Chapter 12- Truth
BPOV
It had all been Emmet's idea.
He said that if I traded in my secret, Alice would finally tell me what was going on with her. Emmet also said it could be Alice's secret that was causing Edward to smell so good to me, this fact warmed me a little more to the idea.
But even so, I had no intention of telling this troubled 17-year old girl that I was a vampire who thirsted for her brother's blood.
No. I was going to try and make something up on the spot. The only trouble was I was having a hard time figuring out a perfectly good explanation for calling her through mind communication.
Alice was staring at me, eyes popping out of her skull, she obviously had not anticipated this sort of approach from me. Her eyes narrowed and then swept the room, looking for any other students, especially any of my sisters.
'They're not in here Alice; it's just you and me.' I was trying to assure her, to see if it made her relax. It didn't work.
She took a step back towards the door and stumbled. Her eyes went wide as she fell back, if I left her to fall, Alice would probably get a concussion from the sink that she was heading for.
NO! I screamed internally, it was like a force was pulling me to Alice, making sure I caught her. I fleeted forward and snaked an arm around her waist, pulling her towards me.
Alice looked up and glared at me, like she was disgusted I would touch her, but then it morphed into something like thoughtfulness.
'Thank you Bella, I've had enough concussions to know that would have hurt.' She made an attempt to lighten up the mood in the room, mostly because I had just gotten her out of a trip to the nurse. I couldn't help but smile at it.
I put her back on her feet and took a step back. Time to get back to business.
'Alice, what happened in here last week?' I got straight to the point; her teacher would be worried soon.
Alice looked anywhere but me and played with her sleeves behind her back. It seemed I wasn't the only one who had asked her about last week. Of course, Edward was in on her secret, just like my siblings, he knew everything.
'Okay, maybe I can ask Edward what's going on.' I knew it was mean, but I was desperate to know more about Alice. I started to turn and walk away. 3...2...1...
'No! I mean, he doesn't know what's wrong with me either; Edward's the kind of brother that never lets anything go.
I know the type. I grinned to myself. Alice screamed and I nearly jumped out of my skin.
'Stop doing that! It's scary!'
I felt my face go into a frown and my eyebrows go up. I had no idea what she was going on about.
'That talking thing, it's freaking me out! Just stop it okay?'
She heard that?
'STOP IT!' Alice shrieked.
I took that as a yes. Alice was able to hear my thoughts? No. That wasn't possible, that wasn't her power, otherwise my whole family was in danger.
'I didn't do anything, honest!' I added the honest when Alice narrowed her eyes at me.
'Look, Alice, I can talk to people through their minds, but I swear to God I didn't mean for you to hear that, it was an accident. Now, what can you do that made you so terrified of me? You're kind of running out of time by the way.' I motioned towards the clock on the wall. She had ten minutes left.
Alice glared at the clock and then at me, but I could see she was thinking about it. Her hands were curled into fists by her sides and sweat was showing on her forehead.
'You promise to tell me your big secret? I know there's more to it than just mind talking.'
I hated lying, but I had to, otherwise the whole Cullen/Swan/Hale family would be wiped out. I took an unessecary breath and nodded.
Alice also took a breath, and a shaky one at that. She braced herself for what she was about to say and looked straight into my eyes.
'I'm a physic. I see the future.'
My breathing stopped and Alice smiled weakly at me.
'And now, Bella Swan, it's your turn.'
APOV
It was the last thing I was expecting to say to Bella Swan when I woke up this morning, but here I was, spilling my biggest secret to an almost complete stranger, who soon was going to kill my twin.
Yeah. Not exactly what I would call your normal day.
If Bella was pale before, she was a ghost now. Her eyes popped and her whole figure froze up.
I was desperate to know Bella's secret, so I stayed put. Usually I would have run out the door at that reaction, but my feet stayed where they were.
She opened her mouth a few times but no words came out. She was literally speechless. Bella shook her head to wake herself up and pinched the bridge of her nose. Something I had seen Edward do a million times before.
Well, what do you know; they actually have something in common.
'Alice, did you have a vision last week?' Bella voice was strained, like she was fighting with herself whether or not to take me seriously.
'Yeah, I did. I haven't even told Edward about it. It really freaked me out.' I didn't know why I was being so honest with Bella, she was going to kill my brother for God's sake, I should hate her. But somehow I couldn't, I felt safe with Bella, a fact I had only noticed when she saved me from a really bad headache.
'And?' I knew what she was asking, what I had seen. I didn't know if I should answer her or not, it seemed silly now, like I had dreamed the whole thing. But I shrugged and dove into the deep end.
'I think it might have something to do with your secret Bella.' I decided to tease her, I knew what I saw couldn't be related to the old myth, I didn't believe in myths.
Bella's head whipped up and she bored her golden eyes into mine. Her face was searching for any hint of a lie; she seemed to sag when she saw none.
'What did you see?' She asked again.
Exactly what did you see? I shivered but was able to stop myself from shouting this time. Bella's power seriously gave me the creeps.
'I saw two pictures. I saw one of you and me holding hands, we were friends or something. I remember that I was smiling, but you looked worried, like you knew something bad was going to happen, it didn't make sense till the next picture...'
I didn't want to go on. I was scared in case the myth became a reality, no matter how stupid it sounded. I mean look at me! I'm a damn physic for crying out loud!
Bella was looking really desperate, her eyes pleading me to go on.
But could I go on, I didn't know. I only knew that if I told Bella, I would have no choice but to tell Edward also. Did I really want to inflict that in him? Of course not.
But maybe I didn't have a choice anymore. The secret was eating away at me, threatening to unleash itself on anybody I talked to next. I had to tell Bella, because even though she may be a murdering mythical creature, she was also the one person besides Edward I felt safe with.
'The next picture was you and Edward, you had killed him. You sucked all the blood from him and the thing is I don't care how crazy this next question seems, but I can't help but ask you...'
I took the biggest breath possible and steadied myself for the reaction.
'Bella, are you...a Vampire?'
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