Elizabeth, better known as Lizzie, was a Winchester by birth but a Cullen by nature.
Growing up as a Winchester was never easy for her, she couldn't remember a time where she wasn't dislodging some poor monster's head from the rest of its body. Not...
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Lizzie sat in the gym at Forks High School. This was it, graduating for the umpteenth time for the Cullen siblings. Jasper sat with an arm around Alice as Edward and Bella held hands, and Lizzie and Dean sat between the two couples. Carlisle and Esme were somewhere behind them watching and Rosalie and Emmett were at home since they had already graduated.
Jessica Stanley was standing before the podium, busy giving her epic graduation speech that in Lizzie's opinion wasn't all that bad.
"When we were five, they asked us what we wanted to be when we grew up. Our answers were things like astronaut, president, or in my case, a princess. When we were ten, they asked again. We answered rockstar, cowboy, or in my case, a gold medalist. But now that we've grown up, they want a serious answer. Well, how about this, "Who the hell knows?" This isn't the time to make hard and fast decisions, this is the time to make mistakes. Take the wrong train and get stuck somewhere. Fall in love. A lot. Major in philosophy because there is no way to make a career out of that. Change your mind and change it again, because nothing's permanent. So make as many mistakes as you can. That way, someday when they ask what we wanna be, we won't have to guess. We'll know."
Starting with Angela Webber and ending with Bella and Dean, everyone in their year graduated and received their certificate for it.
Edward took Bella home after that, leaving Jasper, Alice, Dean, and Lizzie with Carlisle and Esme.
As usual, Alice was happy to have graduated yet again while Jasper was just neutral. Lizzie had graduated about four or five times now, but for Dean, it was his first of many to come.
"Let's go home," Esme smiled at her children.
Lizzie handed her certificate off to Carlisle and he carefully looked it over as if it was her very first and only one. He kissed her temple and hugged her into his side as they walked over to the family car.
"Well done, Kitty."
"Thanks, Dad."
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Back at the Cullen house, Rosalie and Alice had great joy in dressing Lizzie up for the graduation party. A dark blue dress going just above the knees with high heels and her blonde hair slightly curled. Alice helped Bella too, but Rose stuck with Lizzie even rummaging through her many closets until she found a Mikaelson heirloom. A flower hairclip she fashionably placed through Lizzie's curls.
"Beautiful," Rosalie beamed at her sister.
"Our best work yet," Alice agreed once she finished with Bella.
"Well, I do trust your fashion intuition," Lizzie admitted looking herself over in the mirror. "But why do we have to go to such extreme dress choices just for a graduation party?"
