Twilight~ Alice pov.

It's the first day of school [again.] As it's been for the last hundred or so years. I dragged Rosalie shopping in Port Angeles everyday for the last two weeks. She whined like crazy by the tenth day. I was going to have to find another shopping partner. I could see she wasn't going anywhere with me for the next couple of months. Sure, summer was time to be myself and shop. But today, I was actually looking forward to pretend to learn things I already do. Last week, while Rosalie was in the dressing room, trying on a flowery pink blouse, I had a vision. I saw a girl. But she wasn't just anyone. I could see her mingling with our kind, the vampires.

She had wavy brown hair and buttery, kind eyes. Her arms were linked with Edward's and they were strolling in the school parking lot. It surprised me at first when I realized she was human. And even more surprised to be with Edward. My favorite brother Edward, had always been alone, partner wise. Maybe this human could be the other half. It was really inconvenient that Edward could read my mind, and everyone else's for that matter. I had to be careful not to think about it while around him. I thought it over. If I told Edward about being with a human in that way, he would be sure to avoid that human at all possible costs. It was dangerous for us to be alone with them. And I really wanted Edward to have someone there for him. Plus, I could foresee her shopping with me in Olympia.

I still hadn't decided what to wear. I bought many new outfits and had to choose between two. It was either a cozy, light-blue cashmere top, with an elegant brown skirt. Or a grey vest on top of a white sailor's blouse with black slacks. Edward. I called or actually thought. It was almost as good as saying his name out loud. He appeared in the door way.

"What Alice?" he look concerned.

"What outfit should I wear?" I gestured toward the two different outfits lying on the bed.

He rolled his eyes. "Alice, you know that to the human eyes, you are extremely beautiful. Why would you need to care about fashion that much?"

I gasped in horror. He should know me by now. I took pride in what my family and I wore. "Come on. Tell me," I continued.

He sighed. "Aren't you supposed to be the psychic? What do you see yourself wearing?"

I closed my eyes and concentrated. I saw me sitting in class with my vest and sailor's top on. "Got it!" I exclaimed. "Thanks Edward. You can go now. Oh, and can you find Jasper for me?"

"Jasper is going on anther quick little hunt before school. He's done hunting now. Running back."

I smiled. Edward walked out rolling his eyes again. Poor Jas, I thought, while getting my clothes on. It was going to be tough for him. He hadn't been around humans the whole day for a while now. I was going to have to keep good tabs on him. Then a pair of arms slid around me, clutching my waist. "Nice outfit," he murmured. I smiled.

"Hello Jasper," I gave him a quick peck on the cheek. I danced around him to find my ancient jewelry box. "Which ones?" I asked, holding up two pairs of earrings. One pair were little pearl studs Edward had given me and the other pair were a exotic jeweled-and-feathered pair of earrings Jasper made me on a trip in Africa.

"The feathers. Definitely, the feathers," Jasper glided over to me and took the earrings from my hands. He took the backing off both of them and put them in my ear. "See how these earrings scream Alice?"

I giggled. "Totally," I teased.

Emmett appeared in the doorway. "Come on guys. Stop being all lovey-dovey. Nobody wants to be late on the first day."

"Okay fine." I tugged Jasper out the room with me and led him to the car.

We piled all into Edward's shiny Volvo. I sat in between Jasper and Rose in the back.

"I really wish we could take my car," Rose complained into my ear.

"We can't be too ostentatious, Rose," I replied. I heard Edward sigh.

"Well," she began. "It's not like we regularly shy away. I mean we do. But it doesn't matter because people just end up staring at us like always. This car is so stuffy. Wouldn't you want to have an open top?"

Edward spoke up this time. "Rose, no one can force you to take my car. Do you want to get out?"

Rosalie huffed. "It's true though," she snapped. "Everyone likes staring at us. They stare in a way while thinking, wow look at the Cullens. Oh-no, did they see me staring? I'll pretend I'm just stretching. I wouldn't want to get caught staring at them. Everyone laughed, Emmett the loudest.

"They stare 'cause you're so beautiful Rose," he teased. Rose leaned forward and patted his cheek. He grabbed her hand, not letting go, and began to kiss it. Rose giggled. Emmett began kissing it more, kissing it like Rose's hand was her lips. Edward laughed at my thought. I stuck my tongue out at him.

"Happy? We're here, Rose. No more claustrophobic car?" Edward asked while pulling into our parking space. Rose smiled.

When we stepped out of the car, I could feel the stares already. All these humans, trying to look away, but no being able to. "Are you okay?" I whispered into Jasper's ear. He nodded. I closed my eyes and concentrated. Nope, no bad judgment from Jasper today. I would have to concentrate all day. Edward nodded, signaling that Jasper was okay for now. Jasper kissed me bye while we trumped off to our separate classes.

Time ticked by slowly. The school day was boring. I daydreamed about winter break. Maybe Jas and I should go somewhere. We needed some alone time. I thought of all the possible places we could go. Nobody interrupted me the whole morning. Sure Edward was probably laughing at my thoughts right now, but I was used to it. Mr. Varner tried to surprise me by asking me for the first answer on the board when I was daydreaming about Paris. But nothing caught me by surprise. "Seventy-two point eight," I answered without hesitation. He sighed and went on to the next problem. Edward told me that all the teachers were annoyed that we, the Cullens, knew everything. I had laughed at that, it only took a century of study.

I decided to make a list of the possible places. We would have to stay in all day and go out at night. But there was nothing wrong with that. I thought of all the night-life places.

Dear Jasper,

I have an idea. You+me, go somewhere during winter break?

Winter Break Vacay

Paris, France

New York City, New York

Isle Esme

Rome, Italy [maybe visit the Volturi]

Sydney, Australia

Nashville, Tennessee

Tokyo, Japan

Any ideas?

Love A.

I folded up the piece of notebook paper and tucked it into my left pocket. Jasper was going to get a kick out of the note. Hopefully, Edward won't ruin it for me. Edward, I thought loudly. You hear me? No, you may not ruin this for me. I knew that he would receive it. I wished I could read people's minds like Edward too. That way, we could have more than a one-way conversation. It was so not fair that he could hear my mind and I couldn't hear his.

Eventually the bell rung and it was finally time for lunch. Mr. Varner dismissed the class and people started to get out of their seat. They all began talking and standing around the door, talking about one thing, Isabella Swan, the new girl.

It's not that I was hungry, I laughed at the thought. But finally it was time to see Jasper. He was waiting for me by the door. "Hello Alice," he whispered in my ear. He kissed my forehead. "How was your first day back?"

"Boring," I moaned. "I missed being with you. I thought of some possible winter break vacation spots."

"Really?" He touched my spikey hair.

I smiled back at him. "Come on; let's go Jas, before all the good food gets taken." I winked at him.

Jasper turned around and laughed at my expression. "Sure, sure," he responded. He grabbed my wrist and tugged me toward the cafeteria.