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Alex's pov

While he held me I put my chin on his shoulder and stroked his hair

"Alex" he whispered in a way that raised some kind of alarm in me.

I pulled back to look at me. He had his eyes closed and he wasn't breathing at all.

"I think I should take you to Carlisle or something. You're still bleeding and I seem to be becoming more aware of that by the minute. I would also like to point out that that's not good at all"

I gave a slight chuckle. "Not good at all" I repeated and gently let go of him and stood up. He did the same.

"I'll take you to my father" he said smiling slightly. But he wasn't able to hide how uncomfortable he was.

"Nah don't worry. I'll go to Frankie; he'll be able to fix my hands. And it will be a much faster recovery." I said. I walked over to the rock by the stream and got my messenger bag along with my wand.

I put my wand in my back pockets smiling to myself as I imagined what moody would have said if he had seen it.

"What's funny?" he asked curiously.

"Nothing" I said waving my hand dismissively. I started to make my way back; I had barely taken five steps when he stepped in front of me.

"I got a faster way to get there" he said grinning wickedly.

"Of course you do" I said rolling my eyes. His grin just grew bigger.

"Come on before something bad happens to my self control" he said as he walked towards me. Gently he took my arm and pulled me. He easily put me on his back.

"Hold on tight alright?" he warned.

"Why do I have the feeling that this scene is just too similar to another one of your memories?" I said. He was quiet for a second.

"You have to tell me how you do that." He murmured. "And yes this moment is too similar to another one of my memories." He said, his voice was strained.

I secured me arms around his neck and my legs around his waist and then I leaned in and whispered "go" into his ear.

In less than a second he was running. Well if it can be called running, it felt more like flying. The same feeling I got when I flew in a broom.

He never seemed to grow tired of the running though. In fact he seemed to be excited.

Very abruptly it all stopped. We were at the edge of the forest. I could see the garden of my house.

"That was amazing" I breathed. He chuckled, as I slid off his back and straightened my clothes.

"Did you like it?" he asked turning towards me. His eyes shone with the excitement running had caused him.

"Loved it" I said truthfully. He cupped my cheek with his hand.

"I really don't want to leave you" he murmured.

"I know…how about you come by tomorrow early? I'll introduce you to Frankie. And I think he should know that you know about us." I said the last part hesitantly.

"Don't you think he will be mad?" he said noticing me hesitance.

"He probably will but it will be just a tad hard to keep it from him. It's best for us to live without too many secrets"

He chuckled. "Yeah I reckon your right." He said. He leaned down and gave me a chaste kiss on the cheek.

"Get your hands fixed please." He said "and I will see you tomorrow at ten in the morning. That good?"

"Perfect" I said. I walked towards the house, he stayed behind, I could feel his gaze on my back. I turned around.

"Edward?" I said looking at him. He was frowning but as soon as I spoke he smiled at me.

"Yes?" he said politely.

"Thank you…for…everything. You don't know how long I've waited for you" it was true.

"I've waited longer. But in the end it all pays up" he said. It was true, in the end it all pays up. I smiled at the thought and then turned and ran to the house, all the way into the kitchen doors. I walked in and heard the TV turned on. Everything seemed different, like I was looking at the world through the eyes of someone else.

I turned and saw Edwards's tall pale figure creeping around in the forest. Then he disappeared as he took off running. He will forever be my sanctuary.

Edwards's pov

She was more than I could have ever asked for. More than I could ever dream of, if I could actually dream. I allowed myself one last glance at her before I took off hunting. Her blood was still in my mind so I needed to calm down.

I was very far away from her house. Closer to mines, I caught a deer and then I felt something hit me as I drank from it. I looked up quickly; Alice was on my back playfully growling.

"Wow she really must have you up in the clouds. You didn't even hear my thoughts" she said.

"Alice can't you see I'm busy?" I said pretending to be annoyed.

"hush, you've probably drank more in these past days than you have in your whole life…by way you should be thanking me" she said getting of my back and putting her hands on her hips expectantly. I stood up grinning.

"Why is that? Exactly"

Ugh for giving you an excuse to go and talk to her. And you owe me an apology for being so mean to me!

"You should have seen that coming" I accused. "But yeah I guess it was out of line for me to be so disrespectful."

"I forgive you" she said happily.

Come on they all want to see you she thought pulling me along with her.

"Wow Alice can't keep from talking huh?"

"It was too important to not tell them" she defended.

And by the way I know what you are going to talk to them about. It might be a bit difficult.

"Thanks for the heads up" I said as I ran along with her. "but I saw that coming."

We walked through the front doors and into the dining room. Everyone was already sitting with big grins on their faces. Their thoughts were all positive, even Rosalie's.

Esme stood up and engulfed me into a tight hug.

"I'm happy that everything worked out in the end" she murmured. "Poor girl, she truly was going through her own personal hell"

"Yeah she is" I muttered. We both took our seats.

"So you told them everything Alice?" I said irritated.

"I couldn't help myself" she confessed.

"Just don't let Alex know that you guys know. I don't know how she might take it. I'll tell her myself" I said. They all nodded.

"I have one request. But I'll go ahead and ask. Did you tell them what it was Alice?" I turned to look at her.

"No" she said in a fake hurt voice.

"All right, I'm going to Alex's house tomorrow morning and I will be meeting her brother. She is going to tell him that we are in on their secret and I just wanted to be able to let him in on our secret."

"Absolutely not" said Rosalie, all happy thoughts gone.

"All right Edward, the thing is…how can we trust him?" said Carlisle.

"Well I figure that since we know his secret then he should know ours, not too mention it will take a lot of weight off Alex's back"

"Yeah and while were on it why don't we just tell the whole world what we are. It will take a lot of our backs that way. We won't have to hide so much anymore." Rosalie said sarcastically.

"Really Edward are you seriously that stupid?" she said.

"Babe" said Emmett, trying to calm her down.

Edward how do you know we can trust him jasper asked.

"His secret is just as big as ours. I don't think he would dare tell anyone. Look at it this way if he tells we tell the volturi about them. And that is not in his best interest so there's a big chance he won't say anything. Of course we would never do such a thing but he doesn't know that."

Yes it all makes sense. And everyone seemed to agree. Except Rosalie of course, jasper was a bit hesitant.

"Edward this is extremely dangerous." Said jasper. "What do you see Alice?"

"Edward is depending on our responses. I can't see anything until we all make a choice."

"No" said Rosalie in a hard voice.

"You know what it doesn't matter he's going to know we are different when he sees me, and eventually he will find out." I said.

"Well we can't decide just like that. We all need to take time to think it over" Carlisle said.

I would love it if he was in on all of this. It would really make everything much easier, specially for Alex of course Esme would like the idea.

"Alright, I'm seeing Alex tomorrow in the morning-"

"Liar" said Alice simply. I grinned.

"Well Alex is going to see me tomorrow in the morning" I amended looking at Alice, she nodded.

"And she is going to tell frank that we know what they are. Now I really don't think he is going to take it so easily so it would be great if I could tell him that we are vampires, that way he won't be so unhappy with Alex"

"Alright we will make our final decision at?" Carlisle broke off looking at me. I looked at Alice.

"It seems like she will fall asleep sometime around eleven" she said squinting her eyes as if trying to see something that was far away.

"Alright before eleven then" said Carlisle. I nodded in acknowledgement and headed to my room to do my homework.

Alex's pov

"So how did that happen?" said Frankie calmly as I walked into the living room where he was watching TV, he eyed my bloody knuckles curiously.

"I got mad" I said looking at the coffee table.

"Continue" he said in that too calm voice of his.

"I punched a tree" I said in a matching tone. It was like talking time, it was all very casual. It sounded funny to my ears.

"I see"

Still looking at the coffee table I raised my hand to show it to him.

"I think I fractured them" I stated, you'd think I'd be able to feel the pain huh? Yeah I felt it but it wasn't that bad.

He sighed and I looked up- he motioned for me to sit next to him as he took his wand off the coffee table.

I swiftly walked to the couch and sat next to him, wincing when he grabbed my hand to examine it.

"You look different" he said and glanced my way for just a second.

"About time, I was getting bored with the way I looked….how do I look different?"

"Your cheeks" he said putting his attention on me. I raised a questioning eyebrow at him.

"There's color in them" he explained

"Yeah I ran on the way back" I lied. Well I didn't do the running, hell I might have gotten a broken leg or something.

"Figures" he said as he pointed his wand at my knuckles and muttered something I couldn't hear. He did the same to each one of my fractured knuckles and one by one I felt the pain ease.

"Thanks" I said when he was done. I lifted my hand and examined it. Besides the dried blood it looked fine.

"I'm going to go wash this off" I said getting up.

"And I am going to make dinner" he said getting up as well.

"Need help with that?" I said as we both walked into the kitchen.

"Are you going to eat?"

"Nah I'm not hungry"

"Oh then that's fine I'm only going to make dinner for me. But if you do get hungry later there's some food in the fridge"

"Cool" I said as I rinsed my hands "by the way are you going to be here tomorrow?"

"Yeah, why?"

"I just want to spend time with my favorite brother" I teased, he chuckled.

"I'm telling harry you said that. Gonna break his heart" he said laughing.

"As if, Nah is it alright if I bring a friend over?"

He laughed.

"And here I actually thought that beneath the joke you actually meant it when you said you wanted to spend time with me"

"Aw I do. That's the thing, my friend wants to meet you, I talk a lot about you and they wanted to meet the great Frankie parker"

Well I guess I did talk about him, so it wasn't entirely a lie right?

"Okay?" he said sounding confused. If only I could read minds…

"Don't worry it will all make sense tomorrow" I assured him as I leaned against a counter.

"You are so weird Alex. One day you are all depressed the next day you seem in much higher spirits. Its mind boggling"

"We girls are complicated. That's why you guys think about it really hard when you're going to marry"

"Makes sense" he said as he focused on not burning the food.

"So why did you come home so early?" he said

"Frankie did you not see my knuckles?"

"Oh right"

"And it's good I came back because…" I pointed at the French doors.

"It's raining" I said.

"So that has never stopped you before" he said amusedly.

"True."

We talked as he ate and then he helped me to study for my O.W.L's. we practiced some hexes. It came to an end when he caught me off guard and he sent me across the yard and crashed into a tree. By then it had turned more into a duel rather than a lesson. Thus getting carried away and I getting blasted into a tree.

It was around ten when that happened. We walked into the house with him still apologizing and me laughing my ass off. Plus we were covered in mud.

As I took a shower I looked through today's events. Wow it was a rollercoaster of emotions. But in the end it felt like I was being rejuvenated. There was no doubt in my mind that this is what cedric wanted for me.

Frankie's good mood might not last though. I do not think he will like the idea of Edward knowing what we are. I'm going to get hell for it tomorrow.

Once I was ready to go to bed I actually felt a bit tired. I trudged down the stairs to s ay goodnight to Frankie, except the man wasn't there. I walked back up the stairs and heard a noise coming from his room. I pressed my ear to the door; I just didn't expect it to not be closed properly. I pressed my head a bit too hard and the door opened and I nearly fell to the floor.

I straightened up and looked at Frankie. He was hidden under the covers and snoring lightly. It was a funny sight, a grown man that looked like a little kid sleeping like that.

Very quietly I closed the door and made my way to my room.

Once I was in I closed the door and turned off the lights. There was just enough light from the moon to let me make my way to my bed.

As soon as I settled myself in the covers I fell asleep. Yeah I fell asleep rather quickly but I wished I hadn't slept. Umbridge was in my dreams tainting them. I was barely about to step forward and slap the damn toad when she turned her wand on me and a deafening sound rang through my head, overtaking me in darkness and consciousness.

I opened my eyes. I was facing my bedside table and the clock read two in the morning.

Will I ever have a peaceful night?

I sat up and heard a ruffle. I looked around the room curiously. I knew it was definitely not my mind playing tricks on me. I saw a very faint shadow and I turned to it.

"Hi stranger" I said perfectly calm. I could have easily turned on the lamp but I decided not to.

"Sorry" said an embarrassed voice. But I knew that voice only too well.

"Caught ya red handed" I said smiling. He gave a small embarrassed laugh. Then I saw him move towards the French doors. The moonlight hit him, allowing me to see his silhouette

"Don't go" I whispered. He stopped with his hand on the handle. I heard the loud thunder then I understood that's what had awoken me.

"How's your hand" he said quietly.

"It looks exactly like it should" I got out of the bed and shuffled my feet over to him.

The light of the moon made him look like a ghost, but it made him even more breathtaking. I glanced at his expression and chuckled. If he could blush he would be so red right now.

"What's funny?" he said looking at me, the embarrassed expression still plain on his face.

"You're embarrassed?"

He huffed "well I don't know about you but if I had woken up to find someone watching, me sleep I would have been pretty freaked."

"It all depends on who it is." I said shrugging. He turned his body towards me.

"Are you alright?" he asked taking my hand.

"Is there a reason for me not to?" I questioned.

"I saw you're little game with frank, he got you pretty hard." He winced as he seemed to remember the event.

"Oh that…yeah he did. I'm fine though…..stalker" he chuckled.

"You also should have eaten something"

"What are you my dad?"

"No just a man that cares a lot about you"

"Hmm that's nice"

"I should get going" he said turning to the door. I took his hand.

"Cant you stay?" I pleaded.

He turned and looked at me for a while. Then he sighed.

"Thanks for asking" he said sounding relieved.

"Why?"

"Because I didn't want to leave." He said and then swept me into his arms and put me on the bed.

"Good. Don't you have anything better to do besides watching me like a hawk?"

He laughed quietly and sat on the edge of the bed as I got under the covers.

"No not really even if I did I'd much rather observe you... So what woke you up?"

"The thunder" I said laying down. "And just when I was going to have a go at umbridge. Damn I wanted to slap her." I sighed.

"You have vicious dreams don't you?" he said amused

"Only sometimes" I yawned.

"Go back to sleep Alex" Edward said observing me.

"You promise not to leave?" I said sounding like a small girl. His lips twitched fighting a smile.

"Cross my heart and hope to die" he said drawing an x right over his heart.

"Wow Edward you're killing me." I said rolling my eyes. His quiet laughter shook the bed.

I lifted the covers and signaled him to get in. he smiled at me but shook his head.

"You'll get cold" he explained.

I gave him a confused look.

"Remember my skin is ice cold" he said slowly as if he were talking to a five year old.

"I don't know what you're talking about, you're always so warm" I said.

"What are you playing at Alex?" he said giving me a curious smile.

"I mean it, you're always very warm"

He frowned and placed a hand on mines.

"How does that feel?"

"Warm" I said simply.

"Huh that's funny; usually to a human our skin would be ice cold. Maybe it's because you're a witch"

I hoped it was because of that.

"So…" I patted the spot next to me. He chuckled and kicked off his shoes and crawled in under the covers next to me. He pulled me close to his body.

"How does that feel?" he murmured.

"Heavenly" I said burying my head in his chest and smelling him.

"I love you Alex" he whispered.

I froze. He loves me?

Did I love him?

It had been so long since I was last told by a special someone that they loved me. And I never realized how long I had been waiting to hear the very same words being told to me.

What I didn't realize was how long I had waited to hear Edward murmurs those two words to me.

So did I love him?

I looked up at him. His eyes were closed, as if he were praying. I reached up to stroke his soft bronze hair.

"I love you Edward" I said in a firm, sure, tone.

And I knew I had never spoken truer words.

dont remember if i said this already but it is quite obvious that i am not stephenie meyer so i wont bother with the disclaimers