"Alex! Alex! Alex wake up!" I heard Jacob's voice call me. I Jolted my body up still screaming. I was breathing so hard and fast. "Alex are you alright?" I looked around and saw everyone was in my room. I looked over and saw Jacob.
"Jake!" I said wrapping my arms around him. I started crying into his chest.
"Alex are you alright? What happened?" Jacob asked.
"Was it that nightmare again?" I heard Carlisle ask. I pulled my head away from Jacob's chest.
"Yeah. It was."
"Edward, Bella can we talk outside please." Carlisle said.
"Jacob why don't you come too." My dad said.
"Alright. Alex I'll be right back ok?" I shook my head. When he got up Alice replaced him and hugged my trying to calm me down.
"It's ok now Al. You're alright now." She said rubbing my back. I finally calmed down and went down stairs with Alice.
"What do mean?" Mom asked.
"It means if she gets bit then it could just make worse for her. She won't be able to take. We need to keep Victoria away from her." Carlisle explained.
"Right now after smelling Alex's blood she's after it. Now she's in more trouble than before." My dad said. Alice and I walked into the kitchen. I needed to get a drink. My mouth was so dry from all my screaming.
"So what are we gonna do about it now?" Jacob said.
"I don't know but she can't keep having this happen. Carlisle any ideas?" Dad said.
"None now but at Charlie's how did she stop having the nightmares?" Carlisle asked.
"She fell asleep hugging me. She called me crying and I came over." Jacob said.
"And the nightmares stopped?" Dad asked.
"For the rest of the night?" Carlisle asked.
"Yeah as far as I knew." Jacob said.
They walked into the kitchen were Alice and I were. I just stared at the water in my glass. I was tired and didn't want to close my eyes again. I was afraid of it. The nightmares and the pain. It was as if it were really happening to me.
"Alex you're alright now. Okay?" Mom said. My mom put her hands in my shoulders. I looked up at her.
"I know but when I go to sleep the nightmare's still there...no matter what." I said looking back down.
"Don't worry." My dad said. I looked over at him. He was at the other side of the table. "Jacob's gonna watch you while you sleep. So don't worry."
"I don't wanna go back to sleep because of the nightmare." I said.
"But at Charlie's you fell asleep and didn't have another nightmare the whole time I was there." Jacob said sitting next to me.
"Alex why don't you try and get some sleep. We'll see you in the morning." Dad said.
Jacob and I went back to my room. I just sat on the bed. I didn't want to go to sleep again. I didn't want to take a chance of having that nightmare again. Jacob closed to door and sat in the rolling chair. He sat in it backwards.
"You should get some sleep." He said.
"I don't wanna." I said laying back on the bed. I looked up at the white ceiling.
"I'll be right here. If you start screaming then I'll wake you up I swear."
"What if I don't scream but I still have a nightmare?"
"I'll be right here. Don't worry. Just go to sleep." He layed next to me and put his arms around me. I layed my head to chest and finally I fell asleep.
I got up and Jacob was still sleeping. I've never seen him while he was asleep. I got up slowly so he didn't wake up and walked down stairs. Everyone was in the living room doing something. I walked into the kitchen to look for something to eat.
"Hungry Alex?" mom said walking behind me.
"A little. Is there anything here to eat?"
"Cereal. We didn't get much because we're leaving soon so."
"Alright." I grabbed a bowl and poured myself some.
I sat at the table eating when I heard the sound of Jacob falling out of bed. Everyone including me started laughing. He came down shortly after. I was still laughing a little bit. He just smiled like he was upset that he fell out of bed. I laughed some more. He walked into the kitchen and got himself some cereal and sat next to me.
Sleep well?" I asked. Emmet laughed which made me laugh.
"Haha very funny. Yeah I did." Jacob answered and went back to eating. I laughed at his embarrassment. I looked back at my mom.
"When are we leaving?" I asked her.
"When you two are done eating." she said and walked back into the living room with everyone else. When I was done I walked upsatairs and got dressed.
I wore black sneakers, a pair of dark jeans anda plain red T-shirt. I grabbed my gray jacket and walked back downstairs. I found Jacob ready to go but nobody else was there. I looked around.
"They said you could ride back with me. Are you ready?" he said.
"Yeah I am." We went outside, got in his truck and left. My head still hurt from the other night a little. The bumbs weren't doing well for it. I still had the gause on the cuts too. I just looked out the window and didn't really say anything.
"Are you ok?" Jake asked.
"Huh? Yeah I'm fine. My head hurts a little is all."
"You can take some pain medicin and go to sleep if you want."
"I took some advil but it's not working yet."
"Alright."
"Jake. I have to ask. What happened to Victoria after we went to Carlisle's?" I've been meaning to ask that question for a while.
"From what I was told she got away again." We were silent for a while.
"She's gonna come back isn't she?" I looked down at my hands and he was silent for a while longer.
"Yeah she is." He finally said. I was about to ask why when he said, "Now she's not after you to get to Edward but she wants to drink your blood."
"Great. Another thing that goes wrong in my life."
"What do you mean?"
"My life's just one thing after another. Now to top it off there's some crazy vampire after me? Just when things were turning around too."
"I know but you'll be fine. I'm not gonna let anything happen to you. I promise."
"I know. Stil...it's just I wish I were normal."
"Well I don't."
"Why?" I didn't understand why he wouldn't want me to be normal. If I was than I wouldn't have to deal with danger every day. I would grow up and be able to have a family. I would be much better than this.
"If you were normal than you wouldn't know the Cullens. You wouldn't have a family that loves you like they do. You wouldn't get to have the adventures you've had. You wouldnm't know Sam and the others and most of all..."
"What?"
"...I wouldn't have met you." I felt bad. It was because of all this that I met Jacob. I do wish I was normal but I don't want Jake out of my life.
"I'm sorry."
"Alex I know but think. If you were normal than you'd be way younger than you are now. I would have never met you let alone fell in love with you. When this is all over though you can live they way you want."
"Thanks Jacob. I'm sorry.
"It's alright. I know where your coming from. Trust me."
