I am so, so, so sorry that I haven't updated in like, 3 months! Please don't send an angry mob after me! Anyway, here's Chapter 7, and it's 7 pages long. I really hope you all like it. Oh, and I am enforcing a new 'rule'. I want at LEAST 10 reviews per chapter before I update. I already have chapter 8 written, but it will not be posted until I have 10 reviews. So the song for this chapter is "Leave the Pieces" by The Wreckers. :) ~Ana

P.S. I am REALLY melodramatic in this chapter!

It was almost lonely in the castle with everyone gone. Felix and Brigid were on their honeymoon, Alec, Jane, and Demetri were still hunting that rogue coven in Rome, and it had been two weeks since I had seen them. The next few days passed by uneventful, but when she arrived, life got a lot more complicated. Rebecca, the abysmal black hole that sucked the happiness right out of my life.

I still remember it like it was yesterday. "My dear ones. Well, the ones that are left anyway," Aro mused. "We have a visitor. Some of you may remember her, and for those of you who don't, this is Rebecca." Heidi was glaring with malice at the girl. I wonder what her problem is.

Later that day, Aro informed me that Alec should be coming home any day now. When Heidi heard this, she came and found me. "Felicity!" I turned to see her running towards me. "There's something you should know about Rebecca." I cocked an eyebrow and waited for her to continue. "There's a reason none other the elder guard like her. Almost 159 years ago, right about the time he met you. Well, he was 'dating' Rebecca." I had pretty much guessed that Alec had had other girlfriens, so that didn't really bother me. "When he first met you, Marcus felt the relationship, so Alec decided to see what would happen between you two.

"When he told Rebecca this, she freaked. She swore up and down she'd never let Alec leave her. Well he did, and she was ticked. She vowed to get him back someday. I guess that would be today."

When Alec returned a few days after she arrived, I wasn't sure what to do. I was laying in our room, my head on his chest when I told him. "Babe, someone came for a visit a few days ago, while you were gone. I really don't know what to make of it." I shifted slightly, feeling his arm tighten around me. "A girl showed up, and when Aro introduced her, a lot of the guard hissed."

"Well, what's her name?"

"Rebecca." The second I said her name, he stiffened. "Heidi said that Rebecca swore up and down that you would never leave her. But you did, for me. And that she would be back for you one day." I laughed.

"Babe, don't worry about her. I'll take care of her first thing in the morning." I laid my head back on his chest, and he ran his fingers through my hair. "I promise." He pulled my face up to meet his and kissed me deeply. "I love you, Fee. Forever and always."

Early the next morning, Alec went to go talk to Aro, to see if they could get Rebecca to leave. I didn't know how well that would work, but if Aro to her to leave, then I was fairly sure that she would. I knew exactly what Aro had said when I heard an ear piercing scream. I laughed quietly as Alec bolted through the door, a huge smile on his face. "I take it she took it kind of hard?"

He laughed, his eyes twinkling. "You could say that/" He pulled me to him, embracing me tightly. "Forever and always," he whispered. I nodded in agreement as I heard a knock on the door. "Enter," he called, not even turning around. I hissed and Alec clutched me tightly as tighter as we realized who it was.

"Relax," she said. "I just came to say goodbye. And to get help with my bags."

"Get them yourself," Alec spat in a voice I had never heard him use.

"Alec, I'm shocked. You used to be such a gentleman." Rebecca tsked.

"Alec, just help her. That way she leaves sooner." She glared at me, and stomped out the door. A few moments later, I heard them outside.

"Alec, run away with me. Please come with me. I still love you." That bi- I can't believe she just said that!

"rebecca, I don't love you anymore. Go. Go away and don't come back."

"But, Alec-"

"I said leave Rebecca. Now." He was silent for a second then added on, "But just one last thing." Instantly, I got 'that' feeling. Of dread in the pit of my stomach. Looking out the window, I saw Alec step toward Rebecca. He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her face towards his. I shrieked, and my door slammed against the wall, Heidi behind it.

"What's the matter?" She followed my finger out the window. She cursed. Suddenly another figure was in the doorway.

"It's not my fault, Felicity! I promise!"