The Power of Three [Twilight/Charmed]

Part One - Chapter Eleven: The Cinema Date

Alicia nibbled on her bottom lip standing dressed in her nude T-shirt with lace trim kimono sleeves and black trousers in slouch fit paired with black leather high heels; she ran her fingers through her hair before looking at her sister.

“Do I look okay?” Alicia asked looking at Amelia, who looked up from her book; the brunette gave her sister the once over before she nodded her head.

Taking a deep breath, Alicia looked at herself once more in the mirror before the doorbell rang; a smile lit up her face as she realised that Embry was here.

Collecting her metal keeper across body bag, Alicia flashed a grin at her sister before she headed to answer the door; Aiden frowned watching after his youngest sister, he couldn't believe that she was dating.

“Don't follow her to the door,” Amelia called moving to collect her laptop so that she could continue to work on her novel; Aiden frowned as he looked at the brunette, he wasn't used to seeing them so relaxed like this. Alicia smiled opening the door to Embry, who smiled at her.

“Hello,” the brunette said as she stepped out of the house and closed the door behind her; Embry smiled at her before looking up the road to where Chief Swan lived.

“So are you ready? Jacob's just gone to get Bella,” Embry said making Alicia stare at him for a moment before she realised that this wasn't a date. Alicia nodded her head as she tried to hide her embarrassment about thinking this was actually a date.

***

The foursome were sat in a cinema in Port Angeles and Alicia couldn't help but wonder if Bella knew how much Jacob seemed to love her; Bella was talking about her relationship with Edward and it was clear that Jacob didn't want to hear about the vampire.

“What does she see in him?” Alicia muttered to Embry as Bella continued to talk about Edward religiously; Embry shrugged as he looked at Alicia, who was watching Bella in disgust.

“I have no idea… she's crazy about him though,” Embry whispered making Alicia nod as she held back a comment about how Bella would have to be crazy to date a vampire but she knew that she couldn't tell Embry that.

“From what I've seen of the Cullens… there isn't anything interesting there. They all have chalky pale skin; they all have very dark eyes despite the range in their hair tones. It's like they aren't human or something,” Alicia mused before noticing that Embry, Jacob and Bella were now staring at her.

It was clear that they hadn't expected her to notice that much about the Cullens, it seemed to worry them that she had. Alicia offered them a reassuring smile before opened her starburst and eating one.

Bella bit at her lip nervously as she remembered Edward's dislike for the siblings, she didn't know what it was but she had a feeling that the trio knew more about the supernatural world than they let on.

“So has anyone heard anything about this movie?” Alicia asked changing the subject with ease, Jacob glanced at Embry as if trying to tell him something while Bella stared at the younger brunette; there was something about her that just didn't seem normal.

Embry turned his attention to Alicia and ignored the looks that Jacob was giving him, he didn't care what his friend thought about Alicia; she was his imprint, the only reason Bella was here was because Charlie liked Jacob more than he liked Edward.

***

Alicia sighed leaning against Jacob's 1986 Volkswagen Rabbit looking over at Bella and Jacob; they talking quietly and from where she was standing she could see that Bella was hurting Jacob.

“So did you have fun tonight?” Embry asked leaning against the car next to Alicia, who smiled at him and nodded her head as she turned her attention to him.

“I did,” Alicia replied sweetly making Embry smile at her and nod his head before looking over at Jacob and Bella, he shook his head softly at his best friend wondering when Jacob would realize that Bella didn't care for him like that.

“Can I be honest with you?” Alicia asked biting her lip nervously as she brushing some hair from her face; Embry nodded his head curiously at her before Alicia took a deep breath as she prepared to speak.

“I thought this was a date,” Alicia revealed blushing at her own stupidity, she looked away from him making Embry smiled as he tilted Alicia's chin up making her look at him.

“In all honesty it was but I sort of freaked myself out the other night and Jacob offered to come with me for moral support, he was meant to 'fall ill' and leave us alone if things went well. I didn't know he'd asked Bella to join us until like an hour before we picked you up,” Embry admitted softly making Alicia smile and nod her head understandable; she had nearly talked Amelia ear off when she freaked out over what to wear for this date.

The sudden screech of tires entering the car park made Embry and Alicia look away from one another and at the black Volvo XC60 that pulled into the cinema car park.

Alicia frowned watching as Edward Cullen climbed out of the car with a frown set upon his face; Bella smiled at the sight of her boyfriend who had come to take her home.

Edward threw a glare at Alicia, who frowned wondering why the vampire disliked her so when he didn’t know the truth; it wasn't as if he could tell that she was a witch.

“Must be here to pick Bella up,” Embry muttered making Alicia nod watching Bella move happily to greet her boyfriend, she seemed to forget that she had been talking to Jacob and it hurt to see her throw him away as if Edward was everything.

Pursing her lips, Alicia wondered if Amelia would mind if one day they used her empathy to show Bella, just how much she was hurting Jacob; it made Alicia sick to see how little the older brunette didn’t seem to care that she was hurting him.

***

“So I'll see you at Amelia's birthday party?” Alicia asked as Embry walked her up the path to the front door; Jacob had been in a foul mood when they had driven back from Port Angeles and the brunette couldn't blame him.

“Of course… I promise you next time we have a date, it will just be the two of us,” Embry murmured glancing back at Jacob, who was staring at Bella's house.

Alicia grinned kissing Embry on the cheek before she turned and walked into the house, however she wasn't expecting to find her siblings in a late night study session with the Book of Shadows.

Alicia swallowed hard staring at Amelia, who was nursing a mug and seemed to have her brown eyes closed as if searching through a vision.

“What happened?” Alicia asked concerned hurrying forward before Charlie Swan appeared in her eye line, she stopped as she looked at the police chief wondering what the hell was going on.

“That's what to know,” Charlie stated making Amelia open her eyes and look at him while Aiden frowned, it was clear that tonight had been eventful in more than one way for the Matthews family.

Alicia looked around confused, she didn't know what it was but she had a feeling that something major had gone down while she had been on her date with Embry.