CHAPTER 3
I opened my eyes, and I saw mom sitting beside me, I tried to sit up straight but I felt dizzy, "Mom" I said hugging her. She hugged me back, "Never do that to me again" she said her voice cracking up. I pulled away to see if she was crying but there were no tears only sobs maybe she had just stopped crying. I looked at myself; I was cleaned and dressed in a pretty pink dress, my knee and wrist bandaged. "I will not" I promised her. "I have made you your favourite pancakes" She told me with a small smile, "Mom I am sorry" I told her, "for what?" she asked me knitting her eyebrows together, "For yesterday" I said looking down at the bed. "I am sorry that I hid the truth from you" she said, I looked at her and told her "You didn't, you are my mom – my only mom" "But there is a lot to tell you – but before that let me feed you the pancakes" she said. A smile automatically plastered on my face as she picked up a plate from the side table and gave it to me, I attacked it immediately. I was so hungry.
"I will tell Ness that you are awake" Mom said getting up from the bed and slowly walking out of the door. I looked here and there to find my phone, it was placed near my pillow, I picked it up and opened the photos I had clicked, and I needed to show them to everyone. Renesmee darted inside my room with annoyed face, I was in trouble. Renesmee scolded me more than mom. "Are you crazy?" she shouted, "Heard that" I said and filled my mouth with a huge piece of pancake. "You could have told me!" she shouted again as she sat on the bed next to me. "I wanted to stay alone" I said as I looked at her, her eyes were swollen. "Were you crying?" I asked leaning towards her, "I was worried for you" she said as she shrugged, I hugged her and she hugged me back. As we both dropped our hands she said "You looked terrible" "I know, I fell down in the forest and before that I was lost, I walked the whole evening." I told her.
"Thankfully Alec found you" she said with a sigh. "And I told him I hate him" I told her, Renesmee's eyes widened. "You should have thanked him" she stated, "But I got lost because of him – and I need to show you something" I said picking up my phone. I quickly scrolled through the photos and handed over the phone to Renesmee. As she scrolled through the photos I finished my pancakes, she was just as mesmerized as I was, and I could see it in her expressions. "These are beautiful" she commented, "We'll go there sometime" I said happily, "With someone who knows the forest well" she said while nodding her head. "Like Jacob" I said with a smirk, and she blushed again. "What happened at La Push?" I asked her, "Nothing" she said looking down. "Do I need to call Seth to know everything?" I said, "I will tell you" she said in urgency. She knew if I had called Seth we both would have teased her. "He asked me out again" She said in a low voice. My eyes widened just as my smile did, "I will dress you up" I told her. "I didn't say yes" she said in a sad voice.
"Why?!" I shouted, she just shrugged. "Renesmee, you need to say yes" I told her as I held her hand, she was always warm. "I don't want to look to clingy" she said with a sad face, "you won't look clingy, besides he was the one who asked you out" I told her as I squeezed her hand a bit. "Okay I will say yes" she said with a smile. I fell back in my bed, "you know Alec was really guilty yesterday" Renesmee told me, "Tell me what happened after I left?" I asked her as I turned towards her. "Well, I came back in the afternoon and everyone asked me where you were? So I told them you were not with me, Aunt Rosalie said but you left for La Push, I told her that you didn't came there. Everyone got worried and pointed fingers on Alec." She said, "good" I remarked. "Then everyone decided to split up to look where you might have went, Dad and Uncle Jasper went to Port Angles, Mom and Grandma stayed behind to wait if you arrived after everyone had left, Aunt Alice Aunt Rosalie and Uncle Emmett went to the forest that is nearby, Grandpa Carlisle went to La Push with me and everyone went out for a search for you." She continued, "Wow" I said, I had really caused a mess.
"Everyone was too tensed, only then Alec had this idea from nowhere to look someplace where no one even thought about, and he found you late evening and bought you home all pale. Then Aunt Rosalie cleaned you and dressed you and Grandpa Carlisle stitched your knee wound but before all the action you fell asleep" She completed and then took a deep breath. "I am sorry for all the trouble" I apologized. "Well, it's ok but really you should thank Alec" She said, "never" I said bluntly.
"He found you!"
"You all would have found me anyway"
"Why do you hate him?"
"He is the bad guy remember" I reminded her.
"You should have said this in a little low voice" she said very slowly, "why?" I asked all confused. "He had been sitting in the backyard since night right outside your window" she told me, "Are you serious?" I said as I lifted both my eyebrows she nodded her head and I mentally face palmed myself. I got up from my bed but my leg was stiff. I dragged it toward the window and opened the curtains and window. Yes he was there one leg stretched out in front and one leg folded while his elbow rested on his lifted knee, but he was listening to music. As he saw me in the window he pulled out his earphones and gave me a small smile, I smiled back at him as he got up from the place.
"He wouldn't have heard" I told Renesmee as I moved away from the window, "Why not?" She asked me. "He was listening to music and besides who could hear a conversation that going on first floor?" I asked her while I shook my head. "There is a lot you don't know" she said. "I want to go downstairs" I told her. "Bare footed?" she asked me as she chuckled. I slowly slipped my slippers into my feet. Renesmee helped me walk out of the room, my knee was still stiff and it ached as I walked. "Are you sure you want to go down? If you want to see someone I can call them here for you" Renesmee said in a worried voice, "I can't stay in my room forever" I told her as we both walked down the stairs. "I can pick you up if you want" she said in the same tone and I laughed, "I am fine Renesmee" I told her and she nodded.
"Eleanor, you should have stayed in your bed" Dad said as he picked me up from my waist and put me on the couch. "I am fine dad" I told him, "you don't look fine" he said with an angry face, was it for me? "He is mad at Alec" Uncle Edward told me. "Oh" I said and then pressed my lips together. "Do you need something honey?" Grandma Esme said as she kneeled down next to me and I shook my head. "Where is everyone else?" I asked, usually on weekends everyone used to be in the living room. "Aunt Alice took mom and Uncle Jasper to shopping" Renesmee told me. "And where is mom?" I asked dad, "she is getting ready" he told me with a grin, finally he smiled!
I heard someone in the kitchen and I turned my face towards the kitchen, it was annoying not to know what was going on? "That is Felix and Demetri" Renesmee said in a very low voice. "Clearly they don't know how to cook" I said in the same voice and then we both chuckled. Alec walked in from the back door and then looked at me; he looked at me in a different way now. Maybe I was just hallucinating, I waved the thought away. "What are we going to do today?" I asked Renesmee, "We'll stay at home" she told me as she took her place on the couch. Esme got up and sat on the armchair next to me. "What? No!" I said as I knitted my eyebrows together and pouted. "This is your punishment, you are grounded" Dad said, "grounded?!" I almost shouted. Dad never punished me, never! "For a week" he completed, "this is unfair" I said as I crossed my arms in front of my chest. "No it is not" Grandma Esme said.
"Can I at least go out in the backyard?" I asked as I sighed, dad nodded. "This weekend is so boring" I mumbled. "You bought it on yourself" Uncle Edward said, usually he saved me from the trouble but today he was clearly on dad's team. "You can have fun even at home" Alec said and that's when I remembered he was also standing in the same room. "I wanted to go to La Push" I mumbled, dad hissed a bit. Oops! "Home is fun" I said with a grin, and Renesmee giggled. Felix and Demetri walked in the living room together.
Why did all three of them walked so stiffly? Were they in pain or something? "I will have a walk in the backyard" I said as I lifted my leg off the couch and dragged it towards the backyard. It was so stiff I needed a walk. "Do you need help?" Renesmee shouted from inside, "No I am fine" I told her. I walked slowly in the backyard, the cool breeze felt well. Alec followed me out of the house, "are you following me?" I mocked and he shrugged. He sat down once again the same way he was settled when I saw him from my window. I kept pacing in the backyard, "Thank you" I told him as I stopped near him. "For what?" he asked politely. Wow! Big headed guy polite with me? "For finding me yesterday" I answered, "don't mention it" he said looking down, he felt guilty. I tried to sit down next to him. "Don't strain your knee" he said in a worried voice.
"Don't worry about me" I told him with a smile, "this happened because of me" he said guilt washed over his features, "no it didn't, besides I am fine" I told him trying to meet his eyes. "You are not" he mumbled. "You look good when you behave like yourself" I mocked him, "like myself?" he asked looking at me, "Big headed" I mocked and he chuckled, he was not himself. "C'mon Alec, its fine" I told him with a reassuring smile and he smile back. I got up and he copied my actions. "Mind if I walk with you?" he asked, "Sure, I mean you can" I replied. "Ow!" it hurt when I stood up, his hands automatically stretched out towards me, weird Alec. "I am okay" I said and his hands dropped. We both walked together in silence for a little while then I tried to break the silence, "how long are you going to stay here?" I asked. "We will leave in a few days, a week I suppose" he told me. "Where do you stay?" I asked, "Italy" he told me and my mouth dropped but I quickly closed it.
"I have always wanted to go to Italy" I told him with a small smile. "Come with me" he said with a grin and I laughed. "I am serious" he told. "I will be grounded for my whole life" I said between my laughter. "You couldn't be grounded for your whole life" he stated, and I laughed again, did he really take that in the literal sense? "I would love to go to Italy but with Renesmee" I told him and his face dropped, but then it lit up again and he asked "You seem very close with Renesmee?" "She is my sister" I said with a grin, "but you don't call her by her nickname like everyone else?" "I and Aunt Bella are same in that way, we are not really fond of her nickname" I told him as I pressed my lips together.
"Do you have a nickname?" he asked, I shook my head, "I will give you one" he told me, I chuckled. "Eleanor" Mom said in an angry voice standing near the backdoor. I turned towards her as Alec let out a sigh. "Come inside" she said her eyes filled with anger as she looked at Alec. "Mom I was just walking here with him" I told her, she quickly walked towards me, "Come inside" she said from between her teeth, "Mom please" I begged. "She's not a kid" Alec said in a bitter tone, "But she needs to be protected from you" mom snarled. "Mom I am fine" I told her, "You are in a bad company" she said not even bothering that Alec was listening. "Speak for yourself!" Alec spurted out. "Mom, I have been grounded as It is, please let me make some friends" I literally begged. I don't know why but I begged for Alec's company. Mom sighed and gave up, "but you are not leaving this backyard" she ordered and I nodded with a smile.
"I can't leave like this" I told her pointing to my knee; she gave me an apologetic smile and then glared at Alec and swiftly walked away. "I guess you like my company" Alec mocked, I chuckled with him. "So tell me about yourself?" he asked me, his eyes filled with interest. "There is nothing much to tell" I told him, "besides you have been visiting us since forever" I continued with a little chuckle. "But this is the first time I met you" he stated, "you tell me about yourself?" I asked changing the subject, "What do you want to know?" he questioned back. "Do you have any siblings?" I asked, a smile broke onto his face – a genuine smile, none of the ones I have seen before, "Yes, my elder twin sister" he answered, I tried to imagine her, the mere thought of someone being equally as beautiful as him was breaking my self-esteem.
"You seem to love her dearly" I commented, "She is my family" he said, that meant he didn't have parents but it didn't seem to concern him. "Oh" I said. I noticed he was wearing a pendent, with V engraved into it – it looked like royalty with two ruby stones perfectly fitted in the pendent. "Wow, your pendent is beautiful" I remarked. He held it high up "this is like a family crest, where I work everyone wears this – it signifies our status or ranks." He told me, "Is that ruby?" I asked and he nodded. "This looks similar to my family crest" I said remembering that I also have one, "I have seen yours" he told me. "Really?" I asked, "Yeah everyone wears it, I mean all the Cullen's" "of course" I said in a low voice with a sigh.
"Where do you work?" I asked out of curiosity, he looked not any older than me. "It is a secret place" he said in a low voice, "underworld?" I mocked and he laughed.
"No in fact the opposite of it I would say" he stated. "Cool" I remarked, "now tell me about yourself?" he asked again, "what do you want to know?" I imitated him and he chuckled, "What do you do in your free time?" he asked, "I like to dance" I told him with a grin, "have you been trained in any specific dance form?" he asked curiously, "Yep, I took ballet lesson as a kid" I answered. "And what else do you do?" he asked, "I study, mostly I spend my time with Renesmee and I love listening to music especially when she plays something on the piano." I said, for a very long time he kept asking me questions about myself and he listened to me very intently.
He kept looking at me in a strange way, with soft eyes which were hard not to notice. I wasn't even sure if he was just staring at me or actually listening to whatever I was saying. He looked contented with just looking at me, but I couldn't figure out what did he found so interesting? I looked plain and simple. Once it was lunch time I excused myself to the dining room and he disappeared somewhere. Renesmee insisted not to go out with Jacob but I managed to convince her and everyone else. I also dressed her up in a pretty green full sleeves top and black pencil jeans and sneakers as she was going to hang out on La Push beach with Jacob. She was so beautiful that she didn't need even a tiniest bit of makeup.
Once she left, I was bored. Everyone was busy doing something or the other. All the male members had gone to work and all the ladies were in Uncle Edward's cottage. I didn't go there because I needed to take some rest. Demetri and Felix had also disappeared somewhere but Alec returned sooner. He was on phone when he entered through the backyard door. It looked like he was talking to his sister, I never got her name. After a long conversation when he put down his phone he gladly came to keep me accompanied to which I was thankful otherwise I would have started banging my head to the wall out of boredom.
Much to everyone's dismay we were sitting together and laughing. Once the home was filled with everyone Alec changed, he turned sadistic and cruel not even smiling and looked completely uninterested. He was rude to everyone, not to me maybe because he still felt guilty. For the next few days he kept following me everywhere but also tried to maintain his distance, he would talk to me whenever he got a chance – he would smile and laugh, but when everyone was present he would again turn gloomy. I would daily find him sitting in the backyard outside my window in the same posture I found him on day 1.
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