Twilight is a fictional creation by Stephanie Meyer. She owns it, completely. I just like to imagine more about it.
"I'll walk you to your truck." I mumbled as she headed towards the door. We walked in silence. I followed her home and after she was safely inside the house, I went to find Alice.
"Carlisle, please stay. Edward will be here in about ten seconds and he is intent on ripping me to pieces! Again! I promise, if you help Jazz calm him down, that I will explain everything." I heard Alice begging our father inside the house. Carlisle's thoughts reflected that he intended to stay and play the judge and jury at this trial. I was about a half mile or so away.
"I told you that this was a bad idea, Alice." Jasper murmured. If you touch my wife I swear I will do something worse than death to you. I don't know what, yet, but I am sure I can think of something. Jasper undoubtedly could think of something. I was in the lawn now.
I went into the house and glared at the cowering Alice. She was hidden behind her husband. He is remarkably calm considering Alice is about to faint from fear. Jasper accessed my emotional state only to find that I was going to be reasonable.
You promised to explain. "Alright, Edward, Esme and I are going to listen to your side of the story-we already know Alice's- and you are going to be calm. Then we will make a decision. Either Alice needs to apologize or you do. Jasper?" He turned and looked at the emotional manipulator.
"He's perfectly serene. Calm and stable. I'll monitor it though." Jasper answered. Alice did not seem to believe her husband…at all. She was still shaking uncontrollably and whimpering. Alice should go into the movie business. Her thoughts reflected that she was not scared, but hiding something. She was mentally singing "America the Beautiful" in J. R. R. Tokin's Elven language.
"One question, before I begin." I looked for approval and got it. "Alice?"
"Yes, Edward?" She breathed lightly. She changed languages and songs. She was know singing "Amazing Grace" in Gaelic. Her mental voice was lovely. Her pronunciation of each word was flawless. She could be a linguist.
"Why on earth did you tell Mrs. Cope that Esme needed me right away and allow her to think I was in trouble?" I was still dumbstruck by this. Why would she purposely make me, or any of our family, look bad?
Surprisingly, Alice laughed. "Because it sounded better then the truth at the moment. It also sounded convincing enough."
"It sounded extremely serious!" I said through gritted teeth, I was quickly losing my control on calm.
"I will think up an excuse for tomorrow. One that will put you back on your pedestal and make sense why you were pulled out. Okay?" She rolled her eyes. The pixie devil was trying to get me to attack her! She wanted a fight! I'll show her. Her thoughts mirrored my impression as she changed her song to a bugle charge.
Edward! Jasper's mind told me I had almost completely lost my hold on calm. I took three deep unnecessary breaths and then smiled. Calm and serene once again.
"Alice, it wasn't very nice to allow Mrs. Cope to think poorly of Edward." Esme scolded gently.
"Sorry mom." Alice looked and sounded repentant for that particular incident. Her thoughts had once again changed. This time is was translating Shakespeare's play, Macbeth, into Ancient Greek. She was getting ridiculous. I would have found it funny if I wasn't sure that she was hiding something.
"Edward, your side of the story, please?" Carlisle asked. I grimaced as I heard Alice's thoughts come into play. She stopped translating, after getting into the first scene of the second act. Her mind replayed the same thing over and over:
Bella will be my friend. Why can't our friendship start now?
"Alice has been bugging me to allow her to talk to Bella. Of course, ever since the incident with the van, I have been avoiding Bella. I have been for her safety and my sanity. Alice saw in a vision that she was going to be best friends with Bella. Ever since she has wanted to know Bella and start this remarkable friendship
"I said no over and over. I needed to avoid her and so did every other vampire in our family. Alice refused to comply. She began speaking with Bella. Last week and then again today.
"Alice tricked me into not showing up to lunch and sat with Bella. When I arrived to lunch later, Alice freaked out because I had ruined to 'fool proof plan'. Bella, getting up from her chair, fell and sprained her hand. I felt instant rage towards Alice-which was uncalled for- because I reasoned that if Alice wasn't meddling, Bella would not have gotten hurt.
"I accessed Bella's hand to find it only sprained- regardless of the loud, painful crack I had heard. We went to Biology and then I brought Bella to the hospital. I had asked Alice to make an excuse for Bella and I and she said, 'Edward needs to be excused from Spanish. Mother called and demanded that he comes home immediately. I don't know what happened'."
Alice giggled and then thought It sounded better before I said it. Sorry, Edward. Can I please, please be friends with Bella? She wants to be my friend! She needs to be my friend. You've seen it. It will happen. It doesn't matter what you do to prevent it!
"Alice, NO! At least not yet." I tried to make a compromise, "If you let her be for a while, I might change my mind, alright?"
Wait, what did I miss? Emmett, who had been listening in, thought.
Keep your cool, boy! Or I will put you in a sleeping state for the rest of the century! Jasper warned. I was in control! I was still reasonably calm! What was his problem?
Alice immediately scanned the future and squealed with joy. She saw me attempting to talk to Bella Swan again. Fabulous. Great. Perfect. Why?
"You had better not change your mind on me. Bella is going to be my friend. I want you to promise this will be soon, near future! I will not wait long before I talk to her again. She already said she'll go shopping with me!" Alice meant every word.
What on earth did Alice see? Esme and Carlisle's thoughts matched.
I nodded to Alice and then tore out of the house at ninety miles an hour. A dip in the ocean sounded good right now.
BPOV
The alarm clock sounded and I was so startled, I fell off the bed. I had just barely gotten to sleep. I was suffering insomnia lately. The rain was unnerving and I was still puzzled by Alice's and Edward's behavior. It confused me to no end! Edward, although he barely spoke to me and glared the entire time, seemed nice enough.
Alice was perky and sweet. I literally wanted to spend time with the "weird" Cullen. I didn't think she was weird. Sure, she had quirks. And yeah, not everyone floats wherever they go. Of course, most teenagers were not as hyper, happy, and excited as she was. I didn't care though, that was just Alice.
When I fell out of bed I bumped my right elbow, hard. It would probably bruise. Oh well, it will match my opposite hand. That little bubble was looking really good right now. I went and took a quick shower before pulling on a pair of old, comfortable blue jeans and a brown sweeter. I ate a pop tart and headed towards school.
"Bella, I missed you in gym. Where were you?" Mike asked before my feet even touched the wet ground. I looked passed him. Alice and Edward were glaring at each other. Jasper and Emmett were laughing and Rosalie looked annoyed. Maybe their family was weird. I looked back at Mike, who was waiting expectantly for an answer.
"I hurt my hand." I showed him the brace, "I went to the doctor. I am excused from gym for two weeks. And by missed me in gym you actually mean you noticed no one got hurt yesterday, right?" My tone of voice was cold. Mike didn't seem to notice.
He nodded and grinned. "I hope your hand feels better!" He said with a hopeful smile.
Alice Cullen disappeared and now Edward was looking at me with interest and frustration, again. This look confused me.
"It does already. Ice always makes things numb if you hold it long enough." I stated in an as a matter-of-fact voice. Then I added, "I have to give the doctor's notice to Mrs. Cope. See you in class." With that I left him in the parking lot.
I walked into the office, only to see Alice talking to Mrs. Cope. "I need to apologize, ma'am." Her voice was low and sad. "Edward wasn't in trouble yesterday. I made it sound that way because I was annoyed with him. Honestly, Edward was taken out of school because he had an appointment with the dentist. Here is the dentist excuse and here is the written explanation from my mother. Edward was running late, so he had asked me to deliver them. I purposely forgot to give you these things. I am so ashamed of my actions. It was unkind and dishonest." Alice sounded like she was really sorry.
"That's alright, Alice. I assume you made all well with your brother?" Mrs. Cope asked with sympathy.
"Oh, yes. As soon as he returned!" Her voice held sincere truth to it.
"Then I don't have a problem. Thank you, Alice." Alice turned to leave.
I faintly heard Mrs. Cope say, "Huh, this isn't a local dentist. Well, I guess that makes sense. They would go to the best of the best."
"Hello, Bella! I'm glad to see it wasn't a break. See you at lunch?" Alice was perky as ever. Like I had just brightened up her day. I just nodded and gave Mrs. Cope the doctor's slip.
Before long, I was in English. I got a lot of unwanted attention from people due to my brace. I spent most of my day red in the face. It was horrible. Wearing the brace was unimaginably awkward. I did manage not to hurt myself though. Well, nothing more than stabbing myself with a pen and getting several paper cuts.
Lunch came just in time and I got a salad and a water. I did not see Alice or Edward anywhere, so I sat next to Angela. She took immediate notice to my hand.
"So it was bad?" Motioning to my brace, Angela asked about my hand.
"Yeah, it was just a sprain. No big deal. Doesn't even hurt in the brace." I smiled. Angela was so kind. I was not embarrassed to talk to her.
"So when did you decide to was bad enough to go to the hospital?" Pure curiosity sounded in her voice, she added meekly, "You don't have to answer that."
"No, it's okay. Edward Cullen brought me after Biology. I saw Doctor Cullen. He gave me two weeks off of gym."
"That was nice of him." Angela dropped the subject and began eating. I followed her suit.
After about ten minutes, I saw Alice being led into the Cafeteria by an angry looking Edward. She looked so sad and defeated. She smiled at me meekly and then went on staring at Edward as if he was being cruel. Emmett chuckled at her expression and Jasper smiled. Apparently it was not as bad as it seemed. Rosalie looked pointedly at Edward and then Alice.
Rosalie pushed her tray toward Edward who shook his head. Rosalie shrugged and picked up an orange. She tossed it to Emmett who spun it on his index finger like a basketball before peeling it for her. He handed it back and she began separating the slices. She took the orange slices and smashed them absentmindedly. Most people probably would have thought she was eating the citrus fruit, but I knew better. I was watching. She was just going through the motions. Well, until she smashed the orange into pulp.
Alice kept stealing glances in my direction. Smiling sadly as she did. After a few minutes of this, Jasper got up and left. Rosalie and Emmett followed suit. Rosalie flashed a glamorous smile at Alice before she left. Every boy in the room gulped. Except Edward, of course. He simply rolled his eyes. I got the feeling they didn't like each other much.
After a few more minutes, Alice huffed and stood up. She stalked out of the room with such grace I gasped. Edward turned his head toward me, a worried expression on his face. He looked pointedly at my hand and back at me face. I smiled brightly, telling him I was fine. I could have sworn his breathing hitched. He nodded and went back to not eating. What was up with these Cullen kids-and apparently Hale kids- and not eating?
I got up and dumped the remainder of my salad into the trash. I walked quickly out of the Cafeteria. I went to the tree where I had twice talked to Alice. She was sitting under there, reading something by Lloyd Alexander. She was giggling, so I guessed it was good.
"The Rope Trick." I read the title, "Is it good?" I had not read that. In fact I really did not know Alexander well.
"I think so! Hey Bella." She squealed as she shut her book.
"Hi Alice." I smiled back at her gleaming face.
"How's the hand? Bothering you? I bet I can get you excused from the rest of the day." She seemed a little too excited at the thought of excusing me from school. What was she planning?
"No, I'm fine. I only have Biology left and I love biology!" I smiled.
"Oh, that's right." She nodded to herself.
"What was up with you and Edward at lunch?" I was too curious to resist.
She looked at me and giggled. "Oh, you mean Mister Drama King? He was suffering from another over reaction. It was my fault, really. I was provoking him. How was my performance? Did I do well?"
"Uh, yeah. If you were trying to look helplessly sad, then yes." She was something else. She said 'over reaction' like it was a disease.
"Good!" Then she spaced out again for about a half of a second. "Uh oh. If I don't get moving, I will be late for class!" Not to mention Edward is coming this way. She grimaced, then smiled, "See you later, Bella. Science is a movie on reverse osmosis water filtration. Very basic information. There is going to be a test, though. Take notes."
Before I could thank her, she was gone. Edward was walking towards the Biology building not a minute later. He looked down at me and sighed. I got up and stalked to class after him.
Buon giorno,
This is the lovely Alexandra. Lina gave me these notes and asked me to post them when I got the chance. She, I guess, has too much time on her hands now that she broke one of them. I have too much time in my hands because I am boyfriend-less. Lina is actually currently on a movie date with her boyfriend before he abandons her for Spring Break. He is going to the Florida Keys! Anyways...here is a quick update. I was given these notes about six hours ago.
..:*Alex*:..
Lina says "Peace"...She's not a hippie. She actually told me to say "Shalom" Which means peace in Hebrew. Uh, it is used as Hello and Goodbye. Catalina likes to use languages like Latin, Hebrew, Greek. She is not fluent, yet...but she knows enough to look cool. I wrote good day in Italian. Buon Giorno. I am Italian (and Greek)...but I live in the USA.