Hunted (A Twilight Fanfic)

Chapter 32

I stared out the small window in my room. I had been here for almost a month. I hadn’t seen Aro again, not that I minded. My days were spent in the massive library or with Jane and Alec. Jane still treated me like a was a burden and that she whished she could snap my neck so everything could go back to normal. Whatever normal is for them. Alec seemed to be getting used to having me there. I made him watch Star War and he enjoyed it, but I think he enjoyed telling his sister that he had the force more. It was had to believe that they were hundreds of years old. They seemed like normal teenagers, except for the red eyes and the drinking blood part. But I knew it would come to a point when even they would get tired of me. At least it seemed that way with Alec. It felt like he was intentionally trying to not like me. I can’t blame him though. I’ll be leaving soon and I may never see him again. I would live for hundreds of years after me, he probably would not even remember my name. 

I looked down at the picture in my hands, it was of my mother. It was taken the day I was born, she was holding me and smiling. She was beautiful and looked so happy. I looked back out the window. I found the picture on my bed the second day I was here. Alec said that Aro had left it for me. He thought I should have it. I was surprised he had kept it this long. It was the only picture I had of her and I felt so lucky to have it but part of me still whished that I knew who my father was. The other part of me whished that I had never gone to Forks and that none of this had ever happened. It would have been easier if I had never known the truth. If I didn’t know that my mother had died to save me from the horrible life I had chosen anyway. I looked down again, past the picture and to the bandage on my arm. They had taken more blood yesterday. The bite mark on my neck had healed the day before I got another one on my wrist. That one was almost healed now, but it wouldn’t be gone before I left. Before I had to fly back to Forks for the wedding. Bella’s wedding. 

I slowly stood up and walked to my closet. I had gone shopping the weekend before in Rome with a few of the humans that worked for Aro. They had bought me normal clothes to wear once I was back in the states and a dress to wear to the wedding. The clothes were nothing like what I would have normally worn, they were all expensive. They were the type of clothes most people would expect a rich kid to wear. But the dress was completely different. I was told that Aro had personally picked the dress. I couldn’t decided if I was flattered that he cared enough to pick a dress or if I was disturbed by what he picked. It was a beautiful black lace dress with a low back and a modest neckline. I couldn’t imagine wearing something so beautiful to a wedding that I didn’t even want to go to but I wasn’t going to argue with Aro. I knew what he was capable of. 

I stepped out of the limousine and took a deep breath. I was flying back today, back to Forks. I closed the door and took a step towards the entrance to the airport. My bag felt heavier than it had when I’d come. Maybe that was because I had Aro’s gift to Bella in it. I didn’t know what it was, I never asked. Honestly, I didn’t want to know what it was. I hoped it was something nice, like a necklace, and not a become-a-vampire-or-we-will-kill-everyone-you-know warning. Bella didn’t deserve that. 

“Chloe.” Alec called from behind me. “Maybe I can get you that pizza the next time you’re here.”

I stared at him for a few seconds. Was he attempting to flirt with me? “Sure,” I said forcing a smile. “Maybe.” I picked up my other bag. “Bye, Alec.” I turned and forced my self to put one foot in front of the other and walk into the airport. 

My neck hurt as I stepped off the fourth plane I had been on in the past 24 hours and glanced around. I was back in the Seattle airport. I glanced down at my watch as I grabbed my bags. I had just enough time to drive to Forks. My car was where I had left it. I dumped by bags in the trunk and slid in the front seat. I had changed into my dress during my layover in Chicago and it was not the most comfortable thing to drive in. 

I turned my phone on as I pulled out of the long term parking lot and headed to Forks. I had three messaged. One from my parents, they wanted me to tell Bella congrats for them. The second was from Bella. She couldn’t wait to see me. After the last time I’d seen her I didn’t think she would ever want to see me again. I felt my heart skip a beet as the last message started, it was from him. He was the reason I had done everything Aro wanted. It was to protect him. He had heard that I was coming back for the wedding and he wanted to see me, he wanted to talk. 

I pulled into the Cullen’s driveway. It was full of cars I’d never seen before. I turned off the engine and stepped out, grabbing the gift from Aro. I locked the doors and walked toward the house. The door opened as I reached out to knock. 

“Jasper.” 

A/N

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Teaser for chapter 33: Chloe goes for a long (possibly romantic) walk with someone

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