I know it's probably too fast, I'm sorry.

After another brutal game of volleyball, I had many developing bruises and a growling stomach. As I walked into the lunchroom I scanned the crowed looking for Alice. I found her over by the Cullen table staring at Lenny Brice, he had his arms open like he wanted her to hug him. She walked cautiously toward him and hugged him. Weird. Wait, What is he doing? WHAT THE HELL? She pushed him off her and I watched as Jasper sprung from his place at the table and Kneed Lenny in the groin. He doubled over in pain and groaned something. Jasper walked up to Alice and they began talking, Jasper running his fingers through his hair as they smiled at each other. Gross. Alice puled her self away from her conversation with Jasper, grabbed her tray from the Cullen table, where Jasper had already returned to his seat, a look somewhere between anger and disgust plastered on his face. She raced toward to me, bumping into Ahnna on her way.

"Oh my god! What was that? I asked, perplexed.

"Oh my god! I don't know! He said it was a dare but still, who does that?"

"Lenny Brice, apparently." I joked. " And Jasper? Pretty damn heroic."

"I'll say." She smiled. "Hey, I need a minute to myself, okay?" she asked, rhetorically.

"You sure?"

"Ya, I'll see you later."

"Right. See you later." And she walked out of the room with her head held high.

I was walking out of the lunchroom just as Alice was coming out of the bathroom. Alice had begun walking toward me when I saw him, parked on a black motorcycle in jeans and a black t-shirt to match his bike.

"Does he want you to go with him?" I heard Alice ask, surprised from beside me. I turned to face her, my eyebrows raised as if to say Really? Why else would he be here? "Well? Are you going?"

"Alice," I began, "It's extremely obvious that you have only known me for one day." She just stared at me, looking confused. "Yes!" I burst out. "I'm going to go!"

"Oh." she replied simply.

"You don't think I should go?"

"No! Of course I do but..." she trailed off.

"But what?" I persisted.

"You should take this seriously! Your cutting school!" she replied as if it was the most horrible thing in the world, like I was some serial killer about to run off on a rampage.

"I never take life seriously. No-one gets out alive anyway." she chuckled and I smiled at her.

"One more thing." ugh!

"Yes?" I asked, eager to run and leave.

"What should I tell people?" Oh.

"Tell them..." I trailed off in thought. "Tell them I got really sick and went home."

"Okay, cool!" I was eternally grateful.

"Thanks!" I replied, and I turned and began walking. Fast. Toward Jacob.

"Aylah!" I heard Alice call from behind me. I turned around and watched her give me a thumbs up. I winked at her. I ran the rest of the way and stopped dead in front of Jake's motorcycle.

"Fell like playing hookey?" he asked, smiling mischievously.

"I thought you weren't coming until later." I was glad he came but...

"I couldn't wait." I smiled.

"We have to leave before we get caught." I commanded, worried.

"Hop on!" I hesitated. "It's perfectly safe." He encouraged, smiling at me again. And I couldn't resist-I hoped on the back, wrapped my arms around his waist, and we took off. "Hold on!" he called from the front. I was already clinging to him to him for dear life but I held on tighter, the sound of the wind loud in my ears.