A/N: Yay! Another chapter! There's a hurricane coming so all next day I'm typing!!
Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight. sigh
Chapter 5
APOV
"What?" Carlisle asked.
"The Volturi! Don't you remember?!" Wow I'm so stupid. The book never happened, so Bella was never in my situation.
"You don't think that what happened in the book will happen now?" Edward sounded worried.
"I don't know, but it defiantly gives us a heads up," I said.
"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!" Emmet bellowed. I forgot that only Edward and I have read the book. "Bella," Edward looked down, "Had a choice. She could either die or become a vampire. She knew too much," I explained. His mouth made an 'o' shape. Everybody else looked at me with the same look, shock. "They wouldn't do that." Esme was in denial. "How do you know they wouldn't," I whispered. The tears didn't stop. I stood up, "I'm going to sit on the porch. I need some fresh air."
The cool night air was refreshing. As soon as I sat down, my body was shaking with sobs. Between my mother's death and this whole Volturi situation was too much. I felt cold small hands wrap around my shoulders and hold me close. "I know that it will be okay," Alice soothed. She was supportive. I grew up quickly, so there was nobody to lean on. She left and I saw Edward walk out and lean on the railing.
It was quiet for awhile. "Kill me," I whispered. "What?" he looked angry. "I don't need your family's death on my conscious."
"You don't know what you're talking about!" he actually cared. "It wasn't your fault," he said.
"I bought the book, so yeah it is my fault."
"Stop," he knelt down in front of me so fast I had to blink, "it's not your fault." I don't know what came over me, but I threw my arms around his neck and shook again with sobs. He was stunned at first, but he grabbed me and held me close. "I won't let them hurt you, okay?" I nodded. This was all happening so fast. "I need to go home, can you drive me?"
The drive was silent, but there were so many questions in the air. I just wanted to scream to let out the tension. "This sucks," how eloquent Alina, really. "Yeah it does…suck," Edward muttered. I never thought he would say the word suck. It was kinda funny. Not enough to laugh, but funny none the less. "I- um I am sorry you know." He opened his mouth to protest, but I cut him off, "Don't say it's not my fault, I mean I know I didn't mean to do it. This whole situation can be avoided if I die," my voice cracked at the last word. "You can't even say die without your voice cracking!" His eyes were black. That was it I shut up until I walked out of the car. The air got colder, and I loved it. When I closed the car door, I knocked on the window. "You know you don't have to kill me," he relaxed a little; "I can always do it myself." With that, I walked into my house with the tears ready to spill.
Johanna was sitting on the couch in her pajamas. I looked at the clock. It was eleven thirty! "WHAT ARE YOU DOING UP?!" I loudly whispered. "Daddy tucked me in, but I woke up and wanted to wait for you," she simply stated. "Why are you crying?" she tilted her head. My cheeks suddenly felt wet. "I just had a hard day baby," I fake smiled. "Me too, Daddy wouldn't read me a second story!" she huffed as she stood up. The laugh that came out of my mouth sounded creepy. It was like a crazy person's laugh. "Go to bed," I knelt down and kissed the top of her head. "Night," she ran up the stairs to her room.
The warm water did its job. My pajamas were so comfy that I didn't bother to dry my hair. My head was snug in the pillow and I drifted to sleep.
It was dark…too dark. Suddenly I felt two cold hands grip my neck. "Now, you chose this so here we go," it was Edward. His cold, sweet breath was on my neck. He moved his hands from my neck and put his teeth there. My eyes widened as I realized what he was doing. He was killing me, but in the worst possible way. I tried to break free from his grip, but I was too late. His sharp fangs tore through my skin; inserting the paralyzing venom in my bloodstream. My scream was the last sound before I succumbed to the darkness.
"NOT YET!" My body was so hot as I got off the floor. What a nightmare. The water didn't help at all as I turned the shower on the hottest level. I toweled dried my hair when I noticed that it was still dark out. The green light from my clock showed that it was five in the morning. That's way too early for me. There was a bang as my dad left the house. I couldn't leave the room in a towel, but as soon as I heard his whistling, I knew he was okay. Honestly he's clumsier than me! "Alina!!" my sister screeched. Crap, here's an hour of crying. After speed dressing, I sprinted to her room.
"I thought someone was breaking in, and I was gonna DIEEEE!!" She's so dramatic. Her face was blotchy red and her eyes were so puffy from crying that I'm not sure she could see anything. I rubbed soothing circles on her back. "Want me to sing you the baby duck song?" her face brightened at this. My mom used to sing me this song when I was little.
Five little ducks went out to play
Over the hills and far away
Mamma duck says, "Quack, Quack, Quack."
Four little ducks came waddling back
Four little ducks went out to play
Over the hills and far away
Mamma duck says, "Quack, Quack, Quack."
Three little ducks came waddling back
Three little ducks went out to play
Over the hills and far away
Mamma duck says, "Quack, Quack, Quack."
Two little ducks came waddling back
Two little ducks went out to play
Over the hills and far away
Mamma duck says, "Quack, Quack, Quack."
One little duck came waddling back
One little duck went out to play
Over the hills and far away
Mamma duck says, "Quack, Quack, Quack."
No little ducks came waddling back
But then
Papa duck says, "QUACK! QUACK! QUACK!!"
Five little ducks came waddling back!
"Again!" she started clapping. "How about tonight?" she pouted, but agreed. Now time to get ready for school and get her ready. I just settled for a 'My Chemical Romance' tee and faded bootleg jeans. Make up was a nono. I wasn't up to it. My hair was being stupid, so I left it in a ponytail. Johanna is so fashionable. She opted for a pink shirt and a long black skirt. Her hair was long and wavy, but looked as if a stylist did it. "How do I look?" she waved her hand over her. "Like a beautiful princess," I smiled. She tackled me with a hug and we fell to the ground laughing. How could leave all this?
There was Edward again, under the same oak tree. Maybe he won't notice me. I kept my head low as I jogged past him. "Alina wait!" he grabbed my shoulder. He looked slightly disheveled. "Are you okay?" Did he actually think that I was going to kill myself?! "I'm fine see," I showed him my wrists. He relaxed a little. "I need to go now," thank god for my math class.
"…and that's how you get this sentence to make more sense," my English teacher finally stopped her lecture. The bell rang, signaling to go to lunch. There they were, like always, at the same table in the same seats. This meant that I had to sit next to Edward. "Hey Alina, how you doing today?" Alice looked too happy. "So what's going to happen that's so great?" she looked shocked. "What do you mean?" she asked as she faked her innocence. "Well, you can see into the future, so it must be awesome," everyone started laughing. "What?" I growled. "You'll see," I hated not knowing and Alice must've loved me not knowing. The rest of the day was filled with knowing glances and snickers. I couldn't wait to get home.
I picked Johanna up from school, and in the middle of her exciting day, my phone rang. "Hey honey," it was my dad, "I'm gonna be out of town. Granny Sharlese is a little sick, so can you take care of things
over here?" "Of course dad, send her my love. Love you dad." Thank god, I thought as I pulled up to my house. My phone rang again. "Hey, come over ASAP," Alice's voice squealed, "And I won't take no for an answer!" Great, guess Johanna is getting to meet the vampires. "Johanna, how would you like to see my new friends?" She pondered this for a moment, but she flashed her teeth and nodded. I put my buggy in reverse and drove over to the Cullens.
"Wow, it's better than all my doll houses combined!" The house was still as beautiful as ever. It was even prettier in the day. There was Jasper and Emmet, I think they were wrestling. There goes a tree, hopefully Johanna didn't notice it. I parked next to their glamorous cars and hopped out with Johanna. "And who is this precious little girl?!" Esme knelt down in front of Johanna. "My name is Johanna Rose Belmont, I'm five, and I can read at a first grade level, even though I go to Kindergarten," she shook her hand. Esme laughed, it sounded like bells tinkling. "It is very nice to meet you, my name is Esme."
"How old are you?" Oh god. "Johanna, you know better!" Esme waved me off and laughed again. "I'm twenty nine," she smiled. "I only asked because you look so pretty, like Snow White!" What a charmer my sister is. We walked inside and she was attacked by Alice and her ball of energy. "You're just so precious!!" Why is she so hyper? "Let me introduce you to everybody, Johanna." They all walked up in a line.
"Joey's the big one, Daniel's the blonde one, Stephanie's the tall blonde girl, Alexandra's the one who attacked you, you already met Esme, Carlisle is the father, and there's Anthony."
"I'm not anything?" Edward pouted.
"You can be the egotistical one," I whispered. Emmet laughed his earth shattering laugh. So did everyone else. "Whatever," he mumbled. "Do you have any dress up?" Johanna shyly asked. Alice's jaw hit the ground. She looked up at me, pleading with her eyes. "Take her," I sighed. She scooped up Johanna in her arms and ran at human speed up the stairs. "She's gonna be ambushed," Joey laughed. Everybody else walked away, leaving me alone with Edward.
"This couch is so comfortable, it should be illegal," I sighed as I threw myself on the couch. "Yeah, we got it in Italy," Edward sat down next to me. "So how are we going to fix this?" Edward rolled his eyes, "Can't you go five minutes without talking about the Volturi?"
"Well, I need to think ahead. If I'm a vampire, then I have to leave my dad and Johanna, but if I'm dead, then I still have to leave Johanna, and my dad. I wonder what I should do." I put my finger to my chin and looked at Edward. "Don't look at me. I can't tell you what to chose, because it's the same outcome for both."
"I can't leave them, Edward. I just can't!" I was standing over him. I think he was just letting me vent. "I mean, they NEED me. I take care of them. How can I just leave my dad…Johanna is my life. That must sound stupid, but-" Edward stood and grabbed both my shoulders, "It doesn't sound stupid! I don't know what that feels like, but it must be the best feeling in the world." His eyes were boring into mine. I put my hands on his. I never noticed how beautiful he really looked. We must've been like that for awhile, because Alice walked in squealing, "Look at the supermodel!!" Johanna looked magnificent! She had a pink, frilly, princess dress with a diamond tiara. "Are those-" "Don't worry, I have a bunch of them," Alice waved me off. I can't believe my five year old little sister is wearing diamond tiara!
"So how're things going over here?" Jasper wiggled his eyebrows at Edward and me. My eyes widened and I took a few steps back from him. He laughed and picked Johanna up. "Do you want to see something awesome?" She nodded her head vigorously. "Let's go!" he flipped her upside down and ran off. "Alice can you go watch him?" She laughed and ran off at vampire speed. "Where are Emmet and Rosalie?" Edward made a face, "They're preoccupied." My mouth made an 'o' shape and I looked down in embarrassment. "Can I ask you something?" He nodded. "Do you have a secret place, maybe a meadow?" He bit his lip and looked up. "Yes, I do."
I don't know how he decided to let me see his meadow. This was amazing. It was just like the book said, but better. Edward was lying by the lake with his hand in the water. The silence was comforting. His head shot up and he growled.
"Well, well, well," someone said.
A/N: School's starting so it's going to be random with the updating. I hope you can deal haha. Sorry for the cliffie! Can you guys please review?! I need to know if you guys like what I'm doing!