Chapter One:

Alyssa's pov

I was sitting in English, bored as ever. My friend Alex was chatting up a storm in my ear, about where he was taking his girlfriend, Madison, tonight. I nodded, pretending I was listening.

The teacher, Mrs. Landers, was going over the types of poetry. I loved English, and Reading too, but I hated poetry. Except for vampire poems. I liked all books mostly, but my favorites were vampires. My favorite book of all time was the Twilight Saga, by Stephenie Meyer. I had Breaking Dawn open in front of me. It was totally perfect. My favorite character was Ethan, the only single vampire in the Cullen family. (Sorry, had to add a character for story to work!)

A knock on the door interrupted both my thoughts and Mrs. Landers. She walked over, everyone quiet as we stared at the door, and opened it. Two kids were standing there. A girl, with dark mahogany hair and golden eyes, and a bronze-haired guy, who had the same eyes. They were holding hands.

"Hello. I'm Bella Hale, and this is my boyfriend, Edward Cullen." She said. I scoffed, giving them a nasty look. The girl looked at me, confused and hurt.

"You are so not Bella and Edward. They don't exist." I said, frowning. Alex hit me slightly on the shoulder and I scowled at him. "Well, they're not."

"Be nice." He murmured to me.

The boy shook his head. "Stephenie Meyer is an old friend of my dad's and used our names for her books. There are no vampires. Bella had a sister and a brother named Rosalie and Jasper, and I have a sister and two brothers named Alice, Emmett, and Ethan. We're all adopted."

I shrugged slightly and went back to my book.

'This was what we'd hoped for, I reminded myself. Fighting the urge to take Renesmee and run for it, I walked two slow steps forward. My shield rippled out behind like a cape, protecting the rest of my family while Renesmee was left exposed. It felt wrong, horrible.'

"Let's see. Alex, you move to the empty desk behind Alyssa, Edward you sit next to him. Bella, you sit next to her." Alex and I both began protesting, but she shushed us. Alex rolled his eyes, threw Eclipse into his bag, and moved to the chair behind me. The couple gracefully floated to their seats.

Mrs. Landers continued her lesson while I kept reading.

"What are you reading?" The kind, bell-like voice asked. I turned to Bella, and then lifted the book to show her the cover.

"Do you own all of those? Do you think I could borrow them sometime? I've never read them." She asked, smiling at me. I was silent for a moment, and then nodded. "Do you and your boyfriend want to join Edward, our family, and I for lunch?"

I laughed quietly. "Y-you think A-Alex is m-my boyfriend?!" I couldn't stop giggling. Just trying to imagine it was hilarious. "No, no, he's dating my cousin, Maddie. And sure, we'll join you for lunch. Can I bring a few friends?" She nodded.

The bell rang then, and I exited, my nose still stuck in the book. It was hotter than hell, as it was Tyler, Texas. I shrugged off my jacket and threw it over my shoulder, thankful that I remember to bring a hair band and to wear Capri's. My tight tank-top made a few boys whistle, which in turn made me raise a hand to flip them off. My eyes never left the page.

"Dang, girl, don't you already have those books memorized?" My other best friend, Damien, asked, tossing me a football. I tossed it back.

"It's always good to refresh your memory." I joked back. Every one of my friends was guys. There was Alex, Damien, Matt, and Zach. "Hey, you know the new kids? The ones with vamp names?" He nodded. "They invited us to join them at lunch. You up for it?"

"Course. See you there." He slung his bag over his shoulder and jogged to his second period. I headed for gym.

After third period, I was walking to the cafeteria, when I heard a shout of, "Alyssa!" I turned to see a short pixie rushing towards me, dragging a blonde guy along with her.

"Uh, hi?" I said, confused. "Let me guess. Alice and Jasper, right?" They nodded.

"Come on, we are eating behind the school. Where are your friends?" She asked, acting very hyper.

I looked around and saw them joking and pushing each other around like idiots.

"Zach, Damien, Matt, Alex, c'mon!" I yelled. They saw me and ran over. Matt picked me up in a bear hug. I giggled as he sat me down on Zach's shoulders. Alex grabbed my bag from the ground, where it had fallen.

We followed Alice and Jasper as they led the way. We finally turned the corner of the school building and saw a whole group of people sitting on blankets. They all looked up as we came.

Zach set down and I waved. "Hi. I'm Alyssa. This is Matt, Alex, Damien, and Zach. You must be the Cullens and the Hales." I stated sitting next to Bella.

The guys followed my lead.

"I'm-" I cut Emmett off.

"I know your names. I'm a huge Twilight fan." I said, smiling.

"Who's your favorite character?" Alice asked.

"Definitely Ethan. I mean with the whole love triangle, with Bella, Edward, and Jacob, I'm Team Edward, but out of all the characters, Ethan is my fave. He's so soul-tortured, and romantic. I think it's so sad he never found any one. He has the old-fashioned tone of voice, but he's also really modern. He's like the mixture of Jake and Edward." I said, stealing one of Matt's chips. I glanced up and saw everyone staring at me. "What?"

"You always did go for the dark ones, Liss. Can you try using smaller words next time? We want to understand, too." Zach teased. I rolled my eyes at him.

"So you're in love with Ethan?" Rosalie asked. I stared at her, shocked. She looked excited, as did Alice and Bella.

"Well, I love his character, but that is purely fictional. I mean, most girls my age are in love with Edward, Jacob, Emmett, or Jasper. Everyone ignores Ethan. I suppose if Ethan wasn't in the story, I would love Jasper. But Edward, Emmett, and Jacob, no."

"Why not?" Bella asked.

"I tried, when I first read Twilight, to picture myself with Edward. But I couldn't, because you and he worked so perfectly together, like two halves of a whole. Then Jacob is a wolf, not my type, plus he's perfect for Nessie. Then Rosalie scared me, so Emmett's out." Everyone laughed.

Ethan asked, "So I'm your last choice?" I turned to look at him and froze. He was . . . perfection in human form. His brown hair glistened even in the sunless sky and his topaz eyes glittered at me. I smiled and blushed, looking down.

"No, you were my first choice, but I had to consider the possibilities." I said. He cocked his head and stared at me. I stared back, suddenly very confident.

"Hate to break this up, but Lissa, school's over." I turned to look at Matt.

"What?!" I exclaimed, scrambling to my feet, then digging through my bag for my cell. He was right. It was four o'clock in the afternoon. "Crap, Dad's gonna kill me. I've gotta go, guys. See you tomorrow." I was about to walk off, when Alice asked if her and the girls could come. "Uh, sure, I guess."

We got into my convertible. It was black, very pretty. My thoughts were locked on Ethan as I drove out of the parking lot.