Hey guys, haven't been feeling the best lately. But I hope you're all doing alright! Wanted to upload this yesterday but thought I should restrain myself and extend the ending as long as possible :P

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Jasper

Everyone was pretty much irritated, impatient and miserable. I wondered whether I had done the right thing to tell Tania everything, however when I thought about it, telling the truth was always the best way. The information was going to come out eventually, and it was far better she'd heard it from me, then a messed up version from Caroline

I did regret telling her like I had done, wishing I had at least tried to compose myself. My hopeless recklessness had probably done more damage than good, revealing just how little there was we could do.

So although Tania wallowed, well tried to when she didn't think I was watching, she was glad when Mr Gates arranged a date for our group to perform the play everyone was getting sick of. When the world around her crumbled, Tania invested herself into her school work, exclaiming that her life couldn't stop just because someone wanted to murder her.

We spent the day of the performance in the drama hall, as the teacher had requested all other lessons that day to be cancelled so that we could get in the last few hours rehearsing. After a few run thoughts, Anna and Craig seemed to take charge, with Amber watching them as they experimented with some scenes. It was fair enough, since they were the leads.

Jason made sure to keep his distance from me, pretending he was interested in what the others were doing, although glancing at me every other minute until he saw me look back at him, sending a shudder down his spine.

As the light darkened outside, Anna, Amber and the guys began to get jitters about how fast time was going and soon we'd be assessed. They decided to go for a short walk to get some food and gain back their energy. Tania didn't feel too happy when they asked us if we were coming with them, so we stayed behind.

"Nervous?" she joked when the door had swung shut, rummaging through her bag for a tin of pringles.

"Maybe." I gave her a smile. "What if I drop a line?"

She rolled her eyes, jumping up onto the edge of the stage to sit beside me. "Then you'll have to improvise. Haven't you learnt anything this year?" Tania ate one of the crisps. "Besides, I'll fantastically save the day." She laughed. "Sorry, I always get like this on the night."

I didn't mind. It made a great change to see her happy about something.

We did a line rehearsal before the others got back, where we simply sat on the edge of the stage saying our lines, and then when it got to the kissing scene we may have actually done that one properly.

The others came back, laughing and eating on their way through the doors, followed a few minutes later by Mr Gates who decided to give us a small pep talk. He turned on the lights, telling us we had enough time so we should have a quick dress rehearsal before our audience arrived.

Tania and the girls took a lot longer to get changed than the guys did. I assumed they were fussing over make-up, and although Tania didn't tend to wear it excessively, Anna had undoubtedly taken charge again, telling her what to do, which was evident when she walked back in.

Her hair looked shorter, almost touching her bare shoulders as it had been curled elegantly. She was wearing a dark green shiny dress, flowing outwards to her knees, and her eyes were outlined in black. Her soft lips were painted with dark violet.

Anna and Amber were also wearing dresses, however different colours – Anna's was red, and Amber's purple. Both of them had curled their hair, also.

Jason wolf whistled, causing Amber to blush and Anna to smack him.

"You look beautiful." I told Tania, who smiled shyly.

"As do you." She replied with a giggle.

The motivation that had been lost throughout the day seemed to return as we all rehearsed for the last time. Even Craig, who had been lazy that afternoon, gave his lines with more effort.

At last, when we were done, Mr Gates rushed us backstage, giving us a longer pep talk which he seemed to have been saving until then. He wished us luck, and then went to open the doors as people had started to appear.

Anna and Amber exchanged excited and nervous whispers, peeking through a gap in the side of the curtain, while Jason and Craig were hurriedly going over a worn out copy of the script, checking their lines. Tania nervously sat in one of the chairs, tapping her foot quietly.

I heard the voices of Carlisle and Esme conversing with Tania's mother. Apparently Edward and Alice were there, as well… and Rosalie and Emmett.

So they'd all had nothing better to do than watch me attempt to do drama. Of course, they were there to help protect Tania and her mother so watching me in a play seemed to come with the package. Still.

After waiting for everyone to pile in, Mr Gates gave an enthusiastic introduction, and then the curtains opened.

Unfortunately, we didn't even get to the third scene before Craig dropped a line, causing Amber to have to somehow improvise around it, exhaling deeply once she was back in the wings.

When I was my turn to make an entrance, I took a quick glance at the audience to see my family sitting the front row. During the scene Rosalie was trying so hard not to laugh at me, she had to hum as quietly as she could with a hand over her mouth, while Edward and Emmett snickered at the right parts.

Tania gracefully kept in character, although her eyes gave it away when she stared up at me. Towards the end of the play we reached the scene where we had to kiss, and the audience cheered and applauded.

Somehow the six of us made it through, with a couple of minor errors, and we hurried back on stage to take our bows. Alice threw a fake bunch of flowers at my feet, laughing, while Rosalie was still trying to keep her giggles under control.

Perhaps taking drama hadn't been such a curse after all.

Tania

I loved the exhilarating feeling of having performed a finished piece. It made me feel so much better about myself, and greatly took my mind of the things I didn't particularly want to think about for a few hours.

Aside from some slip ups, I thought the play had gone tremendously well, and Mr Gates certainly seemed to think so, too, as he applauded us and congratulated us as we got off the stage.

Anna and Amber hugged me tightly, both beaming at me, and I grinned back at them. Even Craig and Jason told Jasper he'd done well, even though Jason was still a bit wary of him.

"Tania! You were wonderful!" my mother cried, giving me a hug.

"I didn't know you could be so flirtatious." Emmett mocked.

I shook my head. "I'm going to take that as a complement."

"You were great, Tania." Esme smiled warmly. "And so were you, Jasper."

"Excellent." Carlisle agreed.

"I should get changed." I exclaimed, in some sort of euphoric daze, heading to the bathroom with Anna and Amber who walked laughing with linked arms.

They didn't get a chance to get back into their normal clothes, though, as Anna's sister followed in and started talking about something Craig was doing and the three of them ran off while I began to wipe off my make-up.

I had only just done my eyes though, when the door to the bathroom opened again and neither Amber or Anna or Anna's sister walked in, causing my heart to jump for a split second.

The person who had stepped into the bathroom was only Alice, and I let out the breath I'd been holding. She had just come to check on me since I was apparently taking a while. I told her I was fine, and so she said she'd wait for me outside.

When she had gone I reached down to splash some water on my face, but when I looked up I could see in the reflection of the mirror, someone behind me, watching me. A man who I'd never seen before.

Fear flooded though me, with one glance at his deep crimson eyes. The door burst open as Alice threw herself forwards towards us, but she was too late.

The moment the stranger's skin had contact with mine; some strange liquid-like greyish blue smoke swirled around us. Everything moved too quickly for me to try and resist his grip on my wrist. Part of me was too shocked to move.

His intense cold stare down at me, made me feel like he could see into my soul, and even though I had no idea if he really was, I knew he was the one working with Caroline. She had finally come to take me away.

I was going to die.

Do I at least get a review for that last part? ;)