Author's Note: I do not own Twilight. Twilight and all of the characters are the creation of Stephenie Meyer. No copyright infringement is intended.
See if you can find the reference to Stephenie Meyer in this chapter. It's pretty obvious, but whatever.
Enjoy!

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I just laid in the bed, staring at the ceiling, waiting for Carlisle to come back for the night. A little while after he left, a nurse named Stephenie came into my room and brought me a turkey sandwich with a glass of water. I drank the water quickly, not realizing how thirsty I actually was.
Stephenie said she didn't bring me milk or any soda products because she didn't want to upset my stomach.
"We wouldn't want you getting sick to your stomach, would we?" she said.
After I finished my sandwich and didn't upchuck any of it, Stephenie left me alone with the T.V. remote. I found a movie on one of the local channels, so I just put that on. I wasn't paying attention to it, though. To me, right now, they were just moving pictures on a screen. I was more focused on waiting for Carlisle to come back then anything.
After having the movie on T.V. for about a half an hour, Carlisle kept true to his promise and came back to the room.
"Hello, Alex," he said. "Are you still feeling alright?"
"Yeah, I feel fine," I told him.
"Well, good," he said, pulling out his cell phone from his pocket. He held it in his hand and it starting vibrating.
"Will you answer this for me?" he asked.
"Um, okay..." I said, flipping open the phone with my right hand and pressing the "talk" button.
"Hello?" I said quietly.
"Alex! Oh my god!" I could hear Alice squeal through the line.
"Alice? Is that you?" I asked excitedly.
"Yes! Oh my gosh, how are you feeling? When I saw my vision of you flying into the road, I freaked out! We were all so worried, and everybody misses you-"
I giggled. "Alice, calm down. I'm not going anywhere," I said. Well, I didn't know that for sure.
She sighed. "I know... We all miss you, Alex. More than you can imagine."
"I miss you guys, too," I said quietly.
"Well, I will be handing the phone to the next person," Alice said. "They're making me."
"Okay, bye Alice. Love 'ya," I said.
"Love you, too, little sis," she said.
A few seconds later, somebody else came on the line.
"Hey, sis," Rosalie said.
"Rose!" I said excitedly.
"How are you feeling?" she asked.
"Okay. As good as I can, I guess."
She was quiet for a minute. "Please only let me drive you to and from school from now on, okay?"
"I promise," I said. "I love you Rose."
"Love you too, baby," she replied, the cheeriness back in her voice. "Now here's the next person."
There was the rustling of the phone, then a voice.
"Hi Alex!" Nessie said excitedly.
"Hey Nessie, how are you doing?" I asked.
"Good! I miss you though. Jakey, Momma, and Daddy all say hello," she told me.
I laughed. "Well, tell them I say hi back."
"Okay! Bye!" she said, then I heard the noise of the phone moving to the next person.
"Hey, kiddo," Emmett said, his voice as booming as usual.
"Hey, Emmett," I said.
"Man, it's too bad," Emmett said. "I've got a brand new Rockband game sitting at home, waiting for you and me to have a guitar battle."
I chuckled. "As soon as I get the cast off my left wrist, your on!"
"Alright! Be prepared to lose," he said jokingly.
"Oh, I've been practicing!" I replied, laughing.
"Haha, well, I've got to hand over the phone before everyone else claws it from my hand. By the way, Jasper says hey."
"Tell him I say hey back," I said. "Talk to you later, Emmett."
"Later, kiddo," he said.
After a few seconds, a calming voice cam over the line.
"Hello Alex," Esme said.
"Esme, is it really you?" I asked.
"I'm right here," she replied.
I could feel myself tearing up. "Oh, Esme! I'm so sorry! I should have never asked to go home with Macey! Everyone must have been so worried! I'm so, so, sorry!"
"It's not your fault," she said. "Never blame yourself for this, Alex. I should not have let you go home with Macey..."
"Don't blame yourself for this, either, Esme. Please don't." I told her.
She chuckled. "You're right."
I sniffled. "I miss you, Esme, and everyone else so much."
"Do not worry, you will be home soon," she said.
"Okay..." I said. "I love you and I'll see you soon."
"I love you, too, so much," Esme replied. "Now here's someone who's been dying to talk to you."
My breathing hitched, hoping who I thought it was to be speaking in seconds.
"Hello, my angel," Parker said quietly.
I started full-on crying now. "Parker!" I squealed.
"Please don't do this to me again," he said. "You had me so worried."
"Oh, I'm so sorry. I love you so much!" I said.
"Don't cry angel. We'll be together again very soon," he said.
"I know. Then we really needed to spend time together," I said with a giggle.
"When you get home, I promise," he said with a chuckle.
"I can't wait," I told him. "I love you so much."
"I love you, too. More than you can imagine. Goodbye."
And with that, the line went dead. I handed the phone back to Carlisle and he put it in his pocket.
I sighed. I didn't have the heart to tell Alice or anyone else about the broken locket. Well, knowing Alice, she probably already knew...
Wait, where was my backpack? My eyes darted frantically around the room, but it was nowhere in sight.
"Is something wrong?" Carlisle asked.
"What happened to my backpack?" I questioned.
"It is right here," he said, picking it up from in front of his feet. "Miraculously, it survived the accident."
He handed it to me and I unzipped one of the front pockets.
I pulled out the snapped chain and the broken heart. Flipping it around, I got a good look at the back. There was a black scratch, which was probably from the heel of Iris's shoe. The message was no longer visible.
"Oh, I am so sorry," Carlisle said. "Maybe the locket got bumped in the car."
I shook my head. "It wasn't from the car accident."
Iris's words rang in my head.
Ugly duckling.
Rosalie, Alice, and Bella could pass for top-paying supermodels, especially Rosalie. And Edward, Jasper, and Emmett could pass for hunky male models.
And then there's you.
I couldn't be strong anymore. Tears slid down my cheeks. I looked at Carlisle's face, one that could grace the covers of magazines, and knew that everything Iris said was true.
I couldn't pretend that her remarks didn't hurt. No amount of Macey's, Edward's, Alice's, anybody's advice could make the comments not hurt.
It was at this very moment that I made a very strong decision.
I want to be a vampire.
Being a vampire would make life easier. Parker wouldn't have to hurt while he was with me. I wouldn't be able to be injured as easily. It seems to be the better option. To me, anyway.

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Ah, another stubborn human wants to be a vampire. How will this work out for Alex?
Will she get her wish?