garden of love • emmett and rosalie

5 | the flower of old friends

It had been a few months since Alessandra joined this school and so far, she was friends with almost everyone in the school, quickly becoming popular due to her looks and her brains. She had an outgoing personality and a smile that entranced everybody. The only people she didn't even bother to interact with were the group of pale people that sat alone every lesson, keeping to themselves. The Cullens had always given off this eerie feeling, and it was uncomfortable along with the fact that their bodies were dangerously cold.

"ALESSANDRA!" Hearing the loud yelling of her friend, Jessica, Alessandra was snapped out of her train of thoughts as she glared at the blonde.

"What?" She asked, raising a perfectly arched brow. Jessica rolled her eyes, already used to Alessandra's tendency to space off and how she snapped at people when they brought her out of her inner world.

"Help me." The dark-haired beauty laughed slightly before looking at her notes and stuff. She tensed up once she sensed Bella coming with her boyfriend, Edward Cullen. "Hey." She greeted Bella, nodding at Edward as the others said hi.

"You're just in time. All right, check it out." Mike started as he read his speech he made for Jessica that he thought would help. "My fellow students, right? Right? We are the future. Anything is possible if you just believe. Blah, Blah, Blah, and you've got yourself a speech."

"No, this will be my speech when I want everyone to throw diplomas at my head." Alessandra laughed as Jessica scrunched up the papers into a ball at threw it at Mike. He glared at his now close friend, playfully.

"You got to embrace the cliches, Jess," Mike informed, a cocky grin on his face.

"They are the bread and butter of all valedictorians." Mike pointed at Eric, his grin growing even bigger.

"And that is why you are not valedictorian." Angela chimed in, pointing at her boyfriend.

"Jess doesn't need cliches." Alessandra started as she stared at the others. "This speech is gonna be epic."

"Epic? It'll change lives." Alessandra winked at her, but immediately tensed up again as she felt two other members of the Cullen family come and sit down with the group. The pixie one and the blonde one who looks like he is always in pain.

"I've decided to throw a party." The new girl in Forks rose a brow as she glanced at Alice Cullen, curiosity getting the better of her.

"After all, how many times are we going to graduate high school." She furrowed her eyebrows, glancing at Jasper and Edward, knowing that there was something else to this 'joke.'

'How many times are we going to graduate high school.'

What do they mean by that? Have they graduated school more than once because of how smart they are or...

"Another party Alice?"

"It'll be fun!" Alice said, glaring at Edward who didn't want to have another part.

"Yeah, that's what you said last time," Alessandra noted down that Alice Cullen was a party freak and by the looks of it, a girly girl. The pixie-like girl suddenly zoned out, and Alessandra watched suspiciously as Bella tried to lure the others into a conversation. She watched as she glanced at Jasper after the snapped out of her fantasy or whatever, it was almost like she was having a vision of some sort. Glancing at Edward, who was giving Bella a reassuring smile like he knew what she was thinking or seeing.

Okay, there's something really weird going on and it seems only Bella knows about the Cullens. Alessandra thought as she glared at them, standing up.

"Jess, Angela." They looked up at her, confused. "Coming?" They both nodded, knowing immediately what she meant. The trio said their goodbyes to the boys, the newest girl of the bunch purposely ignored the Cullens. "Bella, you wanna come as well?" She asked.

"Where?"

"PE." She nodded, getting up and saying goodbye to the others. Together, they walked to the changing room.

Time moved on drastically, the dark-haired beauty felt as if the days passed by like a click of a finger as it was now the weekend, which she was thankful for because she could stay at home all day and take a long nap - possibly hibernate. But she knew that wasn't going to happen as she sighed once her phone began to ring loudly.

"Hello?" She answered her phone, glancing at her nails as she did so.

"ALESSANDRA!" The said girl's eyes widened as she heard the familiar voice of one of her old friends she's known for a long time.

"Seb?" A smile was brought onto her lips at the voice but hearing the urgency, worry filled her. "Is everything okay?" She asked quickly. Alessandra hadn't talked to him in a long time and the fact that he called her with that tone scared her to the core. He had to be one of her best friends, one that was with her ever since she was a baby. With her through thick and thin. Seb was like her older brother, someone she loved with all her heart.

"Ales, there's a pack of shapeshifters in Lapush and a coven of Vampires in Forks." Her eyes widened as he explained to her the supernaturals in her area and immediately, her mind drifted off to the Cullens.

"THAT'S IT!" She yelled, connecting the dots. "The Cullens are vampires!" She heard Seb say yes. "But how did you find out?"

"That I can't tell. I'll be exposed." She nodded in understanding.

BEEP. BEEP. BEEP.

"What's that sound?" She asked, her eyebrows furrowing in confusion as she thought of the worst possible scenario of what the Beep sound was.

"That's the sound of this phone about to die. I love you, Alessandra. Never forget that and I'm sorry I can't tell you."

"I love you too. Don't die on me otherwise, I'll revive you and kill you again." He laughed before saying goodbye and ending the call.