Edward had convinced Alice to ride with him today. It was Friday and the last chance he had to talk her out of telling Alex.
"Are you seriously going to tell her, Alice?" Edward asked.
"She deserves to know." Alice said.
"I don't understand. Why does she deserve to know?" He questioned.
"Whether you two are together or not, she is friends with the rest of us. Even Jasper adores her. You know how hard it is for him to be near humans, and he told me the thought of attacking Alex hasn't even crossed his mind. ROSE likes her for heaven's sake!" Alice said.
"But we don't have to tell her anything." Edward murmured.
"Why shouldn't we tell her? Edward, I've had visions of Alex. Visions I haven't told you about." She admitted.
"Like what type of visions?" He ask, pulling into the parking spot.
"I'm not at liberty to say. But trust me, she deserves to know now." Alice said, getting out of the car.
Bella was waiting for Edward. Alice walked right past her, she walked in the school and saw Rose and Alex standing by the lockers together laughing. That was one of her visions, she thought as she walked closer to the two girls.
"Are we still on for tomorrow?" Alice questioned Alex.
"Shopping and then meeting your parents?" Alex said.
"Mhm, sounds like the plan." Rose said.
Alex nodded her head and then walked off to English with Alice. Three days had passed since Bella and Edward went public again. It bothered her every time she saw them together, but she was trying to hide it. She liked him, she admitted that. But she wouldn't allow him to think that she was hurting over him. She was happy with how her relationship with the rest of the Cullen's/Hale's had progressed. She considered Alice and Rose her best friends now.
She tried to pay attention in class, but was finding it hard. Mike Newton kept making wise cracks. She and Alice just looked at each other and shook their heads. They was much more mature than the teenagers that surrounded them.
Lunch came by quickly, and Alex sat with Rosalie, Alice, Jasper, and Emmet. Edward and Bella sat at their own table, much like it had been the previous days. She had yet to speak to Edward. In Chemistry, she would catch him looking at her, but that was at far as the communication between the two of them would go. She really didn't want to know why he got with Bella anymore, she was trying to move on from the thoughts of him.
"Warning, Alex. Alice likes to shop a lot, so you're going to be wore out by the time Jaz and I see you." Emmet said as they walked out of the cafeteria.
"I'll be shopping a lot too, Emmet. I need winter clothing." Alex said.
"I'm not that bad!" Alice butted in.
Alex laughed and then walked in to class. She hoped the rest of the day and tomorrow passed quickly. She was looking forward to her day with Alice and Rose. She hadn't had any girl time in awhile. She sat in Chemistry beside Edward and remained quiet as usual. She doodled when she got her assignment done, and when the bell rang. She made her exit just like she had so many other days.
Edward watched as she walked straight out of the room. He hadn't heard her voice in three days and it was driving him crazy. The teacher hadn't even called on her to answer a question, he would have gladly accepted that! He just needed to hear her. To know that she wasn't an illusion. He gathered his binder and waited for Bella to walk forward. She was swaying her hips trying to seduce him. She linked her fingers with his, and they walked out of the school together. She had drove her truck today, since he said he had to give Alice a ride.
Alex said her goodbyes to the crew and promised she would be ready in the morning when they picked her up. She got inside her bug and drove away, looking forward to her shopping trip. She listened to the music on the radio as she made her way down the curvy and wet roads of Forks. She noticed since her parents accident, she was much more cautious when she drove. She pulled into her drive way and saw Greg and Lane walking out.
"Oh Alex, you're home." Her grand father called out.
"Yeah, where are you two going?" She ask.
"We're gonna go pay Billy a visit. Wanna go?" Lane ask.
"Sure." Alex said as she grabbed her keys and locked up her bug.
She got inside the van and they headed off to La Push once again. Her grand father talked about Billy Black with respect. He also told Alex not to stare, encase she was shocked to find out he was in a wheel chair. They pulled up in front of the small house once again and got out. Billy Black, or who she assumed to be Billy Black since he was in a wheel chair, was sitting on the front porch. Jacob was sitting beside him.
"Greg!" Billy called out. "So nice to see you."
Her grandfather walked up on the porch and then hugged the man in the wheel chair. She followed behind her grand mother and stood on the porch. She was introduced to Billy, and listened as the adults talked a bit. Jacob flashed her a bright smile a few times, clearly he was just as bored as she was.
"Why don't you take Alex down and show her the beach, Jacob." Billy suggested.
Jacob nodded his head, and without a word he walked off the porch. Alex followed him down a path. She gasped when she saw how beautiful the beach was.
"It's gorgeous here." She said.
"Yeah, I guess it's alright." Jacob replied.
"So, you go to Forks High?" He asked.
"Yeah."
"You know Bella Swan?" He questioned her.
She rolled her eyes and then looked at him. He just questioned her about the one person she disliked in Forks.
"Uh yeah, I know her." Alex said bitterly.
"Not friends, I guess?" Jacob questioned.
"Eh, not really. Things changed when she got back together with Edward Cullen." She said.
"What? Bella is dating that leech again?" Jacob questioned.
Alex turned around and looked at Jacob for a second. Did he just call Edward a leech? That was a very weird insult. She figured it was just a Forks thing and continued on, hoping Jacob wouldn't ask her anymore questions about Bella.
"How long have they been back together?" He questioned.
"Uhm, four or so days, I guess." Alex admitted.
Jacob's fist were clutched together in fist. He was trying very hard to control his anger. He and Bella had been talking the past couple of months, and he thought they were moving forward with their relationship. Now he heard this, and it pissed him off. She had called him every night but claimed she couldn't come over due to home work. In reality, he now knew the reason she couldn't come over was because she had been with a blood sucker.
"Why did you call him a leech." Alex asked.
"No reason." Jacob said hatefully as he continued to walk up the beach.
Alex just nodded her head, she could sense the aggravation in his voice. She and Jacob didn't talk anymore, instead she just stayed quiet and followed him along the path he had created. She felt relieved when they returned back to Billy's house and her grandparents were ready to go. She was tired of feeling awkward. She discussed her shopping trip with her grand parents, and they seemed pleased she was hanging out with the Cullen's.
"Oh you'll love Carlisle. He's so nice." Lane said.
"Very young too. It's hard to believe he's taking care of so many teenagers. But he says it keeps him active." Greg said.
"Yeah, Alice and Rose are amazing. The boys are nice too." She said as they pulled into her drive way.
She walked up the stairs and signed online. She sent a few emails to some friends from back home and then decided to google the nickname 'leech'. She only found a few things. It also meant blood sucker. But why would he call Edward a blood sucker? Nothing really made sense. She ended up googling 'blood suckers' and that's when she finally found something of interest. There was several different books, movies, and other things that had the word in it. But it all referred back to vampires.
A vampire? She laughed as she closed the laptop. She walked over and undone her covers and turned off her light. She sat her alarm and drifted off to sleep, laughing at the thought of Edward being a vampire.
