Chapter 2: Interrogation

I couldn't find my eyes, I kept trying to open them, but I couldn't. There were quiet murmurs around me, two very familiar voices that I couldn't exactly identify. I tried to concentrate under my closed eyes. I could definitely see a light that turned the inside of my eye lids red. It was too bright and disturbing to be natural. I must be on a well lighted room. Where exactly? I had no idea. The only thing I knew was that the bed was too comfortable to be a hospital's. Horror started running through my body, as I found myself defenseless on an unknown place.

I concentrated once more, this time even harder. The familiar voices had a very unique ring in them that could only be described as the sweet melody of bells that resounded in the wind. I knew them, but couldn't exactly place the names of the owners. It was Alice's delectable voice, accompanied by her sister, Bella. They were standing near the bed. Discussing what they should say when I woke up. Jacob and Rosalie were in the back yard river, watching Renesmee as she read a book near the water.

Carlisle and Esme were preparing lunch for the three of us. They knew I had to wake up soon, and assumed that I would be starving.

Jasper and Emmett had convinced Edward to go on a short hunting trip with them. They had been gone for a few of hours, and would be gone for a couple more.

I didn't want to open my eyes. I knew that the questions that would follow my awakening would be like rain and hail: sometimes soft, sometimes hard, but both of them unstoppable.

But I knew that no matter how still I laid, or how quite I kept, sometime I would have to face them. Plus, I had to get home. Mom would…I gasped out loud as I recoiled myself from the thought.

"I have to go home, my family will…" As I said the words, I swiftly got to my feet. The movement was so fast that left my head spinning. I tried to walk, I pushed myself to walk two steps, my right hand, clasped in my forehead, as if I could hold my head in place and the dizziness would just go away. If Alice hadn't held one of my arms, and Bella the other, I would have felled flat to the floor.

"Shh, everything is taken care of. Now please, lay down and try to relax."

Bella's words were calming, she truly cared about my well-being. She, as well as Alice had always felt like friends to me. Even in between thousands of miles of distance I knew I could trust both of them. They were like sisters to me, even if they didn't know it, or even felt the same way. They would always be part of the circle of my favorite people in the world –so I was happy to see them, worried, but happy.

They brought me back to the bed, so I could sit down.

"Bella called your mother and told her that you had fallen asleep in Renee's couch and that today she was taking you shopping to thank you for all the help you had given her yesterday. So you should have enough time to get home."

Relive washed through my body as the most stressing part of my worries was gone. The coldness in Alice's hand was almost illogical compared to the warmth of her voice as she whispered the consolation. It was almost as if her tone could actually melt the ice that covered the fingers that she kept running back and forth through my back. Action that was supposed to slow my ever increasing heart beat.

I could see the little smile in her face through Bella's mind. I couldn't see it with my own eyes, because I had to shut them closed when the dizziness began. And now I was sincerely afraid to open them. So instead, I buried my head in my hands and tried to think.

"Carlisle?" Alice called over her shoulder as she kept running her fingers down my back.

In less than a forth of a second, both, Carlisle and Esme were standing in front of me.

"I'm so glad that you woke up. How are you feeling?" Carlisle's relieved words were followed by Esme's.

"Alex? Honey? Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine, just a little dizzy."

"She got up too fast." Bella clarified.

My legs were hanging down the border of the tall bed. I could only imagine how funny Alice's feet look as she swung them childishly as she while beside me. Because even though I was only about two and half inches taller than her, she always seemed much smaller than me. I knew that Bella's feet could touch the floor, and that somehow made me feel defenseless.

Esme crouched in front of me, so that her face could be at the same level than mine, as I was resting my elbows on my knees and she started getting all my draping hair out of my face. After a few moments she unburied my features, taking my hands in hers. I opened my eyes and looked at her.

"You will be safe here, sweetie, you don't have to worry about anything."

"I know."

I straighten up, and so did she. Carlisle was the one that continued the conversation.

"I promise that my family will do its best to keep you secure, Alex."

I laughed quietly as I shook my head.

"What's funny?" Bella asked on a surprise filled voice. I don't think she had ever seen me laugh before. I shrugged at the question, and then decided to give her a real answer.

"It's just the irony. I never thought that the protector would need protection. Once you know the truth you will regret all the things you have done for me. Yet will be thankful for everything you have done to me."

"How so?" Carlisle's curiosity amazed me. With every puzzle and every word riddle I gave him. I somehow awoke some kind of excitement within him. He loved the idea of knowing the unknown; of discovering the undiscovered. It made the idea of an eternal life, much less boring.

I sighed, knowing that it still wasn't the right time to answer those questions. So I deliberately changed the topic.

"What time is it?"

"11:52. you slept about eighteen and a half hours. Are you feeling better? Maybe you should have some more rest."

"I'm okay. Just a little stiff, but that must be for all the laziness."

He chuckled for a second or two, and then watched as I looked at my surroundings. I wasn't on anyone's room. Not one that I remembered clearly at least. This room wasn't fresh in anyone's memory, Of course, the guest room. The bed, just a prop, knowing that there weren't a lot of human guests invited to stay the night in here. But this must be were Tanya's family and Jasper's friends, along with all other immortal acquaintances left their things. The closet is probably one of the only things that is actually used in this room. There was a thin watt of dust that covered mostly everything, from the wooden desk that I found in the corner of the room, to the top of the dresser and vanity. When I finished scrutinizing the room, I looked at myself.

I was wearing shorts and a simple yellow shirt, which adjusted to my slender curves like a glove.

"I don't remember changing -or owning these clothes."

"Oh, well, actually, you had a very high fever when we found you, and for the following hours of your unconsciousness. Therefore your clothes was soaking wet with your sweat, so Alice and Esme carefully changed your clothes for a fresh pair of hers. I hope you don't mind."

Carlisle features displayed true worry; after all, you don't expect to be changed out of your clothes by a complete stranger whilst being entirely comatose. Little did he understand of the implausible trust that I relayed on them.

"No, I appreciate it, thank you. I don't mean to push things, or anything similar, but I would really like to explain some stuff before I go, and I would like to go home before sundown, could someone go look for the guys? I know they will not forgive me if I discuss this kind of topics without them present."

Carlisle cleared his throat before he answered.

"Alex, we all spoke with Edward about what happened and we know that deep inside he really is sorry. And I'm sure he wouldn't hurt you again. But I don't think he really trusts you."