A/N: SO SORRY that this took so long. No excuses really, besides the fact that my college owns my life :(

Disclaimer: The usual- I own nothing you recognize as Stephenie Meyer's. But I do own the characters you don't know as well as the weird plot that's about to unfold…

Chapter 3

Kennedy awoke in the hospital and groaned, trying to sit up. She heard a sigh from beside her and found hands pushing her back down. Turning to the side, she found herself faced with her brother. She cringed as she looked into his angry eyes. She looked away, tears forming at how much he was going to yell at her for being so old but so stupid. She bit her lip to keep from crying and Addison just held her hand.

"I'm not going to yell," he said, his voice hoarse.

"Sounds like you already did."

"Maybe."

Silence.

"Why aren't you going to yell?"

"…"

"No, seriously."

"How about because you just got attacked by a mountain lion?"

"Did you meet a girl?"

"Not the point." Kennedy sat up in her bed and this time, Addison didn't stop her.

"You totally did! What's her name?"

"Alice," he said with a surpressed grin. Kennedy smiled widely.

"That's a nice name. What's she like?" Addison looked nervous.

"She's that girl you saw in the woods," he admitted. Kennedy's smile completely disappeared.

"Weren't you just yelling at me about what they are?" she asked, her face distorted angrily.

"Yeah, but-"

"And didn't you get all up in my face about defending them?"

"Yeah, but-"

"God dammit, Addison, I fucking can't believe you! I'm out of here." Addison stood up as his sister threw the covers from her body and grabbed her wrist.

"Where the hell are you going to go, K? Please, just get back into bed and we can talk about this. I don't want you getting any more hurt than you already are." Kennedy's glare intensified and Addison was actually nervous. She ripped her arm from his grasp as she got up.

"Why don't you go see what your new girlfriend is up to, A? Because I sure as hell don't want you with me right now, you fucking hypocrite." Stung by his sister's words, Addison couldn't even bring himself to stop her as she walked out the door.

"Woah!" Kennedy was halfway down the hallway before she was stopped by a blonde man with a white lab coat on. He was carrying a file and she could see the name embroidered on his jacket: Carlisle Cullen, M.D. She sighed, keeping all of her weight on her uninjured leg.

"What's up, doc?" Dr. Cullen's lips twitched in what Kennedy assumed might have been a smile.

"I'll ignore the Bugs Bunny reference," he said in a smooth voice. She didn't want to, but she smiled. He smiled right back and turned her around to usher her back to her room. Addison was still there, with the small girl at his side. He looked distraught and she was attempting to console him. As soon as Kennedy saw her brother with this 'Alice' girl, she felt bad for how she had treated him.

"Alice?" Dr. Cullen spoke from beside her. Kennedy's head whipped to look at the man escorting her back to her room.

"You know her?"

"She's my daughter. Well, my wife and I adopted her when her parents passed away." Kennedy was sure she looked astoundingly like a goldfish. Alice just smiled from where she had turned, leaning back into Addison.

"I don't get it!" she blurted out. Alice frowned and Kennedy decided it didn't look good on the tiny girl.

"Well," Alice began slowly, "I was at the Stop-n-Go with my brother Edward and I met Addison there. He's part of my future." She stressed the last word, looking intently at Dr. Cullen. Kennedy's eyes darkened.

"You're a seer, aren't you?" Everyone's heads whipped to Kennedy.

"Stop it, Kennedy," Addison hissed. Kennedy stared right back.

"You told her?" she hissed back. Alice just sighed.

"He didn't have to, I already knew." Kennedy's anger spiked so high she thought she might crush something.

"Takes the fun out of getting to know someone, don't you think?" she asked. She stalked over to the hospital bed with a limp, grabbed her clothes, and disappeared. She opened her eyes and found herself in her bedroom- just what she'd hoped for. Sometimes she got too emotional before she teleported and ended up somewhere totally unexpected. She flopped back on her bed and curled up, dropping her clothes on the floor beside her and drifting off to sleep.

Addison swung Kennedy's door open loudly, jerking her awake, the next morning.

"Get up, we've got school," he said before walking back out. Kennedy rubbed her hands over her eyes, never one to get out of bed before noon if she could help it. She sighed as she got up- apparently Addison was still pissed she didn't like his new 'girlfriend'. If she could even be called a girl. Very slowly, Kennedy got up and showered, dressing in a pair of fitted jeans and a hooded sweatshirt from her soccer team at their last school in Texas. She smiled fondly as she smoothed the front of it and touched the big soccer ball on the front. She loved the game but didn't see the point in playing at this school since they didn't know how long they'd stay.

Shaking herself back into the present, she tied her Converse on her feet and headed down the hall. Addison was waiting for her at the front door, of course. He threw her a bagel and walked out the front door without saying a word. Kennedy tore a piece off the bagel and stuffed it in her mouth as she picked her messenger bag up from where it mysteriously laid on the armchair and slung it over her head to rest on her other shoulder. She pulled the door shut behind her and walked out to the car, almost surprised Addison hadn't left without her.

"We have to show up together or it'll look weird," he said shortly. Neither spoke on their rather long drive to the school. They parked and Kennedy immediately wrenched the door open and headed to the main office while Addison was accosted by Alice.

"So much for arriving together," Kennedy mumbled as she kicked a rock. She got both of their schedules, almost having forgotten that she was pretending to be a junior this year while Addison was a senior. She pushed the door open, holding it for someone else before letting go. She headed back out to the car to give Addison his schedule, seeing him still out there. She thought about why Addison didn't want to stay long. He, like Kennedy, hated the cold, rain, and snow. Kennedy snorted as she thought of that. If Addison stayed with Alice, he'd always have to be in the cold. She let a twisted smile cross her face at that thought: he'd always freeze his ass off.

Kennedy stuffed the piece of paper into her brother's hand, ignored Alice's greeting, and headed for her first class even though she was obscenely early. She really had no idea why she didn't like Alice. She seemed like a sweet enough girl, and Kennedy was always the type of person to stand up for others, which was why she defended the vampires to Addison before he knew them. Why, then, did she not stick to her old point of view. She shook her head to rid herself of the thoughts and ran into someone.

"I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to-" Kennedy stopped her sentence upon seeing who she had run into. It was the beautiful blonde woman who saved her from the lion.

"You're the one that-" The woman's hand shot over Kennedy's mouth. Kennedy shivered- her hand was cold. The woman dragged her into the bathroom. Seeing a line, the woman glared at the girls already in the bathroom and the whole place cleared.

"What are you?" The woman demanded. Kennedy looked taken aback.

"What the hell do you mean 'what am I'?" she asked, placing her hands on her hips. The woman sighed, bringing one hand to her forehead.

"I mean that you shouldn't be out of the hospital, let alone walking perfectly normally and going to school." It was Kennedy's turn to sigh. She backed up and hoisted herself to sit on the sink as the woman leaned against the far wall.

"Well for starters, I'm Kennedy Masters."

"Rosalie Hale." Rosalie's face turned dark. "Isn't your brother dating Alice?" Kennedy immediately frowned and slid back to the floor.

"If you're okay with them, then I think I'd better go." Rosalie's hand on her arm stopped her.

"What makes you think I'm okay with it?" Kennedy lifted herself back onto the sink.

"You're right, sorry. I shouldn't have assumed."

"You know what happens when you assume," Rosalie said with a wink. Kennedy burst out laughing.

"Well, Rosalie, since you asked, I should probably tell you." Rosalie's beautiful head cocked to the side, showing that she didn't understand. Kennedy played with her fingers.

"You asked what I am," Kennedy reminded her. "And while I'm not sure of the specifics, my brother has the power of invisibility and I am a teleporter."