CHAPTER 1

ALICE

We are all a little weird and life's a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.

It was a beautiful February morning. The air was crisp, but it was not too cold to require a cardigan. Even so, I wore my best outfit that I had been planning to wear for weeks now. Today was my sixteenth birthday.

"Alice!" Bella squealed, dragging Rosalie to where I was seated. We were on the school grounds, waiting for the bells to ring, but that would probably take time since it was too early, and only a few students were roaming around. The school was almost empty.

My best friends sat beside me. I was sandwiched between them, and they wrapped me up in a tight hug. "Happy birthday!"

"Gifts?" I joked, putting my palms in front of their faces. I knew they got me nothing; they'd probably give it when we got home. I love gifts.

"Did anything special happen yet?" Rosalie inquired, wiggling her brows. I frowned, sighing. Bella elbowed her.

"Nothing." I shrugged. "Looks like Jazz had forgotten about my birthday."

"Hey! Don't be like that!" Bella protested. Soon enough, she was pointing to a delivery service of our favorite coffee store. The guy was approaching us.

"There you go, first gift!" Rosalie and Bella squealed, although I had no idea what they meant.

"Miss Alice Brandon?" The guy asked, trying to guess who among us was Miss Alice Brandon.

I giggled, raising my hand. "Me."

He handed me the cup of Mocha Frappe, my favorite. "Happy birthday Ma'am."

I turned the cup around, looking for any special message. I was a little disappointed that Jasper sent me a cup of coffee on my birthday. He could have sent flowers and a teddy bear, something romantic and special. True enough, there was a message at the side of the cup.

We met here.

Smiling, I started to float away to memories of how Jasper and I met. It was one of the most vivid days lingering in my mind, like it just happened yesterday.

I was fifteen back then. Rosalie, Bella, and I were in a Shopping Center, trying to pass the time together. No, actually, Rosalie and Bella were stalking their crushes, Edward and Emmett Cullen. I did not know what got them so attracted to those two, but I must admit, they were good looking.

We were stalking them in the mall, and believe me, meeting someone is the last thing in my mind back then, but he was there. I could hear my friends' muffled sighs and giggles when Edward turned once, his face so strikingly handsome, and he smiled. He was not smiling at us, but he was smiling nonetheless, and Bella could just die in an instant.

"Who's that new guy?" Bella pointed out, her fingers tracing a blonde's figure. He was tall and muscular, but not as buff as Emmett was. He was just right.

Rosalie gasped inaudibly when she saw who it was. "That's Jasper!" She giggled. "The school's new basketball captain!"

"You know him?" I asked.

"Yes, we went to primary school together, duh."

"You'd look good together with Jasper." Bella casually remarked, keeping her tone cool and innocent.

"Who? Me?" I whirled around to look at her. She nodded, smiling nonchalantly.

"Oh my God! He's like, looking at you!" Rosalie pointed, jumping up and down.

I turned my head to where the boys were, and true enough, his eyes were fixed on me. I met his haze for a while, bit I was feeling so uncomfortable that I looked down after some time.

"You're blushing!" Bella accused. "You definitely are!"

"No I'm not." I answered smugly.

"You still are, just look at your cheeks! You look like a tomato!"

"Ugh, you guys!" I squirmed, walking off. Bella and Rosalie trailed behind me.

"Hey, we were just kidding!" Rosalie chuckled, but I continued walking away. Minutes later, I heard Edward's voice calling my name. Edward. Cullen. Calling. My. Name.

"Hey girls!" He said when he finally caught up with us. Emmett and Jasper were flanking him.

"Oh hi Edward!" Bella squealed excitedly. "We didn't know you were here!"

"Yeah…" He said, scratching his head. "What are you doing here? Are you buying something?"

"Oh…" Rosalie quickly interjected. "Alice wanted to get some coffee. You know, Starbucks. She loves Starbucks. We're here for Starbucks."

"Yeah…" Bella smiled nervously. "We'll go ahead! Bye!"

"Wait-" Jasper stopped us before we could even move. "We'd like to join you, please?"

"I'm actually busy!" Emmett protested, but I saw Jasper throw him a warning glance, and reluctantly, he agreed.

"Are you sure, Jasper?" Edward asked, as if something would go wrong any minute. Jasper nodded assuringly.

"Let's go."

So off to Starbucks we went and ordered our coffee, chatting merrily as we got to know each other. It was not after Jasper got rashes on his skin that we found out that he was actually allergic to coffee.

"Why did you come, then?" I asked that night when he sent me a text message.

"It was something you loved," he answered. "And I wanted to get to know you, so I never wasted the chance when destiny presented itself."

That day, my life took a turn for the better.

Sooooooo what do you think? I wrote this little snippet collection when I was in Second Year High School (which is like, five years ago), I just thought I'd post it here. I wrote it for my best friend. I got to make some changes, so please give me fourteen random things. I mean it, the randomest of random things like for example, a calculator.. Anything! I'll include them in the story if I could. By the way- this is not a typical story that would follow their lives day by day like my other stories do. This one will mainly contain short flashbacks, fluffs, about Alice and Jasper and the things they did in the past cute, sweet, romantic things. No drama here. If you're looking for some fairy tale kind of story, you belong here. So yeah read on and please review. I know it's not my best story but I'd like to hear from you. :)