Shattered Flowers

Twilight

Chapter 1

I gasped. It was beautiful. The meadow me and Jasper found during our Summer Vacation. We had an amazing summer. Shopping With Bella. Playing Chess With Edward. Laughing With Emmett. Gardening With Esme. Reading With Carlisle. Being Ignored By Rosalie. Spending Time With Jasper. In Summary: I enjoyed it.

I walk out enjoying the sun on my too pale skin. I turn around in a 360 degree circle and freeze. Now I was sure this was a dream. There stood my Grandma Mary. The one I was named after. The one who died.

I wave and she perfectly mirrors back the action. I walk forward in the perfect place, looking at my dead Grandma, wondering why she was here. As I walk, she walks towards me, with a big smile on her face. Like me. I feel like bouncing.

She looks behind me and gets an even bigger smile on her old, wrinkled face. I turn around and freeze.

There in all his glory was Jasper. My Boyfriend. My vampire boyfriend. He starts to walk out into the sun and I start to panic, looking at my Gran. How do I explain that my boyfriend sparkles, but is absolutely normal?

"Jasper Don't, She'll see you!" I shout towards him. He can't expose his secret to anyone else. Even I wasn't supposed to know. I didn't want the Volturi to come after the Cullen's. Yes, I know about the Volturi. The royal vampiric family who keeps the law of the vampire world in place.

He carries on walking, ignoring my pleas for him not to and placing that perfect smile on that glorious face of his. I look at his perfection and my mouth falls slack. His mouth fights a smirk.

"Okay" I say, defeated. We walk to my Gran who as walking forward to meet us at the middle.

"Gran, I'd like you to meet…" My voice trailed off as I realized that her lips were moving but no sound was coming out. No… No way.

It was a mirror.

That was me.

I was old whilst Jasper stayed impossibly perfect and young, like he would for eternity.

"Happy Birthday Alice" He whispers, kissing me tenderly on my wrinkled hand.

I didn't have time to think about that as Charlie entered the room with two presents. It was my eighteenth birthday today—something else I hated. I disliked being celebrated and I disliked getting presents because people already did enough for me. I didn't need more. But I was always polite about it, regardless.

"Happy birthday," said Charlie.

"I thought we agreed no presents," I said.

"Well, the one from me's not wrapped, so it doesn't count."

I smiled as I took the camera from him. "That's actually great, thanks Dad."

"The camera goes with this one," said Charlie. "It's from your mom. We coordinated. Well, she coordinated me." I yanked off the wrapping paper to find a pretty photo album. "It's to put pictures in for from senior year." He sighed. "Senior year," he repeated. "How'd you get so old so fast?"

"I didn't. It's not that old," I protested.

"I don't know. Is that a grey hair?" he teased.

I swatted his hand away. "No, no way," I said. I already had bad dreams about aging. I didn't need Charlie reminding me that I might someday be physically older than Jasper. But I checked the mirror just to be sure. There was no grey hair. I glared at Charlie, who just laughed and left the room saying, "Happy birthday."

I let out a small laugh myself before getting dressed, grabbing some breakfast and heading out to Forks High. On the radio was yet another report of a missing, probably dead person. The police were saying it was an animal. I was a little worried. The last time "an animal" had attacked, it'd been nomad vampires. But I let it slide as I pulled into the parking lot.

I parked in my usual parking space and got out; slamming the door with more force than necessary as specks of rust flew everywhere.

"What did your truck ever do to you?" I hear a soft, voice ask beside me. I look and see an angel. Jasper Hale. He had blond, curly hair and perfect features with pale skin. He was wearing designer clothes – of course – which consisted of jeans and a simple v-neck t-shirt. On his wrist he had a wristband with the Cullen crest. They all had one.

Jasper, Emmett and Edward had it as a wristband. Carlisle as a ring. Esme as a bracelet. And Bella and Rosalie as a necklace.

Carlisle and Esme were the parents to the children, even though they aren't biologically. Vampires can't have children. Except Rosalie. Her power was to have a half vampire child. Bella. Speaking of which…

"Happy Birthday!" A lively, musical voice called out. And there stood in all her glory, Isabella Marie Masen Cullen Hale. With long, silky mahogany hair to her waist, in perfect curls. Her blue eyes were sparkling with happiness and her features – like Jasper's – were absolutely perfect. She was wearing black skinny jeans and a red vest top, with a black belt around her slender waist. She had on a black blazer and black pumps. Stunning.

She came up to hug me, whilst I shushed her, giving my best friend a hug. She looked at me and rolled her eyes giving me a perfectly wrapped present. I looked at it in disbelief. I told them I didn't want presents.

"Bella…" I try to start but was cut off by Jasper's chuckles and Bella's lecture.

"Alice, do not start with me. You'll love it. I saw you looking at it in a magazine and couldn't resist. And do not think it's too much trouble, it's the least we do for family. Anyway, what time are you coming over tonight?" She asks, and starts bouncing, getting a calculating look in her eye. NO! Party! I knew it.

"Whenever you want" I sigh. There really was no use protesting. She'll win. Darn that cute puppy pout that puts newborn kittens to shame.

She squeals and gives me a hug before kissing both mine and Jasper's cheeks and dancing – literally, she was that graceful – to her first class. Me and Jasper walked to English together. When we came back after our… trip to Phoenix, he rearranged his timetable to fit mine exactly.

We sat down in silence, whilst I get lost in my own thoughts. Bella better not go overboard tonight. I wonder what she's got planned. The rest of the Cullen family will be there. The story in Forks was that the older Cullen siblings – Emmett, Edward and Rosalie – had graduated and all left to attend an Ivy League collage. When in fact they stayed at home and did what they wanted – well Edward moped - according to Emmett - because Bella wasn't there.

The day flashed in a blur, and suddenly I was at home, opening Bella's present and putting it on, for the party at the Cullen house.

It was a black Spaghetti Strap dress with matching black flats. Thank you Bells, for not giving me heels. I put it on and spike my hair a little more, and sighed. Why couldn't I have the perfect looks of the Cullen girls? Their undeniable beauty.

But Jasper loves me.

I know that.

Charlie of course had no problem about me going to The Cullen's. He adored them. He treated Jasper nicely and approved of our relationship. He liked his parents claiming they were nice, polite and very caring. But the person I think he likes the most is Bella.

He always talked to her when she was hear and would smile at her. He loved her hyper and energetic personality – which was even more than mine. They became close when I came back from Phoenix and Bella helped me with whatever I needed.

Jasper drove my truck to his house, going at the maximum speed limit. Jasper had asked Rosalie – much to my displeasure – to see if she could do anything to the engine. I looked at him in disbelief whilst he shook his head; she just walked out, as if not hearing anything. Why does she hate me? I haven't done anything. Bella, however, loved cars like her mother, so she tried her best. She made the truck go 60 mph at its maximum, saying it was the best she could do with 'the ancient piece of metal you call an engine'. This ended up with Bella and Jasper in an hour long discussion about what car would be perfect for me. Even though I don't need one.

He eventually listened.

We pulled up the long driveway, which was filled with a oath of Chinese lantern lights. The house outside didn't look bad but I dreaded seeing the inside.

I sigh and get out the already open door. Jasper took my hand and used his gift to calm me down. We walked up the front porch and I took a deep breath.

Preparing myself for what was my party.

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