An Impossible Reality

Chapter 16- To The Next Step

Disclaimer- still don't own twilight... sad, but I really AM over it now xx

Alix POV

"This... coat?" I looked down and cursed internally for not noticing it before, but it was just so damn comfortable. You would think he would have remembered his own damn jacket, dear god I will have to tell her the truth now won't I? Well it's worth a shot...

"Yeah, you know the one you're wearing that isn't yours." She was narrowing down on the subject. Crap, think of a lie Alix, and a decent one this time leprechauns don't breaks things for you! Again I am so in love with my brain my heart could just burst!

"It's mine mum." I lied. She couldn't know about Edward, hell I didn't even know enough to give her a consistent story.

"No it's not." Mum counter-acted. Jesus she has never done this before, and oddly enough I didn't have a goofy grin on my face like I normally did when I lied. I wasn't giggling and I sure as hell wasn't crying not like I would be but since Edward and the crying in the car I got the feeling that subjects with Edward got me emotional.

"Yes it is!" my voices' loudness skyrocketed and was at an all time high. "God mum! I mean, I have had this coat for ages. Wow, how could you forget? Sometimes I wonder if you actually care," cue the fake sob, "I am going to go to my room and ponder on these thoughts. Good night mother." Come on, straight to the hole, home run, touchdown you can do it Alix just a little further.

I was now at the top of the stairs. "I still don't believe you!" she called up and I turned to glare at her smug face.

"Whatever then!" and with that I stomped into my room. Dear god could that have been any bigger of a train wreck?

My mobile began to ring pulling me off of my cursing of the post dinner argument. It was Jess. "Hello?" I asked, waiting for her to attack me with questions.

"Alix?"

"Hey Jess, I was gonna call you in a bit."

"You got home okay?" she sounded relieved and... surprised?

"Yeah, I left my jacket in your car, I was wondering if you could maybe bring it in tomorrow for me?" I knew she would have to but it's always polite to provide a choice.

"Yeah, yeah sure! But tell me what happened!" she wasn't shy about cutting to the chase.

"um, yeah I will but tomorrow in trig alright?"

"Oh is your mum there?"

I didn't know what to tell her so I lied. "Yeah."

"Oh okay then, talk to you tomorrow. Bye!" she was obviously disappointed and impatient I doubt she will even wait till trig but I prayed that she would.

I can't decide anything on what to tell her without asking Edward about it first. I mean, what are we? Are we dating? Are we not? Are we friends or he is he just my hero who comes to my rescue? I had no idea and I know she just wants to know whether we are together or not.

I changed into my biggest comfiest t-shirt and short shorts before snuggling under my thick duvet. It made me feel even more tired since when you get warm you tend to get sleepy. I took one last glance at the moon before my eyelids dropped and I was sent spiralling into the darkness of my dreams when I realised three things.

One- Edward Cullen was indeed a vampire. Two- there was a part of him, and I am not quite sure how dominant that part is but there is a part of him that thirsted for my blood. And three- I was totally and completely in love with him and there wasn't a fucking thing I could do about it.

Edward POV

I wasn't in the house for five seconds before Rosalie was pushing me into the living room for a 'family meeting' this was getting out of hand with her, she just doesn't want someone else to be happy with someone who can do the stuff that she can't like have a beating heart and a menstrual cycle.

"Edward. Son. We love you, and want what's best, is Alix what is best?" Carlisle reasoned, I am sorry, Rosalie wanted and intervention and it shut her up I smirked and nodded to his question.

"Carlisle, she is perfect. Everything I ever wanted. She is the best thing I could ever imagine to have. She is complex and funny and sweet and caring and hot headed. She is talented and can make me smile even when I don't want to. Carlisle, she is my singer." The girls gasped and Emmett just looked confused and Jasper was expressionless, when Alix was ever brought up in conversation like this he tried not to think about her, it made him restless.

"Is she?" Rosalie gasped, anger covering her face whilst her voice was breathless and shocked like she just had the wind knocked out of her or something.

"Yeah, Rose, she is. I am drawn to her; remember when I was totally miserable last week. That was why, because I tried to stay away from her but I just couldn't!" I pleaded to her with my eyes for her to let me be happy and suffer in silence like have done since they all found their respective partners.

She let out a growl of frustration. "FINE! You know what Edward, fuck you- no! Fuck all of you! You act like this isn't a big deal and that it will all work out and we will all live happily ever after but news flash guys it won't! She will die and it will all be on your shoulders since I seem to be the only one voting no for her being in this family or around it! The second word gets out about us gaining a new Achilles heel, we will be a target, and we will all die. I hope you all are happy with yourselves." And with that she ran out of the house and sped off into the night.

Surprisingly enough, Emmett stayed. "Don't do this Em, she will put you in the dog house." I reasoned and he shook his head folding his arms.

"She can bitch all she likes. I want a cool little human sister for me taunt. Don't get me wrong Alice you're fun but you shop too much. She plays instruments and she is funny, sarcastic too!" He chuckled and we all laughed at how she was.

Three things became apparent to me at that moment. One- majority of my family loved my singer and I would not have to leave the home and create a scandal. Two- Alix had accepted me and my family for what we were, blood drinkers or not and three- I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with her.

Alix POV

When I awoke I was definitely sure last night had to be a dream. Fighting the logic was impossibly hard but I knew I could do it. I had to do it, since though I was taught my whole life that things like Edward and the Cullen's for that matter did not exist, my imagination was not that imaginative, as hard as I tried.

I mean it wasn't like there wasn't any evidence to back up my night. I mean, I had the vivid memory and the fucking coat. Which I had to hand him back today, in front of everyone. Fuck. Start the rumour tree now eh? I might as well post it on facebook.

I decided there was more than enough reason to believe that Edward was in fact a vampire, I was in the know and that he was evidently the love of my life. I just needed to know how the fuck a relationship could work with someone who wanted to drain me. I would have to ask him what he wanted because being perfectly honest, just being sat next to him in biology was enough to tide me over for a night.

I got up and shoved on my comfiest jeans and Japanese based t-shirt. My phase with everything Japanese came in handy for comfort because this shirt was really comfy. I grabbed my red converse and pulled them onto my feet tying them as best as I could in the nervous state I had forced myself into with worry and the possibility of unmet expectations.

I ran a brush through my hair and pulled it up into a pony tail. I had been cursed with bushy hair that morning and had decided to fuck sorting it out I had no patience this morning. As I was applying my eyeliner a loud horn honking outside brought me back into the real world.

With pure curiosity in mind I looked out of my bedroom window to see not only a silver Volvo but a very hot looking Edward Cullen leaning against it. Great! The fucking neighbours will be on my neck for the latest Cullen gossip. I grabbed his cream coat, my Jack Skellington Nightmare Before Christmas bag and leapt out of my room.

Mum was stood in the hallway staring at me smugly. "Your coat then?" she giggled a little and huffed, and shook my head.

"I will tell you all you need to know when I get home." Then I skipped out of the door to look at him. "I'm getting a lift then?"

"I thought it would be fitting." He smiled.

"Fitting?" I raised an eyebrow and he nodded before moving swiftly across the hood of the car, very James Bond like if you ask me, and opened my car door for me. I glared and walked around.

"I can open my own damn door ampire-vay!" he cringed a little before refocusing his attention and then gave me a gentle shove to get me to stumble ungracefully into the car seat. "Thanks, but I didn't mean I couldn't sit down by myself either."

"If I left everything we do to you we would be late for school. And anyway, we need to get our story straight for Jessica don't we?" that shocked me as he fastened my seatbelt for me too but I was too shocked to glare or scowl or anything, I just gaped. How the hell did he know that?

"How... I mean I didn't even..." I stumbled to find a sentence and just gave up as he sat down in his own seat and started the car.

"That is something I will explain later but right now, we need to decided what we are going to tell her." He reasoned as the speed increased before slowly decreasing a little and I realised he was looking at me.

"At least look like you need to look at the road." I huffed and he chuckled before looking at the road with fake need. "And for the previous point, whatever you want is fine with me."

"So if I said I never wanted to talk to you again, you would be fine?"

"Okay let me rephrase that. Whatever you want I will do, but I won't necessarily be happy about it." He nodded and paused, his bushy eyebrows knitting together like they did when he was confused or really focusing on something, I was judging this to the fact that he normally had a glint in his eyes when he was confused and it wasn't there, he was just trying to word his sentence without sounding like a total jackass I suppose.

"So if I said, I wanted to be your boyfriend, you would say yes?" HELL YES!

"I would call it taking one for the-" he looked at me with a knowing look. "Fine, I would be ecstatic. Is this your way of asking me out?"

He looked away from me completely so I could even see half of his face. "Maybe." I let out a soft giggle and placed my warm soft hand on his cold hard one. I jumped a little from the sheer chill I got but the electricity that followed soon after calmed me down and brought me back down to noticed how he his classic crooked grin on his face. He liked me back, no that wasn't just 'like,' that was dare I say it... love?? If he was in love with me my world would be so much better.

"So are we going out with each other?" I asked and he beamed at me, something I had never seen him do and he nodded. Just before we pulled into the parking lot I shot across the car and pecked him on the cheek before getting back into my seat.

The look on his face was priceless and when he touched his cheek afterwards I was sure he felt the spark I felt just doing that. Just from the presence of him I could feel the electrical impulses surging through the two of us.

We pulled into the parking lot and I spotted Jess and Lauren gawking at me and Edward like a giant pile of gold bars in a 2.5 billion dollar mansion. The other kids didn't really care until they spotted Rosalie's BMW being drove in with no Edward and a glum looking Rosalie.

He got out and walked to the passenger side and I could see the kids looking for my orange bug, but they weren't going to find it. Edward opened my door and took my hand as I got out. The small bits of affection were the best thing since French baguettes with real butter, not that spreadable light shit you can buy to be 'healthy' screw healthy I like taste, but anyway, that is one hell of a statement when it comes to me.

I smiled at him and he brought my hand to his lips and kissed it gently. I nearly fell over but he strategically placed a hand on my waist to keep me standing, the damn dazzler. "Edward! Everyone is fucking staring at us, can we just get out of this parking lot and into some place where they can't harass me?" he nodded and hugged me lightly before guiding me into the classroom for first period.

"Will you survive without me?" he smirked and inched closer to him. His unneeded breath hitched and stroked the collar of his shirt.

"I think I will manage, you?" he smiled and pried off my hand.

"I will have to but I swear to you, the second I can I will be in all of your classes. I will not be away from you when scum like Mike Newton is sniffing around you like a prize." His eyes darkened and I cupped his cheek bringing his eyes to mine. They softened and I gazed up at him.

"He is nothing compared to you, and whenever he comes even close to me I don't feel the electricity like I feel with you so 'see yourself clearly'!" he chuckled. "So any help for what she wants?"

"That's not fair!" he grinned wickedly and I scowled.

"No, you denying the use of your should-be-useful noggin isn't fair!"

"Fine. Only because you won't let me go otherwise. She wants to know whether we are secretly dating and how you feel about me." Wow, she knows how to juice the fruit doesn't she? Shit, just be honest, this is what we are now, totally honest.

"Wow, she is picky huh?" he nodded. "Can I tell her we are dating?"

"I was going to suggest it." He smiled and held his hand.

"But I want to tell you my feelings first. I think I-" then Jessica appeared so he ran off to 'get to class' but I just saw it as 'you're on your own baby!' I scowled and vowed to myself that I would get him back.

"Tell me everything!" She gushed before running off into the classroom and skipping to our places where she literally vibrated in her seat because of the excitement.

"Well. Depends on what you want to know?" I was dodging the question. I knew the second she knew the truth I would be the school hit and taking Edward down with me.

"What happened after we left?"

"He bought me dinner and took me home." I shortened the true story but I couldn't tell her he was a mythical creature.

"How the hell did you get home so fast?"

"He drives like a damn psychopath. I was scared for my life but I got home safe and sound obviously." I smiled; take that Edward cos I know damn well you heard it!

"Was it like a date- did you tell him to meet you there?" I never thought of that.

"No I didn't plan it I swear- I was very surprised to see him there." Her lips puckered in disappointment at the transparent honesty in my voice.

"But he picked you up for school today?" she probed.

"No, I just magically appeared into his car this morning. Of course I did!" I was getting tired of her 20 questions. I liked it with Edward since he was interesting and it was going to be two way. This was just so she could report to Lauren so she could use it to her advantage, in some way.

"Are you guys going out again?"

"I don't know," string her along for a bit. "He said he would take me to Seattle because he doesn't think my car will make it with environmentally friendly standards. Does that count?" of course it fucking does!

"Yes." She beamed, containing her excitement well.

"Well, I guess that's a yes." Sarcasm was still there I wasn't sure she sensed it.

"W-o-w." She extended it into 3 syllables. "Edward Cullen."

"I know." Wow wasn't the right statement. Holy freakin shit and OMIGODEDWARDCULLENLIKESME! Would probably do the trick.

"Wait!" her arms shot out and grabbed my shoulders. "Has he kissed you yet?"

"No, we aren't there yet." I mumbled, disappointment radiating between us two.

"Do you think on Saturday...?" she trailed.

"Most likely not." I tried to hide it but this conversation just took a very depressing turn.

"What did you talk about?" she whispered to me and I noticed class had started but not everyone had silenced.

"I don't know! Lots of stuff." I hissed as I tried to focus, as the noise was dying down.

"Come on Alix there has to be something!" she complained.

"Fine! Um, there was a waitress flirting with him outrageously but he didn't pay her any attention and she was gorgeous and older than us both. Probably about twenty. Is that a good sign?" I asked.

"That is a great sign." She smiled. "He must like you."

"I think he does but I can never tell. He is so cryptic!" I scribbled down the equation Mr. Varner had just wrote on the board. "And before you ask me I like him too."

"How much?"

"More than him I can assure you." I looked down. "But I don't know what I can do about it." I blushed really hard and discovered there was no need for the make-up this morning.

Mr. Varner called on her and she never had a chance to restart the conversation so I took this as a sense of relief. I sat through the classes and spotted her again on the way to the lunch room. "You aren't sitting with us are you?" she giggled and I shook my head as I waved goodbye and headed towards the door out of the Spanish room and walked right into the hard chest of Edward Cullen- official Greek god of Forks high school WA.

"Hey." He said amused.

"Hi." I blushed and he slung his arm around my shoulder.

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