumped and turned around. Will was behind me, staring.

"Nope, Just found them." I said smiling. My stomach filled up with butterflies. How this boy had this affect on me was a mystery.

"Good," He replied grinning. "Let's get some food into you before you meet my friends."

"Friends?" I squeaked. "There's more than just you here? Do they think human blood tastes nasty too?" I looked around the cafeteria, wondering who it could be.

"Yes Cat. All of us hate your blood." Will replied chuckling as he led me towards the line. Just my luck: Alex is in front of us. He looked up from his tray and turned to face me.

"What's wrong Kit Cat? You look like you've seen a ghost." Alex said, while filling up his tray with pizza and mozzarella sticks.

"Yeah, something like that." I mumbled under my breath.

"What was that?" I shook my head. "Hey Cat? Aren't you going to eat anything?" I stared at Alex, still in shock. People's faces were going through my mind as I tried to figure out who the other vampires were.

"Yes, she is." Will replied for me and put a slice of pizza on my tray along with a glass of apple juice. How did he know that was my favorite? He led me down to the cashier, leaving Alex behind with his mouth wide in surprise. I gave him an apologetic look and proceeded to pay for my food. When I finished, Will steered me towards the only empty table. We both sat down.

"Do you have to cough human food back up when you eat it?" I asked as I took a big bite out of my pizza.

"No, we throw it up. Like a human would if they had bad indigestion." He said watching me eat. I quickly finished the slice and took a sip of my juice.

"So when are your friends coming?" I asked, glancing once more around the cafeteria, trying to discern who was human and who was vampire.

"Hey Alice! Hey Jas-" I stopped…Alice and Jasper? Alice was dating Jasper. They were sitting with Will…

"-per" Will finished for me as Alice and Jasper sat down across from us.

"Alice?" She turned to look at me with an unreadable expression on her face. "Alice who is Bella's adoptive sister, who loves can see into the future, who loves Jasper…who was part of an army of newborns and who can change the emotions of others? Alice and Jasper?"

"Yes!" She said grinning. All this time? I was friends with Alice, not best friends but still. Everything began to make sense: why she was never around when bad things occurred and why fighting teenagers calmed down when he showed up. How did I never notice? All the pieces were there…you just had to put them together properly.

"Wow" I finally said. "Is anyone else in this school a vampire?" I whispered the last word terrified someone would hear. Jasper shook his head.

"Oh OK, good. I don't think I could accept there being more of you here…in the school. No offense…this is amazing and cool, but you can only take so much at a time. I mean vampires? Wow! I'm crazy aren't I? I'm locked up somewhere in the Looney bin." This has to be a dream. My favorite character, out of my favorite book…was starring me in the face! Sure Stephenie Meyer described her differently. In reality she has medium length blonde, she's my height and has about seven piercings between both ears. But it doesn't matter…she's still my favorite. This cannot be happening…I am going crazy. I started hyperventilating. How many more of them are there? Are they taking over? What if there is one vampire out there who DOES like human blood?

Jasper chuckled and all of a sudden my fears stopped, my breathing slowed, my heart stopped racing, and I became extremely calm. I turned my gaze from Alice to Jasper and glared at him.

"She would have calmed down eventually," Will said responding to my glare.

"Yes, well she was getting on my nerves." Jasper said. If I wasn't so calm, I'd get mad at him. At least I can still glare. Looking at him closely I noticed that Meyer based her Jasper loosely on him. He looks like the Jasper I read about but there are slight differences…like the real Jasper has a lot more muscle tone and he's a darker skin color.

"Leave her alone, Jasper. Trust me, you want to stay on her good side." I stopped glaring at Jasper and looked at Alice.

"Why do you say that?" I questioned her as my emotions returned in a burst. I glared at Jasper momentarily before returning my attention to Alice.

"You'll see!" Alice said. She's just as happy and bubbly as Meyer says, but why does she have to be as cryptic?

"Aww…Come on! Please tell me!" I begged. I even gave her my puppy eyes, which still work on Alex. She shook her head and smiled again. "Pretty please? With sugar on top?"

"Nope. Sorry, if I told you…Jasper would have to take control for your emotions again."

"Fine," I grumbled. If begging won't work, maybe being sneaky would. "Will?" I turned to look at the boy sitting next to me.

"Yeah?"

"Will you tell me?" I asked, batting my eyelashes. Please work! "I'll make it worth your while…" I whispered. He smiled and leaned closer.

"Really? Would you now?" He asked. I leant closer and whispered into his ear.

"Yes." I leaned back to see his reaction. His eyes glistened.

"WILL!" Alice exclaimed. We both jumped and turned. "How could you?"

"What? What did I do?" He asked, clueless.

"Its not what you did. Its what you're going to do. Shame on you!" Alice said.

"But I haven't done anything!"

"Yes, well it shocked me. I hope you change your mind."

"Um…ok?"

"Good enough for now." Alice said. Great, now how am I going to get it out of him?

"Good try, but I'm not going to tell you. No matter how hard you try to get it out of me." Will whispered into my ear before standing up. His voice sent shivers down my spine, but he spoke again before I could fully experience them. " I have to get to my Nutritional Science class. I'll meet you after school Cat, ok?" I nodded and watched him walk away.

I walked out of my last class and headed towards my locker, where Alex was waiting.

"Hey Kit Cat! How was lunch?" He asked me with a goofy grin. I pushed him out of my way and ignored him. "Oh come on!" He leaned against the locker next to mine and crossed his arms. "What has ever happened that you can't tell your bestest friend in the ENTIRE universe?"

"Nothing."

"Exactly!" He replied grinning.

"I didn't mean it like that!" I said as I shoved him playfully.

"Hey!" He said. I closed my locker, put my bag down, and challenged him on. He tackled me to the floor and began to tickle me.

"Stop!" I screeched. He knew all of my weak spots from years of practice. "Please! Mercy!" I couldn't stop laughing and screaming. I tried to fight him off but he was too strong for me. "Get off!" I shouted as tears of mirth slid down my face. We probably looked crazy to those around us. I finally gave up trying and closed my eyes as my laugher became silent. All of a sudden his weight was gone and I heard a thump.

"Cat?" I opened my eyes and stared into the concerned eyes of Will.

"Jeez man. What's your problem?" I looked past him to see Alex sprawled across the floor a few yards back. His nose was bleeding.

"Alex?" I scrambled up and made my way towards him. "Are you ok?"

"I think your boyfriend broke my nose!" He said holding onto his nose.

"Let me see it!" I said. He wouldn't take his fingers off, so I pried them away. I gasped loudly. " It is broken! You're loosing so much blood! I think you're dying!" I said in mock horror, before giggling.

"You're so mean!" Alex said as he let me help him up.

"Hey…I'm sorry. I heard her scream and just assumed that"

"Yeah? You just assumed? Well assume makes an ass out of you and me." Alex interrupted.

"Oh shush." I said. "You would have done the same thing!" Alex could only mumble a yes as we led him to the nurse. Once he had been safely deposited, Will and I continued out of the building.

"I'm really sorry about your friend." Will repeated. "I thought he was hurting you." I gave his arm a reassuring squeeze.

"Don't worry about it. He's been hurt worse before. We were only playing."

"Yes, well you play roughly don't you?"

"Having three older brothers does that to you. You have to learn how to fight and stand your own ground. Alex is my best friend; he'd never hurt me. Well…unless you count dying from laughter. He knows all my ticklish spots. Its so unfair!"

"Why?"

"Well…wouldn't it be unfair if an un-ticklish person was tickling you?"

"I suppose it would be unfair."

"Are vampires ticklish?" I asked.

"I don't know," he replied thinking. "I haven't been tickled since I've been turned. I suppose no one has ever been brave enough to attempt it." Hmm I could to do it and get him to tell me what Alice saw this way. "Do you want to get something to drink? It is a Friday!" He said while pulling my hand that had been resting on his arm through it.

I let him link our arms and nodded. "Alright, where do you want to go?"

"Anywhere!" I exclaimed. Instead of turning to the left to go to the bus stop, he turned towards the right. "You have a car?" I asked surprised. Will only smiled and continued to lead the way. He stopped in front of a navy 2004 Mitsubishi Eclipse. It is about the cutest car I have ever seen and of course it is fast; he is a vampire. "It's adorable!" I squealed. He opened the door for me and stayed quiet. Before I had finished buckling myself in, Will was inside the car with the engine running. "Hmm…you vampires are fast and like fast cars obviously. You're strong too…you got Alex off me really quickly." I contemplated for a minute before speaking again.

"I hope he's not too bad. He tends to take things a tad personally, but don't worry I'll tell him to leave you alone. Besides we don't have much school left anyways. Summer is almost here and then college. You don't have to worry about him. I'm sorry I tend to keep talking when I'm nervous. I don't know why but I can't help myself. I have no idea why I'm nervous, aside from being inside of a car with a vampire. Who is really cu-" I cut myself of, before further embarrassing myself.

"Who is what?" Will asked smiling turning to look at my face. I shook my head and felt my cheeks heat up. "What? Cute?" I blushed harder and tried to hide my face. "I'm going to take that as a compliment," he said taking my hand in his. I let my cheeks cool before turning to him again. "Your hand is cold, give me the other one." I slid my hand into his and let him warm them. His hand, contrary to vampire folklore, was warm and it felt nice to have my hands in his.

The car stopped and he turned off the engine but neither of us moved. We started to lean towards each other. His left hand left the wheel of the car and cupped around my cheek. "I think you're beautiful," he whispered as his lips hovered over mine. I waited anticipating what was coming. "So I'm going to wait." I looked into his eyes, confused. I opened my mouth to protest as he leaned back but he put his finger on my lips. "Shh wait with me please?" I could only nod as my stomach erupted into butterflies. Just his words alone caused a torrent of emotions. I leaned back into my seat and sighed in frustration.