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Newton's 3rd Law Of Motion

Chapter 3

Ed burst in the door just as my arm fell back on the table. We were surprised to see his joyful smile. He walked over to where Rosie, Jasper and Carlisle had surrounded Emmet and I. This was the second time I had lost. I was going to let Jasper have his turn next. Ed walked over to the table.

"She figured it out!" Ed didn't look surprised. "Bella figured out what soulless creatures we are! She is so smart!"

"Don't look so surprised!" Alice bounded in putting her hands on Jasper's shoulders. "I told you!"

Ed ignored Alice and went on to tell us all about how Bella had figured it out. I realized how smart she was for figuring out. I also realized how she was an air head. Who goes out by themselves in a huge city at night? Oh wait, I know a few, they either ended up dead, mentally deranged, or a vampire.

She was very lucky to have Ed.

"This Saturday I am taking her to the mountains to show her what happens in the sunlight!" Ed told us. "No Little Tabitha, I don't think it will scare her away!"

I hated he could read minds. He knew I was laughing inside. I hated sparkling in the sunlight. It was so weird for me and my family! I know If I showed a date that I sparkled, they would run away. If I ever had a date with anyone. Get out of my mind Ed!

"Ok Little Tabitha, stop calling me Ed!" He told me. He hated being called that.

"If you stop calling me 'Little Tabitha!" I laughed at him.

"I am sorry you can't come to the party!" Stella told me disappointed. "We are going to have so much fun! We are going to play truth or dare. Have a talent show. My mom is even ordering pizza!" I remember wondering how I got stuck with Stella. "Oh did you hear that Mary Anne totally likes Seth! She just admitted it yesterday on the phone!" I don't know why this bothered me, but it did! I wished I could kill Mary Anne. Why? I hated Seth with a fiery passion.

Mr. Connelly looked in our direction. I made myself to look like I was listening to him and not Stella.

"Stella McKlaster!" Mr. Connelly looked ticked as he wiped off his spectecals. "As I am ever so sure you were listening, you will now reiterate Newton's Third Law Of Motion."

Stella for the first time I had known, was speechless. She stood up nerves flying. "Um, for every action there is a non equivalent reaction.?"

Mr. Connelly didn't look surprised. "I am sorry Stella, but your wrong! Tallulah Jenks, could you please say the correct answer!"

Tallulah stood up and in her brat like voice said the correct answer. "For every action, is an equal and positive reaction!" She sat down smirking at Stella.

"I hate her." I whispered to Stella. She looked shocked at my open ended words. "It is an easy mistake, she just likes to tear everyone else down. Bet you she is as dumb as a doornail!"

She laughed under her breath. "Easy for you to say!" She whispered as Mr. Connelly droned on. "Your amazing in every class! All the teachers love you. You shouldn't be in this grade!"

I laughed. She didn't know that I had been in this grade for years. "I have a ton of time on my hands. Besides, it is not your fault that you can't pick up anything, Mr. Connelly teaches like a drone. He teaches to the masses and not to the individual. I never have agreed with the system! We all learn in our own way. Every one is good at something. Doesn't have to be academic. You're an amazing friend. I won't talk to anyone, you talk to everyone. That takes guts!"

She smiled obviously surprised that I could talk more than a few sentences. then looked down to her book that was covered in doodles. "Thanks, that means a ton! Especially coming from you!"

I smiled. "I am not perfect, trust me, I have a few things I could improve on!" We giggled. Maybe I could pull off this friendship thing!

The house was full of excitement. Ed had been spending the whole day with Bella. I wondered how she took the whole sunlight thing. Rosie, Emmet, Jasper, and Alice were getting ready for the dance. Carlisle, Esme, and I were the only ones doing nothing. I was hiding a mild case of depression. Tonight was the night of the slumber party. Maybe I would prank call Stella or something. I was thinking who I would act as, when Alice and Rosie pulled me over.

"We have everything packed for you! Now, don't forget, you have had nine energy drinks and you are allergic to anything that is in their food. Come up with something! Just have fun!" Rosie unexpectedly hugged me. She never did that!

"Am I missing something?" I looked between Alice and Rosie, was I the only one left out of this?

Alice giggled then pulled out a suitcase made of tweed from behind her. "Carlisle is letting you go to the party! Surprise!" They hugged me again. I took the case.

"I don't understand why I need something so big, it is only one night!"

"Read the inscription." Rosie pointed to the brass plate.

I looked at the plate. On it was the name "Tabitha Annabella Braun."

"My suitcase!" It was from when I was alive. I remembered when my father had given it to me before we moved to Chicago. I opened it to find the striped pajamas Alice had packed along with other clothing. What I was really looking for was my compartment on the wall. In it were pictures of my father and I when I was alive. I pulled out the first one. I was on his shoulders at a Red's ball game. My uncle Ted had taken the picture. I had my original Red's hat on. I had dropped it when I was changed. In the picture my braids were falling from beneath the hat. It was the only hairstyle my dad knew, my aunt had taught him how when my mother died. My father was smiling. His eyes were turned up toward me.

I found more pictures and treasures. Rosie and Alice were excited at my remembrance. The last thing I pulled out was a picture of my father and I a few days before he left for the war. There were a few things missing like my diary, but that didn't matter. I looked up at my sisters. "Thanks!" I was still shocked. "Where did you find it?"

"Carlisle kept it. We never told you, but we found it next to you when we found you." Alice told me laughing. "We had it restored and waited until we thought you were ready for the memories."

I hugged them, then made my way down the stairs. I needed to get to Stella's party!

Stella was shocked when I had called to ask if I still had an invite. She joyfully laughed and told me I was always invited.

The others girls didn't believe I could talk. They thought I was a mute or something. I still was quiet most of the night. They all danced to what they called music. There was one girl who started wallcrumping as Ariel called it. I danced some, just no jumping, mainly idiotically waving my arms in the air. I might break the floor. We did some plays. I did fine on not killing anyone. We played Truth or Dare, which I found very fun.

So Arielle, you have to go upstairs and ask Stella's mom if you are stupid." Chandra who had a good sense of humor told Arielle after she had bravely taken dare. We followed her up the stairs to where Stella's mom sat on the computer. Arielle walked over to her. Of the many words that have imprinted on my mind, these are the only that I will still laugh at when everyone here is dead.

"Mrs. McKalaster, am I stupid?" We all tried not to giggle.

Mrs. McKlaster was trying not to laugh as well. "Of course not sweetie!"

We giggled our way back down the stairs. I sat down on the ground beside a girl named Jeanie. It was Stella's turn to ask. She looked over to me and asked the obvious question. "Tabitha, truth or dare." I really didn't want to do a dare, for the fact that I hate dares on myself. Love them on others. So I said truthfully that I wanted a truth. Whether I answered correctly or not was what they would have to figure out.

"Ok, Tabitha, what do you truly think about Seth Clearwater? We know you turned him down, but was that the truth?"

I paused at the question. I should have answered that I hated him with a fiery passion. I just couldn't bring myself to say that. Even his name just stirred something unknown in my heart. I just couldn't say that I hated him. I couldn't say I liked him either. "I don't know how I feel about him." I dug for the one feeling that I did have for him. "I think he smells bad."

The room surrounded in laughter.

"How can he smell bad with his nice cologne?" Mary Anne asked with a smirk to his thought.

"How are you both close enough to smell him?" Arielle asked laughing.

"I kind of, sit with him in science!" Mary Anne said with a impish hopefulness in her eyes.

"I think his smell is just too pungent when he walks by me to get his books from his locker three down from me." I told them.

The room once again started laughing.

"Ok, well on that note, let's watch a movie! It's getting late and I bet we are all tired." It was going on 5 a.m. I wasn't tired of course, but everyone else was nodding off. They did believe my Energy drink thing happily. Stella went into the other room grabbing up a movie. The movie she brought out was Buffy The Vampire Slayer. I had seen it, so not what we are like. When can a stake pierce us and I have yet to burn in the sunlight. Well I burn with embarrassment in the sunlight!

"Oh Stella, we watched that last time!" Mary Anne said thoroughly upset. "Let's watch something else!"

They did pick out a different movie. Everyone fell asleep except Stella, Mary Anne, and I. They really did have some energy drinks.

"Thanks for inviting me Stella!" I kept my head under the umbrella as we made our way out to the car where Carlisle was waiting in the drizzling Forks rain.

"You did have a good time right?" She had been asking me this for the past hour.

"I am positive Stella." I smiled at her. "It was the most fun I have had in decades!"

"Well not decades, your not that old!"

I slid in the car waving goodbye, laughing to myself.

The next day I had been getting groceries for the family, to keep up appearances. I came home with a ton of veggies. Rosie had drove me there, she and Emmet were going hunting, so she brought me home and dropped me off. Ed helped me in the door he seemed in a hurry. He started helping me with putting everything away. "Hey Little Tabitha, I need to ask you something." He told me as I put the apples in the refrigerator. He was really happy.

"Sure anything!" I told him as he put some stuff in the top shelf.

"I am going to bring Bella over!"

Hmmm, let's see, I usually ask for reviews, but does that make me sound pushy?