The Vampire's New Mate (One Direction Fanfic)

Chapter 13- Choices

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Harry's POV

Red. All I saw was the color red swirling in my mind, creating visuals of anger. My palms were clenched into tight fists and if I had a heart, it would be pounding against my ribcage. How dare she act so selfish towards us? She'd rather collapse in pain than live with us. What have we ever done to her?

"Harry, what you did was unacceptable," Zayn seethed.

"No. What she did was unacceptable. We're trying to be nice to her and she's acting like a stuck up b*tch!" We all heard a slight creak in the steps and that's how we knew Alex had heard us. "Alex...I'm sorry," I sighed.

"No, no you're not. You obviously meant that or you would have never said it," she cried. Great, I just destroyed her.

I watched her with such pain. I, as one of her mates, felt bad for her. I'm trying so badly to honor her wishes, but it's getting harder and harder for all of us— including Alex, herself. I knew what I said has truly hurt her, but for some reason, I felt as if she needed to hear it. Sure, nobody likes to be called a b*tch, but maybe she'll realize just how important this is.

"Alexandra," I protested, "I'm sorry, but you have to realize that this is for the greater good."

She scoffed in denial, tears welling up, once again. "The greater good? No, Harry, this is for you— for all of you!" She lifted one of her small hands and ran in through her beautiful light brown hair. I bit my lip, anxious to fight back, yet scared of the outcome.

"Alex," I tried, "I don't want to fight with you, I just want you to know that being a vampire isn't all that bad."  My words did sound as an opinion, which I knew she didn't care much for, but I had nothing left to explain. This was the only defense I could provide.

Liam lightly laid his hand on her shoulder, turning her to face him. He looked like a giant standing next to her short stance. "What Harry means to say, is that we will wait for you to be ready, love." He planted a tender kiss on the top of her head.

I was slightly infuriated. 'Damn you, Liam Payne.' I glared at him, fully intending to offend him with my mind message. He ignored me and continued loving on Alex.

I love her, but I can't stand the affect she has on the others... The affect she has on me.

Louis innocently brought up the conversation again, "As long as you're ready to make a decision soon, babe. It's your choice on what you want to do." I knew it hurt Louis having to say that she would get to choose whether we all die or not, but he loves her. Unlike me, he wouldn't make her do anything she didn't want to do.

She slowly turned to look at me, I fixed my gaze elsewhere. "Harry," she called, quickly grabbing my attention. I acted as if I was not previously ogling at her. "I know that not being in control is hard for you... But, I'm here and there can only be one b*tch, so screw off." I cracked a smile and instantly nodded. I tried to ignore the fact that she had called me controlling, but I guess I kind of was in a way.

'God, I love her.'

Her brown eyes lit up, specks and patches of green revealed. They have to have been one of the most beautiful pair of eyes I have ever seen.

Louis read my mind and quickly replied, 'I love her, too.' I looked up to see his eyes dreamily fixated on Alex. God, he was whipped, I was whipped— we were all whipped.

"Harry," I was yanked out of my second trance and brought forth to reality. My eyes were already on Alex, but now she had my full and undivided attention. "Harry," she continued, "I... I hope you know that I'm sorry for everything. I never meant to anger you... It's just— it's just that I know that something isn't right, there has to be some other way," I relished in her dignity.

Before she could continue, I cut her off, "Alex, I'm the one that should be apologizing. I know that you're scared... I know this is a traumatic situation for you. I don't know what came over me, to be quite honest. I just want you to know that I love you and that... I'm scared too,"

"Harry, people do things when they're scared," she bit her lip, swiftly tucking a strand of brown hair behind her ear. "I would love to spend time with you all, but I just want to be ready for it. Forever is a very, very long time. And if there's some way for me to avoid dying for both you and I, then I think we should all search for it."

Niall was lightly grasping Alex's hand, every once in awhile caressing it with his thumb. He licked his lip and scratched his neck timidly, "Alex, love, if that's what you want... Then, it would be worth it. Just know that we can't stand the sight of you in pain," he shook his head and pinched the bridge of his nose, "it's getting worse, I don't know how much time we have until... You know."

Zayn scrunched his eyebrows and leaned his body against the doorframe, "Alex, at this pain rate— I can only assume it's just the beginning,"

She sighed softly, "Only the beginning? How much worse could it possibly get? I felt like my body was on fire, I can't imagine how much more I could hurt."

Louis wrapped an arm around her small frame, "Then we should probably get started with our research quickly, shouldn't we?" She stood silently for several moments, silently debating. I could tell Louis was reading her mind by the way he wouldn't take his eyes off of her, "It's your choice, love."

"Fine, lets do this," she nodded her confirmation and sank down onto the couch.

I could only hope she had made the right choice. If Alexandra is wrong and there truly is no way out of this, then she'll die. I'll die.

We'll all die.

And this time, it would be for good.

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