Hey, you guys, sorry for not updating. Eh-heh, I was kinda watching too much Anime and not being able to finish my homework in time. sorry if this chapter is a bit short; my mom doesn't let me use the computer that much anymore cuz she doesn't want me to watch so much anime. Sigh I'll just go on anyways. Lol, sorry again.

Ave


"Ava, over here!" Alice called to me from her silver BMW.

From where I stood, I could see Alice, waving her arms at me, and calling my name. I really didn't feel like going to her house; it was too sudden. I mean, we just started hanging out together at break, today. Usually, it would take a month or two. I guess, with Alice, she gets overexcited and does this.

It took only seconds for me to walk over to her and get shoved into the car. We waited, because Alice said that they had went to school together, today, and that we were going to wait for everyone to come. I had hoped that everyone did not include Edward, but I guess that it couldn't be helped.

At first, Alice and I were just talking about some random girl talk. I found this to be interesting because I had not talked so freely in what seemed like centuries. Well, it was really a month or so, but it felt really nice to be saying things and knowing that the other person understood. For the first five minutes, she was talking about what we were going to do at her house and how we were going to have so much fun.

I was forgetting about everything that had happened to me over the past month and just almost enjoying the conversation. The smile still didn't quite reach my eyes and it would quickly disappear. Alice was noticing and saying how much better I looked when I smiled. This made me flush and I didn't know what to say back. She laughed at this and started babbling again.

Soon, Jasper arrived. He sat next the Alice, in the front seat and also started talking to me. It was just in a nice way, though. I smiled, closing my eyes so that Alice wouldn't see that it didn't make it to my eyes this time, either. Jasper smiled back and turned around, waiting for the rest of them to come.

Edward came next. He sat down to my right and faced out the window. I sighed and did the same to the other window. I had decided that I would start hating him, so when I turned around and saw him staring, I gave him a cold glare and turned away again. This left him a bit frustrated and I was very triumphant about that.

I saw that both Alice and Jasper were looking at us with concern on their faces. They looked at Edward and seemed to feel for him. They looked at me and saw that I was also looking at them. Giving me a smile, Jasper turned away. Alice mouthed "later" and smiled. I didn't know what she meant, but I didn't want to hear it. I was a bit disturbed that Edward was so cold.

It was my first time ever meeting him, personally, and he acts like this. In my mind, I was screaming, but then I felt my mental barriers weaken. Quickly, I calmed myself down and felt my energy drain from me. I had realized that this would be harder than I thought. Plus, I didn't even know what was tugging or using that energy that flowed through my body.

Edward and Jasper were the two names that popped into my head first. I didn't notice Rosalie and Emmet come in; I was lost in thought. Edward was doing something to my mind. I couldn't imagine what it was. He was just… doing it; Jasper, too. It frightened me at the thought that they were trying to do something to me that I couldn't even imagine.

The car started and we sped down the road. I suddenly felt all stiff and tired. A tug was in my mind. A wave of calm washed over me. I strained my body to the fullest and my head fell forwards. I almost fainted if I had not pinched myself at the last moment. My wavy, brown hair hung loose at the sides of my head. I could feel sweat beading my forehead.

As we picked up the speed, I noticed that everything outside was passing in a blur. I was pretty used to fast-driving cars, though, because of the times when father was still alive and when we would sit in the ambulance many times. We sped down the road and turned a corner. I nearly collided with Edward, but, thankfully, I didn't, because I grabbed onto my seat and saved myself from doing so.

"Alice, do you usually drive this fast?!?" I asked, a bit breathless of not just the speed of the car, but everything that happened today.

"Oh," Alice seemed to be remembering something and the car came to a sudden stop.

The momentum nearly sent me flying forwards if I was not still gripping my seat, tightly. I leaned forwards abruptly and my sudden weight on my right ankle twisted it. I squeezed my eyes shut and then opened them again when the pain had settled. Looking up, I saw Alice with an apologetic look on her face.

She started the car at a slower pace now; maybe 65 MPH. In a couple of minutes, we arrived at their house; it was amazing. The Cullen's house was three stories high; not counting the attic or basement. It was grand and beautiful, painted white, with grey shingles. There would be a different color every now and then on the tiles; it was a pattern.

I tried to get out of the car, but there was a sudden sharp jab at my right ankle. I remembered that I had twisted it earlier. Trying not to limp, I jumped out of the car, balancing my weight on my left foot. Everyone didn't seem to notice anything, so I thought that I was okay.

Having a sudden memory rushing to my head, I remembered that the strange tug in my mind was not there anymore. I slowly released my barriers and felt nothing. Sighing in relief, I walked to the front door with everyone else. I carefully walked with my right foot, but was shifting my weight to my left.

Eyeing me, Edward passed me and strode into the house. I followed closely behind Rosalie and was almost knocked down by the splendor of the interior of the house. It's luxurious furnishing and decoration was breathtaking. I closed the door behind me and saw Alice motion for me to come forwards and into the kitchen.

I went to her and found myself facing two adults. I assumed that these were their parents. They couldn't even pass for over thirty-five and they had children who were already in high school. This surprised me the most because they could not have possibly have had children at such a young age. The most they could be was eighteen to nineteen years apart.

Alice, then, introduced me and then, hurriedly, dragged me upstairs, to her room. It was huge; a master bed and everything looked so expensive and beautiful. It looked like one of those two-room hotel suites. She sat down on her bed and patted the space beside her. I went over and sat down next to her.

"So," she said, "What do you want to do?"

I shrugged, not feeling like giving her an answer.

She sighed and got up to open her closet door. It was a walk in closet that looked huge. She pulled out a beautiful, blue dress from one side of the place and handed it to me. I looked at her, questioningly.

Thirty minutes later, I was sitting on a chair in the bathroom and Alice was putting all kinds of make-up on my face. By the time "dress-up" was done, I looked like a Barbie doll. Quickly wiping at the mascara in my eyes, I changed back to my normal clothes, letting my hair loose again.

"Aw! I liked that part, too!" Alice complained, willing me not to wipe my make-up off along with everything else.

I sighed and kept on the foundation, blush, mascara, eye shadow, eyeliner, lip liner, lipstick, and lip gloss. I seriously looked like an antique porcelain doll, if you asked my opinion. Alice was admiring her work as I looked around the room, featuring expensive furniture, paintings, electronics, and a whole bunch of other things.

Alice saw me looking around and asked if I wanted to have a tour around the house. I nodded my head, excitedly and followed her out of the room. On the way out, we met Edward, also coming out of his room. I tried not to look in his eyes, as not to have that one feeling that I had had when we were in the Gym.

The two of them seemed to be saying something. I didn't hear because they were muttering under their breaths. I looked at them and Alice smiled as if it were nothing. Then, as if it was to naturally happen like this, she said something about forgetting something.

"Edward, do you mind showing Ava around?" then she rushed away.

My eyes grew wide when I realized what had just happened. I was debating in my head whether to say that I didn't want to look around anymore or resuming the tour of the house. I didn't want to be rude, so when Edward started to walk, I followed him down the hall.

We stopped, right before we got to the stairs. We were standing and looking down at the spiraling stairway. He looked me in the eye and I wasn't quick enough to look away. He stared deep into my eyes. Then, it happened.


OOOHHHH!!!! Cliff-hanger! Yup, Grace is evil. R&R plz… and, oh, sorry for taking so long in updating.