Chapter 1: Unseen
Have you ever felt like no one noticed you no matter what you did, Jessica has; in fact, that is how her story begins.
She awoke on the floor of a very beautiful house, it was open and inviting, and something she could definitely live in. However, when she went to touch someone's shoulder things turned bad, her hand went right through it. She could see and hear them but they could not even feel her. "HEY!" she screamed, waving her hands in front of some guys face. He just looked right through her as if she was not there, but she had to be right. She could see them and hear them, she could think and feel and formulate words. She had to be real, right? It didn't seem to matter what she tried no one seemed to notice. She even tried leaving the beautiful house but couldn't seem to leave the house, even when she tried to go through the open front door. After two weeks, she started to notice many strange things about the people that lived in the house and about herself. The family, which seemed to consist of eight people, three couples and a pair of single guys, all around the same age, they didn't eat or even seem to need anything to drink at least not in the house. That's when it hit her, she wasn't getting tired or hungry herself. This realization hit her the hardest. Was she dead, what was she before she woke up in this house? Who was she? All she could remember was her first name, Jessica. After a few more days she just started to pretend to be apart of the strange inhuman like family. It wasn't until after a movie about vampires; did it occur to her that that must be what they were, beautiful undead creatures from the movies. "Huh, vampires being haunted by a ghost, that's funny." Jessica said to no one in particular. It wasn't as if they could hear her anyways.
That's when she started to observe them more closely, instead of bursting into flames when they walked into the sun light they somewhat sparkled like a well cut gem, they were stronger and faster then what she thought normal humans were and some of them seemed quite fond of loud displays of affection. They all seemed to have the same eye color and pale ivory skin that seemed perfect. Out of the three couples that were in the house one stood out more as the parents of the rest, often scolding misbehavior and praising the achievements; their names were Carlisle and Esme. Another couple; which seemed to be the loudest in Jessica's opinion was Emmett and Rosalie, and then there was Alice and Victor, then the single guys, Edward and Jasper. For some reason Jessica couldn't help but to be attracted to Jasper, perhaps it was his quiet demeanor or the unrelenting sorrow that filled his eyes. When no one else was doing something interesting she would sit near him and watch him, smiling like a fool at whatever he was doing.
Jessica was content with what she had; only feeling miserable when no one was at the house. It didn't happen often but when it did, it only reminded her of her predicament. "I wonder what I look like, damn being invisible sucks sometimes!" Jessica yelled trying to remember if her hair was brown or black; if she had green eyes or blue; even if she had freckles. Then about a month later as she was walking out of the living room when she tripped over an end stand stubbing her toe. She couldn't have been more livid until she realized she had just interacted with something solid. "YES!" She shouted jumping for joy at her first triumph, this made her even more determined to become well more solid. A couple of days after that Edward had brought home someone new, a human from what Jessica could tell. She followed them around, seeing as no one else was there. She giggled softly at the new things she learned, like the reason behind the many graduation caps on the wall. She was sure someone in the family would object to this new girl, Bella, being there, but Jessica found her refreshingly clumsy; vampires were graceful and never seemed to trip, not as she did.
Everyone seemed happy that Bella was there but Rosalie and Jasper. Rosalie seem to dislike the fact that Bella wanted to be a vampire, while Jasper seemed more left out, being the only single person ( that could be seen) left in the house. He seemed to spend more time in his room alone than with everyone else. That didn't bother Jessica though she enjoyed watching him. Sometime when he drew, she felt like he could really see her. Jessica would sit at his window grinning like a fool watching him do just about everything. She avoided places like the bathroom for privacy reasons; she still liked being near him, even if he didn't notice her.
Jessica spent the next four months working to become more solid practicing on moving paper and small objects, soon she was able to hold fruit and that sort for a few minutes before becoming tired, around this time she over heard Alice talking to Esme about a party for Bella. While Alice was happy about the others seemed apprehensive about having her over. The night of the party Jessica stood with everyone else in the living room waiting for the Edward and Bella to arrive. Jasper seemed tense, standing more ridge than normal, this for some reason made Jessica think of other things that caused her to become flush. Glad she couldn't be seen she tried to calm herself down before anyone noticed these feelings. When the couple did finally arrive everyone but Rosalie seems happy, and the party went smoothly until Bella cut her finger on wrapping paper. Jasper seems to lose control and Edward reacted quickly shoving Bella backwards. She might even have hit the wall if not for the fact that she hit Jessica instead, sending her in to the wall. No one seemed to notice this as everyone tried to calm Jasper down. "Well I'll be damned if that chick isn't the luckiest duck in the pond." Jessica stated as she rubbed the back of her head. That's when the others realized that Bella had not hit the wall and yet things were still broken.
"Maybe someone will figure it out before I become corporeal." Jessica mumbled as she followed Jasper to his room, he seemed to be taking his actions hard and beating himself up. Jessica felt bad for him, she wanted to reassure him that everyone slips when it comes to resisting things they had for a long time. "I wish you could hear me, I could tell you that its OK, addictions are hard to over come especially when you've had them for along time," she sighed and continued. "I could tell you that it won't get any easier but you can't give up." She said as she laid a phantom hand on his shoulder. Jasper shivered under her nonexistent touch. Suddenly he seemed more assured that everything would be OK. Jessica smiled and sat across the room from him watching as he painted, smiling like a fool again.
