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Chapter 4: Knowing

Clarence led me to another dark room where he asked a guard on break to fill in for him. I kind of hid behind him shyly, but he felt for my hand and pulled me along to the table. We were alone.

"Alice, I still can't believe it's you." He sobbed, although tears weren't streaming down his face. Stupid vampirism.

"Clarence, what really happened that day?" I asked softly.

"You better sit down." He gestured to the chair next to his. I took it gracefully and stared at him with needy eyes. It was really happening. I was going to find out about how I became a vampire that day. I would've laughed hysterically if we weren't in this creepy place in a dark room…alone, not to mention. Clarence looked up at me and started, "That day that that other…vampire…came here, that's when the chaos started. He tried to get to you. I was your guard, by the way, if you didn't already know that." He smiled a heart-breaking smile. Whoa. I never thought of anyone like that except for Jasper. Focus Alice, focus. I'm here for one reason, and one reason only.

He continued, "He burst in here, smelling sweet, the vampire scent as we know it today, and I lunged at him. He bit me and I immediately started burning. I couldn't stop him as he got to you." He looked down, ashamed. I felt an urge to comfort him. I put my hand on his cheek, and felt where a scar once was right near his temple. He flinched when I touched it. Usually vampires didn't have scars, even if they did when they were human. He saw the curiosity in my eyes and explained, "The day that person-"

"James." I interrupted.

"James." He spit the word. "Anyways, he charged into your cell and bit you too. He tried to suck you clean, but I threw the book that was next to my chair at him. He caught it and threw it back at my head, hitting me in the temple. It started bleeding, badly, for the sharp end cut my head."

"Must've been a hard book." I smiled.

"War and Peace." He laughed.

"But, wait…how did you get a scar? Vampires can't get scars."

He contradicted, "The venom was close enough to my heart by then. The venom healed the wound, but it left the scar. It's the only human part of me. Like an Achilles heel." He laughed once without humor. I frowned at his weakness.

"Hey. Don't worry. I'm fine now. Look at me. If he hadn't have turned me and if you hadn't saved me, who would've? And to think, I would've never met Jasper." I reminisced.

"Jasper?" He asked incredulously. "Who's Jasper."

"My…boyfriend, I guess you could call him. But we're so much more. We're like two peas of a pod, perfect soul mates in every way." I smiled, remembering Jasper's happy face and then remembered that he was furious at me. I frowned and sighed and dropped my hand to my thigh. Clarence stretched his hand over mine and I gasped.

"What's wrong?" He asked with sullen eyes.

"Jasper and I had a fight. About coming here, actually, but still. I hate leaving with a fight in between us."

Clarence sighed for some reason. Suddenly he did something I couldn't even process with my mind at the time. "I love you." He blurted out. I stared at him, wide-eyed. He leaned in, but I couldn't really think about what he was doing until he did it. His lips came crashing down onto mine. I tried to push away, and thankfully he realized that. He pulled away and stared at me with wide eyes, probably realizing what he had just done.

"Did I do that?" He looked down, embarrassed. "I'm sorry. I don't mean to make you uncomfortable or anything. God, what is wrong with me?" He looked up as if really asking that of God. "I don't know what came over me. I'm really sorry."

"It's okay. Geez, I'm a little taken aback. You're the first guy to ever apologize for kissing me. Not that I've kissed many guys, just…well, you get the picture. But I'm sorry because we can just be friends, if that, even. I mean, this is probably the last time I'll ever be in Texas unless Jasper decides to visit some of his other friends. I'm sorry." I apologized again and stroked his cheek, getting up and walked to the door. He ran after me grabbing my arm.

"I can't just be friends with you. I'm sorry, but I just can't. And I'm not sorry for the kiss. I'm sorry for making you uncomfortable. Still, please stay." His eyes held longing for me to stay with him, but I just couldn't be away from Jasper for any longer. I kept getting mixed signals from every direction. I had to get out of this place. Now.

I shook my arm from his grasp but he held on tightly. It was hurting me now. "Let go!" I screamed. His grip tightened and there was anger in his eyes. The strangest thing happened. His deep crimson eyes turned…black.

"No." He answered with a strange calm in his voice. "Get over here. Now." He ordered.

"I'm not some fragile human. You can't do anything to me. Now let go, Clarence. If you really love me, you'll let go."

"I can't let go of you, because then you'll go back to your idiot boyfriend Jack."

"It's Jasper, and hell yeah. I will never see you again, Clarence, if you want to treat me this way." I eyed his hand. He loosened the grip.

"This isn't fair!" He looked up to the ceiling and screamed. I looked at him confused. I had a vision just then. Oh my God. Clarence had bipolar disorder. That explained it. But could vampires have diseases and disorders? It didn't seem likely, but then again, he did have other weaknesses…

All of a sudden, footsteps were heard from a distance. I gasped and Clarence looked raged. I was grateful for who ever was coming. When the person entered the door, I stared at him in disbelief. It was Jasper.

I ran to him and jumped in his arms, but he was glaring past me at Clarence. He pushed past me and grabbed onto Clarence's shirt. "How dare you first kiss my girl, then you threaten her? I might as well kill you!" He lunged at Clarence, but I stopped him.

"He can't help it. He has bipolar."

Jasper looked at me, puzzled. "What? How can a vampire have a disorder?"

"He has weaknesses. There were…complications when he was turned. Come on, let's get out of here." I pulled him along, but he was still glaring at Clarence.

"If I ever see your face again, you'll be sorry." Jasper threatened. I hissed at him and ran with him in tow. We ran in silence back to Jasper's car and the ride back to Washington was pretty much silent. Until I broke it, of course. "Why did you come for me?" I whispered.

"Because I love you far too much to let you go thousands of miles away."

"Aww. Jasper…." But I didn't get to finish the thought. He kissed me quick, and the car didn't even swerve. We got home too soon. I didn't want to face the family with all the information I now held over my head. I couldn't even compel myself to tell Jasper, never mind Esme or Carlisle. It would all be downhill from here.