Undead Protector - MAJOR EDITING - Harry&Alice book 1.

Chapter 10

"Harry, who are they... And what do they want from me?"

"To be honest, Alice. I don't know who they are"

"W-What do they want?"

"You."

The conversation played out in my mind, over and over. He doesn't know who they are? He doesn't know who he is protecting me from? No idea whatsoever? Then how does he know he can protect me?

"Penny for your thoughts" Harry says
"How do you know you'll be able to keep me safe?" I ask, showing my worry
"Because when it comes to you, I'd do anything" He admits "We have this... Actually nevermind"
"Please tell me"
"I can't. Not yet" He shakes his head.

I decided to leave it there, not wanting to push him any further. Eventually I got tired of walking the 3 mile distance back to the house. "Go fast" I mumble sleepily into the crook of his neck.

Before I knew it Harry was nudging me, to get me off his back. I told him no and he just laughed walking in the house. Once in the living room everyone goes silent
"What's up?" I ask, hopping off Harry's back everyone mutters things like 'Nothing' and 'Nevermind' I looked at Harry and he seemed to understand what was happening
"What did she say?" He says, barely audible. Summer stopped shying behind Liam and grabbed Harry's hand, I watched carefully as Harry entered some sort of trance. Once Summer released him, Harry began shouting incoherent words before settling down "He didn't see us though. I swear he didn't" He muttered repeatedly.

"Who didn't see us?" I ask; they all look at me almost as if they forgot I was there
"It's your fault!" Summer's usual happy demeanour vanished as if it were never there "We'd be safe if it weren't for you!" She charges at me but luckily CeCe and Liam hold her back as she fights the air to hurt me. I cower behind Harry as he argues with himself about whoever saw us. When Summer lets out a scream in frustration, my undead protector falls back to reality.

"Calm down, Summer! You know it isn't her fault!" Shouts Harry louder than I'd ever heard
"Don't deny it!" She screaches back
"Liam, you best get her out my freaking sight" Harry threats. Liam nods before dragging his angry girlfriend away.

"It isn't your fault" CeCe hugs me soon after the two are gone
"What isn't?" I whisper
"Us. In danger. It's no ones fault" She pulls back "Vampires have been rebelling against the mystic rights for a while. Now they have a reason to fight us" She says
"What's the reason?"

"You." Zayn inputs.
There's that word again. It's crazy how one day,  I was a nobody just working and hanging out with my only friend then the next day, I am having to be protected by 7- well 6 now - vampires, all because a million other unknowns want me dead. How ideal.

"It isn't just us, Ally" Louis tells "There's one billion vampires and they're all helping protect you from each and every country in the world. Even from Islands we're yet to discover. You're safe. We promise" Louis says and I relax a little, still hiding behind Harry, fisting at his top
"Alice..." Niall opens his arms and I soon find myself crying into Niall's hug before I feel everyone else join in
"Humans... Need... Air" I struggle as they squeeze me; they all pull back mumbling small apologies and I notice Harry hadn't joined in at all, in fact he was no longer in the room
"He's on the roof" Louis states pointing upwards. Great, now how do I get up there? "There's a sky light in Harry's room"

I thank him before climbing the stairs, on the second floor I heard things I was expecting: Summers colourful words and Liam's attempts to calm her. I ignored both and went to Harry's room. When I entered I notice an out of place chair in the centre of the room, I look above it and notice the sky light Louis had spoken about. Strangely droplets of rain were falling through, it was boiling earlier? I stand on the chair, hoisting myself through the window and crawling across the roof, I see Harry sat dead centre, knees up and arms wrapped arounf them. Instinctively, I crawl across the slippery tiles and over to him before getting comfortable - copying his pose.

"Hey" I say quietly looking into the grey sky as he is. Not to much of a surprise when he doesn't answer "Is something wrong?" I attempt again, this time he nods "Can you tell me?"
"Why do you hate me? I get this feeling... It just feels like you enjoy crushing my feelings, making me feel vulnerable, you cannot say you  haven't noticed how I feel about you" He evades my contact; just staring at the dulling dark clouds that show Harry's apparent sadness as the rain lightly leaves patterns around us
"It isn't intentional, Harry" I speak the truth, I don't mean to hurt him, if I am even doing that? And I really haven't noticed how he feels about me, he is just protective, right? Because of my dad, isn't it?
"Are you kidding me?" He sighs "I- I... Nevermind. It's not important" He silences himself, still looking at the same patch of sky.

My eyes take in every detail of his face. Every freckle, mole, shine, perfection, imperfection, he is really interesting to watch, but that wasn't what I was thinking about, blatantly the only thing in my mind was what he was going to say to me. I sighed, resting my temple on his shoulder, I wasn't expecting a reaction from him so to my surprise, he leant his head atop of my own. I had to force my self not to smile.

"You alright?" I ask, smiling; remembering the time he tried making general conversation with me
He sighs, wrapping his arm around my waist; pulling me more into him "It's been a long day"
"It has" I sigh, also "Can you tell me what Summer saw?" I descreetly ask 
"Them. Whoever they are, they're coming. With an army"

My blood ran cold.

"How much time do we have?" How cheesey is that? Woah, Alice.
"Little, very, very little" His voice surprisingly calm.

How can he be calm at a time like this?

"Am I going to die, Harry?"
"Not in the way you think"

I left it there. Barely stable to take in the answer but I try anyway.

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I lay in my own bed, tossing and turning, counting and humming but I just can't manage to sleep. There was a lot to take in today, I don't know how they do it, but I sure as hell can't. I need a councellor or something, seriously.

The word 'You' came to mind a lot. Why me? Why can't it be someone strong and independent that can stand up for themselves, that wouldn't be scared nor close to crying. Someone who can sleep at night, a person who doesn't over think everything. Yeah, I don't see whats wrong with anyone else? I am the absolute worse person for this. I'd curse my fathers grave, but as I've said: I owe him this. I owe him my life, but he's given me his so what else can I do?

'Not in the way you think' Can you die in more than one way? I don't know? Can you? I feel like the answer is obvious and that I'm just being forgetful, but I can't place my finger on it. I just don't know what he means. It sort of scares me actually, the only thing I can think of is ghost? I don't want to be like that poor lost girl that just doesn't belong that hasn't found her way yet. I don't want to be like her!

Of course he could mean... No, wait. That's just silly.

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Can she get any stupider? Oh wow. Silly Alice.

This actually hasn't given too much away. We promises, ok?(:

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