Chapter 7

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Ariana was standing in front of her locker putting books in her bag. Once she was done she closed the locker door only to find Alec standing there right beside her. She jumped.

'I'm sorry I didn't mean to scare you,' Alec apologized.

'You had your go yesterday and I have to say you used it pretty well,' Ariana replied.

Alec smiled. Then he handed her a yellow folder.

'What's this?' Ariana asked, taking it.

'Your history homework,' Alec said.

'Are you giving me yours?' Ariana asked.

'Nope, I have mine,' Alec replied.

'You did two history homeworks last night?' Ariana asked, disbelieve in her voice. 'When did you even go to sleep?'

Alec smiled again, leaned in close so that his lips were inches away from her ears and whispered, 'I don't sleep for over four centuries.'

Ariana's eyes widened. 'You what?'

'See you in history,' Alec said and quietly walked away, the smile still on his face.


'What are you going to do?' Jane asked, as she and Alec walked out of Trig. She hadn't stopped asking this question since the previous night.

'Nothing,' Alec replied in the same word he had been using to answer the question ever since it was first asked.

'Are you at least going to tell her?' Jane asked.

That was a new question.

'I don't know,' Alec replied.

'Oh, c'mon, at least tell her how you feel,' Jane said. 'If she refuses you, I'll kill her and you'll get over it. And if she doesn't, ask her what exactly she wants to do about it.'

'Why do you keep bringing up the fact that you'll kill her?' Alec asked, annoyed.

'Because if she doesn't feel the same way then she won't want to become one of us,' Jane said. 'In that case she needs to die. She knows too much.'

'Even if that were the case you know very well I wouldn't let you lay a hand on her,' Alec said. Jane rolled her eyes.

'Jane seriously leave me alone for a while will you?' Alec asked. 'And get off my back!'

'Suit yourself,' Jane said and walked away.

Alec was certainly no longer confused about his feelings when he was around Ariana. The strange feeling at the pit of his stomach, the overpowering protectiveness, the feeling of happiness when he saw her happy, always wanting to be around her was all very, very clear to him now. Thanks to Jane. She was the one who made it all clear to him.

He was in love with Ariana and he had not a single clue what to do about it.

Then he saw her coming out of her last class, looking all flustered, stuffing a book inside her bag. He quickened his pace to join her.

'What's wrong?' he asked.

'I hate Spanish!' she exclaimed. 'Why did I even take that accursed subject?'

'It's not that bad,' Alec said. 'Pretty easy actually.'

'Says a person who had over four centuries to master it,' Ariana said. 'Without wasting time sleeping too, if I may add.'

Alec smiled.

'Seriously, the only thing I can say is "good morning" in Spanish. How am I even going to pass?'

'I could help you out,' Alec offered.

'I'm at a point where I would give anything a try, so why not,' Ariana said. 'I need to pass or I'm not getting that scholarship to college.'

'Don't worry, Spanish is easy enough to swallow,' Alec said.

'You know, we still can't talk at school,' Ariana said hurriedly. 'I'll see you later. In the park.' Then she was gone.


Alec was already there when Ariana came. Ariana felt weirded out about the fact she wasn't scared of Alec. Not even after what she saw the previous night and not even after his confessions about what he truly was. The thought scared her. She should run away from him. As far away as possible. But she couldn't. Not because she couldn't but because she didn't want to. Alec was the sole reason now that she could actually wake up and look forward to the rest of the day.

'Thought you wouldn't come,' Alec said.

Ariana smiled. 'Not a chance. I have got loads of questions.'

Alec sighed. 'I did promise.'

Alec couldn't take his eyes off her smile. It dazzled him. It was the most beautiful thing he'd seen in his entire life! And to think he was supposed to be the dazzling one.

'Fire away then,' Alec braced himself.

'Where exactly do you live? Are there more vampires from where you come from?'

'I live in Italy,' Alec replied. 'And yes I live with a whole bunch of vampires.'

'What exactly do you do there?'

'That is going to take a while,' Alec said.

'I have time,' Ariana countered.

'Okay, I am a member of the guard of the Volturi,' Alec said, knowing pretty well that Ariana hadn't understand a word he just said.

'And you expect me to magically understand what you just said?'

Alec grinned. 'No, as a matter of fact I didn't. You see there are a lot of vampires spread all over the world. When I say a lot, I mean a lot. And the humans hardly ever get to know about it. There's a family of vampires, the Volturi who make and implement rules for the vampire society to follow. The first and most important rule, secrecy. No vampire is ever allowed to tell any human about his or her true self. If any vampire breaches that law, the punishments are usually heavy. The Volturi is basically like a ruling family. They've been there since for ever. And they are the ones that keep all vampires in line. And being such a powerful ruling body, they need there guards for both defensive and offensive purposes as well as to carry out any other jobs. Me, I'm a member of that guard.'

'So is Jane?'

'So is Jane.'

'But didn't you break the rule by telling me about yourself?' Ariana asked. If Alec fell into any life threatening trouble with his bosses because of her, she couldn't think how she would be able to forgive herself.

Alec nodded. 'But I already told you that last night, before revealing all my secrets.'

'I'm sorry if I caused you any trouble,' Ariana said.

Alec smiled. 'Don't worry about it. I'll handle it.'


Alec knew he had to act fast. Jane was right he needed to let Ariana know how he felt about her. But he couldn't. He just couldn't gather up the courage to say that to her. Ariana came and dropped some books on the table drawing him back from his thoughts. They were both sitting a corner, somewhat secluded table in the library where Alec was supposed to help her out with her Spanish.

According to Ariana the library was safe enough for Alec and Ariana to sit together because her sister and her friends hardly ever visited it.

Alec got Ariana through the basics. Ariana was bright, she caught on fast enough. But she had to look up the Spanish dictionary to find out the meaning of most Spanish words. Alec tired to communicate with her in Spanish but she had to make Alec repeat what he said and then look up the dictionary to finally comprehend what he was saying.

Ariana was flustered again, pouring over the dictionary and completely fed up with herself. Alec found it amusing to look at her while she was so flustered. She looked cute.

'Tiene los ojos hermosos,' Alec said almost absent mindedly.

'You're accent is splendid, but I did not understand a single word you said there,' Ariana said. Instantly she turned the pages of the dictionary to find out what Alec had really said.

Tiene….you have…

Los she knew was something like "the".

Ojos…eyes…

Hermosos…beautiful…

So basically the sentence was…you have beautiful eyes…

Ariana didn't know how to react to that for a moment. She didn't even know if it was just a random sentence or had he really meant it for her. She blushed.

'In case you're wondering,' Alec said, smiling. 'I really meant it.'

'Thank you,' Ariana said, the color still not fading from her cheeks. Ariana felt weird at Alec's sudden compliment. It felt like her feet had suddenly gone all wobbly and would give out any moment. She was thankful that she wasn't standing up. Then there was the weird fluttering feeling in her stomach.

Alec smiled. He knew what he had to do next.

'You're welcome,' he said. 'But I have one more sentence for you to decipher.'

Ariana nodded, dictionary at the ready.

'Estoy enamorado de ti,' he said softly.

Ariana flipped through her dictionary. Alec waited anxiously.

Ariana knew Estoy stood for "am"

Enamorado…in love…

Ariana's heart almost stopped beating when she read the meaning of that word. And she was sure it skipped a lot of beats altogether because she didn't require a dictionary to decipher the rest of the sentence.

De she knew was a preposition sort of a thing.

And yes she knew the meaning of "ti".

It meant…you…

So if she was not mistaken and she was pretty sure she was not. The sentence Alec had just told her was…I am in love with you…

Alec just told her that he was in love with her.

Ariana looked up from the dictionary at Alec with surprise in her oceanic pools. She didn't know if her heart was beating at all. She didn't know if she could open her mouth anytime soon. All she could do for the moment was stare back at Alec and try to believe if he had really uttered those words.


So this is the chapter. I know it's short but I'll try to make the next one longer, i promise. Please excuse me if there was any mistake in my Spanish. I hope you enjoyed this chapter.

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