Chapter 7

Luna's POV

Now I've known Demetri for an extremely short amount of time, but I just feel kind of close to him; well besides the fact that we had sex. Well what I'm saying is we are sort of alike since we both are a part of highly respected vampire covens and we have to constantly keep in order and not disappoint the others. I knew if I were to tell Alice that Demetri and I had sex, well she wouldn't exactly tell me that I couldn't see him, but she wouldn't approve and nothing is worse than Alice being unhappy with you.

Alice and I decided to go back to the Volturi and put some of the things she had bought away.

"Do you think we can drive to a place with a mall, perhaps?" Alice asked me. I chuckled, "Yep, Alice, sure we can just wait a minute while I go get my magical unicorn to take us somewhere…"

"Hey, going to a mall isn't comparable to unicorns." Alice told me. "What? Are you saying shopping is better than unicorns?" I teased. She raised an eyebrow "No, I'm saying that unicorns aren't real while malls are." She defended.

"Er, Alice I'm just getting confused." She sighed and I sort of walked along side her a bit confused. We reached her room where she tossed her new belongings onto the top of the bed that sat in the center of the room.

"It's so nice today even though it's overcast." I murmured looking up at the sky through the window in her room. Alice sighed happily, "Yeah it sure is. Unlike Forks, it's always overcast but never really beautiful. Here it just seems calming."

"Eh, I never liked Forks. I'm so glad we're moving." I complained. She laughed lightly and shrugged. "I'll agree with you there. Plus the people there always seemed to… have a disliking towards us, you know?" Alice said.

"I still remember the first day Bella came to Forks High a couple years back; wow it seems like it was just yesterday, but anyways, it was during lunch when we could over hear the conversation held at her table about us. Yep, Jessica Stanly started telling her all about us despite the fact she never had talked to us before." She paused and laughed. "Then she started giving her all this 'inside info' about us. When she talked about Edward, it was hilarious. He sat with a pained look the whole time. See Jessica had hit on Edward before and well, obviously it didn't work out to well."

I laughed, "Wow, I remember Jessica. She was the one who always thought she was too good for us."

"Yeah that's her; the one who liked Mike Newton, even though he clearly was into Bella." Alice added. "Well her description of us was… interesting and at the same time hilarious. Sometimes you get caught up in all you imperfections but then some of the most uptight, snotty people at school call you pretty much perfect it feels nice." Alice said smiling.

"Oh wow, way to be conceited, Alice."

"Oh Shush" She waved her hands in front of her gesturing for me to stop. I laughed to myself as we both walked out into the hall.

"Well I think I'm going to find Bella and Edward and cute lil' Nessie, wanna come?" Alice asked. "Nah, I'm good." I answered. "Ok" She said, gave a quick smile, and left me to myself.

I walked around until I got outside into a small courtyard where the Volturi maintained a perfect garden. It was definitely beautiful. Grey stone sculptures of angels stood among some of the plants while a couple of white marble benches sat across from each other in the center sheltered by a small weeping willow.

After aimlessly wandering through the different flowers, I sat on one of the benches. They weren't cold against my similar stone skin, which was a bit odd but nice. Some of the leaves and branches that hung down from the willow rustled around but I assumed it was only just a breeze.

"Hey there, Luna"

Demetri's POV

Luna jumped in surprise and turned around. At first she was a little afraid but as soon as she recognized me she smiled.

"Oh hey" She breathed out. I flashed a smile and sat across from her and threw my legs up across the way onto the bench she sat at.

"What's a pretty girl like you doin' out here all alone?" I teased grinning. She rolled her eyes at my remark but smiled. "Oh you know, just chillin'…" She replied. I cocked an eyebrow, "Erm, what is this 'chillin' you speak of?" I asked confused.

"Are you serious?" She asked me with a chuckle. I nodded. "You must be pretty old then…" She muttered to herself. "I can here you" I quickly added playfully.

Her golden eyes, the staple of an animal blood drinker, flashed up to mine hidden under a thin layer of eyelashes. "It just means hanging around…"

"Ahh" I stated, "Well then… I must seem pretty old to you." I chuckled. "It is true though, I am a few centuries old. But I never have really caught on to the time period…"

"Obviously" She quickly chirped. I laughed, "Yeah, but when you've been alive as long as me, you can't help but notice how fast time moves around you…" Luna bobbed her head up and down understandingly. She sighed. "It's just so weird" She started, "I slightly remember as a human that I wouldn't notice how fast I grew up, but now, I only notice how much I'm not growing."

"Don't worry, after a few decades you get used to it." I told her. She tried to hide the grimace that etched over her face but I could still see. "Not too thrilled about never aging?" I asked.

Luna shrugged, "Sure, just a bit." She laughed quietly to herself. "See, one of the last memories I really can strongly see of my human life is me going to the doctor's for a checkup and being told I would never grow any taller than 5'3, which is what I am now."

"And what does that have to do with aging?" I wondered aloud. "Oh, I always thought that in a couple more years after I turned 19 I would grow even taller than that. I'll never know now, but I've gotten over it."

I nodded understandingly; well not quite, since I'm 5'11. A few minutes passed between us without any talking, which was pleasant. No one really walked outside except Aro and Caius' wives so no one saw us together, luckily.

Sorry it's been so long :| aha I'm out of school so no longer do I have an excuse for procrastination. :)