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Playlist for Chapter--

Shoes-Kelly

So What--Metalica

Chapter 25--Says The Parasite

"Welcome back," Emily said with a smile as Paul and I walked through the door the next day.

Paul and I both stopped short. "Why is everyone here-well almost everyone?" I corrected when I realized that Leah, Collin, and Brady were missing.

"We're talking to the Cullens today," Sam said.

"All of them?" I asked. There are a lot of them and I don't see why the all have to come.

"If Nessie goes they all go," Seth said smiling-he definitely didn't seem to mind the Cullens.

"And it's safe, right?" I checked.

"They're fine-they couldn't do anything with us around here anyway," Embry said.

I shrugged. I guess it's okay then. I'm not really into a meet and greet with a bunch of vamps when one is already after me but I'm not really scared. "You'll be okay with them here, right?" Paul asked me quietly, concern written all over his face.

"I'll be fine," I said certainly. I hate it when Paul worried about me. I feel so guilty.

"Are you sure you can handle it?" Paul asked as we all sat around in the living room to wait for the Cullens-because apparently they were all coming over here.

"I'll be fine," I repeated, trying to hide my small smirk. If he doesn't believe that I'll be okay then I'll just have to prove it. I didn't like vampires-at all-which was probably influenced from Paul. I didn't them, but I wasn't scared of them-at least not these ones. I kind of wanted to mess with them actually.

He nodded then suddenly tensed beside me. I looked up at him and noticed his eyes grow a little darker and knew they were here. I scooted closer and he eased up, putting an arm around me.

There was a light knock on the door. Sam stood up and pulled it open. Ten people walked in after him-two of which were Nessie and Jake-while the rest really kind of creeped me out. It was probably just because I knew what they were. The scowling blonde one reminded me of the vampire in the legends. Ew.

My eyes scanned over all them and then landed on the one with funny bronze hair. He met my eyes and my lips twitched. So he must be Edward…the mind reader.

PPOV

Alex didn't seem scared at all-but that didn't mean I wasn't going to watch every single move they made.

"Thank you all for coming-we've never seen anything like this before and we really appreciate your help and advice since you obviously know more about your kind than we do," Sam said.

"Well, we'll do all we can without causing threat to our family," Carlisle said-the only one other than Bella, Nessie, and Edward I could bother to remember.

"Would you stop it?" Edward suddenly asked in an extremely annoyed tone. I looked over to see him glaring slightly at Alex. I pulled her closer and let out a low growl.

"What's wrong Edward?" Bella asked.

"She keeps singing this song in her head," Edward said, nodding towards Alex.

I looked down at her to see she was staring at Edward with a completely confused expression. If I hadn't noticed the glint in her eye I probably would think she had no idea what Edward was getting at.

"No I'm not," she said, furrowing her eyebrows.

"Yes. You are," Edward said, clearly getting more annoyed by the second. Stupid leach better watch his tone.

"What song is it?" Alex asked. I looked down at her to see she was fighting a smile.

"Shoes," I barely heard Edward mumble. I saw some of the Cullen's lips twitch.

"What? I'm sorry, I don't have extra freakish hearing, you're going to have to say that louder-and don't mumble, it's rude," Alex said coolly. Don't laugh, don't laugh, don't laugh, I chanted to myself.

The Cullens snickered at her response.

"Shoes," he said louder, I saw Emily cover her mouth with her hand as she let out a little snort.

"I'm sorry, I'm not familiar with that song. Maybe you should sing a couple bars," she suggested nonchantly. I saw some of the Cullens splutter and a couple of the guys crack smiles. That's my Alex.

I heard Edward let out a low growl and shot one right back at him. "Come on Edward, aren't you going to sing to us?" the big one with curly brown hair asked, elbowing Edward in the side.

"No," Edward snapped at him. After a second he looked back at Alex. "Can you at least not shout it?" he asked Alex. Nessie giggled and Bella put a hand on Edward's arm-fighting a smile of her own.

"I'm not doing anything," Alex said easily. I almost believed her-but I knew better.

"Yes, you are," he said, sounding a little calmer than before. Good, he better stay under control.

"Prove it," Alex said, letting herself smile a bit.

Edward glared at her while the Cullens were trying not to laugh. "Shoes. Oh my God. Shoes. Shoes. These shoes rule. These shoes suck. These shoes rule. These shoes suck. Oh my Go-"

"Okay, stop!" Alex exclaimed as Edward sang the song in an even, bored tone. Everyone was laughing pretty hard at this point. The pack because we were proud of the Alex for messing with a leach and the Cullens probably thought Edward looking like an idiot was hilarious. Okay, well, we all thought that.

"I like her," the big one said, still laughing with the rest of us. The blonde shot him a look but her just rolled his eyes.

Alex tapped my shoulder and I looked down to find her smiling up at me. "See? I can handle it," she said.

I grinned and kissed her forehead. Is there an end to her surprises? She leaned her head against my shoulder and laced our fingers together.

"You two are engaged?!" the short vampire with black hair said. I looked at her and nodded. She smiled and clapped her hands. "Do you need help planning it?" she asked Alex. I tried not to roll my eyes; like Claire would let a parasite encroach on her territory.

"I think we have some other plans to figure out," Alex said, her smile disappearing.

I stroked her hair and stared into her golden brown eyes. "I won't let anything happen. I promise," I vowed. She sighed and leaned into me.

"Why exactly are we here? You guys can't handle one vampire?" the blonde snorted.

"A vampire who can temporarily cover her scent and her creator who can send electric shocks from a distance," Edward said. Stupid mind reader.

"They don't mean Jane, do they?" Carlisle asked Edward with wide eyes. My eyes darted back and forth between the two of them. Jane? Why would a vampire named Jane be that big of a threat.

"No, this was a male," Edward said shaking his head. They Cullens all seemed to let out a sigh of relief.

"What would need us to do then?" the vampire next to Carlisle asked as she grabbed his hand.

"Any tips are welcome-I'd rather not feel like I got stuck in a bug zapper again," Quil said wincing. I winced too; I remember exactly what came after that. Pain, darkness, and then the worst thought that had ever occurred to me in my entire life: I might've never been able to see Alex again. I winced again and pulled her closer.

"Hey, are you okay?" Alex whispered, looking up at me with concerned filled eyes.

"I'm fine," I told her quietly.

"Have they hurt anyone other than you? I haven't read or heard about any suspicious deaths in the area," Carlisle said.

"No, there haven't been any," Sam said.

"Then what's the problem? Can't you just ask them to leave?" the blonde male asked.

"No. One of them is after Alex," Sam said. I clenched my jaw, trying to keep my thought from running wild and anger from bubbling up to the surface. I felt a calm spread over me and knew it was one of the Cullens using their power. For once, I soaked it right up.

"Why?" the female next to Carlisle asked, sounding oddly concerned for a third party.

"She lived here while she was human and she, uh, kind of liked Paul…," Sam trailed off, not really knowing the right way to explain it.

"You are all really territorial of your mates, right?" Alex interrupted. The Cullens looked a bit surprised but nodded. "Yeah, well, so are we. Lisa was being a pain in the ass so I kind of…made it clear that Paul was taken. Now she wants to eat me," Alex summed up. Everyone seemed to flinch at her last sentence. The Cullens probably took offense to that or something and no one in the pack could stand thinking about it-especially me.

"Kind of reminds you of something, doesn't it?" the blonde asked. Edward rolled his eyes.

"You said the creator had a power," Bella said. "Was it mental or physical?"

"Bella you can't be serious," Edward said.

"They're my friends and I want to help," Bella said stubbornly.

"You would put the rest of your family in danger for a bunch of mutts?" the blonde asked harshly.

"Says the parasite," Alex muttered.

The blonde's head snapped over to Alex and I growled at her. "It wouldn't be a problem," Bella said trying to ease the tension between her coven. "If this vampire doesn't have it's power the pack can easily take it down," she reasoned.

"It was a physical attack," Sam told her.

"Shoot," Bella muttered, but the other Cullens looked a bit relieved. Jerks.

Carlisle sighed. "I don't think there's much else we can do," he said. He sounded like he really did want to help too, and I appreciated that.

"I could check to see when she's coming," the short black haired one offered. Oh yeah, the physics. Wonder if she'd check for the weather for the wedding after this whole thing is done…

"Alright," Carlisle said with a shrug. She grabbed the blonde male's hand and they flitted out the door.

"Why is she leaving?" Alex asked curiously.

"She can't see when wolves are around her," Edward explained. Alex just nodded absently, lost in her own thoughts.

The door opened in no time and the two vampires were back. "She'll be coming back in about a week if she doesn't changer her mind before then," she said surely.

"Well, thank you. It's really just a relief to know when this all going to end," Sam said.

"It was no problem," Carlisle said giving him a smile. "Best of luck with the vampire," he said before leading his family out the door.

The short vampire was about to walk out the door when she turned to look at Alex and I. "Seriously, if you need help with wedding plans, I've got some free time," she said smiling before flitting out the door.

IMPORTANT MESSAGE: I know it was short but I'm not really up for writing right now and because you guys have been so good with reviewing I'm going to tell you why I might get only one more chapter up this weekend: one of my friends died last night in a car crash and I'm having a really hard time with it. Writing is kind of helping me escape reality for a while so I am going to try really hard update. Please review, I'm feeling kind of sad.