Emily was right. I had begun to rouse not long after she said I would. I had awoken to a vision of a bedchamber from one of Shakespeare's plays. It was empty save for one person. Alice.
"I was beginning to wonder when you would wake up." She said in her pixie-like voice. "You've been asleep for a few days." She gave me a small smile.
"Where am I?" I asked, looking around the room.
"A friend of my coven's home." She answered.
"Where is everyone?"
"Your coven? The majority are out on a hunt." She answered and I gave her a questioning look. "There are a few who didn't come. Aurora mentioned they were looking for others." I nodded unsure of what else to say. I then noticed that I was wearing something completely different than what I remembered. It resembled the dress Emily wore with the exception that my dress was satin-like. I didn't even have to ask.
"I took liberty of changing you out of the hospital's gown." She answered and moved uncomfortably close to me to ask in a tone barely audible. "What's it like being human again?"
I opened my mouth repeatedly trying to think of a way to answer her when Carlisle interrupted us. "Alice, may you step outside please?" she left Carlisle and I alone after looking back at me while slipping through the door.
"How are you feeling?" his voice was soft and smooth. I wasn't entirely sure how I would answer. I spent nearly a century as a vampire and now, I was sitting in front of him as a human.
"How would you feel if you were in my shoes?" I looked hard at him. "For the first time in nearly a century, I'm squishy." He laughed a bit at my last comment.
"May I then?" he asked before inspecting me. He checked my breathing, if I was ill, and lastly my heart beat. He made a strange face that quickly washed away. He left me shortly after and I slipped from my bed then moved toward one if the windows to the east of the room.
The sky was a dim blue colour and the horizon was beginning to cast pinks and purples across the sky. I heard a soft rasp at my door and chose to ignore it. I wanted to be alone. In the soft light, I thought I saw Russell and Luca and Allegra. I poked my head toward the door to only see Esme, Emmett and one other vampire racing off into the distance. My shoulders drooped. I turned away from the window and skid down the wall to the floor.
"Blythe?" I heard Aurora after she stepped into the room. "Are you alright?" I looked at her as she tried to read me. I knew she wouldn't be able to and so did she.
"As good as I can be." I admitted and she frowned finally admitting that she couldn't read my thoughts.