Alright, here's the chapter I've been wanting to skip to since Edward and Bella's reunion. It's here!!! Yay! I'm dancing with anticipation already and I don't know if my fingers will resist the typing of the next chappy for long!

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I don't own any of the characters or original story line. All is property of Stephenie Meyer.

-L-

Edward

It felt as though time was not moving quickly enough. We were barely in third period when I felt that I would no longer be able to suppress the urge to run to Bella's classroom. I needed to feel her in my arms. I needed to at least see her in this very room, but I could not. I began to fidget in my seat, trying to find some sort of insignificant entertainment to pull me through until lunch. At least until I could chase her down in the halls as I had been doing for the past two periods. Emmett was enjoying my squirming more than I'd like to have known.

'And you say I look like a pathetic puppy when Rose and I don't have the same room? I wonder what that makes you, bro.' he laughed in his mind. I glared at him, but he only laughed aloud, causing us to get a stern look from the teacher's whose name I didn't care for at the moment.

'It makes me a proud lovesick fool.' I replied with a smile. He returned the gesture with the same piercing eyes I had delivered.

Still, a part of me hoped that she wasn't going through the same process as I. I didn't deserve that much love from her. Just the thought of her feeling pain of any sort because of me made me nauseous. I've been cruel enough to make her go through so many agonizing years; the least I could do was give her the rest of eternity in bliss. Still, another part of me, the more sadistic and monstrous side, had aspiring hopes that she was also torturing herself with the thought of me. I wanted the hunger in both of us to reach new limits. I wanted her to miss me so much that she grew to love me even more. Though I knew already that it's blasphemous for her to even consider loving me, was it so wrong? I merely wanted to know that she would forever be by my side and that she would love me just as much every time we were torn apart even for the briefest moment.

I grunted in annoyance with my selfish thoughts and turned away towards the front of the classroom. The teacher was absorbed in pretending that anyone was paying attention. He was explaining a problem that I would love to have solved any other time, but now it seemed as important as the dirt between his nails. I smiled at my remark before turning to the back of the room.

A girl almost choked on gum after I looked directly at her. For a girl with a façade as innocent as hers, she had a filthy mind. Never would I do what she had going through that mind of hers. The boy next to her laughed at her small wailing as she was finally able to stop the gum from getting stuck in her throat. Somehow, it reminded me of Bella when she still had her many clumsy human flaws. It seemed that her change had minimized them almost entirely.

Her change. How I dreaded having to say that for the years before I left her. I dreaded it even after I left, for fear that someone might come her way and harm her. I refused to entertain the thought for too long before, but it seems that I should have given it the consideration it needed. But now it was too late.

The thought of her blush and warmth made me miss her even more. It's actually rather funny thinking on the different ways I can find to torture myself. I haven't even gotten to self-pity yet.

Bella

I'd almost forgotten how much a vampire can entice a human. I think I'd said 'dazzle' before and it suited the effect better.

At least three of my classmates were paying no attention to our teacher. They favored thinking of my breasts, my lips, my legs, fair skin, etc. I refused to let them get to me, but after a while, I could scarcely remember the teacher's name.

I hoped Edward couldn't hear their thoughts. Then again, if he had, he might have stormed in quite a while ago and drained them of their lives. No; he has more control than that. He's strong, and sometimes he can be instinctive, but he knows how far he should go. At most he'll drill holes into their backs at lunch with those piercing eyes of his. They were onyx again. Apparently, while the girls prepared themselves, the boys had gone out for a hunt, which, for me, was the best. It'd have been awkward to feed in front of Edward, though I know he wouldn't have hunted around me either. I dread the day that might happen though. I wonder how he would react at the sight of me being so animalistic. After all, it was a part of us that even he did not want to show me. Not as human, and so far, not as a vampire either.

I couldn't help but scold myself for thinking of him so much. As soon as we parted in the hall, my mind was preoccupied with wondering what he was doing, if he was thinking of me, if Emmett was annoying him as I know he sometimes did. I even dared to wonder where he bought all the clothes. I tried to reach the tag at the back of my shirt, but I felt curious eyes staring at my random gesture. Now I was thinking of him hunting. No, actually, I'm thinking of thinking of him!

Obsessed as I obviously am, and ashamed as I sometimes am, I couldn't bring myself to regret being this thoughtful. I wanted to see him so badly, but there were still 29 minutes to go-yes, I am counting, so what?

Perhaps if I asked to go the restroom, I could sneak by his classroom and catch a glimpse of him. Maybe he was looking for me too. I made a glance towards the window of the door, but his familiar auburn hair was nowhere to be seen. There was a girl with blonde hair that walked by with a boy who seemed too old to be a high school student. He had broad shoulders and had muscles that I couldn't even bring myself to compare them to Emmett's. He had skin that looked tan, though I had a feeling that that was his natural skin color, not something the sun provided. They walked past the door in a flash, but the girl's thoughts were no longer about how cute he was.

'What's he doing? Is he okay?' I listened in on what she spoke.

"Joseph?" she asked. "Are you alright?" she asked. The image in her mind made me think he might be possessed. His eyes were wide with disbelief, but I could see agony and a tint of hope well deep within them. Somehow, his face seemed familiar to me, though I had never seen him before in my life. If I had, that body of his wouldn't have easily escaped my mind. He began to shake, tensing his fists as he slowly, deliberately, walked back to the door. His eyes wandered around until they found my gaze. His eyes practically popped out of their sockets before he ran off towards some suddenly important destination. I could hear the girl's voice as she called for him like a faint background to a thunder of realization. I did know him. I knew that brown skin of his, the smile he gave to the girl before his sudden seizure. But the worst part was that I also knew he was supposed to be dead and I threw myself towards the door to find out why he wasn't.

Alright, to those of you who actually plan to review, I have a question. I'm not sure if I'll be able to pull it off, but I wanted to see if I could do the POV of our new character 'Joseph.' I truly hope I gave enough hints, but if not, it'll be cleared up in the next chappy. Anyway, do you think I should attempt it? I want to, but I'm not sure...Anyway, REVIEW PLEASE!!!