Chapter Three – My Story

JPOV

Rosalie finished her story. I didn't know what to say.

"I'm….Rosalie, I'm so sorry." I whispered when I found my voice again.

"It's alright, well not really, but thank you." She nodded. "You don't have to tell me if you don't want to, but how did you become a vampire?"

"It's an odd story. Alec and I don't often think about it. None of our stories are….pleasing to think about." I sighed. She nodded in agreement.

"We were visiting Italy one summer. Our mother and father didn't care much for us, but we loved them. They had left us by shop a few miles out of Volterra, Italy. To this day I still don't know where they disappeared to.

"We were walking in the woods, trying to find a place to sit. Being not much older than a child, we didn't have much common sense yet. Alec said we were right by the edge of the woods and-given I trusted him with my life- I believed him.

"When I turned around, expecting to see the store's lights and saw nothing but darkness, my life changed. Literally. We turned around and ran back, trying to find a way out.

"It was hours later that they appeared. I thought I was dreaming at first. Their beautiful features and red eyes scarred me, but I didn't wake Alec.

"'W….What do you want?" I whispered.

'Young child,' the man whispered. 'What we want is not something that you will want to give.' Being a teenage girl, you can only imagine where my mind went with that; I know now that what I thought was going to happen was much more desired than what happened.

"I screamed in terror. Alec awoke, just as the men lifted me off of the ground. He tried to get me away, but nothing happened. The man leaned his head down and bit my neck.

"You know much too well what I felt then. I could hear Alec's screams too. Then, more men appeared. I thought they were going to hurt me too, but they knocked the first men away." I looked at Rosalie. "They didn't suck anymore blood from me, but the fire raged on. When we awoke from the fiery days, Aro explained what had happened."

"That's horrible." Rosalie said.

"Yes, but I'm glad to be where I am now."

"I'm glad that you left that horrific place."

"I think I would've left sooner, but there was something about that place that held me; my humanity maybe." I shrugged.

"Did you ever have something that you wanted?" She asked.

"To be accepted; and not to have to kill so much."

"Sigh. At least you can have that now."

"Rose," I whispered. "I'm so-so sorry."

"Thanks Jane." She paused for a moment. "If you don't go see Alice she will probably explode."

"Um, what does she want?" I asked, warily.

"You'll see. Trust me." She smiled a genuinely kind smile. I ran to Alice Cullen's bedroom. The door was open.

"Alice?" I asked.

"Come on in and close the door behind you." She called from somewhere. I walked in and closed the door. She bounced out of the closet.

"Do you like to shop?" She asked, hyper.

"I've never really gone." I admitted. She stared at me.

"Oh. My. Gosh." Her eyes widened. "We need to go. Now."

"Um….Alice, how…exactly do you, you know…shop?"