Elaina's POV

Chapter. 9. Scars.

Today was great! Besides Alice's make-over and the looks I got from Taylor. You know the looks girls don't want guys to give them. But I kind of liked that Taylor would give me those looks. But I hide that from him the best I could. Now I was getting ready for bed. I was happy to be sleeping in the same bed as Taylor. Though he did not sleep. But my dreams were much better when he was there. I had dreams and not nightmares when he was there.

I looked at the night close Alice packed me. It would not do. I usually wore a longed sleeved shirt and pants. This was shorts and a tank top. The scars on my back would show. I walked into Alice's room where she was reading. She looked up from the book and smiled at me. But as she saw I was still in my clothes she frowned. "Why aren't you in the night clothes I got you?" She seemed hurt. "I'm cold. Do you have anything with more clothing?" She eyed me suspiciously before going to her closet that was bigger than her room-and threw some clothes at me. Long sleeved. Good. "Thanks." I said before turning around to head for the bathroom. After I was dressed I headed to Taylor's room and climbed in the bed. Taylor laid next to me and I soon fell asleep. But not a peaceful sleep.

I was having that dream again. The one where the monster is hurting me. Make it stop! I wanted to scream. So I did. I was crying and screaming. I was awoken by the whole Cullen family who looked worried sick. It only made me cry all the more. Alice walked closer to me and grabbed my hand. "Come with me Elaina. We need to talk." She said picking me up and running me to her car. We got in and drove far away. After a while she pulled the car to the side of the road and turned it off. She turned to face me.

"Elaina I am very good at blocking Edward and Taylor." I looked at her for a long moment. But I knew I could trust her. I took off my shirt and showed her the long stripped scars all over my back. She gasped loudly. "What happened to you?" She said tracing the scars with her cool hand.

"The monster. She got mad at me. Alice it hurts so much. It feels like the scar go all the way to my heart. Alice my heart hurts." I said tears flowing down my face. I put my shirt back on and Alice hugged me tightly. "Do you want to tell me about it?" She asked. I knew I could trust her. I nodded my head and began to tell her the story of the monster.

"I was staying with Aro as you know. Gianna was on a trip. She came back and was very mad that I had all of Aro's attention. She has a power. It does things like this to people. They call her a sword. It hurt so much. After that I started having panic attacks and Aro had to send me away. Gianna would sneak in my room at night. She would use her power on me. I never lost a drop of blood though. That was what made her power so weird. She could make this pain happen but it like, happened under your skin. So I never bled, which was good because if I had I would be dead. Alice, she is a monster. And she comes for me every night in my sleep.

"Taylor doesn't understand why I am so okay with becoming a vampire. But Alice vampires don't sleep. And I cant help thinking that maybe, just maybe, this pain will go away if I become a vampire. That maybe my heart will heal with the scars. Gianna let go of her heart way before she was changed. She is the worst monster out there. I have thought about killing her for the past eleven years. Is that bad?" Alice looked at me, her eyes full of worry. "No Elaina it is not bad. I want to kill this woman very much right now. Why don't you want Taylor to know about this?"

"Alice I can see what he is trying to do. He keeps trying to fix me. Why should I make it any harder? Besides, I'm afraid he would go after her." Alice turned the car on. "Elaina, Taylor cares very much for you. He truly does. He is not fixing you. You are fixing him. Cant you see that? He needs you as much as you need him. If not more. He loves you. You are his best friend. He wont even admit that he is apart of this family. But he has said he is your best friend since day one. He was alone. You were alone. But now you guys found each other." She closed her eyes for the shortest moment.

"I see the future Elaina. I saw Taylor's future before you. I didn't see you. But now when I look at Taylor future I cant see anything but you. We don't have secrets in this family. We want you to be apart of this family." She said smiling at me. I yawned and looked at her returning the smile. "Let's go home Alice. It's going to be a long night, and I am going to be talking a lot." Alice's smile got even bigger as she turn the car around and headed home. It felt good to call it home.

A/N Okay so it's late I was bored and thought I would throw this out there. Please review! Thanks for reading!

-Esmefan1-Elissa.