The hallway was buzzing with prom night anticipation that Friday. Everywhere I looked, there were posters announcing the date and girls fawning over their dates. Only two guys had wound up the courage to ask me, but they didn't seem too surprised when I'd turned them down. They knew I wasn't available.

"Hey, Jasmine!" Jade called, a smile planted on her face. "You'll never guess who just asked me to prom!"

"I thought you weren't going to prom, Jade," I said as I slammed my locker closed.

"I wasn't going because no one had asked me, until now, of course."

"And who was that?"

"Brian Hardwick from my Spanish class. He came up to me after class and asked! Ali and Max are obviously going. How about you and Seth?"

"I wouldn't miss it for the world." And in truth, I wouldn't. I'd gotten sick for prom last year so that was one experience I simply needed to have. I could've done without the beauty attack that Alice was sure to bring on me after school, though.

"Great!" Jade exclaimed as the final bell rang. "I'll see you, Seth, and the rest of the Cullens tonight, then?"

"You sure will."

Brian Hardwick was coming toward us—toward Jade—now and his eyes were full of happiness when he saw her blush. "Ready to go?" he asked her. Their eyes locked and I thought they'd never look up.

"Ready," she said. Jade wrapped her arms around one of his and they started walking. I smiled; glad to see my best friend happy.

"Wow," Seth said as he came to my side. "Jade and Hardwick. I can't say I saw that one coming."

"You're no Alice," I teased. "And she really should have told me about this at lunch instead of running off some place with Jasper." Alice and Jasper had ditched today, apparently. They hadn't been at the lunch table and the Cullens, Leah, Jacob, and Seth refused to tell me where they went. I was pretty ticked off about it. They all seemed to be in on it and that meant a surprise. And as the entire world should've known, I hated surprises.

"Maybe she didn't see," Seth suggested as we walked out the door. "Alice doesn't search people's futures just to see what she can find."

"Oh yes she does," I smirked. "Alice abuses her powers as much as Edward does."

"I have to say," Seth chuckled, "that's true."

He opened the passenger door of my car for me. I groaned. "When do I get to drive?" I asked.

"When I decide you can keep from being distracted long enough to keep your car in one piece," he smiled.

"I am not distracted easily, Seth," I argued.

Seth took my hand in his and stared into my eyes for a second, and a second was all it took. I was lost in his deep brown eyes and his touch sent my heart racing and shivers up my spine.

"No, not distracted at all," he smiled. Ugh, he was right.

"Fine," I said. "I get distracted sometimes. Sometimes."

Seth chuckled. "Just needed you to admit it. Now please put on your seat belt before I start the car, Jasmine."

I did as he said and buckled my seat belt.

"Are Alice and Jasper home yet?" I asked as he backed the car out of the nearly empty parking lot.

"They should be," he answered, looking at his watch. "They left as soon as you were inside the school."

"Where did they go?" I asked.

"Now, that I can't tell you."

"And why not?"

"Because I swore I wouldn't." He smiled over at me as I searched in my head for a rational explanation as to why Alice and Jasper had skipped school… and as to why I wasn't allowed to know.

"And if I ask Bella?" Bella always told me everything. She knew how much I hated not knowing things.

"She won't tell you," Seth smirked. Well there went that plan.

"When will I find out, then?"

"Soon enough."

I felt my bottom lip stick out in protest. With my arms crossed across my chest, I felt like a stubborn two year old. Seth chuckled at the pouted grimace on my face.

"Would it make you feel better if I said it would benefit you?" he asked me.

"Not exactly," I said. "But thanks for the effort."

"And really," he continued. "Even if we hadn't promised Jazz and Alice that we wouldn't say anything, there wouldn't be much to say. Even Jasper doesn't know the details. Or, when they left this morning he didn't. Alice—"

"Will be Alice," I finished with a smile.

"Let's hope she is home," Seth smirked. "Or else you'll have to get ready for prom yourself."

I groaned. Frankly, I loved playing Alice's Barbie, but I didn't think I could handle her ambushes for a special occasion. Daily for school, she went over the top, so I really didn't want to imagine what she would do today.

"Relax," he said. We were driving into the woods now, so I knew we weren't so far away from the house, from Alice and her attack. Seth held my hand and breathed in deeply. He looked over at me, waiting for me to do the same. I inhaled the biggest breath I could and let it out slowly.

"That's my girl," he said. "Now please try and compose yourself. If you don't fight with her, she won't fight with you."

I took another deep breath and held it in while I tried to smile. Ahead of us, the brush was parting and I could catch but a glimpse of the large white house. How long did this give me before being assaulted? Not very long, it seemed. Only seconds had passed until the car was completely stopped and my car door was being opened by Alice and Rosalie was pulling me out of the car. Each of them grabbed one of my arms and practically flew me up the porch steps, into the house, and into their enormous bathroom.

"Where were you all day?" I asked Alice as soon as I could catch my breath. Rosalie pushed me down onto a pink salon chair and they spun me to face the wall.

"That's not important," Alice said. "You'll find out soon enough."

"I assume you won't tell me either, Rose?"

Rosalie smiled, revealing two rows of perfectly straight, white, shining teeth. Even how she was now—with curlers in her hair and in a pair of ratty sweats—she was still the most beautiful person I'd ever seen. "Not a chance," she said.

I dared look over at Alice who was working on brushing my hair. Her short black hair seemed to sparkle as if it had small gems combed into it. It was spiked out as it usually was with her bangs brushed to the side. A golden headband was placed on her head. I could only imagine how amazing Bella looked. Was there a point in even trying to look nice when your group was made up of dazzling, graceful vampires and equally graceful werewolves? No, no there wasn't.

I was hardly aware of the two pairs of hands pulling at my hair until I felt something extremely hot touch my scalp. I inhaled sharply.

"Sorry," Alice apologized. "My bad."

"How's she holding up, Alice?" Bella asked, walking into the room.

"She's doing well. We're almost done with her hair. It won't be so intricate. We wouldn't want her hair to take the attention away from her dress."

"Where is her dress, Alice? I haven't seen it yet," Rosalie said.

"No one has," Alice answered. "No one except for me."

I opened one of my closed eyes to peek over at Bella. She seemed to be the only one completely ready. Her hair billowed about her beautifully and her diamond earrings sparkled in contrast to her dark locks. Her blue dress went down to her knees with a skirt that puffed out a few inches. Her bodice fit her figure nicely and it had sparkles scattered around it with precision.

"You look amazing, Bella," I complimented.

"Thanks," she said. "Edward bought it for me. Do you like it?"

"I love it, Bells."

"Bella?" Rosalie asked. "Do you mind taking over for me? I need to go get ready."

"Sure, Rose." Bella walked over to her and wound her hands into the hair Rosalie had been holding. "You go get ready."

"Thanks." Walking out of the bathroom, Rose started pulling the curlers out of her hair and had over half of them out before she walked into the hall. "See you at the dance," she called behind her shoulder.

"She's not going with us?" I asked.

Alice shook her head as her hand released the curling iron little by little. "She and Emmett are going to meet us there. They're taking her car. As a matter of fact, we're all going separately. Bella and Edward are taking the Guardian, Jazz and I are going in my Porsche, you and Seth, then Jacob and Leah are borrowing the Vanquish."

"Jacob and Leah?" I asked, bemused. I didn't see that one coming.

Alice laughed at my expression. "They figured it would be fun."

"That's… nice," I said.

Bella laughed. "And Carlisle and Esme are taking Nessie to Charlie's for the night, right?"

"Right," Alice said. She'd finished with the right side of my hair and was coming over to help Bella with the left.

"What is the story with your dad, Bella?" I asked. "Does he… does he know?"

"Oh, no," Bella said. "He knows about Jacob being a werewolf, though."

"Idiot," Alice murmured. I knew she meant Jacob.

"The rest he just guesses. He has no clue that we're repeating high school. Charlie figures that we're all just going out to Olympia for the night."

"I'm glad you got to keep your family close," I said.

"And my old friends," she informed me. "Hey, speaking of old friends, Alice, did you hear about Angela and Ben?" Who?

"No, Bella," Alice said sarcastically. "I didn't have a vision about this the second Angela caught your bouquet. So when is their wedding?"

"Next month," Bella replied.

"Did I just imagine you saying this, or are Ben Cheney and Angela Webber getting married?" Rosalie asked, walking into the room. Her high heels clacked against the marble floor. I wasn't sure if I wanted to look at Rosalie, it might've killed my self esteem. I peeked over at her and saw her in a short pink dress with a clever neckline that complimented her pale skin, red lips, and blonde hair nicely. Brown jewels and a sash at the waist added a simple, yet elegant touch. The dress itself wasn't very flashy and she wore no makeup aside from the lipstick, but she still looked like royalty.

"You heard correctly," Bella said. "Angela called me the other day. She wants me to play maid of honor. Anyway, I thought you and Emmett were leaving."

"Aw, I'm so happy to see things work out for them," Rosalie said. "And we were leaving, but I left my earrings in here." Her hand floated across the counter and scooped down when she spotted the light pink dangling earrings. She opened a small clasp and closed it around her ear, repeating the gesture with the next ear. Clip on earrings? Huh, I wonder why she didn't use real ones…

"All right, I'm off," Rosalie said, walking out the door. "See you all later!"

"Bye, Rose," Alice murmured. A few more seconds passed until she declared, "All right, you're hair is officially amazing."

"Can I look?" I asked.

Alice shook her head and smiled. "Bella, cover her eyes and lead her to the bedroom, please. Leah should be in there to help you. Jasmine's dress is on the bed. Now I have to go get ready. Have fun!"

Bella clamped one hand gently over my eyes and pulled me up off the chair with her other hand. She guided me out of the bathroom, down the hall, and into a room. I heard the door close behind us. Her hand flew from my eyes and before I could blink, she was turning a full length mirror to face the wall.

"Where is that dress?" Bella whispered, half to herself.

"Here it is," Leah said, walking into the room. She was in a red dress with a full skirt that flowed down to the middle of her calf. Its straps and waistline were embellished with sequins with a pleated bust that overlapped slightly. Leah and Bella examined one another's attire for a moment before smiling.

"You look nice," they said at once, breaking into a small round of laughter at the coincidence.

"Let's get her into the dress," Bella said, reaching out to take the garment from Leah's hands. I didn't dare look at it. My excuse later would be that I wanted the full effect when I first looked in the mirror. My real reason? I didn't want to eliminate the wave of calmness that had swept over me just yet.

I let Bella and Leah do their work, the entire time squeezing my eyes shut with so much force that it made my head hurt.

"All right, Jasmine," Bella said after what seemed like forever. "Turn around and open those eyes of yours before they become permanently closed."

I turned but did not look in front of me where I knew a mirror was waiting. My eyes immediately went to Bella who was smiling then to Leah who was fluffing her hair. Renesmee had come into the room and was sitting on the bed.

"For Heaven's sake, Jasmine!" she said. "Look in the mirror!"
I did as she ordered and gasped at the sight in front of me. The dress was a beautiful shade of turquoise with a thick, gold waist. The gathered, A-line skirt went down to my knees, embellished with large, gold polka dots. My hair wasn't very elaborate, just curled to the side to show my face which Alice seemed to have invested much time on. I had to admit, I looked beautiful.

"Jasmine, you look like a princess," Renesmee sighed. I walked over and hugged her.

"I wish you could come," I whispered in her ear. Her arms wound around me.

"A few more years," she informed me. "Then, I'll look old enough to be in high school with all of you!" She sounded excited, the way I did before I experienced what high school was really like.

"I love that color on you," Alice said, walking through the door. Her dress was black and short with white dots decorating the bust and flared skirt. The dark fabric was a nice contrast to her pale white skin. A red sash decorated the waist and a large, black rosette decorated that. Her red heels made her seem much taller than she really was. My eyes fell on the gold headband that was still on her head. I wondered why she wasn't wearing the red one that she'd bought the other day. It wasn't like her to wear things that didn't match on some level. I decided I wouldn't ask.

"Oh, I almost forgot!" Alice said, her eyes looking up. Very carefully, she removed the diadem from her hair and walked over to me. "I wore this to my very first prom, years ago. I thought it would compliment you nicely." She placed it on my head and after a few seconds of tweaking it, she declared it perfect.

"Thank you, Alice," I smiled.

"No problem," she giggled.

"Come on, girls," Esme called from downstairs. "We need to take pictures before you go!"

I groaned. I detested pictures. But if it made Esme happy, then so be it. I grabbed the shoes Leah held out for me and put them on my feet before following them out of the room. Alice waltzed down the stairs and Bella simply jumped down over the railing. I walked down slowly behind Leah.

"You girls look beautiful," Esme said, a camera in her hands. "Don't they, boys?"

Jacob, Edward, Jasper, and Seth were waiting at the bottom of the stairs. Renesmee had somehow beaten us downstairs and was standing between Jake and Edward.

Alice skipped over to Jasper and pecked his cheek. He smiled a large smile and carried her bridal style to the door.

"Wait, wait!" Esme called. "Picture!"

Alice giggled as Jasper turned around. The camera flashed and Esme looked down at the picture. "Beautiful," she declared. "Who's next? Jacob, Leah, how about you two?"

Leah blushed a bit as she and Jacob entwined their hands and smiled for the picture. I tried so hard to keep from laughing. A small chuckle did manage to escape my lips, however. Leah's eyes became daggers as she stared at me. I stuck my tongue out like a two year old.

Edward and Bella's pictures looked like something you'd find on the large posters you see in flashy, expensive department stores, except a thousand times more flawless.

"Esme?" I asked as Bella and Edward walked out of the house. "Do you mind if we skip out on the pictures?"

Esme smiled. "Of course not, Jasmine. You and Seth go on."

"Thanks."

I had been standing on the stairs the whole time. I took the last two steps down and Seth swept me into his arms.

"Jasmine," he sighed in my ear. "You look amazingly beautiful tonight."

"You don't look half bad yourself," I said to him. He leaned down slowly and brushed his lips against mine. That moment, I heard a camera go off and Esme chuckled.

"I got a shot," she said. I sighed and smiled.

"Thank you, Esme," Seth said.

"My pleasure," she answered. "Now, you two better get going. Don't want to be late." We walked outside to the car and stepped into it. As we started backing out of the driveway, Esme winked at Seth who nodded with a smirk on his face.

"Am I missing something?" I asked.

"Don't worry about it," he said.

I took a deep breath and smiled. I wouldn't worry about it. I wouldn't worry about anything tonight. I had the love of my life at my side and the best family in the world around me. What could there possibly be to worry about? Nothing… right?

Author's Note: Ello everyone! (: Thanks for the reviews! You all know I love reviews ;D Sorry I keep pushing the fast forward button on you guys, but if I didn't, I wouldn't be able to get in even half the things I want. I'll probably keep fast forwarding a lot. But rest assured, I won't skip anything important. So, before I wrap this up, I'm hoping you'll all check out my new story, Never Cry Another Tear. It's a one shot that revolves around Leah. Please read&review! Thanks! ~April