AQUA543: New chap. kk read and review plz :) So i've changed the title of the story, yea, sorry lol. I'm just getting into the story so much more, and i might change the rating too, but it depends as the story keeps going. Anyway, i've discovered a band that I'm in love with at the moment, their called The Pierces and I just love them so much. :)
Cross your heart and hope to die
White or black it's still a lie
Every city that you fly
I sit home and wonder why
While you're out there getting high
One more night for me to cry
Can you look me in the eye?
Cross your heart and hope to die
-The Pierces- Lie.
The weekend came and went, I soon went back to school, and was anxious to meet Alexis, if she was even coming today. It's strange, but she hasn't been coming to school that often since she left early on that Tuesday three weeks ago. I can't help but wonder why she left and why she's been gone so long, I tried to remember, but the only thing I remember is going to the bathroom with her, coming to class, and waking up from a terrible nightmare and seeing everyone else in class asleep and no teacher in the room.
I've tried calling her, I've tried sending her messages through the emails and Face book, but she doesn't answer any of them. I've even asked her sisters and brothers but they don't tell me anything, just that she fell down and is at home recovering and will be back with us very soon. The way they said it, there was a smile in their eyes as they looked at each other, except for Aaron who would just stare at nothing and back at my father and shook his head and would disappear.
I asked my father what's wrong with him, he wouldn't answer, saying that I'll find out soon enough once Alexis comes back with us.
I've even tried to coax Jacob into taking me to her house, but he refuses to take me. I ask him why and he says that Edward told him not to let me go and that he doesn't want to see her. But I can see in his eyes, they say other wise, he wants to see her, obviously worried about her, but tries to keep calm and shows me that he dislikes her. My suspicions sinking even deeper about Jacob's infatuation with my friend, but I remember what Alexis told me, she would never be interested in him. And that makes me smile, weakly.
The week goes by quickly and no sign of Alexis' arrival. The teacher is used to skipping her name during roll call and just goes straight to asking me if she's getting better. I tell her, I'm not sure.
I was left in the dark, in the shadows, and I need to know if my best friend is still with us, or long gone and her family is trying to break the news to me. But I can feel that she's still alive, in a strange way. Our connection, our bond, is so strong I can feel her breathing, her heart beat, as though we have twin telepathy.
Friday morning comes by and I'm greeted by the sun during our ride to school. I ride with my mother and father and watch the evergreen trees pass by us, the silence eerily quiet for a normal drive. I stare at my father who looks over to my mother and she looks over to him and nods her head and sighs. I swallow and try to keep my composure, I can feel Alexis close, and that's when I know. She's coming to school today, the first time in three weeks.
"Renesmee," My father says my name, I look at him and sees his eyes through the mirror. "I want you to, welcome Alexis like you did when you first met her, ok?"
I look at him with confusion, "What do you mean?" I ask him.
"Alexis…, isn't how she was, the last time you saw her." He tells me, slowing down the speed as were close by the school.
"Ok, I will, what did she do exactly? Dye her hair, new clothes?" I suggest what he means.
And he just stares at me with all seriousness, "You'll see what I mean when you see her this morning in your classes." He tells me. I nod my head and continue to stare out the window as we pull into the parking lot and see all the cars. I see Alexis' family around a car, all of them whispering in low enough not to be heard through human ears. I see a car pull into an empty space. The door opens and I see someone stepping outside and my mouth instantly drops when I see who that person is. My eyes widen as I see her close her door and coming toward her family with a smile on her face. Her shoulder length raven hair, white, beautiful, pore less skin, blue dress with long black sleeves and leggings and boots, and those blue exotic eyes. I know who that is, even if her entire appearance has changed, even if she looks just like a beautiful vampire just like her sisters, Alexis still remains the same to me.
A girl comes out from the passenger door and I know instantly that's Erika, Alexis' cousin who she can't stand, just as beautiful as Sharon and the new Alexis. Beautiful skin, dark black, short hair, voluptuous body, and strange purple eyes mixed with light blue.
I get out of the car and see my father staring at them all with his golden eyes and looks at everyone of them one by one. "She's completed the transformation."
I look back and see the others behind him, staring at the group of beautiful, unreal mortals over there. "So it seems, do they pose a threat to us?" Jasper replies, holding Alice close as the family walks into the building with students gazing at them with awe.
"Not at the moment, and I don't think they want to start a war over territory. But it's best that we keep a close watch over them."
"Wait, what are you talking about?" I turned and looked at my family looking at me. Shaking their heads at how naïve I am.
"Renesmee," My mother calls my name with love and understanding, "Alexis, isn't fully human, she never was, none of them are." She told me, I soon widened my eyes as the answer hit me. I looked back and saw Alexis talking to her cousin and looking back at me. A small smile coming from her face as she waves at me and blows me a kiss. I gasp and couldn't help but feel strange.
"Just keep an eye out on them, don't let your guard down around any of them," Emmett broke my thought.
"Keep them close, and make sure they don't try anything," Rosalie continued.
"Especially Alexis." Alice finished.
The bell rang and we all went inside and went our separate ways. I saw one of my acquaintances and strike a conversation with her. She mentions Alexis and how much she's changed and that all the guys have just ran over to her. I shrug and went into my homeroom and saw her talking to the teacher.
She just stares at her and Erika with awe and wonderment as she signs their slips and points them to sit down in the empty desks.
"Hey Ness!" Alexis shouts as she walks over to me, so graceful and wraps her arms around me, "Omigod I missed you so much!" She said as she released me.
I looked into her eyes and saw those icy blue eyes with bits of green specks in them, I smile and couldn't help but feel relief to see that her personality is still the same. "Is that really you?" I asked her.
She nods with a smile on her face and gives me another hug, "Dear god, you've gotten taller and I've forgotten how pretty you are," She muses the last part, but I couldn't tell if that was sarcasm or the truth.
"Yeah, well you've gotten…different," I giggled and she did the same looking down at her dress and her hair posing with her smile.
"You like?" She asks with a smile and laughing as she puts her hands behind her head. I hear someone clear their throat and I see Erika behind Alexis, rolling her eyes and crossing her arms.
Alexis' smile disappears and moves out of the way and I see Erika in front of me. "Ness, this is my cousin, Erika," She introduced, looking down at the floor, "She's moving in with us along with her older brother."
"Hello" I greeted.
Erika stared.
"What do you think of Forks?" I asked her, with a smile on my face.
She glared.
"Please don't do this," Alexis whispered into her ear. Her eyes grew serious and she wasn't herself, she seemed vicious and animalistic.
"Hello," Erika finally responded and looked up to the ceiling and tilted her head to the side, refusing to look me in the eyes now.
I forced a smile. She just shrugged and went to her desk and sat down behind were Alexis sits. The two gossiping girls in our homeroom staring at her with wide eyes and shook their heads and kept yapping on and on about nonsense.
"Ignore her, she's just upset she's here." Alexis told me, her voice still harsh. I looked over her, I remember what she said when she said she wasn't as beautiful as her family. But now seeing her, it was like in the presence of a goddess.
"So what are you doing after school?" I asked her. She looked at me and smiled, the same smile I know from my best friend, eyes friendly but belonging to a stranger.
"Omigod, I haven't been here in forever!" Alexis stretched her arms and sat down next to me on the sofa.
"I know, you don't understand, it's been kind of boring around here. Well, except-"
"Except talking to your boyfriend, ooooh," she finished for me. I smiled and shake my head as she smiles at me and crosses her legs. "So, how's…what's his name again?" She asked me.
I giggled. "Jacob, and he's good. But he's been acting weird around me, I don't know why."
She stared at me, her face serious and then she blinked and forced a smile, "Strange how?"
I looked over to the kitchen and saw someone come in, a tall male, but it wasn't Jacob, it was Leah's little brother, Seth. I sighed and looked back over to Alexis who just kept looking at me, waiting. I swallowed.
"Like, he comes over like usual and he does hang around with me. But there are times when he just doesn't talk to me like he always does, he just stares at me, he stares at me hard. And when I catch him, he turns away and just stays quiet." I explained, Alexis looks at me then down to the floor and then back to me.
"I'm sure he has stuff on his mind. Maybe something is up at his house that he doesn't want to tell you. I mean who knows, I really don't get boys." She explains, but her eyes seemed uncertain. She looked behind me and just stared at whoever was behind us.
I looked over and saw that Seth wasn't there anymore. I turn my attention back to her and she's just playing with her long black hair. "So, I heard that someone in school likes you." I changed the subject.
Alexis looked straight forward and smirked. "Yeah, so have I." She responded. Christopher Dens was one of the hottest guys in the entire school, and he was a sophomore and hasn't stopped looking at Alexis since the first day of school. And now that she's back, with her new look, Chris is now chasing trying to talk to her, before any of the other guys in the school do. He's very cute, with his dark blue eyes, dark hair and fair skin. Very athletic and very into my friend.
"So, do you like him?" I asked her. Today I saw the two of them talking before we left school. She seemed very into him as he was into her, I really hope they do go out with each other, cause it would help Lexi with her insecurity about herself.
"I think, I don't know, I mean he's nice and sweet and super cute," She giggled, but then her smile went down a little, "But he's not my type." She finally said.
I stared at her, "Well, why not?" I asked her with wide eyes. Isn't this what she wanted, a guy to like her.
"Cause, I'm just not." She replied. She looked at me, "You get me, like I think he's nice, but I'm not into him."
"Why aren't you into him?" I asked her.
"Cause he's not what I look for in a guy," She replied again with a laugh that wasn't humorous.
"Oh," is what I said at first then I added, "Well, what do you look for in a guy." I swallowed hard.
"I don't know, cause now it's changed entirely. I mean before I was into guys like Chris, but now, I'm not. Like every since I got better from my fever, everything that I used to like is what I hate. And everything I used to hate, I know like." She explained, "You get me?"
"I think so." I said, "Like you used to hate red, now you like blue, am I close to what you mean?"
She shakes her head. "No, it's not minor things like color or clothes or music, those are the same, but what I mean is the major. Like I used to hate eating meat, I couldn't eat it, but now, I love devouring burgers and steaks. And what I look for a guy before I got sick." She explained.
"Yea, I understand." I replied. But couldn't help but remember before she got sick how she thought Jacob wasn't her type. I tried to swallow, what would happen if she was into him. "Um, what do you think of my boyfriend?" I blurted out. Looking down at my hands.
"Your boyfriend?" She repeated, she looked at the wall with a blank look on her face, "Well, I haven't seen him in a while. Um, I think he's good for you and stuff." She said.
"Your not…,"
"I'm not what?" She stared at me. Confusion on her face, but also rage in them.
I swallowed and shook my head. "Nothing, it was a stupid question." I laughed it off, but she stared at me.
She shrugged and went back to staring at the wall. Then she smiled at me and turned to me, "Ness, I'm not interested in him, ok. Don't worry, he's yours and I'm not going to take him away from you." She smiled.
"You do?" I questioned.
"Cross my Heart, and Hope to Die." She agreed. She got up from the sofa. "Well I got to go home and be with my beautiful family, joy."
I got up and gave her a hug and a wave goodbye as she went outside into her new Mercedes. As I closed the door I went back to the sofa, but saw someone approaching the driveway and saw Jacob. He looked over and saw her. He stopped and just looked at her, when she turned and saw him. She froze and looked at him. I couldn't help but look at the two of them. The way that he looked at her, and the way Alexis was studying him. She shook her head and waved hi to him and smiled.
She breathed in and went inside the car and sped off.
Jacob walked to the street and saw the Mercedes drive away at top speed.
I kept watching Jacob as he just stared at the Mercedes drive down the street and couldn't help but feel angry. I know Jacob has a thing for her, I can feel it and I've wanted to ask my father, but I just keep chickening out, not wanting to hear the truth.
Jacob knocked on the door. I blinked and went to open the door to see him there. I couldn't help but hug him and give him a kiss. I wasn't going to let him go, I wanted him to love me and have the same effect that Alexis leaves on him. He didn't move but just pushed me back gently. "Whoa, easy there, Nessie." He forced a smile.
I looked at him, and wrapped my arms around his waist and rest my head on his chest. He wrapped his arms around me and rested his cheek on my head. I smiled and kissed him softly on his lips. "Missed you." I said.
He didn't answer and just stared at me. He let me go and went inside the house, I looked at his naked, strong back and arms. I closed the door and followed him as he went into the other living room and sat on the sofa. I sat next to him, he didn't even look over to me when I sat next to him. I wrapped my arms around his strong arm, but he didn't do anything but just stay unresponsive. I sighed and let him go, "What's wrong with you?" I shout.
He blinks and looks at me. "Nothing." He replies.
"Well then what are you doing?" I said, my voice still loud.
"Thinking." He answered.
"About what?" I questioned him.
He look at me through the corner of his eye and just shrugged.
I glared at him. "It's about Alexis, isn't it?" I blurted out.
His eyes widen, I knew it. I got up and looked at him, he was standing up too. "Look, Nessie, it's nothing…. I'm just…" He tried to find the words but he couldn't.
"Confused?" I finished for him. He stared at me and shook his head. "Don't lie to me!" I yelled.
"Renesmee, I'm not confused. It's just that…" He tried to find words, something, but he couldn't.
"You like her, don't you?" I questioned.
He shook his head. "No, I don't. I don't like her, I just don't think she's…safe." he answered.
"What?" My voice squeaked.
He looked at me and nodded. "I feel something that I'm sure your family has already felt. Something's off about her, really off and I don't know what that is. But I don't think that you should hang around her as much as you are now." He told me.
I shook my head, he's lying, I know he is. "Liar! Get out!" I yelled at him. He looked at me with hurt in his eyes, well I didn't care, I know he's lying and even if I'm wrong I don't care if I am. I just don't want to see him right now.
His eyes went hard, "If you don't believe me, ask your family." He whispered and just walked past me out the door. "I'm not going to hurt you Ness." He turns toward me.
"Do you?" Hope coming into me, but my jealousy still there.
"Cross my heart, and hope to die." My eyes widen. Alexis said the exact same thing. I looked back at him and saw his eyes sincere, but the jealousy in me rages on and on, "Even if you don't believe me, I promise you that I won't. I cross my heart. Ness, cause I care about you." I turn my back on him as he walks out the door.