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Jake drove me home. As we pulled in the driveway I felt the eyes on me again from the woods. "I love you." He leaned over and kissed my cheek. "You too." I said vaguely opening the car door.
"You okay? Want me to spend the night?"
"I'm fine." I replied. As I closed the door behind me. Jake stayed in the car waiting for me to be able to get in the house. I did. I walked upstairs and took a shower. As I crawled into bed I heard my door open.
"You okay?" I heard Dad's voice from the doorway. "Just tired." I said.
"Okay love." There was a pause. "You sure?" "Yeah." I smiled at him in the dark. "Love you." I said as he closed the door. "You too." he said back. It took forever to fall asleep. All I saw in my head was Alec and Jane and other crazy people, swirling around. And then they reached out, trying to grab my face. I woke up to the smell of sweetness coming from the kitchen. Everyone was sitting in the living room though, looking upset. "What happened?" I asked as I stood in the doorway. "Leah went missing late last night, Ness." Emmet said, looking sad.
"What?" I couldn't believe it. Why? Where would she have gone? "You don't have to go to school." Mom said, glancing at me. I didn't love Leah but I was upset. Where was she? Without eating a bite I ran outside and ran fast into the woods trying desperately to find her scent. No matter how hard I tried I couldn't pick it up. "Leah!" I shouted in no direction in particular. Suddenly I stopped. I could smell something, but it wasn't the scent I was looking for. I decided to ignore it but it kept coming back to me.
As hard as I tried the smell kept getting stronger and stronger. And there he was. Standing less than ten feet away from me. Alec. "We meet again." He said, striding towards me, a long black cloak billowing out behind him. I swallowed hard. "Hi," was all I managed to squeak out. "Don't be shy." He said holding out his hand. "What are you doing here?" I asked, backing away from him. He chuckled, quietly, too quietly for a human to hear. "What am I doing here?" He asked, repeating the question in his milky smooth voice. "Yes." I stammered. "What are you doing here?" My back hit a tree. "Don't run away now little girl." He said softly. "Where will you run to? Your little friend Jacob Black?" He smiled, evilly, if that were even possible. He seemed around my age. "I don't know who you are talking about." I said. "Who I am talking about Miss Cullen?" He paused.
"I am talking about your little friend." I turned and ran. Unexpectedly he fell from a tree five feet away. I screamed. He laughed. "You are coming with me." He said motioning me towards him. "No." I whispered under my breath. "If you don't, I will personally kill your Jacob Black friend." I swallowed. "You'll what?" I stammered. "I will kill him." I backed up. "Don't run now." He smiled, a nasty sideways smile. "Come with me." "No." I repeated, shaking my head vigorously back and forth. "I will snap his neck." He threatened. "Right in front of you." I froze.
A tear fell down my cheek. I walked slowly towards him. When I was in arm's reach he grabbed my wrist. I yelped. "Don't make a sound." I could smell his breath. It smelled like blood. Like he had just eaten. "Now," he whispered, "we are going home. My home."