I watched as Paul suddenly transformed into a wolf. Sam must have been trying to convince him not to do that. He looked like he wanted to attack me.
"Alice!" Jessica said as she began to run toward me.
"Jess run!" I told her but she continued to go in the opposite direction. She jumped into the air and transformed into the wolf that had looked me in the eye. I couldn't believe it. Jess was a werewolf!
I watched as she and Paul began to fight. I looked pretty intense. I hoped that both of them, but especially Jessica would be okay.
"Guess the wolf's out of the bag." Embry commented. It seemed like that was the case. I was bit a surprised how nonchalant they were about all of this. Wasn't this supposed to be some big secret that I wasn't supposed to know about?
"Take Alice to Emily's!" Sam ordered. It seemed like he was the alpha. It was so weird thinking of all of them as wolves. It would take some getting used to for sure.
So, Embry and the other guy whose name I found out to be Jared took me to this wooden house. It kind of resembled a trader's station that I saw in those old movies, but I was pretty sure that nothing was for sale there.
"Shouldn't we go back and check on Jessica?" I asked. It seemed like I was the most concerned about that.
"I hope Paul roughs her up for interfering." Jared remarked.
"No way Jess is a natural. She phased in midair." Embry defended as I stepped out of my truck. "The whole reason that she's here is because she was born to do this. Come on Alice we don't bite."
I began to walk toward the place. I couldn't help but wonder if that was some kind of wolf humor.
"Oh and about Emily, Sam's fiancée, don't stare, Sam doesn't like it." Embry recommended.
"Why would I stare?" I asked. Was she supposed to be super beautiful or something and Sam didn't want his pack gawking at them? They walked again and a woman who I assumed was Emily began to feed them. I then walked in after them. I couldn't help but wonder if she was going to feed me too.
"Who's this?" Emily asked. I could think about was her face. She had these scars on the right side. Okay, so that was why they didn't want me to stare. I wanted to ask how she got them but I knew that that was rude.
"Alice Swan." Jared replied. "Who else?"
Was I really famous around the reservation or something? And I was pretty sure that I could have been literally anyone else.
"So, you're the vampire girl." Emily remarked. Maybe I was famous. Did the whole tribe know about my relationship with Bella? Was it that big of a deal that I had had a relationship with a vampire?
"Yeah, and I guess you're the wolf girl." I said. I hoped that she wouldn't be offended by me calling her that.
"Well, I think that would be more fitting of Jessica, but I'm engaged to one." Emily responded as Jared and Embry began to paw at the food. I supposed Jessica did fit the title since she was literally a wolf. Emily pulled their hands away from the food. "Hey, save some for your siblings! And Ladies First, Alice do you want a muffin?"
"Yes." I answered as I took one. It was blueberry. I was also pretty sure that she didn't mean siblings in a literal way.
"So, I see that Jess found a way around Sam's gag order." Emily inferred. Had Jessica really been forbidden from telling me?
"She didn't tell me." I answered. "I figured it out on my own."
Okay, so I hadn't really figured it out, but I had realized that something was up.
"That's a wolf thing." Embry interrupted. "Sam's the Alpha so we have to follow his orders and we can hear each other's thoughts."
"Will you stop blabbing?" Jared said as he smacked Embry in the head. Part of me couldn't help but wonder if he was telling me this stuff because he had a crush on me. "These are tribal secrets. This chick runs with vampires."
"You can't run with vampires." I commented. I also couldn't help but think that was a really odd way to put it.
"We can and we can beat them." Jared remarked. Were all of them flirting with me? Didn't they know that I was supposed to Jessica's kind-of girlfriend or at least that I was a lesbian? I was more attracted to Emily than either of them. "Are you scared yet?"
"You guys aren't the first monsters that I've met." I stated. Not to mention, I was pretty sure that they weren't going to hurt me and I didn't need to be scared of things that weren't going to hurt me.
"Jess is right." Sam declared as he walked in. "You are a strange one."
Sam then kissed Emily and Jessica and Pail walked in. I kind of thought that I should kiss Jessica, but I didn't really want our first kiss to be in front of everyone.
"Sorry." Paul apologized. I didn't really think it was sincere, but Sam probably told him to do so.
So I went for a walk across the beach with Jessica. That could be a good place for a first kiss. The fact that she had saved me was kind of hot.
"So, you're a werewolf." I stated. We both knew that it was true, so it wasn't a question.
"Yeah, last time I checked." She replied. "The firstborn of every family possesses the gene and I'm obviously older than Jake. When a vampire moves into town, the fever sets in."
"So why do you do it?" I asked. Just killing people like that didn't seem like her. "I can't really see you doing something like this. It's a little wrong."
"It's a not lifestyle, Alice." She defended. "I was born this way. I may have not known it until it happened but I was born this way. You're kind of a hypocrite having dated a bloodsucker and all. Am I not the right kind of monster for you?"
"It's not what you are." I stated. I couldn't believe that I had to tell her that killing people was wrong. "It's what you do. They never hurt anyone. You kill people, Jess."
"We haven't killed anyone." She replied. What? If they weren't killing people, who was?
"But they said bears…and you guys kind of look like…who is?" I stammered. I also felt really awkward for accusing her.
"What we try to protect you people from, the only thing we do kill: vampires." She explained.
"Vampires?" I asked in fear. Did that mean James was back? I also imagined that Laurent had killed some people as well.
"Don't worry we can't touch your precious Cullens as long as they don't violate the treaty. But we did beat that leech with the dreads pretty easily and his boyfriend is next." She explained rather confidently. I couldn't understand how they were able to kill vampires. I wished that they hadn't taught her to blanketly hate vampires because it was kind of racist, even though a lot of them did kill people.
"James?" I asked. "He's here?"
"Was…we chased him to the Canadian border." She explicated. "He keeps coming back. We don't know what he's after."
"I do…me." I responded. "Bella killed his girlfriend and now he wants to kill me as revenge."
So, Jessica took me home, but she did let me drive. I was pretty sure that she just wanted to be near me.
"Don't worry we've got this place covered." She assured. Did they have someone stationed outside of the house? "He won't be able to come near without us knowing."
At that moment Charlie stepped out. He had probably been wondering where I was since I hadn't told him.
"Jessica, it's nice to see you again." He remarked.
"It's good to see you too, Chief Swan." She replied.
"Would you like to stay for dinner? I got pizza" He asked. I couldn't help but wonder what kind of pizza.
"No thank you, Chief Swan." Jess said. "I actually need to head back to the reservation. Maybe we can do this some other time."
"Do you need a ride?" Charlie questioned.
"No. Sam's going to pick me up on the way." She lied.
"Okay." Charlie said as he went back into the house.
"Do you really have to go?" I questioned. I was pretty disappointed that we still hadn't kissed yet. God, I was feeling so horny right now.
"Yeah, I've got a vampire to kill." She replied.
"Be careful. James is really fast and strong." I explained.
"Your lack of confidence in us is a little insulting." She joked. "I promise that I'll come back in one piece."
"I'm gonna hold you to that." I remarked. Now I had this strange image of Jessica coming back with only one arm. How could I possibly prevent that?
So the next few days were pretty lonely. Jessica was out hunting, and Charlie was out hunting Jessica. School felt a little empty. Sure I had friends but I just felt distant from them. Was this a sign of depression? I hadn't felt this way since the Cullens left Forks and Bella left me. There was this pain without the physical pain of my sprained ankle. I felt kind of empty inside. I suddenly realized what I need to do.
I entered the woods, trying to find my destination, unknowing that the vampire who was trying to kill me was in the same woods being chased by the pack. He had jumped into the water and out of sight and wolves retreated while they waited for him to surface. I actually went to the same cliff. I was not quite sure what I was thinking. I probably wasn't thinking to be honest. If I was in sound mind, I definitely wouldn't be doing something so stupid and reckless. But I figured out that when I'm in danger, something always seems to come and rescue me. I wanted Jessica to rescue me again because I may or may not have had a danger fetish. It sounded pretty embarrassing. I was pretty sure that I needed therapy and I probably have needed it for a while.
I looked over the edge and noticed that the water was deep and there were a few waves. Again I normally wouldn't do something like this but Jessica mentioned cliff diving before. I definitely wasn't trying to kill myself though. I mean if I wanted to do that, I could get one of Charlie's guns and shoot myself because I knew that would kill me and it would also be a lot quicker. I took one final look and then I jumped into the water.
The water was really cold but I definitely felt a rush of adrenaline. I looked around I noticed that the waves were beginning to crash against me. They were pushing me under. This was not good. I had made a stupid decision and I was going to die unless someone somehow managed to pull me out. I couldn't believe that I had been so stupid. What the hell was I thinking? Jumping off a cliff had to be even stupider than going to that dance studio in Phoenix. I swore if I survived this, I was never going to this beach again. The water became too much and I slipped into unconscious. James noticed me but Jessica was able to pull me out before he got to me. He went away with plans to regroup.
When I woke up, I spit up some water. I realized that Jessica had been performing CPR on me. I was very cold and I was once again turned on. I really did have a danger fetish. I needed help.
"Jess?" I asked wearily. She immediately wrapped her arms around me. She was really warm and it made me feel better.
"What the hell were you thinking?" She responded. To say that I was thinking would be a little much. Well I wasn't thinking clearly.
"I don't know. I don't think that I was. I was just feeling so lonely and I thought for some reason if I was in danger that someone would come to rescue me." I explained. It was probably less embarrassing than mentioning how turned on I was, even though it made me look like an idiot.
"That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard." She commented.
"I know." I admitted. "I'm sorry."
"Get her home." Sam ordered. "I'm going to head over to Harry's."
"What happened with Harry?" I inquired.
"The leech popped an artery in his neck. He had a heart attack." Jess explained. "Charlie and Billy are over there now."
"Is he dead?" I asked.
"Yes." She answered. "I'll get you some dry clothes and then I'll take you home."
She drove my truck while I couldn't help but shiver. I really had made a very stupid decision and I was lucky that I hadn't died.
"108 degrees over here." Jess remarked. I leaned over to her and instantly felt warmer.
"You're so warm." I commented.
"It's a wolf thing." She commented.
"No it's your thing." I countered. "I wouldn't do this with Sam or Embry."
"Guess that makes it lucky that you know." She replied. "But…"
"But?" I questioned.
"You saw Emily's face. Sam did that to her. He got angry and she was standing too close." She explained. Okay so that answered my question from earlier. "Now he has to live with that reminder for the rest of his life. I couldn't live with myself if I hurt you like that."
"You're not going to hurt me like that." I told her. "Besides you know me, I'll get scars without your whole wolf thing."
I leaned into her with my eyes closed and I kissed her. I could tell that she was a little bit surprised by it, but I wasn't going to let myself not kiss her. The kiss was really passionate, but it suddenly she just pulled away. It was probably a good idea because I wasn't sure what I would have done with she hadn't done that.
"Wait there's a vampire here." She replied as she sniffed the air.
"How do you know?" I asked as I looked her straight in the eyes.
"I can smell them." She said. "I'm getting you out of here."
I looked around and saw a familiar black car. I was confused, but also overjoyed. And the moment, I felt a little bit guilty.
"That's Carlisle's car!" I replied in excitement.
"Alice, it could be a trick." She warned. "If the Cullens are here, I can't protect you."
"You have to trust me." I told her as I ran toward the house. I opened the door and turned on the light
So Alice has figured out that she has a bit of an interesting problem. She also kissed Jessica right before she got another surprise. Please don't forget to review.