The next day was Wednesday, a shorter day. I was so glad to be wearing something new. Today, I wore an outfit that Alice loved on me. I had a red and black top on, it was nice and went well with my skin. I wore black pants and sandy heels. Alice did my hair up into a messy bun and I rode to school with her.

When we got to school many people were loving my top and saying it. I liked a bit of attention, but not much, so it was great. I looked over to try to find Sarah and my eyes found her instantly. I ran up to her and greeted her.

"Hey, Sarah." I said, glancing sideways at her.

"Hi!" she said, then looked over my outfit. "Day two of amazing outfits, right?"

"I guess so."

I changed the subject, moving toward my locker. "How was your date with Matt last night?"

Her brows furrowed "How did you know about that? I don't think I told you."

Whoops. "Of course you did! Remember?"

"No, actually, I don't. But it was great! He's an amazing boyfriend." she said with a huge grin on her face.

As if cued, Matt made his way over to us and pecked Sarah quickly on the cheek, making her blush. "Hey, Sarah." he said, smiling at her.

"Hi, Matty." she said and gave him a hug.

"Hey, Natalie. What's going on?" he asked me, just being polite.

I glanced for a second at him. His hair was an ash brown color, his eyes a special green color that slightly changed colors in different light. Sometimes a blue color, sometimes a gray-green color. Sarah found that intriguing. "Nothing." I replied simply.

The three of us made our way to English. We all sat in our usual seats. I looked over at the clock, wishing for it to speed up. The teacher let us finish our work or read one of the books on her desk. I grabbed the first one my hands touched and pretended to read it, turning the page every so often.

Finally, the bell rang. I ran over to the bathroom to fix my hair and waited until the last minute and rushed to class. There were less people than usual in the hallways so it was easier to get through. I got to class with a few seconds to spare. I sat next to Emma Fernard. She asked me about the homework that was apparently hard for humans. I showed her what we were supposed to do and she let out a sound of understanding.

The teacher droned on about the timeline of life. She made us draw out a timeline to memorize the top things that have happened over the years. Mine was copied exactly like her's and I had already memorized everything. I thought this school idea was a total waste. I might have had straight A's, but I didn't need them or want them. But then I imagined my life without school. The bell cast away my thoughts and I was glad to be out of there.

After awhile came lunch. Usually, I would absolutely hate lunch. But I had gotten used to the idea of being with my family. I craved being with them now that I had gotten used to their presence. Before, I might have been frightened by them, but now I felt like we were really family.

I rushed straight to the table and took my place. Alice had her head on Jasper's shoulder, her eyes closed, her face peaceful.

"Is she okay?" I whispered to no one in general.

"She has a headache. I think she's been trying to concentrate on too many things at once." Jasper answered me.

"Oh… what has she been trying to focus on?" I asked, not bothering to meet his eyes. I stared out the window, watching the rain wash the earth.

He shrugged. "Too much."

I nodded one hard nod. I felt bad for Alice. I looked down at my clothes and remembered when she bought the outfit. I was trying on something different when she stuffed the clothes in my dressing room.

Edward smirked. I forgot about him.

"Stupid mind reader." I said through my teeth.

"I know." Edward grinned.

Renesmee was the only one who bothered to eat the food. I only understood how it tasted through her past. She didn't necessarily like it or not like it. It was just there. She ate slowly, taking off small pieces of her pizza and eating it leisurely.

I stared out of the window again. Now the sun was coming out of hiding. I widened my eyes and the rest of my family looked where I was.

"The sun." I murmured. "Alice!"

"Sorry, sorry! I have been focusing on too many things I hadn't paid attention to the weather this morning," she paused while she had a vision. " The sun will go away before we get out of school… don't worry."

"Alice, what have you been concentrating on?" Bella asked.

"The Volturi, humans… other things." she mumbled.

"Well you need to take something off for the sake of this family, Alice!" Rosalie said, flinging her blonde hair behind her.

"Yeah," Emmett agreed. "Alice, what if the sun wasn't going to go away."

Alice shrugged. "We would probably make something up, you know that, Emmett."

Sure enough, the sun was gone by the end of school.