AN: I do not own Twilight. Any characters, places, events, etc. belong to Stephenie Meyer.
Chapter 12
"Alice?!" I pulled away from Josh and stared, wide-eyed, at her.
"Shh…Elizabeth, get your clothes on. We need to get you home." Whoa. She was going to help me?"
"Wh-what?" I got out of the water and started to put my dress on. Alice approached Josh in the water and told him to do the same.
"No one knows you've run off yet. If you're not home, your father is going to put you into a different school." Since Alice was what you'd call 'psychic', she knew what would happen, considering the path that we're on.
"But Alice," I started, now fully clothed, "How did you know where to find us?"
"When you decided to come, I saw what would happen. Don't worry, I've known all along." That's why she had been acting so weird around me!
"And you," she pointed to Josh. "You need to get out of here and fast. I think your father knows, too." Josh nodded and began to leave, but then he stopped.
He ran back to me and kissed me gently, but lovingly all the same.
"Thank you." He said this to Alice, and then he ran as fast as he could to get out of the forest and back home.
"Now let's get you back home, dear. You're lucky I'm saving your butt or else your father would-"
"My father would have a panic attack and he'd start complaining about something that has nothing to do with us. I know, I know." Alice and I ran home as fast as possible and she helped me get back in my room through the window. As tiny as Alice was, she could sure jump.
When I got into my room, I expected it to be vacant of vampires. I expected to be alone for a few minutes.
But I was wrong. In my room, my father was sitting on my bed, frowning with his arms crossed.
"Hello Elizabeth. Did you have a nice time?"
"Yes, thank you for asking."
"Elizabeth…this needs to stop. Just because I'm not there, doesn't mean I can't see what's going on." And then it hit me. I knew that my father could read people's thoughts, but I had foolishly forgotten about this.
"Dad, honestly. What is your problem with Josh?"
"He is going to become a werewolf at some point, Elizabeth. Vampires and werewolves are-"
"Enemies, yeah. I get it! But I am not a vampire. I am human with vampire qualities."
Then my father sighed.
"You won't always be."
"What do you mean by that?" I was afraid now. What was going to happen to me?
"Eventually, and no one knows when exactly, but…right now there's something in your body that hasn't…spread to the rest of your body. When it does spread, you're going to become a full vampire."
No. No no no no no. I don't want to hear this!
"I don't want to become a full vampire. I don't want to live and then…have to hide from everyone and…and hunt and…no! I don't want to be a vampire!"
"There's nothing I can do about it, Elizabeth. It's going to happen eventually."
"When is eventually? This could happen tomorrow for all I know! I don't want to become a damn vampire!" I could tell I was starting to cry.
"Elizabeth…"
"Dad, just go away."
He silently left the room, leaving me to fall to pieces.
It was nearly impossible for us to ever be together if my father was telling the truth. One, Josh would become a werewolf and he'd stall at growing older. Two, I would become a full vampire, which means I would live forever, while Josh would die and leave me broken-hearted. Three, no one lets us be together in the first place.
I knew that sneaking out of the house to see him was breaking the rules, but I was so tired of hearing about vampires and werewolves that it always pushed me closer to him.
I decided to call him. I was pretty much done with crying for now, it had been about two hours, probably, and I was in a good enough condition to talk.
"Hello?" His voice sounded a bit weak when he picked up.
"Josh? It's me…"
"Liz, I'm sorry…I can't talk right now…I don't feel well. D-don't be surprised if I don't show up for school tomorrow."
"Oh. Well, I hope you get better…"
"Thanks. I love you." And then he hung up.
I wondered what wrong. I don't think a cough or a sore-throat would stop anyone from talking to someone else, so it had to be more serious.
I didn't want to ponder it. Instead, I grabbed an unopened bag of chips that was sitting in my room and ate it while I watched TV.
(That chapter was a bit short…I think this next chapter is going to be in Josh's point of view. Some of you called what would happen in this chapter! Nice! It's so much fun opening my email and seeing 24 new messages from Thanks for the support!)
