This chapter has no point to it....but I had to add for reasons that I can not share 'cause I do not know myslef.
Alison is tall, like really tall. She drank like milk through out her elementary years and now became a towering giant. Her hair was cut short, down to her chin, and her blue piercing eyes intimidated mostly everyone. Except for me. I knew her for so long that she didn't scare me, but as she blocked me from going into my house, she did look frightening. What she said about Leah rattled in my head. I only looked at her back the whole time, never her front. Why was she holding the knife? Is she suicidal? She perfectly knows that it takes a lot more to kill herself, a mere knife wouldn't do. Plus, why would she come all this way to do it? I thought about Esme, alone in that big house. I saw Leah plunged a knife into her pale chest, her screams echoing through out the house…impossible. To kill a vampire then you would have to tare them up to little pieces and burn them and only a were-wolves teeth can penetrate through the skin. Leah knows that too. It bothered me in to extent, but I was too drained to really stress out over it. I shook my head.
"Uh, I don't really know. Maybe she took up a love of carving."
Alison didn't look convince, I wasn't either. "The knife was held up high like this," she brought her hands up high over her head, like how a slasher would hold up his knife before killing a victim.
"I didn't see it though. Maybe you were seeing things." I rubbed my eyes dramatically. "I'm really tired. Can you please move?"
She squinted at me but side stepped out of the way. I opened the door to a clean living room. A pine wood stand held up fresh daisies in the middle of two couches and a flat screen. The fire place mantle was covered with all of the awards I received and all of the report cards. A fire was still burning from the morning. Pictures covered most of the left wall; most of them were of me and Jake, but I got a few snap shots of Edward and Bella. To the right was a brand new kitchen. Our old one was just for show, not functional. Now a silver state of the arch stove is right next to a grey fridge and on the other side an oven. All of them work. I walked over to the little pantry door a couple inches away from the fridge. Ally sat down at the bar connected to the same wall as the sink.
"Maybe Leah thought it would be funny to scare you. It is almost April."
I rolled my eyes. "Enough of Leah. You want something to eat?" I grabbed a bag of chips from the pantry and threw them at her before she could answer. I went over to the refrigerator and pulled out an ice tea. The clock above the stove said 2:40, school let out 30 minutes ago. I leaned against the sink, my belly pressed against the lower cupboard.
"Did you see my parents leave?"
Ally crammed two full sized 'Lays' in her mouth. "mmmmdash mubercar."
"Huh?"
She swallowed. "They all dashed in Alice's car and drove off."
I looked back the clock. "You didn't talk to them?" I bit my bottom lip worried.
"No. I mean at lunch I did. But besides that, nu-uh"
"They didn't say anything at lunch?"
Her mouth was full again so she shook her head.
I sighed, not worrying about them but continued to worry about Jacob. It's almost a whole day since I heard from him. I wanted to believe that he was having fun and nothing was wrong, but in my heart something more was going on. I sipped my ice tea idly, not really thinking what I was doing. Images flashed through my mind, images of Jake and the rest being slaughtered to peaces. When I shook that out of mind another more gruesome one popped in. It got worse and worse, each new image more real then the other. Finally Ally broke the horrible silence. She banged her fist on the bar making me jump.
"I've got it! Leah saw a bug and got all freaked out so she drew her knife to kill it, but stopped when she heard you coming. That has to be it!"
I shook my head smiling. "Why doesn't she just squish it with her feet?"
"Probably 'cause it was huge."
"Then why was she crying?"
"The bug really freaked her out"
"Why didn't she just run?"
"Shock"
"Why did she have a knife in the first place?"
"Protection"
"Then wouldn't she just change her self into a wolf?"
"She doesn't want to."
"Why is she all the way out here?"
"To check up on you…"
She started to sound unsure. I turned my back to her and smiled. "Why, she doesn't like me."
"A favor from Jake"
"Did you see the bug?"
"I think but it was small."
"Which brings us back to, why didn't she squish it?"
She grunted and banged her head on the bar. I laughed hard. I was glad Alison was here. She always found a way to make me happy. We used to do that kinda thing. She would come up with some ridiculous scenarios and I always brought them to reality. For some reason we stopped doing that. I guess Ally found other things to talk about, like my vampire problems. But for a second, it was great to hear her gab about nothing at all. I clutched my stomach hurting from my hysterias.
"Thanks Ally. I needed that" I brought my cackles down to chuckles and looked over to her. She wasn't laughing with me.
"This isn't funny, Ness. What if Leah had another intention in mind? What if she really, really didn't like you? What if…"
"Stop it already! You're gonna give yourself a stroke if you keep worrying about it. C'mon, let's go in my room."
I grabbed the ice tea and trudged along to my tiny bed room. Alison munched loudly on her chips behind me. My room was a light green color with drawings and pictures all over the walls like in the living room. A small bed was nestled on the back wall where the window was and a white dresser was next to it. Ally went straight to the laptop on my bed and flipped it open. I leaned against the door, pondering over what Alison was saying. Leah fully knows that it is against pack code to kill ones imprintee. She wouldn't dare try to get rid of me; and not only 'cause I'm the leaders soul mate. I always thought we were friends; she would some times stay and pace back and forth in front of our house even though Jake told her to go home. But then again, why did she do that? Was she spying on me? Waiting for the right time when no ones around me to strike? I stopped thinking about it. I already had enough to stress over. I sighed loudly, a sign to Alison saying I was ready to complain. She shoved the lap top aside and placed her hands in her lap like Oprah would do. I shook my head and slid to the floor.
"Today was the worst." I mumbled
"Yeah tell me about it. Mr. Taox gave us 5 sheets of math tonight. He said he was preparing us for our finals. What ever. I brought your homework." She looked down rubbing her chin. She forgot she was the shrink for me today. I told her how Jacob didn't call once today and now I'm all worried. I gabbed on and on about much he means to me and everything. She didn't say anything but just listened. Around about 4:00 the front door opened and closed and two soft foot steps came toward my room. My heart gave a burst of relief as I recognized my parents. Edward opened my door which almost hit me. He gave me a smile and nodded toward Ally. She giggled loudly and blushed red. She's in love with me dad.
"Hello Alison. Glad to see you here. Will you be staying for dinner?" Edward asked.
Her eyes bulged out of her head and her mouth gaped open. Edward chuckled. "Don't worry; my mother is serving pasta for Nessie. Would you like to stay over and have some?"
She exhaled a breath and shook her head. "No, it's ok. I should get going; my parents are probably wondering where I am." She got off of the bed. Edward turned to let her pass through. She blushed again and rushed out. I heard a 'good bye Ness, see ya at school' before the front door slammed.
Edward smiled and winked at me. "Esme isn't really making pasta."
I laughed and got up from the floor. "Why are you late?" I eyed him suspiciously.
He chuckled and placed a hand on my shoulder. "Don't worry; today is Bella and my anniversary."
"But I thought that was in the summer."
"That's our marriage one. Today is the first day we met."
"Awww, how cute." I giggled
He laughed too but stopped. "Has Jacob called?"
He already knew the answer. He pulled my in a tight hug. "He'll call. I'm positive."
"Yeah, ok." I let go and stifled a fake yawn. He got the jiff and said good night then closed the door as he walked out. I plopped on my bed, rubbing my stomach. God, when will this drama stop? My head throbs every night from the stress of it all. Some times I wonder what life would be like as a normal human teen girl; with normal old parents, and relatives that are seriously about to die. A normal boy friend would be cool too, and normal friends. Yeah I wonder what life would be like. Probably boring, nothing to do or talk about. Go through the same things like a zombie. At least my life doesn't bore me; not in the least. With these thoughts, and worries, I closed my eyes; wishing the twins and their absent father a good night.
