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Chapter 1 is picking up where Esme's Girl ended. Enjoy, y'all!

Chapter 1: Reunion

"Parker!" I screamed. Esme released me and I ran to him. I thought he would never find me but here he was.
"Alex," he said. "Please... don't come too close."
I stopped in front of him. Focusing on him, I took in his short, brown hair. I was expecting to see his dark brown staring down at me.
I was not expecting his eyes to be red.
Those dark brown eyes I've come to love were now blood red. The color eyes that human blood drinkers have.
I backed away from him slowly. "No, no. This can't be happening," I muttered. "I'm hallucinating."
Carlisle was at my side in a second. "Hello Parker," he said calmly.
Esme came and stood next to me while Carlisle partially put me behind him, probably to protect me. But Parker wouldn't hurt me.
Or would he? The eyes can be so misleading...
"I haven't drunken any human blood, I swear!" Parker shouted. "I've never drunken human blood in my life! I have been drinking animal blood the past week I've been a vampire!"
I turned around slightly and Edward was behind me, causing me to gasp.
"Sorry," he mouthed.
"Esme, if you would please take Alex inside the house. Edward, if you would stay, it would be greatly appreciated," Carlisle said.
Esme grabbed my arm. "Let's go, Alex." She whisked me up the front steps and into the house.
"What's happening?" Rosalie asked as soon as Esme shut the front door. I walked over and sat down on the white couch. I was too stunned to speak. Parker was now a vampire. And I was a human. Our relationship would have worked out if he would have just stayed a hybrid. But now he is a vampire.
Would it still work out? Could it still work out?
"Hey Alex! Hey, let me guess. Vampire got your tongue?" Emmett joked, causing him to burst out laughing.
"Emmett!" I shouted. "I don't need that right now!"
He stopped laughing. "Sorry."
Rosalie sat down next to me. "Everything will be alright," she said, stroking my hair.
"I wish I could believe you," I muttered.
Alice sat next to me on my other side. "You can believe her. Trust me," she said with a wink. I smiled.
The front door of the house opened and Carlisle, Edward, and Parker walked through. I sat up straight and turned to look at Alice.
"You're fine. You will be fine," she reassured me.
She stood up from the couch. Rosalie patted my leg and she stepped up from the couch. They left me sitting on the couch... alone.
Parker slowly walked over and sat down next to me. I could feel my hand shaking. I loved Parker but the fact that he was only a week old vampire made me nervous. Jasper told me how unstable newborn vampires usually were. He worked with many newborns in the south before he met Alice and joined the Cullen family.
He grabbed my hand and stroked it with his thumb. His touch was smooth and it filled me with pleasure. I looked at his face and his newly red
eyes.
"They'll be gold in a few months," he said. "I'm sorry they aren't brown anymore."
I laughed. "Why are you apologizing? It's not like you chose to have red eyes..."
Or chose to be a vampire. But I didn't say that out loud.
He ran his hand up and down my arm. It was like a trail of ice on my skin. It was cold but it also was the most amazing feeling. I could just sit here all day...
"I'm sorry it took so long for me to get to you," Parker said, snapping me out of my thoughts.
"Stop apologizing," I said. "It was so nice of you to get those kids back to their homes."
"But that's not why I was gone so long," he whispered. "I managed to get all of the kids home in six days. Nathaniel had left me in charge of all the kids and keeping them in the cave. I had to keep a log of every kid's name, age, and home. It was easy getting them back. But the transformation was what delayed me so much. Three days of moving nowhere..."
"The transformation? What's that?" I asked.
"Well, I was walking in the desert and I was close to the cave. I was going to the cave to rest a bit before I went looking for you. A vampire rushed past me in a blur and I felt a burn in my wrist. I knew that it had bit me."
"I know the feeling," I said.
He stared at me. "What?"
"Nathaniel bit me. But Carlisle sucked out the venom. He saved me." I turned and looked at Carlisle. He smiled and, of course, I smiled back.
"That gives me more reason to hate Nathaniel," Parker said through clenched teeth. "So, the venom worked its way through my... system."
I noticed he didn't say blood...
"It took three full days for the transformation. Three full days of agonizing pain, the worst burning where it felt like my whole body was on fire..."
I winced. I couldn't listen to his pain.
"That's enough, Parker," Edward said. "You don't need to describe that much."
Thank you, Edward, I said mentally.
Parker squeezed my hand. "I'm sorry."
I nodded, wanting him to continue, hopefully without the gruesome and painful details.
"So, I woke up after three days. I hunted some animals, and began my search for you. Your trail wasn't hard to find. It smelled like vanilla..."
I blushed. I always put on a bit of vanilla butter cream body spray every day.
"So, I swam through the ocean, which took most of the trip, until I reached South America," he said.
"You swam through the ocean? How?" I asked, amazed how he could do this.
"Vampires don't need to breathe," he said with a shrug."So, when I reached South America, I followed your scent from a private runway all the way to here." He stroked my hand. "And now I'm here with you," he whispered. I blushed at his comment and the fact that the whole family was in the room, probably making sure Parker didn't kill me. And now I bet Edward is reading my thoughts...
He chuckled. I knew it.
"Well, it's getting late," Esme said. "Alex, why don't you head up to bed. Parker, you can borrow the guest room on the top floor even though you don't sleep."
I got up off the couch. "Goodnight," I said to Parker.
"Goodnight my angel," he replied.
"Goodnight, everyone!" I said.
"Goodnight!" they replied. I walked up the steps and Alice followed behind me.
"Hey, sis! Can I talk to you real fast?" she asked.
"Sure," I said as we walked into my room.
She danced into my closet and picked out a pair of silk pajamas.
"Very cute," I said. She went into my closet to look at the rest of my clothes while I changed. When I was finished, I walked into the closet to show her. She gave a thumbs up for approval.
She gracefully sat down on my bed and I sat next to her.
"First, I need to apologize," she sighed.
"For what?" I asked.
She frowned. "I saw a vision two weeks ago that Parker was turned into a vampire. I didn't want to tell you, or anybody for that matter, in case something... happened to him. I didn't want to set you up for disappointment. So I'm really, really sorry. Will you forgive me?"
I smiled. "How could I not forgive you? You're my sister, and besides, you were only trying to protect my feelings."
She gave me a hug. "Thanks." She stepped off the bed. "So, about high school classes..."
"You want to know what classes I'm taking, I'm guessing?" I said.
She nodded. "Well, I'm taking my two electives with Jasper, but I will take all the academics with you!"
"Okay. At Port Townsend High, I was supposed to take all Honors academics..." I began.
"Perfect! So it's settled," she said excitedly.
"Wait, don't you know everything in school already? Shouldn't you take G/T classes instead?" I asked.
"I'd rather be in classes with you than be bored by myself in G/T. Besides, we can do homework together and if you ever need help I can help you..."
"Thatwould be nice," I admitted.
"Yea, okay! So, I will see you tomorrow morning! Goodnight!" Alice said. She opened the door and danced out of the room.
I chuckled to myself as I climbed into my bed.

-oOo-

Yeah, Parker's back! Woohoo!
But now he's a vampire. Crap.
Life is difficult sometimes, isn't it?