Dia Cullen
She's 15. She's half-vamp. And she's running with the Cullens.
Jasper stopped all too suddenly when we got to the front door.
He grabbed my hand before I twisted the knob. "Hey!"
"I was just-er ... thinking. Have you ever tested your powers, yet? Vampire powers are very cool, you know," he said nervously-scratching his head and doing all sorts of body language.
"Well, I ran to the hallway real fast ... and I got to my bed from the door with just one leap ..."
"See? And you haven't even fed at that time! Who knows what you can do now?!" his eyes got so big all of a sudden. Like the drug addicts people see on tv.
"H-huh?"
"I mean, why take the door when you can jump to the second floor window?"
"I guess you have a point there."
He dragged me to the back of the house and looked up at one of the big windows.
"That's my room," he pointed.
Then he jumped, and in no time, he was up there waving. "Come on!"
"I'll just jump right? I don't remember what I just did, see ..."
"Come on!"
So I closed my eyes and jumped and I was there next to him.
"Brilliant!" he commented.
"Hey, you two!" Alice greeted from inside their room.
"Alice!" Jasper hissed as he opened the windows hastily.
"You had a nice time?" she asked.
"You knew what happened before it happened, didn't you?" he asked angrily.
"Yes," she smiled. "You look pale. I mean, really pale."
"Are you out of your mind? What do you think would have happened if ... if ..."
"Jasper, I know you could have done it anyway. I just wanted you two to bond."
"Do the others know?"
"Why don't you ask them?" Alice smiled her painful smile again. That got Jasper bad. He kept quiet and tried to compose herself. "Dia, there you are. Had a nice time in the great outdoors?"
"Hmm? You can say that," I shrugged.
She giggled. "Come on, then. We have to change."
"For what?"
"Hmm ... it's a surprise. Other than that, you're a mess. No offense."
"None taken. But I don't have anything to wear other than this."
"I got you something in your room. And your dinner's there, too."
"You got me something?"
She dragged me outside of the room. "Stay here for a minute."
She cracked the door open and whispered. "Jasper?"
"What?" his voice still sounded a bit annoyed.
"I'll explain everything later. Please don't stay mad at me."
"Don't worry. How could I?" I could almost hear the smile in his voice but I made a face.
Lovers!
"Whoah!" I cried at the outfit on my bed. I would have guessed a flowing dress judging by Alice's taste but there lay a colorful poncho, a simple dress to wear under it. A nice pair of shoes and cute accessories to go with it. "How did you know?"
"I looked into a crystal ball," she smiled. "Hope you like Chinese foods."
"Oh boy, do I!"
She really must have seen everything coming. She's good.
I told her I would be fine changing on my own so I insisted she could leave. I mean, I'm 15 for heaven's sake (if heaven has some left for me) but why everyone is treating me like a child is something I'll never know.
"Are you sure?" she asked. Still hesitating.
"Yeah."
"Really really sure?"
"Yeah."
"You might need help with something ..."
"No. I'll be fine. Really!"
"Really?"
"Yeah."
Maybe it's because I really am 15 and they only look like teenagers and young adults but they're really centuries old?
I kept bombarding myself with these questions as I got into the dress. It took me a while but I eventually got ready.
"Ready?" Alice asked outside my door. She and Jasper stood there waiting for me.
"Depends. What's this about?" I asked, closing my door.
"Come on!" and she led the way.
Jasper and I followed.
"Hey, Jasper."
"Yeah?" he asked in his formal outfit. He wore a tux and Alice had a fur coat on her.
"She explained everything to you? You're not angry anymore?"
"Yeah. Why?"
"Because, if you're still angry at her, it'd be all my fault."
"No it wouldn't."
"Whatever. It would."
"I lose my temper sometimes. Anyway, I hope you're going to have a good time tonight."
"Jasper!" Alice hissed.
"Oh, right," he said and pretended to zip his mouth.
We were headed downstairs.