AN: I do not own Twilight. Any characters, places, events, etc. belong to Stephenie Meyer.
Chapter 14
The day continued going by normally. As usual, the entire male population asked if I would sit with them at lunch and I refused. Didn't they ever give up?
After school, I ran to the reservation and then kept my cool. Vampires weren't exactly welcome on the rez, and I'm sure half-vampires weren't either. I felt safe from my family here because of the fact that Alice couldn't see me, which meant my father couldn't read her mind and see where I was.
I wasn't sure where I should go, so I went to the visitor's center and asked where the Black residence was. The lady at the desk told me, and then informed me that Josh wasn't feeling very well, assuming that was my reason for visiting. I explained that I was just going to wish that he'd get better and then I left the room with her disapproving glance following me.
When I got to Josh's house, I wasn't sure I should knock on the door. I decided to be sneaky and peek through windows until I saw him. When I peeked into the first window, Josh's dad and grandpa were there. I immediately ducked and looked into the next window, the one I was looking for.
I saw Josh's limp body lying in a bed, covered in blankets. His eyes were closed, but his lips were muttering something unreadable. I gently tapped on the window to see if he would open it to talk to me. If he didn't, I would have understood.
But he did. Slowly, but surely, he opened the window and smiled the whole time.
"Elizabeth, I'm glad you came…but you shouldn't be here." His voice was weak and shaky.
"Shh. I won't stay long. I just had to see you." I kissed him softly on his warm forehead, then helped him back to his bed and put the blankets over him once more.
"It's happening, Elizabeth. I'm becoming a monster." He spoke quietly, and his eyes appeared to be watering. I knew what he meant by monster.
"How long will it be until you return to school?" I didn't care about what he was becoming. All I cared about was making sure he got better.
"Only time will tell. The pain is almost unbearable. I'd give it a week or two."
I sighed and ran my fingers through his hair.
"Josh, I promise I'll come visit you everyday."
"How will you get away from your family?"
"I'll find away. You don't need to worry about that."
We sat in silence for a while. Part one of the nightmare was beginning. Well, actually it was probably part ten or something, but this is a completely different nightmare. I didn't want to tell him about me yet.
"So…are you, uh, fully transformed yet?" I was curious about how this worked.
"No…I don't think so. I'll talk to my dad about it later and tell you tomorrow."
"Okay."
"Joshua! Are you okay in there?!" It was his father, knocking at the door
"Yeah, I'm fine…" He mouthed the word 'go' to me. I gently kissed him on his lips and fled out the window. I heard his father ask about the open window, but I wasn't able to catch Josh's answer.
I didn't know how I would tell him about what I was to become. Part of me told him I couldn't do it. I had to do it…but I didn't want to. I didn't even want to know this myself.
When I got home, Alice told me my parents, Rosalie, Emmett and Carlisle had gone hunting. She also promised not to tell where I was. I graciously thanked her and grabbed some dinner from the kitchen. After I ate, I went up to my room and worked on my homework. That went by too quickly to keep my mind occupied so then I watched TV until I fell asleep.
My dreams were very odd. I was a little girl again and my father and mother looked older, as if they were human and had been aging. It must have been my birthday or something because I was opening a box with a bow on it. Inside the box, was a husky puppy. I was so happy, I ran over to my parents and hugged them and then I played with my little puppy, coincidently named Josh. I played with the puppy, I took care of the puppy and I loved the puppy. But then, my father took the puppy away from me and I never saw it again.
I woke up in the middle of the night, crying.
I didn't want to lose my puppy.
(Alas! Another chapter! I don't think I would have written another chapter today if it wasn't for all of your reviews! Do you know how great it is to have 14 messages in your email inbox all from FanFiction? It's great! Just remember, I start school tomorrow, so I might not be able to do a chapter a day!
Thank you, readers!
PS: do you know how funny it is to type puppy a lot and then stare at the word? Puppy is a funny word. XD)
