Chapter 9: Take Him But Leave Me
To get my mind off the strange dream (which Sonny knew nothing about) and to have some fun, I invited Sonny to my house for a sleepover. June was delighted to know that I had a good friend and Bobby cracked some jokes at her. Sonny seemed to enjoy my aunt and uncle so I was safe.
"Even though I hate them for using my nickname for the main character," Sonny said through a mouthful of popcorn, "This is the only funny show that currently exists on the Disney Channel." I nodded my head off as we laughed with Sonny Munroe and her sketches with her co-stars.
"Tawny is so annoying," I flatly remarked as we watched her fly into a rage over the Queen Bee sketch being changed for Bumbling Bees. I reached down into the bowl only to discover that we were out of popcorn.
"I'll go pop some more," I told Sonny as I headed for the door of my bedroom, "Let me know what I missed." Sonny nodded and became engrossed in Sonny trying to reconcile with Tawny by buying her a similar cat plushie.
June spotted me as I came down the stairs with the bowl in hand and she pried the bowl from my fingers. "I'll handle it," she reassured me, "You just go back up there and-" Her words were cut off by the doorbell ringing.
"I'll get it June," I soothingly told her as she started for the door, "Thanks, I've got it under control." June went off to make more popcorn and I unlocked the door only to see my neighbor Alice Cullen at the door.
"Um," I lamely began, "Hi, I'm your neighbor Claire Tsai but everybody calls me Lara." Alice smiled warmly as she shook my hand. She wore gloves rather than her cold-handed brothers Jasper and Emmett. She handed me a box of chocolates which she handed over with her left hand.
"A gift from all of us," she explained, "Chocolates from Switzerland, they're miscellaneous." I took the chocolates from her and smiled brightly. These would be gone in seconds. Bobby was addicted to chocolate and June loved Swiss chocolate.
"Would you like to come inside?" I invited her politely. Alice shook her head no and seemed reluctant. She cleared her throat and began to speak.
"Um, Jasper mentioned that I saw you in a vision," she started to say, "Before you ever came here." I nodded, completely in the dark as to where she was going with this.
"I understand your situation," she continued, "I recently saw you in another vision."
"Does Jasper-"
"No," she quickly replied, "He doesn't know what I saw. If I told him, he wouldn't believe me for a second." She pushed her gloved hands into her pocket before continuing, "I saw you with Jasper and another figure I couldn't make out. It looks like you were being asked to choose one person over the other." She cringed slightly and rocked on her heels. I felt nauseous, like I needed Jasper to be hanging over my head right now.
Bobby came over and greeted Alice who shook hands with him quickly. "Would you like to stay for a while?" asked Bobby, "We're making popcorn." Alice declined politely and answered that she had to leave actually.
"Nice meeting you Lara," she added before she left. As soon as I shut the door, June handed me the popcorn bowl and I rushed back up to my bedroom.
"You missed Sonny telling Tawny off," Sonny announced as I plopped myself down, "But here comes the rap, its really funny!" I smiled and laughed my head off at Sonny's sketch as Tawny watched in horror. But inside, I felt sick. I didn't want Jasper, Alice could have him. No questions asked.