Hi! It's me again! How ya'll been? So yeah new chapter, not great by any standard but its up! ENJOY! Oh and I forgot this in my last chapter but MY NAME IS NOT, NOR WAS IT EVER, NOR WILL IT EVER BE STEPHANIE MEYER, AND I DON'T OWN TWILIGHT!
Chapter 2: A New Friend?
It struck me like a speeding freight train.
'Oh god! No, No, NO! Not HIM! Not one of THEM! This isn't right! This shouldn't be happening! Oh no, no, no, no, no!'
But no matter how much I denied it I knew it was true.
Alec was my imprint.
I snapped my head back towards the front of the car, and then buried it in my hands letting out an involuntary groan of exasperation.
"Are you ok?" I jumped at the sound of his velvet voice.
"Um…" My voice was quiet and came out weak; I cleared my throat, "Um yeah just a headache, I get a lot of those…"
"Uh, alright" he replied, not knowing what else to say.
Time crept slowly by, he drove and I made a HUGE decision that affected my very existence.
I would hide it.
When I finally regained the ability to speak I asked him where he was originally from and after that conversation flowed smoothly. I answered as many of his questions truthfully as I could but his loyalty lay firmly with the Volturi, as it had for over 450 years, and even if he couldn't find out through Alec's currently blocked thoughts, I couldn't have Aro finding out who I really was.
We arrived at the airport within 45 minutes cutting the normal, speed limit following time in half, and within the hour we boarded a plane headed for America.
It must have been one of the most fascinating 8 hour plane rides I have ever endured, turns out Alec was surprisingly good company for a Volturi guard. For the first couple hours we continued our conversation from the car, and then I forced him to watch the new Sherlock Holmes movie (to which his full pink lips said he hated, but his mind said otherwise,) on one of the tiny televisions in the back of the seats. During the movie the flight attendant gave the call about darkening the plane so people could sleep, so after we were sure the man next to us was sleeping we both read our books with no additional light besides that provided by the illuminated walkway. Then surprisingly I fell asleep.
Even more surprisingly when I woke, I was resting my head on his shoulder as he feigned sleep.
I snapped myself into an upright position knowing no one would see and went to check the time on my phone.
Alec sniggered, opening his muddy brown eyes. Wait brown?
"He he, are you wearing contacts?" I said too soft for any human to hear.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Please don't make fun of me!" he hissed in kind.
"Alright… Better than burgundy…" He just responded by sticking his tongue out at me.
"Only about half an hour till we land!" I chirped, happy that I would soon be able to stretch my aching legs.
"Oh thank god!" He agreed enthusiastically, "the smell is killing me!" he clasped his hand around his throat for emphasis.
I rolled my eyes, "Vampires."
46 minutes and 38.7 seconds later I hit the woods outside of DC running.
"How far are we going again?" Alec complained ten minutes into the run.
"CROSS COUNTRY BABY!" I yelled invigorated by the run.
He just groaned in response.
We ran for hours, mostly in silence but with the occasional conversation or game of 20 questions.
We could begin to see the lights of the house ahead, long before we broke into the large clearing with the large, white, Victorian style mansion in the center. I could see through the huge glass wall that two of my brothers were playing a video game, Emmett being Emmett was completely absorbed while Jazz was enjoying his brother's antics and hilarious outbursts.
Their wives were sitting at the desk in the far corner of the living room, Alice on a lap top creating a design for what looked like a frilly pink dress that I wouldn't wear for a million dollars, and Rose looking bored reading a magazine.
Edward was softly working out a hauntingly beautiful melody on the piano, while Bella sat next to him with her head on his shoulder.
I made Alec follow me around to front of the house to where the main entrance was.
I climbed up the wooden stairs to the large, white door and put her fist up to knock but hesitated.
"Are you coming dude?" I turned to look down to the boy standing at the bottom of the stairs.
"Why don't I let you go first and alert them of my presence, most vampires don't react well to a Volturi guard showing up on their front door step..." He answered sheepishly.
"Yeah, your right. But don't go too far though!"
I pivoted back towards the door and gave three solid knocks.
"Hm… I didn't see anyone visiting, so it must be Alex." Alice said in response to the looks she was getting from everyone in the room.
"Come on in Squirt!" Emmett boomed in response.
"Since when have you called me squirt?" I inquired, swooping through the doorway and into the large room inside.
"Huh… yeah, your right!" He paused the game and jumped up spreading his arms wide. "LITTLE BEAR!" He yelled.
"BROTHER BEAR!" I bellowed in return, and flung myself into his waiting arms, completing our usual greeting.
After enthusiastic greetings from all around, save for Nessie who was on the res with Jacob we sat around the dining room table so I could deliver the news on my dealings with the Volturi.
"So what's the verdict Sweetie? What must we do in order for this problem to be solved?" Esme questioned worriedly clutching Carlisle's hand.
"You guys owe nothing besides a yearly visit from one of the guard," I told her, some of the worry left her face knowing her family was safe or most of it anyway.
Catching how I let my sentence drop Jasper uncertainly said, "But?"
"I have to lend my services to them for five years…" I finished looking down and picking at a loose string on my navy blue shirt.
"You mean like work for them?" Bella asked.
I nodded, "and live with them."
"Oh sweetie!" Rosalie leapt from her seat to wrap me in a tight embrace.
"OOH! I almost forgot!"
I got a few odd looks from my family when I whistled as if summoning a dog.
Right on cue Alec swept through the door and stood behind me with a blank expression and a very sarcastic, "I'm not an animal Alex."
Growls arose from all around the table.
"What is he doing here?" Emmett snarled glaring just above my head along with the rest of the family.
"He's my personal guard." I chirped totally unphased. "And I would appreciate it if you didn't kill him; I don't want to owe Aro more than I already do." I said standing up, and beckoning for Alec to follow as I made my way to the stairs.
"Where are you headed?" Alice asked (AN: IRONY! XD)
"I have to start packing…" I mumbled and began the ascent to my room.
There it is folks! See you soon!
~AlexCullen3141890
