I knew it wouldn't be easy for Elle to tell us what she was about to tell us. Naomi made it sound like she had been through a lot based on her statement. What exactly was the severity of the things that her father had done with her? Did he molest her or something along those lines? Had he abused her in any way? I got no visions of this. I think it was because this really was not something that she wanted to talk about. Her lip quivered a bit before she began to let the words out of her mouth.
"Okay so I wasn't exactly homeschooled." She started. "Well not in a traditional sense that is. My daddy didn't exactly see me in the way that you did. He thought of me as dangerous. I guess there could be a case for this as I accidentally killed my mother when I was 6."
Well I knew a few things about accidentally killing people. When I didn't have the best control, my instincts would sometimes take over and anyone who was unlucky enough to be standing close to me would most likely find themself living in a new home: a morgue.
"So my daddy put me in this…institution where he worked." Elle continued. "It was there that the tests began to start. They were very painful. He had a penchant for pushing me to my limit and trying to go farther. There were a few side effects from what he was doing. My eyes were brown before the tests started but now they've gone permanently blue."
For some reason when she mentioned that she was in an institution, I felt a small tingle in my body. I'm not sure what it was but I could tell that I didn't like the feeling.
"One thing that Daddy let me do there was watch over the other…patients." Elle said. "He basically told me that I could do whatever I wanted with them as long as I didn't kill them. I don't think he had much of a plan to actually help me get better. I did end up seeing a psychologist and I was declared a sociopath."
"Well your thoughts are a little strange but I don't think that's exactly correct." Naomi commented. "I think it has more to do with the fact that he didn't tell you how to act to around people. Also being locked up probably didn't help much either."
"Naomi has a degree in psychology." I explained.
"I thought about getting my doctorate but people would definitely notice that I look too young to be a doctor. " My sister added.
"So anyway, I didn't get to go to school." Elle stated. "But my daddy didn't want me to be stupid I guess so he gave me these math workbooks and regular books to read. I guess the process kind of resembles homeschooling. But I missed out on the social aspects of school. No one there could really be considered my friend and I don't think I was well liked. Daddy did once tell me that they were gonna bring in a girl around my age. Supposedly she had the power to heal. But she never came and I wonder if my daddy just made her up to try to make me feel better or was just messing with my head."
"So how did you get out of there?" Naomi asked.
"Recently my daddy decided to let go out but only if I did work for him." Elle told us. "He sent me to New York to watch over this guy named Gabriel. He told me to seduce him. I did that and even had sex with him. But apparently I wasn't supposed to do that and I was also supposed to get some information on him. He was not happy and berated me. That led to me being sent here."
"So your dad sent you here because…" I said.
"I think he was tired of me being around and just wanted someone else to deal with me." Elle remarked as she rubbed her hand over my sheets. "I don't really know Uncle Charlie that well but at least I can tell that he doesn't hate me."
You know aside from feeling really sorry for Elle, I also felt really angry at her father. There never a human that I wanted to kill as bad as I did him. I prayed to myself that we never crossed paths because I don't know if I would be able to control myself.
"So do you wanna sleep over?" Naomi asked once again.
"Sure just let me call Uncle Charlie." Elle answered as she walked away in search of a quiet place to talk. I guess she didn't want us to hear her for whatever reason.
While she was away, I found myself sucked into a vision.
The setting was what appeared to be an old mental institution. A woman and her teenage daughter walked inside, though the daughter looked kind of like she was being forced. Her hair was in her face so I couldn't see her eyes. The way they were dressed seemed to indicate that it was pre-20s.
"Can I help y'all?" The nurse asked. It seemed they were in the South.
"Yes A'm here to check my daughter in." The woman replied.
"Name?" The nurse asked.
"Mary Alice Brandon." The mother replied.
"What seems to be her problem?" The nurse questioned.
"She says she seems to be seeing things. Future things." The woman responded.
"Is this true, Hon?" The nurse asked the teenager.
"Yessam." The girl replied sorrowfully. It was then I realized that was my voice, only with a Southern accent.
That was when the vision ended. I gasped audibly.
"What did you see?" Naomi asked curiously. "Was it something involving Elle?"
"It wasn't a vision." I answered. "It was more like…a memory from when I was human."
"What was it?" Naomi questioned, interestedly since she didn't know anything about my human life.
"I was with my mom and she was checking me into an institution. And apparently my first name is Mary." I explained. "My last name was Brandon."
"So is that all there was?" She questioned as I nodded. "Well it looks like you have something in common with Elle."
"Yeah but it leaves with so many questions." I declared. "How long was I having visions? How long was I there? How did I become a vampire?"
"Why are asking me?" Naomi responded. "It's not like I could answer any of those questions."
"They were more rhetorical questions." I responded.
"I think this is probably something that you should talk to Carlisle about." She suggested before Elle walked into the room. "What did he say?"
"He said that I could sleep over." Elle answered excitedly. "So what is this to do here?"
"What do you want to do?" I asked as she glared at me. I don't think she wanted to go through this. "Do you know how to swim?"
"My mom used to take me to lessons." Elle responded but I haven't been in a pool since my powers developed. I don't plan on dying anytime soon, so I think I'll pass."
"You're not gonna die." I argued. "If that were the case you would have died in the shower."
"Yeah Alice won't let the big bad water hurt you." Naomi teased before I smacked her in the arm. "Ow damn it, I was joking."
"It's not funny." I pointed out. "Trust me you won't get hurt."
"You promise?" Elle asked. She looked pretty nervous.
"I promise." I vowed.
"Great you can borrow one of my bikinis." Naomi said as she grabbed Elle's hand and took her to her room.
I went to my underwear/swimwear closet (which was a subsection of my regular closet) and dressed myself in a pink bikini with pink squares on it. It might have been flashy but it sure drew attention to my breasts which I didn't mind Elle looking at.
I walked down to the indoor pool room and saw Elle was light blue bikini. It was simple and sexy, possibly what Naomi was going for. Naomi herself was wearing a white one. The first thing that Elle did when she saw me was stare at my breasts, so mission accomplished there. I smiled back at her.
"You look nice." I complimented her. She blushed a little. That was something that we vampires were incapable of doing.
"Thanks." She responded as she stood near the edge of the pool. She looked like she wasn't exactly sure if she wanted to go in or not. "I really don't know about this."
"You need to just jump in." I told her. "I promise it won't hurt. I'll even do it with you."
I grabbed her hand and she smiled slightly.
"Okay jump." I said as we simultaneously entered the water. I was half expecting to see sparks but there were none. "See I told you it wouldn't hurt."
Naomi jumped off the diving board and made a big splash. I threw myself in front of Elle so she wouldn't be splashed. She then emerged.
"This feels so good." Naomi commented.
"It does nice I guess." Elle agreed.
"Let's see how you are at racing." I suggested. "From here to the other side of the pool. I'll even give you a head start."
She began to swim toward the other side. Eventually I passed. I had built a lead when I suddenly was shaken by a blast of electricity. I was dazed for a second and that gave her the opportunity to beat me.
Naomi started to laugh. "I can't believe you lost a race to a human." She remarked. "Emmett is going to get a kick out of this."
"That's kind of cheating." I pointed out.
"So's using your super speed." Elle countered as she climbed out of the pool. "I was just using one of my natural abilities just like you were."
"You're getting out already?" I complained.
"Yeah that was kind of fun but I still don't want to spend a lot of time in the water." She replied as she sat down in one of the lounge chairs. It gave me a great view of her body. "This chair is really comfortable."
She ended up falling asleep in the chair. Once I was done in the water, I went over and tickled. For someone with precognition, I really should have seen what happened next coming.
"Is that your first response to everything?" I asked in frustration.
"I don't like being touched without my consent." She remarked. I could see why she would be like that. I imagine she has a few trust issues even though she seemed to take to me pretty easily. "Could you please never do that again?"
I then heard the sounds of a car pulling up. Though my power of vision, I determined that Carlisle was home.
"Carlisle's home." I announced. "We should get dressed."
We went back upstairs and changed into the clothes that we were originally in. Then Elle and I went downstairs. Since Carlisle was the head of the family, he needed to know that Elle new we were vampires. I also wanted to know if he knew anything about Elle's ability. Carlisle was standing the living room.
"Hello Alice." Carlisle greeted. "And I believe that it would be safe to assume that you're Elle."
"I guess my introduction isn't needed than." I remarked.
"I'm Dr. Carlisle Cullen." He stated. "Judging by the fact that you're here I think it would be pretty safe to assume that you discovered our family secret."
"That would be correct." I confirmed.
"I'm going to ask that you keep this information to yourself." Carlisle requested. "There would be dire consequences if the existence of kind was made public."
"I won't tell anyone your secret if you don't tell anyone mine." Elle reasoned.
"I don't quite understand." Carlisle said.
"This." Elle responded as she sparked up.
"Fascinating." Carlisle beamed.
"Have you ever seen anything like this before, Carlisle?" I inquired
"Not this particularly but I did once meet a man in England that could heal from any injury. He was also immune to our venom." Carlisle answered. "As far as I know, he is still alive."
Elle shifted a little. "Uh I have to go to the bathroom." She remarked as she walked off.
She left us which gave me time to bring up the second issue that I needed to discuss with him.
"So I had a vision today." I stated. "Only it was unlike any that I've ever had before."
"What was it about?" He questioned.
"It wasn't really a vision. It was more like a memory. It was from my human life. It was of my mother checking me into a mental institution for having visions." I explained.
"I definitely find that possible. Such a thing would be not be looked upon well during that time period." He remarked. "Was there anything else?"
"I found out that my name was Mary Alice Brandon." I answered. Before I joined the Cullens, my name was just Alice. I had made up a few names but I didn't know my actual last name.
"Interesting, I'll see if I can find anything more about you." He replied. "Let me know if any more of these memories appear."
"I will." I promised.
I went up to my room and Elle was there. We were able to watch the movie that we were unable to watch on Wednesday. It was called John Tucker Must Die. I happened to think it was one of the funniest movies that I've ever seen. It was a teen movie so it was right up Elle's alley. I was also glad that it featured a lesbian kiss. Well not really a lesbian kiss but two girls kissed nonetheless.
By the time the movie was over, Elle was starting to get tired. She took her skirt and leggings off and laid herself down on my bed.
"Will you lay next to me like you did before?" Elle requested.
"Of course." I replied as I took my dress off and got into bed next to her.
"You know what I really want in my life?" She asked.
"What?" I asked.
"I want someone to love me. I haven't felt loved since my mom died." She replied. "But I want a love like Kate and John had. I don't care what that final scene said they love each other. I want something like that."
"I love you." I told her.
"What?" She questioned.
I didn't say anything else. I just leaned toward her and kissed her…and she kissed back.
So this chapter has a lot of info in it. Elle is still omitting the parts about the Company. It also delivers a very short look into Alice's past. Carlisle met Adam Monroe. This is not implausible considering they are both old and British. And lastly the moment you have all been waiting for is here and it only took 10 chapters to get there. Please don't forget to review