So I have already veered of course. The second story was supposed to be Pride and Prejudice but I couldn't help myself and I wrote a scene that doesn't happen in either book. Oh well, I'll try to throw things from both Twilight and P&P in here as I go.

No reviews yet, but I have faith. ;)

Note: If you read the first Chapter the day that I wrote it, I made some changes. You might want to back and re-read.

BPOV

The first week of summer passed by lazily, the mix of the rain and heat keeping us subdued and inside. Alice and I were lounging in the living room on a downcast Sunday morning, both fully concentrated. Alice was sewing large black buttons onto a bright pink sweater and I was reading. Suddenly Renee burst in; Lauren and Jessica close behind her. I looked up, startled.

"Girls, have you seen your father?" Renee asked. Her face was flush with excitement.

Alice glanced up from her sweater, "No, not since breakfast. What's going on?"

"The Cullens are having a party." Lauren was practically swooning. "The whole town is invited."

Alice's eyebrows shot up. I rolled my eyes and set my book down, folding my arms across my chest. All this excitement over a party thrown by somebody we didn't even know?

"Can you imagine Alice? Maybe you'll meet Jasper. I hear he's dreamy and he's your age." Jessica said, her hands clasped together. "On second thought, now that I'm sixteen…"

"You save that second thought for yourself." Charlie instructed, walking into the living room behind them. Jessica grinned, flinging herself into his arms.

"Daddy please let us go. It's on Saturday and it's going to be amazing. Everybody will go, the town is curious enough about this family as it is, and that house of theirs is just so huge." Jess was talking quickly, causing Charlie's face to become contorted with confusion. Finally he held up his hands.

"Slow down, slow down. I see no reason why you all can't go, if you're invited that is. I don't think I need to go but-"

"Charlie Swan! You will go." Renee was looking at him in horror. "How can I show up with five children and no husband? What will they think of me?"

"They'll think you had a very miserable five years of pregnancy." Charlie said, winking at me. "Then when you tell them your husband had to work, they'll think you have a husband who works."

I laughed under my breath, catching Alice's smiling eyes. We all knew Charlie dreaded parties, and we also knew how much Renee adored them. Angela and I were more like Charlie in this aspect, but with three sisters like Renee, there was no way anybody was going to get out of this.

"Alice we have to start going through the clothes for things to wear." Lauren said, jumping up and down. "It's supposed to be casual but I think it would make perfect sense to dress up a bit."

Alice set her sweater down and smiled in excitement, "Why don't you girls go through what you have and let me know what you want me to do with them. There's plenty of fabric and thread in my closet from our last trip into town."

Lauren and Jessica ran upstairs in a flurry, and I could hear drawers being pulled open and slammed shut. I glanced at Angela and we both sighed in defeat and she turned and headed up the stairs, Renee and Charlie following her out.

"Bella I already know what you're thinking." Alice said, turning her large brown eyes on me. "You have to at least admit this will be interesting."

I shook my head and picked my book back up. "I see nothing interesting in spending a day at some rich stranger's house Alice. It will probably be horribly awkward, especially with all of us there. I know you remember what happened last time we all went to an event together?"

Alice shuddered from the memory of our family together at Mr. and Mrs. Newton's engagement party. Not only did Lauren and Jess run around giggling and chasing any boy within a 5 year age difference, but Renee ended up drinking too much champagne and admitted to half of the town that she and Charlie hadn't been intimate in almost 9 months. It had been enough to send me and Alice home, where we hid under our covers for three days refusing to go to school.

"Regardless, I still think we could have a good time and I know exactly what you're going to wear. Just don't be difficult this time Bella." I groaned as Alice hopped up and lightly bounded up the stairs.

I got up slowly, grabbing my book. While everybody was fussing over this party I thought I would take the opportunity to spend some time alone. I slipped on a pair of Renee's flats and walked quietly out of our back door, looking cautiously up at the grey sky. It was getting dark, but it didn't look like it was going to rain yet. I put my book in front of my face and began strolling through the fields and down the worn path I knew so well. The greatest benefit of this house, at least to me, was the vast space behind it. Besides the house that was now occupied by the Cullens, there was nothing between our property and Forks High School but two and a half miles of fields and lush green forest.

I walked slowly, cherishing every warm breeze that hit my face. I was just finishing the last chapter of the book when I stopped, my head snapping up. I heard voices. I ducked behind a large tree as they got closer.

"This is so much better than Chicago." A boy, probably my age, was saying excitedly. "Look at all of this space."

"We had space Jasper." Another boy replied icily. I tried to peek past the tree in the direction of the voices but all I could see was a glimpse of unruly bronze hair.

"A pool and a garden on the roof of a building does not qualify as space. This place is amazing."

Finally the voices were right next to me. I held my breath, my body hugging the tree tightly. I didn't know why I had hid in the first place, but now that I had I most definitely didn't want to get caught doing it.

"This place is downright boring." The other voice argued. "I can only imagine what kind of people we're going to have to endure at this lunch party Esme and Rosalie insisted on having."

I furrowed my forehead and strained to hear the rest of the conversation, but the two boys were already too far away for me to hear.

I waited a moment and emerged from behind the tree, dusting off the front of my white t-shirt. I didn't know which one of those boys was which, but I could guess who he could be and I didn't like him already. I shook my head at the thought of having to endure him, and began to make my way back to the house just as raindrops started to fall.

I begin to jog, holding my book over my head. When the rain became a full-fledged downpour I broke out in a sprint, keeping my head down as the rain drenched my clothes and hair.

"Watch it!" A deep voice warned suddenly. I looked up quickly, my legs flying out from under me and I swore under my breath as I fell right into the boy with the bronze hair.

EPOV

I stood in the middle of a clearing in the forest (a forest!) and tried to be patient as I watched Jasper examine every damn tree and flower he could find. Eventually I grew bored and sat down on a moss-covered rock, glad I had worn an old pair of jeans.

"I don't know why you're being like this Edward." He complained, seeing my posture out of the corner of his eye.

"I'm being like this because we just moved from our home in the middle of a beautiful city to the middle of nowhere."

"Seattle isn't so far, and California is definitely a doable drive." He said, swatting at a small fly.

I nodded glumly, resting my head in my hand. I was secretly happy for Jasper and his family that they had escaped the city to come here, but I was less pleased I had been semi-forced into coming with them. When my parents had been killed in a car crash three years ago, Jasper's family had taken me in, and when they decided to move the option wasn't exactly given to me to stay. Although, when I really wanted to be honest with myself, I knew I had nobody else.

"Come on let's walk a little more." Jasper suggested, I sighed as I got up.

"It's going to rain." I said, my eye on the thick grey clouds that had rolled over the town earlier in the day.

"God forbid you mess up your hair." Jasper grumbled under his breath, making his way down a slightly worn pathway. I wondered absentmindedly who had created it.

After roughly ten minutes I heard Jasper gasp as we came upon another clearing, this one larger and admittedly much more beautiful. The grass was long and soft, with small yellow flowers dotting the ground. The trees were old and large, gracefully over-lapping each other. What little light there was trickled through the trees and I imagined when the sun was out this place would look absolutely breathtaking.

"This is so much better than Chicago." Jasper said in nearly a whisper. "Look at all of this space."

"We had space Jasper." I said, rolling my eyes. He could be such a romantic sometimes.

"A pool and a garden on the roof of a building does not qualify as space. This place is amazing."

"This place is downright boring." I said flatly, not wanting to give in to his optimism.

We continued to walk a ways, finally entering a large field. I squinted as a quaint two-story home came into view. Suddenly a fat rain drop hit my nose and I moaned, turning on Jasper. "I told you so."

"Well we can either go see if anybody is home there or we can run for it, the trees should cover us anyway."

I opened my mouth to reply when I suddenly saw a figure approach from the forest. As the rain began to fall harder she began to run, getting closer with every second. I realized her head was down and she was headed right for me.

"Watch it!" I shouted, taking a step backwards. My voice startled her and she looked up quickly, but not quickly enough. She began to slide in a patch of mud and she tumbled into me, sending us both flying to the ground.

I lay there a moment, sprawled out on my back. Finally, when the rain began to flood my nose I sat up, cringing as I felt the wet mud soaking through my clothes. I clenched my jaw in irritation and looked up, situating a terrifyingly angry look on my face but when I opened my mouth to yell, nothing came out.

Sitting in front of me, caked in mud and soaking wet from the rain, was the most beautiful creature I had ever seen.