A voice I hadn't heard in a long time exclaimed and I sprung to my feet. My eyes widened; there in front of me was Max even more beautiful now that she was a vampire, and Jared, who stood at least 6"9. I couldn't believe it, they were dead, properly dead, but they were standing right in front of me all three of us just staring at each other as it sunk in.
"Oh my god" I said, a huge smile on my face as I run to them, leaping on them when I was close enough.
"Lissa!" Max cried as she through her arms around me. "My god Lissa you were dead! Why the hell didn't you tell us you were freaking alive!" I laughed, she still hadn't changed but before I could reply I was lifted up by a huge pair of arms and swung around.
"Jared put me down!" I ordered, grinning at him. He put me back on my feet but I didn't let go of him. "Oh Lissy we missed you" He said in my ear swaying as we hugged.
I asked my family to leave us for a bit and they along with Stephanie left quietly.
"Okay first things first, wow" Max said smiling at me as she walked around me. "I mean you were hot before but seriously, wow." I giggled.
"Seriously Max now isn't the time for you to be jealous of my good looks" I replied, smirking at her. She stuck her tongue out and we all fell to the floor and looked up at the sky. I was turning to look at Jared when a sparkle caught my eye.
"Oh my god no way!" I cried, pulling Max's hand and taking a closer look. "My god Max good thing you're a vampire otherwise this thing would be dragging you down the entire time." I said smiling up at her before high fiving Jared with my other hand.
"When?" I asked.
"Last year, it's planned for after the crowning" Jared replied sharing a look with Max. Oh how I wanted to read their thoughts. Max gasped.
"This is brilliant! You're alive!" She exclaimed staring wide eyed at me before getting onto one knee. "Will you Avalissa Green do me the honour of being my maid of honour?" I nearly cried so I could only nod my head.
She smiled and pulled me into a hug.
"Love you Liss"
"Love you Maxxie"
"Love you Jared" We grinned and turned to Jared.
"Love you Jared" Max and I said in unison before falling into fits of giggles.
3 Hours later
"Max you know I'm going to ask you" I said as we sat in the room Max and Jared shared together.
"I know, I've been waiting for it since you came back" She answered. "When Johan came in we heard him, so we went and took a look. He was in your kitchen, I don't think he was expecting company quite so soon. He jumped on Jared first, I'm not sure what he did but Jared was dying. And then he turned on me and bit me. Alec pulled him off me but it was too late, I was already changing. Johan went through the wall and Alec grabbed Jared and I and legged it, took us to his house and bit Jared. He went back to the house but you were gone. Never told us what he saw, but he came back broken, didn't speak after that." Max explained.
"And once you woke? What happened then?"
"Steph explained to us everything, what we were, who Johan was, why he did what he did. Alec just sat in the corner, staring at the photo albums. We've hardly spoken to him since. We never mentioned you, he blamed himself for your death, because he left you alone with him." Max said, her aura becoming sad. I pulled her into a hug.
"He told me to hide in the cupboard until he got back, but then I heard you scream so I ran downstairs. I didn't hide, it's my fault, but I'm sort of glad, I wouldn't have met the Cullen's if I had hidden."
"They really are you're family now aren't they" Max said.
"Yeah, they got through to me, pulled me out of my shell. When I thought you were dead, and I would never see Alec again I suppose you could say I was empty, but they pulled me out of it." I answered thinking about my family.
"So what are you going to do now? Aro won't want to let you go, these few weeks he'll try anything to get you to stay. You're power is incredible, and if I know you as well as I do, which I do, then only you know the full extent of your power." She said, she knew me too well.
"You know me too well Maxxie" I replied, "you know I would tell you, but if I did then Aro would find out and then I'll be killed. Well they'll try to kill me."
"It's that powerful?" I didn't reply, she already knew too much.
"It's ok, I understand" Max said and I smiled gratefully at her.
There was a knock on the door and Jasper poked his head through.
"Ava they want you in the throne room" He said, grimacing slightly. I hugged Max and promised I'd be back soon then walked over to Jasper by the door.
Do you know what they want?
Something about rooms and where you're staying and where we're staying he replied.
I nodded and followed him into the throne room.
"Ah there you are, we were beginning to wonder" Aro said as enthusiastic as ever as Jaz and I walked into the room.
"We're sorry to have kept you waiting" Jasper replied and Aro smiled at him, he was well aware of the other powers in my family.
"Oh no, no problem, it's not too important" My eyes strayed to the Princes' chair which was empty as the Prince had stood when Jaz and I had arrived. His golden eyes stared into my own and I wished his thoughts weren't blurred to my eyes.
"We have a number of guests arriving in the next week and unfortunately we won't be able to house all of you in the same part of the castle, we have 4 double rooms on the east side and one single on the north side, we were wondering if one of you would mind staying there for your visit?" He asked, his eyes lingering on me. The north side was where the brother's, Prince and the majority of the Guard slept.
"I'll stay there" I answered before anyone in my family could offer. They protested in thought and I reminded them that nothing could keep me here.
"Oh wonderful, Prince will show you to your room then" Aro said and the Prince calmly strode towards me, a small smirk on his face, damn his blurred aura.
"Follow me" He said, opening the door for me and leading the way to my bedroom. I watched him for almost the entire walk there. He reminded me so much of Alec, their walks and smirks were almost identical. But Alec had a heartbeat and the Prince did not.
"You can talk to me you know, I won't bite not yet anyway" He said, looking me up and down. I blushed mentally as he smirked at me.
"Will you tell me why you're aura is blurred?" I asked, he might be Prince but I'm pretty sure I could whip his arse if I wanted to.
"It's blurred is it?" He asked, feigning innocence, his aura however blurred it was showed he was lying, he knew exactly why it was blurred. "Who knows?"
"You know, I can see that much" I replied. He stopped in front of me and I got a great whiff of his scent.
"Don't snoop Avie, it won't end well and it's not safe, no matter how powerful you are" He replied, his eyes cold, and the cold feeling I got when I was near him intensified when he called me Avie.
"Don't call me Avie" I said, not liking the Prince very much. He laughed.
"You're ordering me what to do? I'm the Prince of Vampires, I could have your pretty head for that" Before I could say anything he said it for me "Or I could try and have it, but I doubt I would get it, am I right?" I scowled as he grinned and carried on walking, I felt like stomping my feet.
"Why can't I call you Avie anyway? Steph calls you it" He said.
"Were you spying?" I asked and his aura turned a turquoise colour, I had him there.
"And if I was?" He asked coming to stop in front of a tall oak door.
"I might have to whip your arse" I said, stepping closer looking up at him.
"Does that involve whips and not very many clothes? Because I'm sure I would enjoy that" He said smirking down at me, but I wasn't going to let him win this one. I stepped closer and breathed deeply, licking my lips as I looked him up and down.
"It just might" I replied, walking into the room about to close the door when the Prince's hand got in the way. I turned to glare at him.
"Why can't I call you Avie?" He asked, all traces of playfulness gone and I was nearly inclined to tell him.
"Stop calling me Avie and I'll tell you, but then I suppose you could just find out from Aro, he knows already." I replied before fully closing the door. I could hear him breathing on the other side of the door until he walked away.
I turned and slid down one of the two purple sofas that were in the room. I was shocked at myself, I'd never acted like that around anyone except Alec and it frightened me. For so long I'd been hung up on Alec and the day I find out he's so close I start having feelings for someone else; the freaking Prince of Vampires.
An hour later after unpacking all of my clothes and having a long shower there was a knock on the door.
"Who is it?" I called tying my wet curly hair up in a messy bun. I wasn't used to all the auras around me so I wasn't able to recognise people from their auras, apart from my family's.
"It's Steph" She said. I pulled my towel tighter around me and opened the door.
"Hey Ste." I stopped because not only was Steph outside the door but the Prince and Caius were also there.
"Excuse me for a moment" I said, shutting the door quickly and throwing on some clothes. I pulled my hair out of the bun and opened the door once again.
"I'm so sorry about that I thought it was just Stephanie, I'm not used to so many auras I'm slightly off count today" I said, stepping out of the way so they could come into the room.
The Prince winked at me as he walked past and had I still been human I would have blushed, I curtsied as Caius walked in and wondered what they were doing in the room.
"The Brother's were wondering if you would like to join them for a walk around the Castle Avie" Stephanie said, nodding at me slightly.
"Of course, when?" I asked.
"Well now of course" Caius replied. I opened up my link to Stephanie.
What's he doing here?
He likes to be where Prince is, Stephanie replied.
And why is Prince here? I asked.
He likes to be where you are,
