Disclaimer. I do not own Twilight. Duh.

Love was the strongest emotion and therefore, I, being neither loved nor capable of loving another, was nothing.

Chapter Six - Blood

I was fiddling with my nails (a totally un-Alexis thing to do). I never got nervous. My book and pens where all lined up perfectly in straight lines. I messed them up, hoping it would make me appear more relaxed. I wanted to appear as if I did not even remember yesterday as it meant so little to me.

The door opened and my eyes flicked to stare at Josh. He was shooting daggers at me along with Alice and Jasper. Instantly I was no longer nervous; I had a right to hate them, they should be the nervous ones. Josh sat down next to me sitting on the far edge of his chair. I bet he was regretting his lab partner choice, I did warn him.

I swung back on my chair arrogantly drumming my nails annoyingly on the table. Josh tensed scooting his chair even further away.

"Stop tapping your fingers," he finally snapped.

"I told you not to be my lab partner," I smirked. He clenched his fists and let out a low growl. I raised one eyebrow, "is that supposed to intimidate me?"

"Why?" he hissed. I stopped smiling, it did not take a genius to realise what he was talking about.

"I hate her" I responded automatically.

"What? Don't be stupid, you don't even know her!" he said harshly.

"I don't know her" I agreed. That was the problem, she had never taken any interest in my life; she had left me.

"But...?" Josh questioned.

"No but. I agree that I don't know her," I laughed. He looked at me, astonished. He probably could not comprehend how it was possible to hate someone you did not know. What he did no know was that I knew of her and that she had made one small choice that had affected my full life.

"I don't understand," he whispered.

"You don't have to," I said, "my reason is because I hate her with every ounce of my being. I have my reasons for hating her but I am not telling you in a million years so go ahead and blame everything on me. We all know I'm some twisted psycho bitch with anger management problems. You can go and tell your stupid little family that's what you found out, but you are not getting anything else out of me."

"Do not," hissed Josh, in a voice barely above a whisper, "insult my family." I snorted and rolled my eyes. "I mean it, they took me in when I was nothing, less than nothing, a monster and gave me a family and a home. They are the best people I know."

"Really? That's weird. 'Cause, they never took me in, they never gave me anything and they are perhaps the most arrogant, selfish, cruellest people I know," I said angrily.

Josh grabbed my wrist with force that would have really hurt a human.

"You are the biggest bitch I know," he snarled, "and you can not go round insulting people you do not even know! How dare you sit here and call them arrogant when you, yourself, think you are above me and my family"

"I am," I said with fake confidence, "you and your family are monsters, in more ways than one and you know what I mean." His eyes widened and I smiled triumphantly at him.

"What do you know?" he asked. I put my head on my hand and rolled my eyes to the ceiling, pretending to think hard.

"I know" I said, "that you're a bastard, Bella's a whore and everyone of you should be dead. Properly dead." He shot me a dirty look, his eyes portraying anger. All his rage seemed to do was remind me that Bella was loved that she had a loving family and that I was, ironically, hated (or disliked greatly) by people who should love me. My family.

"You know nothing" he whispered.

I was just about to think of a crushing reply when the teacher coughed unsubtly to get everyone's attention.

"Right class," he began, "as most of you opted for Chemistry instead of Biology we will be doing blood typing in Chemistry today. The Red Cross are having a blood drive on Sunday so any of you interested should stay behind at the end of the lesson."

Instantly my hand shot in the air along with Josh's, Alice's and Jasper's. I was not sitting in a class full of blood when I needed to go hunting soon.

"Sir, I am excused from this" I said desperately as he prepared to prick someone's finger. He looked at me and then Josh Alice and Jasper.

"Are you four all excused?" he asked and we all nodded frantically. "Ok, go next door for the remainder of the lesson and do some homework."

Quick as a flash we were all in the room next door. I took a deep breath; this was going to be fun.

"So you three are all scared of blood," I laughed.

"No," said Alice sharply with a pained expression on her face, "who are you?" she asked.

"What's it to you?" I scowled.

"Why do you hate us?" asked Jasper calmly. I sighed; this lesson was not going to be a walk in the park.

"You don't know I hate you" I smirked, "in fact you don't have a clue how I'm feeling, do you?" Jasper inhaled sharply, knowing that I was referring to his power.

"What the hell are you?" snapped Josh. I laughed but it hurt that nobody had figured out what I was, who I am.

"Why should I tell you anything when you have told me nothing about yourselves?" I asked.

Suddenly, I smelt human blood and we all gasped in unison. The blood typing had begun. Their heads then snapped at me and I silently cursed myself for gasping.

"Why did you gasp?" asked Alice slowly her eyes wider than usual.

"Why did you?"

"I asked you first,"

"Therefore you should answer first."

"That doesn't even make sense,"

"Well then may.." I began only to be cut off by Josh,

"Just answer the flipping question Alexis" he snapped, I breathed deeply ignoring my head which was getting lighter by the second.

"I don't owe anything to you. You don't have the right to question me or hate me. I have the right to hate you and to be left alone by you, all of you. I think you know why I gasped, for the exact same reason you did."

"How the hell do you have the right to hate us?" shouted Josh as he took a step toward me. I stood up off my desk and took another step toward him. Instantly I knew that had been a mistake; I could barely stand up. I tried to rack my brain for the last time I had hunted.

"I'm, I'm " I stuttered before getting a full smack of human blood scent. Oh god, I hadn't hunted in months, my head started to spin uncontrollably and the blood rushed out of my head. "I have to go," I said before promptly fainting.

Josh must have caught me with his super vampire speed as when I came around shortly afterwards I was in his arms.

"I will take you to the nurse," said Josh in a voice that showed no compassion.

"No, please" I begged, "you have to take me hunting."

"Hunting. What?" gasped Alice.

"I need blood please" I cried "I haven't hunted in months and I'm drained."

"Blood what?" asked Jasper, trying to be careful not to give anything away about vampires.

"Yes I'm a vampire ok? Please take me?" I asked impatiently. Josh nodded sullenly and carried me bridal style. I tried to breathe but felt myself slip into a blurry haze.

Soon I was in a car and the three vampires where talking frantically in hushed voices. I concentrated on my breathing, I had had a lot of practise with fainting from when I was little and I knew that I had to use as little energy as possible. I was aware of someone rubbing soothing circles on my back and that the car was going much faster than the speed limit. When it came to a stop Josh helped me out of the car and I was in a forest car park. He supported me as we walked into the forest and sat me down once we where far enough in to be inconspicuous.

Alice and Jasper soon ran to us with a dead deer in their hands I took it off them shakily and began to drink. The blood trickled into my mouth giving me Goosebumps but I could feel the energy rushing through my veins and the warm tingling feeling in my toes told me that the blood was doing its job. Once I was finished I stood up licking my lips,

"I have to go get some more ok?" I asked timidly. They were looking at me with bewildered expressions on their faces. Feeling self-conscious I ran a finger around my lips to check I did not have blood round my mouth. Then I turned and ran into the forest.

Running through the trees made me feel free. It was an instinct that I loved but I was rarely able to run or hunt because I lived among humans. I quickly smelt what I had been searching for: a mountain lion. Yum. My favourite.

I drained it quickly, followed by another two deer and then, knowing I was full, I headed back to Alice, Jasper and Josh. They were sat against a tree with their heads together. I slowed to a walk and shyly approached them.

"Ermm I'm all done. Thanks" I said.

"We want answers," said Alice.

"Now" growled Josh.

A/N I really should not have wrote that; I have a ton of homework, but oh well. You better review as I have sacrificed my schooling for this. Hehe.

Tahhh

Susie xx