It was Sunday and I definitely was feeling better than the day before. Spending yesterday with Jessica was a lot of fun. I headed downstairs and found Charlie in the kitchen. He was drinking some coffee. He usually didn't work on Sundays. Technically he was always working in case there was some kind of matter that required the Chief of Police, but usually, he didn't have to do anything.
"Hi Dad." I greeted with a smile on my face. I could tell that he was surprised by my sunny disposition.
"You're up early." He commented as he took a sip of his coffee. "And you seem happy as well. Did you have a fun day with Jessica yesterday?"
"I did. We're going shopping today actually." I replied as I poured myself a cup of coffee. I wasn't even sure if I needed any, but he had made enough for me, so I decided that I could at least have a cup. "Though, I did notice that Billy was acting weird around Jessica. I'm not quite sure why. It was like he had some sort of secret or something."
"Well they don't get very many dinner guests from outside of the tribe." Charlie remarked. That was probably true, but he didn't seem to have a problem with me being there at all. "It probably had something to do with that."
"You're probably right." I agreed. "And also the fact that I essentially brought a stranger into his home might have bothered him a little."
"Yeah he is the leader of the tribe." Charlie added. You know I would have thought that they would want an able-bodied leader, but I supposed that since they didn't really fight anymore that wasn't necessary. "I really wouldn't make too much of it. Did she say anything about it?"
"She was probably too busy fighting with Jacob with notice." I said as I took of a bowl, some milk, and some cereal and made myself breakfast. Just because I was feeling better didn't mean that I felt like cooking. That took a completely different mindset. "So, is anything interesting happening with the police department?"
"Well apparently there's been a string of bear attacks but not much else." Charlie explained. There really wasn't much crime in Forks. Whether or not a police department was really needed was debatable, but it gave Charlie something to do and a source of income. I suppose the bear population might increase with fewer predators around so it seemed completely logical that the words might not be completely safe. After I finished eating my breakfast, I headed upstairs for a shower. While I was inside, I started to sing Party in the USA by Miley Cyrus. I really loved that song. It was super catchy and super addictive. I think some people that when you're depressed you listen to stuff like Evanescence, Hawthorne Height and Dashboard Confessional. The only music I listen to that might be considered is Paramore but Hayley Williams is a total babe, so I don't care.
I stepped out of the shower and headed to my room to dry off. I started with my hair. By now it had grown down to my chin and I still had no intention of cutting it. Much like I had grown used to it to short, I was starting to warm up to the idea of having longer hair. Sure, it took longer to wash but I could do a lot more with longer hair. When it was short, it was pretty much always the same style. I began to look for the perfect shopping outfit. I needed the right outfit for buying clothes. Something that I wouldn't mind changing out of you would probably be good and something that wouldn't attract that much attention to me also have to the case as I didn't want to be hassled. I finally decided on a white blouse with a navy vest and a pair of jeans.
Jessica picked me up as soon as she got done with church. She hadn't taken time to change because like me, she most likely knew she would probably be changing out of her clothes and might not be wearing the same thing when she left.
"So, are you feeling better today?" She immediately asked. I was a bit surprised by her forwardness, but I also knew that Jess was a very forward person.
"Yeah, I feel a lot better than yesterday." I answered as I took my seat inside of her Jetta. I buckled my seatbelt, and we began our trip to Port Angeles. I knew that it would feel go to go an actual mall. The clothes at Wal-Mart couldn't possibly compare to stuff from Abercrombie, Wet Seal, and Hollister. In general, the town had so much more to offer than Forks did. Though I had grown to like Forks as well, so I wasn't dissing it by any means. I just wished that they had some better places for us to shop. Also a few more restaurants would be nice…and a movie theater. Okay, so Forks could use some development, but that might cause it to lose its charm.
"So, if you wanna buy me anything you know as an early birthday present, I'd totally be okay with that." Jessica remarked. I didn't know that her birthday was coming up soon. I hoped that she hadn't already told me because that would make me a bad friend for forgetting.
"When's your birthday?" I asked like she hadn't ever told me.
"It's on Friday." She replied. She wasn't acting like she had told me before, so I was pretty sure that she hadn't told me. 'I'm finally going to be eighteen. Which could mean a lot more, but I know smoking is bad for you and I don't wanna waste my money on lottery tickets. Maybe we could go to a club sometime since you know we're both single."
"I don't know about that. I guess I'll consider it." I responded. I knew that clubs could be a little bit dangerous and had a lot of bad people. Plus, there was the fact that neither of us could drink, so there wouldn't really be a point to it. And I also doubted that Charlie would want me going to the club.
"But you are coming to my party on Friday, aren't you?" She asked. "It's going to be awesome. Definitely not your typical Forks party."
"Hopefully Charlie won't have to show up." I teased. I also didn't know what was considered a typically Forks party since I hadn't ever been to one.
"Ha ha." She laughed sarcastically. "It's not going to be that bad. I probably won't be having booze because my mom is going to be there. So, what was your party like?"
"I don't wanna talk about it." I replied. That was something that I was trying to forget. I was pretty sure that I wouldn't ever be able to forget Bella no matter how hard I tried.
We arrived in Port Angeles. I had plenty of money for shopping because Carlisle and Esme actually gave me a check for $1000 as their gift. They figured I should get to pick out what I want, and I wanted clothes. We went to a few stores. Oh, how I missed them. Anyway, we went to Victoria's Secret, Abercrombie, Hollister, and Wet Seal. I liked to have looks from all sorts of stores. We even ended up going to Old Navy to get new coats. I ended up buying Jess an outfit that she could wear to her party. But I held onto it tightly so she couldn't see it.
"Come on I wanna see it." She begged. I wanted to keep it a surprise. I was pretty sure that she would like it because I knew how Jessica liked to dress. It was definitely something that I could see her wearing.
"You'll see it on your birthday." I told her, shaking my head. "Trust me it will be worth the wait, and I know that you'll love it. So, are you ready to head back now?"
"Yeah, let's go." She replied as we went out to the car. "But I am coming to your house before school on Friday to pick up my present."
The rest of the week was pretty uneventful. I only cried about Bella a few times, and I didn't even cry for that long. The pain was still there, no matter how much I tried to avoid it.
True to her word, she did show up first thing in the morning on Friday. She even ate breakfast with me and Charlie. After we were done eating, I went to my room and gave her the bag which contain a fuchsia Wet Seal minidress.
"I love it." She exclaimed as she hugged me.
"I told you would." I stated.
I was pretty sure Charlie might have been trying to figure out the female obsession with clothing. Anyway, because it was Friday, we wore our cheerleading uniforms to school. Jessica's party was after the game, which we won.
Jessica's party was pretty cool. She had her house set up kind of like a teen club. She picked a great selection of music complete with Karaoke. I decided that it would be fun to fun to sing something, and I picked something by Paramore.
Give me attention, I need it now
Too much distance to measure it out, out loud
Tracing patterns across a personal map
And making pictures where the lines overlap
Where the lines overlap
No one is as lucky as us
We're not at the end
But oh, we already won, no no
No one is as lucky as us
Is as lucky as us
Call me over, Tell me how
You got so far and never making a single sound
I'm not used to it but I can learn
There's nothing to it, I've never been happier
Never been happier
No one is as lucky as us
We're not at the end but oh, we already won, oh no
No one is as lucky as us
Is as lucky as us
Now I've got a feeling if I sang this loud enough
You would sing it back to me
I've got a feeling if I sang this loud enough
You would sing it back to me
I've got a feeling (I've got a feeling)
That you would sing it back to me
You would sing it back to me
No one is as lucky as us
We're not at the end but oh, we already won, oh no
No one (no one) is as lucky as us
Is as lucky as us
Is as lucky as us
A week later we were at school on our bye week. That essentially meant that there was no football game. All of us were seated at lunch. I was sitting with them again at lunch after spending a lot of my time at the Cullens table. I still missed them a lot and wished that they would all come back…even Rosalie.
"So, Alice…" Mike started. He looked like he wanted to ask me something.
"Yes?" I asked.
"I was wondering if you wanted to see a movie." He asked. I tried to figure out a way to say no to him without actually saying no to him.
"That sounds fun." I remarked. I knew he was asking me out, but I didn't want to be alone with him. "You guys wanna come?"
All of them agreed. I knew Mike was disappointed, but I half gave him what he wanted. That was the best he was going to get from me. I'm still not quite sure how he hadn't found out that I don't like guys. I thought it was pretty obvious that I was a lesbian. Did he think that I wasn't one because I had grown my hair out or something? I could be a lesbian and still have long hair.
So, when it came time to meet at the theater, only Jessica, Mike, and I actually made it. Eric had a stomach virus, and Angela was taking care of him. I didn't know where Tyler was, but I didn't really care. We decided on seeing Jennifer's Body. The movie was actually pretty terrible, and it had some potential and Megan Fox and Amanda Seyfried were really hot in it. Actually, it needed more of them kissing. Just give me more of that. I didn't know if Mike had the stomach to handle what was happening on screen and he rushed to bathroom to vomit.
"I am so glad that I dumped him." Jessica commented.
"Maybe he has that stomach flu that's going around." I replied as I noticed Jessica holding my hand. I pulled away.
"What? I can't hold your hand?" She asked. This just got kind of awkward now.
"You can…but I'm just not sure if it means the same thing to you." I stated. As much as I liked Jessica, I didn't know if I was ready for anything like that. Plus, it would be a little bit weird if I started dating my best friend. It could also mess a lot of things up if we ended up breaking up. Just because she was still kind of friends with Mike didn't mean I would remain friends with her.
"Well, let me ask me you this. You like me, don't you?" She asked as I nodded. "And you obviously think I'm hot. I saw you checking me out in the bathhouse."
"Jess, stop." I begged. She was making this really difficult. I also didn't want to hurt her because I didn't know if I could be emotionally available to her.
"Why?" She asked.
"Because you're about to ruin everything." I responded "And I can't lose you."
"I'm going to stop trying. I'm not going to just give up." Jessica said. She had a grin on her face that was kind of sweet. It was a little bit creepy how she said that she was going to keep flirting with me even if I didn't want her to. Well, I did kind of want her to.
"I don't want you to because I don't want you to go anywhere." I replied. I wished that I was over, but I wasn't. I still thought about her a lot and I did not know what I could do about it.
"It's because of her, isn't it?" She asked. When I didn't say anything, she replied. "I know what she did to you but Alice, I would never hurt you like that. I would never leave you. I promise."
I looked into her eyes and had a slight urge to kiss her but instead I just laid my head on her shoulder. We were still for a few second. I then leaned in a little before I heard someone coming and pulled away.
"Well…" Mike interrupted. Apparently, he was out of the bathroom. "I need to go home."
Jessica glared at him. Yes, he had ruined our moment, but it wasn't like we could just ignore him.
"I was feeling sick before the movie." He added, noting that Jess was still glaring at him. "What is your problem?"
"Right now, my problem is you. You always ruin everything." She said icily. Maybe they weren't friends anymore and she just hung around him because they had a lot of the same friends. "If you're feeling sick maybe you should go to the hospital or better yet I could put you there."
I stepped in between them. I didn't know why she was acting so weird all of a sudden. It wasn't like her to get so angry all of a sudden.
"Whoa Jess cool it." I remarked as I put my arm around her torso. "Jess, you're burning up almost like you have a fever."
"I don't know what's happening." She replied. Maybe she was the one who needed to go to the hospital. "But I need to go. I'm sorry."
So Jessica likes Alice now, but Alice mainly just wants to be friends. What else is going to happen with them, especially since Jessica is a werewolf? Please don't forget to review.