"SHIT! That hurts!" I screamed in pain as Alice wiped the venom from my cuts with a warm cloth.
After the two men left the room and locked the door I had looked around for a while but quickly got to weak to do much and so instead of messing up the nice bed they prepared I spread myself out on the concrete floor and closed my eyes willing my body to heal faster. A couple hours later I heard the door unlock, open, close, and then lock again indicating one of them had come in.
I opened my eyes scanning the room only to see the small pixie who had tackled me in the forest by the door. I could feel a slight irritation build that she had the nerve to come in here, but I restrained a growl and settled for ignoring her, closing my eyes once again.
I could hear her sigh and move slightly closer to me but stopped once she reached about a foot from where I was lying. She then gracefully sat herself down and cleared her throat softly.
"Do you know who I am?" She whispered softly. I cracked open one of my eyes and was mildly shocked by the look of pain across her face. She was a mess… Of course every vampire was beautiful to no end, but her hair was messed up in every direction, trails indicating how many times she had run her fingers through it, and she had the most crestfallen face I had ever seen; vampire, or human. It looked like someone had told her they had just eaten her puppy.
Deciding to take some sympathy on her until I knew her a little better I shook my head no but winced slightly when I moved it to far to one side stretching my torn shoulder.
She looked at me for a couple moments before extending her hand out to me. "I'm Alice. We used to be best friends, but since Jacob; that werewolf you fought attacked you, you have had no remembrance of me or anyone in our family."
My eyes widened slightly before I slowly began getting up ignoring the ache flowing through me. "I'm Anna… and I don't know for sure but something tells me you weren't lying about being best friends, but I don't believe I was part of your family."
Alice's eyes lost a little of their shine but a determined look glinted as she raised her chin a notch. "Yes you are… now no more arguing. Let's get you cleaned up."
After that she had taken it upon herself to grab a bucket full of steaming hot water and a cloth, and had been mildly torturing me since; me wreathing in pain on the concrete floor while Alice 'gently' cleaned my wounds. Truth be told she really was being gentle, but the wounds were too fresh, any amount of pressure hurt.
"I'm sorry." She whispered softly wiping the middle slash on my stomach. I laid back down on the bed and sighed unhappily; this sucked. I sucked in a breath when Alice moved the cloth carefully against the bottom cut, her hand trailing lightly behind it causing goose bumps to freckle the skin her hand had just touched.
What was that? I asked myself looking back towards Alice to see if she noticed. Her hand paused over my stomach so I knew she had, but before I had a chance to question her about it she had ripped the sleeve off of my shirt and began cleaning the deep wound on my shoulder.
"Fuck, fuck! Oh god!" I screamed in pain as she cleaned the dirt and venom out of the wound. It hurt so badly, I couldn't stand it.
Bolting up quickly I moved across the room panting loudly. It was a strange habit for a vampire to have; breathing deeply when in immense pain, but it seemed I couldn't help it as heave after heave of air pushed past my mouth into my awaiting lungs. Closing my eyes I began calming myself down and in a matter of minutes I opened my eyes again looking towards a slightly shocked Alice.
"I'm sorry…" I said bowing my head in embarrassment.
I hated looking so weak in front of Alice. I didn't know why but for some reason I felt like I had to prove something to her, even though everything I did screamed unworthy.
Moving slowly back towards the floor where Alice was still seated I sat myself down and removed my shirt so she could have better access to the entire cut opposed to just what the sleeve revealed.
Alice's breath hitched but before I could say anything she placed the cloth back into the bowl of steaming water and then back to my shoulder. I winced and shuddered in pain but remained silent as she continued wiping the wound clean. After about five minutes she was finally finished with my shoulder.
"Turn around so I can clean the wounds on your head"
Doing what she asked I turned around. She was now face to face with me but her eyes weren't looking at my face. To my utter shock but not displeasure she was looking at my bra-clad breasts. I shivered under her stare and cleared my throat lightly breaking her out of her trance.
Shaking her head slightly she looked me straight in the eye apologizing for her rude behavior but it was too late. I had seen the longing in her eyes and immediately it triggered another memory. One of a vampire and Alice rolling among the forest floor kissing passionately; there was something very familiar about the vampire on top of Alice. Realization dawned as I recognized the vampire to be the human girl in the memory from before. Something told me it went deeper then that as a slight panic set in. I leaped from my sitting position on the floor and ran at vampire speed to the mirror.
The vampire and I; we both had the same dirty blonde hair; with the same hardened stony features, though the vampire in the memory seemed so blissfully happy…. The person in the memories was me. I was the one making out with her? I looked back towards Alice and slowly made my way back to where she was sitting. Sitting back down once again I grabbed the cloth and placed it in her hands.
She took this as a hint and began wiping the cuts on my head. I winced in pain but sighed when Alice's fingers trailed my cheek softly, comfortingly. I wasn't sure what was going on, but it seemed that no matter how Alice touched me, my body seemed to respond against my will.
My mind blacked out with the force of the new memories attacking my mind. Pictures of my life filled in the unknown gaps from before as I began remembering everything from both my human and vamperic life.
"Alice?" I sighed happily when I regained my sight; looking her straight in the eye.
She stopped patting my head with the cloth and placed it back in the bowl looking at me curiously. I could see the look of longing and pain roll through her eyes as she looked at my face, thinking I still didn't know who she was.
"Yes Anna?" She asked with a hint of curiosity in her voice.
I wasn't sure what my face was showing but I was positive it must have confused poor Alice. I swallowed nervously wringing my hands in my lap preparing myself for whatever reaction she would have to my next words.
"I think…I think I remember who you are…" I smiled slightly at the look of pure shock on her face but it slowly faded as the silence led on. Her eyes were continuously shifting from one of my eyes to the other searing for any type of lie but there was none to be found.
"Are you sure?" She whispered in a begging tone. Her eyes were adorably pleading for me to be telling the truth. I nodded my head.
"Oh thank god, I thought you would never remember me." Alice mumbled before she threw herself at me squeezing me into one of her death-grip hugs.
I hugged her back with just as much force despite how my injuries ached. A soft gasp escaped my mouth though when Alice softly brushed my torn shoulder. Immediately she pulled away from me and stared towards the cut which was now slowly dripping venom down my arm.
"I am so sorry" her eyes opened wide as she moved a couple more steps back. Before she could get to far though I grabbed her hand and gently pulled her to my side again. With my free hand I wrung out the cloth and began wiping my shoulder grimacing when a shockwave of pain vibrated through my upper body.
Alice released my hand and moved hers over the one that was wiping my shoulder. I paused looking over at her as she tossed the cloth away from us and bent her head over slowly licking the small amount of venom left, trailing it back to my wound.