Change My Mind (ON HOLD)

Chapter 8

I woke up on the ground, in the dark. "Where the heck am I?" I said to myself. I looked around and took in my surroundings. One of the perks of being a vampire is being able to see in the dark.

Of course, I was in the woods. Alone. Did I really have to go all 'Bella Swan loses Edward and curls up in fetal position in the woods like a depressed person'?

Twilight is more accurate than you would think.

Just F.Y.I.

Back in reality, I had no idea what to do. How long was I out, I was wondering. I checked my phone, which was practically dead, to find that it had been only minutes since Harry had left me. It had seemed like so long ago that Harry had been in the same position that I was now.

Back when we were in junior high, I hadn't gone to school one day. I stayed home because I was so sad that my great uncle had died. Harry and I usually rode the bus together, and he must've noticed that I was gone. He walked to my house and to my room, and I knew right then and there, that he was truly my best friend.

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"Lexi, are you okay?" the curly little boy asked me.

I managed to hold back any further tears.

"Harry, you have to go to school." I said while rubbing the tears from my face.

"How could I leave you like this? Besides, the bus already left. Can I sit?" He motioned to the bed that I was sitting on. I nodded, and he hopped on after pushing the box of tissues aside.

"Alexa, it's alright. Everything will be okay." Harry said while pulling me into a hug. I cried into his shoulder.

"Harry, how do you know that?"I asked while pulling away from him.

"I don't. I do know that you never know how much time you have left with the ones that you love. I also know that sometimes, you never know how much you love somebody until they're gone. That's all I need to know." He said. "I also know that the prettiest girl in the world shouldn't be stuck in her room crying all day." He said while smiling at me.

I couldn't help but smile back at him. He always knew how to make me feel better.

We ended up having a day full of watching movies and pigging out, and I even forgot about losing my uncle.

What if he was a vampire or witch?

What if my whole life was a complete lie?

"It was." Somebody said while slipping out of the shadows. I held in a scream and got ready to fight.

"Who are you, and why are you here?" I asked.

"Naughty princess, you shouldn't be alone at this hour." The man said.

"I demand that you either leave or answer me." I said bravely.

"I think you have the answers to both of those questions." He said while laughing. As he took another step forward and I could see him better, I knew who it was.

It was Liam. He kept walking closer, and his eyes were glowing red.

"Liam, stop it! What are you doing?" I took a step back.

"Hush, it'll all be over soon..." He whispered into my ear. I tried to push him away, and he grabbed onto my waist.

He shook me until I was looking into his eyes, and I froze. They were a beautiful shade of red. I couldn't stop myself from falling into them.

"Please, don't." I whispered weakly as he slowly leaned towards my neck.

Before I could feel a bite, I felt myself being pushed away.

I sat up to see Liam being tackled by... Niall? And Zayn?

"Don't worry Alexa, this isn't really him. It's the hunger, it's getting to him!" Zayn yelled while fighting Liam.

I nervously nodded, wondering if they were crazy, as well.

"We're terribly sorry, he really is a great lad!" Niall said sincerely.

"It's okay.. Have you seen Harry?" I asked, hopefully.

"Sorry, but no. I can't believe the bloody idiot left you!" Zayn said angrily.

"Oh," I said sadly. "Where are my siblings?" I asked.

No one answered. Even Liam was suddenly still.

"Where are they?" I asked again.

Still no answer.

I used vampire speed to appear next to the boys.

I stared at them and asked once more.

"Where?" I demanded.

"We aren't authorized to tell you that." Zayn and Niall said in unison. Liam just sat there, deep in thought while being sat on by the other boys.

"Let me talk to Liam." I demanded.

"Alexandra, that isn't safe. He's unstable righ-" Niall began. I pushed them off of him and immediately jumped on top of Liam, so I was straddling him.

"Alex- get out of here. You have no idea when I'm going to go crazy again!" He said while sweating.

"Liam, where are my siblings?" I asked while leaning closer to him.

"Alex- they're safe, I can assure you tha-" he began until his eyes turned red. I just stayed on him, pushing his arms down. He struggled for a while, until his eyes changed back.

"Where are they?" I asked for the last time.

"They," he said while sighing, "are training for battle."

I tightened my grip on him. "What?!" I asked furiously. "You're training a bunch of children for BATTLE?"

Liam grimaced in pain, so I loosened up a tiny bit. But not much.

"Relax, they will be okay! I promise-" He started, when we heard a loud noise from behind us. I turned around to see nothing.

"Alexandra, you must hurry! They are-" Niall started when something jumped on him. Liam shoved me off of him and for a second, I thought he was going to finally kill me. All he actually did was grab my hand and start running.

As we were running, something slammed into us. I was thrown about fifteen feet away from Liam. I got up to see a dark figure wrestling with him, and the figure was winning.

I threw a stick at it, and it stopped fighting. It turned around, and I could see it's red eyes. Vampires, probably bloodthirsty. Hungry. Starving.

We made eye contact for a moment, when he jumped. I braced myself for it, but Liam grabbed the vampires foot in midair and slammed it against a tree.

"Alexa, you must go. I can't do this anymore, you have to go to Harry." Liam said.

"Where-" I began.

"You'll know, you two are connected. You must go!" He explained.

I wasn't sure, but I nodded. I hugged Liam and kissed his cheek.

"Be safe." I whispered.