Chapter 5
It wasn't long after I'd finally managed to block all thoughts of Caius from my head that Felix turned up, standing in the doorway eager to know what had happened. I shrugged, dismissing the thousands of questions he was asking me.
"Oh, I see, you two want to keep it a secret." Felix smirked I rolled my eyes facing Felix.
"There is nothing going on." I stated. "Now am I meant to do something round here or not?" I demanded changing the subject. I was not in the mood to talk about Caius.
Felix chuckled, grabbed my arm and pulled me out the room. "Com'on, I'll explain things while I finally give you that tour of the castle."
Three days had passed since I had my talk with Caius and I felt I was settling in here, I had friends, well one friend and Alec was coming back today. I didn't quite understand why but just thinking about Alec made me smile, maybe it was his cute boyish looks or the way he'd kissed my hand before he left... No, I scolded myself, I didn't, I couldn't think of Alec like that. Felix had already been warned away by Caius and besides I didn't want any male attention, not like that anyway, Felix was a friend and that's what I hoped Alec would be.
I glanced down at my watch and smiled, five twenty, my shift was over. Shifts weren't hard, all I had to do was stand guard for a couple hours at time, the only down side was it gave me time to think and dwell on things. Most of the guard didn't mind having some time to themselves but most of the guard here didn't have to keep Edward out there head.
As I stepped out from my hiding spot in the shadows of the wall that surrounded the castle, I spotted Caius watching me from a window, high above my head. I looked down immediately, hurrying into the building and smashing into Felix.
"Fancy seeing you here, My lady." Felix grinned, bowing. I rolled my eyes, Felix really was insane sometimes, I curtsied, laughing at him.
"Shouldn't you be outside watching out for scary vampires?" I asked, he shrugged in response to my question.
"My shift ends round about now, I figure its fine." He smiled, "Now," He said, putting his arm through mine and pulling me along. "We have a lot to do." I raised an eyebrow at him; all we needed to do now was find something to do, there was nothing to do. "First we'll need to take you shopping." I stopped walking.
"And why the hell is that?" I demanded, some things had changed but not my hate for shopping.
"Because!" Felix said dragging out the word, "Your little lover boy is coming back!" He grinned as I glared at him.
"You really are an ass." I muttered, wishing I had never told him about this so called bond with Alec.
"Awhh!" Felix pouted, "I thought you loved me." I wacked Felix in the stomach, rolling my eyes, he really was an Idiot.
"I think the term you're looking for is hate." I grinned before he picked me up throwing me over his shoulder. This was happening all too frequently, whenever he couldn't get his own way he'd just carry me away and change the subject. "Felix!" I groaned, "Put me the hell down." Felix chuckled, ignoring my protest and continued to walk down the hall. "I swear to god! I will hurt you!"
"Put her down," I heard a soft voice say, I attempted to look round Felix and see who it was but failed.
"Awhh, Lover boy's being a spoil sport!" Felix whined putting me down. I rolled my eyes, straightening my clothes before looking up to a very confused Alec.
"Sorry, Felix has momentarily lost his mind." I grinned, elbowing Felix.
"No, she's just upset because she's in lo-" Felix sung as smashed him into the wall.
"As I said, he's lost his mind, ignore him." I said quickly, for some reason I didn't want Alec to know, I didn't want it to be awkward between us. Alec was not going to find out about what Caius had said, we were going to be friends and Felix was going to shut up. This felt like a long shot for some reason but I was going to be optimistic about something, I told myself.
"Right…" Alec said as Felix laughed quietly to himself. Felix walked over to Alec and placed a hand on his shoulder, he said something quietly before turning around to smirk at me.
"I'm sure you'll tell me all about your little date later, Belly." Felix grinned before disappearing down the hall.
"I swear, I'm going to kill him someday." I muttered, Alec laughed and walked over to me.
"It's Bella right?" Alec asked and I nodded. "We met when you first came…"
"Yeah, I remember." I smiled, how could I forget? "It wasn't the best meeting." Alec shrugged.
"That's okay, I didn't mind. What was wrong with you then anyway?" He asked me, it was my turn to shrug.
"I still haven't quite worked that out yet." I sighed, not willing to reveal the reason; I didn't want to tell him that every time I thought about the old times with Edward I died a little inside. The worst part was that I wasn't even exaggerating; it felt like the venom was coursing through my human veins again, like I was being burnt from the inside out.
"Okay then, It hasn't happened again has it?" He asked, seemingly curious.
"Not really," I said, dismissing the idea. "So where did Aro send you?" I asked, desperate for a change of subject.
"The south of England, it was raining for the duration of our stay which made everything easier. It's probably as rainy there as Forks or at least it seems like it." Alec replied, smiling at me. I cringed at the mention of Forks; I would never be able to go back.
"Did you really just say the duration of your stay?" I laughed as Alec looked at me quizzically.
"Yeah, why?" Alec asked.
"You sounded really posh." I smiled, laughing slightly, it wasn't even that funny but the look on Alec's face made it worse. I started to giggle and Alec watched me like I was insane, which right now I probably seemed. Alec shook his head. I straightened up, "Sorry, it wasn't really that funny." I said, trying not to snicker at the look I was given by Chelsea as she walked by.
Alec sighed in response running a hair through his messy, black hair. "You know people are going to think you have issues." He grinned, rolling his eyes as Chelsea sped by us not wanting to get involved.
"What's wrong with having issues? It makes life way more fun." I said, this was one of the few things I'd actually managed to learn from Felix in the past few days. That and a couple of combat moves totalled what I had learnt but that wasn't the point. The point was it didn't matter of Heidi or Chelsea thought I was insane, as long as I was happy it was fine. The only problem with that was Edward would always pop into my mind at the most inappropriate moments.
"I guess that's true but it'll make it harder to fit in here considering you're planning on staying with us." Alec replied, I shifted my weight from one foot to the next out of habit, it was weird how I didn't need to do stuff like that anymore, I didn't even need to breath. I considered what Alec had said, it was probably true but then I wouldn't be me if I let other people change me, I was me, clumsy, ordinary Bella. Or at least I used to be, the new me was fun and happy…most of the time.
"I'm not going to change myself for other people." I told Alec.
"I didn't mean it like that, there's nothing wrong with being yourself." He replied, and started walking; he took my hand pulling me along. "Com'on let's get some privacy before my sister comes running around the corner. I was pulled along as Alec ran down the halls, through doors and up the occasional staircase eventually he stopped outside a dark mahogany door. He pulled out a set of keys and undone the 3 deadbolts, I raised an eyebrow at him.
"Will human locks actually keep a vampire out?" I asked in disbelief, there was no way it would keep a vampire out if humans found way to open them and a vampire could just knock the door down.
"No but I'd know if someone had been inside my room and if they want to be sneaky they won't want to be knocking down doors." Alec said, "And this way I'm more likely to find out who it was." He finished unlocking the door and stepping inside; he opened the door and beckoned me inside. I walked in, slowly soaking up my surroundings.
The room was anything but bare; the walls were a light brown colour that could barely be seen because of the extensive amount of pictures hung on the wall. A lot of the images seemed to either be large old fashioned artworks or smaller recent photos but how was I to tell if they were recent or not when the vampires in the pictures never changed. The walls weren't the only thing ready to overflow though, three huge trunks stood lined against the far wall, opposite me, the lids propped open slightly by books, CD's and clothes. The room itself was also filled to the brim, an old fashioned four poster bed stood in the centre, more belongings visibly poking out from under it, a dresser was placed next to it the clothes spilling out the draws and a range of deodorants and aftershaves lay across the top. A cream couch filled the wall closest to me and seemed extremely well worn as one of its legs was held up by a pile of small novels. Odd bits and pieces of furniture were dotted around the room and I shook my head in confusion when a saw a gold old fashion bird cage in the corner.
Alec turned to watch me as I walked farther into the room, eventually deciding to take a seat in front of the cream couch my hands running over the soft feel of the carpet. I smiled up at him, seeing him lock the door behind himself; he moved and sat down next to me, a soft smile gracing his face.
"Sorry, I know it's a mess." Alec apologised, I shrugged, I thought his room was fascinating I wanted to look at everything he'd collected over the years.
"It's fine really, besides it doesn't look like there is much more room to put anything." I replied. "Well, anything else." Alec chuckled nodded in agreement.
"So how've you been settling in?" Alec asked.
"Good, I guess. Felix is really nice, when he wants to be." I said, muttering the last part under my breath. "Which reminds me what did he say to you?" I questioned, Alec grinned in response.
"He told me to do this…" Alec said, his hands cupping my face as he brought his lips to mine. He kissed me gently before pulling back, "He said you needed someone to care for you."
Authors Note: Hey! How is everyone? Thanks for reading and I would absolutely love to know what you think.
Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritations and resentments slip away and a sunny spirit takes their place.
Mark Twain (1835 – 1910)