The Power of Three [Twilight/Charmed]

Part One - Chapter Eight: Accidents Happen

Alicia sighed climbing out of the Audi Q7, she flashed a small smile back at Aiden who nodded at her before she closed the passenger door and headed towards Forks High School.

Alicia chewed on her nails nervously as she headed inside, Aiden had told her to keep her eyes peeled after the talk with Emily, it worried him when she had told them that the Cullens were vampire and vegetarian or not, they were what they were.

"Alicia," called a voice making her stop walking before she spotted Embry approaching her with a smile formed on his face. Alicia hadn't been in school for a week since they had rescued Emily from the vampire, they'd been preparing to deal with Victoria.

"How are you feeling? I heard that you will ill," Embry asked concerned looking at his imprint, Alicia smiled at him sweetly; she knew that she couldn't reveal the real reason that she'd been off so she'd have to stick with the cover story.

"I'm feeling better thank you," Alicia said as the two of them walked down the corridor together, the brunette glanced at him as they walked wondering why Embry and all of his friends seemed to look the same.

"So did I miss anything?" Alicia asked turning the attention away from herself, she couldn't risk him asking too many questions about her being sick; however she had thought about his strange appearance and wondered for a moment if Emily was keeping something from them.

"Not much... we have a pop quiz in Politics today," Embry said making Alicia bit back a groan as she wondered why Amelia hadn't warned her about this so she could study; for someone who could see the future, Amelia didn't seem to be able to warn her about normal things that could happen to her.

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Amelia sighed as she organised the shelves that were a mess and looked like they hadn't been organised in months; the brunette pursed her lips as she looked down at the book she was holding.

"Romancing the Stone," Amelia muttered moving to put it on the shelf, she was working on the shelves since they were completely messed up and nothing seemed to be in the right section; the brunette hated being stood on a ladder like this but it needed to be done.

"The Shining? What are you doing here?" Amelia asked herself, her eyes scanned the shelves as she tried to figure out where it belonged, she looked behind her and spotted where the book should be.

Amelia grinned at herself as she found its place, she was glad that it wasn't too far away like she had thought it would be.

"I'll put you where you belong," Amelia said stretching out a hand and trying to put the book on the shelf without using her magic, it would be cause problems if someone saw the book floating in thin area by itself.

It was almost in reach until Amelia leaned too far and she cried out in shock as she ended up in the middle of the floor balanced on the ladder like a pair of stilts.

Amelia wobbled back and forth as she tried to figure out what she would do to get herself out of this mess.

"Help," Amelia squeaked glancing around wondering where everyone was, the brunette took a deep breath as she stayed as still as she could and wondered what she was going to do.

The ladder leaned forward and Amelia screamed as she went with it, the ladder pushed the bookshelf forward and it knocked the bookshelf behind it down and then all of the bookshelves fell down like a row of dominos until eventually all the shelves were on the floor and books and pieces of paper were scattered.

Standing back up in the middle of it was a very guilty looking Amelia who looked around and raised a hand to her mouth in horror; she was going to be in some much trouble when Mrs Cooper saw what she had done.

Amelia was just grateful that the library had been empty when this had happened and no one had been hurt.

"What is this?" a voice cried from behind her and she whirled round to see Mrs Cooper looking around at the mess; Amelia licked her lips as she stared at the old woman, who had stepped out of the staff room to be greeted by this mess.

"How did this...?" Mrs Cooper started and then her eyes landed on Amelia who then looked away quickly, the old woman pursed her lips; if it wasn't for Andrea then she wouldn't have given Amelia the job.

"I'm so sorry, it was an accident," Amelia squeaked making Mrs Cooper frown as she moved through her destroyed library; she couldn't believe that this had happened.

"I'm so sorry Mrs Cooper... it was my fault," interrupted a voice making the two women jump before they turned to see Paul Lahote standing a little away from them; the Quileute flashed a nervous smile as he moved towards the two women.

"I accidently knocked one of the book shelves... it caused a domino effect," Paul said stopping next to Amelia and gestured at the mess; Amelia couldn't believe that he was taking the blame for her accident.

"Then you can help Amelia clear up," Mrs Cooper snapped then she turned on her heel and stalked away muttering about how Paul should be in school; once she was out of hearing range, Amelia turned to Paul and offered him a smile.

"You didn't have to do that," Amelia whispered looking around the library wondering where best to start; Paul smiled at her as he moved to start standing the shelves back in there places, Amelia followed him groaning softly at the sight of the mess.

"I don't mind... it's what they expect anyway, plus you can make it up to me by letting me take you to lunch?" Paul mused making Amelia look at him and nod, he had just saved her job and it was the least that she could do.

***

Embry grinned as he walked out of Politics with Alicia, who bit her lip to hold back a smile; she couldn't believe that she had gotten away with that.

"So I was wondering what you were doing tomorrow?" Embry asked shyly making Amelia look at him, she tilted her head curiously wondering what he wanted.

Alicia couldn't describe how she felt about being around Embry but she felt this strange pull to him and she wished that she knew what it was.

"Nothing... unless you want to do something?" Alicia replied with a shrug, the brunette spotted one of the Cullens watching her with Embry but decided to ignore it; she didn't care what the vampires thought about what she was doing.

Embry smiled trying to also ignore the fact that Edward Cullen was glaring at them, he knew that the leeches weren't happy that they now all attended the same school.

"I was wondering if you wanted to go and see the new Scary Movie film?" Embry asked making Alicia smile at him and nod, it had been ages since she'd been the cinema and now she was being asked out on a date by Embry.

"Of course, I would love to go the cinema with you," Alicia said softly trying to hide her excitement making Embry smile as he realised that she had agreed to go out with him.

"I'm throwing a party this weekend for my sister's birthday, would you like to come?" Alicia asked making Embry nod as he made a mental note to tell Paul that his imprint's birthday was that weekend.

The two of them walked out of the school unaware that Edward was still watching them, a frown set on his face as he focused on Alicia; he didn't know what it was but he had a feeling that she wasn't human.

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Author's Note: 

The scene that inspired this chapter is at the top.