Children of the Moon Chapter 22
AN: Steph owns Twilight
God, I've been hit by the feeeeeeeels! You have no idea how much fun I had writing last chapter! Fluff! Yayy!
And, contest time! I have to things I need your help with!
1. A very special M&M(Guest) gave me the idea of a shipping name(And a death threat,..)! Our little wolves totally need it, damn they're so much fun to write! So EVERYBODY has to help me, review or PM me a ship name, like Slex or Clearscott or whatews! I chose the best one for next chapter, maybe even make somebody tease them with in a future chapter!
2. In a future chap I'm gonna have Alex bond with one of the vamps. Sooo, another chat with Emmet? Playing piano with Eddie boy(Yup, Alex learnt to play back in Russia)? Cooking food with Nessie(Alex and Ness are totally future bffs, btw.) Talking smart-y stuff with Carlisle? Confiding with Rose 'bout a secret topic(That I might make Alex tell Seth about this chap..)
Well, yeah!
Twilightislife: I really, really hoped somebody would notice, totally did on purpose! Totally cliche, totally ripoff, Iknow, but damn, this is Twilight! I can have as many frigging cliches i want! I love fluff! The Feels! I've been hit so bad! Awgghhggg!
Cookiesfan4evaah: Brownies? You want brownies? Well, then, I guess I'll just have to say, BROWNIES! BROWNIES FOR EVERYONE!
M&M: Well, if you kill me, then the story won't be finished... The ending, they don't break up, but something very close. But unwilling, of course... Every body will totally hate me at the end of this story. Did that little sneakpeak annoy you? I do hope not!
CK: My sweet CK! Thank you for your devotion to this story! I'll make sure to wave your information into my dear story!
Song: Stay- Rihanna('Cus thats how Seth makes LexLex feel!)
Alex P.O.V.
"Who's Emily?" I said, trying to hide the venom from my voice, but the mere thought of Seth with another girl had my stomach churning. Get a grip, I chastised myself, it's not as if you have any claim over him anyway.
Seth, oblivious to my inner turmoil, went on "Oh, you'll love her! Em's Sam's imprint, sort of the mom of the Pack. She cooks for us, makes sure we get enough sleep and have clean clothes. Those kinds of things." Way to go Alex! Get super jealous over absolutely nothing! "She's a lot like you, actually, you are both kind, and caring, and brave, and you are both-"
He seemed to pause, his gaze locked at me. I recognized it, the way he looked at me, for how could I not? It was the way I'd been looked at for most of my life. It was the look that recognized how I am set apart from different. How I am the Burnt One. How I am "Scarred" I said, my fierce gaze meeting his. He looked at me, hurt written as plainly as if I had slapped him across his face. Immediately I regret being so blunt, and I feel a tight knot of worry in my belly.
"It's-that's not, I mean, I didn't mean to-I was going to say marked, but-" I step closer to him, taking his hand in mine, bringing it up to the burnt skin of my cheek.
"Seth, look at me," His warm chocolate eyes met my azure ones "This, my scar, it's a part of me, Seth. I've accepted it. It's apart of who I am, and I am not ashamed of it. It's a reminder, a token of the past, of the life I let go, the life that died in those flames. It's a trophy, a mark that proves I am a survivor, that I made it through. It's a demon, it haunts me with the life I lost. It's all that, and it's me, always will be." I gently kiss the back of his hand. Seth looks at me, his eyes tender. I sigh "And I wish that you accept that as well, Seth." I smile at him, letting go of his hand.
"I do," He says, pulling me into a hug.
"I know you do," I whisper against his shoulder.
We pull apart, and I turn away from him, grabbing a plate of toast, before going to sit at the old wooden table. I scrape my nails over the chipped white painting, smiling lightly at the golden sunlight flooding through the big window in the kitchen. Seth soon followed suit, taking up one of the two chairs facing me, and placing his mountain of food infront of him. I sigh, nibbling at my toast.
"Where did you find all this food anyway? Did you go shopping?" He says, before shoving another bunch of pancakes in his mouth.
I laugh, fixing my gaze on the world outside the window, not wanting to make eye contact just yet.
"Well, it's sort of funny, 'cus I honestly have no idea. You see, I woke up at six, went for a run and trained afterwards. I actually sort of forgot you were still in the house, but when I remembered, about ten, I went inside to check on you-"
"Wait, You got up at six? And trained 'till ten? Why? How?"
"The waking up part is natural, I always wake up at six. And the training is needed, I don't have to much strength or speed when I'm in my human nature. So, anyway, you were still asleep -Do you know you drool?- So I decided to go shopping, since my last attempt had so horribly failed-"
"Your last attempt at shopping had horribly failed?!" Seth's increasingly incredulous and dumbfounded expression made me grin wildly "How do you do these things? How can you fail when going shopping?"
"I met you," I say my eyes glinting. It was strange, how Seth awakened these feelings I simply hadn't felt in years. Sure, I'd been happy, euphoric at times, living the life with my friends back in Cali and Russia, but I'd never felt this way, not since my parents died. I haven't felt safe, or content, or, or, or, just never like this. Something had finally worked out, the last missing piece of the puzzle was finally in place.
"Anywaaaay, I went downstairsto get my wallet, when I noticed there were fresh fruits at the table. At first I though nothing of it, but then it dawned on me "I didn't buy those?" So I checked the frige, the cupboards, the shelves, the freezer-everything. And guess what? I have fully stocked kitchen now. We even have lobsters! Lobsters." I say, gesturing wildly while I speak. (AN: Alex is a handgestureperson)
"That's probably Rosalie and Alice, I bet the had crazy fun buying all these things, emptying some random supermarket,"
"The-The vampires bought this?" I say, losing my appetite quickly.
"Yeah," He looks closer at me "Something wrong?"
"I just, I'm not really comfortable with-"
"With eating food they bought?" He finishes, sending me a pointed look, "They're really good people you know,"
I sigh, looking away "I know, I just, it goes against everything I know, every instinct, all of me. It's hard, but can you blame me?" I quietly push the pieces of toast around on my plate,
"Tell you what, how 'bout we go spend next Saturday with them? We could watch a movie, you could get to know them a little bit better, we could have dinner-"
"Dinner?" I scoff, "What would they eat? Bunnies and deer?"
"Well, no, they wouldn't eat, but Esme loves to cook, and Bella and Edwards daughter eats normal human food,"
"They have a human living with them?" I stand up in my chair, my hands flat on the table, and I urgently for an answer. It takes all my strength to pull my protective instincts on a leash, to not rush over to them already, and free that poor human girl from her-
"What, Reneesme? Nah, she's a weird little thing, half human, half vampire. Bella gave birth to her while she was still human and stuff,"
"So she's a hybrid then?" My mind was working at inhuman speeds, thinking of all the things I would need, the ingredients and "How old is she?"
" I guess you could call her that. Why do you want her age?" He looks at me puzzled, confusion written plainly over his face
"Just answer the question please,"
"Um, about seven in human years, but she looks like she's nineteen," He says "Wait, where are you going-" He yelled after me, but I was already out the door.
"Don't follow me!" I shout back, sprinting towards the forests edge. A few dozen meters into the forest though, Seth catches up with me. "Where are you going?"
"I thought I told you not to follow me!" Seth jumps infront of me, trying to block my path. Swiftly I push off the ground, easily swinging up on the branch right over me. I run along the branch until it ends, before kicking off, flipping onto the nearest branch. I run and jump from tree to tree, laughing at the feeling of flying. As elegantly as any jungle cat, I catch myself on the next trunk, swinging like a monkey higher.
I'm a Daughter of the Moon, a Protector of all life, a Spirit of nature. I am swift, elegant and free, I am wild, strong and brave. And I am high on life, my laughter ringing clear through every inch of the forest, calling all under my protection.
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"Alex! What on earth are you doing?" First now I see Seth beneath me, running to keep up. I stop, letting him climb up to the branch where I stand. I need to shake him, need to finish my task. And I know just how to do it.
"What are you, half monkey or something?" When we finally stand face to face, I smile at him, a cheeky grin spreading across my face.
"Something like that," As quickly as I can, I lean forward to press a kiss to his lips, before pulling away. I raise an eyebrow at him, a tingling fire shooting from my lips to the tips of my fingers and toes, threatening to make my limbs to jelly. And then he pulls me flush against him, his lips crashing onto mine.
All of me, every nerve, every cell is electric, filled with hot fire and passion. I run my fingers through his thick black hair, grasping for something to hold onto. It takes me to the brim of forgetting everything, to meld into his embrace and ignore the world, but I have a job to do. I softly pull us apart, a grin plastered all over my face.
"Wow, I mean, you're, wow" Seth says, breathlessly. I give him one last teasing kiss, before stepping of the branch, falling into nothing but air. I hear Seth gasp over me, but in the last moment I catch myself on the branch, swinging gracefully through the air, landing on the soft floor with a thud.
"Please stay here, just wait for me! I'll be back soon!" And then I run, run deeper into the forest, sprinting towards the place I need to go.
Leaving Seth behind, breathless.
"Breathless" I giggle ever so softly.
Breathless
AN: I had sososososososososo much fun writing this chap! Isn't Alex such a strange little person? I imagine her beeing sort of like a girl Tarzan/Jaguar/Flying Squirrel/Lemur/Monkey mix breed, being epic in the trees. Btw, that's Alex idea of a run.
And hand gestures! Alex does it all the time, once she's comfortable around you. I imagine her toppeling over lamps and stuff, waving her arms around. Seth thinks its adorable.
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-IatST