Author's Note: I do not own Twilight. Twilight and all of the characters are the creation of Stephenie Meyer. No copyright infringement is intended.
Why is the title of this chapter "Pain"?
Well, you're about to find out.
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It was September 30th, the last day of September.
Of course, it was sunny. Go figure.
However, sunny days weren't that bad anymore. Sure, there's only been three sunny days, not including today, but that didn't matter.
I had Macey now.
After that day in Geometry where I sat next to, we became closer. She sat with me and Alice in Geometry, and Alice welcomed her with a warm smile. The whole family managed to grab a larger table at lunch, so Macey now sat with us every day.
"Why don't you guys eat your lunches?" Macey asked one day. I choked on my lemonade.
"We're just not hungry," Alice said with a shrug.
"And we're not anorexic," Edward added, causing Macey to blush. I glared at him.
Don't read her mind, I shot at him mentally.
Well, since we moved to a larger table, there will still be a seat for Parker when he came along. It wouldn't be too long now; it's just about October. Thinking about it made me ecstatic.
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"They're all sick again?" Macey asked me as we walked up the steps to the front doors.
"Yeah," I sighed. "Carlisle said I've been graced with a strong immune system."
"I can't believe you call your dad by his first name," she said with a chuckle.
"What's wrong with that?" I asked. "Since he's not my biological father, I feel more comfortable calling him Carlisle."
"And I'm guessing you call your mom Esme?" Macey questioned. I nodded.
"Lucky. If I ever tried that on my parents, I'd be grounded," she complained.
I laughed as we walked through the doors.
"Oh, speaking of parents, my mom is picking me up from school today. Would you like a ride home from school so you can skip the horrid bus?" she asked.
"Umm, let me give Esme a quick call," I said, pulling my iPhone out of my bag. I dialed the home phone. Esme picked up on the second ring.
"Hi Alex," she said. "Is everything alright?"
"Yep," I replied. "Macey asked me if I could get a ride home from school with her. Is that alright?"
"Let me check with Carlisle, dear. Hold on for one minute," she said. About thirty seconds later, she said. "He said that it would be perfectly fine."
"Great, I'll see you later then?"
"See you this afternoon darling," she said, then hung up.
I slipped my phone back into my backpack.
"I'm super jealous that you have an iPhone," Macey whined.
"Your phone is nice, too" I said. She had the Pantech Impact and I loved the color. "It's so hard to text on a touch screen," I said. "My fingers always slip and I end up pushing the wrong letter so the word gets screwed up."
We giggled as walked into Mr. Evans's classroom. For some reason, Iris was already in the classroom and when I walked through the door, she slapped the two binders and a book I was carrying which caused them to fall on the floor. Papers from my binder flew onto the ground.
"Oops, I'm a klutz," Iris said with a giggle, then walked out of the room.
I bent down to pick up my papers. Macey squatted and helped me.
"Thanks," I said. Luckily, Macey and I sat down before the bell rang and the rest of the students came through the doorway.
"Ugh, I can't stand her," Macey said.
"I don't know what her deal is with me," I whispered. "I've never done anything to her."
"You and your family are gorgeous. Gorgeous competition."
I blushed. "I'm not as pretty as Alice, Rosalie, and Bella."
"You so-" Macey began, but was interrupted by the bell and chatter of students.
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Macey and I sat at a smaller table at lunch, just the two of us. I love my family to death, but it was nice just having lunch with one other person.
Macey took a bite of her stuffed crust pizza. I loved Macey because she wasn't self-conscious about what she ate and didn't starve herself. She lead me to ignore Iris's comments about "packing on the pounds".
Macey said she ate those kinds of foods to "keep up her curves", which made me crack up. I knew she was serious, but it was still funny.
"Ugh, do you have Mr. Minalt for U.S. History? He is SO boring!" she said.
"No, I have Mr. Incontrinard," I said.
Macey giggled. "God his name is a mouthful."
"I know," I said. "But he lets us call him Mr. I for short."
"Haha, nice," Macey chuckled.
We sat in silence for a little while until Macey said, "Only two more classes and the day is done!"
"Yeah, but it's still Wednesday," I groaned.
"Well, tomorrow is October 1st. Can you believe it's already October? We-"
Macey was interrupted by the bell once again. We gave each other hugs and we planned to see each other at the end of the day.
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I had Gym the last period of the day. It actually was convenient because you don't have to go through the whole day sweaty. However, it was later in the day so it was a little warmer.
It's only for a semester, though.
I had stopped by my locker and was planning on meeting Macey by the front doors when someone came up behind me.
"Well, girls, if it isn't Alexandra Cullen," Iris said in a sickly-sweet voice. I slowly turned around to face her, Skye, and Ginger.
"Hi ladies, what can I do for you?" I asked as bravely as I could.
"Oh, nothing, ugly duckling, we just wanted to say hi," Iris said with a sneer.
"Wait... what did you call me?" I asked, confused.
"Ugly duckling," Iris repeated. "It suits you, don't you think?"
"All of your siblings are so beautiful and you're so... average," Skye said.
"Mediocre," Ginger added.
Iris walked to left and stood next to me.
"Rosalie, Alice, and Bella could pass for top-paying supermodels, especially Rosalie," Iris cooed. "And Edward, Jasper, and Emmett could pass for hunky male models."
Skye and Ginger giggled.
Iris laughed once. "And then there's you."
I swallowed, resisting the urge to slap her or shove her.
Iris snapped her fingers and Ginger grabbed a hold on my locket. She tugged as hard as she could, causing the chain to snap in half.
"My locket!" I shouted. Iris grabbed the heart and stopped on it with her very pointed heel several times, causing the hinge to break.
My locket was officially broken. And I was going to kill her.
As hard as I possibly could, I kicked her in the shin, causing her to wail out in pain. I scooped up the pieces of my locket and stormed towards the door.
"You're such a freak, Cullen!" I heard her call out as I met up with Macey at the front door.
"There you are!" she said. "What took you so long?"
"No reason," I said quickly. "Let's just go."
"Okay," she said slowly, and we walked towards her mom's car. I sat in the backseat and Macey sat in the passenger's seat.
"Hi Alex, how are you doing?" Mrs. Arnold asked.
"I'm good," I said as cheerfully as I could. I wouldn't cry in front of Macey and her mom, but when I got home I would probably start bawling. That locket was so special to me, and Iris had to be a... jerk, for nicer terms, and break it. Alice would be extremely mad...
We pulled out of the parking lot and onto the main road.
When Iris threw the locket onto the ground, she probably scratched it up. I thought of the engraved message on the back from Edward, Bella, and Nessie, wishing me a happy fourteenth birthday. It was the first birthday I ever celebrated with anyone, and that locket was one of the first birthday presents I had ever gotten. I know Alice will probably get a new locket made. It may be the same color and have the same message, but it just won't be the same...
I was just so engulfed in my thoughts that I didn't see it coming. The tractor trailer, speeding towards my side of the car. I didn't have time to move, time to react, before it slammed into the side. I could feel us tumbling sideways and then we were hit from the back, pushing us forward into traffic where we were hit once again by an SUV.
I heard glass smashing, Macey screaming, seatbelts snapping. Before I knew it, I had managed to fly into the air. I then landed on the hard road with a thud.
I couldn't move. I couldn't breathe.
There was searing pain on the left side of my body. I could feel tears streaming down my face.
This was it. This had to be the end.
Esme. Carlisle. Alice. Jasper. Rosalie. Emmett. Edward. Bella. Nessie.
I love you all.
The last thing I heard was a scream before I slowly slipped away.
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Alice's POV
Five minutes before the accident...
God, I absolutely hated sunny days. It didn't make me feel any better that Alex had to go to school all by herself, either.
So, I sat on the couch with Jasper and he wrapped his arm around my shoulder. I laid my head on his left shoulder.
I could lay like this forever.
Suddenly, I was having a vision.
Alex, in a car accident. Her body flying through the air, then landing with a smack onto the road.
Then it all went black.
I screamed louder then I think I ever have before.
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