AN: I do not own Twilight. Any characters, places, events, etc. belong to Stephenie Meyer.
Chapter 17
"So…you were telling me that you were going to become a full vampire?" Josh spoke in the same quiet voice he had been speaking in for the past couple of days.
"Yes…my grandfather told me when it would happen." I sighed when I spoke. Part of me knew that my happiest moment would be when I was around Josh.
"When?"
"When I'm experiencing the happiest moment I'll ever feel…"
"What? That's just stupid."
"Oh, Josh…I don't want to become a monster." I laid down on his bed next to him and held his hand. Holding his hand made me feel safer.
"Elizabeth, you could never be a monster. Not even becoming a vampire makes you a monster." He took his other free hand to my face and gently brushed my cheek. We gazed into each other's eyes in silence, holding hands. It must have been nearly ten minutes later when I spoke.
"Hey, doesn't your dad normally interrupt us by now?"
"He went somewhere with my grandpa. I told him I'd be fine by myself."
"Ah. Well then, it that case, I guess I can do this." I slid over closer to him on the bed and put my hands on his shoulders, leaning in and pressing our lips together. I felt his arms collapse around my waist, the pace of our kiss quickening. The last time we had experienced a moment like this was the meadow, which seemed like it was so long ago…
I was so caught up in the moment that I didn't realize we were nearly making out. The feeling was so exhilarating, so breathtaking. I wish it never stopped, but I pulled away when I thought I heard a knock on the door.
"What is it?" Josh wasn't sure why I pulled away.
"I thought I heard someone at the door…" But then Josh pulled me back to kiss me again. And then I heard the knocking again and looked up at the window.
And there, standing at the window, was Alice.
"Alice?! What are you doing here?!" I said it loud enough so she could hear me out the window. I looked down and realized that I was lying on top of Josh. "Oh, crap. Sorry, Josh…"
"Elizabeth, you need to get home, quick. Even though my visions are stopped when you come here, I saw something earlier – something bad – and, well, that's when my vision stopped."
"Alice," I began, moving myself so I was now next to Josh and not on top of him. "I appreciate you for trying to warn me, but there's no dang-"
And then Josh started screaming. He screamed as loud as I thought possible. I jumped off the bed, as he soon began flopping himself all around his bed. It sounded like he was screaming something incomprehensible, but I caught a few words that sounded like 'not ready' 'monster' and 'help'. I wasn't sure what to do! I could tell he was feeling immense pain.
Alice was insisting I leave, but I told her I had to make sure Josh was going to be okay. After what seemed like an eternity, his painful yelling stopped and his eyes closed.
"Josh…are you okay?" I slowly inched my arm towards his to touch him. When I did, he gasped in pain, but did no more. His eyes opened slowly and then he looked at me.
But when he looked at me, he seemed to be glaring at me. His mouth remained shaped in what appeared to be a frown and his eyes seemed to be staring right through me. I wasn't sure what was wrong, but I stopped worrying when I heard a car outside pull into a driveway.
"Elizabeth, let's go!" said Alice, who I forgot was there."
I sighed and gently kissed Josh on the forehead, who was still staring at the spot I had been standing in. Then, I opened the window and jumped out of it, following Alice home.
I wasn't sure what had happened, but I had a feeling that his transformation was complete.
Joshua Black was a werewolf.
(Yay! To make up for the shortest of Chap. 16, I wrote another chapter today for you guys! I hope you enjoy it. Remember, I LOVE hearing your suggestions for what you think should happen!!!!!)
