I sat next to Alice who was reading a book. She immediately put her book down and began to talk to me excitedly.

"Hey! Why were you late? Did you over sleep again? Are we still on for lunch today after school?" She questioned me enthusiastically.

I began to laugh. Only Alice could be this excited to see someone she practically lived with this summer.

"You know me too well Alli. Of coarse we're still on for lunch, silly." I said playfully and smiled.

She grinned at me devilishly and said in a low voice, "So did you see that new teacher? Ms. Swan can put me in a private detention whenever she wants."

Everyone knew Alice preferred females over males. She made it known sophomore year when she dated a senior girl from another school. I was surprised when she told me. I thought she truly loved Jasper. Jasper Whitlock dated Alice until she dumped him for a girl. Jasper was crushed and he still has feelings for Alice.

I laughed. "That might be possible. You're skirt is looking a tad short. You better hope she doesn't do uniform checks." I said jokingly.

"I'm just showing what the good Lord gave me." Alice joked and laughed.

Alice and I reminisced about the going ons of the summer until the announcements came on. We stopped talking and listened to dates for tryouts, college fairs, and SATs. I looked absent-mindedly at my nails. I really needed to go for a manicure soon. I looked up to catch a glimpse of Ms. Swan. She couldn't really have been that beautiful. I must have imagined it. I thought. But when I looked up at her sitting in her desk staring at the computer screen with a look of concentration on her face, biting her bottom lip, I was wrong. In a weird way she reminded me of Emmett. He always had that same look of concentration on face when he was studying. It was adorable and drove me crazy. I forced myself to think about something else. These thought we're kind of freaking me out. I had never thought about a woman this way. Maybe there was something wrong with me. A voice cut through my inner freak out.

"Stand up please so I can check your uniforms." Said Ms. Swan getting out of her desk.

I looked over at Alice and smiled. She smiled back. She was definitely going to get written up. Her skirt just covered her ass. But then again Alice can flirt her away out of anything. A skill we both share. I had seen her get out numerous speeding ticket, detentions, and demerits. It didn't matter if the person was a guy or a girl. Alice had mass appeal. She was short and very skinny with a huge personality. She had short jet-black hair that was tousled and made to look unkempt. Sex hair she called it. Ms. Swan was walking down our aisle and checking over everyone's uniform. She looked at me with her rich chocolate eyes and I felt my heart start racing uncontrollably. Her eyes went down to the hem of my skirt and lingered there for what I thought a long time. Was it just my imagination? She looked over at Alice. Her lips turned into a frown.

"Alice Johnson, I'm sorry but I'm going to have to write you up for dress code violation. Your skirt is not 3 inches above the knee," She said while writing out a demerit.

The whole class was looking at them. They were waiting to see what Alice's reaction would be.

Alice smiled and said, "Ok."

Ms. Swan handed her a demerit and Alice sat down in her seat. Ms. Swan continued her uniform checks and sent some students down to get their yearbook picture taken. Alice leaned over to me and said in a low voice, "Watch me get this taken away." She smiled and waltzed up to Ms. Swan's desk and began to talk to her. I was watching Alice coax her way out the demerit when Royce came and stood in front of my desk blocking my view. He put his hands on either sides of my desk and leaned in.

"So, Rosalie how was your summer?" he asked innocently and grinned.

Royce and I dated freshman year and part of sophomore year. I broke up with him and began dating Emmett. Royce was furious and did whatever he could to make my life difficult. Fortunately I had Emmett who had threaten to beat the shit out of Royce if he didn't leave me alone, so he wasn't too bad these past years. Now Emmett was going and no doubt Royce would be worse than ever.

"It was fine, Royce." I said coldly, leaning away from him.

"You're not going to ask me how mine was? What happened to your manners Rose? Anyway, enough of this small talk, I was thinking since you're behemoth jock strap is in college you and I could maybe pick up where we left off before the break up." He said slyly and grinned. He took a piece of my hair and began to twirl it in his fingers.

I slapped his hand away. I had never been angrier in my life. "What would ever make you think I would even want you? Emmett is more of a man then you'll ever be." I said furiously.

He smiled. He liked seeing me angry. He was a snake. He raised his voice so the whole class could hear him, "Really? That's not what you said when you were in my bed." He smiled, as the class got quiet. Everyone had heard that and it's just what he wanted. I sat there seething with rage and was just about to say something when Ms. Swan spoke.

"Mr. King! Go back to your seat!" She yelled at him from her desk.

Royce winked at me and turned around and went back to his desk. Ms. Swan issued him a demerit and Royce took it without complaint. Alice was still standing by Ms. Swan's desk. She looked at me and mouthed, "Are you okay?"

I nodded. Ms. Swan came over to me and asked, "Are you alright?"

She looked concerned. That made me feel good. I looked up into her big brown eyes and nodded.

"I'm fine." I said.

"You let me know if he ever bothers you or says anything inappropriate like that to you again. A few detentions should do him some good." She said and put her hand on my shoulder.

She walked back to her desk and continued to discuss with Alice her demerit. Was it wrong that I wished she had kept her hand on my shoulder longer? Her touch sent electric chills throughout my whole body. The only other person who could do that for me was Emmett. I needed to stop this. I was lost in thought when Alice came up to me and said, "Let's get our yearbook picture and go. I already asked Ms. Swan she said we could leave now. What a pointless day."

I grabbed and my Coach bag and Alice grabbed hers. We walked down the stairs and got our pictures taken. As we got into my car I asked Alice, "So did you get those demerits taken away?"