Chapter 4
Jasper's pov
All these emotions are driving me haywire. I know everyone is anxious to find out who the mystery vampire is. We all recognized the scent, at least we thought we did. But there was something else that made Edward's pain increase. He later confessed to me that the girl wore the same outfit Bella did the last time he saw her. On Monday we would start school again. Rose and Emmett would be seniors and Alice and Edward would be juniors. Normally I would be a senior as well, but after seeing (and feeling) what Edward has gone thru since loosing Bella...well I make it a point to spend as much time with Alice as possible and so I would also be a junior. Oh, I had almost forgotten about Taylor; she would also be a senior and a Hale. With her blond hair it made more sense to say she was my and Rose's cousin.
Monday
Another registration done. I could see Edward grimace at the thoughts that were bombarding him. The usual ones I imagine. I wrapped an arm around Alice and glared at any guy who looked at her inappropriately. I saw Emmett do the same with Rosalie. Edward muttered something about going to class while Taylor smiled shyly at a boy who waved to her. Hmm, maybe he would distract her from the crush she had developed on Edward. Alice beckoned for me to lean down and whispered, "he's going to ask her out, and she accepts after some friendly encouragement from Rosie and me". I grinned as we walked out of the main office. As we walked out, a familiar scent hit us. Vampires. We turned and saw two members of the Voultouri, Heidi and Jane.
Heidi Pov
As Jane and I were about to go into the main office, we ran into most of the Cullens. Deciding to put B's plan in action, I stepped forward to make the first move.
"Rosie Hale? Is that you?" I squealed as if I had ran into a long lost childhood friend. Which is what I would tell people. As I swooped in to hug her, I whispered, "appearances, dears; just play along"
They nodded slightly and Alice turned to Jane. "it's been forever since I've seen you; we must go shopping sometime!" Good Alice; I turned to the blonde girl with them and extended my hand.
"Hi, I'm Heidi Volts and this is my sister Jane. We were childhood friends with the Cullens and Hales." she took my hand and shook it, introducing herself as Taylor. Jane piped in, "We haven't seen them in forever, our families moved in different directions—literally and we lost touch, but now, here we are, all together again."
"not quite Janie, " I said, " B won't be here for another day or so and I don't see Edward around." I turned to the Cullens, " is he around?" Rosalie nodded, " he went to class right before you got here." I nodded.
"Whose B?" Emmett asked. I smiled and nudged Jane. Time to make them start wondering if their Bella was with us.
"Our sister" I said coolly, "She would have been here today, but she had some personal stuff to do."
"you mean organize her books?" Jane asked. " I enjoy a good read every now and again, but how many copies of Wuthering Heights does she need?" I faked a cough to hide my smirk as Alice gasped. I then excused us, saying we didn't want to be late on our first day. As we strolled off to the office, I discreetly pulled out my cell and sent Bella text to let her know I had gotten the ball rolling.