PARTY

RPOV

"So, um. What time should I pick you up tonight?" Teresa asked quietly from her seat beside me in our Trig class. It turns out she has almost every class with me except for, like, two. What I came to realize was that she had a bunch of classes with me because she was just so damn smart she got to be in higher classes. I thought that was really cool. And everyone else I hung out with were all freshmen's, like Teresa.

"I'm gonna pick you up!" I whispered with much enthusiasm. The party had been my only interest all week and, today, I was super jittery. It took everything in me to hold back the screams that were dying to come out.

My friendship with Teresa had built up to an impossible level so fast, we were practically sisters! She had been to my house only once this week though and she seemed like she really had a lot of fun, so I wanted her to come over again before the party, but there just wasn't time.

That made a light bulb go off in my head. This was so perfect!

I was about to lean over to tell Teresa about my suddenly amazing idea, but just as I was stretching across the aisle, Mrs. James' voice cut across the room like ice, making me snap back into my seat.

"Teresa Weber!" she called, and Teresa's head snapped up. "Would you like to come up to the board and show us how this equation works?"

Teresa nodded reluctantly, and got out of her seat. Frustrated, I ripped a piece of notebook paper out from my Vera Bradley notebook and scribbled my message onto the paper.

I'll take you home after school. I wrote. Alice will do our hair and makeup, okay?

I took a deep breath and slid it onto her desk to a spot where she was sure to see it. Then, just as Teresa finished up the problem – which I suddenly realized I didn't pay attention to at all – I raised my hand high in the air so Mrs. James would see.

"Yes, Renesmee?" she asked, pronouncing my name wrong. I rolled my eyes before responding.

"May I please go to the bathroom?" I asked in my innocent child voice.

Mrs. James sighed, but agreed, slipping me a hall pass.

Honestly, the bathroom was the last place I wanted to go, they smelt really bad. I mean, I could clean those things better then the people here do. Yuck! I really just wanted to give Teresa some time to think about it and send the note back without getting caught.

I waited a few minutes, and then walked back to the classroom door. I grabbed the handle and yanked it open. Like always, everyone stared, but I didn't mind the attention at all. So I smiled shyly and strutted back to my seat, expecting the piece of paper that sat in the center of my desk.

I opened it up and read:

That sounds great! Will she have something I can wear, too?

I turned my head towards Teresa and nodded once. She smiled big right before the bell rang. Hallelujah!

APOV

Ugh! How I hated this girl! She was just so…perky. All. The. Time. It was annoying. And how she thought I was just going to automatically turn towards her as if she were the queen of the world. Well I wasn't giving her the satisfaction. Not today, not ever!

At lunch, I didn't even think of looking over at her table. But, of course, David did! I sat down at our usual table all the way in the corner where nobody bothered us. He was gawking at something behind my back. I turned my head to see what was grabbing his attention and immediately turned back around. David continued to stare, and it started to get annoying.

"Greene!" I whispered, looking left and right so people wouldn't notice when I slapped him across the face – not like they would care, it's just a force of habit. "Greene! Look at me!" He waved his hand at me in a way of saying: "leave me alone".

That pissed me off.

I brought my hand up and slammed it across David's face. He immediately snapped his head towards me and glared. I sighed; he was finally giving me his attention.

"Which one?" I demanded.

He chuckled. "The new one! I can't remember her name, though…Renee? Esme?" he seemed to be talking to himself by the time he finished his sentence.

"Renesmee." I corrected him.

His eyes widened in shock. "Whoa! You know her?" he asked.

I sighed, expecting this. "Nah, dude. She sits next to me in homeroom. She's a prep. Not your type!" I warned. He eyed me carefully before a look of understanding crossed his face.

"I see what's going on!" he exclaimed. I looked at him quizzically. "You want her for yourself!" he said.

My jaw dropped. "I was trying to warn you, idiot!" I yelled.

He nodded and gave me a sarcastic look that said: "yeah…sure".

I rolled my eyes at him. "I warned you…" I mumbled, too low for him to hear.

RPOV

I walked out of my last class and stopped in the middle of all the hallway traffic to search for Teresa. People kept bumping into me! What was wrong with these people? Aggravated, I climbed up onto the nearest bench and yelled over all the chatter.

"Teresa!" I screamed, making everyone stop in his or her tracks to stare at me, giving me nasty looks. I smiled brightly and called out Teresa's name again, everyone else continuing his or hers' activities.

Finally, Teresa appeared out of the crowd and pulled me down from the bench.

"Are you crazy?!" she whisper-yelled, glancing around at the people who were still staring.

"What did I do wrong?" I asked.

She rolled her eyes, dragging me through the crowd and towards the parking lot. "You can't just stand on a bench and yell out someone's name, do you know how many people probably thing you're mentally retarded now?"

I smiled brightly and yanked on her arm, forcing her to stop and look at me. "Silly, silly Teresa! Haven't you noticed?" I asked, she stared at me, confused. "I like the attention!" I wagged my eyebrows at her and took the lead, skipping all the way to my car.

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"Alice!" I called as I burst through the door with Teresa right on my heels. She was sitting on the white leather recliner painting her fingernails blood red and watching The Hills at the same time. When I spotted her, I rushed to her side. "Aunt Alice! Please, you have to help Teresa and I!" I told her, getting down on my knees.

"What is it sweetie?" she asked, not even lifting her head up from her nails.

"There's a party tonight, and-," I began, but she cut me off.

Her head snapped up. "Say no more!" she exclaimed dramatically, putting a perfectly polished hand up to cover my face. "I will help you get ready for the party!"

I jumped up and spun around to face Teresa and we both squealed in excitement, jumping up and down like little girls. "This is gonna be so fun!" I exclaimed.

Alice grabbed both Teresa's arm and mine and towed us upstairs to help us get ready. We went through all the stages: hair, makeup, and outfits. By the time we were done it was nine 'o' clock and we were looking gorgeous!

Teresa had on a beautiful lavender ensemble that went well with her skin. It was a bit short, though, and she felt a little uncomfortable. Her shoes were the lowest Alice could find that would match the dress since Teresa wasn't familiar with walking in heels.

I had on a red gown that flowed down to my ankles and was super tight, which, Alice said, would "show off my curves". My shoes were scarlet stilettos that made me look an extra five inches taller. I felt good and was ready for this party.

"C'mon ladies, lets go!" Alice said, pushing towards the front door. I smiled at her and grabbed Teresa's hand, pulling her out to the car.

"Oh my gosh! This is going to be so fun!" Teresa said as we rushed out the door with an umbrella over our heads so our hair wouldn't frizz and our makeup wouldn't run.

"I know, right?" I exclaimed, hopping into Alice's Porsche.

I revved the engine before backing out of the driveway and zooming towards the party.

APOV

"Holy…" David said as his head turned toward the entrance of Mike's house. I heard him swallow loudly and his hand came back to grab me and pull me forward.

"What, Greene?" I asked in a careless tone.

"Dude!" he exclaimed, pointing towards the back of a girls head. This girl was wearing a red dress that went to her ankles with a huge cut out in the back that showed an amazingly tan lower back. Her shoes were so high I didn't understand how she didn't fall over every two seconds.

"Who is that?" I asked, feeling a wave of heat rush over me, and my gut twisting in a huge knot. But just as I said that, she spun around with a huge smile on her face and stared straight at me. She smiled even wider – her red lips being very seductive – and winked right at me.

David turned towards me and crossed his arms, taking another sip of his drink. "I thought you said you didn't know her!" he said, quirking an eyebrow at me.

"Dude, I don't!" I said, rolling my eyes. "I don't even know what that was about!" I snatched my drink off of the counter and chugged the rest of it in frustration, this chick wouldn't leave me alone!

"Well she's after you, man," he shrugged and walked away as Renesmee made her way through the crowd and towards me. Joy. I rolled my eyes and turned my back to her so she might think I wasn't interested.

"Ahem!" she said, waiting for me to turn around. I acted like I couldn't hear her. She tapped me on the shoulder and I slowly turned my body towards her, but it wasn't who I thought it was.

"Hey, cutie!" a nasally, unattractively high-pitched voice said. "My name's Sandy, what's yours?" she asked.

She was tall and bleach blonde with an amazingly hot body and a gorgeous face. She had on an extra short black leather dress that made her ass look so huge I couldn't help but stare longer than was necessary.

"Look, Sandy. I'm not that type of guy, you want someone who will give you sex, go ask my friend David over there." I said, shoving my thumb in his direction. Sandy glanced over my shoulder at him and shrugged, making a disgusted face.

Sandy turned back to me and gave me a playful smile. "Look, No-Name-,"

"Aaron. My name's Aaron." I sighed.

"Okay, Aaron," she said, emphasizing my name. "How about we forget your friend over there and you buy me a drink?" she asked.

This girl was disgusting. "Um, no." I responded and turned my back towards her.

"Oh, c'mon!" she pleaded, pressing her body against me and putting her chin on my shoulder. I felt her lips touch my ear as she whispered to me. "Have a little fun sometimes." Her voice made me want her so bad.

I rolled out from under her body and told her the one thing that always got girls away from me at times like this: "Look, you skanky bitch, I want nothing to do with you so fuck off!" I demanded.

Her eyes grew wide, then shrank into tiny slits.

She flipped her hair and marched away from me, muttering "asshole" as she went.

"Finally!" I whispered and snatched up my drink.

Suddenly, I felt a presence behind me. I spun around and almost threw my drink on this gorgeous innocence, expecting another skank.

She flinched away as I pulled my cup back towards me.

"Sorry," I muttered, looking down at my shoes.

"No. It's okay," Renesmee said. After a few seconds of silence, she spoke again. "Look at me." She ordered in her sweet, angel voice. I automatically lifted my head up to look into her eyes.

Crap.

Her eyes read concern. Why would she be concerned for me? She didn't even know me!

"Do you wanna get out of here?" she asked.

I sighed, just what I thought. "Look, I'm not looking for sex tonight-," She chuckled and I stopped speaking. Why was she laughing at me? This chick was psycho.

"I'm not like that girl," she told me, pointing in her direction where she was all over David. I bet he was enjoying it too. "I'm, and don't laugh at me, a virgin. So you can chill out. Now, do you wanna get out of here or what? Anyway, this party is lame!"

This time, I chuckled. She was trying to impress me by being all caring and nonchalant. Wow. Just wow. But I agreed, she was right, this party was lame.

I nodded and she grabbed my wrist, pulling me through the crowd. A bunch of guys were staring at me with jealousy and curiosity raging through their eyes, but I gave them a pointed look that said: it's not what you think. And that was that, they didn't even bother questioning anyone else.

She dragged me outside and down the street, I was about to ask her where we were going, but then it was clear. Right around the corner was a large playground. It had swings, a slide, and a sandbox. The whole shebang! I chuckled when I saw it and she let go of me, dashing towards the swings. I chased after her and we both hopped on a swing and started having contests on who could swing the highest, or who could jump the farthest.

She couldn't stop laughing, and her laugh was so cute. It felt like I had known her my whole life and not just met her a few days ago.

All of a sudden, I stopped swinging. Realization washed over me and my face went completely blank. I stared at this girl swinging next to me. After a few seconds, she noticed I had stopped swinging, and she stopped with me, looking over at me and furrowing her brow at my expression.

"What's wrong, Aaron?" she asked me, but I didn't notice her question.

I hated this girl and her preppy attitude. I hated her to the fiery pits of hell. She was infuriatingly self-centered. Why did I follow her out here?

"I have to go," I muttered, lifting myself from the swings and walking away, leaving her there with a concerned expression on her face.

RPOV

What the hell? This kid was so random! He just gets up and walks away after, like, an hour of laughing and playing on a playground together. Yeah, I know that sounds childish, but it's the only fun place in this boring town (which I love so much) and he looked like he was having a rough day. I was excited for this party, but it turned out to be lame, so I figured we could have some fun.

I got up from the swing next to the one he had been on and started walking after him. When he heard my footsteps behind him he started running. Angry, I ran after him, catching up to him easily. I ran up next to him and demanded his answer for what was going on with him, but he just sped up to a pace I couldn't match and dashed into the Newton home.

What a jerk. I thought.

I walked up the steps of the house, and just as I was about to reach for the door handle, someone called my name.

"Renesmee!" a female voice said. I froze every cell in my body and waited for the voice again. "Renesmee! Over here!" I turned my head to the left and found Teresa in the bushes all cut up and bruised.

"Holy crap! Teresa, what the hell happened to you?" I asked, jumping from the porch steps and over towards Teresa where she lay helpless in the bushes.

"Mosh pit went too far, people started fighting." She answered, her voice weak.

"You got in a fight?" alright Teresa!

"No! I accidentally walked through one! Oh it was so painful!" she winced as I pulled her up out of the bushes by her arm and threw it over my shoulders. I dragged her to my car and put her in the passengers seat.

"How did you end up in the bushes?" I wondered. Poor Teresa.

"I was lying on the ground all beat up immobile, then Andrew and his douche bag friends threw me out here because I was 'taking up space on the dance floor'. God I hate them so much!" she said, cringing into the seat. I felt so terrible for leaving her there while I had fun. Some friend I am.

I sighed, and vowed to myself that I would be a better friend to my friends from now on!

I took Teresa back to my house and called her parents, telling them that Teresa was really tired and just wanted to spend the night at my house, afraid of what they would say if they saw her like this. But Teresa didn't oblige, so I had Emmett carry her to the guest bedroom since she passed out on the way home.

I trudged up to my room and yanked off my clothes, throwing on some pajamas. All of a sudden, I felt extremely exhausted. I yawned once, laid down on my bed and passed out cold. Good night, Aaron, was my last thought.

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NEXT CHAPTER: DREAMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's it so far that I know of, I'll update later. Also, please excuse any typo's I'm sorry for them! Sometimes both my computer and I don't catch them, sorryyyyyyyy((: Love you guys, REVIEWWWW((: