A/N: Hello, everyone…

I hoping you enjoyed the last chapter. The coffee idea came to my head, and yeah, maybe coffee isn't good for 6-year-olds… but it's only a story, so… oh well!

Anyway… so here is chapter 10. I can't believe I'm up to chapter 10 ALREADY! It's quite amazing. It seemed like just yesterday I was jotting down notes for the first chapter ever…

Disclaimer: I don't own any of it.

Jasper's POV

I was so scared to step into the sun – I hesitated for what seemed like a lifetime. Alice took my hand, and I braced myself, waiting for her to scream and run away.

The sun felt so good on skin, I almost groaned in pleasure; I never go out into the sun. So when I did… it felt like… heaven on earth. I couldn't think of a better feeling.

I felt her hand tighten around mine as I looked down at her. I could see my skin sparkling and shining in the sun, and was a little horrified. Sometimes I wished we burned when we stepped into the sun, it seemed a lot less terrifying.

She stared at my hand around hers for what seemed like hours; I grew impatient. I couldn't feel much emotion at the moment… I think she was in shock. Again.

I squeezed her hand, and her eyes flashed up to mine. We stared at each other for a moment; her skin looked so radiant in the sun. So different to what it looks like in the shade. For me, it looked like she was shining, too.

I could then feel the emotions slowly trickle in… shock. Awe. Slight confusion.

"J-Jasper? W-Why do you do t-that?" She whispered, after a long minute of staring at my skin. She ran her fingers up my arm, sending a tickling feeling through my whole body.

"The facets on my skin… retract the light, sending… beams of light, I suppose. It's just a theory." I said just as quietly as she had.

Her eyes were still wide. "I wish I sparkled too."

"You do."

"What?"

"Nothing."

She frowned, and shrugged. "You're so… pretty. Kind of like a disco ball. So, this happens whenever you step into the sun? If you don't die, then… why can't you go in the sun like everyone else?"

I chuckled a little. I thought it was obvious. "Because they would know we're different. Humans don't sparkle, Alice."

She held her arm up to mine, examining it. She realized that she wasn't actually sparkling at all, and giggled. "Right… I should have known that. It sort of sucks, though, right? How do you know when or not to go out? What if the sun comes out during the day?"

I thought for a second. "If there is any chance of sun, whatsoever… we don't go outside. We try to fully clothe ourselves, just in case."

Alice nodded, and then shook her head. "I can't believe this… it's all…"

"Unreal?"

"Yeah." Her voice had lightness about it; I'm not sure how to explain it. "I am so glad you told me. I would have killed you if you kept it from me for this long."

I chuckled; only Alice could think of that at a time like this.

"What do we say we sit down for awhile?" I suggested, tugging her over to a huge tree to our left. We sat at the base, side by side, as she continued to stare at my skin.

It was nice, just being with her – even if we were just sitting here. Alice plus the sun equals… contentment. For me, at least.

I don't know where the time went – one moment, we were sitting in the warm sun, and the next, I could feel the sun's rays slowly dim until it was nonexistent. I stopped sparkling, and Alice and I stood up. We both seemed to see this as a sign that it was time to return home. After all, she had a very big day tomorrow.

I ran home, taking her the shorter way. I could feel she was disappointed about having to leave so soon (even thought it had been a couple of hours) but I knew Rosalie would feed me to the sharks if I brought her home when I wanted to.

When we got back, as I expected, we got swarmed by the whole family, excited and anxious about what had happened today.

"It was great!" Alice squealed before I could get in. "Jazzy showed me what is was like when you went into the sun! It was so pretty! I'd like to see you all, sometime. It would be really cool."

They all laughed, a little nervously. Alice seeing them like that would change how she viewed us. Not that I minded. I knew Alice would always see us exactly the same way as usual.

"You were gone for such a long time…" Esme said, sounding still concerned. "It is almost dinner time. And I promised Alice that I would cut her hair today."

Alice ran away from me, into Esme arms. "Oh! Ok! Let's go!"

We all laughed, as the two headed towards the bathroom. We all melted away, back to our usual hobbies.

Alice's POV

Esme raced me upstairs and into the bathroom before I could say goodbye to anyone. I was so excited to get my hair cut; I hated it long. Long, meaning up to my shoulders.

She told me to sit down on a small chair they had in there just for me, while she left to get everything she needed. Esme was back in a matter of seconds, juggling all sorts of strange devices.

"Ok, Alice. I need you to stay still." Esme said, her voice wavering a little. I wasn't sure why.

I nodded, and closed my eyes. I could hear the snip of the scissors coming into contact with my hair, and the pieces falling to the floor. I knew Esme would do a good job, but I was still a little nervous.

It didn't take long, until Esme removed the throw that was draped over my front and shook out the hair into the bathtub. I jumped up, feeling my head.

It wasn't too much shorter, but just the way it usually is. Sticking out every which way… just the way I liked it.

"Thanks, Mi-Mi," I said, smiling up at her. She ruffled my hair, and began cleaning up the supplies and unwanted hair from around the bathroom.

I skipped back down the stairs, to find the whole family crowded at the door way. I scowled and peered around them, but I couldn't seem to see what they were all staring at.

I noticed Esme walk straight past me and join the crowd. I pushed through all of their bodies, and stumbled out right into the middle of the group.

I looked up, to see two people. One had pale skin just like the Cullens, but had brown eyes. She was beautiful, and had the same colored hair as Edward. The other one was a man, with dark skin and cropped, black hair. He had an infectious smirk on his face, but I was too surprised to register who they were.

"Oh," I realized. "You must be Renesmee and Jacob."

My family had mentioned them coming yesterday, but I was too preoccupied with my birthday to really comment.

The girl kneeled down to my level, and smiled at me. She had a really nice smile, framed by her long, bronze colored curls. "Hi, Alice! I've heard a lot about you. I'm Renesmee, but you can just call me Nessie. Do you know who I am?"

I scowled, and nodded. "Yes. You're Edward and Bella's daughter, right?"

She smiled and pulled me in for an unexpected hug. "Yes! I'm so glad that we have a new little member to our family!"

As soon as she touched me, I caught a flash of images – first, it was a school. The sign said Forks High School… but I had never been there before. I let out a terrified squeal as the family watched on.

"Oh… Alice, you should probably know… Renesmee has a gift. She can channel images to your mind when she touches you." Carlisle said softly, as I watched Renesmee is awe. She giggled, and stood up.

"This is Jacob. He's my boyfriend." She said, wrapping her arms around Jacob and looking up and into his eyes. Edward and Bella stiffened from behind me. "He's, a…" She looked to the rest of the family for reassurance.

"It's ok. She knows most things, except…" Esme said, putting her hands on my shoulders.

"Jacob is a werewolf, Alice." Renesmee said, still smiling. I stared at Jacob, as he looked down at me, grinning. His nose always seemed to be screwed up like he smelled something bad.

"WHOA!" I yelled, my eyes bugging wide. "I didn't know there were vampires and werewolves out there!"

"Well… yeah. Hope you don't mind having two types of mythical creatures around." Jacob joked, leaning down and ruffling my hair. He was really, really tall.

I smiled up at him. He seemed nice. "Yeah, I don't mind. You know, Nessie, you look heaps like Bella and Edward?"

She giggled. "Well, yes… they are my parents."

I nodded. "Are you two starting school tomorrow too?"

They nodded, but they both frowned, and sighed. "Yeah."

"It'll be fun! You can come and pick me up too!" I clapped my hands, delighted with these new people. They were so nice, just like the rest of my family.

We dispersed, and everyone seemed to spread to different parts of the house. Renesmee and Jacob left with Carlisle, Esme, Bella and Edward to set up their room, while Rosalie left for the living room. Jasper and Emmett headed outside to do something fun I guessed.

I walked to the lounge room and found Rosalie, holding a tiny backpack and a pencil case in her hands. She was packing everything into the backpack, and placing a brand new cell phone into the front pocket.

It took me awhile to realize this was my school bag she was packing.

"Ooh! Oh my God!" I yelled, running towards her, my eyes wide. "Is that… my… school bag?"

Rosalie grinned. "Sure is."

"And is that… a cell phone?" I opened the front pocket she had just closed and held it in my hands. I examined it closely, touching the smooth metal with awe.

"Yeah. All yours. We figured… Or I figured… that you needed one so you can contact us easily." She shrugged, a smile still on her pretty face. "So, if you need anything while you're at school… like for us to come and pick you up early…"

I hadn't realized the others had started crowding in the living room with us. They were all giving Rosie some disapproving glares.

"But what if she gets hurt! We need to be there to help her!" Rosalie defended herself right away.

"That what teachers are for, Rose," Edward said, walking down the stairs, a smirk playing on his lips. "Plus, your tough, right Alice?"

I smiled and nodded my head. "I am." I put my hands on both of Rosie's cheeks. "I'll be fine. I swear. It's only a half day, anyway. So it'll just be Esme picking me up then, seeing you all have work and school?"

Everyone shook their heads at me.

"Nope. We will come to pick you up, then spend the rest of the day with you." Esme and Carlisle were descending down the stairs behind Bella. Guess their super vampire speed helped them unpack fast.

I smiled. "Oh, really? That's great. I hope I make lots of friends."

They all reassured me I would, like I expected, and then it was time for dinner. We all sat together while I ate, and talked about what I would be doing at school. Afterwards, I wanted to get to bed early and help Rosie and Esme pick out my outfit for tomorrow.

The three of us decided on a pink t-shirt and a sky blue skirt. I was going to wear my favorite sandals plus the backpack Rosie had assembled for me today. Oh, and I was also going to wear a head band. I always loved those.

By eight, I was getting sleepy anyway. Esme shuffled me off to bed before I could say goodnight.

"But Mi-Mi, someone needs to read me my bed time story—"

"Reporting for duty." Jasper appeared at the door, smiling at me. He held my favorite book in his hands.

"Jasper, but she needs to go to sleep—"

"It'll be a quick story, Esme, I swear." Jasper said, walking in and sitting beside me on my bed. Esme gave him a disapproving look, but Jasper's didn't seem fazed. "I want her to go to sleep just as much as you do."

Esme sighed, and nodded. "Ok. Just a few minutes, though, ok?" She leaned down and kissed me softly on the forehead. "Goodnight, Alice." She left the room quickly just as I snuggled into Jasper's side.

"What's tonight's story, Jazzy?" I whispered, yawning at the same time.

He chuckled. "Little Red Riding Hood."

"Ooh, another favorite of mine. How'd you know?"

"Edward."

"Oh, right."

He opened up the book, and began reading. The way he read seemed to make the story that much more real – no one else could read to me like that. Not even my real daddy or mommy. I loved it very much, and I don't think I'll ever get over it.

His voice was not only interesting, but it was soothing. I suppose that was part of the mood control thing, but it made me feel even more sleepy.

I was barely conscious when he finished, and I felt him carefully ease his body out from under mine. He pulled the blanket over me and lightly kissed my forehead just as Esme had.

"Goodnight, Alice." He whispered. Then, as if too low to hear, he whispered, "I love you."

"Love you too, Jazzy." I mumbled, barely awake. He didn't say anything, and I only heard the click of a door closing.

In the morning, it was Rosalie who I woke up to. She had up in seconds and got me dressed, bathed, and fed. For a second, I forgot what exactly was happening today.

"OH! School!" I had a burst of recognition as I was munching on my cereal. "I just remembered!"

They all looked at me like I was insane, but laughed anyway. Especially Emmett. He always seemed to laugh the loudest.

"I'm glad you finally remembered." Esme smiled at me, and pulled my backpack out from under the table. "Because it's time to go!"

I jumped off my stool and grabbed my bag off her. It was so weird to see everyone waiting at the door, backpacks on theirs back too. I never really thought of my family as the type to go to school. Come to think of it, I never really thought of them as vampires, either.

I took hold of Jasper's hand as we walked outside to Edward's Volvo. We all piled in, and drove to our first stop: Forks Elementary.

When we parked outside, I was surprised to realize I wasn't even nervous. I was so excited just to get out there and meet new people! Oh, and learn of course…

"Well, we're here," Rosalie sighed, pulling me into a hug. She kissed my hair. "We will be here before you know it to come get you, ok?"

I nodded, as I hugged everyone else in the car too. I even hugged Renesmee and Jacob, because I really liked them. Renesmee looked so much like Edward and Bella it was comforting, and well Jacob… he was just easy to talk to.

I pushed open the door, excited to see the other students buzzing around. I could see that most people were kindergarteners, just like me. I could clearly see the doorway, and the excitement nearly made me explode.

"Bye, everyone!" I yelled over my shoulder and I ran towards the front doors. I heard them all yell out goodbyes, but the car didn't pull away from the curb.

"Guys!" I yelled, knowing their supersonic vampire hearing would allow them to hear me. "I'm fine!"

When they didn't move, I put one hand on my hip and shooed them off with my hand. As much as I loved them, they worried for me too much.

Eventually, their car pulled away and I continued to run inside.

As soon as I got inside, I knew I was in the front office. There were kids that looked the same age as me everywhere, looking nervous and excited just like me. Except, I wasn't really nervous.

I saw some boys going to the counter, talking to the receptionist. I followed suit, and walked up to the counter.

"Hi! I'm Alice Cullen!" I said, smiling at my new name. "I'm starting kindergarten today, and I was just wondering if you could tell me where I needed to go."

I barely could see the woman behind the counter, I had to stand on my tip toes.

She smiled at me, and nodded. She looked down at a big clipboard she held, and nodded. "Yes, Alice Cullen. You'll be in room 2, with Mrs. Lucas. Room 2 is right over there, see?" She pointed behind me, and I turned around to look.

"Ok! Thanks!"

I ran into the classroom, a huge grin on my face, and my eyes lit up as I walked in. The room was quite small, but only held about ten kids at the most – most of them were huddled in little group talking. I could see a pretty woman with short blonde hair and dark blue eyes sitting at a desk, and went straight up to her.

"Hi, I'm Alice Cullen! I was told to come here!" I said, grinning at her.

She smiled at me. "Hi, Alice! I'll be your teacher this year, I'm Mrs. Lucas."

"Are we going to be doing lots of reading this year?" I said. "Cause I do a lot of reading with my friend Jasper, and I really, really like it."

She nodded. "Yes, we are! Why don't you go meet some of the other students! I'm sure they'll love to meet you."

I turned around and walked towards two girls talking in the corner of the room by the big bucket of crayons. I joined their little circle and waved. "Hi! I'm Alice Cullen! What are your names?"

A girl with red hair and freckles smiled. "Hi, Alice, I'm Celeste! And this is Skye." She pointed to the girl next to her with deep brown hair and green eyes.

"It's so great to meet you!" I said, excited that these two nice girls liked me so much already. "Hey, you wanna colour in?"

They nodded, and we sat down at a red table and coloured in pictures of animals and cartoon characters. We talked while we coloured, mostly about what we liked doing at school. They were so interested to know that liked to read.

Skye sighed. "I can't read very well."

"I couldn't either, until my friend Jazzy taught me. We read all the time." I said, smiling. "Maybe you can come over sometime and we can all read together."

Celeste seemed so excited about this idea. "Ooh! Ok!"

Eventually, the teacher told us to sit at a desk, four people to a desk. There were only three of us, so a boy with messy blonde hair and pretty blue eyes sat with us. He said his name was Dimitri, and he was really nice. Just as nice as Skye and Celeste.

The teacher eventually told us we needed to practice writing letters properly, so we started doing that. It was pretty easy, but it was fun to do. I had to show Dimitri how to do a capital 'B', but he learnt really fast.

After writing for a long time, it was time for recess. We all went outside, and Skye, Celeste, Dimitri and I sat under a big pine tree against the back fence.

"Do you have any sisters or brothers, Alice?" Dimitri asked me, smiling at me. He had freckles on his nose and had pale skin. His eyes were the colour of a bluebird.

I nodded my head as I ate my choc chip cookie Esme made for me this morning. "Yeah, I have a lot. I have three brothers, Emmett, Edward, I guess Jacob is my brother, and then I have three sisters, Renesmee, Bella, and Rosalie."

I loved saying they were my siblings. Even though I didn't know Jacob or Renesmee very well, they were a part of my family. Plus, they seemed like really nice people. I wanted to get to know them better.

I didn't say Jasper because I didn't really see him as a brother. He was more like a best friend.

"How old are they?" He asked.

I thought for a moment; Carlisle had told me I had to say they were all teenagers. I couldn't say their real ages, cause they were so old in real life. "They are all teenagers."

Dimitri nodded. "That's really cool. I don't have any brothers or sisters."

"Neither did I, before," I said, sighing to myself. "I'm adopted."

Dimitri nodded, while eating his sandwich. "That's ok. Being adopted doesn't mean they're not your real family, right?"

"Yeah." I smiled at the way Dimitri took that. He was really nice about it, and he didn't tease me like I thought he would.

"Hey! Dimitri, Alice, we're gonna go on the jungle gym, you wanna come?" Skye said, appearing in front of us, holding hands with Celeste.

I nodded, and pulled Dimitri up by the hand. "C'mon, Dimitri!"

We played on the jungle gym till it was time to go back into class. We only had an hour and a half left till my family comes and picks me up. They were leaving school early, just to come and get me. I thought it was crazy, but they seemed to think it was a great idea.

We got to colour in again when we got back inside. I was so excited to see Dimitri's colouring skills, and to be honest, he was better than me.

"You know, you should come over to my house sometime," Dimitri said, smiling at me. "I have all these crayons, and they're really cool."

I nodded eagerly. "Ok! That'd be so great!"

Before I wanted the school day to be over, it was time to go home. I walked outside with Skye, Celeste, and Dimitri, and I found Carlisle's car straight away. I walked up to it so I could introduce my new friends.

"Hi, guys!" I said, smiling at all of them. They all looked curious and happy as they all looked at me and my friends. "These are my friends, Skye, Celeste, and Dimitri!"

"Hello." Carlisle said politely, smiling. "I'm Carlisle, and this is Esme."

"Hi!" They all said, grinning from ear to ear.

"You know, we would love to have you all over sometime." Esme said from the passenger's seat. "I would love to meet your parents."
"Oh, my mom is just over there," Dimitri said, pointing his thumb to his left. "I can go and get her if you want."

"Ok!"

Dimitri took off to go and get his mom.

"Sorry, Esme, but our parents aren't here to pick us up. We live only a street away from the school, so we can walk together." Skye said, smiling pleasantly at Esme.

"It's ok, I'll talk to them another time." Esme said.

"Hey, Skye, do you see Jasper?" I said, pointing further into the car to find Jazzy. He looked at me in confusion, but he looked curious. "He's the one that taught me to read."
"Oh! I wish I had someone like Jasper to teach me to read." Celeste sighed, but she still smiled. She looked down at her watch, and her eyes bulged. "Skye, our moms said we had to get home right away! Bye, Alice! Bye Alice's family!"

They took off away from us, just as Dimitri came back with his mom. She had blonde hair and blue eyes just like him.

While Esme and Carlisle met Dimitri's mom, we decided to play tag. We chased each other around, but Dimitri could never catch me. He always fell over and missed me.

"You're so clumsy, Dimitri," I giggled, slapping him on the shoulder.

He laughed, and grabbed onto my hand. "Ha! I got you!"

"That's not fair! Just cause you held my hand!"

"I touched you, so you're it!"

I groaned, and chased after him. I caught him within two seconds, and he was in again. I noticed the parents had stopped talking, so I held onto Dimitri's hand and we walked back towards the car.

"Did you hear, Dimitri? Esme just invited you over to her home tomorrow!" Dimitri's mom said, smiling at me and Dimitri. "Won't that be fun, Alice?"

I nodded eagerly. "Yeah! That'd be great. See ya later, Dimitri! I'll see you tomorrow, ok?"

He smiled at me and let go of his hand. I jumped into the car, and we drove away from the school.

Rosalie pulled me into her arms and hugged me to her chest. "Hi, angel! How was your day?"

I smiled. "It was so much fun! I coloured in, and I played on the jungle gym, and we learnt how to draw letters of the alphabet!"

"That's great, Alice," Edward smiled at me. "And you did wonderfully at not giving away any secrets."

"Did you think I would give anything away, Eddie?" I said, staring at him accusingly.

He smiled and shook his head. "No, of course not! I'm so glad you made lots of friends. Dimitri seems like a very nice boy."
"He is." I smiled. "How was your day?"

"Boring." Renesmee groaned.

"Repetitive." Bella said.

"Just plain stupid." Emmett complained, which made me giggle.

"It mustn't of been that bad!" I frowned.

"It is, when you do it a thousand times," Jasper said, rolling his eyes. He leaned forward in his seat to smile at me. "But lucky you, you'll only have to do it once."

I looked down, shrugging. "I like school."

"Yeah, you like it now," Emmett interjected, rolling his eyes just like Jazzy had. "But… it's get worse."

"Don't tell her that, Emmett!" Rosalie shrieked, slapping Emmett on the back of the head.

"I'm only telling it how it is." Emmett muttered under his breath.

As soon as we got home, I spent the whole evening telling everyone about my first day (in great detail). I talked about my friends, and my teacher, and my classroom, and everything. I even talked about what I said to the receptionist in the office – they said they didn't want me to leave anything out. It was kinda odd, but I didn't mind.

I fell asleep that night, after Jazzy read me my bed time story. My day at school had taken it out of me, and all I wanted to do was go to sleep.

"Night, Jazzy," I said, yawning widely.

He headed towards the door with a smile. "Night, Al. Sleep well."

He closed the door, and before I told myself to close my eyes, I had fallen asleep.

That night, I dreamt Jasper and I were in the tree top forest. The trees were exactly how I remembered them… very, very tall. So tall I couldn't even see the tops.

Except, in this dream – I was older. Maybe seven or eight. I was taller, and leaner – my body didn't look as tiny any more. It was strange to see myself that way, but it is a dream, so…

"You're very important to me, Alice." Jasper whispered, looking up at me from under his eye lashes. "You always have been."

I wasn't ever controlling my own words. "You're important to me, too. We're best friends, right? That's how best friends feel?"

He nodded. We were sitting at the base of one of the thickest trees in the forest – I was sitting on his lap. I was a little bigger now, but I still looked small in his arms.

His smile wavered.

"We always have to promise to be best friends, ok?" I said, putting both of my hands on his cheeks and looking into his eyes. "Do you promise?"

"I promise."

The dream was swept away then, as if it were never there. If I hadn't been able to see darkness, I would have guessed I was still awake.

How strange.

A/N: Ok…

I have a lot of apologizing to do. I know, I haven't updated for awhile… but I've been so busy ! I swear ! I've been running around like a mad thing ! With school, and homework, and stuff like that… it's pretty hectic around here.

Plus, there have been some internet problems. I hope they have been resolved for good, cause I hate disappointing you guys with my late updates (:

Hope you enjoyed this. Please review !