Walking down the hallway, Alex started heading outside with the files in hand.

Arriving outside, Alex turned to a more closed-off corner and took out a cigarette from a pack he had bought in secret.

'Charlie and Bella would kill me if they saw this,' Alex thought as he took the lighter and lit the cigarette on his lips.

Taking a large smoke, Alex inhaled it as he sent the smoke to his lungs and then back out.

*Puff*

'It was a mistake to take that cigarette from the kid the other day. Now I'm back into the habit just like I was in my other life,' Alex thought as he stared at the white death stick.

'Well, it's not going to do any damage to me this time, though the addiction seems to have persisted over into this life as well.' Alex thought as he breathed in the smoke a couple more times and then looked over the graduation papers once more.

'Let's think realistically, do I want a college degree? Do I wish to put myself through that?' Alex thought to himself for a few minutes until he finally came to a decision.

'No, I really don't think I want to go and play human in college. I want to be able to travel around the world. I want to try new foods, see different cultures, and just experience life. I can achieve all of that without being stuck in college, ' Alex thought and nodded his head.

His mind set on his future plans.

'I'll take the GED, but I'll at least stay in school for this year. I'll at least finish this junior year, and I'll just skip senior entirely.' Alex thought, then threw the cigarette on his lips to the ground and smashed it with his foot.

Taking out his phone, Alex nodded, saying that it had been a while and that the gym class was almost over now.

'I don't have any classes with anyone besides Mike today,' Alex thought as he headed inside.

The classes went by slowly. Alex especially felt like the seconds had turned into minutes.

Finally, Lunch hour arrived, and the students all started heading toward the cafeteria.

Arriving at the cafeteria, Alex opened the doors and headed inside.

At the end of the cafeteria, as usual, he saw the Cullens, who looked to be whispering among themselves, while in the middle of the room was his group of friends.

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'It seems like Bella and Edward have already started playing their hot and cold game. This is going to be annoying to watch,' Alex thought as he headed towards Bella.

'I'll just stick to Bella for now, I'll have my chance to talk with the Cullens after classes either way, and I'll have to inform Bella about the entire thing as well so she doesn't get stuck waiting for me after school.' Alex thought as he waved his hand at the table.

"Hey guys!" Alex said as he sat down on his usual chair next to Bella.

"Hey Alex" Mike, Eric and Jessica said their voice enthusiastic as allways though Jessica seemed to be acting weirdly like usual.

"Hey Alex," Angela also greeted him, though her voice seemed much quieter and soft compared to the others.

"So what are you guys doing?" Alex asked them to start the conversation and then completely shut off his mind for almost the entire hour as Jessica rambled on about some random gossip around the school or about her new makeup kit.

Turning to face his sister, Alex said.

"Im going out after school today, A friend is taking me with them so you can just go ahead and not wait for me" Alex said as he tried to find a way to circumvent telling her that he was going to the Cullens.

'With how suspicious Bella is of everything the Cullens are doing, I really do not want that suspicion to get directed my way as well,' Alex thought as he shivered when his mind imagined Bella coming at three am coming to his room to look around while he pretended to be asleep.

'Ah hell no, that cant happend ever' Alex thought to himself as he shook his head lightly dissapointed at his own imagination.

Bella nodded and gave him an okay, though she seemed to be deep in thought so he could have probably even asked for her precious chips and she would have agreed.

"Allright, dont say that i didnt tell you allright Bella." Alex said once more making sure that she actually had listened or atleast trying to make sure she had.

"Yeah, Alex, I heard you already," Bella said, her voice slightly annoyed.

"Allright" Alex replied and then sat in silence as he continued to listen to the others continue their rambling.

The lunch quickly came to a close, and the last three classes started.

They were just like the morning classes, and Alex almost found them unbearable today but still stuck through until the end.

*Riiinnngg**

The final bell of the day rang. Alex got up from his chair quickly and started packing his books into his backpack.

Slugging his backpack over his shoulder, Alex headed outside the classroom and walked through the school hallways quickly. He tried to get to the parking lot as quickly as possible.

'I'll have to wait for a bit before Bella drives off or we just drive off before Bella arrives' Alex thought to himself as he rushed through the hallways.

Finally, a minute or so later, Alex arrived at the parking lot.

Quickly looking around, Alex found the Cullens pretty quickly.

Thankfully, all of them seemed to be there as they had gathered around their cars.

Walking with fast steps, Alex arrived at the silver volvo quickly.

"Hey guys!" Alex said as he waved.

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