Bella sat on the couch, staring out the glass window. She sighed.
"Bored?" a musical voice asked. Confused, Bella turned and looked to see not Edward, but Jasper standing in the middle of the room.
"No…" she muttered a reply.
"Well there's someone here, so whether you're bored or not, you won't be soon." Jasper turned and vanished into the house.
"So annoying," Bella grumped, blinking her butterscotch yellow eyes. She'd been a vampire for a year now, and was tired of Jasper's habit of randomly walking in and out of rooms.
"Bella! Something exciting is about to happen!" Alice called out.
"Yay me," Bella grumbled. "how wonderful."
…
When Bella walked into the room, the Cullen family was standing calmly around a new arrival, a petite vampire girl with long red hair and bright red eyes.
"I suppose someone's going to try to kill me," Bella muttered, rolling her eyes. "That's the only time we ever see redheads."
"Hey," the girl growled. "It's not all about you, okay? I don't know who the hell you are, but if you're not in charge, I don't want to hear you speak." Edward glared at the girl. Jasper and Alice watched her calmly.
"I like this girl," Rosalee giggled. Bella frowned in the blonde girl's general direction while the girl started talking to Carlisle.
"My coven is in trouble," she muttered, as if she was embarrassed to be asking for help. As the redhead continued to speak only to Carlisle, Bella walked over to Edward.
What's her deal? Bella asked her husband with her mind, using her newfound powers.
"Her name is Chess," Edward replied in a whisper so the girl wouldn't hear him. "And I can't read her mind." He looked fascinated.
"Hey there," Bella growled. "Don't go and cheat on me, mister."
"Wouldn't dream of it," he said quietly. Bella smiled.
"Good." Bella looked over at Jasper and saw that he was gaping at Chess in obvious shock. Alice stood in the corner being a spaz, oblivious to his gaze of admiration. After a few seconds, Jasper walked up to Edward and spoke to him quietly.
"She's planning something," Jasper muttered. "Something big." The two guys looked at each other, worried. Alice had been having very few visions lately, and they weren't sure if they were safe from attack.
Suddenly, Chess whirled around to face them.
"You!" Her bright red eyes focused on Jasper. "I know you."