Chapter One – Do You Not Understand Quiet?

I couldn't help it. I screamed. "Oh my God!" I shouted, jumping up and down. "I can't believe it!"

My older sister Bethany laughed. "Neither can I," she agreed, watching my celebration dance. Bethany was twenty-eight, and when Dad died, she was old enough to take care of me. She and her husband Eric watch over me, and in return, I babysit their daughter, Lizzie.

"I got the part," I breathed. I had always loved acting, and I had just auditioned for my biggest role yet in a vampire movie called New Moon. I went for snippy little Jane, and I'd just found out I'd gotten the part.

The sound of the garage door opening startled us both. But it was just Eric coming in. Bethany kissed him briefly, than said, "Sasha's got some good news."

Eric turned to me, brows raised. "Oh?" he asked with token interest.

"I got the part!" I screamed. "I'm Jane in New Moon!" I smiled hugely as Eric clapped my shoulder in what was for Eric a pretty big display of emotion.

"Well, congrats, kid!" Eric congratulated, smiling proudly. Then all of us heard a wail from upstairs.

"Oops." I bit my lip. My screaming had waken Lizzie up. "I'll get her," I offered and climbed the stairs to Lizzie's room.

She was crying, of course, I picked her up out of her crib and rocked her until she fell asleep again. I placed her gently back in her crib and flew back down the stairs to Bethany and Eric. "Can I call Jennifer?" I asked breathlessly.

"Of course," Bethany told me earnestly, and I ran to my cell. Jennifer was speed dial 1, of course; a best friend has privileges.

"Hello?" Jennifer said when she picked up.

"JEN!" I screeched.

"Sash!" Bethany warned. "Lizzie's asleep!"

"WHAT?" Jen screamed back.

"Hold on a sec, I have to go outside so I don't wake up Lizzie." I dashed out the back door and onto the deck. When I was safely away, I yelled at the top of my lungs, "I got the part! I'm Jane in New Moon!"

"Oh my GOD!" Jennifer screamed, as excited as me. "That is ah-frickin-mazing!"

"I know, right?" I responded. "I am so excited! I can hardly believe it!"

"Omigod, Sash, you'll get to meet Rob Pattinson!" We both shared a swoon moment. "And Kellan Lutz, and all the other hotties on set! Oh, wow, I am so jealous. If I could only get one glance at RPattz, my life would be complete..." She sighed contentedly.

"Dude, come visit me on set, and you can meet Rob," I shrugged. I definitely would get to meet Rob, because Jane and Edward have a face-off type deal, but I didn't know if Jennifer would get to meet him too. Then I realized something. "Oh, Jen, guess what?"

"What?" Jennifer demanded.

"I get to burn Rob with my mind!" I squealed, remembering what Jane could do—and did do—to Edward. "Oh my God, if a year ago today someone told me I would be burning Rob Pattinson with my mind in the near future, I would have told them to lay off the marijuana. But now—oh wow!"

"Do you know when shooting starts?" Jen asked.

"March," I told her.

"Good, we'll be back from Italy then," Jennifer said, sounding satisfied.

"Oh yeah, that's right, you guys are going to Italy." Jennifer's dad had been promising to take Jen, her brothers Nick and Evan, and her mom to Italy for at least two years, and now they were finally going on a three-week Italian tour. I was going to miss her, sure, but I had March to look forward to, and lines to memorize.

"JENNIFER!" I heard Nick-or-Evan scream in the background. "GET OFF THE FREAKIN' PHONE!"

"I guess that's your cue, huh?" I laughed teasingly. "Talk to you later, Jen."

"Later, Sasha." She hung up, and I flipped my phone shut.

I reentered the house, significantly quieter than before. "I think I have it all out of my system," I told Bethany and Eric when I reached them. Bethany laughed.

"Good," she declared. "Though I hope you're not too quiet for celebratory shopping and movie night..." She trailed off and raised her dark eyebrows at me.

"Girl stuff," Eric muttered, and made his escape. I laughed.

"Never too quiet for shopping," I agreed.

We spent the rest of the day in Delia's trying on jeans, Aéropostale trying on t-shirts, and Sephora trying on crazy purple glitter eyeliner. I had so much fun, but was totally exhausted by the time Bethany and I reached the white house. I crawled right into bed, my purchases around me, and fell asleep instantly.

i hope you like it! this story will only work until Jane actually gets cast, but oh well....heehee. review please! and check out my new stories, "What If" and "Moonlight." also don't forget to vote in my sexiest Twilight man poll and enter my Silence Twilight fanfic contest. to access all of that, go to my profile! read it while you're there, cuz it's funny! lovelovelove, m