Sorry for typing errors I will go back and correct them, but I'm in such a hurry to get all of my thoughts and ideas out there, as well as getting the initial chapters done for people to read that I'm not doing very well with my proof reading.

Chapter 2

The day was perfect, a dreary atmosphere matched the dark skies over Forks as I walked down the hall from class. I didn't even mind the drone and monotony of the English teacher lecturing on about Hamlet, a story that, no matter how many times I read, I can find no sympathy for the protagonist.

The cafeteria was mostly empty by the time I arrived. I was surprised because English was in a separate building, and I was pretty sure that I hadn't walked too fast. I headed to out table where Ben was seated, head down in his book.

"Hey, Ben," He waved in response without shifting any focus away from the book until Angela entered the room; and even then, it was only to shift over a tad to allow her more space to sit.

As soon as Bella entered the room I could smell her; even after time and everything that we have been through I can still sense her presence and smell over everyone else. She fits in so well with Edward, and looks so natural around him, I've never seen anything like that before. Edward is such a private character, and the way that he has opened up to Bella has given us all new hope about what he will make of himself; he has found purpose now. However, the one thing that Bella could do is try a little harder with her fashion, especially when she has the figure for most clothes. She could pull off so many looks if she just gave it a little effort but instead, she chooses to choose comfort first, in her jeans and old T-shirt that she is sporting today.

The two girls, once seated, started directly in discussing graduation announcements. After years of graduations, I've forgotten how stressful such a topic can be.

"How about you, Alice?" Angela's voice drew me back into the conversation. I've noticed myself getting distant more often, which doesn't help in the social element of our cover.

"All done." I responded with a smile.

It really is not my fault for getting preoccupied during conversations, because any talk of graduation I have already heard at least fifteen times before. I was glad that Bella was making an effort, by helping Angela with her graduation plans, to get out and do things without Edward for a change, although hopefully that social instinct will help me get a shopping trip in with her.

"Well, this is great, Bella!" Angela's voice was higher than it was a minute ago, "We'll have to go out to celebrate." At these words I perked up.

"You have no idea how good that sounds." Bella's answer was sincere.

"What should we do?" I jumped at the opportunity to get out with Bella. Maybe we could get some shopping in further away. I mean, if her father has really ungrounded her, then maybe he would let her take a weekend trip somewhere, and then we would really be far away from Seattle. Maybe we could go down to L.A., or a trip a little further away, like to ...

Bella cut me off, "Whatever you're thinking, Alice, I doubt I'm that free."

"Free is free, right?" I mean, why not?

"I'm sure I still have boundaries - like the continental U.S., for example."

Despite the laughs I found this less than amusing. I never got a chance to enjoy the splendor of Rome while we were there. "So what are we doing tonight?"

My question seemed reasonable and not bazaar, but the look that I got from Bella was almost disbelief.

"Nothing. Look, lets give it a couple of days to make sure he wasn't joking. It's a school night, anyway."

It slips my mind sometimes that everyone else isn't up all night and has to put more effort into school work when it is their first time going through school. "We'll celebrate this weekend, then." I explained, trying to stay optimistic.

"Sure," Bella's lack of enthusiasm for any form of celebration was almost depressing.

Since I was getting nothing out of Bella I turned to Angela. "So, if we absolutely must stay in on the continent, what do you think about a trip to Los Angeles?"

Angela's eyes widened at the thought of apparently taking such a trip. "Jeeze, I have better start talking to my parents now if I'm planning on convincing them to let me go."

"They must have some pretty awesome comic book stores there." The two of us turned our head to where Ben had been sitting silently the entire conversation; both of us in utter shock. "What? That's where they produce all of those movies based on graphic novels and what not, why wouldn't they have a bunch a stores, you girls are going to shop anyways, I can shop too, you know."

His logic as well as his grammar was mind boggling.

"I'm pretty sure this is going to be a girl's only trip," Angela's eyes shifted to me briefly as I gave her an affirming nod. "But we will get to L.A. sometime Ben, don't worry. Plus, you've been saying that you've wanted a night with the guys anyways, why not make it a whole weekend?"

"But, Angela I ..."

The red hair blows in the wind in contrast with the green of the trees behind her. Her head lifts up from the ground. Victoria's face looks straight into my eyes, her red irises glistening in the sun. Below her a man is lying on the ground, on his shirt is a logo of the Forks fire department.

I couldn't help myself jump at this last image. Victoria is back? And she's in Forks? I closed my eyes to see what else I could get from the vision, but I had already been startled out of it.

"Is it naptime already, Alice?" Edward's voice sounded calm and relaxed, but I was sure that he saw what I did. I realized that we were still in the cafeteria, and I had to play off what had just happened. There would be ways that we could get around this; we had gotten away from Victoria before, why not again?

"Sorry, I was daydreaming, I guess." I smiled at Edward. Did you see that, Edward?

His eyes shifted up and down ever so slightly, confirming that he had seen the vision as well.

"Daydreaming's better than facing two more hours of school," Ben said next to me. He was right, in a way, although the two more hours of school would allow me to think through what the best way to handle this situation would be.

"Agreed." I turned to Angela, "So we have a lot of planning if we want to pull this trip off. I'm so excited, I really hope that both you and Bella's parents will let us go, I am in desperate need for new sandals and shorts for the summer season." I tried to keep up the same energy from earlier in the conversation in attempts to make any one who noticed my momentary lapse in emotion forget that the entire event ever happened.