Alice stared at me with wide eyes. They weren't wide with surprise, or worry, or anger. They were wide with…excitement.

Alice hugged me.

"Jasmine!" she squealed. "Jazzy, I'm so happy! Do you think he likes you? Well of course he likes you! Who wouldn't like you? A fool, that's who!"

"Whoa, whoa, Alice," I said. "Slow your roll." She stared at me with confused eyes. "I don't think he thinks much of me, Alice. I feel pretty stupid about it myself, I mean, we just met!"

Her eyes became confused. "And?"

"And…well…" I struggled for an angle to argue from but I could find none. "Well…it's just not right!" There, that should do it.

Alice didn't seem fooled. "Oh, Jazzy! I bet I could ask Edward, even Jasper might know if he likes you." I heard Edward cough a laugh from downstairs. I grimaced. "Or, I could just look in your future and see—"

"Alice, you lost me again," I admitted.

Alice didn't even seem to notice I had started talking again. "I know I haven't been able to see werewolves, but I've gotten more attuned to them. Maybe I can see them if they're in their human form…" Alice droned on, becoming more and more excited as her words flew out of her mouth. Soon, she started talking so fast, I couldn't even guess her words.

"And this gives you even more a reason to stay human, Jasmine! You can live your life now! We'll visit, I promise!"

"Alice, Alice, Alice," I said, trying to calm her again. She was going way overboard. "Alice, he might not like me like that. In fact, I'm almost sure he doesn't."

"Denial," Alice murmured. I ignored her.

"Anyways, Seth said he's been sixteen since his transformation which was years ago! He can live forever, Alice! That is, if he likes me which, again, he doesn't."

Alice rolled her eyes. "Jasmine, they can keep aging, you know. If they stop phasing, they can start growing old again."

I sighed. "If he does like me, he'll keep phasing to be with me. And, again, he does not like me, Alice. Let it go."

Alice giggled. "Yes he does," she sang.

I covered my ears childishly as she droned on and on and on with her little fancies.

Then, Alice cut off abruptly. Her face became worried and the space between her eyebrows creased. She looked deep in thought.

"Oh, no!" Alice screamed. She shook her head rapidly. "No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!"

"What?" I asked.

Alice ignored me and continued to fret over something I wasn't sure of.

"Jasmine," she said. "It may not work out with Seth…"

I sighed. "That was what I've been trying to tell you!!"

"No, Jazzy, don't you get it!?" she said shaking me. "He could imprint on someone else. He'd love her, Jasmine, not you…" She shook her head more.

I froze. I had to admit, I hadn't exactly doubted the fact that me might like me, I just doubted the fact that it was right for him to like me. He was Seth: tall, kind, caring, comforting. And I was just…Jasmine. There was nothing special at all about me, no matter what Jasper and Alice said. The fact that Seth would imprint one day did bother me…just a little bit. Only because I liked him, though. I wanted Seth to find someone, I wanted him to live a good life. If I wasn't the one that could give him that, then so be it.

"Alice," I said. "Alice, I really just want to be alone right now. Tell Edward to keep out of my head for the next few hours, I'm too messed up to think clearly right now."

Alice smiled an apologetic smile. She gave me a tight hug and swept out the door closing it behind her. I sat at the window seat and stared up at the moon.

I sighed a loud sigh as I remembered my day. First, I pass out. Second, I find out that my new family is really a coven of vegetarian vampires. And now, I like a guy I just met for reasons I can't understand. Not a guy, even! A werewolf. I couldn't believe how unreal my life had become. I'd take it, though. I loved my new family too much to leave them all behind; I liked the werewolves too much to run away, I was too attached to Seth to never see him again. After much evaluating, I fell into a deep, well deserved sleep.

I woke up abruptly in the morning.

"Finally!" someone screamed.

I wiped my eyes. "How long was I asleep, Bella?"

Bella chuckled. "Fourteen hours."

"Fourteen hours?" My eyes widened and Bella laughed again.

"You deserved more," she said. "You had a long day yesterday."

"You heard, huh…"

"Just a little," she admitted. "Like when Alice lost it…"

I laughed a hysterical laugh. I noticed I was on the bed instead of the window seat.

"Not sure who moved you," Bella said. "I walked by here once and you were over there." She pointed to the window seat. "Next thing I know, you were here." Bella leaned forward and sniffed my shoulder.

"Huh," she said. "So that's who…"

"What?" I smelled my clothes but there was nothing unusual about the smell. Not to my nose, anyway.

"Nothing," she said.

"Are the werewolves still here?" I asked.

Bella smiled and nodded. "Jake can't stay away from Nessie for long. Then there's Leah who won't leave until Seth does and Seth doesn't look like he's leaving very soon." She laughed.

"I guess I should go downstairs, say good morning to everyone."

"Good evening," she corrected me. "It's six o'clock, Jasmine."

"Wow," I said.

"Actually," Bella said after a while. "The others wanted to let you sleep but I wanted to talk to you about something."

I straightened up. "About what, Bella?"

"Mortality," she said.