TWISTED
Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight though I wish I did.
Author's Note:I know I left you guys wondering what Paul's mother meant by a surprise in June well I guess you will all have to read on and find out now won't you? LOL
Chapter 9: School and Surprises
Alyssa spent the remainder of the weekend with Paul and the rest of the pack in La Push and she woke up Monday morning feeling right and ready for her first day at the reservation high school. She was excited because she had all of her classes with Bella, Jacob, Quil and Embry and her 4th period study hall was supervised by none other than the love of her life Paul who had been working out there part time since he graduated 2 years earlier. (Yes, Paul is 19 I'm sorry I never mentioned his age) In first period Alyssa and Bella introduced themselves to everyone in the class they didn't know and sat back down to listen to the teacher assign everyone a lab partner, Alyssa's was Embry, and the teacher began to drone on about whatever the day's biology lesson was about. She got to know Embry a little better being his lab partner and Alyssa realized that Embry was actually pretty cool. She had hung out with him multiple times but she never actually got to know him that well because she was so absorbed in Paul but she could actually see being good friends with him.
The bell rang signaling second period and she and the guys filed out to head to drama class which she had with Bella and surprisingly Jacob. Alyssa enjoyed drama back home so she figured she would enjoy it there as well. "Settle down class" the teacher boomed and everyone got quiet "This is going to be an exciting semester for everyone involved with the Drama department as we are planning to put on a musical" Alyssa heard a few groans from the class but she was excited, she had yet to show anyone her hidden talents so the play would be perfect. "As my junior and seniors I am leaving it up to you to vote on this years play. I have it narrowed down to either Grease or The Sound of Music" the teacher said and Alyssa saw Bella and Jacob actually poke their heads up on that one. "Grease could be kind of fun" Alyssa head Jacob whisper and smiled "Do you sing?" she whispered to him and he smiled "Maybe a little…but don't tell the guys" he said, "If you are cast as a lead though Jake, you know they will hear your beautiful voice baby, you know this right?" Bella whispered and Jacob said "Sure Sure" "Would you still do it?" Alyssa asked and he said "Yeah I guess I could". "Well if we DID do a play I would rather be backstage or an extra cause I am too much of a klutz to be a lead character." Bella said and the three of us laughed "But what if Jake was cast as Danny and me as Sandy?" Alyssa asked and Bella shrugged and said "It's not like you two will actually kiss or anything and besides, you are my cousin and he is my soul mate nothing will change that and besides it's all for fun anyway!" she said and we both nodded in agreement. We were interrupted when the teacher said "OK class let's vote, show of hands for Grease" she said and damn near everyone had their hand raised so the teacher admitting defeat said "Grease it is then. We will be holding auditions tomorrow during after school for anyone interested in trying out for a part. The people in this class are guaranteed a part as either an extra or a stagehand but if any of you try out for a major roll you will be judged equally with everyone else involved. For the auditions you will be required to sing a piece of a Grease song acapella and read for the part you are trying out for. I wish you all luck and may the best actors win." she said just as the bell rang signaling third period which was English. On the walk over Alyssa, Bella and Jacob talked a bit more about the play and Alyssa said "I dunno if I want to try out or not. I mean I would love to play Sandy but I haven't sang in front of anyone in so long I don't know if I'm any good." and Bella smacked her lips "PLEASE! Girl you are one of the best singers I know and it's about time for the people around here to see that…INCLUDING Paul" Bella said "And AS FOR YOU Jake, You'd better try out as well cause with your looks and voice I would KILL to see you in that leather get up Danny wears" Bella licked her lips and let out a grunt causing them all to burst out laughing before we split up so Bella and Alyssa could go to senior English.
The teacher introduced herself to those who were not familiar with her but Alyssa recognized the name of their teacher being a huge fan. "My name is Stephanie Meyer, You may call me Mrs. Meyer. I will be your teacher this year." she said "Some of you may recognize my name as the author of Twilight, New Moon, Breaking Dawn and the Host, I am proud to be here teaching you guys this year" Alyssa just KNEW she was going to enjoy this class as Mrs. Meyer passed out the syllabus for the semester. "I want you all to pull out your notebooks required for this class and write until I tell you to stop. I don't care what it's about nor how long it is, I just want you to write." she said "Get to it" Alyssa opened her notebook and wrote about her life since she ran away from home to Forks, meeting and falling in love with Paul and having an amazing family and friends. After writing for about 30 minutes Mrs. Meyer called time and had everyone close their books. "Ladies and Gentlemen we will be doing this every morning for the entire semester and your journal will count for a quarter of your grade the other quarter will be end of course exams and the other half will be your senior project which will basically be an autobiography of yourself in scrapbook form. I am now passing out the guidelines for your project and what each chapter should be about." She gave everyone a sheet of paper and then for the rest of class Ms. Meyer got to know her students better by having everyone stand up and tell something interesting about themselves.
The bell rang signaling the beginning of fourth period and Alyssa almost RAN out of the door. She was out of there and down the hall so fast that Bella yelled "ALLY CAT WAIT UP!" and ran to catch up with her "Where's the fire?" she laughed and Alyssa smiled and said "I'm sorry 4th period is just my favorite class besides drama" and Bella laughed "I wonder WHY" she said. Alyssa and Bella caught up with Jacob, Quil and Embry who also had 4th period study hall and they walked in to find Paul sitting behind the desk. "Come on in and have a seat" he said trying to sound professional "Alyssa Swan to the front please" he said with a smile and Alyssa had to stifle a laugh. She walked to his desk and whispered "You look good in that suit Paul" and he smiled "How's your day been?" he said and Alyssa said "It's better now my love!" Paul squeezed her hand and said "I'd love to kiss you right now but it's against school policy. Let me take you home though" he said and Alyssa nodded "I love you" she said and he smiled "I love you too" he said before Alyssa took her seat. He stood up and said "All right class I will probably be your most lenient teacher this year so just take this time to do homework and whatever else you want within the confines of this room" he said. Alyssa did what little homework she had from English and Biology and decided to start on the first couple of chapters in her senior project until the bell rang signaling the end of the day. Everyone filed out and Alyssa said "I'll wait for you in the parking lot" to Paul before walking out with Bella and Jacob. Paul made his way to the parking lot a few minutes later after grabbing his things.
Alyssa waited in the faculty parking lot by Paul's car and ran over to him when she saw him leaving the building. She threw her arms around him and gave him a huge kiss before they got into his car to leave. "I love you Paul Hach" she said and he kissed her back and said "I love you too Alyssa Swan". Paul opened the door to let Alyssa in and Alyssa asked "How much longer do you have to be a study hall monitor?" and he said "This is my last semester before the PE teacher retires and I take his spot as the PE teacher and athletic director. I will also coach basketball and soccer." "I think you will make a good PE teacher and an even BETTER coach" Alyssa said snuggling up next to him as they drove to Sam and Emily's house for dinner. "OH! I almost forgot" Alyssa said "Bella talked me and Jake into auditioning for Danny and Sandy in the school's performance of Grease" and Paul got a shocked look on his face "I had heard that Jake could sing but I had no IDEA you could" he said and Alyssa blushed "I used to sing all the time, and even write music, play the piano and the guitar but with everything that my parents put me through I just gave up on it. Bella wants me to start singing again so she feels Grease would be my chance to shine again as she put it" she said and Paul squeezed her hand "I'm sure you will do GREAT and I will be right there front row center cheering you on along with Charlie and everyone else in the pack" he said pulling her hand up to his lips and kissing it. "I was wondering my love if you had plans tonight after dinner with Sam and Emily" he asked and Alyssa said no and Paul said "Well would you like to come spend the night with me?" and Alyssa said "I guess it would be all right with Charlie", "Well it SHOULD Lyssa seeing as you are 18 now" he said with a grin. Alyssa gasped when she realized that she had forgotten her OWN BIRTHDAY. "I feel so dumb!" she said blushing and Paul said "Lyssa, baby you are far from that you have just had a lot on your mind" and Alyssa said "I am kind of upset that Bella and Charlie didn't even remind me nor wish me happy birthday!" and as they pulled up to Sam and Emily's house Paul whispered "The night is still young baby. Let's go inside" he said taking her hand and helping her out of the car.
Paul and Alyssa walked to the front door and knocked. Emily quickly came to the door and opened it 'PAUL ALYSSA! What a pleasant surprise!" she said rather loudly and Sam quickly rushed to Emily's side after a few minutes. "Hey guys" he said "Come on in, Emily is just finishing up dinner" Paul and Alyssa followed Sam and Emily into the living room where they were deafened by everyone jumping up and yelling "SURPRISE" and "Happy Birthday Alyssa!" Alyssa couldn't help but smile as she saw all of her friends from La Push as well as Bella and Charlie standing around. "Thank you so much guys!" she said and walked deeper into the living room to see two familiar faces looking back at her,
"ALYSSA!" Joey and Nadia screamed launching across the living room and tackling her. "Wha-What are you guys DOING here?" Alyssa exclaimed and Charlie stepped forward and said "I heard you mention to Bella the other day that you wished you could see these girls again and so I made a call to their parents and flew them out for your birthday, unfortunately though they have to catch a flight later tonight" Alyssa ran over and tackled Charlie with a huge bear hug and said "You ROCK Uncle Charlie!" "Girls I guess you have met everyone here" Alyssa said and they nodded before Alyssa pulled Paul into her and said "THIS Ladies is the love of my life, Paul Hach. Paul, honey these two devils right here are my two VERY best friends Joey Reese and Nadia Demowitz" "It's nice to meet you, Lyssa has told me so much about you ladies" he said offering his hand and Joey and Nadia hugged him instead "We hug in North Carolina" Joey said with a smile and then both she and Nadia turned to Alyssa and said "DAMN girl He's FOINE!" and Alyssa laughed and said "Yep and he's all mine forever ain't that right baby?" and Paul smiled "Yes, my love that's true if you will put up with me that long" and they all laughed.
Everyone ate and drank and had a good time and as the afternoon slowly turned to night signaling that her friends were about to leave the girls looked at Alyssa and said "Al, I hate that we have to leave in a few but before we go Nadia and I got you something for your birthday" Joey said handing her an envelope "I hope you like it" Nadia added as Alyssa opened the envelope to reveal 2 tickets to Hawaii round trip and reservations for a week anytime she felt like redeeming it "You guys!" she said hugging them "You shouldn't have" and Joey said "Al, you have always wanted to go and when Charlie told us about your man friend here we threw in a ticket for him as well." Alyssa hugged the girls once more and then Charlie stepped forward and said "I have to take the girls back to the airport but they were only PART of my present to you." he said leading her to the table to two long boxes and one short fat box. "I hope you like this sweetie, Bella mentioned something about you missing it so I figured what the hell!" he said and Alyssa tore open the first box and tears began streaming down her face as she gazed upon the most BEAUTIFUL Fender Strat guitar that she had ever seen. She hugged Charlie before tearing open the short box revealing an amp for her guitar "HEY ALYSSA!" Jacob yelled "You better let me shred on that kid" he said causing everyone to laugh. "Oh Uncle Charlie, you shouldn't have" she said before moving to the last "That one is from Bells" Charlie said and Bella added "I know you missed it the most" Alyssa ripped open the box to reveal a keyboard with recording capabilities and a microphone attachment. She began to cry even harder as she threw her arms around both Bella and Charlie and thanked them a million times. Charlie left with Joey and Nadia a few minutes later to take them to the airport after Alyssa told him she would be staying with Paul and Bella with Jacob.
As the night dwindled down Paul said "Lyssa, there's just one gift left" he said "Two actually" He handed her a long slender box and she opened it to reveal the most beautiful gold charm bracelet that she could every imagine. The charms consisted of a little wolf hand carved out of wood, a diamond heart, sun, a butterfly (Alyssa's favorite) and a little game controller which caused her to laugh. "I love it" she said "I guess I need to get you a few new charms" he said and she threw her arms around him and kissed him "Paul it's PERFECT" she said "I love you!" "That's not it!" he said "Alyssa, I could wait around forever to ask you this but I know and you know without a doubt that we are meant to be together forever" and Alyssa nodded as Paul pulled her close taking her hands in his and sliding something on her wedding ring finger "Marry me Alyssa Swan" he whispered and she started to cry hysterically before she killed him and said "YES! YES Paul I WILL marry you!" He kissed her again and said "We can take it slow, there's no rush, we have the rest of our lives to walk down that aisle. I just wanted you to have something from me to PROVE how committed to you I am" and she said "I love you Paul" and he replied "I love you more Lyssa". He kissed her passionately and they stood there for a while kissing until they heard a loud clearing of a throat.
They turned around and saw all eyes were on them. "Well, let's see it" Bella said and Alyssa looked at her confused "He came to Charlie and I first. At first Charlie thought he was crazy after only a month of dating but I explained to Charlie that Quileutes have love at first sight and it lasts forever" she said "He didn't question it he just went along with it". Alyssa held out her hand as everyone took a look at the ring and gave their congratulations. "It was my mothers" Paul whispered in Alyssa's ear causing her to tear up even more "She told me to give it to you after she first met you and touched your hand even though she still refuses to tell me in her letters what she meant by what she said is in store for us in June. I am actually anxious to know that one" Alyssa nodded in agreeance before Jacob stepped forward "Last present Alyssa and then we will let you and Paul go." he said "This is from all of us in the pack…Bella helped us pick it out." He pushed a small box in her direction and she opened it to find a set of keys. "Jacob? What is this?" she asked confused and then Bella said "Come one let's go see" with a huge shit-eating grin on her face. They all walked out behind Sam and Emily's house where Alyssa caught the first glimpse of her brand new silver Jeep Liberty. "I LOVE IT" she said putting her hand over her mouth and then Bella said "I figured we'd go with silver because of Paul" and Paul stifled a laugh at the wolf reference. Alyssa got behind the wheel and cranked it up and listened to the engine before driving around front and parking it behind Paul's Charger (yes, Paul drives one of the older muscle car models of the Dodge Charger). She locked the door and headed back to the guys throwing her arms around the entire group "THANK YOU! I love you guys!" she said "NOW! I'd like to go spend some alone time with my new fiance but thank you guys for EVERYTHING" Everyone said their good byes and she and Paul headed out to his place after loading the stuff she got into her jeep,
When they got to Paul's house he grabbed the guitar, amp and keyboard out of the Jeep and brought them inside for Alyssa and said "Lyssa, I want to hear you sing". Alyssa blushed before grabbing a chair and putting it behind the keyboard and turned it on. "OK! I am kind of rusty" she said "But you don't mind country do you? I mean growing up in North Carolina that's what I am used to hearing" and he nodded before she began to play and sing Martina MacBride's song "Concrete Angel". At the end of the song Paul stood up and walked over to Alyssa wrapping his arms around her "That was beautiful" he said and Alyssa replied "It's what I used to hum to myself when things started to get bad around my place. Oh Paul I am so GLAD that nightmare is over" she said kissing him. She stood up and turned to face him "Make love to me Paul" she murmured kissing him again. He picked her up bridal style while still kissing her and carried her to the bedroom gently laying her on the bed and they made love before falling asleep in each other's arms after Alyssa whispered "This is the best birthday of my life".
Author's Note: WOW! I think I went for a longer chapter this time but HEY that's what happens when I throw in the forgotten birthday twist haha! Until next time my faithful readers, let's here the reviews. Next Chapter will be kind of funny if you can picture Jacob up on stage singing and shaking his tail in tight leather pants lol.