Chapter 8

I heart Question Mark

Alice's P.o.v.


OK I made this chapter really long for lynettecullen. Because the last one was really short. And you didnt like it so ya know. :D


"Uh…" I gasp out. At the moment I looked into his eyes I felt as though strings were coming out of my body and in to his. I felt so connected to this man I barley know it was starting to frighten me. Looking deeper in his eyes I saw all the anger turn into confusion, then anger again. .

" Sam. Who the hell is this chick?" Said the most heavenly voice. Like warm pools of honey.

" Paul, this is-" Sam started, before I interrupted.

"This chick is right here, maybe you should ask her yourself ass." I said in a cold tone, this dude was freaking hot, but such an asshole. I could feel all the eyes at the table shifting between the two of us.

"Look chick, you cant just come in here and be a smart ass. You don't know who the hell your dealing with. So I would adivse you to shut the fuck up." He spoke coldy, glaring at me.

"Paul sto-" Same started again.

"You know what asshole, you don't have to be such a prick. God I don't know who im dealing with? Ha. Okay dude you keep telling yourself that. Maybe when you grow some balls we can talk." I voiced, shooting daggers where he stood.

He started shaking, I was growling.

"You BITCH." He said before lunging me. In that moment everyone was moving so fast to try to get to us before he reached me. They were to late though.

Right as he touched me, I sent my right fist flying. Hearing the satisfying pop of his jaw, I smirk. He growled trying to push everyone off of him to get to me.

"Paul, CALM DOWN." Sam yelled.

"Take him outside." He told Jarrod and Leah, who were restraining him.

"Alice, don't do that please." Said a lady before leaving along with Kim. I'm pretty positive her name was Emily. The one with scars across her face. She's still drop dead gorgeous. Almost enough to pass Rosalie, Queen Bitch. I quickly wondered what happened to Emily's face, before hearing a door slam shut.

After watching them walk out the screen door to the left, I turned to Sam.

"Sam I-

"Alice-

We both stoped and stared at one another.

"Can you guys give us a minute?" He asked everyone else in the room, keeping his eyes locked on mine. 'Damn. All these guys are well built.' I thought to myself.

Everyone exited the room quickly, the boys going outside with Paul and the girls migrating into the kitchen.

"Listien Alice, Paul hasn't had it easy and he is angered very easily. Hes not used to controlling his temper okay? And yes hes an asshole but he loves us all a lot. Emily's like his mother and were his brothers and sisters. He's not used to new wolves. So try not to anger him okay?" He asked.

"Fine…but he started it." I said crossing my arms.

"Good. Now, go in the living room and I'll gather everyone so that we can explain the wolf thing to you." He said, running his hand through his hair.


Making my way to the living room I sat down, looking around as people started filing in.

It was painted a warm yellow, with a soft blue couch and a reciner in the corner. They were all facing the tv, witch stood my the window. It was on the oposite side of the stairs that I had come down earlier.

Taking a seat on the couch, I waited for everyone to finish finding a seat. Sam took the recliner, while Leah sat beside me with Jacob on her other side. All the others were on the floor. The only ones that wernt here wer Emily and Kim.

"Wheres the girls?" I wondered aloud.

" They went out somewhere. This is wolf business and they'd herd it all already." Sam answered.

"Ohh. Okay then." I said crossing my legs.

" So first how bout you ask any questions you might have and we will answer." Sam said.

" Well why did I turn into a big giant wolf?" I asked as every one grinned.

" It has to do with our legends. First….(blah blah blah im not writing all that crap and everyone already knows it sooo.)

"Oh." I said letting all he had said sink in.

"Well, do I have to like stay in La Push?" I question thinking about it. I mean it wouldn't be a bad thing, as long as I have bella at least. I'd just have to get used to it. And where would I live? Maybe I could buy a house, ohh and decerate it. I think I'll use some yellows. Yellows a pretty color and its not used often. It would be unique. Yea yellow sounds good.

"Yeah, non of us can leave, its our duty to protect the people of La Push from the 'cold ones' as the legends say." Jarrods voice brought me out of my thoughts.

"Okay.." I muttered, right as another question crossed my brain.

"Do you like change every full moon?" I ask, feeling stupid when everyone burst out in laughter.

" HEY guys stop. You all asked the same question. And no, Alice we don't. We change when we get angry. First we'll start to shake, then POOF were a wolf." Sam chided the others, but answered me.

"Oh I feel stupid." I chuckled.

"Don't worry they all asked it to." Sam reassured me. "But never EVER phase close to a human. Ever. Alice It's so important you can hurt the one you love." He finished, with a look of sadness on his face. That seemed to copy everyone elses in the room.

Suddenly remembering Emily, I put two and two together. He phased close to Emily and her face…

Deciding to lighten the mood I asked something else that had been on my mind.

"Why are you guys so tall? I didn't get taller. Plus your all so tan, you know I used to look albino. Now I have a real California tan." I said looking down at my skin. I had actually gotten tanner. It was nice, no more albino for me. Hella yeaa. But I was still short.

"Well, I don't really know. How tall are you?" Said Leah

"I was like 4'9, but now im like 5'8." I chuckled thinking of how small I used to be just weeks ago. I guess I could thank being a werewolf for something. I mean we never get sick, and since we bust out of our clothes a lot I get to by a lot a new ones. FUCK YEAAAAAA.

"Well maybe you'll grow more, but probably since you were so short you didn't grow as tall as us. Since we were already taller." Leah said poking my arm with a smile.

" Sounds good enough to me. Thanks lee. What about Bella? She's a vampire. And my best friend." I questioned, while everyone else wrinkled there face in disgust.

"You'll be able to see her. You can visit over there, but leeches arnt aloud on our land. That gives us the right to kill them." He stated.

"Okay, and what about that weird string thing that happened when I looked at Paul? Does that happen a lot? What's it mean? It didn't happen when I looked at everyone else." I shot out.

"String thing? OH! You mean imprinting. YOU IMPRINTED WITH PAUL. OHHH NO." Leah screeched beside me.

"Um..?" I looked around noticing Paul was no longer here.

"Leah sush. Alice imprinting is when two people are ment to be together and imprinting just helps the process kind of like soul mates. But you can never be with anyone but your imprint. I know it's a lot to take in but…you really will love him." Sam said shifting his eyes back and forth.

"Your telling me that I have to love paul? And I don't get a choice? Oh my god. No. I refuse. This is BULLSHIT. I will LOVE WHO I WANT TO. Later guys. It's all a dream you people are nut jobs." I screamed, walking out the front door. Having the sun hit me made me calm slightly intill I herd yelling.

"ALICE!" Jacod called, as he started jogging after me. I was already half way down the street. Wow. I'm fast. Maybe once I get back to Cullen's I should race Bella.

"Go away creeper." I yelled back. They were completely ridiculous. Im not going to love that asshole. How can they even think that? No one will ever tell me who to love. Especially some legend. This stuff is bullshit.

"Alice wait." Jacob said, suddenly right next to me.

"What Jacob?" I stopped completely. Wiping around to stare at him straight in the eyes.

He flinched back slightly.

"I know it's a lot to handle, but-" He started.

"No, buts' Jake. I don't know you and you don't know me. So were both wolves. This is the first time I've ever been here okay? I don't know these people in La Push, therefore its not my job to protect them. It's not my job. I didn't sign up for this." I said sending my arms flying to indicate everything by me.

"Look Alice non of us signed up for this. We can't go to college, we all had to change our lives. Now it's your turn." He said shifting around.

"Whatever. I'll be back later. Tell Sam." With that I started walking towards the woods. The woods have always been a peaceful place for me. There was so many bright green trees and the sky was always so blue. Just the smell of woods was relaxing. When Bella and I were younger we used to take hikes. With Bella always tripping, and me always wearing fashionable shoes we had to walk very very slow. Now that im a wolf I'll probably be spending even more time here. Maybe being in wolf form will help.

Walking deeper and deeper into the woods, I finally stopped in a small clearing. It was beautiful. But I soon realized, I didn't exactly know what to do.

We'll Sam said to get mad. So something that makes me mad…hmmm…..well I hate when people don't match there clothes, I hate vegetables, I hate how I used to be so short, I hate my father, I hate my mother, I hate remembering the beatings, I hate when guys drink, I hate hospitals, I hate being abandoned, I hate when guys beat there kids or girlfriends, I hate when people try to push me around, I hate when Bella get's hurt, I hate when people rip my clothes, I hate when people tell me who to love, I have when things don't go my way, I hate when im unorganized.

Pausing for a minute, I look down. PAWS! Yay. Im a wolfieeeee.

Will you stop your yelling chick.

Opp's sorry. Forgot about the whole pack mind thingy.

It's cool. Just no yelling.

Who is this?

After a moment of silence, I got my answer.

Paul.

Oh. You again. Come to yell ate more or try to bite me? With this I started walking around..

No. I'm on patrol. You're the one who interrupted me. Alice.

Whoa you learned my name? I said jumping over a log.

You're pack now. I gotta. Weather I like it or not.

Why do you hate me so much? I wondered.

Cause were imprits. And your suddenly suppost to love me. And now I have to protect you. I don't like this.

Well I don't eather. I stated just as I felt something pirce my side.

Owwwwwww. I screamed both in my mind and out loud.

What happened? Alice? ANSWEER ME. I'm coming to you. Don't move. He actually sounded worried.

Looking around I saw a flash of red. It seemed like hair. Wipping my head around I saw nothing. But looking down at my side I saw red stained fur. Sniffing the air I smelled bleach.

'Crunchh' Wipping my head around again I saw a the sorce of the smell.

"Well hello dear." He practically purred. He had dark brown dread locks, and crimpson eyes. Vampire.

I started to feel my strength slipping. My bones started shifting again and I once again was human.

"W-what do y-you want?" I crackled. My voice cracking from pain. If it wasn't such a serious time I would probably be embarrassed that I was laying on the floor of the woods nacked and bleeding.

Looking down at my side I saw a huge chunk of skin was missing and everything was covered in blood.

"Hmm you smell absolutely delicious. To bad your werewolf or you would have been a delightful snack." He said, but stopped shifting his eyes to look into the woods.

"Awe, you have a protecter." He snarled, as Paul stepped out of the woods between me and the leech.

"F-f-f Fuck you." I whimpered in pain.

"Gladly." The leech smirked. Then suddenly Paul lept towards him ripping off an arm. The leech screamed in pain, but quickly moved out of the way of Pauls second attempt for his other arm.

"Well that wasn't very nice." He tisk-ed as Paul growled.

My eyes felt heavy and soon I could feel them closing. The last thing I saw was Pauls dark black fur.


"Alice! Alice! The others are coming! Come on answer me!" I could hear a voice through the darkness.

It was like I was covered in water and I couldn't break through.

"Alice come on answer me." Paul was begging.

Forcing my eyes to open I saw blue sky and Paul's face. Soon after I realized I was still in the woods. Covered in blood. Naked. With a naked Paul beside me. If I had any blood in my body I would of blushed.

"P-paul I- I wanna sle-e-ep" I stumbled. I was shaking violently from the blood loss. And sleep sounded like a sweet heaven.

"No. No Alice baby you gotta stay up. You cant leave me! Were imprints! You're the person im gonna tell my life story. I'm so so sorry I was such an ass when we met. I didn't want it. But I do now! Please don't leave me. Alice. I just got you. You have to make it. Your gonna be by my side. You're the girl im gonna have children with. Sweetie plwase." He begged. By the end tears where streaming down his face.

"P-paul ju-just hold-d m-me." I muttered looking up in that beautiful face. I felt him clutch my body tighter. The body heat felt nice. I have never in my life felt so cold.

I herd twigs breaking and then I saw the pack stairing down at me. Closing my eyes, I herd Sam talking to Paul.

"Paul we have to get her home. Come on." He said.

"Who's goanna help her? Emily! She's a nurse right? Let's take her to my house. Call Em and tell her to meet us there." Paul said gruffly. I felt my body being moved and whimpered at the shot of intense pain that went through me.

"It's okay baby, were moving you. You can sleep now." Paul soothed. Brushing my hair out of my face.

Nodding my head slowly, I closed my eyes and was out with in a blink of an eye.


Flashback:

A 5 year old me was looking through a mirror. She was sad. Her young face was bruised and her arms looked like it had been through a meat grinder. Tear's ran down her face. Looking back through the mirror she could see her mother in the back round. She looked even worse then her daughter. Her mother had two black eyes and bruises everywhere. Her arm's were scarred and scraped were all over her flesh. Little me turned to her mother, running to embrace her.

Then there was banging on the bathroom door. A mans voice yelled through the door, and little me started trembling. Mother yelled out "Just a minute honey." She turned to me whispering "Hide in the bathtub." Little me stared up at mother. Her brown eyes tearing up as she ushered me to the bathtub. Little me watched her back, with her long black hair, that had long gone dull. She whimpered as mother opened the door to the bathroom. Fear ran through my veins the moment the door swung open to reveal a tall man, probably around 6'3 with dark brown hair and hazel eyes. Identical to mine.

Little me layed in the tub, tears streaming down her face as she held back sobs. She herd he father shove her mother into the bathroom door. "Lily where is she?" A dark scary voice asked. "H-honey she went to her friends house." Mother whimpered.

"When did I say she could leave?" He shouted. Mothers sobs grew louder.

" You d-didn't I did." Mother said. My dear spiked as I herd foot steps coming into the bathroom. "Now, why would you do that? You know that's not aloud." He said in a sickening voice. Little me clenched her eyes closed tightly. She nearly stopped breathing.

The next thing she herd was a scream and dang. She clenched her eyes tighter and laid in the bathroom crying intill her little body gave out in exhaustion.


Back to normal.

I could tell when I came back into consciousness. Numb. Everything was Numb.. That's all I felt. Not the darkness I had gotten used to. I herd beeping. Constant beeping. I swear whatever's making that noise is going to die. Suddenly, I felt pressure on my left hand being taken away. Forcing my eyes open was like running a marathon. It sucked.

It was still dark in the room so it was either at night or very early morning. Seeing a figure moving around the bed, I almost screamed. Realizing it was only Paul I calmed. Turning my head to the right I realized the beeping was coming for the alarm clock, that read 4:28 in bright green eyes. I once herd that green focuses your eyes faster then any other color.

(AN: That's true. Like stare at a light for like 20 seconds then look at the color green. Your eyes focus faster then if you were looking at a different color.)

Finally, the beeping stopped. Looking down at myself I saw that I was dressed in a long shirt in a queen size bed. The other side of the bed looked like it had been slept in and I wondered if that's were Paul had gotten up from. Remembering Paul I skimmed the room searching for him. My eyes finally landed on a closed door with light shinning out of it. I guess it's a bathroom. Then I herd the shower turn on. Hm. I feel really scatter brained today. Guess that's what happens when you get attacked by a vampire and lose a lot of blood.

The numbing stuff was wearing off and I started to actually feel my limbs again. Thank god. I always hated the numbing stuff, but I suppose its better then the pain. Snuggling more into the covers I decided to doze off a little more.


I was once again awakened, but this time it was by the bed shifting. Whatever was now laying on it was really warm though. Snuggling deeper into it, it moved. 'Mhm so warm.' I though.

"Alice open your eyes." A voice said.

"mhmgsnuklsj" I mumbled.

"Please open your eyes sweetie." I shook my head, snuggling even farther into the warmth.

"No." I muttered out.

"Please Alice?" The voice said.

"No. Im tired, lets sleep. We can open my eyes later." I grumbled.

"Fine. Night." The voice finally excepted his loose. HA.

"Night." I said, slipping back into the darkness.


The next time I opened my eyes I could tell it was morning.

And I was so warm. Hm. It's like heaven. The pain was better to. Just a throbbing in my side.

Squirming around instill I got out of the covers I felt a gust of cold air. Then I herd a groan. Witch was defiantly not me. Slowly I opened my eyes, to see a chest. A nice sculpted chest. Oh baby Jesus, I think I might of drooled. Another groan snapped me out of my oggiling.

"Paul…." I whispered, not feeling tired anymore. He rolled over closer to me.

"Paul, its time to get up." I sang.

"Gahh no." He grumbled, his eyes still closed.

"But paul im hungary! MAKE ME FOOD." I yelled at him, giggling as he jumped from my sudden voice change.

"Alice, shhhh im tireddd. I was up all night. Go back to bed." He muttered, squeezing me.

"Fine…but I have to pee." I said, getting out of bed slowly. Being very carful to my left side, I made it to the bathroom. Looking at myself in the mirror, I saw that my wavey black hair was a disaster so, I quickly put it up in a bun with a hair band on my wrist before using someone's tooth brush to brush my teeth. I'm assuming Paul's just by a wild guess.

Pulling up the shirt; so that I could see my side; I saw stitches. From the looks of it, I had about 12 stitches. It was about 3 inches long going down my side. Letting my shirt fall down, I quickly did my business then left the bathroom.

Once back in the bedroom I saw that Paul was still asleep. Laying back in bed I quickly got bored, so I decided to wake Paul up any way. Glancing at the clock I saw that it read 11:15, 'That's a pretty reasonable time.' I thought.

"Pauuuuullllllll wakeeee uppppppp!" I sang in his ear. He started squirming around so I knew he was waking up.

"Ali, please be quiet." He told me.

"Noooo, im bored and its all ready like 3 in the afternoon." I said lieing to him.

"What? Oh no, I have to go over to Sam's at like 2 CRAP HES GONNA KILL ME." He jumped up and started running around. I starting giggling, then full out laughing at him.

"What for gods name is so funny Alice?" He shouted. I could get anything but gasps out of my mouth so I pointed at the clock. His eyes fallowed to were I was pointing and I herd him cursing under his breath.

"That was mean Alice. Really mean." He said getting back into bed. All I could do was laugh harder, witch really hurt my stitches. So I was forced to calm down.

"Sorry, but I got bored. I don't like being all alone." I told him.

"Fine. I forgive you." He didn't sound convincing.

"Pinky promise?" I asked, holding out my piny.

"Yea, I pinky promise." He said. And we were off to a beautiful friend/more then friend ship.


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