Chapter Two: Alexis
I watched as the girl's eyelids fluttered slightly. It had been three days. Three days since she had been bitten in that back alley. Three days since she had passed out.
She was pale. Of course she was. She was one of us now. Her face stood out against her raven black hair that spread all around it. I noticed it had purple high-lights.
"What are we going to do with her?" Emmet asked softly from the other room. He and Rosalie had come back after an urgent call from Carlisle.
They had, at first, been surprised to see me. But after I told my story to them, they understood.
Now, they were all discussing what to do with the poor girl before me.
'I died.' I jerked my head up. She was awake.
"You're not dead." I said softly. She sat up and then fell back again, moaning in pain.
"Don't move so much." I said. She opened her eyes and looked at me.
"Are you going to kill me?" She asked. I shook my head.
"No." I said.
"What are you?" She asked as she carefully sat up.
"We, meaning me, my family, and you, are vampires." I said softly.
She was silent for a long moment. "I'm not dead then?" She asked softly.
"No." I said.
"Okay. My name's Alexis Brown. What's yours?" She asked as she sat up starter.
"I'm Bella Swan." I said. Just then, the door opened and Carlisle walked in, followed by the rest of the Cullens.
Alexis got a frantic gleam in her eyes, and she freaked out, getting up and rushing behind me.
"It's all right. They're my family. They won't hurt you." I said soothingly. She calmed suddenly, and I smiled up at Jasper.
"I'm Carlisle. This is Esme, Emmet, Rosalie, Jasper, Alice, and Edward. I believe you've already met Bella?" He said. She nodded. She was standing beside me now, although she looked too terrified to even move an inch forward.
"I trust Bella has already told you what we are?" He asked in his calm voice. Alexis nodded again.
"I bet you're thirsty." Emmet said bluntly.
"Thirsty?" She asked softly.
"Yeah, when you need to drink blood." He said, grinning.
She flinched. "I'm not killing a human." She said.
"Good." Esme said kindly, stepping forward.
"What do you mean?" Alexis asked, suddenly confused. I was happy to see that she didn't move away as Esme stepped toward us.
"We're vegetarian vampires dear. We only drink from animals. Never people." Esme said softly. Alexis nodded.
Esme took another step, but this time Alexis jerked backwards.
"Leave me alone!" She cried suddenly. She started to fade from sight, and I freaked out and wrapped my arms around her.
"Calm down. We won't hurt you. We want to help you. We want you to be a part of our family." Alice said. She too had her arms wrapped around the partially visible girl.
Alexis nodded, and slowly became visible again.
"Okay, I think she should go hunting." Carlisle said. We all nodded agreement.
Edward, Alice, Jasper, and I agreed to go hunting with her. She didn't want to at first, but after a while she lost herself in it and killed a bear. I hunted to, as did Alice and Edward. After Alexis killed several more large animals, we returned home.
It was already pretty late, so Alice and the others retired to their separate parts of the large house. Alexis didn't really have a room, so she stayed in the small empty one next to Edward's room. Which was, of course, where I was staying.
"How are holding up?" Edward asked softly.
I shrugged as he played with my hair. "I'm fine, I guess. I just…" I stopped. I couldn't tell him that no matter how much I wanted to…
"What?" He asked softly as he kissed my neck.
"I just…I miss Jake." I said. He stopped kissing me.
"Bella, they're werewolves…" He started.
I rolled my butterscotch eyes. "Yes, I know. They're werewolves. We're vampires. We're mortal enemies destined to hate and kill each other. But Jake isn't like that!" I said. He sighed against my neck.
"Bella, you know you can't go back there." He said softly. I nodded.
"I know." I said. I did know that. But that didn't' mean I had to like it.
"Edward, could you come here?" Carlisle said. I knew he was downstairs, and that he was talking at a normal human level, but we heard him as if he was a few feet away. Edward sighed and left.
Soon after he left, the door opened again and Alexis came in.
"Alexis!" I said, a little surprised.
She smiled wanly. "Call me Ale, please." She said. I nodded. She sat on the couch next to me, and I smiled at her.
"How are you?" I asked.
She frowned. "Fine, I guess." She said. I laughed lightly.
"What?" She asked.
"That's a lie if I ever heard one." I said. She smiled.
"Yeah, I guess it is. I'm just…a little…drained I guess." I nodded my understanding.
"Yes, I felt like that too." I said softly.
"How long…how long have you been changed?" She asked.
"A few months." I said. She smiled at me.
"Really?" She asked.
"Yeah." I said. I paused for a moment. "Tell me about your life." I said softly.
She frowned. "Why?" She asked.
I shrugged. "Just curious." I said.
She nodded. "Okay. I'm seventeen. I…well, I never really had a dad. He left before I was born. And my mom…well…she was kind of…out of it all the time. She drank a lot. And, she died when I was eleven. So I was kinda on my own since then." I looked at her sadly.
"What did you do for money?" I asked.
She shrugged. "I worked at stores and bars…anywhere I could work really. I never had much money, but I got by." She said.
"Well, obviously you're very strong." I said, gently placing a hand on my shoulder. She nodded at me.
"Thank you Bella." She paused, and looked away. "Can I hear your story, Bella?" She asked softly.
I smiled. "Of course." I said.
And then I told her my story. Family, friends, love, hate, vampires, werewolves, pain…I told it all to her. It was nice, telling some one who didn't already know.
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