Chapter 3

So, the next day, Alice went to sit with Maggie again. She carefully watched her great- great- niece eat. For so long, she had been the one who knew nothing of her past; but now she had a door to a family she couldn't remember.

"Maggie, would you like to come shopping with me?" she finally asked.

Maggie hesitated, "I'm not sure if my mom would like that."

"I'll deal with your mom," Alice reassured her, already wondering if she should drag Bella along. "I'll be at your…um… house by four o'clock.

Maggie nodded, then turned her head in the direction of the rest of the Cullens. "Will any of them be coming?"

"Well, since I can't legally drive yet, yes," One of the things Alice hated about being 4' 10", people gave you funny looks when you drove. Maggie started to say something, but stopped when Alice's face when blank.

She saw Edward writing carefully on a piece of paper, "Bring the human over here."

"ALICE! ALICE!" Maggie was waving her hand frantically in front of Alice's unseeing eyes.

Alice blinked, then looked at her, "Sorry. I space out sometimes. Do you want to go meet my family?"

Maggie nodded, and Alice took her hand and dragged her over to the table.

"Why are your hands so cold?" Maggie asked. Alice didn't answer.

"Everyone, this is Maggie," she announced. "Maggie, this is Edward and Bella, Emmett and Rosalie, Jacob and Renesmee, and you've already met Jasper."

"Don't you people eat?" Maggie asked, eying the empty food trays.

"It's complicated," Rosalie growled, ending the discussion.

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Four o'clock, right on the button, a yellow 911 Turbo Porsche pulled up in front of Maggie's mobile home. At Alice's request, Jasper had dawned the attire of a limo driver. He got out and opened the door for Alice.

"Ever the gentleman," she giggled into his ear.

"Whatever you say, ma'am," he teased, allowing his voice to drop into it's natural southern accent.

Alice skipped up to the door and knocked.

A short woman with dark brown hair answered the door. Once again, Alice could smell the heroin in her blood. Ignoring the dirty looks she was receiving, she said, "I'm here for Maggie."

The lady, Josephine, looked past Alice to the flashy car and the gorgeous driver. (Yes, I'm a guilty Jasper lover)

"Maggie!" she shouted, and the girl peeked her head out from behind the worn down couch.

"Alice!" she greeted her friend and went to the door.

Josephine moaned, and even from the car, Jasper could tell that she needed another dose of heroin soon. "Get out of here," she grunted, then closed the door.

Alice and Maggie were silent for a moment, then both burst into a fit of giggles as they walked to the car.

"Ladies," Jasper said, opening the door with a flourish.

Alice pecked him on the neck, then got in after Maggie. Jasper was smiling with amusement as he felt Maggie's extreme confusion. She had already guessed that Alice was rich, but this was a NICE car.

"We have a lot of stock," Jasper said, trying to explain before it escalated to something huge.

"Stock," Maggie echoed.

Alice shook her head. "Maggie, what am I going to do with you?"