Lilliana Swan (Unedited)

Chapter 20

By the time was done painting my room I looked out my window to see the sun was rising. I deiced to I was going to dress different today. So instead of the stuff I had been wearing for the past year. I had got dressed and headed down stairs. I passed Bella in the kitchen.

"Wow you look different." Bella said

"Is it a good different or a bad different?" I asked

"Good." Bella said

I walked out of the house and headed to my car. I got in a drove to school. The first half of the day was normal. When it came time for lunch we all headed to the cafeteria. I looked over to the table and see Bella, Edward and Jasper sitting Angela, Eric, Mike, and Jessica. I walk over and sit down as soon as I do Jasper pulls my chair next to his. I get a look from Bella. So when this happen Bella said. We will talk later I said. Angela was busy addressing a pile of note card envelopes. Mike writes what he's saying on a legal pad--

"My fellow students. We are the future. Anything is possible if we just believe, blah, blah, blah." Mike said

He rips the page off, hands it to Jessica.

"Yeah, this will be my speech. If I want people to throw their diplomas at my head." Jessica said

She crumples the paper. Tosses it at him.

"Ya gotta embrace the clichés, Jess." Mike said

"They are the bread and butter of all valedictorians." Eric said

"This is why you're not valedictorian." Anglea said

"I chose to exit the political arena to spend more time with my family." Eric said

"Jess doesn't need clichés. She's gonna rock that speech." Bella said

"Yeah Jess you will deliver a great speech." I said

"Rock? Great? It'll change lives." Jessica said

Alice and Mason have abruptly appeared carrying trays of food they won't eat/ AS they sit--

"--I've decided to throw a party." Alice said

"After all, how many times will we graduate high school?" Mason asked

Edward, Jasper, Bella, and I all stifled a smile.

"A party? At your house?" Angela asked

"Whoa. I've never seen your house." Jessica said

"No one's ever seen their house." Eric said

"Bella and I have." I said

"You know what I meant." Eric said

"Another party, Alice?" Edward asked

"It'll be fun." Alice said

"That's what you said last time." Bella said

"And we all know how that ended." I said

Suddenly Alice freezes her eyes glazing over. She's having a vision. Mike hasn't noticed yet.

"Well, cool, that's really uh...normal of you. What time? (nothing from Alice) Dress code? (still nothing) Bring anything? Cheetos?" Mike asked

A beat as Alice still looks into the distance. Awkward. Bella looks at Edward, concerned. Edward shrugs it off nothing to worry about.

"Wake up. Alice." Edward says

"She hasn't been getting much sleep lately. Senior jitters." Mason said