Chapter 16

Alice kept on bugging her all through the trip home until Haley lost it.

"Ok Alice." She said. "I admit it. I do like him. Ok! I like Will Miller. Are you happy now?"

Alice smiled. "Excellent."

Haley grumbled as she got out the car.

Alice started dancing around her. "So how much do you like him?"

"A little."

"How much is a little."

Haley was getting more and more angrier by the second and Jasper could feel it through her emotions.

"Alice you better stop."

She stopped and turned to Jasper. "Oh don't worry." She said smiling. "I can see that she won't hurt me. She can be very tame for a newborn." She giggled.

"Newborns can lose their temper very easily and you know that Alice. You know that." Edward said. "It's better that you don't push it."

"Hey I'm nearly a year old." Haley said as they walked through the doors.

"Yes but your still a newborn until then Haley." Edward replied.

Haley grumbled.

"How did your first day go sweetheart?" Esmé asked as she walked out from the kitchen.

"Fine." Haley replied.

"Did she get tempted?" Carlisle asked as he stood from the couch.

Edward nodded. "There is this one human named William Miller whose blood is very sweet towards her." He ignored Haley's glare that was directed plainly at him. "She sat through the entire class though without getting tempted to taste his blood. She didn't lose control once throughout the school day."

"It was very hard for me to do so as well." Haley said as she flinched as she remembered the memory of his sweet blood tempting her to take a bite. "To control myself around so many humans."

Esmé smiled as she hugged her. "We're so proud of you Haley."

Haley smiled back. "Thank you Esmé."

Later….

Alice looked at Haley and began to laugh.

"What!" Haley asked.

Edward smiled. "She just saw you with Will."

Haley rolled her eyes and stuck her tongue at Alice.

Alice smiled.

Haley glanced at the clock. '11:30pm.'

Edward chuckled as Haley headed for the door.

"Haley where are you going?" Esmé asked.

"To watch Will sleep."

Bella and Edward looked at each other for a second then suddenly they burst out laughing.

"What!" Haley demanded getting annoyed.

"That's what Edward did with me." Bella said in between giggles. "He always used to watch me sleep when I was still human."

Haley grumbled as she ran out the house.

Haley found Will's house easily using her mental abilities.

She jumped up the wall and looked inside his room.

Will was fast asleep.

'Good. His asleep.'

'Are you going to be alright by yourself with his strong scent?' Edward asked. 'Will it be too much for you?'

'I hope that I'll be fine. I'll have to get over it at some point don't I?'

'Be careful Haley.' Edward thought. 'Don't make the wrong move.'

'I won't.'

Haley opened the window and stepped inside.

She cringed as she smelt his scent filling up her nose.

'I can do this.' Haley thought as she took a deep breath to calm herself. 'I can do this. I know that I can control myself around him.'

There was a chair at the corner of his room so Haley went to sit in it.

'He looks so peaceful.'

"Haley." He mumbled.

Haley froze.

Until he turned over onto his side Haley relaxed.

'He talks in his sleep.' Haley thought as she smiled. 'That's so funny.'

'Ha!' Edward said. 'Bella used to do that when she was human.'

Haley rolled her eyes.

"Haley…. I…I love you." Will mumbled. "You're… so… beautiful."

Haley gasped. 'No way!'

'What?'

'He just said that he loves me.'

Haley stayed until 6:30am in the morning.

She sighed as she looked at the time on his alarm clock.

'I can't believe that I lasted the night without being tempted to have a taste of his blood. Jasper will be very proud of me. I better go.'

'See you when you get back.' Edward said.

She opened the window and climbed out.

"How did it go?" Carlisle asked as Haley walked through the door.

"Fine." Haley replied. "He said that he loves me in his sleep. I'm going hunting."

"I'll come with you." Bella said.

"I'll come also." Edward said.

"So how much do you like him?" Bella asked.

"Too much. But I need someone who is a vampire. I can't afford hurting Will. I don't want him to get hurt because of me. I can't have that risk. If I lose control when I'm around him and kill him I won't be able to live with myself."

"But what if he likes you back?" Bella asked.

She leaped at a Bear. "Will could never like someone like me."

'You're wrong baby.' Edward thought.

After she had finished with it Edward said. "Let's go."