Chapter 11
Back Home
The rest of the week in Italy had gone by fast. I went with my family to the sights and drew a couple, but mostly I spent my time in the hotel room listening to my music, hung up on Demetri. I couldn't even remember the flight or drive home. I kept thinking about our time together, I kept thinking he was going to be the one. He knew my secrets and I knew his. No one really got us, but we got each other. We were meant to be. That's what I had thought at least, apparently he didn't think the same way.
"Cori…want to go to the store with me and pick up the pictures from Italy?" Ness asked me, taking me out of my daze. It was three days since we had gotten back and ten days since I saw Demetri.
"Hmm?" I said looking up at her from my spot on my bed. She was standing in my threshold. I paused my blasting music.
"Get pictures from the store? From Italy?" She repeated. I shook my head.
"I think I'm going to stay here and watch a movie," I lied quickly.
"Okay, but I'm starting to worry about you. You haven't taken your ear buds out in days. I know you listen to your music a lot, but not that much," She said with a worried look, then she walked out. Ness was always worrying for nothing. I rolled my eyes and hit pause again and the end of Just One of Those Days by Limp Bizkit played in my ears. Then something soft started to play, it was White Horse by Taylor Swift. Thinking of my love life I thought it totally fit, but I couldn't think of Demetri that way…I still loved him.
I saw how much he had been hurt when Jane made her star appearance in our date. He hated it, and he hated the Volturi.
Then why did he go back? Another part of my head fought, but my other side wasn't up for a battle.
I don't know, it replied softly.
Cori dinner, and make sure you take them things out of your ears!Your going to go deaf. My mom's voice filled my head then went silent.
I smiled, no matter how much pain I was in, I always loved when they told me I would lose my vampire…repeat vampire hearing to my headphones. "What?" I called down to my mother, as I turned off my iPod.
"Not funny!" She rang back. I smiled for a moment, then went downstairs for something to eat.
I woke up the next day to an annoying pixie jumping on my bed. I groaned, "Alice go away," Then I pulled the blankets over my head.
"NO! Not 'til you get up," She said in between jumps.
I groaned once more, "Alright I'm up," I said, starting to sit up. She jumped off the bed and landed next it. Once she was off I laid my head back down.
"Oh no," Alice cried, then pulled the covers off me.
"It's cold!" I growled, pulling my knees to my chest.
"Well you have to get up!" Alice sang.
"Why?" I whined.
"Because there is something amazing happening for you today, and I want you to be up for it," She sat on the edge of the bed.
"What's going to happen? I'm going to meet another boy fall in love and get heartbroken?" I asked sarcastically, still peeved that she woke me up so early. Mornings weren't my thing.
"You'll have to ask your sister," She whispered and giggled. I love my aunt, but sometimes I could strangle her. I tried to look into her mind but all she was doing was thinking of Jasper…naked. Ew. No thanks.
"Don't make me get Emmett in here," At this my eyes flew open and I sat up.
"I'm up," I said. Emmett was mean when he woke you up. He used his evil tickling fingers. Damn him to the depths of hell with those tickling fingers.
"Thought so," she mumbled, knowing I could hear her.
"So why does Ness get to know and I don't?" I said, standing off the bed.
She shrugged, throwing the blankets back on in a pile, "I thought it might get you up,"
"So are you going to tell me now?" I asked.
"Nope," She said popping the 'p'. I sighed loudly and threw my head back.
"Well what am I supposed to do now?" I asked.
"Again go ask your sister, she knows all," She grinned widely at me and then disappeared through my door, giggling. I was going to murder her someday. I dragged my feet into Ness's room where she was sitting at her vanity applying peach lip gloss. Her back was facing me, but she looked in the mirror to see me coming behind her when I entered the room.
"Alice?" She asked with a smile. She put the top of her lip gloss back on, then put it down and turned to face me.
"Yeah," I went over and sat on the end of her bed.
"Someone's coming today. Alice saw it. I want to dress you up," She told me, keeping her thoughts to herself.
"Who? Cause I don't care," I laid back on the bed and put my hands on my stomach.
"Someone special. Just let me dress you, I promise you won't regret it," She answered.
"Wanna bet?" I replied quietly to myself.
"Please?" She said, she came over to me and put her face into my view and gave me the face. The puppy dog face that I created.
"I'm immune to my puppy dog face," I told her closing my eyes. Because I really wasn't, (Because it was so good, cause I'm awesome) I just thought she might back down. She didn't.
"Then why are you closing your eyes?" I could hear the smile in her voice.
"Because I don't want to see your ugly face," I replied.
"Yeah okay, you have the same face," She retorted.
"Mine's better," I argued. Not the best argument in the world, but that was all I had.
"If you won't let me, I'll get Emmett and Jasper to hold you down and me Rose and Alice will force what we want on you," She said as a matter of factly. My eyes shot open and I saw Ness above me, with her arms crossed.
"You wouldn't," I replied.
"I would," She smiled smugly at me, knowing she had won. And I knew she wasn't kidding.
I sighed in defeat, "You win."
"I know," She giggled, then grabbed my hand and pulled me up. She led me by the hand to my room and went straight for my closet and started rummaging.
I sat on my bed, watching her throw clothes out every few minutes.
"Your cleaning that up," I told her.
"Whatevs," She shrugged, not looking at me. "Is all you have black?" She asked.
"Maybe," I replied, knowing that was mostly true.
"I'll just have to deal with it," She sighed, frustrated.
"Okay then,"
"Oh this is cute!" She pulled out a light blue blouse, and jean skirt.
I acted like I was gagging, I didn't even know I had that.
She rolled her eyes, then went back to her search.
"Here, put this on," She threw some clothes at me. I picked them up, and looked at them. It was a white Bullet for my Valentine band shirt, and light jeans. I smiled.
"See I knew you know my style," She rolled her eyes. I quickly changed, then accessorized with a bullet style belt (fits with the whole 'bullet thing')
"What now?" I asked.
"Make-up and hair," I scowled, my least favorite part.
"It won't take long," She tried to sugar coat it. I've been through it enough that it would.
Half and hour later my hair was straight, half up half down and my dark make-up applied. It would have took ten minutes for myself, but we fought over the hair style. I wanted a ponytail, and she wanted it down. So we compromised. Then I pulled on my socks and my tattered Converse sneakers and looked in the mirror. I looked good. I just didn't know what I looked good for.
I turned around to my sister, "What now?"
"Your turn around and see your prince," She smiled at me.
"What the hell are you talking about?" I asked. She pointed toward…no behind me. I quickly turned around and saw Demetri standing in my doorway. I just knew my face lit up like a Christmas tree. I heard Ness walk over to the doorway and leave. But my eyes never left my guardian angel.
"I went back to the Volturi to tell them I quit," He finally said.
"Well you could have told me," I said, tears welling up in my eyes. "I-,"He wasn't ready for that.
"You hurt me Demetri, you left me," I sat on the bed. "You've not only hurt me, but you kill innocent people too," I continued. He crossed the room to me and knelt in front of me. I kept my head down, not looking at him.
"You listen to me. I've been alive a bit longer than you, and dead a lot longer than that. I've seen things you couldn't imagine, and done things I prefer you didn't. I don't exactly have a reputation for being a thinker. I follow my blood, which doesn't exactly rush in the direction of my brain. So I make a lot of mistakes, a lot of wrong calls. A thousand plus years, and there's only one thing I've ever been sure of: you," I looked up to see him looking sadly and softly into my eyes. His eyes were now a orange-ish color, and now that I had looked into them I couldn't look away. He reached up and stroked my hair softly. And I knew then that he didn't mean to hurt me, that he loved me as much as I loved him.
"I'm not asking you for anything. When I say, "I love you," it's not because I want you or because I can't have you. It has nothing to do with me. I love what you are, what you do, how you try. I've seen your kindness and your strength. And I understand with perfect clarity exactly what you are. You're a hell of a woman," he finished. My heart swelled up at least three sizes. I let the tears fall down my face, but not out of sadness, but of happiness. I had my angel back, and he loved me. Just like I knew he would. He quit his job, and lost his best friend for me. I leaned in and put my lips on his tenderly he put his hands on the back of my head and I threw mine around his shoulders and pulled him closer. He kissed like we hadn't seen each other for an eternity rather than ten days. But to both of us, it was.
A/N: Hey y'all so here's the last chapter, but there will be an Epilouge so don't worry! Ummm...her shirt and her belt will be on my profile if y'all want to see it! I hope you liked it please review! Review and get a preview! THANKS TO ALL LAST CHAPTERS REVIEWERS AND ANY CHAPTERS REVIEWERS!!! I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!
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