A/N- Hello everyone! So I wanted to get an update out before I had to go help some freshman move into dorms. Pretty much, it's going to be a long day (already had practice and parties tonight…) and now is the best time to update. One thing… what happened to all of my reviewers? This story went from around 10 reviews to 4! Come on guys! I'm not forcing you to review, but I would really really love it if you could.

Sorry guys, but this is a pretty short chapter. I really didn't mean for it to be too short, but the next chapter (Prom) is pretty long. I might possible update tomorrow depending on reviews and what I'm doing… we'll see…

Happycookbook- Hm… anything dramatic? Well this is the chapter to find out.

BirdieInABox16- Yup, they're definitely going to have to live on memories now. This isn't the prom chapter though… that's the next one…

Superdani- Sorry, but I promise he's coming back soon!

AnnaMollyPR- He'll be back soon… just not now. Enjoy!

The night that James left, I went to the restaurant to see my mom and the restaurant manager, Emily, who had always been a close family friend. I ate dinner in the back watching my mom and all of the other chefs worked. She could move about the busy kitchen so easily, calling out orders and checking to make sure that everything was cooked properly or on the plate the way she wanted.

After dinner I returned home and tried to watch TV, but there was nothing interesting on. So I just went up to my room and tried to get some sleep, but memories of that afternoon just came back to me. Ok, so now I realized that bringing him up here wasn't the smartest idea, but whatever, it was worth it. Eventually I got to sleep, only to dream that James was next to me.

The next morning was my first day back at school. I put on one of the pairs of jeans and a purple fitted shirt that had gold flower petals falling across my chest. I tied my hair up into a pony tail and walked down the stairs. My mom's chef jacket was hung over the back of one of the chairs so I figured she was already home and asleep. I just grabbed a bagel, wrote a small note to my mom, and then left for school.

Something had definitely changed at school. Some people actually watched me walk in. If I tried I could remember there names, but I didn't really bother. I just made my way to my biology class so I could get out the book and figure out what I missed. My teacher wasn't there yet so I waited outside of the room and looked through my notes. "Cerys, right?" A girl asked me.

"Uh, ya. Um… Alyssa?" I asked.

"Ya, you weren't in class the week before break." Alyssa said.

"Ya, I was um… sick." I had no clue what my mother had told the school, I probably should have asked last night at dinner.

"That's what the teachers said, but everyone thought you had gotten lost in the woods or some sort of animal had eaten you." Of course the kids would think of some rumor for why I wasn't here.

"Nope. I did go camping though, but no animals got to me." Just a bunch of vampires. I thought the last part to myself, but smiled none the less.

"Figures you would go camping. Are you going camping instead of going to prom again?" Alyssa asked. I must have looked surprise because Alyssa just laughed. "Almost everyone knew you were going camping again. I mean, you were out of here before any of the cheerleaders and that usually means that you were heading into the mountains."

"O ya, well prom's not really my thing." I replied.

"So you're not going then?" Luckily, my teacher came and broke us apart. However, my break was short lived because Alyssa only sat a table or two behind me so she just moved up while we were the only ones in the class. "So, are you going or not this year?"

"Ya, I'm going." I answered quietly.

"Really? With who? There's extra room in my limo if you want to get in." Alyssa was way too excited over the fact I was going to prom. "Just wait until Alex here's about this. You know he's liked you for a while now. He's never gotten the nerve to ask you out though." As she finished a boy with short spiked brown hair walked in. He looked over at us and gave us a small smile, Alex. He really was nice. I had worked on some projects with him, but that was about it.

"I'm actually going with my boyfriend." I replied.

"Boyfriend? You have a boyfriend? Who? How long have you been going out? Where'd you meet?"

"What is this an interrogation?" I snapped. Alyssa looked taken back.

"Sorry, it's just that…"

"I know, no one is used to that fact that I have a boyfriend. Sorry, it's just that he left last night and I didn't get that much sleep." I replied. I did feel bad that I had snapped at her.

"He left? So he doesn't go here?"

"No, he's in college. He had to get back for classes today as well. We had been camping and I went stayed with him for the past two weeks. We met up with a bunch of his friends in Alaska and spent a lot of time up there."

"Alaska? You guys went to Alaska?"

"Ya, like I said, he has friends up there." I smiled sadly at all of the memories that resurfaced from the last couple of weeks. How was I going to make it through over a month without James or any of the Denali clan if I could barely make it through a day?

"Well I'm sure we'll all be interested in meeting him at prom. Remember, if you need a ride…"

"We don't. He's driving." I replied.

"Alright, well I'll be interested in meeting him at prom then."

"I'm sure." I replied. Alyssa returned to her seat, in front of Alex, and finally left me alone. I was going to go talk to the teacher, but now I had no energy to try and get homework out of her.

I heard whispering behind me and I looked back. Alyssa was talking animatedly with Alex, who was staring at me with wide eyes. When it registered with him that I had seen him staring he quickly looked back at Alyssa and nodded at whatever she was saying. I groaned when I realized what was about to happen.

By the end of the day, everyone in the school knew that I had a boyfriend and he would be making his debut at prom.