Chapter 16

Alec

We came home and of course the first thing Lexi does is ask me how I'm feeling. Then she goes and tries to lecture me on how I keep feelings hidden? I mean what the hell? I hate hypocrites, and I hate when someone is right, even partially.

Yeah, so we kind of got into a fight. First time in centuries.

"Yo Alec!" Emmett said and he walked unannounced in my room followed by Jasper, "Hunting time!"

"Do I have to go?" I asked. I still wasn't that fond of animal blood. I mean, it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, but nothing would ever replace the delicious taste of human blood. By, you just have to work with what you got. And either it was animal blood, or leave. Or get me head ripped off. I went with the most logical and safe option.

"I would be best for you to go now," Jasper said, "as you start school tomorrow and will be around many humans. You will not be as thirsty if you have drunk a lot of animal blood."

Of course, Jasper had to go all reasonable on me. I sighed. And apparently I was taking too long to get off my bed (I have a bed at this strange house, weird, right?), because Emmett took me and slung me over his shoulder in I fireman's hold. Which was really surprising and embarrassing. But then again, Emmett practically lived to embarrass people.

"Emmett! What the hell?" I screamed at him, upside down.

Emmett laughed and said as he walked down the stairs with me over his shoulder "you were taking too long, and looked sad. So now I turned your frown upside down!" Oh god, not another corny joke. Emmett was full of them.

Emmett and Jasper laughed, and then I heard a high pitched giggle.

"Um….Alec?"

"Emmett swung me around, almost causing me to create a hole in the wall and break a lamp, and I found Nessie looking at me quizzically. Great.

"Um…I was taking too long, according to Emmett," I said in response to her look. She nodded as if that explained everything.

"Well, okay then. Esme's getting Lexi, and Jasper and Emmett are going to take the three of us hunting."

"Where are we going?"

"To a very bear-infested, people-less place," Emmet said, swinging me around again. My head just nearly missed the living room table this time.

"All we're waiting for is Alexandra," Jasper said, trying not to laugh.

"I'm here," Lexi said as she walked into the living room and paused as she saw me and Emmett. She took one look at us and said "I don't even want to know."

"Renesmee, be careful," Bella came in and told her daughter.

"Don't worry Bella," Emmett said, "she'll be fine. She's got me." Bella gave him a look. "And Jasper, and a powerful creepy vampire girl, and a highly dangerous Volturi guard member.

"Mom, relax, I'll be fine," Nessie said. "I'll see you later!"

"Don't forget to stop by on the way there to see your Grandpa Charlie!" Edward called from the next room.

"I won't!" Nessie assured him, shouting back.

"And Emmett," Carlisle said from the chair in the corner of the room, "please do put that 'dangerous Volturi guard member' down.

"Yeah," Rosalie said sarcastically, looked up from her fashion magazine, "we don't want the rest of the Volturi coming here because we destroyed their precious little boy." I absolutely love how Rosalie thinks of me. Not! She makes me sound really pathetic.

Emmett threw me down, hard. Guess what? It hurt. There was concrete under the carpeting. Jasper and Emmet laughed as I gave Emmett a very rude gesture, and Edward scolded me from the other room. Crazy mind reader.

We left, Jasper kissing Alice on the way out. We all piled into Emmett's Jeep and began our drive. And trust me—it was MUCH more fun being in the car with them then being in the car with Alice. They picked awesome music. Rock 'n' roll and all that good stuff. But I guess Nessie and Lexi didn't think so, so they listened to Lexi's iPod and had their own little jam session in the back.

I like talking to Jasper and Emmett. They aren't like the Volturi. They weren't all hell-bent on destroying everybody, and they didn't make you do stupid things. Very surprisingly, I actually felt myself growing comfortable with them. And you know what? It was a really nice change.

We finally arrived. We went away from the car and humans and let our instincts take over, and we all individually went in different directions, trying to find animals that tasted best to us, according to our preference. After I had finished a deer, I went looking for a bear. Emmett told me they were very good, and I was willing to listen to him. He also mentioned how much fun they were to play with before you killed them. Now I wasn't much for playing with my food, but to each his own, I guess. I was running through the forest when I suddenly stopped. There was a vampire trace in the air, but I didn't recognize it. I couldn't believe it. I smelt a vampire, but it wasn't Emmett, Jasper, Nessie, or Lexi's scent. And I was told that there were no other vampires allowed near Forks, as Jacob and Sam's Wolf Packs would tear then apart and burn until there was only ash left. I must be mistaken. I sniffed the air again. I was not making a mistake, I smelt a vampire scent I did not recognize.

Shit. This isn't good.