Chapter 19
After school Haley walked slowly to the passenger's side of Will's commodore and climbed in.
She sighed silently as Will drove to his house.
Compared to Haley's family Will drove like a turtle.
"Right were here."
'And about time too.' Haley thought. 'That felt like it took forever to get to his house.'
Haley followed Will up to his room.
Will and Haley got out their homework.
Suddenly Will leaned across and kissed Haley on the cheek.
Haley was really surprised.
She had never been kissed by anyone before even while she was human.
"I'm…. sorry." he said looking down.
'I love you.' He said in his thoughts. 'Why can't I just say that? Say it out loud so that she can hear you. Go on say I. Stop being such a coward.'
He looked at her as he started talking again. "It's just that I can't stay away from you anymore. I can't think that it's not real…. I love you Haley."
Haley's mouth fell open. "I….Ah…You…ah….What?"
She couldn't think of the right words to say.
She needed to think of the right words.
"You…. You what?"
He tilted his head as he frowned at her. "I said that I love you."
'What? What's wrong?' Edward asked.
'Nothing we're fine Edward.'
'Then what happened?'
'He….just said….that. He loves me.'
'And how do you feel?'
Haley gasped in her head. 'I love him too.'
"I love you too." Haley said.
He smiled and touched Haley's cheek with his hand and shivered. "Your skin is so cold. I wonder why I didn't notice it before."
"I….I have to go." Haley got her bag and headed out the front door.
"Wait!" Will called.
He ran out the door and kissed her on the lips.
He laughed when he saw her face and said. "That makes you my girlfriend from this time on. I'll see you tomorrow." He chuckled. "I can't wait to see the look on Dean Blackman's face when he finds out."
Haley blinked until she could find her voice. "Ah….see you tomorrow." She said as she walked home.
As Haley walked through the door Bella asked. "Hey how did it go?"
Haley couldn't talk for a moment but a second later she said. "He kissed me."
Alice smiled.
"Wow." Bella mouthed.
"Then he said that I was his girlfriend and that he loves me."
Carlisle nodded. "And do you love him back?"
"Yes." Haley replied. "But I don't understand how he could love someone like me."
Edward sighed. "Haley there's nothing wrong with whom you are."
'Yeah expect I drink blood and I could kill him in less than a second.'
Edward ignored that thought.
Esmé walked up to her and smiled gently. "Jasper and Alice told us what happened to today. Are you alright? They also told us what happened in the parking lot with Will and in the cafeteria."
"Alice! Why did you tell them?!" Haley said.
Alice rolled her eyes. "Because they had to know. And you couldn't have keep it a secret from them for long."
Haley sighed and turned back to Esmé and Carlisle. "I almost lost control today but Jasper and Edward helped me through it."
"Do you want to stay out of school for a while?" Carlisle asked.
Haley shook her head. "No I think I can go through this." She looked to Jasper, Alice, Edward, Bella, Rosalie and Emmett. "Everyone can help me through it. They helped me through it today and they can do it again if I do in the future."
"Does he know your secret yet?" Esmé asked.
"No and I'm hoping that it will stay that way."
"His going to find out. "Alice said as Haley groaned.
Alice ignored her as she kept on talking. "I just had a vision of him. His looking on the internet about vampires and everything that his looking at now matches your description."
"Great." Haley replied. "Now I'm gonna have to tell him everything when I see him tomorrow."