AN: Once again, sorry for being late, but creativity seems to be illuding me lately. Hopefully by starting my Creative Writing class, it's bring new ideas to mind. I really hope you like this chapter, because this is where you all get to know Alex. That's right, you finally get Alex's backstory. Will Dani finally trust him enough to tell him hers? Find out in the next chapter of Special Someone!!

Disclaimer: I have never, and will never own Twilight. I have accepted this and it's time you did too!

(DPOV)

I crawled into my bed and hid beneath the covers. I can't believe I did that, I can't believe I let him get to me, even now. Nicholas was dead. He was gone. I didn't have to worry about him anymore. Then why did he keep creeping into my head? I wanted him out. I couldn't let the memory of him haunt me anymore. Not with whatever is going on between me and Alex. I had to admit, the kiss was electrifying. I couldn't deny that. But why did it have to be with him? The arrogant, unfathomable guy who would probably be gone within the year. I still didn't think he would last in our lifestyle.

I heard the knock on the door, and realized that the whole house probably heard me scream. If I could, I would've blushed. It was probably Edward or Bella, they were always the ones to comfort me when something went wrong. Secretly I hoped it was Edward. I don't know why, but ever since the beginning, there's been some kind of connection between us. It's like we understand each other. Don't get me wrong, I don't mean to say that I love him, or want to take him away from Bella, but we're more like brother and sister, or something even stronger. I shook the thoughts from my mind.

"Come in." I mumbled, but knew whoever was outside would hear me. The door creaked open and Alex's smell filled the room. I jolted up to see him standing in the doorway, a guilty, but concerned look on his face.

"What are you doing in here?" I asked.

"You invited me in."

"Yeah, but I didn't know it was you."

"You know what-" he sighed, "No. I didn't come up here to fight. I'm surprised you would even want to, considering how our last argument ended." My eyes narrowed.

"So what did you come up here for?"

"I came up to offer a truce and an explanation." I sat up a little bit more at that.

"A truce?"

"Yes. I figure we've got enough crap going on without us fighting all the time. From now on we should at least attempt to be civil to each other. I'm willing if you are." I looked up at him as he sat on the corner of my bed.

"I suppose I am. I don't want what happened to me a few minutes ago to happen again."

"I don't know. I thought it happened to be very nice." I glared at him as he leaned forward, bringing my attention to him, "I wouldn't mind repeating it."

"Well, I wouldn't like to." I inwardly scowled at the way my heart told me a different story.

"So, truce?" he held out his hand. I stared at it and hesitated. Finally I reached out and took it.

"Truce."

"Now that we've got that out of the way, I figure that we should probably get to know each other."

"Really? What made you think of that?"

"Well, considering the fact that you clearly don't trust me I thought that if I told you where I come from, and you see that I'm not out to kill the Cullen's, that maybe you would trust me."

"It seems logical enough."

"Maybe even trust me enough to tell me your story." I turned and glared at him. He raised his hands in surrender. "Sorry, never mind. Too personal." he took a deep breath and started. "I was born around the same time Jasper lived, during Civil War. Of course, I was in England, a small town near Surrey. I was the son of an extremely wealthy lord. He wanted me to study law and enter parliament like he had, but after a short stint at Eton I decided that it wasn't the life for me. I was out one night at a tavern in London and didn't leave until late that night. When I stepped out into the alley, there he was. Clothed by darkness he stood in the corner, leaning against the dirty bricks. I thought he was a beggar and didn't pay him any notice." I sat up more in bed and leaned towards Alex, entranced by his voice and the story. " I should have, but my mind was more than clouded by booze and women.

"Before I could do anything he pounced and bit me. Took me within and inch of my life, barely gave me enough to survive. He left me there in the alley way and luckily a young girl from the boarding house next door took me in. I barely remember her. Just red hair, blue eyes and her dampening my brow with a wet cloth that of course did nothing. On the third night he came back. The girl was sleeping when I woke to see him there. He introduced himself as Lucian and told me what I was. I didn't believe him until he killed the girl and cut her wrist. The smell of the blood was overpowering and I fed. That's how I knew what I was." A shadow crossed Alex's face and he looked at him hands as if in mourning. " I didn't want to kill her. It was instinct." he looked up at me, truth and guilt cutting his eyes.

"He convinced me that I had to go with him and he took me to his home, a huge abandoned mansion on the corner of town. The years passed there and we lived peacefully, adding only one other to our ranks in that century that passed. A French woman named Clarice. She was beautiful and became Lucian's companion. She was always cold to me and never seemed to like me very much, she was there only for Lucian. Then in the late 1940's, just after the war, a friend of Lucian's was coming into town and wanted to stay with us. It was the Cullen's. That was the first time I had ever seen or met a vampire who didn't drink from humans. They were complete by then, Jasper and Alice had recently joined them and Emmett had been turned only a decade before. Carlisle and Lucian knew each other from long before Carlisle crossed over to America. I think that was the first time I realized how old Lucian was. They stayed with us for a while, but it was tense. They didn't like that we drank blood, especially Edward and Emmett. Carlisle being the person he is accepted us and our ways. I had no problem with the way that they fed. In fact it intrigued me and I found that I wanted to be like them. Lucian could feel him control over me slipping and politely sent them away.

"I followed them and they welcomed me into their family, though Carlisle knew this would ruin his and Lucian's friendship. I stayed with them for a while, even went back to America. I tried molding to their ways, but after ten years the temptation was too much. I fled once again, going back to England and lived there, visiting the Cullen's every once and a while. When Edward and Bella came to Europe a year ago, I couldn't help but want to come back. I had been going through a particularly bad time conscience wise. I decided during that year that I had had enough. I had enough of taking lives needlessly and came over here to find the Cullen's again. This time. I wasn't going back." he finished his story in silence. We sat together, my mind going over all the facts, everything he had told me. After a little while he looked up at me, caution in his eyes and voice.

"So? Anything to add?" I cleared my throat

"I understand now. I get it. I guess your not the bad guy after all." I smiled warily. He grinned back.

"No Dani, I'm not the bad guy. Now can you tell me how it happened for you." I stiffened, half from pride, half from fear. I didn't want to tell him partly because I didn't want him to know how weak I had been, how vulnerable, how stupid to let Nicholas do what he had to me. I didn't want him to look at me differently, which I knew he would. I knew he would look at me with pity and sympathy, and I don't know if I could stand it.

"You don't have to if you don't want to." I looked up into his golden eyes, seeing curiosity, caution and hope in them. I took a deep breath and sighed.

"No, I'll tell you. You told me yours, I'll tell you mine. I'm only 26, physically 16, so that part of my life isn't that long. I was born in Cape Elizabeth, Maine and grew up in a wealthy home with loving parents and two younger brothers. All was normal until I met Nicholas. He had moved into town my sophomore year and had picked me out. He decided that I would meet his requirements I guess and flirted with me, made me feel special. He was the clichéd bad boy, who acted just enough to make me believe that he had a heart of gold. I fell in love with him. With how beautiful he was and how kind he was to me. When my friends started warning me about him, I took it that they were jealous."

I laughed humorlessly. "When he started hitting me, I shouldn't have been surprised." I heard Alex's sharp intake of breath and looked up at him, seeing the anger build in his eyes. "He turned my life into a living hell and ruined my innocence, both literally and figuratively speaking. He told me that if I told anyone he'd kill my family. He told me what he was and I believed him and knew he really would kill the people I loved just for the fun of it. When I tried to run away, he burned down my house with my sleeping family in it." My voice broke and Alex placed a hand on my arm carefully. Somehow the contact soothed me and I went on.

"I escaped into the forest near my house but Alex caught up with me and bit me. I'm pretty sure he intended to kill me, but luckily for me Edward and Bella were hunting, and smelled Nicholas and I. If they hadn't burst into that clearing I would have died. They took me back to Carlisle, knowing it was too late. When I woke up, I knew nothing of my past. I didn't know where I was, or even what my name was so it was easy to accept that I was a vampire. I called myself Juliet and lived with the Cullen's for two months until one day I was hunting and stumbled into that same clearing. The memories came rushing back. When I woke up again, I couldn't remember The Cullen's." I smiled weakly. "It was a vicious circle. Finally I remembered who I was and was set to find Nicholas. Luckily for me he found me. He died that day, and my life began." I looked up at Alex.

"It's been ten years now, and I can still feel him. Whenever I get too safe I see him somewhere again, or feel his teeth at my throat. Ever since then, I don't trust my character judging. That's why I don't trust you. I'm horrible at picking people who'll be good for me. All except the Cullen's. I got lucky there."

"That makes two of us. Dani I'm so sorry for everything you had to go through." he pulled my into his arms and for once I didn't fight back. I just laid my head on his shoulder and marveled in how safe I felt there. I could feel the vibrations go through his chest as he continued. "I would never hurt you Dani. I couldn't. I'm not like that." I wrapped my arms around him.

"I know that now Alex. I know." I drew back and looked into him eyes. "I trust you." He crushed me against him again, stroking my hair softly. I eased back again and we kissed. This time gently, slowly, in such contrast with the kiss on the stairs, but still sending electricity to the tips of my fingers and toes. Something within me slipped, and I fell.

(BPOV)

"It's quiet, shhhh!" We were all gathered in the hallway near Dani's room.

"We really shouldn't be doing this." I muttered softly.

"Oh you know you want to know what's going on after Dani bolted." Rosalie whispered loudly.

"Shhh!" Alice told he and stuck her ear against the door. "Oooh! It's too quiet in there. I knew it! I knew it! Give it two months and they'll be wedding bells. That means a caterer and dress shopping! Yay!!" Alec clapped softly.

"Don't you think it's a little to soon to be planning the wedding?" I asked. Edward walked by and put an arm around me, humming a wedding march.

"Guys, he's saying something." Out of curiosity we all surrounded the door, just in time to catch Alex's voice saying, " Dani, I really…" Suddenly the door opened and we all caught ourselves before falling on our faces. We looked at Alex standing in the doorway, glaring at us, Dani close behind him, hands intertwined.

"...think you ought to get a soundproof room." Alex finished his thought and Dani giggled.

"That wouldn't make a difference, they'd find a way around it anyway. She smiled. Alice straitened,

"We were just checking that Dani was okay." She smiled innocently.

"Mmm-hmm." Dani answered, "Well, for your information I'm perfectly fine, actually I'm better than fine. I'm great. Satisfied?" Alice beamed widely.

"Yep."

AN: There you are, hope you liked it! I also have something up for vote. The way I'm thinking, I could put in the next few chapters which are considerably fluffy and "Aww" worthy, then start one final sequel in which the real action starts, and the ideas for that are really cool. OR I could just put that whole thing together and make it fit into this story. So which one?? I'm leaning towards different stories and having a trilogy, but if my readers command I will squish it all in.

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