NOTE: THIS IS A LOOOOONG A/N, SO IF YOU'D RATHER NOT READ ABOUT THE LITTLE CONTEST THINGY I HAVE HERE THAT COULD LET YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS IN THE END, THEN SKIP TO STORY.
Whoa, that's an attention grabber up there, huh? :D
Yes, yes, I updated. I know, you're surprised. But believe me, being cooped up in a stuffy, hot house with nothing to do except rake leaves, sleep, eat, and listen to your grandmothers many stories of how back when she was young, they weren't ungrateful little bastards, would make you start typing as well.
And guys? AGAIN with the few reviews?? I try to make you guys happy with quick updates, but THIS is the thanks I get?? –sniff- Maybe you'd prefer if I didn't update at all!! How 'bout them apples???
KIDDING. REALLY. I'd never abandon my baby, it means the world to me!
Now, since I'm a REALLY nice person, I'm going to give you guys a special treat, inspired by a chapter in one of my fave fanfics, You can say that again: I'm going to put a line of a song somewhere in the story, and you guys have to find it. The first 5 people to review telling me what the line is (It can be what I wrote, or the actual song line) and the song name, and I will answer any question, ANY question, RIGHT now.
It can be any question AT ALL, and I will give you the honest truth (Just as long as you don't blab it to anyone else, I'm okay with it).
But if you ask about the story's ending, I'll only give you one little detail about it, not the full thing. Like, I'd say, "In the end, Alice _______" or "In the end, Jasper gets _______" So, there you go :) The song should be fairly easy, if you listen to some of the more popular singers. Hint: Since I'm trying to be even nicer, I'll tell you the singer: Singer is Jordan Sparks!! And she has made this song with another singer, who's male! (I don't like the male singer :[ He's a rotten little-)
This chapter: Alice gets her own cupids to help her in her quest to win Jasper's heart! And –gasp!- the wolves are back??
Sooo, I don't own Twilight. Shocking, isn't it?
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Alice POV
I sat on the couch, a lengthy book in my hands. The rest of the week had passed by rather sluggishly, with less staring than before, thank goodness. I had taken as many notes as I could, to make up for the time I was in the hospital. I also didn't have many visions; everything was pretty quiet at the moment.
I blinked out of the first vision today; and carefully moved Esme's priceless vase from the table next to me, and got up from my seat. I guess my reading will have to wait.
5 seconds later, a football came hurtling through the window, going faster than any human can see (But I expected it, so I knew where it was). It flew right through the spot where Esme's vase was; and where my head would've been earlier. I sighed as I saw Emmett's brown curls and golden eyes through the now broken window.
"Are you okay, Ali?" he whispered. I grinned at his nickname for me and nodded.
"Yeah, I just saved you from a yelling from Esme later; you would've broken her vase, you know." I informed him, pointing to the vase in my lap. From the look of horror on his face, I think he was pretty grateful.
"How can I ever repay you, Ali?" he begged, still staring at the vase as I put it back.
"Maybe you and the others shouldn't play football so close to the house? That way I wouldn't have to keep rearranging everything like a home designer with OCD."
"I hope that means what I think it means." Emmett laughed. I tilted my head.
"… What?" Emmett can be a bit… subtle, if you know what I mean. He grinned, showing off pearly white teeth.
"OCD better mean Obsessive Cullen Disorder. Cause you know everyone has that for us!" I rolled my eyes as Emmett laughed at his own joke. Honestly, you can never find anyone as random as him.
After he left to finish his game with Edward, I headed up to Rosalie's room, where she and Bella were flicking through magazines.
"Alice, just the human we were looking for!" the two pushed me onto the bed, makeup and clothes already thrown around the room.
"Why do you guys have to give me a makeover for every hour of the day?" I whined. These things could get exhausting.
"Because, I couldn't give myself a makeover, and Bella stopped being my Barbie since she was changed. Besides, I don't want to ask Tabitha, she's too hateful for my taste." Rosalie stated, her beautiful face in a grimace to show her dislike for the other blonde vampire. I honestly had forgotten about Tabitha, she always flitted in and out of the house whenever she pleased, only stopping to try and seduce Jasper every time. I insides churned at the thought.
"So," Bella spoke, as Rose choose the foundation to use on me. "Where has our dearly brother Jasper gone, Alice?" I shrugged.
"Last time I saw Jasper, Emmett and Edward were running off into the forest to find him. I assume he's somewhere in there." Bella and Rosalie exchanged a knowing look, and then turned to me, their eyes alight with mischief.
"Since he's out of hearing range-"
"-And we've been dying to know-"
"-Well, not literally, seeing as we're already dea-"
"-Quiet! Now, we want to know-"
"-Just WHAT is going on between you and Jasper?"
My eyes widened when they finally spit out what they were saying. Me and Jasper? How do they know anything? It wasn't like we paraded around the house declaring our love for each other, right? I mean, that would be a girl's dream come true for that to happen! Unfortunately, that dream of mine hasn't come true yet, but I'm still hoping.
"Nothing's going on! What makes you think anything's going on, there isn't anything to go on, so…?" I stumbled after speaking, and the two girls grinned in triumph.
"We see the way you look at him, don't try to deny anything! And even if Jasper is oblivious, we've been around human girls far longer than you've been alive; we know how to detect these things!"
Damn it, how could I let my emotions show? I've been trying to hide the fact that I loved Jasper ever since I realized it myself, and I thought I was doing a pretty good job at it too, and Jasper hadn't noticed anything different. But then again, these are female vampires I'm talking about, they could practically taste these types of things in the air.
I sighed, giving in to their eager stares.
"Okay, I admit it; I…" I glanced out the window, and Bella confirmed that no male vampire was within hearing distance. "Really like Jasper." They raised their eyebrows. I huffed in frustration.
"Fine! I love Jasper! I love him! Are you happy now?" I threw my hands in the air as they both squealed in delight, clapping their hands.
"We knew it! When are you going to tell him?" Rosalie demanded, and I choked on my spit. "Tell him?? I am NEVER telling him! If you hadn't noticed, I'm not very good at taking rejection easily." Bella rolled her eyes.
"Just because Esme said you couldn't eat that cake before your dinner doesn't mean you can't handle rejection."
"I started crying, Bella." I informed her. She waved her hand dismissively and said, "Well, all I know is, you like- no, I'm sorry- love Jasper, and it's a possibility that he won't reject you. We have to work with those things."
Ahh, my two cupids, they're here to shoot their love arrows for me. What would I do without them?
"Oh, really? How do you know he won't reject me, on that possible note?" I sighed, as Rosalie started to smother my face in makeup.
"Geez, Alice, are you that oblivious to your surroundings? Jasper is so protective of you, it's crazy!" Rose said.
"Yeah," Bella piped up. "While you're asleep, he'd always get worried whenever you toss around. 'Is she okay? Do you think she's having nightmares? Should I go wake her up?'" Bella imitated Jasper's Southern voice perfectly, and shook her head. "It was getting to where he'd stop outside your door for a few seconds and make sure you were alright when he passed by."
"So, technically, he's been watching me sleep." I said.
"Well, no," she spoke, thinking. "Watching you sleep is like climbing through your window and sitting next to you, listening to you sleep talk. Jasper was just trying to keep you safe."
Rosalie snorted delicately. "Yeah Bells, because you know exactly what it's like to have a vampire watch you sleep." Bella made a rude gesture to Rose, who just laughed as she finished putting eyeliner on me. She sat back and looked me in the eyes.
"But Alice, if it came down to the point where you'll have to stop loving Jasper, would you?" she asked, all jokes and laughter gone from her face. I looked straight back at her.
"Of course not. Telling me to not love Jasper is like telling me to breathe with no air. Now, you tell me how am I supposed to breathe with no air?" Rose smiled at me.
"Looks like you're serious. Good. Bella and I are going to help you out, and we won't help out someone who isn't serious about this." She said, with a nod from Bella. They pushed me into the bathroom, handing me clothes and saying, "By the time we're through with you, Jasper won't be able to keep his jaw up."
I changed into the clothes, a provocative dark gray blouse and black skinny jeans with, thankfully, gray flats. I felt a bit uncomfortable in this shirt, having my cleavage nearly popping out, but I had to admit, it looked good on me. I just need to make sure I didn't bend over and give anyone a view of my boobs. I brushed my hair to get rid of any tangles and stepped back into Rose's room. Instead of the two vampires I was naturally expecting, I found Jasper there, pacing the room. When he heard the door open, he glanced up and rushed toward me.
"Alice, good, you're ready. Hurry, we have to be at the..." he stopped as he took in what I was wearing and, as Rose promised, his mouth went slack for just a moment. I blushed as I saw his eyes, even for a fraction of a second, stare at my exposed chest. Talk about awkward.
Jasper turned around, and I looked for a jacket that might give me more coverage, my blush refusing to leave my face.
"You look… nice." He finally said, after I finished putting on the –well hidden- black jacket. I didn't respond; I was too mortified that Jasper saw me like this.
"If you're ready, we have to go meet the wolves and discuss something with them." Jasper peeked at me, seeing if it was safe to look again. I nodded, keeping my eyes on the floor as we walked out of the room and down the stairs. I don't know when, and I don't know how, but Bella and Rosalie are going to pay, one way or another.
Everyone was already downstairs, waiting for us, and I glared at Bells and Rose as they grinned.
"Right, they asked if we could meet at the clearing in the woods." Carlisle declared. "Let's go now so we won't have them waiting. Jasper, will Tabitha be joining us as well?"
"No, she has a certain… indifference towards wolves. She called, saying that she'll be in the neighboring state for a bit, visiting some acquaintances there." I nearly sighed in relief. Yes, no Tabitha to keep ruining my and Jasper's time together! Whatever reason she has not to be here, I won't be complaining about it!
We all headed outside and into the woods, and I watched as one by one, everyone disappeared into the woods. I turned to Jasper, who smiled.
"It looks like you'll have to ride with me. I advise that you close your eyes first time around." I narrowed my eyes in confusion as he kneeled in front of me.
"What are you talking about?" Jasper gestured to his back. "Get on. I'm going to have to carry you there since you won't be able to get there easily on your feet."
"Oh. Okay then." I climbed onto Jasper's tall back, wrapping my arms around his neck and my legs around his waist. I could feel my earlier blush beginning to come back as I felt his hands secure my legs properly. "I'm heavy." I warned him, but he only laughed.
"Vampire strength, Alice." He reminded me.
"Remember to close your eyes." He whispered back to me, and I did so. Then, out of nowhere, I felt cool air blowing in my face and pushing my hair back. If it hadn't been for those things, I wouldn't have known that we were moving. I chanced a peek and only saw blurs of green and brown, the trees around us unfocused from the speed Jasper was running. My eyes watered as the wind hit them, and I blinked rapidly, not wanting to miss this experience. I could feel my stomach starting to be a bit queasy.
In only a matter of seconds, Jasper stopped.
"Alice, we're here." I looked around and saw that he was right; the rest of the family were standing on one side of a giant clearing, and on the other side were giant, horse-sized wolves, all staring at us. I noticed that the russet colored one seemed to be growling. I assumed that one was Jacob.
"Can you get down okay?" Jasper asked me.
"Yeah, I'm good." I said, and tried getting off. My legs wouldn't budge.
"Um… A little help here? I can't move my legs." Jasper chuckled, and removed my legs from around him with his hands. Jacob growled even louder, his fur standing on end. We ignored him. Jasper set me on the ground and, after making sure my legs weren't jelly anymore, led me to where everyone else was standing.
I saw Sam emerge from the mass of wolves and walk a bit closer to us. The Cullens wrinkled their noses in disgust.
"We'd like to ask you a personal question, if that's alright with you." He asked, politeness radiating from him. I saw that he spoke only to Carlisle, who nodded, almost wearily. I glanced up at Jasper, who narrowed his eyes at the wolves.
"Right, we want to know," Sam straightened up, so that it seemed his whole body towered over everyone, even Emmett.
"We want to know; what is your connection with the red eyed, dark haired vampire. Because if it brings harm to anyone," he gave a menacing glare.
"We will not hesitate to kill you."
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(Say these next few lines with a serious Nicholas Cage voice) Drama within our heroine's life starts to unfold! Will she finally learn about Jasper's past? Will the wolves try to kill them? Will Maria's plan fall into action? Stay tuned to find out!!
Hahaha, so next chapter will be Alice finding out about Jasper's past :D I wonder how this will turn out? Oh, I already know, since I'm the author!
Right, so a few things I want to say: I ended my poll like I said I would, and the winning song is… Not gonna tell you. You'll just have to figure it out when I type that chapter up.
And remember: the first 5 people to find the hidden song line in this chapter (I made it fairly easy. I mean, I practically put it out there, word for word!) will get any question they want, ANY question, answered, no matter what. And I'll be honest to goodness, straight up, I-kid-you-not truthful. Fer shure.
What else, what else… Well, there was something I was going to say… And I know that the minute I post this, I'm going to remember and think, "F*CK, I meant to tell them… Well, too late now."
As a random spur-of-the-moment thing, I'm going to type a few things here that are happening to me/around me at this very moment.
Um, I looked at the clock. It's 2:21 here (At night). My download for FireFox is done, whoot. I'm reading the manga Nabari no Ou at , it's really good and funny, you guys should check it ou- EEEEEIIKKK, THERE'S A BUG ON MY PILLOW, SMASH IT SMASH IT!!! The bug escaped somehow so I'm currently residing in my mother's room, which is bug-free at the moment. I'll leave my sister in our room alone so she can handle the horrid little demon, bleh. And now I'm watching Everybody Hates Chris :D
Right. So. Hmmmm… Yep, that's a usual 5 minutes of my life. Minus the bug part, that freaked me the f*ck out. I hate bugs, they're just so… hdgjbdgfhijbsfd GROSS. And maggots. I have a terrible phobia for maggots.
Until next chapter, where I'll hopefully be in a place where I won't have to see the evil 6 to 8 legged devils of this world,
AlexisS
