Hey guys! I'm glad you like the last one! :D You guys are so cool! Anyway, thanks for reading, I actually no one would read this. More in store; so don't go away. Anyway, I really hope you like this chapter; it was one of my favorite to write! Gotta love Demetri and Alec ;) Anyway, there's lots of lovey-dovey in here, and for those who love action and suspense, don't worry! That's coming up very soon! Oh no! I'm giving away too much! Nothing else to say expect: Have fun reading! Cheers.
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Alena POV
As soon as we reached the house I literally jumped out of the moving car, somehow landing on my feet. I distinctly heard someone yell… by the low tone of voice and harsh Italian curse, I knew it was Demetri.
The car stopped with a deafening squeal and something faster than a blub jumped out, slammed the door and ran to me. Demetri grabbed my shoulders roughly.
"Amore Mio! You! Come è difficile ti ha colpito? Crazy donna! No! You are beyond crazy! Did you not listen to a single word I said in the car?"
I frowned, "Of course I was! And I'm not crazy!"
He raised an eyebrow, "So after I said that I never ever wanted to loose you again, you go and jump out of moving car?!"
I whined, trying to shrug myself out of his grasp, "I'm so sorry, I just, I wanted to see my family."
He hung his head and let go of my arms and waved his hands apologetically.
"Of course, I'm sorry. Your family…"
I gave a sad smile, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have worried you." I cupped his hand in my hands and leaned my head in. I smirked as I placed a gentle kiss on his lips.
"ALENA!" A sing-song voice yelled out from the front door.
Alice!
I looked at Demetri; he chuckled under his breath and rolled his eyes, "Go for it."
I rolled my eyes briefly, "Like I had to ask for your permission."
He smiled softly, "Not that you had to, but it touches me you did." He mock touched his unbeating heart.
I kissed his cheek and then ran over to the front door, Alice met me half way, practically strangling me in a hug.
"Oh, my god! I don't know why I never thought of it! Going and getting you!"
I hugged her as tight as I could back, "Is she going to come back, for me?"
Alice grinned happily, "No! That's the best bit! Demetri scared that woman half to death, she's never coming back. In fact, when she gets back to wherever she came from, she's immediately taking herself to a psyche Ward."
My eyes opened wider, "You're kidding! You mean I'm free? She's not coming back, ever?"
Alice nodded happily, "Yes! That's exactly what I mean!"
I squealed and hugged her tightly back.
In the next second, she was dragging me back inside. I looked back to see Demetri walk back from the direction of the garage, twirling the key in his hands and occasionally throwing them up and further away from him so he could run forward quickly and catch it again.
As soon as I stepped inside the house, I was bombarded by Rose, Esme, Nessie and Bella. After then I received a bone crushing hug from Emmett and two sincerely loving ones from Carlisle and Edward. Jasper grinned and slung on arm around me, giving me the usual one arm hug.
I looked past them and saw Alec standing there with an indignant look and arms crossed. I ran forward and drew him in a hug.
"I can't believe I wasn't here," he growled, "I would have murdered that bitch! This is actually all Edward's fault; he probably knew something was going to happen, so he took us away."
He shot a glare in Edward's direction who shrugged.
"I'm sorry; I couldn't risk something like that happening. I'm sure you understand."
Then, Edward's eyes turned white and he hissed, "Give me back my sight!"
Aro coughed, "Alec," He reprimanded, "That is no way to treat your host."
Alec sighed, "Yes master."
Edward's golden eyes slowly returned and this time, he shot a glare at Alec.
"Boys..." I sighed, mainly to myself, but ended up in making the whole room laugh.
"It's good to have you back." Alec laughed along with everyone. I looked around, everything finally seemed right.
I walked into the kitchen, hoping to find something to eat. Wait? What was I saying? Of course I'd find something to eat. I shoved my hand in one of my back pockets in my jeans, with my other hand; I opened the pantry door and tapped my chin thoughtfully. Ahh! Salad looked good right now. My hand in my back pocket enclosed around something. I pulled the object out. It kept coming out. They were earphones that belonged to my phone. OH NO! My phone!
"Looking for this?" A low, accented voice asked. The corner of my lips curved into a smile. I turned around and reflexively caught the object he lobbed at me.
"How'd you get this?" I turned the object around in my hand.
He shrugged, "It was on the floor, next to that woman that is so conveniently your mother."
I rolled my eyes, "I'm glad I'll never have to see her ever again. Thank you so much. I knew it was good to keep you around for something."
He rolled his eyes, "Yeah, yeah."
"Hey, Alena! Lena!" Alec's voice wandered into the kitchen.
"Yeah?"
"Uh, I had to call Chloe, to cancel the date thingy. It's tomorrow now."
I gasped, "Oh gosh! I completely forgot about that!"
He shrugged, "Not your fault. Anyway, she said she wanted to spend the night with us tomorrow."
I nodded, "Someone's eager."
He snorted, "Shut up."
I grinned and rolled my eyes. Pulling out a box of 2 minutes Easy Mac; I cooked some and sat the table tiredly, shoveling the food into my mouth. Demetri sat on the chair next to me and read a book while I ate. Alec thought it was interesting to pull up a chair across from me and watch me eat. After a while, I stopped and pulled the spoon out of my mouth, scrapping it across my teeth.
"What?" I asked, subconsciously wiping my mouth.
He frowned, "What's her favorite color, flowers, book, and movie and so on?" He asked, head tilted the slightest bit.
I laughed, "Blue, Calla Lilies, Widow of the South, Paris-When it sizzles."
He grinned at me, standing up and ruffled my messy hair, "Thanks."
I rolled my eyes, "Yeah, no problem."
He left to hunt, leaving me with Demetri. We both looked sideways at each other, smirks on our face. I began to eat again after that, and then pausing, spoon in hand, resting my face on my palm. Demetri constant page turns stop after a second and he looked at me with a quizzical frown.
"Red, white Tulips, don't have a favorite and The Holiday."
I smiled meekly and tilted my head thoughtfully, "How old are you?"
"Two-thousand-and-fifty!" A voice called out from the living room.
I sighed in relief as Demetri rolled his eyes and muttered, 'Jane's just joking.'
"So how old are you really?"
Demetri smirked guiltily, "I really don't think you ought to know."
I scooted my time and rested my hand on his chest, he shuddered a little. I had him.
"How old are you?" I smiled gently.
His eyes closer and he took my hand off his chest and put it to rest of my lap. Then he put his hand on my neck and let it trail down, almost down the low cut of my shirt.
I had a feeling the words 'two can play at this game' was running through his mind. I narrowed my eyes and stuck my tongue out.
"I know what you're doing, I still want to know, and you cannot distract me."
He sighed and pulled his hand away, rubbing his chin thoughtfully. With a cheeky smirk, I let my hand fall on his leg, more upper than the knee, well; it was practically on his pelvis and well, yeah… I looked in the other direction, pretending to be completely oblivious to what I did.
It took all my strength not to burst out in laughter as I watched out of the corner of my eye as Demetri just stared at his lap, his mouth hanging open more than slightly. He licked his lips nervously, his gaze never leaving the position of my hand. He blinked repeatedly, more that was necessary for a vampire, even for a human. He gulped, blinked some more. I had to draw in a huge breath to keep myself from letting a laughing one out. My brow creased in a definite sign of concentration to not laugh. I glanced at his and saw him look at me from the corner of his eye. His gaze narrowed when he caught me looking at him. I raised an eyebrow, patiently waiting for an answer. He broke the playful gaze and kept looking down, as if deciding what to do. I finally heard a defeating sigh and I pulled my hand away giving him an expectant stare.
"Alright, you win." He groaned.
I grinned and raised an eyebrow in wait.
He sighed again, "Well, I'm probably older than everyone in your family stacked together… I'm, well, I'm--, I'm uh-"
"Spit it out!" I groaned.
He shot me a withering that made me in fact, giggle. "I'm getting to that." He snapped. He frowned again at me as if to say: 'you brought this on yourself.'
"I'm… a thousand and six."
My eyes widened.
"No, it's not a bad thing, I mean, age is only a number. Physically I'm twenty-one. So it's not that bad!" He started to ramble.
I started to laugh, the vulnerable look on his face amusing me to bits.
"What?" He asked in a timid voice.
I chuckled, "Nothing. You're adorable!"
His worried expression was incensed, "Adorable?" He choked out, "Adorable? You think I'm adorable?"
I nodded slowly, wondering where I went wrong.
"Yes, I think you're adorable." I said back slowly.
"I'm the world's greatest tracker, I've killed hundreds, and I'm deadly! A good majority of the vampire kingdom is afraid of me, and you think I'm adorable." He spat the word out.
I nodded slowly, "Yeah, so?"
He frowned, "Go, ask someone else if I'm 'adorable'." He half growled.
I rolled my eyes and shrugged, "Alright."
I got up and looking back, I saw him follow me. Out in the living room, heads looked up as we entered the room. I swore I saw Edward and Alice smirk through the corner of my eye.
"What's up?" I heard Alec say as I stood, my hands clasped tightly together in front of everyone.
I grinned, mostly to myself, "Do you think Demetri's adorable?" A trace of laughing heard in my tone.
While Edward laughed and Alice grinned, everyone else looked up with shock. I noticed in particular Jacob, Jane and Felix looking as though I was crazy.
"What?" I huffed.
"Demetri is anything but adorable and any other thing associated with that word." Alec's shocked voice bit in the air.
"Thank you." Demetri refined accented voice sounded from behind me.
I frowned and turned around, looking back at him, "What? He's so cute!" I pinched his cheek for good measure, laughing at the same time. He growled and gave such a piercing look that looked as though he'd rip the next person who looked at him to shreds.
"Oh you suck." I pouted.
Jane grinned and tilted her head, pretending to study Demetri, "I guess you could say he's adorable, in a really butt ugly way, actually no… what was I thinking?" She chuckled sarcastically under her breath.
I snorted a laugh, quickly smothering it with a laugh. Demetri just rolled his eyes. I sighed, giving up and gave him a quick peck on the cheek.
"Night everybody, I'm the only one sleeping." I muttered the latter part to myself.
"Night." Everybody muttered back.
I stumbled upstairs, yawning on the way heavily.
Getting changed, I climbed into the bed, absentmindedly rubbing my arm where she'd both slapped and scratched me. I felt ecstatic! She was gone! Never coming back! And I had Demetri to thank for that. However, at the same time, with ecstatic-ness came exhaustion... I yawned once more and then closed my eyes. Sometime later, I heard the door crack open and then felt a cool kiss on my cheek. I sort of remembered mumbling something unintelligent and incoherent before I completely black out and fell asleep.
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"Wake up sleepyhead!! I wanna shop!"
I groaned and rubbed my eyes. Perched on the bed, leaning over me, was a small vampire, smiling widely and shaking me. Alice.
"What do you want you annoying thing." I muttered.
She pouted and then proceeded to bounce on the bed so there was no way I could relax and sleep again.
"Bitch, get off me!" I grumbled.
She giggled, "Language missy!" However, she thankfully got off the bed, but not before she took my arm and pulled me off the bed in the same second.
"I'm not up yet." I mumbled, burying my head in the pillow.
"Argh!" I moaned and I hit the floor.
She giggled again and pulled me up, "Now you're up. Come on, let's get dressed."
"Where are we going?"
"Port Angeles, it's going to be warm"
"Demetri! Psycho woman is trying to harass me!" I hissed.
She giggled, "Don't you worry about Demetri, and he's coming too."
My mouth dropped, "Oh dear, poor guy." I mumbled.
She shrugged, "He said he's coming to protect you."
My heart fluttered for a second, "Really?"
She rolled her eyes, "No, he's coming so he can see you suffer miserably." She bit back sarcastically.
"What about the sun and whole 'sparkle' dilemma?" I frowned.
She grinned, "That's why I picked a cloudy day to shop."
I grinned and hopped to the shower, having the quickest, hottest shower I'd ever had, then running back to the room, clinging madly to my towel on the way back to my room. I dressed in Black Lace Baby doll style top, grey, with a tint of dark blue, skinny jeans, and black leather ballet flats. I put all my things in my bag; I don't know why I was happy. I usually didn't like shopping with Alice too much, but today, I didn't mind it. Slinging my black slouch shoulder bag over my shoulder, I bounded down the stairs, almost crashing into a vampire.
"Whoa, little one." A gentle voice reprimanded.
I looked up to see starlight white hair.
"Oh Caius, I'm so sorry, I wasn't watching where I was going."
I feared Caius, I really did. So you would probably understand why my hands where shaking as he stood in front of me, his red blazing eyes boring into my brown ones. I broke the fearful gaze and started to walk away when suddenly he called my name.
"Alena."
Cringing, I pivoted on my heel back to him.
"Yes?"
His face looked almost… abashed as he glanced at me, "Could I er, ask you of a favor?"
I frowned and nodded. He leaned down and whispered in my ear.
"Could you ask Athenodora what her favorite flowers are?"
I stepped back, "You don't know?"
He rubbed a side of his face in embarrassment, "I do recall her once telling me, though I probably wasn't listening… and I'm afraid she won't be impressed if I just asked her what her favorite flowers are."
I nodded, "Sure thing. Um, I'll be back in a second."
I hurried over to the kitchen, swiping a piece of toast that was on Renesmee's plate.
"Thanks." I yelled hurriedly as she started to pout.
I looked around backyard as I burst through the door. There was Sulpicia and Athenodora, practicing their fighting skills. I hurried over to them, both stopping when they saw me.
"Hello little one." Sulpicia greeted, Athenodora, nodding. They both had fair blonde hair. Both also looked to frail and fragile, it was hard to imagine them fighting.
"Is there something you wanted?" Athenodora asked in her equally soft voice.
I shrugged, trying to seem inconspicuous, "Yeah, words been going around that it's you and Caius anniversary coming up soon."
If vampires could blush, I'm sure she would have.
"I do believe that's true, right Athey?" Sulpicia grinned; Athenodora gave a small smile in reply.
I took and more comfortable stance and pretended to wonder, "So, I was wondering, all girls love flowers, so what are your favorite flowers? I want to get you some."
Athenodora smiled, "Such a sweet thought young one. But I do believe that Caius will probably want to get flowers, if he remembers, that is."
I grinned, "He's the one that started talking about the anniversary," I paused to see her smile wider, "Anyway you can never have enough flowers… so?"
She nodded, "Sounds right… well, I suppose the answer is Cherry Blossoms."
I smiled at her answer, it was so… her. Gentle and fragile, just like she was… I nodded in thanks and ran over to Caius. I whispered the answer in his ear and he thanked me and left.
"Since when did little Alena share secrets with Caius…?" A voice laughed from the stairs. I looked up, instantly regretting it as I saw an Italian god walk down. He was dressed in a Calvin Klein V-neck white top, dark jeans and a pinstripe jacket on top. His silver Volturi necklace hung over his white shirt, almost as beautiful as he was. I smiled wryly to myself as I thought of what lay under those clothes. He raised an eyebrow at my smile but I brushed the unspoken question off with a hug as he descended the stairs.
"Caius just wanted to know something." I shrugged.
At that moment, a pixie like vampire ran down the stairs quickly without a single falter in her step and grabbed Demetri and my hand.
"Come on! Let's go!!"
I rolled my eyes and shrugged apologetically at Demetri.
"Sorry love." I muttered.
He grinned and let her drag us to my Audi. She got in the driver's seat leaving Demetri and I to the back seat. To my surprise, Jasper climbed gingerly into the backseat. Everyone knew he hated the shops. How he ended up with a mate who loved it… well, fate was obscurely cruel sometimes. However, when the car moved, the vampiress cast him a loving smile and all lines of frowning disappeared of his face. You could see that this vampire would follow his love to the ends of the earth.
As soon as we stepped foot in Port Angeles, she stopped in secure parking and dragged us to the closest shops. After three or four shops, Alice graciously let Demetri and I go off on our own, leaving her with Jasper, which was completely fine with me.
"Where now?" Demetri, his sullen mood had lifted as soon as Alice and Jasper had left.
I grinned and headed over to a shop that I often went to. He followed me happily in and watched as I rifled through the racks of clothes, inspected the shoes and rummaged through the bags.
"How much more shopping do you want to do?" He asked, genuinely curious as he held up the few bags that he was carrying for me.
"Just a tiny bit more, then we can go walking around the park or something."
"Don't you have enough?" Demetri joked.
I cast a wily grin at him, "Who said it was for me?"
His eyes opened a fraction bigger as he realized who I was shopping for.
"No! Amore Mio! No, non farlo. Ho già abbastanza."
I raised an eyebrow, "So when we get back America, you now speak Italian?"
He grinned, "Don't you like it when I do?" He pouted.
I laughed, "No, I love it."
I scanned the shop one more time, if I didn't see anything promising, I would walk out. Wait! Oh that was perfect! I headed quickly over to the hats and pulled out on. Demetri walked over with a quizzical frown on his face.
"Amore Mio?" He asked politely.
I grinned and put on the black pinstripe Fedora on him. I gasped as I stood back. It looked pretty good on him, matching with his open jacket. I gave a laugh as he made a face underneath the hat.
"No, no, no," I appraised, "It look good, no wait, it looks great. Sexy even…" I joked the last part.
He raised a perfect eyebrow under the hat and my breath was caught. He stalked closer up to me and wound his hands around my waist.
"Really now?" He purred.
"Uh huh." I was no breathless. How on earth could someone ever look like he did?
I walked over the counter, my eyes barely leaving his face. Only when the cashier cleared her throat did I pardon myself out of the trance.
"Is that all?" The woman looked pointedly at the hat.
I nodded and handed her a platinum credit card that Carlisle had once given me. I looked at the cashier, she looked about twenty. Her blonde lock, real, framed her face. Gorgeous sky blue eyes gazed past me. To Demetri. I frowned as soon as I realized this. I really wanted to rip her head off. As if he were sensing my distress, Demetri comforting took hold of my hand and squeezed it again. As soon as she checked out my chair and put the hat in a box, then a bag, handing it back, to which Demetri took, as well as the credit card, Demetri hastily steered me out of the shop.
"Calm down Amore Mio." He laughed gently.
I huffed a sigh, "I hate the way the girls look at you, I'm lucky that I have you."
He grinned and shook his head, "No, it's I who is quite lucky to have you."
I grinned, "Thank you."
We walked, hand in hand and found ourselves at a quiet park. Some other couples walked past, thankfully, too caught up in their significant other to notice a slight sparkle on Demetri. It was the time of the year when the leaves were changing from their flawless green to a more brilliant array of colors. Red, orange, yellow, bronze, gold, light green, brown and pale pinks adorned the leaves; I looked around in wonder, wishing profusely that I'd brought my camera. Before I knew it, the sun was beginning to set. Demetri and I were still in the spacious park, leaning against a waist high wall looking out at the sunset that was beyond the wall, resting on the sea in the nearby distance. I could the beach below me, a small dock overhanging the sea.
"This is beautiful."
He wrapped his arms around my waist and hugged me close. Together, we watched in wonder and silence as the sunset quietly and slowly. I sighed in content and rest my head on him.
"I love you." He sighed in reverence in my ear.
"As I do you." I replied in equal reverence back.
A leaf crunched behind us. We turned around quickly to see Alec behind us.
"What are you doing here?" I asked quietly, the corners of my mouth perking up into a small smile.
"We have a date." Alec grinned. I gasped! I'd forgotten about it again!
"I assumed you already know where she is." Demetri spoke with humor in his voice. I swear his voice, even though he was Italian, sounded almost… British...
"She's waiting at the movies, tickets already bought." He grinned back.
I nodded.
"We'd better get going then. Oh, and by the way Alec, stalking is a bad thing here."
He stuck his tongue out childishly but grinned all the same and walked in front. Briefly stopping by a bin, Demetri pulled the hat out of the box, placing it on his head and threw the box and bag in the bin.
"You look perfect." I smiled at him.
He grinned and took my hand; we both followed Alec as he led us out of the park and to the theatres which was quite nearby. We soon caught sight of Chloe waiting for us at a bench in front of the theatres. As soon as we were under the streetlight, I finally realized that Alec wasn't wearing his usual 'all-black.' He was wearing dark jeans, similar to Demetri, a shirt underneath, black and white striped jumper and black lace-up vans. He looked almost normal; set aside the fact his inhuman flawlessness.
"Hi." Chloe grinned, setting her eyes on Alec almost instantly. She walked up to me and placed an air-kiss on my cheek.
We all said hi back and then a comfortable silence settled. Though it was sort of unnoticeable to Alec and Chloe, who had taken into looking into each other eyes… I shot a look at Demetri who merely shrugged and smirked.
"Guys, when does the movie start?" I regrettably broke the silence.
Chloe shook her head and grinned guiltily back at me, "Sorry, um, I think it starts right now actually."
We headed inside and settled in for a movie. The movie we were watching was a funny romance called When in Rome with Kristen Bell and Josh Duhamel. After the movie finished, Chloe took us out to an Italian restaurant. We talked and laughed together, until the food came out. Penne was the menu.
I cringed as Demetri and Alec just stared at their food. I slowly brought my fork up to my mouth, silently wishing that Chloe wasn't here right now.
"Is there something wrong?" Chloe asked worried.
Demetri and Alec both gulped.
"No." Alec said in a slightly shaky voice. Demetri nodded in agreement.
"Then why aren't you eating?"
"I'm on a diet." Alec lied smoothly.
Chloe sighed, but then grinned, "Oh come on! Like you even need one! You're in perfect shape." Her face flushed red as soon as she said that. I had the urge to giggle as I put another fork of pasta in my mouth.
"Thanks for noticing." Alec hooked a charming smile on his face making her smile.
"So come on, just try some." She unknowingly battered her eyelashes, to which, was Alec's undoing.
"Okay." He said with a weak smile, not even trying to resist.
Demetri and I watched in horror as Alec forked a piece of pasta and drew it slowly to his mouth, opening his lips and delicately put the food in his mouth. He chewed a little too quickly and gulped it down. I cringed and saw Demetri do the same next to me.
Chloe slanted her eyes together in question, "Do you like it?"
Alec nodded slowly; you could see the disgust deep in his eyes, if you were looking for it.
Chloe smiled in approval as Alec forked another piece. As she looked away, however, he threw it quickly over his shoulder.
"I've got to go to the bathroom, I'll be back quickly."
Demetri nodded as she left and the two vampires quickly ditched their food in a bush that was next to us. I looked around and saw a couple at a table near us look strangely at Demetri and Alec, sniff their own food and then gingerly taste them… as if there was something wrong with their food. Now where on earth did they get that idea? Oh, wait a minute…
"That was disgusting!" Alec spat.
Demetri grinned, "The things you do for love."
Alec shot him a dark look, but then a sappy smile grew on his face.
"It's not that bad." I scolded gently.
Demetri shot me a contemptuous look, "Oh and I suppose you enjoy eating dirt my dear."
I narrowed my eyes, "It probably tastes better than you."
He smirked and rested his head on his palms and said smugly, "Oh you just wait until we get home, we'll see what you say then."
I grinned, "Really now, what are you going to do? Feed me you?"
"If that's what you want."
"Oh gross, can you guys cut that out." Alec's disgusted voice sliced the tension.
Chloe soon can back and she looked happy seeing that the food was gone.
"Wow, you guys eat fast."
Demetri smiled coyly, "It was but to die for."
I kicked him under the table, but instead of him grunting in pain, it was me grunting in pain.
"Now why on earth did you do that amore?" He chided teasingly.
I glared at him until he gave me a grin and I caved.
"Come on guys, let's go."
Chloe rummaged through her bag for her purse until Alec placed a hand on her shoulder, lucky, her shoulder was covered otherwise she would have felt the difference in temperature.
"It's alright, I got it." He grinned and took some money out of his back pants pocket and put it on the table.
"Thanks." Chloe smiled gently and titled her head thoughtfully at him.
"What are you thinking?" He asked gently.
"Most guys wouldn't care if the girl paid." She smiled in slight adoration.
"I'm not most guys." He replied back wittily.
I smirked as Demetri slipped his hand into mine.
"I'm not most guys too." He grinned coyly.
I rolled my eyes but gave a soft smile, "You're my guy though.
He laughed and enclosed and arm around my shoulder, hugging me tight as we walked towards the park again. I distinctly noticed Alec and Chloe walking hand and hand behind us.
"Possessive, I like it." He kissed my temple.
I grinned and slipped out of his grasp, running a little in front of him. I skipped into the park gates, I hadn't skipped in ages, only when I was really happy.
"Alena! Not to far ahead!" Demetri laughed as he followed.
I grinned and ran a little faster hoping he'd catch me in less than a heartbeat.
He didn't.
In fact, I didn't see anyone anymore. It was completely dark around me. Sure, I saw a few streetlamps here and there… but not enough. The gentle breeze grew in force a little and started whistling past my ears. The trees creaked around my and I felt a shiver run down my spine. I swore something ran beside me at terrifying speed. I turned around quickly, trying to see what it was.
"Demetri? Is that you?"
WOOSH!
There! The noise again! And footsteps accompanying it. My heart became a lump stuck in my throat.
"Allleeeeeennnnaaaaaaa………"
I yelped in fright as a voice drawled my name creepily.
Another shadow past behind me and I turned in hope to find it.
"Demetri?" I yelled out. No luck.
"Alec?"
Nothing.
"Chloe?"
Nothing.
"Guys!" I whined.
I felt something behind me. Something, or someone was there.
I turned slowly on my heel.
As I turned, I saw blonde hair where I was turning.
"Caius?"
I whispered, hoping it was the vampire I'd recently strengthened my friendship with.
"Wrong, again." A voice called from the blonde hair.
I froze. All over. The hairs on the back of my neck stood up on end.
"No." I gasped.
"Yes."
I whimpered in fright as I saw the vampire in front of me. No, no, no, no! My nightmares were becoming reality.
His paper white skin, blonde hair and red eyes blazed out in front of me despite the lack of light. Vladimir!
"Well hello Alena." He said, his unusual cheeriness almost matching Aro's.
"Vladimir," I gulped out, "What do you want?"
"Well, don't you remember our little meeting in Italy? You! For leverage. Does that jog your memory?"
My lower jaw trembled.
"No! They'll know it was you!"
He laughed, "Who wouldn't? I think we'll let down the shield for a mere few seconds, so that your love will be a little ruffled up."
I took an immediate step back, bumping into something. I looked around and saw a mop of red hair. Dan!
"Hello." His deep voice surprised me. I yelped and jumped forward but he grabbed a hold of my shoulders.
"Ready to go when you are." He told Vladimir who nodded. I briefly saw Ozera behind Vladimir, her beauty astounding me once more. What more, I saw her hand intertwined with Vladimir's. Mates? Possibly.
"Ozera. Just for a second."
She smiled at him and nodded.
Somewhere in the distant I heard a loud gasp. Then, out of the literally blue, there he was. Demetri.
"Vladimir! You will let her go." He ordered.
Dan then caught me in a harsh headlock and I choked for a second in surprise. Demetri froze and started to lunge forward.
"Uh-uh." Vladimir scolded just as Dan teleported with me out of the way so we were now next to Vladimir. I tried to pry myself out of the tough headlock but the more I struggled, the more the grip tightened and my consciousness started to slip as I choked.
"Don't!" Demetri gasped, his expression betraying fear.
"I'm afraid I can't do that." Vladimir grinned. Oh how I wanted to hit him right at this moment.
Suddenly Vladimir's eyesight disappeared, his eyes turning a frightful white. I breathed a sigh of relief, Alec!
"Ozera!" Vladimir spluttered out a guttural growl and soon Ozera put her shield up and the red faded back in. I then Alec beside Demetri in a crouch, just as Demetri was. Demetri let a growl rip through his throat and Alec hissed. I could hear Chloe yell out in the distant. Oh no! Not Chloe! I just hoped they didn't hurt Chloe!
"Well, we'll be going then." Vladimir laughed mirthlessly. He placed a hand on Dan, his hand still clasped with Ozera's.
"Demetri!" I yelled out one more time before the scene in front of me was pulled away and darkness overtook for a few seconds. Then, all of a sudden, I was at a totally different scene. An old room made of stone. There were chairs here and there and a small cot. A table stood opposite the bed. The window was too high and small to get out of and the door looked as though it bolted shut from the outside.
"Where am I?" I demanded as I slipped out of Dan's grasped and far away from them as I could.
Vladimir grinned, "In our hostage."
My lower jaw trembled as I backed away. Dan then placed his hand on both Ozera and Vladimir's shoulders and disappeared in front of my eyes!
I looked around, trying to find a way to escape. There was none!
I crawled on the bed and hugged my knees to my chest. I placed my head on my knees and the tears started to pour out.
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Demetri POV
I stood there in shock! She was gone! Gone! Alec was shooting me sympathetic looks, but his face was also clouded with remorse, Alena was like a little sister to him.
I dropped down onto my knees.
She.
Was.
Gone.
"Demetri. It's going to be alright. We'll find her." Alec laid a hand on my back.
"Alec! Alena! Demetri!" I heard Chloe's voice out of the corner of my mind. Soon, her footsteps had come closer and I heard her gasp as she saw me. She ran in front of me and crouched down.
"Demetri… are you okay?"
She touched her hand to mine sympathetically but then gasped.
"Your hands! Your skin… it's--"
My eyes hardened, "Cold! I know." I spat. She instantly recoiled back. I jumped up and let an annoyed growl rip through my throat again.
"What?" Her fearful voice whimpered through the air. I looked coldly at her, I was mad. At her, at Alec, at the world! How dare they take Alena away from me! Amore Mio! She was gone! Oh who was I kidding? It was my entire fault! It wasn't Alec, Chloe or the world's fault. It was mine. I shouldn't have let her go off ahead.
It.
Was.
All.
My.
Fault.
My shoulders slumped and I looked at Chloe and Alec. He'd protectively wrapped his arm around her shoulders, but her face was covered with fear.
"What? You two just," She stuttered, "Normal people don't run that fast."
I sighed, what the heck… if she was Alec's mate, she was bound to be changed one day, so who cared if Aro ripped me to pieces. I'd just put myself back together again, or not.
"We. Aren't. Human." I hissed in clipped tones.
"Demetri!" Alec hissed.
"Who gives a fuck?" I hissed, loosing my gentleman apparel as soon as I utter that profanity.
I then felt the tenor of Alice Cullen and Jasper Hale close by. Oh, of course she would have had the promotion… but not fast enough this time it would seem.
"Demetri! What happened?" Jasper ordered.
"Vladimir! Ozera! Dan!" I utter those words like a curse. Alice stood her, her lower jaw trembling and eyes squeezed shut. Jasper looked around in upon seeing no Alena present, he pieced together the pieces. He glared at me.
"You let her go?"
I groaned, contemplating to rip myself to shreds for doing that.
"I know."
"Alena Grayson, or Alena Cullen. I love you. Never again will I ever let you, let me go. You are my life."
…"Never again will I ever let you go"…
Those words drilled into my head.
"I know," I muttered, "I let her go."
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Translations:
Amore Mio: My Love
Come è difficile ti ha colpito? Crazy donna:How hard did she hit you? Crazy Woman!
No, non farlo. Ho già abbastanza: No, don't do that. I have enough already
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