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"You," he said quietly "talk a whole lot for such a small girl."

A small girl! What! I was only a couple of inches shorter than he was so I didn't see where he was going with 'for such a small girl'. This guy was just digging his own damn grave.

"Seems that I have quite a bit to say to you," I replied. "But right now? I`m done talking. I want to go home, and you are going to walk me there. I don't give a crap about how you have to go wherever and do whatever. Besides, aren't you supposed to be like hundreds of years old? Have you not heard of chivalry? What would your mother say?"

"And if you're afraid that I`m going to hold your hand again, don't worry, I wouldn't think of it. Now let's go. I`m cold." And with that I turned and started off towards the cover of the trees.

For a fleeting moment, I thought that he wouldn't come, despite my speech of epic proportions. But to my silent relief, I heard him start to walk behind me after a moment of hesitation. Knowing that he was following, I confidently walked into the forest and started off towards The Willow House.

And had I turned around at that moment, I would have caught the small smile that tugged at the corner of Alex's mouth as he wordlessly walked behind me.

Chapter 11

The trip back to my house seemed to take twice as long as the trip to the clearing. It was probably because this time, I wasn't alone.

Alexander, much to my surprise, was still following behind me. I turned around, just to make sure I wasn't seeing things, to see him with his hands in his pockets as he soundlessly walked through the forest.

When his golden eyes met my light green ones, I turned back again. I wasn't done being pissed at him for being a total jackass.

I almost sighed in relief as the trees began to thin and I could make out The Willow House in the distance. A few more steps brought me out of the forest. I turned around to tell him that he could leave, but I was stopped by the expression on his face.

He was squinting at the house, brows furrowed in confusion. I opened my mouth to ask him what was wrong when a new voice interrupted me.

"Oh thank god!" chimed a soprano voice and I whipped around to look down at Alice.

"What—"

Before I could get the words out, she threw her arms around me and hugged me, hard.

"Oh, um. Hi..." I said then returned her hug. After a moment, she pulled back and looked up at me with wide eyes.

"You have no idea how worried we were, Arabella."

"What do you mean? What happened?" I asked, confused.

"You two tell me. Your futures just entirely disappeared! And that could have only happened because your futures crossed paths with that of a were— um... a uh..." She started to fidget under my gaze, and I realized what she was trying to say.

"Werewolf." I finished for her. And she nodded slowly, glancing quickly over my shoulder at Alex before returning her gaze to me.

"So you do know. That`s what I saw, but I wanted to make sure before..." she trailed off.

"Before you said something?" I asked and she nodded.

"Don't worry, I know about them, and I also know about you guys..." I told her cautiously.

Her eyes widened as she looked over at Alex again.

"Yea, it's true. Stupid dog had a big mouth," he said darkly, moving to stand in front of his sister.

"How much did you see?" I asked her, ignoring Alex's comment. She turned her attention back on me.

"Well I saw you decide to go on a jog, and I saw that you would jog to the clearing. And that`s when your future just disappeared. The next thing I know, Alex's future disappears too, and that`s when I realized that he wasn't in the house anymore. So I was looking for you two."

"We weren't too worried about Alex, he can handle a werewolf, but we had no idea what happened to you. So Rosalie suggested that we come looking for you. And—"

"Wait, Rosalie?" I asked, shocked that the blond who seemed to hate me before was the one who suggested looking for me.

Alice nodded.

"Yes, Rose. So we all split up to search the forest. Me and Rose were going to The Willow House when I had a vision of you and Alex in the clearing."

"And apparently you were giving him a really good talking to," said a new voice and I looked over Alice's shoulder to see the beautiful blond walking towards us with a grin on her face. I couldn't help but smirk at her words, and I shrugged.

"He had some trouble with... comprehending things. I was merely explaining to him how it was," I told her with a smile.

I shot a quick look over at Alex who was glaring at me.

"Well whatever it was, I bet he got it now," said Rosalie laughing.

"I hope so," I replied, still smiling.

"We can talk about your amazing kickass speech later," said Alice grinning. "But right now, you should come back to our place with us."

"It's okay," I told her. "I don't think the wolves would come to my house."

"That's not the reason why you need to come over," she explained. "Now that you know about us, I think we all need to have a talk."

"Oh, uh, okay. But do you think I could go take a quick shower and change first?" At my words both Rosalie and Alice laughed.

"Sure," said Alice. I smiled back and started to walk towards my house before I turned around to face them again.

"Come on. You guys can wait in the house."

Without waiting for an answer, I turned again and walked up to the house. Once I was inside, I left the door open before jogging quickly up the stairs. In my room I stripped out of my clothes, dropping them on the ground as I made my way to the large adjoining bathroom.

In seconds, I was standing with my back to the hot spray coming from my shower head. The heat slowly eased away the tense muscles in my back as I started to relax. Dipping my head under the spray, I portaled downstairs.

I first saw Alice and Rose standing together near the rows and rows of pictures that I had hung up on the wall the minute I arrived here. They were all pictures of my family. Of my parents, of my brothers, of all of us together.

Alice would periodically point out one of the pictures and Rosalie would smile softly.

I thought that they were the only two down there until I heard two other voices.

"... and the sound system? Hot damn! You saw it too right because I think I might be dreaming. Pinch me!" Emmett was saying loudly as he walked into the living room from one of the halls that lead there.

Jasper, who walked in behind him, laughed.

"Yes I saw, Emmett. You are not dreaming. But if you still want me to pinch you..." he said, a grin spreading on his face.

"You can try bro, but don't go crying to the little pixie when I kick your ass." Replied Emmett with a smirk as he advanced on Jasper.

"Hmm, who was it that was lying flat on his ass the last time we decided to get physical?" said Jasper as he winked at Alice and Rosalie.

"That was luck," growled Emmett.

"Well then I must be lucky very often," Jasper shot back.

"That`s it I—"

"Hold on there big guy," said Rosalie as she put her hands on Emmett's wide chest.

"Arabella would be severely pissed to come down here and find her living room in bits. And after what Alice told me about how she spoke to Alex earlier, I wouldn't piss her off if I were you." Rosalie said with a smirk.

"What happened?" asked Jasper, moving to stand next to Alice as she giggled.

"Oh it was amazing! They were..."

I tuned out as I shut off the water and wrapped myself in a big fluffy blue towel. Wrapping my hair in a second white one, I walked into my room again. Pulling open one of the suitcases lying on the ground, I grabbed a crimson red fitted long sleeve top and black skinny jeans.

I dropped the towel and dressed quickly. Walking over to my vanity, I took down my hair, not bothering to comb it out. I made quick work of some eyeliner and mascara before grabbing my cell and leaving the room.

As soon as I reached the top of the stairs, I could hear Emmett's booming laugh and Jasper's quieter one.

"Really? Wow. I didn't think I'd live to see the day that someone decided to get at Alexander Cullen!" Said Emmett when he managed to calm down enough to make comprehendible sentences.

"Yea, I couldn't believe it when Alice first explained it to me. But I think that me and Arabella are going to be great friends," said Rosalie and Alice laughed.

"You , two are going to be great friends Rose! I told you that this morning. And... oh, hey Arabella. We were just talking about what happened today with you and Alex," she explained as she saw me reach the bottom of the stairs.

"Yea I know. I could hear Emmett laughing over it from my room," I said and playfully rolled my eyes in his direction.

He narrowed his eyes at me, but the effect was ruined by the large grin spreading over his face.

"We should get going," said Alice from her spot by the door with Jasper. I nodded.

"Ok. Are were taking my car?"

At that Emmett laughed.

"Oh no, baby doll," he said with a dark look as he took a menacing step towards me. "You run with vampires now."

In the time that it took me to blink, he swept me off me feet and the last thing I remembered was Alice and Rosalie's laughter before I was caught up in the blur of the forest around me.


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