Alec hadn't been around in a while, about two weeks and three days, about, and I was slightly curious as to where he was. Curious, not worried, don't get the two confused like Chelsea did, because I did not care about Alec, because he was wrong, and I held no attachment to him. Still, Chelsea didn't tell me where he'd gone, so I didn't know where he was and that was the only reason I really cared about where he was, because I didn't know where he was. He could be lying in pieces, all burnt in a ditch somewhere and no one would know because no one knew where he was. Okay, so Aro most likely knew because he probably sent him away in the first place, but the rest of us didn't know! Well, Jane probably knew because she was his twin sister, but, other than that, who else knew, huh? And Felix and Demetri definitely knew because they were with him, but the rest of us were in obliviousness!
"Heidi," I frowned when I went back into my bedroom after getting dressed and she made a questioning noise, adjusting my dress slightly. "Do you know where Alec's gone?" I asked and a smirk slid over her ruby lips as her burgundy eyes lifted to my blue ones. "Because he hasn't been annoying me lately, so I was just wondering how much longer I had peace," I said quickly and Heidi just made a knowing 'uh huh' noise. "Do you know or not?" I frowned irritably.
"Alec, Demetri, and Felix have all gone to see to a vampire who broke the rules," Heidi said calmly and I bit my lip slightly, nodding. "Don't worry, Alec will be fine," Heidi smirked and I glared at her. "Don't pretend, Lia, I can tell, I can always tell," she laughed.
"I was more worried about Demetri and Felix actually, because they're my friends," I said stubbornly and Heidi just smirked again. "I'm hungry," I scowled, leaving her play with my hair, and she laughed softly, releasing me and walking out the room with me following her. "I don't care," I said firmly at Heidi's all knowing smirk and she just smoothed a lock of my hair back.
We were soon in the kitchen, where Cookie gave me breakfast, and I thanked him distractedly, glaring at Heidi's expression. Alec was mean, I didn't like him, or his smug smirk, or his pretty ruby eyes, because they were creepy, in a pretty sort of way, or his annoying manner of saying my name in that bored drawl, or how his icy hand fit around mine during the power enhancement sessions - you know what, brain? Just shut up now. I do not like Alec, or care about him in any way, shape, or form, because he was a dickhead, see that? He'd progressed from arse to dickhead, so I obviously didn't care about him.
"Lia, you're about to put toast in your eye," Heidi announced and I blinked, finding that toast was in fact inches from being shoved into my eye. "Must be very distracting what you're thinking about considering you always seem to be able find your mouth," Heidi smirked, sliding in a subtle insult about how much I ate, and I glared at her, taking a vicious bite of my toast.
With my breakfast eaten, Heidi took me to my classroom for lessons and Santiago threw my essay at me, showing that I had a C. He scolded me for being distracted, because I'd been doing so well, and Heidi snidely announced that I was distracted with the absence of Alec. I threw a pen at her head, but she easily caught it and placed it back on my desk, telling me to behave. A scowl formed on my face, but I paid attention to Santiago's lecture and took notes with my newly returned pen, occasionally asking a few questions. He always explained things in such detail so that I am now an expert on Spanish history and he'd now moved onto teaching me Spanish instead.
The week continued to tick by without Alec, Demetri, or Felix reappearing and I was surprised at how much I missed them all. No! I mean how much I missed Demetri and Felix because they were my best friends here, yeah, that's what I meant, because Heidi's gone crazy. Aside from that, my guard switched between Heidi, Chelsea (who rarely guarded me), and Afton, and I liked all three, but there was no arguing between us. It's kind of fun to yell at people, so I tried to start an argument with Heidi about Prada versus Gucci, but she had just looked at me, snorted lightly, and turned away.
"Afton," I said as we sat in my room, waiting for the night guard to come in, and he looked at me with a smirk, because everyone thought I was in love with Alec thanks to Heidi. "I don't feel well," I frowned, my head honestly hurting, and a small frown flickered across Afton's face.
"What's wrong, Lia?" he asked and I rubbed my temples. "Headache?" he asked and I nodded. "Would you like some aspirin? Aro brought some in for the cook because the man almost had a mental breakdown when you announced you were allergic to shellfish," Afton offered and I nodded with a grateful smile. "Will you be okay alone for two minutes?"
"Yes, Afton, I won't move from this spot," I promised and he touched the top of my head, which was aching horribly, before leaving at vampire speed and allowing me to be alone, my eyes falling shut.
It probably wouldn't even take Afton two minutes to get the aspirin, so he didn't have to worry about me falling over and ending up through the television. For some reason, Felix was sure I was going to do that one day and a small smile slid over my lips at the thought of good old Felix. It was kind of boring without him and Demetri here to amuse me with their weird stories and teasing, because they did like teasing me like annoying weird people. This headache was probably down to worrying about them, not about Alec, about Demetri and Felix, and it was all their faults for leaving and not even saying goodbye to me.
My door opened again, but I didn't open my eyes, thinking it was Afton, and he knew I had a headache, so he wouldn't think I was rude, hopefully, because I liked Afton. A cheerful voice calling my name, however, caused my eyes to open and my gaze landed on the three absent vampires from my life. A grin spread over my lips as I jumped up and ran over to them, hugging the one in the middle tightly with a happy cry of 'you're back!' with the other two just staring at me. Uh, who was I hugging again? Middle one, Demetri and Felix on the left and right, and that meant…
Slowly, I pulled back, glaring at Alec's smirking face, before latching my arms around the Felix's middle and hugging him instead, because I liked him more. Alec just continued smirking, Demetri and Felix just staring at me in disbelief, and my cheeks were pink in embarrassment that I'd hugged Alec. I only hugged him because he was the first person I got to, not because of some deep rooted affection everyone seemed to believe I had, and that was it. If they told anyone different, I'd demand Aro turn me sooner so I can kick them all the way to Arabia and then they'd learn how I felt about Alec, when he was flying all the way to Arabia.
"Lia," Felix said slowly, patting my head, and I looked up at him. "Why did you hug Alec?"
"Because I got confused, I have a horrible headache," I stated calmly and Felix just lifted an eyebrow silently. "I do have a headache, Afton went to get me some aspirin," I said softly, moving to hug Demetri instead, and Demetri gave me a light squeeze in return.
"That would explain while Afton gave me these," Alec smirked, pulling out a box of aspirin, and I frowned at him, knowing he'd make me do something for the aspirin, because he liked making me suffer.
"Thank you," I said, holding a hand out optimistically, and Alec smirked. "Alec, could I please have the aspirin before my head explodes?" I sighed, wiggling my fingers slightly, and Alec chuckled slightly, walking into my room. "Alec," I frowned. "What do you want?"
"Hm, perhaps for you to admit you missed me, or perhaps another hug, or perhaps for you to admit you do have an attachment to me," he mused, holding the aspirin between his long fingers.
"I missed you, I have an attachment to you, would you like a hug?" I deadpanned and he smirked slightly at me, holding his arms out mockingly.
Surprising everyone, including myself, I wrapped my arms around his middle in a tight hug, resting my head on his shoulder, and I could feel him tense slightly. He's the one who wanted a hug, so he gets a hug, and he's still not freaking happy. The vampire's got a screw loose, though he brain could've just crumbled to dust over the past three centuries. It could be possible, who knew what happened over the centuries? Alec's tiny little mind could've just crumbled away to nothingness to leave him wanting hugs and affection from a human. Such a silly vampire…
"Here," Alec said quickly, pulling out of my grip and pressing the aspirin into my hand. "Stupid girl," he added as I went back to my table and picked my glass of water.
"I was just giving you what you wanted, Alec," I smiled sweetly at him, putting an aspirin on my tongue and swallowing it down with some water. He glared at me, leaving the room quickly, and I couldn't help but giggle slightly, going into the bathroom to change for bed.
My head still hurt on Saturday, so Aro decided I wasn't allowed to go out, especially because I had a fever, and I didn't mind, for once, because I just wanted to stay curled up in bed. The worst thing was I had Alec as a guard and he decided to smugly announce that he found out that I was in love with him. Damn Heidi and her big gob, but I wasn't, which I told him, and he just smirked, so I got out of bed and curled up in his lap instead. That shut him up as I found his icy body soothing to my feverish temperature and I rested my forehead against his cool neck.
My body curled neatly against Alec's chest, my legs over the arm of the chair he was sat in, and his arms stayed at his side, a frown forming on his face. I didn't move, though, because he really was helping because he was a walking ice cube, and I wrapped my arms around his chest. I just had a bug, the doctor had confirmed it, but it would take a while for the infection to flush itself from my system, and I only wanted hugs until it happened. Since Alec was my guard for the day, he had to be my hug receiver, whether he liked it or not, and he didn't shove me off, so I guess I was allowed.
"What are you doing?" Alec asked after a long moment.
"I feel really hot, and you're really cold, match made in heaven," I sighed tiredly against his neck, snuggling closer. "You do actually smell kind of nice you know," I murmured without really thinking and I closed my blue eyes. "Kind of like when its just rained and then its stopped and everything smells all clean and fresh, you know?" I rambled sleepily.
"That would be body wash, Lia," Alec sighed and I giggled slightly. "You are ill, you don't know what you're saying."
"Nope, my brain feels kinda woolly," I giggled, tapping his forehead. "Your brain turned to dust," I announced and he frowned at me. "Because you think I care about you, but you don't care about me, do you? So why should I care about you?" I said, sounding slightly delirious.
"I think you need sleep, Lia," Alec frowned at me and I clung onto his dark red, button down shirt, not wanting to leave the coolness of him. "You shall be uncomfortable if you sleep here," he told me with that blank tone of voice and I frowned at him, cheeks flushed from my fever. "Go back to bed," he ordered quietly.
"But, you're cold," I protested and Alec frowned at me, before sighing and lifting me easily. "Are you going to stay with me?"
"No, because you need to sweat out the fever, the doctor's orders," he answered, placing me in bed and hesitating a moment, before pulling the covers over me all the way up to my chin. "Stay in bed, Lia," he commanded softly, frowning down at me, and I gripped his sleeve.
"At least till I fall asleep," I begged, rolling on my side to look up at him and feeling utterly miserable and sick. "I'm ill," I added pathetically and he rolled his crimson eyes, but sat on the edge of the bed and left me clinging to his sleeve.
My body started shivering, all wrapped up in the covers, apart from the arm I had out so I could cling to Alec's sleeve, and I could feel sweat sliding down my spine. My hair stuck to my forehead as my blue eyes fell closed, my mind hazy and slow, and, whenever I tried to think, it was like wading through thick custard. My breathing had turned deep and slow as sleep came closer and my fingers started to loosen around Alec's sleeve. I felt comfortable, despite feeling ill, and I curled beneath the covers with my hand still wrapped around Alec.
"Don't go," I whispered before sleep finally consumed me.
Extremely short chapter, yes, but they're slowly getting closer to realising their feelings.
Thanks to emmettandashley, DoubleAA, VampWolfGirl09, Crystalkyuubi-chan, and Draco MalfoyGirl 16, for reviews!
