Chapter 4
Alec's POV
I should have known that she'd be related to her. I don't even know why I was surprised. She was equally annoying as Bella Cullen was. We had left, planning to speak with Aro about this discovery. Jane thought that maybe this girl knew something about us but I told her that was stupid. That earned me an evil glare from my sister but everyone else agreed with me. The Cullen's wouldn't be so stupid as to bring another human into this.
The Cullen's were due tomorrow, well that's what Aro said anyway. They were coming to Volturra with their half breed offspring, Renesmee. It had been Aro's idea, of course. He wanted to get to know how dangerous the half breed was. All of the Cullen's were coming; and according to Aro some of those shape-shifters we had met before as well. That was just great I had thought bitterly to myself.
I knew Jane was even less impressed at the Cullen's coming for a visit. The last time we had seen them both mine and Jane's gifts had been rendered useless towards them; thanks to Bella Cullen's shielding ability. But unlike me, Jane had never quite got over it. Honestly, I don't think I was much either but I could usually control my anger. We walked through to the main hall, to wait with our masters and the rest of the guard for the arrival of the Cullen's.
Lily POV
Alec, his name was Alec. I thought to myself as I waited in the car park for my cousin and her family. My Dad had gone back home with Mum but I had decided to stay here for a little longer. In hope of seeing Alec again. I couldn't get his face out my head.
Then I felt warm strong arms wrap their way around my shoulder. I smiled up at the huge guy, crushing me in a tight bear hug.
"Hey Seth." I smiled at him as he let go of me. Then I was greeted with another three warm hugs. "Hey Embry. Hey Quill. Hey Jake." I said to each of them in turn. They all said hi back as well.
They were all huge, bigger than what I remembered. I laughed at that thought. We had all been good friends, especially me and Seth. We had dated a while back but I had decided to move on when I moved away from Forks. I didn't really agree with distant relationships.
Except for the fact they had all grown to unbelievable heights and cut their hair, they all looked exactly the same as the last time I'd seen them. Quill and Embry were still wearing the cheeky smile's they had always had. Jake was also wearing that cheeky smile, he had gotten his long black hair cut way back. It was a bit of a change but honestly, I didn't really mind.
Seth still had the kind sweet smile of his and his eyes seemed to sparkle as they looked at me. I felt almost sorry for breaking his heart but decided to ignore it. We were still friends and that' what counted.
Behind my friends stood my cousin, Bella and her family, the Cullen's. There was, as I remember, Edward, Bella's husband, Emmett, Rosalie, Alice, Jasper, Esme and Carlisle. There was also little Renesmee, Bella and Edward had adopted her. We walked to the car, it was actually two cars, one for - Carlisle, Esme, Alice, Jasper, Emmett and Rosalie, and another for me, Bella, Edward, Seth, Jake, Quill, Embry and Renesmee.
It was a tight squeeze in the car, I was sandwiched between Seth and the door. Edward drove, of course. As we talked about what we had missed, speeding towards Volterra, I couldn't help but compare Seth with Alec. I noticed that Alec was a lot paler than Seth, almost as pale as the Cullen's and Bella. I also noticed that they had different personalities. Where Seth was happier, Alec was quite cold. But I couldn't help but prefer Alec to my best friend, Seth. There was something about him that pulled me towards him.
We entered the city, heading towards a big place, by the clock tower. I got out of the car and bid farewell to the Cullen's, agreeing to meet up with them later on. They were staying somewhere else. Me, Seth, Embry and Quill headed back to the hotel I'd been staying in for the past week. Jake had decided to go and stay with the Cullen's. The way he looked at Renesmee was rather creepy, yet cute at the same time. He looked at her as if she was his world yet she only looked to be about 8 or 9, maybe 10.