Title: Hello Forks, Goodbye Arizona

Author: fionagurls1301

Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN Twilight.

Summary: What if Alice was in Bella's place? What if Jasper was Edward? What would have happened? Join Alice Brandon as she begins her new life in Forks, Washington, the wettest place in the continental U.S and the place where she'll be having full of surprises.


Chapter 6

The tour through the tiny museum seemed to take so much longer than it should have with Jessica babbling about Mike, her chatter coming down to how she had loved him since the second grade when he gave her a lick of his lollipop - thus giving her an indirect kiss as well - and how she figured that Jessica Stanley-Newton was a name that flowed so well that they were destined to be together forever. I tried to ignore the fact that Mike had only asked her out because I had told him to, and that they were only going to one, small dance instead of getting engaged, which was just what it sounded like as Jessica obsessed over Mike.

But I was not one to talk, because I had an obsession of my own: Jasper Hale. At least I wasn't tacking his name onto my own… Mary Alice Brandon-Hale was a bit long, if I thought about it. But it still sounded alright…

At the moment that thought popped into my train of thoughts, I slapped my forehead rather hard, and Jessica's eyes appraised me, confused. I gave her a sheepish smile, watching from the corner of my eye as Jasper sent me the same exact look, which Edward smirked beside him.

Finally, we were out of the museum, back to climbing into our respective buses. Jessica rushed ahead, bidding me a quick farewell, to find a seat for her and Mike. I lingered behind, watching as she practically sprinted to or bus, when quick but quiet footsteps approached me. When I turned around, there was Jasper in all his pale, glowering glory.

"Alice," he said, regret in his voice, "we shouldn't be friends." My feet felt as if they were heavy has he muttered those last words, and my eyes lipped shut, my heart plummeting. I took a deep breath and sighed; so that was what all this was about…

"I should have known," I uttered, cursing my own stupidity. "I should have known you regret saving me. Why didn't you just let the van crush me? You could have just saved yourself the trouble…"

Jasper was caught off guard, his eyes widening at this revelation. "You think I regret saving you?" he asked, black eyes training on mine. Despite the darkness, I saw surprise suspended in them; surprise that I had guessed his motives correctly, I assumed.

"I can see that you do," I said, biting my lip and waiting for his reluctant confirmation of my beliefs. Instead, I saw an unidentifiable emotion take place of the surprise in his eyes. Then, anger overthrew everything else.

"You don't know anything," Jasper hissed his voice dropping lower so no one else could hear his insult, I bit down on my lip harder, preparing a proper retort, but then Edward and Bella appeared behind the blonde, both smiling as if nothing as wrong.

"Hey," Bella said, offering her hand to me. "I'm Bella, but with the gossip around here and Jessica as a friend, you probably know that." I nodded and took her hand; it was cold as well, and she smirked to herself as I shivered. "Are you sitting with us? Jasper has a seat to himself."

"The bus is full," Jasper hissed, slamming his fist against the glass door. The bus driver inside stared down at us for a moment, and the door opened. And as quickly as he had appeared, Jasper stomped up the stairs, leaving Edward and Bella behind, frowning at his rudeness.

"Sorry about that," Edward muttered the first words I had heard him speak, his eyes darting to Bella as she frowned up the stairs where Jasper had disappeared. "He's in a bad mood today."

"I'll see you around, Alice," Bella said, grabbing her boyfriend's hand and making her way into the bus. "Come on, Edward," was the last thing I heard her say before they, too, disappeared.

And there I stood, alone and wondering what that had been about.


I honestly have to say that I don't know when I'll post the next chapter up. Sorry!